1996 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

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 :
• *Chris Menges – Michael Collins
• *John Seale – The English Patient
• Best Production Design :
• *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
• 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