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London Film Critics Circle Awards 1998

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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.

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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
  • References

    London Film Critics Circle Awards 1998 Wikipedia