Winners
Best Picture
1. Yi Yi
2. Traffic
3. The House of Mirth
Best Director
1. Steven Soderbergh – Traffic and Erin Brockovich
2. Edward Yang – Yi Yi
3. Ang Lee – Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long)
Steven Andrew Soderbergh is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He is considered one of the founding pioneers of the independent cinema movement and among the most acclaimed and prolific filmmakers of his generation.
Traffic is a 2000 American crime drama film directed by Steven Soderbergh and written by Stephen Gaghan. It explores the illegal drug trade from a number of perspectives: users, enforcers, politicians, and traffickers. Their stories are edited together throughout the film, although some of the characters do not meet each other. The film is an adaptation of the 1989 British Channel 4 television series Traffik.
Erin Brockovich is a 2000 American biographical film directed by Steven Soderbergh and written by Susannah Grant. The film is a dramatization of the true story of Erin Brockovich, portrayed by Julia Roberts, who fought against the energy corporation Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E). The film was a box office success, and critical reaction was positive.
Best Actor
1. Javier Bardem – Before Night Falls
2. Mark Ruffalo – You Can Count On Me
3. Tom Hanks – Cast Away
Javier Ángel Encinas Bardem is a Spanish actor. Bardem won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as the psychopathic assassin Anton Chigurh in the 2007 Coen Brothers film No Country for Old Men. He has also received critical acclaim for roles in films such as Jamón, jamón, Carne trémula, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Boca a boca, Los lunes al sol, Mar adentro, and Skyfall, for which he received both a BAFTA and a SAG nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
Before Night Falls is a 2000 American biographical romantic drama directed by Julian Schnabel. Based on the autobiography of the same name of Reinaldo Arenas, which was published in English in 1993, the screenplay was written by Schnabel, Cunningham O'Keefe and Lázaro Gómez Carriles. The film stars Javier Bardem, Johnny Depp, Olivier Martinez, Andrea Di Stefano, Santiago Magill and Michael Wincott. The film had its world premiere at the 2000 Venice International Film Festival.
Mark Alan Ruffalo is an American actor, producer, and political activist who made his screen debut in an episode of CBS Summer Playhouse (1989), followed by minor film roles. He was part of the original cast of This Is Our Youth (1996). Following were his roles in 13 Going on 30 (2004), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), Zodiac (2007) and What Doesn't Kill You (2008). In 2010, he starred in the psychological thriller Shutter Island and the comedy-drama The Kids Are All Right. For the latter, he received nominations for the SAG Award, BAFTA Award, and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He also co-starred in the mystery films Now You See Me and Now You See Me 2 as FBI Special Agent Dylan Rhodes.
Best Actress
1. Laura Linney – You Can Count On Me
2. Gillian Anderson – The House of Mirth
3. Ellen Burstyn – Requiem for a Dream
Laura Leggett Linney is an American actress and singer. She is the recipient of several awards, including two Golden Globe Awards and four Primetime Emmy Awards. She has also been nominated for three Academy Awards and four Tony Awards.
You Can Count On Me is a 2000 American drama film starring Laura Linney, Mark Ruffalo, Rory Culkin, and Matthew Broderick. Written and directed by Kenneth Lonergan, it tells the story of Sammy, a single mother living in a small town, and her complicated relationships with family and friends. The story takes place in the fictionalized Catskill communities of Scottsville and Auburn, New York. The film was primarily shot in and around Margaretville, New York.
Gillian Leigh Anderson, is an American–British film, television and theatre actress, activist and writer. Her credits include the roles of FBI Special Agent Dana Scully in the long-running series The X-Files, ill-fated socialite Lily Bart in Terence Davies' film The House of Mirth (2000), and DSI Stella Gibson on the BBC crime drama television series The Fall. Among other honours, Anderson has won a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. She has resided in London since 2002, after dividing her time between the United Kingdom and the United States in earlier years.
Best Supporting Actor
1. Benicio del Toro – Traffic
2. Fred Willard – Best in Show
3. Willem Dafoe – Shadow of the Vampire
Benicio Monserrate Rafael del Toro Sánchez is a Puerto Rican actor. He won an Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Award for his portrayal of the jaded but morally upright police officer Javier Rodriguez in the film Traffic (2000). Del Toro's performance as ex-con turned religious fanatic in despair, Jack Jordan, in Alejandro González Iñárritu's 21 Grams (2003) earned him a second Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor, as well as a second Screen Actors Guild Awards nomination and a BAFTA Awards nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role.
Frederick Charles Willard is an American actor, voice actor, comedian and writer, best known for his improvisational comedy. He is known for his roles in the Rob Reiner mockumentary film This Is Spinal Tap, the Christopher Guest mockumentary films, Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show, A Mighty Wind, For Your Consideration, Mascots and the Anchorman films. He is an alumnus of The Second City. He received three Emmy nominations for his recurring role on the TV series Everybody Loves Raymond. In 2010, he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for his appearances on Modern Family. He was also nominated for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host for his role as host of What's Hot, What's Not.
Best in Show is a 2000 American mockumentary comedy film co-written by Christopher Guest and Eugene Levy and directed by Guest. The film follows five entrants in a prestigious dog show, and focuses on the slightly surreal interactions among the various owners and handlers, as they travel to the show and then compete during the show. There are also short depictions of the characters six months after the show is over. Among the comedic aspects of the film are similarities between the personalities and characteristics of the owners and those of their dogs. Much of the dialogue was improvised. Many of the comic actors were also involved in Guest's other films, including Waiting for Guffman, A Mighty Wind, For Your Consideration, and Mascots. The film's score was composed by C. J. Vanston.
Best Supporting Actress
1. Elaine May – Small Time Crooks
2. Frances McDormand – Almost Famous and Wonder Boys
3. Marcia Gay Harden – Pollock
Elaine Iva May is an American screenwriter, film director, actress, and comedienne. She made her initial impact in the 1950s from her improvisational comedy routines with Mike Nichols, performing as Nichols and May. After her duo with Nichols ended, May subsequently developed a career as a director and screenwriter.
Small Time Crooks is a 2000 American crime-comedy film. Written and directed by Woody Allen, the film's plot is very similar to that of the 1942 comedy Larceny, Inc.. It stars Allen, Hugh Grant, Elaine May and Tracey Ullman.
Frances Louise McDormand is an American actress. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, two Emmy Awards (Primetime), and a Tony Award, making her one of the few performers to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting. She has also won a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, and four Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Best Screenplay
1. Kenneth Lonergan – You Can Count On Me
2. Steve Kloves – Wonder Boys
3. Stephen Gaghan – Traffic
Best Cinematography
1. Agnès Godard – Beau Travail
2. Peter Pau – Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long)
2. Steven Soderbergh – Traffic
Best Non-Fiction Film
1. The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg
2. Dark Days
3. The Original Kings of Comedy
Experimental Film Award
Film Heritage Award
- The National Film Preservation Foundation for "Treasures from American Film Archives," its four-DVD anthology of 50 films, "for preserving and propagating a body of films of cultural and historical significance, with an emphasis on non-Hollywood films."
