San Diego Film Critics Society Awards 2004

9th SDFCS Awards

December 21, 2004

----Best Film:
Vera Drake

The 9th San Diego Film Critics Society Awards, given by the San Diego Film Critics Society, honored the best in film for 2004.

Winners

*Best Actor:
**Jim Carrey - "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind"
*Best Actress:
**Imelda Staunton - "Vera Drake"
*Best Animated Feature:
**"The Incredibles"
*Best Cinematography (tie):
**"Ying xiong (Hero)"
**"The Phantom of the Opera"
*Best Director:
**Clint Eastwood - "Million Dollar Baby"
*Best Documentary Feature:
**"Tarnation"
*Best Editing:
**"Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind"
*Best Film:
**"Vera Drake"
*Best Foreign Language Film:
**"Mar adentro (The Sea Inside)", Spain/France/Italy
*Best Production Design:
**"The Aviator"
*Best Score:
**"Million Dollar Baby" - Lennie Niehaus
*Best Screenplay - Adapted:
**"Sideways" - Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor
*Best Screenplay - Original:
**"Vera Drake" - Mike Leigh
*Best Supporting Actor:
**Phil Davis - "Vera Drake"
*Best Supporting Actress:
**Natalie Portman - "Closer"
*Body of Work award:
**Don Cheadle - "The Assassination of Richard Nixon", "Hotel Rwanda" and "The United States of Leland"