1996 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

The 22nd Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in film for 1996, were given in December 1996.[1][2][3]

22nd LAFCA Awards
Date	December 1996
Highlights
Best Picture	Secrets & Lies

Winners

• Best Picture:
  • Secrets & Lies
  • Runner-up: Fargo
• Best Director:
  • Mike Leigh – Secrets & Lies
  • Runner-up: Joel Coen – Fargo
• Best Actor:
  • Geoffrey Rush – Shine
  • Runner-up: Eddie Murphy – The Nutty Professor
• Best Actress:
  • Brenda Blethyn – Secrets & Lies
  • Runner-up: Frances McDormand – Fargo
• Best Supporting Actor:
  • Edward Norton – Everyone Says I Love You, The People vs. Larry Flynt and Primal Fear
  • Runner-up: Armin Mueller-Stahl – Shine
• Best Supporting Actress:
  • Barbara Hershey – The Portrait of a Lady
  • Runner-up: Courtney Love – The People vs. Larry Flynt
• Best Screenplay:
  • Joel and Ethan Coen – Fargo
  • Runner-up: Joseph Tropiano and Stanley Tucci – Big Night
• Best Cinematography (tie):
  • Chris Menges – Michael Collins
  • John Seale – The English Patient
• Best Production Design (tie):
  • Brian Morris - Evita
  • Janet Patterson - The Portrait of a Lady
• Best Music Score:
  • Hal Willner and The Hey Hey Club Musicians – Kansas City
  • Runner-up: Elliot Goldenthal – Michael Collins
• Best Foreign-Language Film:
  • La Cérémonie • France/Germany
  • Runner-up: Lamerica • Italy/France/Switzerland
• Best Non-Fiction Film:
  • When We Were Kings
  • Runner-up: Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills
• Best Animation:
  • Nick Park (for his body of work, which includes: Creature Comforts, A Grand Day Out, The Wrong Trousers, and A Close Shave)
• The Douglas Edwards Experimental/Independent Film/Video Award:
  • Craig Baldwin – Sonic Outlaws
• New Generation Award:
  • Emily Watson – Breaking the Waves
• Career Achievement Award:
  • Roger Corman

References

1. Weinraub, Bernard (16 December 1996). "Los Angeles Critics Honor 'Secrets and Lies'". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
2. King, Susan (15 December 1996). "'Secrets & Lies' Takes L.A. Film Critics Awards". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
3. "L.A. critics honor 'Secrets'". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 16 December 1996. Retrieved 28 December 2017 – via Google News Archive.

External links

• 22nd Annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards