# London Film Critics Circle Awards 2000

21st London Film Critics Circle Awards
15 February 2001
Film of the Year:
Being John Malkovich
British Film of the Year:
Billy Elliot
The 21st London Film Critics Circle Awards, honouring the best in film for 2000, were announced by the London Film Critics Circle on 15 February 2001.

## Winners and nominees
### Film of the Year

Being John Malkovich
* Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
* Gladiator
* Memento
* O Brother, Where Art Thou?

### British Film of the Year

Billy Elliot
* Chicken Run
* The End of the Affair
* The House of Mirth
* Topsy-Turvy

### Foreign Language Film of the Year

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon • Taiwan/Hong Kong/United States/China
* Beau Travail • France
* The Color of Paradise • Iran
* Harry, He's Here to Help • France
* In the Mood for Love • Hong Kong

### Director of the Year

Spike Jonze – Being John Malkovich
* Mary Harron – American Psycho
* Philip Kaufman – Quills
* Ang Lee – Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
* Steven Soderbergh – Erin Brockovich

### British Director of the Year

Stephen Daldry – Billy Elliot
* Terence Davies – The House of Mirth
* Mike Leigh – Topsy-Turvy
* Christopher Nolan – Memento
* Ridley Scott – Gladiator

### Screenwriter of the Year

Charlie Kaufman – Being John Malkovich
* Cameron Crowe – Almost Famous
* Paul Thomas Anderson – Magnolia
* Joel Coen & Ethan Coen – O Brother, Where Art Thou?
* Steve Kloves – Wonder Boys

### British Screenwriter of the Year

Christopher Nolan – Memento
* Lee Hall – Billy Elliot
* Neil Jordan – The End of the Affair
* Anthony Minghella – The Talented Mr. Ripley
* Mike Leigh – Topsy-Turvy

### Actor of the Year

Russell Crowe – Gladiator and The Insider
* Jim Carrey- How the Grinch Stole Christmas and Man on the Moon
* John Cusack – Being John Malkovich
* Michael Douglas – Wonder Boys
* Philip Seymour Hoffman – Almost Famous and Flawless

### Actress of the Year

Julia Roberts – Erin Brockovich
* Gillian Anderson – The House of Mirth
* Julianne Moore – The End of the Affair
* Hilary Swank – Boys Don't Cry
* Renée Zellweger – Nurse Betty

### British Actor of the Year

Jim Broadbent – Topsy-Turvy
* Christian Bale – American Psycho
* Ralph Fiennes – The End of the Affair
* Anthony Hopkins – Titus
* Gary Lewis – Billy Elliot

### British Actress of the Year

Julie Walters – Billy Elliot
* Brenda Blethyn – Saving Grace
* Janet McTeer – Tumbleweeds
* Emily Watson – The Luzhin Defence
* Kate Winslet – Quills

### British Supporting Actor of the Year

Albert Finney – Erin Brockovich
* Michael Caine – Quills
* Jason Isaacs – The Patriot
* Jude Law – The Talented Mr. Ripley
* Timothy Spall – Topsy-Turvy

### British Supporting Actress of the Year

Samantha Morton – Sweet and Lowdown
* Shirley Henderson- Topsy-Turvy
* Lesley Manville – Topsy-Turvy
* Sophie Thompson – Relative Values
* Emily Watson – Cradle Will Rock

### British Newcomer of the Year

Jamie Bell – Billy Elliot
* Paul Bettany – Gangster No. 1
* Stephen Daldry – Billy Elliot
* Lee Hall – Billy Elliot
* Michael Legge – Angela's Ashes

### British Producer of the Year

Greg Brenman and Jonathan Finn – Billy Elliot
* Peter Lord, Nick Park, David Sproxton – Chicken Run
* Norma Heyman – Gangster No. 1
* Olivia Stewart – The House of Mirth
* Simon Channing-Williams – Topsy-Turvy

### Dilys Powell Award

* Richard Harris