On Sunday, the 20-odd members of the St. Louis Film Critics group, whose year-end award nominees I listed here a few days ago, picked a diverse group of winners. No film won more than one of the major categories, suggesting that this year’s Oscar race may be a split ticket.

The St. Louis Film Critics group comprises movie reviewers from newpapers, magazines, broadcast stations and Web sites in the metro area. Here are their picks for 2008:

BEST PICTURE

The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button

BEST ACTOR

Sean Penn (Milk)

 BEST ACTRESS

Kate Winslet (Revolutionary Road)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Viola Davis (Doubt)

BEST DIRECTOR

Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire)

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

Slumdog Millionaire - U.K./U.S.A/India

BEST DOCUMENTARY

Man On Wire

BEST COMEDY

Burn After Reading

BEST ANIMATED FILM

Wall-E

MOST ORIGINAL, INNOVATIVE OR CREATIVE FILM

The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Mandy Walker (Australia)

BEST SCREENPLAY (ORIGINAL OR ADAPTED)

Peter Morgan (Frost/Nixon)

BEST MUSIC (SOUNDTRACK OR SCORE, ORIGINAL OR ADAPTED)

The Visitor

BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS

The Dark Knight