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LAFCA
The Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) is an American film critic organization founded in 1975. Background Its membership comprises film critics from Los Angeles-based print and electronic media. In December of each year, the organization votes on the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, honoring members of the film industry who have excelled in their fields over the calendar year. These awards are presented each January. The LAFCA also honors industry veterans with its annual Career Achievement Award, and promising talent with its annual New Generation Award. Award ceremonies Awards categories * Best Animated Film * Best Cinematography * Best Director * Best Documentary Film * Best Editing * Best Film * Best Foreign Language Film * Best Lead Performance * Best Music * Best Production Design * Best Screenplay * Best Supporting Performance * New Generation Award * Career Achievement Award The Career Achievement Award, also referred to as the Career Achie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1975 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
The 1st Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, given by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA), honored the best in film for 1975. Winners *Best Picture (tie): **'' Dog Day Afternoon'' **''One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'' *Best Director: **Sidney Lumet – '' Dog Day Afternoon'' *Best Actor: **Al Pacino – '' Dog Day Afternoon'' *Best Actress: **Florinda Bolkan – '' A Brief Vacation'' (''Una breve vacanza'') *Best Screenplay: ** Joan Tewkesbury – ''Nashville'' *Best Cinematography: **John Alcott – ''Barry Lyndon'' *Best Foreign Film: **'' And Now My Love'' (''Toute une vie'') • France/Italy *Special Citation: **''Love Among the Ruins'' References External links1st Annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards 1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1980 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
The 6th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best filmmaking of 1980, were announced on 20 December 1980 and given on 9 January 1981. Winners *Best Picture: **''Raging Bull'' *Best Director: **Roman Polanski – ''Tess'' **Runner-up: Richard Rush – ''The Stunt Man'' *Best Actor: **Robert De Niro – ''Raging Bull'' **Runner-up: John Hurt – ''The Elephant Man'' *Best Actress: **Sissy Spacek – '' Coal Miner's Daughter'' **Runner-up: Mary Tyler Moore – ''Ordinary People'' *Best Supporting Actor: **Timothy Hutton – ''Ordinary People'' **Runner-up: Joe Pesci – ''Raging Bull'' *Best Supporting Actress: **Mary Steenburgen – ''Melvin and Howard'' *Best Screenplay: **John Sayles – ''Return of the Secaucus 7'' *Best Cinematography: **Ghislain Cloquet and Geoffrey Unsworth – ''Tess'' *Best Music Score: **Ry Cooder – ''The Long Riders'' *Best Foreign Film: **''The Tin Drum'' (''Die Blechtrommel'') • West Germany/France/Poland/Yugoslavia *Experimental/I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1979 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
The 5th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in film for 1979, were announced on 15 December 1979 and given on 9 January 1980. Winners *Best Picture: **''Kramer vs. Kramer'' **Runners-up: ''Apocalypse Now'' and ''Breaking Away'' *Best Director: **Robert Benton – ''Kramer vs. Kramer'' **Runners-up: Francis Ford Coppola – ''Apocalypse Now'' and Bob Fosse – '' All That Jazz'' *Best Actor: **Dustin Hoffman – ''Kramer vs. Kramer'' **Runner-up: Roy Scheider – '' All That Jazz'' *Best Actress: **Sally Field – ''Norma Rae'' **Runners-up: Marsha Mason – '' Chapter Two'' and Bette Midler – ''The Rose'' *Best Supporting Actor: **Melvyn Douglas – ''Being There'' and ''The Seduction of Joe Tynan'' *Best Supporting Actress: **Meryl Streep – ''Kramer vs. Kramer'', ''Manhattan'' and ''The Seduction of Joe Tynan'' *Best Screenplay: **Robert Benton – ''Kramer vs. Kramer'' *Best Cinematography: **Caleb Deschanel – ''The Black Stallion'' *Best Music Sco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1976 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
The 2nd Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, given by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association on December 21, 1976, honored the best in film for 1976. Winners *Best Picture (tie): **''Network'' **''Rocky'' *Best Director: **Sidney Lumet – ''Network'' *Best Actor: **Robert De Niro – ''Taxi Driver'' *Best Actress: **Liv Ullmann – '' Face to Face'' (''Ansikte mot ansikte'') *Best Screenplay: **Paddy Chayefsky – ''Network'' *Best Cinematography: **Haskell Wexler – '' Bound for Glory'' *Best Music Score: **Bernard Herrmann – ''Taxi Driver'' *Best Foreign Film: **'' Face to Face'' (''Ansikte mot ansikte'') • Sweden *New Generation Award: **Martin Scorsese (director) and Jodie Foster (star) – ''Taxi Driver'' *Career Achievement Award: **Allan Dwan *Special Citation: **Marcel Ophüls – ''The Memory of Justice'' ** Max Laemmle, for his innovative programming of specialized films in the Los Angeles community References External links2nd Annual Los Angeles Film C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1983 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
The 9th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best filmmaking of 1983, were announced on 17 December 1983. Winners *Best Picture: **''Terms of Endearment'' **Runner-up: ''Tender Mercies'' *Best Director: ** James L. Brooks – ''Terms of Endearment'' **Runner-up: Bruce Beresford – ''Tender Mercies'' *Best Actor: **Robert Duvall – ''Tender Mercies'' **Runner-up: Tom Conti – '' Reuben, Reuben'' *Best Actress: **Shirley MacLaine – ''Terms of Endearment'' **Runner-up: Jane Alexander – ''Testament'' *Best Supporting Actor: **Jack Nicholson – ''Terms of Endearment'' **Runner-up: John Lithgow – ''Terms of Endearment'' and '' Twilight Zone: The Movie'' *Best Supporting Actress: ** Linda Hunt – '' The Year of Living Dangerously'' **Runner-up: Cher – ''Silkwood'' *Best Screenplay: ** James L. Brooks – ''Terms of Endearment'' **Runner-up: Lawrence Kasdan and Barbara Benedek – '' The Big Chill'' *Best Cinematography: **Sven Nykvist – ''Fanny and Ale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1982 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
The 8th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best filmmaking of 1982, were announced on 11 December 1982. Winners *Best Picture: **''E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'' **Runner-up: ''Gandhi'' *Best Director: **Steven Spielberg – ''E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'' **Runner-up: Richard Attenborough – ''Gandhi'' *Best Actor: **Ben Kingsley – ''Gandhi'' **Runner-up: Peter O'Toole – ''My Favorite Year'' *Best Actress: **Meryl Streep – ''Sophie's Choice'' **Runner-up: Jessica Lange – ''Frances'' *Best Supporting Actor: **John Lithgow – ''The World According to Garp'' **Runner-up: James Mason – ''The Verdict'' *Best Supporting Actress: **Glenn Close – ''The World According to Garp'' **Runner-up: Cher – '' Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean'' *Best Screenplay: **Larry Gelbart and Murray Schisgal – ''Tootsie'' **Runner-up: Barry Levinson – ''Diner'' *Best Cinematography: **Jordan Cronenweth – ''Blade Runner'' *Best Music Score: **Jame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1977 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
The 3rd Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in film for 1977, were announced on 19 December 1977 and given on 10 January 1978. Winners *Best Picture: **''Star Wars'' *Best Director: **Herbert Ross – '' The Turning Point'' *Best Actor: **Richard Dreyfuss – ''The Goodbye Girl'' *Best Actress: ** Shelley Duvall – ''3 Women'' *Best Supporting Actor: ** Jason Robards – '' Julia'' *Best Supporting Actress: **Vanessa Redgrave – '' Julia'' *Best Screenplay: **Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman – '' Annie Hall'' *Best Cinematography: ** Douglas Slocombe – '' Julia'' *Best Music Score: **John Williams – ''Star Wars'' *Best Foreign Film: **''That Obscure Object of Desire'' (''Cet obscur objet du désir'') • France/Spain *New Generation Award: ** Joan Micklin Silver *Career Achievement Award: ** King Vidor *Special Citation: **Charles Gary Allison, for his initiative in organizing the production of '' Fraternity Row'' and thus opening a gateway into p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1981 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
The 7th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best filmmaking of 1980, were announced on 14 December 1981 and given on 13 January 1982. Winners *Best Picture: **'' Atlantic City'' **Runner-up: '' Reds'' *Best Director: **Warren Beatty - '' Reds'' **Runner-up: Lawrence Kasdan – ''Body Heat'' *Best Actor: **Burt Lancaster – '' Atlantic City'' **Runner-up: Henry Fonda – '' On Golden Pond'' *Best Actress: **Meryl Streep – ''The French Lieutenant's Woman'' **Runner-up: Diane Keaton – '' Reds'' *Best Supporting Actor: **John Gielgud – ''Arthur'' **Runner-up: Jack Nicholson – '' Reds'' *Best Supporting Actress: **Maureen Stapleton – '' Reds'' **Runner-up: Melinda Dillon – ''Absence of Malice'' *Best Screenplay: **John Guare – '' Atlantic City'' **Runner-up: Warren Beatty and Trevor Griffiths – '' Reds'' *Best Cinematography: **Vittorio Storaro – '' Reds'' **Runner-up: Freddie Francis – ''The French Lieutenant's Woman'' *Best Music Score: **Rand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1978 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
The 4th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in film for 1978, were announced on 16 December 1978. Winners *Best Picture: **'' Coming Home'' *Best Director: **Michael Cimino – ''The Deer Hunter'' **Runners-up: Woody Allen – ''Interiors'' and Alan Parker – '' Midnight Express'' *Best Actor: **Jon Voight – '' Coming Home'' **Runner-up: Gary Busey – ''The Buddy Holly Story'' *Best Actress: **Jane Fonda – '' Coming Home'', ''Comes a Horseman'' and ''California Suite'' **Runner-up: Ingrid Bergman – ''Autumn Sonata'' (''Höstsonaten'') *Best Supporting Actor: **Robert Morley – ''Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?'' *Best Supporting Actress (tie): **Maureen Stapleton – ''Interiors'' **Mona Washbourne – ''Stevie'' *Best Screenplay: **Paul Mazursky – ''An Unmarried Woman'' **Runners-up: Woody Allen – ''Interiors'' and Larry Gelbart and Sheldon Keller – ''Movie Movie'' *Best Cinematography: **Néstor Almendros – ''Days of Heaven'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1987 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
The 13th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards were announced on 19 December 1987 and given on 21 January 1988. Winners *Best Picture: **'' Hope and Glory'' **Runner-up: ''The Last Emperor'' *Best Director: **John Boorman – '' Hope and Glory'' **Runner-up: James L. Brooks – '' Broadcast News'' *Best Actor (tie): **Steve Martin – '' Roxanne'' **Jack Nicholson – '' Ironweed'' and '' The Witches of Eastwick'' *Best Actress (tie): **Holly Hunter – '' Broadcast News'' **Sally Kirkland – '' Anna'' *Best Supporting Actor: **Morgan Freeman – '' Street Smart '' **Runner-up: Sean Connery – '' The Untouchables'' *Best Supporting Actress: **Olympia Dukakis – ''Moonstruck'' **Runner-up: Vanessa Redgrave – ''Prick Up Your Ears'' *Best Screenplay: **John Boorman – '' Hope and Glory'' **Runner-up: John Patrick Shanley - ''Moonstruck'' *Best Cinematography: **Vittorio Storaro – ''The Last Emperor'' **Runner-up: Philippe Rousselot - '' Hope and Glory'' *Best Music Score ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1986 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
The 12th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards were announced on 13 December 1986 and given on 29 January 1987. Winners *Best Picture: **''Hannah and Her Sisters'' **Runner-up: '' Blue Velvet'' *Best Director: **David Lynch – '' Blue Velvet'' **Runner-up: Woody Allen – ''Hannah and Her Sisters'' *Best Actor: **Bob Hoskins – ''Mona Lisa'' **Runner-up: Dexter Gordon – '' Round Midnight'' *Best Actress: **Sandrine Bonnaire – ''Vagabond'' (Sans toit ni loi) **Runner-up: Marlee Matlin – '' Children of a Lesser God'' *Best Supporting Actor: **Dennis Hopper – '' Blue Velvet'' and '' Hoosiers'' **Runner-up: Michael Caine – ''Hannah and Her Sisters'' *Best Supporting Actress (tie): ** Cathy Tyson – ''Mona Lisa'' **Dianne Wiest – ''Hannah and Her Sisters'' *Best Screenplay: **Woody Allen - ''Hannah and Her Sisters'' **Runner-up: David Lynch – '' Blue Velvet'' *Best Cinematography: ** Chris Menges – '' The Mission'' **Runner-up: Bruno de Keyzer - '' Round ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1985 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
The 11th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards were announced on 14 December 1985 and given on 23 January 1986. Winners *Best Picture: **''Brazil'' **Runner-up: ''Out of Africa'' *Best Director: **Terry Gilliam – ''Brazil'' **Runner-up: Akira Kurosawa – '' Ran'' *Best Actor: **William Hurt – '' Kiss of the Spider Woman'' **Runner-up: Jack Nicholson – ''Prizzi's Honor'' *Best Actress: **Meryl Streep – ''Out of Africa'' **Runner-up: Whoopi Goldberg – '' The Color Purple'' *Best Supporting Actor: **John Gielgud – ''Plenty'' and ''The Shooting Party'' **Runner-up: William Hickey – ''Prizzi's Honor'' *Best Supporting Actress (tie): **Anjelica Huston – ''Prizzi's Honor'' **Runner-up: Oprah Winfrey – '' The Color Purple'' *Best Screenplay: **Terry Gilliam, Charles McKeown and Tom Stoppard - ''Brazil'' **Runner-up: Richard Condon and Janet Roach – ''Prizzi's Honor'' *Best Cinematography: ** David Watkin – ''Out of Africa'' *Best Music Score: **Toru Takemits ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |