Boston Experts: The Artist, Martin Scorsese, Kaira Pitt, Michelle Williams

The Artist was the Boston Society of Film Experts’ option for Best Picture. Kaira Pitt was chosen Best Actor for Moneyball and Michelle Williams was honored as well as Actress. In supporting groups Melissa McCarthy won for Bridesmaids and Albert Brooks required a prize for Drive. Complete list follows: Best Picture “The Artist” (Runners-up: “Hugo” and “Margaret”) Best Director Martin Scorsese, “Hugo” (Runner-up: Michel Hazanavicius, “The Artist”) Kaira Pitt, “Moneyball” (Runners-up: George Clooney, “The Decendants” and Michael Fassbender, “Shame”) Best Actress Michelle Williams, “My Week With Marilyn” (Runner-up: Meryl Streep, “The Iron Lady”) Best Supporting Actor Albert Brooks, “Drive” Best Supporting Actress Melissa McCarthy, “Bridesmaids” (Runner-up: Jeannie Berlin, “Margaret”) Best Script “Moneyball” (Runner-up: “Margaret”) Best Foreign Film “Incendies” (Runners-up: “A Separation” and “Poetry”) Best Cinematography “The Tree of Existence” (Runner-up: Hugo) Best Documentary “Project Nim” (Runner-up: Bill Cunningham, NY) Best Film Editing (granted in memory of Karen Schmeer) The Time (Runner-up: Hugo) Best New Filmmaker (granted in memory of David Brudnoy) Sean Durkin, Martha Marcy May Marlene (Runner-up: JC Chandor, Margin Call) Best Ensemble Cast “Carnage (Runner-up: “Margaret”) Best Utilization of Music inside a Film “The Artist” and “Drive” (Runner-up: “The Descendants”)