28th NSFC Awards

January 3, 1994

---- Best Film:
Schindler's List

The 28th National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on 3 January 1994, honored the best filmmaking of

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Winners

Best Picture

1. '' Schindler's List''
2. '' The Piano''
3. '' Short Cuts''

Best Director

Steven Spielberg Steven Allan Spielberg (; born December 18, 1946) is an American director, writer, and producer. A major figure of the New Hollywood era and pioneer of the modern blockbuster, he is the most commercially successful director of all time. Spie ...

– '' Schindler's List''
2. Jane Campion – '' The Piano''
3.

Robert Altman Robert Bernard Altman ( ; February 20, 1925 – November 20, 2006) was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He was a five-time nominee of the Academy Award for Best Director and is considered an enduring figure from the New H ...

– '' Short Cuts''

Best Actor

1. David Thewlis – '' Naked''
2. Daniel Day-Lewis – '' In the Name of the Father''
2. Anthony Hopkins – '' The Remains of the Day'' and '' Shadowlands''

Best Actress

1. Holly Hunter – '' The Piano''
2. Ashley Judd – ''

Ruby in Paradise ''Ruby in Paradise'' is a 1993 film written and directed by Victor Nunez, starring Ashley Judd, Todd Field, Bentley Mitchum, Allison Dean, and Dorothy Lyman. An homage to ''Northanger Abbey'' by Jane Austen, the film is a character study about a y ...

''
3.

Stockard Channing Stockard Channing (born Susan Antonia Williams Stockard; February 13, 1944) is an American actress. She is known for playing Betty Rizzo in the film '' Grease'' (1978) and First Lady Abbey Bartlet in the NBC television series ''The West Wing'' ( ...

– '' Six Degrees of Separation''

Best Supporting Actor

1. Ralph Fiennes – '' Schindler's List''
2. Leonardo DiCaprio – ''

What's Eating Gilbert Grape ''What's Eating Gilbert Grape'' is a 1993 American coming-of-age drama film directed by Lasse Hallström and starring Johnny Depp, Leonardo DiCaprio, Juliette Lewis and Darlene Cates. It follows 25-year-old Gilbert (Depp), a grocery store clerk c ...

'' and '' This Boy's Life''
2. Tommy Lee Jones – '' The Fugitive''

Best Supporting Actress

Madeleine Stowe Madeleine Marie Stowe Mora (born August 18, 1958) is an American actress. She appeared mostly on television before her role in the 1987 crime-comedy film ''Stakeout''. She went on to star in the films ''Revenge'' (1990), ''Unlawful Entry'' (199 ...

– '' Short Cuts''
2.

Gwyneth Paltrow Gwyneth Kate Paltrow (; born ) is an American actress and businesswoman. She is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award. Paltrow gained notice for her early work in films ...

– '' Flesh and Bone''
3. Jennifer Jason Leigh – '' Short Cuts''
3. Anna Paquin – '' The Piano''

Best Screenplay

1. Jane Campion – '' The Piano''
2. John Guare – '' Six Degrees of Separation''
3.

and Frank Barhydt – '' Short Cuts''

Best Cinematography

Janusz Kamiński Janusz Zygmunt Kamiński (; born June 27, 1959) is a Polish cinematographer and director of film and television. He has established a partnership with Steven Spielberg, working as a cinematographer on his films since 1993. He won the Academy Awa ...

– '' Schindler's List''
2.

Stuart Dryburgh Stuart Dryburgh (born 30 March 1952 in London) is an English-born New Zealand cinematographer, now working in Hollywood. He completed a degree in architecture at the University of Auckland, but subsequently moved into the film industry. He was no ...

– '' The Piano''
3. Michael Ballhaus – '' The Age of Innocence''

Best Foreign Language Film

1. '' The Story of Qiu Ju'' (''Qiu Ju da guan si'')
2. '' Blue'' (''Trois couleurs: Bleu'')
3. '' Farewell My Concubine'' (''Ba wang bie ji'')

Best Documentary

1. '' Visions of Light''
2. '' It's All True: Based on an Unfinished Film by Orson Welles''
3. ''

The War Room ''The War Room'' is a 1993 American documentary film about Bill Clinton's campaign for President of the United States during the 1992 United States presidential election. Directed by Chris Hegedus and D. A. Pennebaker, the film was released on D ...

Experimental Film

*''

Rock Hudson's Home Movies ''Rock Hudson's Home Movies'' is a 1992 documentary by Mark Rappaport. It shows clips from Rock Hudson's films that could be interpreted as gay entendres. Summary Eric Farr speaks to the camera as if speaking Rock Hudson's words from a posthumou ...

Special Citation

*The filmmakers of '' It's All True: Based on an Unfinished Film by Orson Welles''

References

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Past Awards
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