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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.

References

1. King, Susan (12 December 2004). "Sideways Wins 5 Awards From L.A. Critics, Including Best Film". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
2. Murray, Rebecca (12 December 2004). "The Los Angeles Film Critics Association Honor Films from 2004". About.com. Archived from the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2017.

External links

• 30th Annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

• Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
• 2004 film awards
• 2004 in American cinema
• 2004 in Los Angeles
• December 2004 events in the United States