San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards 2002 December 17, 2002 Best Picture: The Pianist The 1st San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in film for 2002, were given on 17 December 2002. Winners Best Picture: The Pianist Best Director: Todd Haynes - Far from Heaven Best Actor: Michael Caine - The Quiet American Best Actress: Isabelle Huppert - The Piano Teacher (La pianiste) Best Supporting Actor: Chris Cooper - Adaptation. Best Supporting Actress: Miranda Richardson - Spider Best Foreign Language Film: Y Tu Mamá También • Mexico Best Documentary: Rivers and Tides Most Promising Debut: Dylan Kidd - Roger Dodger Special Citation: Phillip Noyce - Rabbit-Proof Fence and The Quiet American Jay Rosenblatt and Caveh Zahedi - Underground Zero External links 2002 San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards References Polanski's 'Pianist' tops S.F. Film Critics' list / Caine, Huppert named best actors San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards 2002 film awards 2002 in San Francisco