2008 - 34th Los Angeles Film Critics Awards Picture Wall-E (RU - The Dark Knight) Director Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire (RU - Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight) Actor Sean Penn, Milk (RU - Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler) Actress Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky (RU - Melissa Leo, Frozen River) Supporting Actor Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight (RU - Eddie Marsan, Happy-Go-Lucky) Supporting Actress Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona & Elegy (RU - Viola Davis, Doubt) Screenplay Mike Leigh, Happy-Go-Lucky (RU - Synecdoche, New York) Foreign Film: Still Life, directed by Jia Zhangke Animation: Waltz With Bashir, directed by Ari Folman Non-Fiction Film: Man on Wire, directed by James Marsh Cinematography: Yu Lik Wai, Still Life Production Design: Mark Friedberg, Synecdoche, New York Music Score: A.R. Rahman, Slumdog Millionaire New Generation Award: Steve McQueen - Hunger The Douglas Edwards Experimental/Independent Film/Video Award: James Benning, “RR” and “Casting a Glance” Career Achievement: John Calley 2007 - 33rd Los Angeles Film Critics Awards Picture There Will Be Blood (RU - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly) Director Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood (RU - Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly) Actor Daniel Day Lewis, There Will Be Blood (RU - Frank Langella, Starting Out in the Evening) Actress Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose (RU - Anamaria Marinca, 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days) Supporting Actor Vlad Ivanov, 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (RU - Hal Holbrook, Into the Wild) Supporting Actress Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone & Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (RU - Cate Blanchett, I'm Not There) Screenplay Tamara Jenkins, The Savages (RU - There Will Be Blood) Foreign Film: 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, directed by Cristian Mungiu Animation TIE: Ratatouille (Brad Bird) and Persepolis (Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi) Non-Fiction Film: No End in Sight, directed by Charles Ferguson Cinematography: Janusz Kaminski, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Production Design: Jack Fisk, There Will Be Blood Music Score: Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, Once Special Citation: To New Crowned Hope, an extraordinary project in honor of Mozart’s 250th birthday, commissioning adventurous work in multiple art forms including cinema. We are honoring artistic director Peter Sellars and producers Simon Field and Keith Griffiths. New Generation Award: Sarah Polley - Away From Her Career Achievement: Sidney Lumet 2006 - 32nd Los Angeles Film Critics Awards Picture Letters from Iwo Jima (RU - The Queen) Director Paul Greengrass, United 93 (RU - Clint Eastwood, Flags of our Fathers & Letters from Iwo ima) Actor (tie) Sacha Baron Cohen, Borat Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland Actress Helen Mirren, The Queen (RU - Penelope Cruz, Volver) Supporting Actor Michael Sheen, The Queen (RU - Sergi Lopez, Pan's Labyrinth) Supporting Actress Luminita Gheorghiu, The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (RU - Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls) Screenplay Peter Morgan, The Queen (RU - Little Miss Sunshine) Foreign Film: The Lives of Others, directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck Animation: Happy Feet, directed by George Miller Non-Fiction Film: An Inconvenient Truth, directed by Davis Guggenheim Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki, Children of Men Production Design: Eugenio Caballero, Pan's Labyrinth Music Score: Alexandre Desplat, The Painted Veil & The Queen The Douglas Edwards Experimental/Independent Film/Video Award: Old Joy, directed by Kelly Reichardt and In Between Days, directed by So Yong Kim Special Citation: To Jean-Pierre Melville's 1969 film Army of Shadows which had its U.S. premiere this year, and to Jonas Mekas for his career as a critic and filmmaker. New Generation Award: Michael Arndt, Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris - Little Miss Sunshine Career Achievement: Robert Mulligan 2005 - 31st Los Angeles Film Critics Awards Picture Brokeback Mountain (RU - A History of Violence) Director Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain (RU - David Cronenberg, A History of Violence) Actor Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Capote (RU - Heath Ledger, Brokeback Mountain) Actress Vera Farmiga, Down to the Bone (RU - Judi Dench, Mrs. Henderson Presents) Supporting Actor William Hurt, A History of Violence (RU - Frank Langella, Good Night and Good Luck) Supporting Actress Catherine Keener, Capote, Ballad of Jack and Rose, The 40 Year Old Virgin and The Interpreter (RU - Amy Adams, Junebug) Screenplay (tie) Dan Futterman, Capote Noah Baumbach, The Squid and the Whale Foreign Film: Caché, directed by Michael Haneke Animation: Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, directed by Nick Park and Steve Box Non-Fiction Film: Grizzly Man, directed by Werner Herzog Cinematography: Robert Elswit, Good Night and Good Luck Production Design: William Chang, 2046 Music Score: Joe Hisaishi & Youmi Kimura, Howl's Moving Castle The Douglas Edwards Experimental/Independent Film/Video Award: 'La Commune (Paris, 1871)' directed by Peter Watkins Special Citation: Film critic Kevin Thomas for his contributions to film culture in Los Angeles New Generation Award: Terrence Howard Career Achievement: Richard Widmark 2004 - 30th Los Angeles Film Critics Awards Picture Sideways (RU - Million Dollar Baby) Director Alexander Payne, Sideways (RU - Martin Scorsese, The Aviator) Actor Liam Neeson, Kinsey (RU - Paul Giamatti, Sideways) Actress Imelda Staunton, Vera Drake (RU - Julie Delpy, Before Sunset) Supporting Actor Thomas Haden Church, Sideways (RU - Morgan Freeman, Million Dollar Baby) Supporting Actress Virginia Madsen, Sideways (RU - Cate Blanchett, Coffee & Cigarettes & The Aviator) Screenplay Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor, Sideways (RU - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) Foreign Film: House of Flying Daggers, directed by Zhang Yimou Animation: The Incredibles, directed by Brad Bird Non-Fiction Film: Born into Brothels, directed by Ross Kauffman and Zana Briski Cinematography: Dion Beebe & Paul Cameron, Collateral Production Design: Dante Ferretti, The Aviator Music Score: Michael Giacchino, The Incredibles The Douglas Edwards Experimental/Independent Film/Video Award: "Star-Spangled to Death" by Ken Jacobs Special Citation: Brian Jamieson and Richard Schickel for the reconstruction of Samuel Fuller's "The Big Red One" New Generation Award: Joshua Marston and Catalina Sandino Moreno for "Maria Full of Grace" Career Achievement: Jerry Lewis 2003 - 29th Los Angeles Film Critics Awards Picture American Splendor (RU - Lost in Translation) Director Peter Jackson, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (RU - Clint Eastwood, Mystic River) Actor Bill Murray, Lost in Translation (RU - Sean Penn, 21 Grams & Mystic River) Actress Naomi Watts, 21 Grams (RU - Charlize Theron, Monster) Supporting Actor Bill Nighy, AKA, I Capture the Castle, Lawless Heart & Love Actually (RU - Benicio Del Toro, 21 Grams) Supporting Actress Shohreh Aghdashloo, House of Sand and Fog (RU - Melissa Leo, 21 Grams) Screenplay Shari Springer Berman & Robert Poulcini, American Splendor (RU - Dirty Pretty Things) Foreign Film: The Man on the Train, directed by Patrice Leconte Animation: The Triplets of Belleville, directed by Silvain Chomet Non-Fiction Film: The Fog of War, directed by Errol Morris Cinematography: Eduardo Serra, Girl with a Pearl Earring Production Design: Grant Major, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Music Score: Benoit Charest & Mathieu Chedid, The Triplets of Belleville New Generation Award: Scarlett Johansson Career Achievement: Robert Altman 2002 - 28th Los Angeles Film Critics Awards Picture About Schmidt (RU - Far From Heaven) Director Pedro Almodovar, Talk to Her (RU - Todd Haynes, Far From Heaven) Actor (tie) Daniel Day-Lewis, Gangs of New York Jack Nicholson, About Schmidt Actress Julianne Moore, Far From Heaven and The Hours (RU - Isabelle Huppert, Thje Piano Teacher) Supporting Actor Chris Cooper, Adaptation (RU - Christopher Walken, Catch Me If You Can) Supporting Actress Edie Falco, Sunshine State (RU - Kathy Bates, About Schmidt) Screenplay Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor, About Schmidt (RU - Adaptation) Foreign Film: Y Tu Mamá También, directed by Alfonso Cuarón Animation: Spirited Away, directed by Hayao Miyazaki Non-Fiction Film: The Cockettes, directed by Bill Weber and David Weissman Cinematography: Ed Lachman, Far From Heaven Production Design: Dante Ferretti, Gangs Of New York Music Score: Elmer Bernstein, Far From Heaven Douglas Edwards Independent/Experimental Film/Video Award: Michael Snow (Corpus Collosum) and Kenneth Anger for his body of work Special Citation for Excellence in Character Design and Animation: Lilo & Stitch, directed by Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois New Generation Award: Lynne Ramsey, Morvern Callar Career Achievement: Arthur Penn 2001 - 27th Los Angeles Film Critics Awards Picture In The Bedroom (RU - Mulholland Drive) Director David Lynch, Mulholland Drive (RU - Robert Altman, Gosford Park) Actor Denzel Washington, Training Day (RU - Tom Wilkinson, In The Bedroom) Actress Sissy Spacek, In The Bedroom (RU - Naomi Watts, Mulholland Drive) Supporting Actor Jim Broadbent, Iris & Moulin Rouge (RU - Ben Kingsley, Sexy Beast) Supporting Actress Kate Winslet, Iris (RU - Helen Mirren, Last Orders & Gosford Park) Screenplay Christopher Nolan, Memento (RU - Ghost World) Foreign Film: No Man's Land, directed by Danis Tanovic Animation: Shrek, directed by Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson Non-Fiction Film: The Gleaners And I, directed by Agnès Varda Cinematography: Roger Deakins, The Man Who Wasn't There Production Design: Catherine Martin, Moulin Rouge Music Score: Howard Shore, The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Rings Douglas Edwards Independent/Experimental Film/Video Award: The Beaver Trilogy, directed by Trent Harris New Generation Award: John Cameron Mitchell, Hedwig And The Angry Inch Career Achievement: Ennio Morricone 2000 - 26th Los Angeles Film Critics Awards Picture Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (RU - Wonder Boys) Director Steven Soderbergh, Traffic and Erin Brockovich (RU - Ang Lee, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon) Actor Michael Douglas, Wonder Boys (RU - Javier Bardem, Before Night Falls) Actress Julia Roberts, Erin Brockovich (RU - Laura Linney, You Can Count on Me) Supporting Actor Willem Dafoe, Shadow of the Vampire (RU - Benicio Del Toro, Traffic) Supporting Actress Frances McDormand, Almost Famous and Wonder Boys (RU - Zhang Zi Yi, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon) Screenplay Kenneth Lonergan, You Can Count on Me (RU - Wonder Boys) Foreign Film: Yi Yi, directed by Edward Yang Animated Film: Chicken Run, directed by Peter Lord & Nick Park Non Fiction Film: Dark Days, directed by Marc Singer Cinematography: Peter Pau, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Production Design: Tim Yip, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Music Score: Tan Dun, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon New Generation Award: Mark Ruffalo, You Can Count On Me Special Citation: Charles Champlin Career Achievement: cinematographer Conrad L. 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