Prestige Academy of Motion Pictures

The Prestige Academy of Motion Pictures is a Virginia Beach based group that promotes film in the regional community. The Prestige Academy also gives out their Prestige Academy Awards for Excellence in Motion Pictures every year in February, which is what the Academy is known for. The voting members of the Academy include a variety of the top film professionals in Virginia. It was founded in 1980.

Prestige Academy Awards
Best Picture
The winners of this awards in chronological order are:
*1990 - The Godfather: Part III
*1991 - JFK
*1992 - The Crying Game
*1993 - Schindler's List
*1994 - Bullets over Broadway
*1995 - Braveheart
*1996 - Secrets & Lies
*1997 -
*1998 - Elizabeth
*1999 - American Beauty
*2000 - Dancer in the Dark
*2001 - '
*2002 - The Hours
*2003 - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
*2004 - Million Dollar Baby
*2005 - Brokeback Mountain
*2006 - Little Miss Sunshine
*2007 - Atonement

Best Director
*1990 - Martin Scorsese for Goodfellas
*1991 - Oliver Stone for
*1998 - Steven Spielberg for Saving Private Ryan
*1999 - Spike Jonze for Being John Malkovich
*2000 - Ang Lee for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
*2001 - Baz Luhrmann for '
*2002 - Jean-Pierre Jeunet for Amélie
*2003 - Peter Jackson for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
*2004 - Zhang Yimou for House of Flying Daggers
*2005 - Ang Lee for Brokeback Mountain
*2006 - Martin Scorsese for The Departed
*2007 - Ethan Coen and Joel Coen for No Country for Old Men

Best Actress
*1992 - Catherine Deneuve in Indochine
*1993 - Emma Thompson in The Remains of the Day
*1994 - Jodie Foster in Nell
*1995 - Nicole Kidman in To Die For
*1996 - Emily Watson in Breaking the Waves (tie) Brenda Blethyn in Secrets & Lies
*1997 - Judi Dench in Mrs. Brown
*1998 - Cate Blanchett in Elizabeth
*1999 - Annette Bening in American Beauty
*2000 - Björk in Dancer in the Dark
*2001 - Nicole Kidman in '
*2002 - Nicole Kidman in The Hours (tie) Meryl Streep in The Hours
*2003 - Cate Blanchett in Veronica Guerin
*2004 - Imelda Staunton in Vera Drake
*2005 - Naomi Watts in King Kong
*2006 - Helen Mirren in The Queen
*2007 - Marion Cotillard in La Mome

Best Actor
*1990 - Al Pacino in The Godfather: Part III
*1991 - Anthony Hopkins in The Silence of the Lambs
*1992 - Stephen Rea in The Crying Game
*1993 - Liam Neeson in Schindler's List
*1994 - Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump
*1995 - Anthony Hopkins in Nixon
*1996 - Leonardo DiCaprio in '
*1997 - Jack Nicholson in As Good as It Gets
*1998 - Ian McKellen in Gods and Monsters
*1999 - Kevin Spacey in American Beauty
*2000 - Geoffrey Rush in Quills
*2001 - Ewan McGregor in ' (tie) Sean Penn in I Am Sam
*2002 - Nicolas Cage for Adaptation.
*2003 - Ben Kingsley in House of Sand and Fog
*2004 - Don Cheadle in Hotel Rwanda
*2005 - Philip Seymour Hoffman in Capote
*2006 - Forest Whitaker in The Last King of Scotland
*2007 - Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood

Best Supporting Actress
*1992 - Vanessa Redgrave in Howards End
*1993 - Winona Ryder in The Age of Innocence
*1994 - Dianne Wiest in Bullets Over Broadway
*1995 - Joan Allen in Nixon
*1996 - Juliette Binoche in The English Patient
*1997 - Minnie Driver in Good Will Hunting
*1998 - Kathy Bates in Primary Colors
*1999 - Cameron Diaz in Being John Malkovich
*2000 - Zhang Ziyi in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
*2001 - Marisa Tomei in In the Bedroom
*2002 - Meryl Streep in Adaptation. *TIE* Julianne Moore in The Hours
*2003 - Renée Zellweger in Cold Mountain *TIE* Shohreh Aghdashloo in House of Sand and Fog
*2004 - Natalie Portman in Closer
*2005 - Michelle Williams in Brokeback Mountain
*2006 - Jennifer Hudson in Dreamgirls
*2007 - Cate Blanchett in I'm Not There

Best Supporting Actor
*1992 - Gene Hackman in Unforgiven
*1993 - Ralph Fiennes in Schindler's List
*1994 - Chazz Palminteri in Bullets Over Broadway
*1995 - Ed Harris in Apollo 13
*1996 - William H. Macy in Fargo
*1997 - Robin Williams in Good Will Hunting
*1998 - Geoffrey Rush in Elizabeth
*1999 - Jude Law in The Talented Mr. Ripley
*2000 - Steve Buscemi in Ghost World
*2001 - Jim Broadbent in '
*2002 - Ed Harris in The Hours
*2003 - Ian McKellen in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
*2004 - Morgan Freeman in Million Dollar Baby
*2005 - Jake Gyllenhaal in Brokeback Mountain
*2006 - Michael Sheen in The Queen
*2007 - Javier Bardem in No Country for Old Men

Best Ensemble Cast
*2002 - '
*2003 - Cold Mountain
*2004 - Dogville
*2005 - Crash
*2006 - Little Miss Sunshine
*2007 - Michael Clayton

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