1989 New York Film Critics Circle Awards

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The 55th New York Film Critics Circle Awards honored the best filmmaking of 1989. The winners were announced on 18 December 1989 and the awards were given on 14 January 1990.

Winners

Best Actor:

Daniel Day-Lewis - My Left Foot

Runners-up: Tom Cruise - Born on the Fourth of July and Morgan Freeman - Driving Miss Daisy

Best Actress:

Michelle Pfeiffer - The Fabulous Baker Boys

Runners-up: Jessica Tandy - Driving Miss Daisy and Andie MacDowell - Sex, Lies, and Videotape

Best Cinematography:

Ernest R. Dickerson - Do the Right Thing

Runners-up: Michael Ballhaus - The Fabulous Baker Boys and Jeff Preiss - Let's Get Lost

Best Director:

Paul Mazursky - Enemies, a Love Story

Runners-up: Brian De Palma - Casualties of War and Bruce Beresford - Driving Miss Daisy

Best Documentary:

Roger & Me

Best Film:

My Left Foot

Runners-up: Enemies, a Love Story and The Fabulous Baker Boys

Best Foreign Language Film:

Story of Women (Une affaire de femmes) • France

Runners-up: Chocolat • France and Camille Claudel • France

Best New Director:

Kenneth Branagh - Henry V

Runners-up: Steve Kloves - The Fabulous Baker Boys and Jim Sheridan - My Left Foot

Best Screenplay:

Gus Van Sant and Daniel Yost - Drugstore Cowboy

Runners-up: Steven Soderbergh - Sex, Lies, and Videotape and Steve Kloves - The Fabulous Baker Boys

Best Supporting Actor:

Alan Alda - Crimes and Misdemeanors

Runners-up: Denzel Washington - Glory and Marlon Brando - A Dry White Season

Best Supporting Actress:

Lena Olin - Enemies, a Love Story

Runners-up: Brenda Fricker - My Left Foot and Laura San Giacomo - Sex, Lies, and Videotape

References

1989 New York Film Critics Circle Awards Wikipedia

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