The Houston Film Critics Society Award Winners for 2009

And the honors for 2009 go to:

Best Picture: The Hurt Locker

Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker

Best Actor: George Clooney, Up in the Air

Best Actress: Carey Mulligan, An Education

Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds

Best Supporting Actress: Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air

Best Screenplay: Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner, Up in the Air

Best Animated Film: Up

Best Cinematography: Barry Ackroyd, The Hurt Locker

Best Documentary: The Cove

Best Foreign Film: Sin Nombre

Best Original Score: Michael Giacchino, Up

Best Original Song: Petey’s Song by Jarvis Cocker, Wes Anderson & Noah Baumbach, for Fantastic Mr. Fox

Humanitarian Award: G.W. Bailey

Lifetime Achievement Award: Patrick Swayze