Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards 2002

The 1st Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking in 2002, were given on December 30, 2002.

Winners

Best FilmRoad to Perdition

* Runners-up: Adaptation., About Schmidt, Antwone Fisher, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Best Director Spike Jonze – Adaptation.Sam Mendes – Road to PerditionDenzel Washington – Antwone Fisher

* Runners-up: Peter Jackson – The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and Rob Marshall – Chicago

Best ActorJack Nicholson – About Schmidt
* Runner-up: Daniel Day-Lewis – Gangs of New York
Best ActressJulianne Moore – Far from Heaven

* Runner-up: Maggie Gyllenhaal – Secretary

Best Supporting Actor Chris Cooper – Adaptation.Dennis Haysbert – Far from Heaven

* Runner-up: Paul Newman – Road to Perdition

Best Supporting ActressKathy Bates – About Schmidt
* Runners-up: Michelle Pfeiffer – White Oleander and Renée Zellweger – White Oleander
Best EnsembleBarbershop
* Runner-up: My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Best Original ScreenplayNia Vardalos – My Big Fat Greek Wedding

* Runners-up: Alfonso Cuarón and Carlos Cuarón – Y Tu Mamá También, Brad Silberling – Moonlight Mile, and Chap Taylor and Michael Tolkin – Changing Lanes

Best Adapted ScreenplayCharlie Kaufman – Adaptation.
* Runner-up: Peter Hedges, Chris Weitz, and Paul Weitz – About a Boy
Best Animated FilmLilo & Stitch
* Runner-up: Ice Age
Best Documentary FilmThe Kid Stays in the Picture
* Runner-up: Standing in the Shadows of Motown
Biggest DisappointmentSolaris
Best Guilty PleasureUndercover Brother

* Runners-up: Blue Crush and ''Die Another Day''