Chicago Film Critics Association Awards - 2007
December 8th, 2007 by Andre Soares
20th Chicago Film Critics Association Awards - 2007
The 20th Chicago Film Critics Association Award nominations were announced on December 10, 2007.
The 20th Chicago Film Critics Association Award winners were announced on December 12, 2007. The awards ceremony will take place on January 7, 2008.
("*" denotes the winner in each category)

BEST PICTURE
Into the Wild
Michael Clayton
* No Country for Old Men
Once
There Will Be Blood
BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
* 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
Black Book
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
La Vie en Rose
Lust, Caution
The Orphanage
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Darfur Now
The King of Kong
Lake of Fire
No End in Sight
* Sicko
BEST DIRECTOR
Paul Thomas Anderson — There Will Be Blood
* Joel & Ethan Coen — No Country for Old Men
David Fincher — Zodiac
Tony Gilroy — Michael Clayton
Jason Reitman — Juno
BEST ACTOR
George Clooney — Michael Clayton
Ryan Gosling — Lars and the Real Girl
Frank Langella — Starting Out in the Evening
* Daniel Day-Lewis — There Will Be Blood
Viggo Mortensen — Eastern Promises
BEST ACTRESS
Julie Christie — Away from Her
Marion Cotillard — La Vie en Rose
Angelina Jolie — A Mighty Heart
Laura Linney — The Savages
* Ellen Page — Juno
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Casey Affleck — The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
* Javier Bardem — No Country for Old Men
Philip Seymour Hoffman — Charlie Wilson’s War
Hal Holbrook — Into the Wild
Tom Wilkinson — Michael Clayton
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
* Cate Blanchett — I’m Not There
Jennifer Jason Leigh — Margot at the Wedding
Leslie Mann — Knocked Up
Amy Ryan — Gone Baby Gone
Tilda Swinton — Michael Clayton
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Brad Bird — Ratatouille
* Diablo Cody — Juno
Tony Gilroy — Michael Clayton
Tamara Jenkins — The Savages
Kelly Masterston — Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Paul Thomas Anderson — There Will Be Blood
* Joel & Ethan Coen — No Country for Old Men
Christopher Hampton — Atonement
Sean Penn — Into the Wild
James Vanderbilt — Zodiac
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
* The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford — Roger Deakins
Atonement — Seamus McGarvey
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly — Janusz Kaminski
No Country for Old Men — Roger Deakins
There Will Be Blood — Robert Elswit
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford — Nick Cave & Warren Ellis
Atonement — Dario Marianelli
Lust, Caution — Alexandre Desplat
* Once — Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova
There Will Be Blood — Jonny Greenwood
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Beowulf
Meet the Robinsons
Persepolis
* Ratatouille
The Simpsons Movie
MOST PROMISING PERFORMER
Nikki Blonsky — Hairspray
* Michael Cera — Juno /Superbad
Glen Hansard — Once
Carice van Houten — Black Book
Tang Wei — Lust, Caution
MOST PROMISING DIRECTOR
* Ben Affleck — Gone Baby Gone
John Carney — Once
Craig Gillespie — Lars and the Real Girl
Tony Gilroy — Michael Clayton
Sarah Polley — Away from Her
Chicago Film Critics Association Site
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards: 2004 2005 2006 2007
Film Awards: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards 2007
International Documentary Association Awards 2007
New York Film Critics Circle Awards 2007
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 2007
Leeds Film Festival Awards 2007
Thessaloniki Film Festival Awards 2007
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