Awards Circuit Staff Announces 2017 Winners, 'Lady Bird' Prevails

The Awards Circuit Staff have made their selections for the best of 2017.

From a list of eleven contenders, "Lady Bird" emerged as the favorite among the staff, while "The Shape of Water" almost nabbed the win. "Lady Bird" won three awards overall, with Laurie Metcalf and Greta Gerwig winning. Saoirse Ronan was the runner up in Best Actress, second to "The Shape of Water" star Sally Hawkins.

Other big winners include the cast of "Mudbound" as the Best Ensemble, along with Dee Rees and Virgil Williams for penning the Best Adapted Screenplay. The top documentary was "Icarus," and France prevailed in the Foreign Language race with a tie between "BPM" and "Faces Places."

Here is the complete list of winners:

BEST PICTURE

Winner: "Lady Bird"
Runner Up: "The Shape of Water"

BEST DIRECTOR

Winner: Guillermo del Toro, "The Shape of Water"
Runners Up: Greta Gerwig, "Lady Bird"; Christopher Nolan, "Dunkirk"

LEAD ACTOR

Winner: Daniel Kaluuya, "Get Out"
Runner Up: Gary Oldman, "Darkest Hour"

LEAD ACTRESS

Winner: Sally Hawkins, "The Shape of Water"
Runner Up: Saoirse Ronan, "Lady Bird"

SUPPORTING ACTOR

Winner: Armie Hammer, "Call Me By Your Name"
Runner Up: Richard Jenkins, "The Shape of Water"

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Winner: Laurie Metcalf, "Lady Bird"
Runner Up: Allison Janney, "I, Tonya"

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Winner: Greta Gerwig, "Lady Bird"
Runners Up: Jordan Peele, "Get Out"; Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon, "The Big "Sick

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Winner: Dee Rees and Virgil Williams, "Mudbound"
Runner Up: Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber, "The Disaster Artist"

ENSEMBLE CAST

Winner: "Mudbound"
Runner Up: "Lady Bird"

ANIMATED FEATURE

Winner: "Coco"
Runner Up: "The Breadwinner"

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

Winner: "Icarus"
Runner Up: "Cries from Syria"

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

Winners (TIE): "BPM" (France), "Faces Places" (France)

ORIGINAL SCORE

Winner: Alexandre Desplat, "The Shape of Water"
Runner Up: Hans Zimmer, "Dunkirk"

ORIGINAL SONG

Winner: “Remember Me” from "Coco"
Runner Up: “Un Poco Loco” from "Coco"

ADAPTED SCORE/SOUNDTRACK

Winner: "Baby Driver"
Runner Up: "Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol 2"

CINEMATOGRAPHY

Winner: Roger Deakins, "Blade Runner 2049"
Runner Up: Hoyte van Hoytema, "Dunkirk"

COSTUME DESIGN

Winner: Mark Bridges, "Phantom Thread"
Runner Up: Stacey Battat, "The Beguiled"

FILM EDITING

Winner: Lee Smith, "Dunkirk"
Runner Up: Paul Machliss and Jonathan Amos, "Baby Driver"

MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING

Winner: "Darkest Hour"
Runner Up: "Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol 2"

PRODUCTION DESIGN

Winner: Dennis Gassner, "Blade Runner 2049"
Runner Up: Paul D. Austerberry, "The Shape of Water"

SOUND DESIGN

Winners (TIE): "Blade Runner 2049," "Dunkirk"

VISUAL EFFECTS

Winner: "War for the Planet of the Apes"
Runners Up: "Blade Runner 2049," "Star Wars: The Last Jedi"

BEST BREAKTHROUGH OF 2017

Winner: Timothée Chalamet
Runner Up: Daniel Kaluuya

HYBRID WORK

Winner: Andy Serkis, "War for the Planet of the Apes"
Runner Up: Anthony Gonzalez, "Coco"

BODY OF WORK, 2017

Winner: Tracy Letts ("Lady Bird," "The Lovers," "The Post")
Runner Up: Michael Stuhlbarg ("The Shape of Water," "The Post," "Call Me By Your Name")

Congratulations to "Lady Bird" and all of the winners of the 2017 Awards Circuit Staff Awards! Were you surprised by any of the results? Comment below and share your thoughts!

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