New York Film Critics Circle Awards 2003
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The 69th New York Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in film for 2003
2003 in film
The year 2003 in film involved some significant events. Releases of sequels took place with movies like The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, Pokémon Heroes, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines,...

, were given on 15 December 2003 by the New York Film Critics Circle.

Peter Jackson
Peter Jackson
Sir Peter Robert Jackson, KNZM is a New Zealand film director, producer, actor, and screenwriter, known for his The Lord of the Rings film trilogy , adapted from the novel by J. R. R...

's The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is a 2003 epic fantasy-drama film directed by Peter Jackson that is based on the second and third volumes of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings...

won the award for Best Picture. Lost in Translation
Lost in Translation (film)
Lost in Translation is a 2003 American film written and directed by Sofia Coppola; her second feature film after The Virgin Suicides and it stars Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson...

won 2 other important awards: Best Director (Coppola) and Leading Actor (Murray).

Winners

  • Best Actor:
    • Bill Murray
      Bill Murray
      William James "Bill" Murray is an American actor and comedian. He first gained national exposure on Saturday Night Live in which he earned an Emmy Award and later went on to star in a number of critically and commercially successful comedic films, including Caddyshack , Ghostbusters , and...

       - Lost in Translation
      Lost in Translation (film)
      Lost in Translation is a 2003 American film written and directed by Sofia Coppola; her second feature film after The Virgin Suicides and it stars Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson...

      as Bob Harris
  • Best Actress:
    • Hope Davis
      Hope Davis
      Hope Davis is an American actress. She has starred in more than 20 feature films, including About Schmidt, Arlington Road, Flatliners, Mumford, American Splendor, The Lodger and Next Stop Wonderland....

       - American Splendor
      American Splendor (film)
      American Splendor is a 2003 American biographical comedy-drama film about Harvey Pekar, the author of the American Splendor comic book series. The film is also in part an adaptation of the comics, which dramatize Pekar's life...

      and The Secret Lives of Dentists
      The Secret Lives of Dentists
      The Secret Lives of Dentists is a 2003 drama film directed by Alan Rudolph. The screenplay was written by Craig Lucas, based on the novella The Age of Grief by Jane Smiley...

  • Best Film:
    • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
      The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
      The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is a 2003 epic fantasy-drama film directed by Peter Jackson that is based on the second and third volumes of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings...

  • Best Supporting Actor:
    • Eugene Levy
      Eugene Levy
      Eugene Levy, CM is a Canadian actor, comedian, television director, producer, musician, and writer. He is known for his work in Canadian television series, American movies, and television movies. He is the only actor to have appeared in all eight of the American Pie films, as Noah Levenstein...

       - A Mighty Wind
      A Mighty Wind
      A Mighty Wind is a 2003 mockumentary about a folk music reunion concert in which three folk bands must reunite for a television performance for the first time in decades. It was directed by Christopher Guest...

  • Best Supporting Actress:
    • Shohreh Aghdashloo
      Shohreh Aghdashloo
      Shohreh Aghdashloo is an Iranian American actress.After establishing a theatre and film career in Iran, Aghdashloo moved to England during the Iranian Revolution in 1979, and subsequently became a citizen of the United States...

       - House of Sand and Fog
  • Best Animated Film'
    • Les Triplettes de Belleville (The Triplets of Belleville)
  • Best Cinematography
    • Harris Savides
      Harris Savides
      Harris Savides is a contemporary American cinematographer. Notable films include Gus Van Sant's "young death" trilogy , The Game, Zodiac and American Gangster....

        -
      Elephant and Gerry
  • Best Director
    • Sofia Coppola
      Sofia Coppola
      Sofia Carmina Coppola is an American screenwriter, film director, actress, and producer.In 2003 she received the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Lost in Translation, and became the third woman to be nominated for an Academy Award for Directing...

       -
      Lost in Translation
      Lost in Translation (film)
      Lost in Translation is a 2003 American film written and directed by Sofia Coppola; her second feature film after The Virgin Suicides and it stars Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson...

  • Best Screenplay
    • Craig Lucas
      Craig Lucas
      Craig Lucas is an American playwright, screenwriter, theatre director, musical actor, and film director.-Biography:...

       - The Secret Lives of Dentists
      The Secret Lives of Dentists
      The Secret Lives of Dentists is a 2003 drama film directed by Alan Rudolph. The screenplay was written by Craig Lucas, based on the novella The Age of Grief by Jane Smiley...

  • Best Documentary
    • Capturing the Friedmans
      Capturing the Friedmans
      Capturing the Friedmans is a documentary film directed by Andrew Jarecki. It focuses on the 1980s investigation of Arnold and Jesse Friedman for child molestation...

  • Best First Film
    • Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini - American Splendor
      American Splendor (film)
      American Splendor is a 2003 American biographical comedy-drama film about Harvey Pekar, the author of the American Splendor comic book series. The film is also in part an adaptation of the comics, which dramatize Pekar's life...

  • Best Foreign Language Film
    • Cidade de Deus (City of God), Brazil
      Brazil
      Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

      /France
      France
      The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

      /USA
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