2004 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

The 30th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, announced on 11 December 2004 by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, honored the best in film for 2004.

Winners



 * Best Picture:
 * Sideways
 * Runner-up: Million Dollar Baby
 * Best Director:
 * Alexander Payne – Sideways
 * Runner-up: Martin Scorsese – The Aviator
 * Best Actor:
 * Liam Neeson – Kinsey
 * Runner-up: Paul Giamatti – Sideways
 * Best Actress:
 * Imelda Staunton – Vera Drake
 * Runner-up: Julie Delpy – Before Sunset
 * Best Supporting Actor:
 * Thomas Haden Church – Sideways
 * Runner-up: Morgan Freeman – Million Dollar Baby
 * Best Supporting Actress:
 * Virginia Madsen – Sideways
 * Runner-up: Cate Blanchett – The Aviator and Coffee and Cigarettes
 * Best Screenplay:
 * Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor – Sideways
 * Runner-up: Charlie Kaufman – Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
 * Best Cinematography:
 * Dion Beebe and Paul Cameron – Collateral
 * Runner-up: Xiaoding Zhao – House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu)
 * Best Production Design:
 * Dante Ferretti – The Aviator
 * Runner-up: Huo Tingxiao – House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu)
 * Best Music Score:
 * Michael Giacchino – The Incredibles
 * Runner-up: Alexandre Desplat – Birth
 * Best Foreign-Language Film:
 * House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu) • China/Hong Kong
 * Runner-up: The Motorcycle Diaries (Diarios de motocicleta) • Argentina
 * Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film:
 * Born into Brothels
 * Runner-up: Fahrenheit 9/11
 * Best Animation:
 * The Incredibles
 * The Douglas Edwards Experimental/Independent Film/Video Award:
 * Ken Jacobs – Star Spangled to Death
 * New Generation Award:
 * Joshua Marston (director) and Catalina Sandino Moreno (actress) – Maria Full of Grace
 * Career Achievement Award:
 * Jerry Lewis
 * Special Citation:
 * Richard Schickel and Brian Jamieson of Warner Bros. for the reconstruction of Samuel Fuller's The Big Red One.