London Film Critics Circle Awards 1998

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.

Winners and nominees

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

External links

• IMDB
• Official Website

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3. London Film Critics' Circle Award for Actor of the Year
4. London Film Critics' Circle Award for Actress of the Year
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