Los Angeles Film Critics Announce 2004 Award Winners
LOS ANGELES, JANUARY 11, 2004—Sideways was voted Best Picture of the Year, it was announced tonight by Henry Sheehan, President of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA). The runner up was Million Dollar Baby.
LAFCA's 30th annual achievement awards ceremony will be held Thursday, January 13 at the St. Regis Hotel in Los Angeles. www.lafca.net.
Other award winners are:
DIRECTOR
Alexander Payne, Sideways
Runner-up: Martin Scorsese, The Aviator
ACTRESS
Imelda Staunton, Vera Drake
Runner-up: Julie Delpy, Before Sunset
ACTOR
Liam Neeson, Kinsey
Runner-up: Paul Giamatti, Sideways
SCREENPLAY
Sideways by Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor
Runner-up: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind by Charlie Kaufman
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Virginia Madsen, Sideways
Runner-up: Cate Blanchett, The Aviator and Coffee & Cigarettes
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Thomas Haden Church, Sideways
Runner-up: Morgan Freeman, Million Dollar Baby
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
House of Flying Daggers directed by Yimou Zhang
Runner-up: The Motorcycle Diaries directed by Walter Salles
DOCUMENTARY/NON-FICTION FILM
Born into Brothels written and directed by Ross Kauffman and Zana Briski
Runner-up: Fahrenheit 9/11 directed by Michael Moore
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Dante Ferretti, The Aviator
Runner-up: Huo Tingxiao, House of Flying Dagggers
MUSIC/SCORE
Michael Giacchino, The Incredibles
Runner-up: Alexandre Desplat, Birth
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Dion Beebe and Paul Cameron, Collateral
Runner-up: Xiaoding Zhao, House of Flying Daggers
ANIMATION
Brad Bird, The Incredibles
THE DOUGLAS EDWARDS EXPERIMENTAL/INDEPENDENT FILM/VIDEO AWARD
Star-Spangled to Death by Ken Jacobs
NEW GENERATION
Joshua Marston, writer/director, Maria Full of Grace and Catalina Sandino Moreno, actress, Maria Full of Grace
CAREER ACHIEVEMENT
Jerry Lewis
SPECIAL CITATION
Brian Jamieson of Warner Brothers and Richard Schickel for the reconstruction of Samuel Fuller's The Big Red One
LAFCA's 30th annual achievement awards ceremony will be held Thursday, January 13 at the St. Regis Hotel in Los Angeles. www.lafca.net.
Other award winners are:
DIRECTOR
Alexander Payne, Sideways
Runner-up: Martin Scorsese, The Aviator
ACTRESS
Imelda Staunton, Vera Drake
Runner-up: Julie Delpy, Before Sunset
ACTOR
Liam Neeson, Kinsey
Runner-up: Paul Giamatti, Sideways
SCREENPLAY
Sideways by Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor
Runner-up: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind by Charlie Kaufman
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Virginia Madsen, Sideways
Runner-up: Cate Blanchett, The Aviator and Coffee & Cigarettes
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Thomas Haden Church, Sideways
Runner-up: Morgan Freeman, Million Dollar Baby
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
House of Flying Daggers directed by Yimou Zhang
Runner-up: The Motorcycle Diaries directed by Walter Salles
DOCUMENTARY/NON-FICTION FILM
Born into Brothels written and directed by Ross Kauffman and Zana Briski
Runner-up: Fahrenheit 9/11 directed by Michael Moore
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Dante Ferretti, The Aviator
Runner-up: Huo Tingxiao, House of Flying Dagggers
MUSIC/SCORE
Michael Giacchino, The Incredibles
Runner-up: Alexandre Desplat, Birth
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Dion Beebe and Paul Cameron, Collateral
Runner-up: Xiaoding Zhao, House of Flying Daggers
ANIMATION
Brad Bird, The Incredibles
THE DOUGLAS EDWARDS EXPERIMENTAL/INDEPENDENT FILM/VIDEO AWARD
Star-Spangled to Death by Ken Jacobs
NEW GENERATION
Joshua Marston, writer/director, Maria Full of Grace and Catalina Sandino Moreno, actress, Maria Full of Grace
CAREER ACHIEVEMENT
Jerry Lewis
SPECIAL CITATION
Brian Jamieson of Warner Brothers and Richard Schickel for the reconstruction of Samuel Fuller's The Big Red One