Seattle Film Critics Society winners: 'Parasite' lands on top
Willem Dafoe (The Lighthouse) and Jennifer Lopez (Hustlers) win supporting prizes
Parasite is the best picture of the year according to the Seattle Film Critics Society (SFCS), who also gave the film Best Director (Bong Joon Ho), Best Ensemble, Best Foreign Language Film and Best Screenplay.
Adam Driver (Marriage Story) and Lupita Nyong’o (Us) continue to tear away from the pack with more wins in best actor and best actress, respectively. They each sit at 15 wins apiece, more than double their nearest competitors.
Uncut Gems got some love with wins for Original Score and Film Editing and Roger Deakins picked up another win for Best Cinematography (1917).
Here is the full list of nominations with winners in bold.
BEST PICTURE OF THE YEAR
1917 (Universal Pictures)
The Farewell (A24)
Ford v Ferrari (20th Century Fox)
The Irishman (Netflix)
The Lighthouse (A24)
Little Women (Sony Pictures)
Marriage Story (Netflix)
Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood (Sony Pictures)
Parasite (NEON) – WINNER
Uncut Gems (A24)
BEST DIRECTOR
Robert Eggers – The Lighthouse
Greta Gerwig – Little Women
Bong Joon-ho – Parasite – WINNER
Josh & Benny Safdie – Uncut Gems
Martin Scorsese – The Irishman
BEST ACTOR in a LEADING ROLE
Antonio Banderas – Pain and Glory
Robert De Niro –The Irishman
Adam Driver – Marriage Story – WINNER
Joaquin Phoenix – Joker
Adam Sandler – Uncut Gems
BEST ACTRESS in a LEADING ROLE
Awkwafina – The Farewell
Scarlett Johansson – Marriage Story
Lupita Nyong’o – Us – WINNER
Saoirse Ronan – Little Women
Renée Zellweger – Judy
BEST ACTOR in a SUPPORTING ROLE
Willem Dafoe – The Lighthouse – WINNER
Tom Hanks – A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Song Kang-ho – Parasite
Joe Pesci – The Irishman
Brad Pitt – Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood
BEST ACTRESS in a SUPPORTING ROLE
Laura Dern – Marriage Story
Jennifer Lopez – Hustlers – WINNER
Florence Pugh – Little Women
Taylor Russell – Waves
Zhao Shuzhen – The Farewell
BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
The Irishman
Knives Out
Little Women
Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood
Parasite – WINNER
BEST ACTION CHOREOGRAPHY
1917
Avengers: Endgame
Ford v Ferrari
John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum Shadow – WINNER
BEST SCREENPLAY
The Farewell – Lulu Wang
The Irishman – Steven Zaillian
Knives Out – Rian Johnson
Marriage Story – Noah Baumbach
Parasite – Bong Joon-ho, Han Jin-won (screenplay); Bong Joon-ho (story) – WINNER
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Frozen II – Chris Buck & Jennifer Lee, directors
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World – Dean DeBlois, director
I Lost My Body – Jérémy Clapin, director
Missing Link – Chris Butler, director
Toy Story 4 – Josh Cooley, director – WINNER
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
The Farewell – Lulu Wang, director
Monos – Alejandro Landes, director
Pain and Glory – Pedro Almodóvar, director
Parasite – Bong Joon-ho, director – WINNER
Portrait of a Lady on Fire – Céline Sciamma, director
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
American Factory – Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert, directors
Apollo 11 – Todd Douglas Miller, director – WINNER
For Sama – Waad al-Kateab, Edward Watts, directors
Fyre – Chris Smith, director
Honeyland – Ljubomir Stefanov & Tamara Kotevska, directors
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
1917 – Roger Deakins – WINNER
The Lighthouse – Jarin Blaschke
Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood – Robert Richardson
Parasite – Hong Kyung-pyo
Portrait of a Lady on Fire – Claire Mathon
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Dolemite is My Name – Ruth E. Carter – WINNER
Downton Abbey – Anna Mary Scott Robbins
Little Women – Jacqueline Durran
Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood – Arianne Phillips
Rocketman – Julian Day
BEST FILM EDITING
1917 – Lee Smith
The Irishman – Thelma Schoonmaker
Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood – Fred Raskin
Parasite – Yang Jin-mo
Uncut Gems – Ronald Bronstein, Benny Safdie – WINNER
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
1917 – Thomas Newman
Joker – Hildur Guðnadóttir
The Last Black Man in San Francisco – Emile Mosseri
Uncut Gems – Daniel Lopatin – WINNER
Us – Michael Abels
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
1917 – Dennis Gassner (Production Designer); Lee Sandales (Set Decorator)
The Irishman – Bob Shaw (Production Designer); Regina Graves (Set Decorator)
Little Women – Jess Gonchor (Production Designer); Claire Kaufman (Set Decorator)
Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood – Barbara Ling (Production Designer); Nancy Haigh (Set Decorator) – WINNER
Parasite – Lee Ha-jun (Production Designer)
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
1917 – Guillaume Rocheron, Greg Butler, Dominic Tuohy
Ad Astra – Allen Maris, Jedediah Smith, Guillaume Rocheron, Scott R. Fisher – WINNER
Alita: Battle Angel – Nick Epstein, Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon
Avengers: Endgame – Dan DeLeeuw, Matt Aitken, Russell Earl, Dan Sudick
The Irishman – Pablo Helman, Leandro Estebecorena, Stephane Grabli, Nelson Sepulveda
BEST YOUTH PERFORMANCE (18 years of age or younger upon start of filming)
Julia Butters – Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood
Kyliegh Curran – Doctor Sleep
Roman Griffith Davis – Jojo Rabbit
Noah Jupe – Honey Boy
Thomasin McKenzie – Jojo Rabbit – WINNER
VILLAIN OF THE YEAR
Arthur Fleck/The Joker – Joker – portrayed by Joaquin Phoenix
Red – Us – portrayed by Lupita Nyong’o
The Red Dress – In Fabric – portrayed by a red dress – WINNER
Rose the Hat – Doctor Sleep – portrayed by Rebecca Ferguson Russell Bufalino – The Irishman – portrayed by Joe Pesci
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