2006 New York Film Critics Circle Awards

The 72nd New York Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in film for 2006, were given on 11 December 2006.

Winners

Martin Scorsese, Best Director winner

Forest Whitaker, Best Actor winner

Helen Mirren, Best Actress winner

• Best Actor:
  • Forest Whitaker – The Last King of Scotland
  • Runners-up: Ryan Gosling – Half Nelson and Sacha Baron Cohen – Borat

• Best Actress:
  • Helen Mirren – The Queen
  • Runners-up: Judi Dench – Notes on a Scandal and Meryl Streep – The Devil Wears Prada

• Best Animated Feature:
  • Happy Feet
  • Runners-up: A Scanner Darkly and Cars

• Best Cinematography:
  • Guillermo Navarro – Pan's Labyrinth (El laberinto del fauno)
  • Runners-up: Zhao Xiaoding – Curse of the Golden Flower (Man cheng jin dai huang jin jia) and Emmanuel Lubezki – Children of Men

• Best Director:
  • Martin Scorsese – The Departed
  • Runners-up: Stephen Frears – The Queen and Clint Eastwood – Letters from Iwo Jima

• Best Film:
  • United 93
  • Runners-up: The Queen and The Departed

• Best First Film:
  • Ryan Fleck – Half Nelson
  • Runners-up: Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris – Little Miss Sunshine and Dito Montiel – A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints

• Best Foreign Language Film:
  • Army of Shadows (L'armée des ombres) • France/Italy
  • Runners-up: Volver • Spain and The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (Moartea domnului Lăzărescu) • Romania

• Best Non-Fiction Film:
  • Deliver Us from Evil
  • Runners-up: 49 Up, Borat and An Inconvenient Truth

• Best Screenplay:
  • Peter Morgan – The Queen
  • Runners-up: William Monahan – The Departed and Michael Arndt – Little Miss Sunshine

• Best Supporting Actor:
  • Jackie Earle Haley – Little Children
  • Runners-up: Eddie Murphy – Dreamgirls and Steve Carell – Little Miss Sunshine

• Best Supporting Actress:
  • Jennifer Hudson – Dreamgirls
  • Runners-up: Shareeka Epps – Half Nelson and Catherine O'Hara – For Your Consideration

External links

• 2006 Awards

References

• 'United 93' tops N.Y. Critics Circle Variety
• NY critics pick 'United 93' as best film USA Today
• New York Critics Honor ‘United 93,’ Doom Its Best Picture Hopes New York
• New York Critics Pick "United 93" and "Letters from Iwo Jima" Top Choice in LA indieWire