Saturday, July 5, 2025

2013 Tyler's Choice Awards

(Boldface = winner; Italics = winner)

Best Picture

  • American Hustle (Charles Roven, Richard Suckle, Megan Ellison & Jonathan Gordon)
  • Captain Phillips (Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti & Michael De Luca)
  • Her (Megan Ellison, Spike Jonze & Vincent Landay)
  • Twelve Years a Slave (Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen & Anthony Katagas)
  • The Wolf of Wall Street (Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio, Joey McFarland, Riz Aziz & Emma Tillinger Kosoff)
    (Honourable Mentions: Before Midnight, Inside Llewyn Davis, Pacific Rim, Saving Mr. Banks, Star Trek into Darkness)

Best Director

  • Joel & Ethan Coen - Inside Llewyn Davis
  • Paul Greengrass - Captain Phillips
  • Steve McQueen - Twelve Years a Slave
  • David O. Russell - American Hustle
  • Martin Scorsese - The Wolf of Wall Street
    (Honourable Mentions: Alfonso Cuarón - Gravity, Ron Howard - Rush, Spike Jonze - Her, Baz Luhrmann - The Great Gatsby, Richard Linklater - Before Midnight)

Best Lead Actor

  • Bruce Dern - Nebraska
  • Leonardo DiCaprio - The Wolf of Wall Street
  • Chiwetel Ejiofor - Twelve Years a Slave
  • Matthew McConaughey - Dallas Buyers' Club
  • Robert Redford - All is Lost
    (Honourable Mentions: Tom Hanks - Captain Phillips, Oscar Isaac - Inside Llewyn Davis, Mads Mikkelsen - The Hunt, Joaquin Phoenix - Her, Forest Whitaker - Lee Daniels' The Butler)

Best Lead Actress

  • Cate Blanchett - Blue Jasmine
  • Julie Delpy - Before Midnight
  • Judi Dench - Philomena
  • Meryl Streep - August: Osage County
  • Emma Thompson - Saving Mr. Banks
    (Honourable Mentions: Amy Adams - American Hustle, Adèle Exarchopoulos - Blue is the Warmest Color, Brie Larson - Short Term 12, Julia Louis-Dreyfus - Enough Said, Kate Winslet - Labor Day)

Best Supporting Actor

  • Barkhad Abdi - Captain Phillips
  • Benedict Cumberbatch - Star Trek Into Darkness
  • Michael Fassbender - Twelve Years a Slave
  • Matthew McConaughey - Mud
  • Sam Rockwell - The Way, Way Back
    (Honourable Mentions: Daniel Brühl - Rush, Bradley Cooper - American Hustle, Harrison Ford - 42, James Gandolfini - Enough Said, Jared Leto - Dallas Buyers' Club)

Best Supporting Actress

  • Scarlett Johansson - Her
  • Jennifer Lawrence - American Hustle
  • Lupita Nyong'o - Twelve Years a Slave
  • Octavia Spencer - Fruitvale Station
  • Oprah Winfrey - Lee Daniels' The Butler
    (Honourable Mentions: Naomie Harris - Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, Sally Hawkins - Blue Jasmine, Léa Seydoux - Blue is the Warmest Color, June Squibb - Nebraska, Emily Watson - The Book Thief)

Best Original Screenplay

  • American Hustle (Eric Warren Singer & David O. Russell)
  • Blue Jasmine (Woody Allen)
  • Her (Spike Jonze)
  • Inside Llewyn Davis (Joel & Ethan Coen)
  • The Way, Way Back (Jim Rash & Nat Faxon)
    (Honourable Mentions: Enough Said, Frances Ha, Mud, Pacific Rim, Saving Mr. Banks)

Best Adapted Screenplay

  • August: Osage County (Tracy Letts; based on the play by Tracy Letts)
  • Before Midnight (Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy & Ethan Hawke; based on the characters created by Richard Linklater & Kim Krizan)
  • Philomena (Jeff Pope & Steve Coogan; based on the book "The Lost Child of Philomena Lee" by Martin Sexsmith)
  • Twelve Years a Slave (John Ridley; based on the memoir by Solomon Northup)
  • The Wolf of Wall Street (Terence Winter; based on the memoir by Jordan Belfort)
    (Honourable Mentions: Captain Phillips, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Short Term 12, The Spectacular Now, The Wind Rises)

Best Cast Ensemble

  • American Hustle [Lindsay Graham & Mary Vernieu, casting directors] (Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Amy Adams, Jennifer Lawrence, Jeremy Renner, Louis C.K., Jack Huston, Michael Pena & Shea Whigham, et. al.)
  • August: Osage County [Kerry Barden & Paul Schnee, casting directors] (Meryl Streep, Sam Shepard, Julia Roberts, Ewan McGregor, Abigail Breslin, Juliette Lewis, Dermot Mulroney, Chris Cooper, Benedict Cumberbatch & Margo Martindale, et. al.)
  • Lee Daniels' The Butler [Leah Daniels-Butler & Billy Hopkins, casting directors] (Forest Whitaker, Oprah Winfrey, David Oyelowo, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Lenny Kravitz, Robin Williams, John Cusack, Liev Schreiber, James Marsden & Alan Rickman, et. al.)
  • Prisoners [Kerry Barden & Paul Schnee, casting directors] (Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis, Maria Bello, Terrence Howard, Melissa Leo, Dylan Minnette & Paul Dano, et. al.)
  • The Way, Way Back [Allison Jones, casting director] (Liam James, Steve Carell, Sam Rockwell, Toni Collette, Allison Janney, AnnaSophia Robb, Rob Corddry, Amanda Peet, Robert Capron & Maya Rudolph, et. al.)
    (Honourable Mentions: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Pacific Rim, Saving Mr. Banks, Twelve Years a Slave, The Wolf of Wall Street)

Best Young Actor (21 or Under)

  • Adèle Exarchopoulos - Blue is the Warmest Color
  • Liam James - The Way, Way Back
  • Sophie Nélisse - The Book Thief
  • Tye Sheridan - Mud
  • Ty Simpkins - Iron Man 3
    (Honourable Mentions: Asa Butterfield - Ender's Game, Jacob Lofland - Mud, Chloë Moretz - Carrie, Saoirse Ronan - How I Live Now, Dylan Sprayberry - Man of Steel)

Best Foreign Language Film

  • Blue is the Warmest Color [France] (Abdellatif Kechiche)
  • The Great Beauty [Italy] (Paolo Sorrentino)
  • The Hunt [Denmark] (Thomas Vinterburg)
  • The Past [Iran] (Asghar Farhadi)
  • The Wind Rises [Japan] (Hayao Miyazaki)
    (Honourable Mentions: The Act of Killing, The Broken Circle Breakdown, The Grandmaster, The Missing Picture, Wadjda)

Best Documentary Feature

  • 20 Feet from Stardom (Morgan Neville, Gil Friesen & Caitrin Rogers)
  • The Act of Killing (Joshua Oppenheimer & Signe Byrge Sørensen)
  • The Armstrong Lie (Alex Gibney, Frank Marshall & Matt Tolmach)
  • Blackfish (Gabriela Cowperthwaite & Manuela V. Oteyza)
  • Stories We Tell (Sarah Polley & Anita Lee)
    (Honourable Mentions: 56 Up, Cutie and the Boxer, Muscle Shoals, The Square, Tim's Vermeer)

Best Original Score

  • Gravity (Steven Price)
  • Her (Arcade Fire)
  • Man of Steel (Hans Zimmer)
  • Saving Mr. Banks (Thomas Newman)
  • Twelve Years a Slave (Hans Zimmer)
    (Honourable Mentions: The Book Thief - John Williams, Frozen - Christophe Beck, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire - James Newton Howard, Philomena - Alexandre Desplat, Rush - Hans Zimmer)

Best Original Song [TIE]

  • "Atlas" - The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion & Chris Martin)
  • "Let it Go" - Frozen (Robert Lopez & Kristen Anderson-Lopez)
  • "The Moon Song" - Her (Karen Orzolek & Spike Jonze)
  • "Please, Mr. Kennedy" - Inside Llewyn Davis (Ed Rush, George Cromarty, T-Bone Burnett, Justin Timberlake, Joel Coen & Ethan Coen)
  • "Young and Beautiful" - The Great Gatsby (Lana Del Rey & Rick Nowels)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Almost Here" - Oz: The Great and Powerful, "Amen" - All is Lost, "Happy" - Despicable Me 2, "Ordinary Love" - Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, "Stay Alive" - The Secret Life of Walter Mitty)

Best Sound Editing

  • All is Lost (Steve Boeddeker & Richard Hymns)
  • Gravity (Glenn Freemantle)
  • Man of Steel (Eric A. Norris & Scott Hecker)
  • Pacific Rim (Scott Martin Gershin)
  • Star Trek Into Darkness (Ben Burtt & Matthew Wood)
    (Honourable Mentions: Captain Phillips, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, Iron Man 3, Lone Survivor, Rush)

Best Sound Mixing

  • Captain Phillips (Chris Burdon, Mark Taylor, Mike Prestwood Smith & Chris Munro)
  • Gravity (Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead & Chris Munro)
  • The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (Tony Johnson, Christopher Boyes, Michael Hedges & Michael Semanick)
  • Inside Llewyn Davis (Skip Lievsay, Greg Orloff & Peter Kurland)
  • Pacific Rim (Tim LeBlanc, John Reitz & Gregg Rudloff)
    (Honourable Mentions: Frozen, Lone Survivor, Man of Steel, Rush, Twelve Years a Slave)

Best Animated Feature

  • Despicable Me 2 (Chris Renaud, Pierre Coffin, Janet Healy & Chris Meledandri)
  • Ernest & Celestine (Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar, Benjamin Renner & Didier Brunner)
  • Frozen (Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee & Peter Del Vecho)
  • Monsters University (Dan Scanlon & Kori Rae)
  • The Wind Rises (Hayao Miyazaki & Toshio Suzuki)
    (Honourable Mentions: Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2, Epic, A Letter to Momo, Turbo)

Best Voice-Over Performance

  • Steve Carell - Despicable Me 2 for voicing Gru
  • Billy Crystal - Monsters University for voicing Mike Wazowski
  • Benedict Cumberbatch - The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug for voicing Smaug
  • Scarlett Johansson - Her for voicing Samantha
  • Idina Menzel - Frozen for voicing Elsa
    (Honourable Mentions: Nicolas Cage - The Croods, Terry Crews - Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, Paul Giamatti - Turbo, Helen Mirren - Monsters University, Kristen Wiig - Despicable Me 2)

Best Cinematography

  • Gravity (Emmanuel Lubezki)
  • Inside Llewyn Davis (Bruno Delbonnel)
  • Prisoners (Roger Deakins)
  • Rush (Anthony Dod Mantle)
  • The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (Stuart Dryburgh)
    (Honourable Mentions: Captain Phillips, The Grandmaster, The Great Gatsby, To the Wonder, Twelve Years a Slave)

Best Film Editing

  • American Hustle (Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers & Alan Baumgarten)
  • Captain Phillips (Christopher Rouse)
  • Rush (Mike Hill & Daniel P. Hanley)
  • Twelve Years a Slave (Joe Walker)
  • The Wolf of Wall Street (Thelma Schoonmaker)
    (Honourable Mentions: Gravity, Her, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Pacific Rim, Saving Mr. Banks)

Best Production Design

  • The Great Gatsby (Catherine Martin & Beverley Dunn)
  • Her (K.K. Barrett & Gene Serdena)
  • The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (Dan Hennah, Ra Vincent & Simon Bright)
  • Oz: The Great and Powerful (Robert Stromberg & Nancy Haigh)
  • Twelve Years a Slave (Adam Stockhausen & Alice Baker)
    (Honourable Mentions: American Hustle, Elysium, Frozen, Inside Llewyn Davis, Pacific Rim)

Best Costume Design

  • American Hustle (Michael Wilkinson)
  • The Great Gatsby (Catherine Martin)
  • The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Trish Summerville)
  • Oz: The Great and Powerful (Gary Jones)
  • Saving Mr. Banks (Daniel Orlandi)
    (Honourable Mentions: Blue Jasmine, Dallas Buyers' Club, The Grandmaster, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, Twelve Years a Slave)

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

  • American Hustle (Evelyn Noraz, Kathrine Gordon & Lori McCoy-Bell)
  • The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (Richard Taylor & Peter King)
  • Lee Daniels' The Butler (Matthew W. Mungle, Debra Danson & Candace Neal)
    (Honourable Mentions: Dallas Buyers' Club, The Great Gatsby, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Rush, Twelve Years a Slave)

Best Visual Effects [TIE]

  • Gravity (Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk & Neil Corbould)
  • The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton & Eric Reynolds)
  • Iron Man 3 (Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Erik Nash & Dan Sudick)
  • Man of Steel (Joe Letteri, John Desjardin, Dan Lemmon & Allen Hall)
  • Pacific Rim (John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Lindy De Quattro & Nigel Sumner)
    (Honourable Mentions: Elysium, Oblivion, Star Trek Into Darkness, Thor: The Dark World, World War Z)

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