Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards 2001

The 2nd Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards honoring the best filmmaking of 2001, were announced on January 29, 2002.^[1]

Winners and Nominees

Best Acting Ensemble

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

• Black Hawk Down
• Gosford Park
• Ocean's Eleven
• The Royal Tenenbaums

Best Actor

Russell Crowe - A Beautiful Mind

• Gene Hackman - The Royal Tenenbaums
• John Cameron Mitchell - Hedwig and the Angry Inch
• Guy Pearce - Memento
• Billy Bob Thornton - The Man Who Wasn't There

Best Actress

Halle Berry - Monster's Ball

• Judi Dench - Iris
• Nicole Kidman - The Others
• Tilda Swinton - The Deep End
• Audrey Tautou - Amélie

Best Animated Film

Monsters, Inc.
Shrek

• Waking Life

Best Cinematography

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - Andrew Lesnie

• Amélie - Bruno Delbonnel
• Black Hawk Down - Slawomir Idziak
• The Man Who Wasn't There - Roger Deakins
• Moulin Rouge! - Donald McAlpine

Best Costume Design

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

• Gosford Park
• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
• Moulin Rouge!
• Planet of the Apes

Best Director

Peter Jackson - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

• Ron Howard - A Beautiful Mind
• Baz Luhrmann - Moulin Rouge!
• David Lynch - Mulholland Dr.
• Christopher Nolan - Memento

Best Editing

Memento - Dody Dorn

• Ali - William Goldenberg, Lynzee Klingman, Stephen E. Rivkin and Stuart Waks
• Black Hawk Down - Pietro Scalia
• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - John Gilbert
• Moulin Rouge! - Jill Bilcock

Best Family Film

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

• Monsters, Inc.
• The Princess Diaries
• Shrek
• Spy Kids

Best Film

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

• Amélie
• A Beautiful Mind
• The Man Who Wasn't There
• Memento

Best Foreign Language Film

Amélie, France/Germany

• Bread and Tulips, Italy
• Brotherhood of the Wolf, France
• No Man's Land, Bosnia-Herzegovina/Slovenia/Italy/France/Belgium/UK
• With a Friend Like Harry..., France

Best Makeup

Planet of the Apes

• A.I. Artificial Intelligence
• Hedwig and the Angry Inch
• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
• Moulin Rouge!

Best Newcomer

Christopher Nolan - Memento

• Kelly Endrész Bánlaki - An American Rhapsody
• John Cameron Mitchell - Hedwig and the Angry Inch
• Daniel Radcliffe - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
• Audrey Tautou - Amélie

Best Original Score

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - Howard Shore

• Amélie - Yann Tiersen
• A Beautiful Mind - James Horner
• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - John Williams
• Moulin Rouge! - Craig Armstrong

Best Original Song

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - "May It Be"

• Josie and the Pussycats - "3 Small Words"
• Monsters, Inc. - "If I Didn't Have You"
• Moulin Rouge! - "Come What May"
• Vanilla Sky - "Vanilla Sky"

Best Production Design

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

• A.I. Artificial Intelligence
• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
• The Man Who Wasn't There
• Moulin Rouge!

Best Screenplay - Adapted

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens and Peter Jackson

• A Beautiful Mind - Akiva Goldsman
• Ghost World - Daniel Clowes and Terry Zwigoff
• Hearts in Atlantis - William Goldman
• Hedwig and the Angry Inch - John Cameron Mitchell

Best Screenplay - Original

Memento - Christopher Nolan

• The Man Who Wasn't There - Joel and Ethan Coen
• Monster's Ball - Milo Addica and Will Rokos
• The Others - Alejandro Amenábar
• The Royal Tenenbaums - Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson

Best Supporting Actor

Ben Kingsley - Sexy Beast

• Jim Broadbent - Iris
• Steve Buscemi - Ghost World
• Jude Law - A.I. Artificial Intelligence
• Billy Bob Thornton - Bandits

Best Supporting Actress

Jennifer Connelly - A Beautiful Mind

• Cameron Diaz - Vanilla Sky
• Miriam Shor - Hedwig and the Angry Inch
• Maggie Smith - Gosford Park
• Marisa Tomei - In the Bedroom

Best Use of Previously Published or Recorded Music

Hedwig and the Angry Inch

• I Am Sam
• Moulin Rouge!
• Ocean's Eleven
• The Royal Tenenbaums

Best Visual Effects

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

• A.I. Artificial Intelligence
• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
• Moulin Rouge!
• Pearl Harbor

Best Youth Performance

Dakota Fanning - I Am Sam

• Kelly Endrész Bánlaki - An American Rhapsody
• Haley Joel Osment - A.I. Artificial Intelligence
• Emma Watson - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
• Anton Yelchin - Hearts in Atlantis

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