The Houston Film Critics Society Award Winners for 2011

And the honors for 2011 go to:

Best Picture: The Descendants

Best Director: Nicolas Winding Refn, Drive

Best Actor: Michael Fassbender, Shame

Best Actress: Tilda Swinton, We Need to Talk About Kevin

Best Supporting Actor: Albert Brooks, Drive

Best Supporting Actress: Shailene Woodley, The Descendants

Best Screenplay: Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash, The Descendants

Best Animated Film: Rango

Best Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki, The Tree of Life

Best Documentary: Project Nim

Best Foreign Film: I Saw the Devil

Best Original Score: Ludovic Bource, The Artist

Best Original Song: Life’s A Happy Song by Bret McKenzie, for The Muppets

Worst Picture: Your Highness

Technical Achievement: Rise of the Planet of the Apes

Texas Independent Film Award: Puncture

Humanitarian Award: Joanne King Herring

Lifetime Achievement Award: Jeff Bridges

Outstanding Achievement: Hunter Todd

Outstanding Achievement: Mary Lampe