Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards 2001

The 2nd Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards honoring the best filmmaking of 2001, were announced on January 29, 2002.

Winners and Nominees

Best Acting Ensemble

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

• Black Hawk Down
• Gosford Park
• Ocean's Eleven
• The Royal Tenenbaums

Best Actor

Russell Crowe - A Beautiful Mind

• Gene Hackman - The Royal Tenenbaums
• John Cameron Mitchell - Hedwig and the Angry Inch
• Guy Pearce - Memento
• Billy Bob Thornton - The Man Who Wasn't There

Best Actress

Halle Berry - Monster's Ball

• Judi Dench - Iris
• Nicole Kidman - The Others
• Tilda Swinton - The Deep End
• Audrey Tautou - Amélie

Best Animated Film

Monsters, Inc.''
Shrek''

• Waking Life

Best Cinematography

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - Andrew Lesnie

• Amélie - Bruno Delbonnel
• Black Hawk Down - Slawomir Idziak
• The Man Who Wasn't There - Roger Deakins
• Moulin Rouge! - Donald McAlpine

Best Costume Design

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

• Gosford Park
• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
• Moulin Rouge!
• Planet of the Apes

Best Director

Peter Jackson - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

• Ron Howard - A Beautiful Mind
• Baz Luhrmann - Moulin Rouge!
• David Lynch - Mulholland Dr.
• Christopher Nolan - Memento

Best Editing

Memento - Dody Dorn

• Ali - William Goldenberg, Lynzee Klingman, Stephen E. Rivkin and Stuart Waks
• Black Hawk Down - Pietro Scalia
• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - John Gilbert
• Moulin Rouge! - Jill Bilcock

Best Family Film

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

• Monsters, Inc.
• The Princess Diaries
• Shrek
• Spy Kids

Best Film

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

• Amélie
• A Beautiful Mind
• The Man Who Wasn't There
• Memento

Best Foreign Language Film

Amélie, France/Germany

• Bread and Tulips, Italy
• Brotherhood of the Wolf, France
• No Man's Land, Bosnia-Herzegovina/Slovenia/Italy/France/Belgium/UK
• With a Friend Like Harry..., France

Best Makeup

Planet of the Apes

• A.I. Artificial Intelligence
• Hedwig and the Angry Inch
• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
• Moulin Rouge!

Best Newcomer

Christopher Nolan - Memento

• Kelly Endrész Bánlaki - An American Rhapsody
• John Cameron Mitchell - Hedwig and the Angry Inch
• Daniel Radcliffe - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
• Audrey Tautou - Amélie

Best Original Score

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - Howard Shore

• Amélie - Yann Tiersen
• A Beautiful Mind - James Horner
• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - John Williams
• Moulin Rouge! - Craig Armstrong

Best Original Song

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - "May It Be"

• Josie and the Pussycats - "3 Small Words"
• Monsters, Inc. - "If I Didn't Have You"
• Moulin Rouge! - "Come What May"
• Vanilla Sky - "Vanilla Sky"

Best Production Design

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

• A.I. Artificial Intelligence
• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
• The Man Who Wasn't There
• Moulin Rouge!

Best Screenplay - Adapted

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens and Peter Jackson

• A Beautiful Mind - Akiva Goldsman
• Ghost World - Daniel Clowes and Terry Zwigoff
• Hearts in Atlantis - William Goldman
• Hedwig and the Angry Inch - John Cameron Mitchell

Best Screenplay - Original

Memento - Christopher Nolan

• The Man Who Wasn't There - Joel and Ethan Coen
• Monster's Ball - Milo Addica and Will Rokos
• The Others - Alejandro Amenábar
• The Royal Tenenbaums - Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson

Best Supporting Actor

Ben Kingsley - Sexy Beast

• Jim Broadbent - Iris
• Steve Buscemi - Ghost World
• Jude Law - A.I. Artificial Intelligence
• Billy Bob Thornton - Bandits

Best Supporting Actress

Jennifer Connelly - A Beautiful Mind

• Cameron Diaz - Vanilla Sky
• Miriam Shor - Hedwig and the Angry Inch
• Maggie Smith - Gosford Park
• Marisa Tomei - In the Bedroom

Best Use of Previously Published or Recorded Music

Hedwig and the Angry Inch

• I Am Sam
• Moulin Rouge!
• Ocean's Eleven
• The Royal Tenenbaums

Best Visual Effects

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

• A.I. Artificial Intelligence
• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
• Moulin Rouge!
• Pearl Harbor

Best Youth Performance

Dakota Fanning - I Am Sam

• Kelly Endrész Bánlaki - An American Rhapsody
• Haley Joel Osment - A.I. Artificial Intelligence
• Emma Watson - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
• Anton Yelchin - Hearts in Atlantis