Seattle Film Critics Society
The Seattle Film Critics Society, founded in 2016, is a film critic organization of 26 print, radio, television, and internet journalists from Seattle-based publications and surrounding areas of Washington state. Current members include Moira Macdonald of The Seattle Times, David Chen of /Film, PopMatterss J. R. Kinnard, CinemaSquabbles Adam Gehrke, and Michael Medved of The Michael Medved Show.
Members
- Erik Samdahl – President
- Matt Oakes – Vice President
- Steve Reeder – Treasurer
- Warren Cantrell – Secretary
- Sara Michelle Fetters – Awards Coordinator
- Mike Ward – Membership Coordinator / Founder
- That Guy Named John – Communications Director
- Aaron White – Trustee
- Marc Morin – Trustee
- Paul Carlson – Trustee
- Adam Gehrke
- Allen A. Almachar
- Brent McKnight
- Brian Taibl
- Calvin Kemph
- David Chen
- J.R. Kinnard
- Kathy Fennessy
- Matt Lynch
- Michael Medved
- Moira Macdonald
- Rene Sanchez
- Ryan Oliver
- Sean Gilman
- Tim Hall
- Tom Tangney
Categories
- Seattle Film Critics Society Award for Best Picture
- Seattle Film Critics Society Award for Best Director
- Seattle Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor
- Seattle Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress
- Seattle Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor
- Seattle Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress
- Seattle Film Critics Society Award for Best Ensemble Cast
- Seattle Film Critics Society Award for Best Action Choreography
- Seattle Film Critics Society Award for Best Screenplay
- Seattle Film Critics Society Award for Best Animated Feature
- Seattle Film Critics Society Award for Best Documentary Feature
- Seattle Film Critics Society Award for Best Foreign Language Film
- Seattle Film Critics Society Award for Best Cinematography
- Seattle Film Critics Society Award for Best Costume Design
- Seattle Film Critics Society Award for Best Film Editing
- Seattle Film Critics Society Award for Best Original Score
- Seattle Film Critics Society Award for Best Production Design
- Seattle Film Critics Society Award for Best Visual Effects
- Seattle Film Critics Society Award for Best Youth Performance
- Seattle Film Critics Society Award for Best Villain
Ceremony information
2016 Seattle Film Critics Society Awards
Moonlight
| Barry Jenkins – Moonlight La La Land |
Casey Affleck – Manchester by the Sea as Lee Chandler La La Land as Sebastian Wilder | Isabelle Huppert – Elle as Michèle Leblanc Arrival as Dr. Louise Banks |
Mahershala Ali – Moonlight as Juan Hell or High Water as Marcus Hamilton | Viola Davis – Fences as Rose Maxson Certain Women as Jamie |
Moonlight
| Moonlight – Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney
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Zootopia – Byron Howard, Rich Moore, and Jared Bush | – Ezra Edelman
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Elle – Paul Verhoeven | Arrival – Bradford Young
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The Handmaiden – Jo Sang-kyung | Moonlight – Nat Sanders and Joi McMillon
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Arrival – Jóhann Jóhannsson | The Handmaiden – Ryu Seong-hee
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Arrival – Louis Morin Doctor Strange – Stephane Ceretti, Paul Corbould, Richard Bluff, and Vincent Cirelli
| Anya Taylor-Joy – The Witch as Thomasin
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John Goodman – 10 Cloverfield Lane as Howard Stambler'
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Nominations | Film |
10 | La La Land |
10 | Moonlight |
9 | Arrival |
7 | Manchester by the Sea |
7 | The Witch |
6 | Jackie |
5 | Hell or High Water |
4 | Elle |
4 | The Handmaiden |
3 | Fences |
3 | Rogue One: A Star Wars Story |
2 | 10 Cloverfield Lane |
2 | 13th |
2 | Captain Fantastic |
2 | Love & Friendship |
Awards | Film |
6 | Moonlight |
3 | Arrival |
2 | Elle |
2 | The Handmaiden'' |
2017 Seattle Film Critics Society Awards
Get Out
| Christopher Nolan – Dunkirk The Florida Project |
Daniel Day-Lewis – Phantom Thread as Reynolds Woodcock The Disaster Artist as Tommy Wiseau | Saoirse Ronan – Lady Bird as Christine "Lady Bird" McPherson The Shape of Water as Elisa Esposito |
Willem Dafoe – The Florida Project as Bobby Hicks The Killing of a Sacred Deer as Martin | Laurie Metcalf – Lady Bird as Marion McPherson Girls Trip as Dina |
Get Out
| Lady Bird – Greta Gerwig
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Coco – Lee Unkrich and Adrian Molina | Faces Places – Agnès Varda and JR
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Raw – Julia Ducournau | Blade Runner 2049 – Roger Deakins
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Phantom Thread – Mark Bridges | Dunkirk – Lee Smith
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Phantom Thread – Jonny Greenwood | Blade Runner 2049 – Dennis Gassner / Alessandra Querzola
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War for the Planet of the Apes – Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Daniel Barrett, and Joel Whist
| Brooklynn Prince – The Florida Project as Moonee
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James McAvoy – Split as Kevin Wendell Crumb'
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Nominations | Film |
8 | Blade Runner 2049 |
7 | Dunkirk |
7 | Lady Bird |
7 | The Shape of Water |
6 | Get Out |
6 | Phantom Thread |
5 | The Florida Project |
5 | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri |
3 | The Disaster Artist |
3 | Logan |
3 | The Post |
2 | The Big Sick |
2 | Darkest Hour |
2 | It |
2 | I, Tonya |
2 | The Killing of a Sacred Deer |
2 | War for the Planet of the Apes |
2 | Wonderstruck |
Awards | Film |
3 | Lady Bird |
3 | Phantom Thread |
2 | Blade Runner 2049 |
2 | Dunkirk |
2 | The Florida Project |
2 | Get Out'' |
2018 Seattle Film Critics Society Awards
Roma
| Alfonso Cuarón – Roma A Star Is Born |
Ethan Hawke – First Reformed as Reverend Ernst Toller
| Toni Collette – Hereditary as Annie Graham
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Richard E. Grant – Can You Ever Forgive Me? as Jack Hock
| Regina King – If Beale Street Could Talk as Sharon Rivers
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Widows
| The Favourite – Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara
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– Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, and Rodney Rothman | Free Solo – Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin
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Roma – Alfonso Cuarón | Roma – Alfonso Cuarón
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Black Panther – Ruth E. Carter | – Eddie Hamilton
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Mandy – Jóhann Jóhannsson | The Favourite – Fiona Crombie / Alice Felton
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' – Jody Johnson
| Elsie Fisher – Eighth Grade as Kayla Day
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Michael B. Jordan – Black Panther as N'Jadaka / Erik Killmonger ' as Thanos |
Nominations | Film |
11 | The Favourite |
8 | Roma |
7 | Black Panther |
7 | If Beale Street Could Talk |
5 | First Man |
5 | ' |
4 | First Reformed |
4 | A Star Is Born |
3 | Blindspotting |
3 | Widows |
2 | ' |
2 | Burning |
2 | Hereditary |
2 | Mary Poppins Returns |
2 | Paddington 2 |
2 | Shoplifters |
2 | Suspiria |
2 | You Were Never Really Here |
Awards | Film |
4 | Roma |
2 | Black Panther |
2 | The Favourite |
2 |
2019 Seattle Film Critics Society Awards
Parasite
| Bong Joon-ho – Parasite
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Adam Driver – Marriage Story as Charlie Barber Pain and Glory as Salvador Mallo | Lupita Nyong'o – Us as Adelaide Wilson / Red The Farewell as Billi Wang |
Willem Dafoe – The Lighthouse as Thomas Wake A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood as Fred Rogers | Jennifer Lopez – Hustlers as Ramona Vega Marriage Story as Nora Fanshaw |
Parasite
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Parasite – Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won
| Toy Story 4 – Josh Cooley |
Apollo 11 – Todd Douglas Miller
| Parasite – Bong Joon-ho |
1917 – Roger Deakins
| Dolemite Is My Name – Ruth E. Carter |
Uncut Gems – Ronald Bronstein and Benny Safdie
| Uncut Gems – Oneohtrix Point Never |
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood – Barbara Ling / Nancy Haigh
| Ad Astra – Allen Maris, Jedediah Smith, Guillaume Rocheron, and Scott R. Fisher
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Thomasin McKenzie – Jojo Rabbit as Elsa Korr
| Red Dress – In Fabric as Red Dress
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Nominations | Film |
10 | The Irishman |
9 | Parasite |
8 | Once Upon a Time in Hollywood |
7 | 1917 |
7 | Little Women |
5 | The Farewell |
5 | Marriage Story |
5 | Uncut Gems |
4 | The Lighthouse |
3 | Joker |
3 | Us |
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2 | Doctor Sleep |
2 | Ford v Ferrari |
2 | Jojo Rabbit |
2 | Knives Out |
2 | Pain and Glory |
2 | Portrait of a Lady on Fire |
Awards | Film |
5 | Parasite |
2 | Uncut Gems |