The Great Gatsby Wins Art Directors Guild

• Excellence in Production Design for a Contemporary Film – K.K. Barrett – Her
• Excellence in Production Design for a Fantasy Film – Andy Nicholson – Gravity
• Excellence in Production Design for a Period Film – Catherine Martin – The Great Gatsb

Captain Phillips and American Hustle Win EDDIE

Best Edited Feature Drama
Captain Philips, Christopher Rouse

Best Edited Feature Comedy/Musical
American Hustle Jay Cassidy, A.C.E., Crispin Struthers & Alan Baumgarten

Best Edited Animated Feature
Frozen, Jeff Draheim

Best Edited Documentary
20 Feet from Stardom, Douglas Blush, Kevin Klauber & Jason Zeldes

Golden Eddie Award
Paul Greengrass

Best Edited Miniseries or Motion Picture for TV
Behind the Candelabra, Mary Ann Bernard

Francisco' Top 10 of 2013

 

This may be late in awards season but I was finally able to put my top ten list together. This year I have not included an honorable mentions list but before I get to my top ten, there were some films that stood out this year that need mention. "What Richard Did" was a poignant character study with a star making performance by Jack Reynor while "Blue is the Warmest Color" broke tradition with its controversial themes. "Wadjda" was a beautifully told story about the difficulties of woman in the Middle East and "Rush" saw the greatest film that Ron Howard has made up to this point in his career. "What Maisie Knew" tackled divorce with such truthfulness while "Mud" told a very southern tale with amazing performances by Tye Sheridan and Matthew McConaughey. Finally "Fruitvale Station" was a display of honesty and realism while "The Spectacular Now" showed the damages of alcoholism and the realities of first love. All these films were movies that I loved and that all deserved a spot on this list. The following movies demonstrated the risks that directors took to create these 2013 masterpieces.

12 Years a Slave Wins The London Film Critics

Film of the Year
12 Years a Slave

Director of the Year
Alfonso Cuaron (Gravity)

Actor of the Year
Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave)

Actress of the Year
Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)

Supporting Actor of the Year
Barkhad Abdi (Captain Phillips)

Supporting Actress of the Year
Lupita Nyong’o (12 Years a Slave)

Screenwriter of the Year
Ethan Coen and Joel Coen (Inside Llewyn Davis)

Technical Achievement of the Year
Tim Webber – visual effects (Gravity)

Documentary of the Year
The Act of Killing

Foreign Language Film of the Year
Blue Is the Warmest Colour

British Film of the Year
The Selfish Giant

British Actor of the Year
James McAvoy (Filth)

British Actress of the Year
Judi Dench (Philomena)

Breakthrough British Filmmaker of the Year
Jon S. Baird (Filth)

Young British Actor of the Year
Conner Chapman (The Selfish Giant)

Dilys Powell Award for Contribution to British Cinema
Gary Oldman

Frozen Wins the Annie Awards

Best Animated Feature:
Frozen, Walt Disney Animation Studios

Annie Award for Best Animated Special Production:
Chipotle Scarecrow, Chipotle Creative Department, Moonbot Studios

Best Animated Short Subject:
Get A Horse!,Walt Disney Animation Studios

Gravity Wins the ASC

Feature Film
Emmanuel Lubezki, Gravity
One-Hour Series
Jonathan Freeman, Game of Thrones – “Valar Dohaeris”
Half-Hour Series Television 
Blake McClure for Drunk History, “Detroit”
Television Motion Picture or Miniseries
Jeremy Benning, Killing Lincoln
ASC International Award
Eduardo Serra
Lifetime Achievement Award
Dean Cundey

Her and Captain Phillips Win WGA

Best Original Screenplay
Her, Written by Spike Jonze
Best Adapted Screenplay
Captain Phillips, Written by Billy Ray
Best Documentary Screenplay
Stories We Tell, Written by Sarah Polley