San Diego Film Critics Society Awards 2019

The 24th San Diego Film Critics Society Awards were announced on December 9, 2019.

24th San Diego Film Critics Society Awards
Date	December 9, 2019
Site	San Diego, California, U.S.
Highlights
Best Picture	The Irishman
Most awards	The Irishman / Marriage Story / Once Upon a Time in Hollywood / Dolemite Is My Name (2)
Most nominations	The Irishman / Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (10)

Winners and nominees

Best Film

The Irishman

• 1917
• Joker
• Marriage Story
• Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Best Director

Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie, Uncut Gems

• Noah Baumbach, Marriage Story
• Sam Mendes, 1917
• Martin Scorsese, The Irishman
• Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Best Male Actor

Adam Driver, Marriage Story

Joaquin Phoenix, Joker

• Christian Bale, Ford V Ferrari
• Eddie Murphy, Dolemite Is My Name
• Adam Sandler, Uncut Gems

Best Female Actor

Lupita Nyong’o, Us

• Awkwafina, The Farewell
• Scarlett Johansson, Marriage Story
• Saoirse Ronan, Little Women
• Renée Zellweger, Judy

Best Supporting Actor

Joe Pesci, The Irishman

Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

• Wesley Snipes, Dolemite Is My Name
• Willem Dafoe, The Lighthouse
• Al Pacino, The Irishman

Best Supporting Actress

Zhao Shuzhen, The Farewell

• Octavia Spencer, Luce
• Laura Dern, Marriage Story
• Thomasin McKenzie, Jojo Rabbit
• Florence Pugh, Little Women

Best Comedic Performance

Wesley Snipes, Dolemite Is My Name

• Taika Waititi, Jojo Rabbit
• Daniel Craig, Knives Out
• Eddie Murphy, Dolemite Is My Name
• Sam Rockwell, Jojo Rabbit

Best Original Screenplay

Noah Baumbach, Marriage Story

• Bong Joon Ho, Jin Won Han, Parasite
• Rian Johnson, Knives Out
• Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie, Uncut Gems
• Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Best Adapted Screenplay

J.C. Lee, Julius Onah, Luce

• Greta Gerwig, Little Women
• Todd Phillips, Scott Silver, Joker
• Taika Waititi, Christine Leunens, Jojo Rabbit
• Steven Zaillian, The Irishman

Best Documentary

Love, Antosha

• Apollo 11
• The Biggest Little Farm
• One Child Nation
• They Shall Not Grow Old

Best Animated Film

I Lost My Body

• Missing Link
• Abominable
• How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
• Toy Story 4

Best Foreign-Language Film

Parasite

• Portrait of a Lady on Fire
• Transit
• The Farewell
• Pain and Glory

Best Costume Design

Ruth E. Carter, Dolemite Is My Name

• Julian Day, Rocketman
• Jacqueline Durran, Little Women
• Arianne Phillips, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
• Anna Robbins, Downton Abbey

Best Editing

Andrew Buckland, Michael McCusker & Dirk Westervelt, Ford v Ferrari

• Jennifer Lame, Marriage Story
• Fred Raskin, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
• Benny Safdie, Ronald Bronstein, Uncut Gems
• Thelma Schoonmaker, The Irishman

Best Cinematography

Jarin Blaschke, The Lighthouse

• Roger Deakins, 1917
• Hoyte Van Hoytema, Ad Astra
• Rodrigo Prieto, The Irishman
• Phedon Papamichael, Ford v Ferrari

Best Production Design

Dennis Gassner, 1917

• Jess Gonchor, Little Women
• Clay A. Griffith, Dolemite Is My Name
• Barbara Ling, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
• Bob Shaw, The Irishman
• Donal Woods, Downton Abbey

Best Visual Effects

Ad Astra

• 1917
• The Aeronauts
• Avengers: Endgame
• The Irishman

Best Use of Music

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

• Rocketman
• Jojo Rabbit
• Joker
• Yesterday

Best Ensemble

Knives Out

• Downton Abbey
• The Irishman
• Marriage Story
• Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Breakthrough Artist

Florence Pugh, Little Women, Midsommar

• Jessie Buckley, Judy, Wild Rose
• Julia Butters, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
• Roman Griffin Davis, Jojo Rabbit
• Kelvin Harrison Jr., Luce, Waves