London Film Critics Circle Awards 1998
19th London Film Critics Circle Awards
4 March 1999
Film of the Year:
Saving Private Ryan
British Film of the Year:
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
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[edit]
Film of the Year[edit]
British Film of the Year[edit]
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Foreign Language Film of the Year[edit]
Director of the Year[edit]
- James Cameron – Titanic
- Michael Haneke – Funny Games
- Ang Lee – The Ice Storm
- Steven Spielberg – Saving Private Ryan
British Director of the Year[edit]
Screenwriter of the Year[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
- Kathy Burke – Dancing at Lughnasa and Elizabeth
- Natascha McElhone – The Truman Show, Mrs. Dalloway and Ronin
British Newcomer of the Year[edit]
- 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[edit]
Alison Owen, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner – Elizabeth