Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards 2000

The 1st Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards honoring the best filmmaking of 2000, were announced on January 16, 2001.

Winners and Nominees

Best Actor

Geoffrey Rush - Quills

• Javier Bardem - Before Night Falls
• Michael Douglas - Wonder Boys
• Patrick Fugit - Almost Famous
• Tom Hanks - Cast Away

Best Actress

Ellen Burstyn - Requiem for a Dream

• Joan Allen - The Contender
• Cate Blanchett - The Gift
• Laura Linney - You Can Count on Me
• Renée Zellweger - Nurse Betty

Best Animated Film

Chicken Run

• Dinosaur
• The Emperor's New Groove
• Fantasia 2000

Best Cinematography

The Cell - Paul Laufer

• Cast Away - Don Burgess
• Gladiator - John Mathieson
• Requiem for a Dream - Matthew Libatique
• Traffic - Steven Soderbergh

Best Costume Design

How the Grinch Stole Christmas

• Almost Famous
• The Cell
• Gladiator
• Quills

Best Director

Steven Soderbergh - Traffic

• Darren Aronofsky - Requiem for a Dream
• Cameron Crowe - Almost Famous
• Curtis Hanson - Wonder Boys
• Philip Kaufman - Quills

Best Editing

Requiem for a Dream - Jay Rabinowitz

• Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - Tim Squyres
• Quills - Peter Boyle
• Snatch - Jon Harris and Les Healey
• Traffic - Stephen Mirrione

Best Family Film

Chicken Run

• Dinosaur
• The Emperor's New Groove
• Fantasia 2000
• How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Best Film

Almost Famous

• Quills
• Requiem for a Dream
• Traffic
• Wonder Boys

Best Foreign Language Film

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Taiwan/Hong Kong/USA/China

• Girl on the Bridge, France
• Malèna, Italy
• The [...], India

Best Makeup

How the Grinch Stole Christmas

• The Cell
• Quills
• Shadow of the Vampire
• X-Men

Best Newcomer

Rob Brown - Finding Forrester

• Jamie Bell - Billy Elliot
• Patrick Fugit - Almost Famous
• Kate Hudson - Almost Famous

Best Original Score

The Legend of Bagger Vance - Rachel Portman

• Almost Famous - Nancy Wilson
• Chicken Run - John Powell and Harry Gregson-Williams
• O Brother, Where Art Thou? - T-Bone Burnett and Carter Burwell
• The Patriot - John Williams

Best Original Song

The Emperor's New Groove - "My Funny Friend and Me"

• Almost Famous - "Love Comes and Goes"
• Dancer in the Dark - "I've Seen It All"
• Frequency - "When You Come Back to Me Again"
• Wonder Boys - "Things Have Changed"

Best Screenplay - Adapted

Quills - Doug Wright

• Requiem for a Dream - Hubert Selby, Jr. and Darren Aronofsky
• Traffic - Stephen Gaghan
• Wonder Boys - Steve Kloves

Best Screenplay - Original

Almost Famous - Cameron Crowe

• The Contender - Rod Lurie
• Finding Forrester - Mike Rich
• Nurse Betty - John C. Richards and James Flamberg
• You Can Count on Me - Kenneth Lonergan

Best Supporting Actor

Willem Dafoe - Shadow of the Vampire

• Benicio del Toro - Traffic
• Tobey Maguire - Wonder Boys
• Joaquin Phoenix - Gladiator
• Joaquin Phoenix - Quills

Best Supporting Actress

Kate Hudson - Almost Famous

• Jennifer Connelly - Requiem for a Dream
• Frances McDormand - Almost Famous
• Frances McDormand - Wonder Boys
• Rebecca Pidgeon - State and Main

Best Visual Effects

Vertical Limit

• The Cell
• Gladiator
• How the Grinch Stole Christmas
• The Perfect Storm

Best Youth Performance

Jamie Bell - Billy Elliot

• Rob Brown - Finding Forrester
• Rory Culkin - You Can Count on Me
• Hayden Panettiere - Remember the Titans
• Makenzie Vega - The Family Man