London Film Critics Circle Awards 1998



19th London Film Critics Circle Awards 4 March 1999

Film of the Year:  Saving Private Ryan 

British Film of the Year:  Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels  The 19th London Film Critics Circle Awards, honouring the best in film for 1998, were announced by the London Film Critics Circle on 4 March 1999.

Film of the Year
 Saving Private Ryan 
 * Boogie Nights
 * The Ice Storm
 * Titanic
 * The Truman Show

British Film of the Year
 Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels 
 * The Butcher Boy
 * Elizabeth
 * The General
 * My Name Is Joe

Foreign Language Film of the Year
 Shall We Dance? • Japan
 * Funny Games • Austria

Director of the Year
Peter Weir – The Truman Show 
 * James Cameron – Titanic
 * Michael Haneke – Funny Games
 * Ang Lee – The Ice Storm
 * Steven Spielberg – Saving Private Ryan

British Director of the Year
John Boorman – The General 
 * Ken Loach – My Name Is Joe

Screenwriter of the Year
Andrew Niccol – The Truman Show and Gattaca 
 * Joel and Ethan Coen – The Big Lebowski
 * Matt Damon and Ben Affleck – Good Will Hunting
 * James Schamus – The Ice Storm
 * Neil LaBute – In the Company of Men

British Screenwriter of the Year
Guy Ritchie – Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels 
 * Neil Jordan and Patrick McCabe – The Butcher Boy
 * John Boorman – The General
 * Paul Laverty – My Name Is Joe
 * Hossein Amini – The Wings of the Dove

Actor of the Year
Jack Nicholson – As Good as It Gets 
 * Matt Damon – Good Will Hunting, The Rainmaker and Saving Private Ryan
 * Robert Duvall – The Apostle
 * Tom Hanks – Saving Private Ryan
 * Kevin Kline – The Ice Storm and In & Out

Actress of the Year
Cate Blanchett – Elizabeth 
 * Joan Allen – The Ice Storm
 * Pam Grier – Jackie Brown
 * Helen Hunt – As Good as It Gets
 * Gwyneth Paltrow – Sliding Doors, Great Expectations and A Perfect Murder

British Actor of the Year
Brendan Gleeson – The General 
 * John Hurt – Love and Death on Long Island
 * Derek Jacobi – Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
 * Peter Mullan – My Name Is Joe
 * Bill Nighy – Still Crazy

British Actress of the Year
Helena Bonham Carter – The Wings of the Dove 
 * Julie Christie – Afterglow
 * Minnie Driver – The Governess
 * Louise Goodall – My Name Is Joe
 * Kristin Scott Thomas – The Horse Whisperer
 * Kate Winslet – Titanic
 * Catherine Zeta-Jones – The Mask of Zorro

British Supporting Actor of the Year
Nigel Hawthorne – The Object of My Affection 
 * Daniel Craig – Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
 * Christopher Eccleston – Elizabeth
 * Joseph Fiennes – Elizabeth
 * Anthony Hopkins – The Mask of Zorro, Amistad and The Edge
 * Vinnie Jones – Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
 * Adrian Lester – Primary Colors
 * Rufus Sewell – Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence

British Supporting Actress of the Year

 * Kate Beckinsale – The Last Days of Disco 
 * Minnie Driver – Good Will Hunting 
 * Kathy Burke – Dancing at Lughnasa and Elizabeth
 * Natascha McElhone – The Truman Show, Mrs. Dalloway and Ronin

British Newcomer of the Year
Peter Mullen – My Name Is Joe 
 * Peter Howitt – Sliding Doors
 * Eamonn Owens – The Butcher Boy and The General
 * Jonathan Rhys-Meyers – Velvet Goldmine, The Disappearance of Finbar and The Governess
 * Guy Ritchie – Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

British Producer of the Year
Alison Owen, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner – Elizabeth 

Dilys Powell Award

 * Albert Finney
 * John Hurt

Lifetime Achievement Award

 * John Box
 * John Boorman