The 30th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, announced on 11 December 2004 by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, honored the best in film for 2004.
Winners
Best Picture: Sideways Runner-up: Million Dollar Baby Best Director: Alexander Payne – Sideways Runner-up: Martin Scorsese – The Aviator Best Actor: Liam Neeson – Kinsey Runner-up: Paul Giamatti – Sideways Best Actress: Imelda Staunton – Vera Drake Runner-up: Julie Delpy – Before Sunset Best Supporting Actor: Thomas Haden Church – Sideways Runner-up: Morgan Freeman – Million Dollar Baby Best Supporting Actress: Virginia Madsen – Sideways Runner-up: Cate Blanchett – The Aviator and Coffee and Cigarettes Best Screenplay: Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor – Sideways Runner-up: Charlie Kaufman – Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Best Cinematography: Dion Beebe and Paul Cameron – Collateral Runner-up: Xiaoding Zhao – House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu) Best Production Design: Dante Ferretti – The Aviator Runner-up: Huo Tingxiao – House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu) Best Music Score: Michael Giacchino – The Incredibles Runner-up: Alexandre Desplat – Birth Best Foreign-Language Film: House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu) • China/Hong Kong Runner-up: The Motorcycle Diaries (Diarios de motocicleta) • Argentina Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film: Born into Brothels Runner-up: Fahrenheit 9/11 Best Animation: The Incredibles The Douglas Edwards Experimental/Independent Film/Video Award: Ken Jacobs – Star Spangled to Death New Generation Award: Joshua Marston (director) and Catalina Sandino Moreno (actress) – Maria Full of Grace Career Achievement Award: Jerry Lewis Special Citation: Richard Schickel and Brian Jamieson of Warner Bros. for the reconstruction of Samuel Fuller's The Big Red One.
References
External links 30th Annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards