The 18th Critics' Choice Awards were presented on January 10, 2013 at the Barker Hangar at the Santa Monica Airport, honoring the finest achievements of 2012 filmmaking.
[1] The ceremony was broadcast on The CW and hosted by Sam Rubin.
[2] The nominees were announced on December 11, 2012.
[3] Argo Ben Affleck – Argo Daniel Day-Lewis – Lincoln as Abraham Lincoln Jessica Chastain – Zero Dark Thirty as Maya Harris Philip Seymour Hoffman – The Master as Lancaster Dodd Anne Hathaway – Les Misérables as Fantine Quvenzhané Wallis – Beasts of the Southern Wild as Hushpuppy Silver Linings Playbook Django Unchained – Quentin Tarantino Lincoln – Tony Kushner Wreck-It Ralph Skyfall Daniel Craig – Skyfall as James Bond Jennifer Lawrence – The Hunger Games as Katniss Everdeen Searching for Sugar Man Silver Linings Playbook Bradley Cooper – Silver Linings Playbook as Patrizio "Pat" Solitano Jr. Jennifer Lawrence – Silver Linings Playbook as Tiffany Maxwell Looper Amour • Austria / France / Germany Anna Karenina – Sarah Greenwood (Production Design) / Katie Spencer (Set Decoration) Life of Pi – Claudio Miranda Anna Karenina – Jacqueline Durran Zero Dark Thirty – William Goldenberg and Dylan Tichenor Lincoln – John Williams "Skyfall" – Skyfall Cloud Atlas Life of Pi (Public voting category) The Twilight Saga [4] Judd Apatow [5] (years are of film release; ceremonies are the next year)