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Awards for 2002:

Best Acting By An Ensemble
Nicholas Nickleby, presented to Christopher Plummer, Nathan Lane, and Alan Cumming by Douglas McGrath

Best Actor
Campbell Scott, Roger Doger, presented by Isabella Rossellini

Best Actress
Julianne Moore, Far From Heaven, presented by Todd Haynes

Best Animated Feature
Miyazaki´s Spirited Away, presented by Claire Danes to Steve Alpert

Best Director
Phillip Noyce, The Quiet American and Rabbit-Proof Fence, presented by Sydney Pollack

Best Documentary
Bowling for Columbine, presented to Michael Moore by Susan Sarandon

Best Film
The Hours, presented to Scott Rudin by Julianne Moore

Best Film Made For Cable TV
The Laramie Project, presented to Moises Kaufman by Steve Buscemi

Best Foreign Language Film
Talk to Her, presented to Pedro Almodovar by Harvey Keitel

Best Screenplay
Charlie Kaufman, Adaptation, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind and Human Nature. Presented by Maggie Gyllenhaal

Best Supporting Actor
Chris Cooper, Adaptation, presented by Peter Reigert, accepted by Maggie Renzi (Cooper did not attend).

Best Supporting Actress
Kathy Bates, About Schmidt, presented by Alan Cumming

Breakthrough Performance - Female
Maggie Gyllenhaal, Secretary, presented by Steve Shainberg

Breakthrough Performance - Male
Derek Luke, Antwone Fisher, presented by Cicely Tyson

Career Achievement - Cinematography
Conrad Hall, accepted by his son, Conrad W. Hall

Career Achievement - Music Composition
Elmer Bernstein, presented by Eli Wallach

Career Achievement Award
Christopher Plummer, presented by Al Pacino

Freedom Of Expression
Rabbit-Proof Fence, Ararat, Bloody Sunday, The Grey Zone, presented by Queen Latifah

Humanitarian Award
Shelia Nevins (HBO), presented by Don Hewitt

Outstanding Directorial Debut
Rob Marshall, Chicago, presented by Renee Zellweger and Richard Gere

Special Achievement in Filmmaking
George Clooney, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, presented by Sam Rockwell

Special Award for Visionary Cinematic Achievement
George Lucas, presented by Francis Ford Coppola

Special Recognition For Excellence In Filmmaking
Frailty, The Good Girl, The Guys, Heaven, Igby Goes Down, Max, Personal Velocity, Real Women Have Curves, Roger Dodger, Sunshine State, Tadpole, Tully, presented by Connie Nielsen

Top Foreign Films
Talk to Her, Y Tu Mama Tambien, 8 Women, City of God, El Crimen del Padre Amaro

Top Ten Films
The Hours, Chicago, Gangs of New York, The Quiet American, Adaptation, Rabbit-Proof Fence, The Pianist, Far From Heaven, Thirteen Conversations About One Thing, Frida

William K. Everson Award For Film History
Annette Insdorf, for her book, Films and the Holocaust, presented by John Turturro

 

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