San Diego Film Critics Society Awards 2020

Chloé Zhao – Nomadland

• Runner-Up: Aaron Sorkin – The Trial of the Chicago 7
  • Darius Marder – Sound of Metal
  • Kelly Reichardt – First Cow
  • Florian Zeller – The Father

Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman

• Runner-Up: Frances McDormand – Nomadland
  • Viola Davis – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
  • Vanessa Kirby – Pieces of a Woman
  • Aubrey Plaza – Black Bear

Youn Yuh-jung – Minari

• Runner-Up: Amanda Seyfried – Mank
  • Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
  • Ellen Burstyn – Pieces of a Woman
  • Olivia Cooke – Sound of Metal

Lee Isaac Chung – Minari

• Runner-Up: Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman
• Runner-Up: Darius Marder, Abraham Marder, and Derek Cianfrance – Sound of Metal
• Runner-Up: Aaron Sorkin – The Trial of the Chicago 7
  • Sofia Coppola – On the Rocks

Radha Blank – The Forty-Year-Old Version

• Runner-Up: Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
• Runner-Up: Bill Murray – On the Rocks
  • Sacha Baron Cohen – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
  • Andy Samberg – Palm Springs

Time

• Runner-Up: The Social Dilemma
  • Athlete A
  • My Octopus Teacher
  • Rewind

One Night in Miami...

• Runner-Up: The Trial of the Chicago 7
  • Da 5 Bloods
  • Palm Springs
  • Uncle Frank

Andy Canny – The Invisible Man

• Runner-Up: Alan Baumgarten – The Trial of the Chicago 7
  • Andrew Dickler and Matthew Friedman – Palm Springs
  • Jennifer Lame – Tenet
  • Matthew L. Weiss – Black Bear

Donald Graham Burt – Mank

• Runner-Up: Molly Hughes – I'm Thinking of Ending Things
• Runner-Up: Shane Valentino – The Trial of the Chicago 7
  • Nathan Crowley – Tenet
  • Kave Quinn – Emma

Tenet

• Runner-Up: The Invisible Man
  • Birds of Prey
  • Greyhound
  • The Midnight Sky
  • Sputnik