ARTIST WANTED 2012 Submission

Just entered the Artist Wanted Photography competition for a chance to win $25,000 and an artist residency in NYC. If you get a chance, stop by my competition portfolio and give me your vote!!!

http://christophermalcolm.artistswanted.org/yr2011

MODEL SPOTLIGHT - ARIANA ESTELLE

Got to work with model and ballet dancer Ariana Estelle last weekend. You can check out the result at www.christophermalcolmphotography.com

If I Picked The Oscars....

With the 2011 Oscar Announcement's looming, I think I'll take this opportunity to share with you my own picks for the best work in films in the last year. Do you care? Probably not, but I'll share anyway :-)

Here's hoping 2012 will be even better!

Best Picture

Midnight in Paris
Beginners
Shame
The Artist
Drive
The Tree of Life
Hugo
Martha Marcy May Marlene
Warrior
Moneyball

Best Director

Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist
Terence Malick – The Tree of Life
Martin Scorcese - Hugo
Mike Mills – Beginners
Steve McQueen – Shame

Best Actor

Michael Fassbender – Shame
George Clooney – The Descendants
Demian Bichir – A Better Life
Ryan Gosling – Drive
Brad Pitt – Moneyball

Best Actress

Michelle Williams – My Week With Marilyn
Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady
Elizabeth Olsen – Marcy Mary May Marlene
Carey Mulligan – Shame
Tilda Swinton – We Need To Talk About Kevin

Best Supporting Actor

John Hawkes – Martha Marcy May Marlene
Albert Brooks – Drive
Bryan Cranston – Drive
Ben Kingsley - Hugo
Christopher Plummer – Beginners

Best Supporting Actress

Viola Davis – The Help
Shailene Woodley – The Descendants
Berenice Bejo – The Artist
Jessica Chastain – The Help
Octavia Spencer – The Help

Best Original Screenplay

Woody Allen – Midnight in Paris
Mike Mills – Beginners
Terrence Malick – The Tree of Life
Steve McQueen, Abi Morgan – Shame
Sean Durkin – Martha Marcy May Marlene

Best Adapted Screenplay

John Logan – Hugo
Alexander Payne and Nick Faxon & Jim Rash – The Descendants
Steve Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin - Moneyball
Amini Hossien – Drive
Lee Hall, Richard Curtis – War Horse

Best Cinematography

Emmanuel Lubezki - The Tree of Life
Janusz Kaminski – War Horse
Robert Richardson - Hugo
Guilliame Schiffman - The Artist
Steve Bobbitt - Shame

Best Editor

Hank Corwin, Jay Rabinowitz, Daniel Rezende, Billy Weber, Mark Yoshikawa – The Tree of Life
Anne-Sophie Bion, Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist
Michael Kahn – War Horse
Thelma Schoonmaker - Hugo
Joe Walker - Shame

Best Art Direction

Dante Ferretti - Hugo
Rick Carter - War Horse
Jack Fisk – The Tree of Life
Gregory Hooper – The Artist
James Murakami – J Edgar

Best Costume Design

Sandy Powell - Hugo
Jacqueline West – The Tree of Life
Joanna Johnston – War Horse
Jill Taylor – My Week With Marilyn

Best Original Score

Alexander Desplat - The Tree of Life
Cliff Martinez – Drive
John Williams – War Horse
Ludovic Bource – The Artist
Mark Isham - Warrior

Best Sound

War Horse
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Hugo
The Tree of Life
Warrior

Best Animated Film

Rango