American Film Institute Awards 2001
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The AFI Awards
2001 honoring the best in film and television for 2001 were held January 5th 2002. The nominations were announced December 17, 2001. The ceremony announcing the winners was broadcast on CBS. It did not do well in the ratings (getting only 5.5 million viewers)so it would not be held in this format again. The AFI would go back to just listing the ten best movies and television shows and not have any acting categories or technical categories.
- Training Day
- In the Bedroom
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- A Beautiful Mind
Six Feet Under
Sopranos, The
West Wing, The
Everybody Loves Raymond
Malcolm in the Middle
Sex and the City
Band of Brothers
Boycott
Conspiracy
American Film Institute
The American Film Institute is an independent non-profit organization created by the National Endowment for the Arts, which was established in 1967 when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act...
2001 honoring the best in film and television for 2001 were held January 5th 2002. The nominations were announced December 17, 2001. The ceremony announcing the winners was broadcast on CBS. It did not do well in the ratings (getting only 5.5 million viewers)so it would not be held in this format again. The AFI would go back to just listing the ten best movies and television shows and not have any acting categories or technical categories.
Actor of the Year-Male-Movies:
Denzel WashingtonDenzel Washington
Denzel Hayes Washington Jr. is an American actor, screenwriter, director, and film producer. He first rose to prominence when he joined the cast of the medical drama, St. Elsewhere, playing Dr...
- Training Day
Training Day
Training Day is a 2001 crime drama film directed by Antoine Fuqua, written by David Ayer, starring Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke. The film follows two LAPD narcotics detectives over a 24-hour period in the gang neighborhoods of South and East Los Angeles.The film was a box office success and...
- Russell Crowe - A Beautiful Mind
- Billy Bob Thornton - The Man Who Wasn't There
- Tom Wilkinson - In The Bedroom
Actress of the Year-Female-Movies:
Sissy SpacekSissy Spacek
Sissy Spacek is an American actress and singer. She came to international prominence for her for role as Carrie White in Brian De Palma's 1976 horror film Carrie for which she earned her first Academy Award nomination...
- In the Bedroom
In the Bedroom
In the Bedroom is a 2001 American crime drama film directed by Todd Field, and dedicated to Andre Dubus, whose short story Killings is the source material on which the screenplay, by Field and Robert Festinger, is based...
- Halle Berry - Monter's Ball
- Stockard Channing - The Business of Strangers
- Noami Watts - Mulholland Drive
Best Composer:
Craig Armstrong - Moulin Rouge!Best Digital Effects Artist:
Jim RygielJim Rygiel
Jim Rygiel is a visual effects supervisor. He has worked on major feature films since 1984, including The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy.- Early life :...
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Best Production Designer:
Grant Major - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the RingBest Featured Actress:
Jennifer ConnellyJennifer Connelly
Jennifer Lynn Connelly is an American film actress, who began her career as a child model. She appeared in magazine, newspaper and television advertising, before making her motion picture debut in the 1984 crime film Once Upon a Time in America...
- A Beautiful Mind
A Beautiful Mind (film)
A Beautiful Mind is a 2001 American drama film based on the life of John Nash, a Nobel Laureate in Economics. The film was directed by Ron Howard and written by Akiva Goldsman. It was inspired by a bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-nominated 1998 book of the same name by Sylvia Nasar...
Films
- A Beautiful MindA Beautiful Mind (film)A Beautiful Mind is a 2001 American drama film based on the life of John Nash, a Nobel Laureate in Economics. The film was directed by Ron Howard and written by Akiva Goldsman. It was inspired by a bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-nominated 1998 book of the same name by Sylvia Nasar...
(Academy Award for Best Picture / Golden Globe for Best Drama Picture) - Black Hawk Down
- In the BedroomIn the BedroomIn the Bedroom is a 2001 American crime drama film directed by Todd Field, and dedicated to Andre Dubus, whose short story Killings is the source material on which the screenplay, by Field and Robert Festinger, is based...
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (BAFTA Award for Best Film)
- The Man Who Wasn't ThereThe Man Who Wasn't ThereThe Man Who Wasn't There is a 2001 neo-noir film written and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. Billy Bob Thornton stars in the title role. Also featured are James Gandolfini, Tony Shalhoub, Scarlett Johansson, Adam Alexi-Malle and Coen regulars Frances McDormand, Michael Badalucco, and Jon...
- Memento
- Monster's BallMonster's BallMonster's Ball is a 2001 romantic drama film directed by Marc Forster, starring Billy Bob Thornton, Halle Berry, and Heath Ledger, and written by Milo Addica and Will Rokos. It was produced by Lionsgate and Lee Daniels Entertainment....
- Moulin Rouge!Moulin Rouge!Moulin Rouge! is a 2001 romantic jukebox musical film directed, produced, and co-written by Baz Luhrmann. Following the Red Curtain Cinema principles, the film is based on the Orphean myth, La Traviata, and La Bohème...
(Golden Globe for Best Musical or Comedy Picture) - Mulholland DriveMulholland Drive (film)Mulholland Drive is a 2001 American neo-noir psychological thriller written and directed by David Lynch, starring Justin Theroux, Naomi Watts, and Laura Harring. The surrealist film was highly acclaimed by many critics and earned Lynch the Prix de la mise en scène at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival...
- ShrekShrekShrek is a 2001 American computer-animated fantasy comedy film directed by Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson, featuring the voices of Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, and John Lithgow. Loosely based on William Steig's 1990 fairy tale picture book Shrek!...
(Academy Award for Best Animated Feature)
Drama Series
Buffy the Vampire SlayerSix Feet Under
Sopranos, The
The Sopranos
The Sopranos is an American television drama series created by David Chase that revolves around the New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the often conflicting requirements of his home life and the criminal organization he heads...
West Wing, The
Comedy Series
Curb Your EnthusiasmCurb Your Enthusiasm
Curb Your Enthusiasm is an American comedy television series produced and broadcast by HBO, which premiered on October 15, 2000. As of 2011, it has completed 80 episodes over eight seasons. The series was created by Seinfeld co-creator Larry David, who stars as a fictionalized version of himself...
Everybody Loves Raymond
Everybody Loves Raymond
Everybody Loves Raymond is an American television sitcom that originally ran on CBS from September 13, 1996, to May 16, 2005. Many of the situations from the show are based on the real-life experiences of lead actor Ray Romano, creator/producer Phil Rosenthal and the show's writing staff...
Malcolm in the Middle
Malcolm in the Middle
Malcolm in the Middle is an American television sitcom created by Linwood Boomer for the Fox Network. The series was first broadcast on January 9, 2000, and ended its six-and-a-half-year run on May 14, 2006, after seven seasons and 151 episodes...
Sex and the City
Sex and the City
Sex and the City is an American television comedy-drama series created by Darren Star and produced by HBO. Broadcast from 1998 until 2004, the original run of the show had a total of ninety-four episodes...
Movie or Mini-Series
Anne FrankAnne Frank
Annelies Marie "Anne" Frank is one of the most renowned and most discussed Jewish victims of the Holocaust. Acknowledged for the quality of her writing, her diary has become one of the world's most widely read books, and has been the basis for several plays and films.Born in the city of Frankfurt...
Band of Brothers
Boycott
Boycott
A boycott is an act of voluntarily abstaining from using, buying, or dealing with a person, organization, or country as an expression of protest, usually for political reasons...
Conspiracy
AFI ACTOR OF THE YEAR - FEMALE - SERIES
Edie Falco, THE SOPRANOS (HBO)- Allison Janney, THE WEST WING (NBC)
- Jane Kaczmarek, MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE (FOX)
- Doris Roberts, EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND (CBS)
AFI ACTOR OF THE YEAR - MALE - SERIES
James Gandolfini, The SOPRANOS (HBO)- Michael C. Hall, SIX FEET UNDER (HBO)
- Chi McBride, BOSTON PUBLIC (FOX)
- Ray Romano, EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND (CBS)
AFI ACTOR OF THE YEAR - FEMALE - MOVIE OR MINI-SERIES
Judy Davis in LIFE WITH JUDY GARLAND: ME AND MY SHADOWS (ABC)- Tammy Blanchard in LIFE WITH JUDY GARLAND: ME AND MY SHADOWS (ABC)
- Hannah Taylor Gordon ANNE FRANK (ABC)
- Phylicia Rashad THE OLD SETTLER (PBS)
AFI ACTOR OF THE YEAR - MALE - MOVIE OR MINI-SERIES
Jeffrey Wright, in BOYCOTT (HBO)- Kenneth Branagh in CONSPIRACY (HBO)
- Ben Kingsley in ANNE FRANK (ABC)
- Giovanni Ribisi in SHOT IN THE HEART (HBO)