The 30th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, announced on 11 December 2004 by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, honored the best in film for 2004. Winners Best Picture: Sideways Runner-up: Million Dollar Baby Best Director: Alexander Payne – Sideways Runner-up: Martin Scorsese – The Aviator Best Actor: Liam Neeson – Kinsey Runner-up: Paul Giamatti – Sideways Best Actress: Imelda Staunton – Vera Drake Runner-up: Julie Delpy – Before Sunset Best Supporting Actor: Thomas Haden Church – Sideways Runner-up: Morgan Freeman – Million Dollar Baby Best Supporting Actress: Virginia Madsen – Sideways Runner-up: Cate Blanchett – The Aviator and Coffee and Cigarettes Best Screenplay: Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor – Sideways Runner-up: Charlie Kaufman – Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Best Cinematography: Dion Beebe and Paul Cameron – Collateral Runner-up: Xiaoding Zhao – House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu) Best Production Design: Dante Ferretti – The Aviator Runner-up: Huo Tingxiao – House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu) Best Music Score: Michael Giacchino – The Incredibles Runner-up: Alexandre Desplat – Birth Best Foreign-Language Film: House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu) • China/Hong Kong Runner-up: The Motorcycle Diaries (Diarios de motocicleta) • Argentina Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film: Born into Brothels Runner-up: Fahrenheit 9/11 Best Animation: The Incredibles The Douglas Edwards Experimental/Independent Film/Video Award: Ken Jacobs – Star Spangled to Death New Generation Award: Joshua Marston (director) and Catalina Sandino Moreno (actress) – Maria Full of Grace Career Achievement Award: Jerry Lewis Special Citation: Richard Schickel and Brian Jamieson of Warner Bros. for the reconstruction of Samuel Fuller's The Big Red One. References External links 30th Annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards 2004 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards