2006 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

The 32nd Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, given by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA), honored the best in film for 2006.^[1]

Winners

Paul Greengrass, Best Director winner

Sacha Baron Cohen, Best Actor co-winner

Forest Whitaker, Best Actor co-winner

Helen Mirren, Best Actress winner

Michael Sheen, Best Supporting Actor winner

Peter Morgan, Best Screenplay winner

• Best Picture:
  • Letters from Iwo Jima
  • Runner-up: The Queen
• Best Director:
  • Paul Greengrass – United 93
  • Runner-up: Clint Eastwood – Flags of Our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima
• Best Actor (TIE):
  • Sacha Baron Cohen – Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
  • Forest Whitaker – The Last King of Scotland
• Best Actress:
  • Helen Mirren – The Queen
  • Runner-up: Penélope Cruz – Volver
• Best Supporting Actor:
  • Michael Sheen – The Queen
  • Runner-up: Sergi López – Pan's Labyrinth (El laberinto del fauno)
• Best Supporting Actress:
  • Luminița Gheorghiu – The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (Moartea domnului Lăzărescu)
  • Runner-up: Jennifer Hudson – Dreamgirls
• Best Screenplay:
  • Peter Morgan – The Queen
  • Runner-up: Michael Arndt – Little Miss Sunshine
• Best Cinematography:
  • Emmanuel Lubezki – Children of Men
  • Runner-up: Tom Stern – Flags of Our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima
• Best Production Design:
  • Eugenio Caballero – Pan's Labyrinth (El laberinto del fauno)
  • Runner-up: Jim Clay, Veronica Falzon, and Geoffrey Kirkland – Children of Men
• Best Music Score:
  • Alexandre Desplat – The Painted Veil and The Queen
  • Runner-up: Thomas Newman – The Good German and Little Children
• Best Foreign-Language Film:
  • The Lives of Others (Das Leben der Anderen) • Germany
  • Runner-up: Volver • Spain
• Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film:
  • An Inconvenient Truth
  • Runner-up: Darwin's Nightmare
• Best Animation:
  • Happy Feet
  • Runner-up: Cars
• The Douglas Edwards Experimental/Independent Film/Video Award:
  • So Yong Kim – In Between Days
  • Kelly Reichardt – Old Joy
• New Generation Award:
  • Michael Arndt (screenwriter), Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris (co-directors) – Little Miss Sunshine
• Career Achievement Award:
  • Robert Mulligan
• Special Citation:
  • Jean-Pierre Melville's 1969 film Army of Shadows upon the occasion of its long-overdue U.S. release.
  • Jonas Mekas for his contributions to American film culture as a filmmaker, critic and co-founder of Anthology Film Archives.

References

External links

• 32nd Annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards