The 24th Chicago Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in film for 2011, were announced on December 19, 2011.
Michael Shannon – Take Shelter
George Clooney – The Descendants
Jean Dujardin – The Artist
Michael Fassbender – Shame
Gary Oldman – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Michelle Williams – My Week with Marilyn
Kirsten Dunst – Melancholia
Elizabeth Olsen – Martha Marcy May Marlene
Anna Paquin – Margaret
Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady
Rango
The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn
Arthur Christmas
Puss in Boots
Winnie the Pooh
The Tree of Life – Emmanuel Lubezki
Drive – Newton Thomas Sigel
Hugo – Robert Richardson
Melancholia – Manuel Alberto Claro
War Horse – Janusz Kamiński
Terrence Malick – The Tree of Life
Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist
Alexander Payne – The Descendants
Martin Scorsese – Hugo
Nicolas Winding Refn – Drive
The Interrupters
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Into the Abyss
Pina
Project Nim
Tabloid
The Tree of Life
The Artist
The Descendants
Drive
Hugo
A Separation, Iran
In a Better World, Denmark/Sweden
Incendies, Canada
The Skin I Live In, Spain
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, Thailand
Drive – Cliff Martinez
The Artist – Ludovic Bource
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
Hanna – The Chemical Brothers
Hugo – Howard Shore
Moneyball – Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin
The Descendants – Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash
Drive – Hossein Amini
Hugo – John Logan
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan
The Artist – Michel Hazanavicius
Martha Marcy May Marlene – Sean Durkin
Midnight in Paris – Woody Allen
A Separation – Asghar Farhadi
The Tree of Life – Terrence Malick
Albert Brooks – Drive
Nick Nolte – Warrior
Patton Oswalt – Young Adult
Brad Pitt – The Tree of Life
Christopher Plummer – Beginners
Jessica Chastain – The Tree of Life
Melissa McCarthy – Bridesmaids
Carey Mulligan – Shame
Octavia Spencer – The Help
Shailene Woodley – The Descendants
Sean Durkin – Martha Marcy May Marlene
J.C. Chandor – Margin Call
Simon Curtis – My Week with Marilyn
Drake Doremus – Like Crazy
Tate Taylor – The Help
Elizabeth Olsen – Martha Marcy May Marlene
Liana Liberato – Trust
Brit Marling – Another Earth
Hunter McCracken – The Tree of Life
Shailene Woodley – The Descendants
