Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2009
22nd CFCA Awards
December 21, 2009
Best Film:
The Hurt Locker
The 22nd Chicago Film Critics Association Awards, given by the CFCA on December 21, 2009, honored the best in film for 2009.
Contents
- 1 Winners and nominees
- 1.1 Best Actor
- 1.2 Best Actress
- 1.3 Best Animated Film
- 1.4 Best Cinematography
- 1.5 Best Director
- 1.6 Best Documentary Film
- 1.7 Best Film
- 1.8 Best Foreign Language Film
- 1.9 Best Original Score
- 1.10 Best Screenplay – Adapted
- 1.11 Best Screenplay – Original
- 1.12 Best Supporting Actor
- 1.13 Best Supporting Actress
- 1.14 Most Promising Filmmaker
- 1.15 Most Promising Performer
- 2 References
Winners and nominees
Best Actor
Jeremy Renner – The Hurt Locker
- Jeff Bridges – Crazy Heart
- George Clooney – Up in the Air
- Matt Damon – The Informant!
- Michael Stuhlbarg – A Serious Man
Best Actress
- Abbie Cornish – Bright Star
- Maya Rudolph – Away We Go
- Gabourey Sidibe – Precious
- Meryl Streep – Julie & Julia
Best Animated Film
Best Cinematography
The Hurt Locker – Barry Ackroyd
- Avatar – Mauro Fiore
- Bright Star – Greg Fraser
- Inglourious Basterds – Robert Richardson
- Where the Wild Things Are – Lance Acord
Best Director
Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker
- Joel Coen and Ethan Coen – A Serious Man
- Spike Jonze – Where the Wild Things Are
- Jason Reitman – Up in the Air
- Quentin Tarantino – Inglourious Basterds
Best Documentary Film
Best Film
Best Foreign Language Film
Best Original Score
- Avatar – James Horner
- Fantastic Mr. Fox – Alexandre Desplat
- The Informant! – Marvin Hamlisch
- Where the Wild Things Are – Carter Burwell & Karen Orzolek
Best Screenplay – Adapted
Up in the Air – Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner
- An Education – Nick Hornby
- In the Loop – Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci & Tony Roche
- The Informant! – Scott Z. Burns
- Where the Wild Things Are – Spike Jonze & Dave Eggers
Best Screenplay – Original
- Away We Go – Dave Eggers & Vendela Vida
- Inglourious Basterds – Quentin Tarantino
- A Serious Man – Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
- Up – Bob Peterson
Best Supporting Actor
Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds
- Peter Capaldi – In the Loop
- Woody Harrelson – The Messenger
- Christian McKay – Me and Orson Welles
- Stanley Tucci – The Lovely Bones
Best Supporting Actress
- Vera Farmiga – Up in the Air
- Anna Kendrick – Up in the Air
- Julianne Moore – A Single Man
- Natalie Portman – Brothers
Most Promising Filmmaker
- Scott Cooper – Crazy Heart
- Cary Fukunaga – Sin Nombre
- Duncan Jones – Moon
- Marc Webb – (500) Days of Summer
Most Promising Performer
- Sharlto Copley – District 9
- Christian McKay – Me and Orson Welles
- Max Records – Where the Wild Things Are
- Gabourey Sidibe – Precious