American Film Institute Awards 2001

The AFI Awards 2001 honoring the best in film and television for 2001 were held January 5, 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.

Winners

Film

Actor of the Year-Male-Movies

Denzel Washington - Training Day

• 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 Spacek - In the Bedroom

• Halle Berry - Monter's Ball
• Stockard Channing - The Business of Strangers
• Noami Watts - Mulholland Drive

Best Cinematography

The Man Who Wasn't There - Roger Deakins

Best Composer

Craig Armstrong - Moulin Rouge!

Best Digital Effects Artist

Jim Rygiel - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Best Director

Robert Altman - Gosford Park

Best Editing

Jill Bilcock - Moulin Rouge!

Best Film

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Best Production Designer

Grant Major - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Best Screenwriter

Christopher Nolan - Memento

Best Featured Actor

Gene Hackman - The Royal Tenenbaums

Best Featured Actress

Jennifer Connelly - A Beautiful Mind

Films

• A Beautiful Mind (Academy Award for Best Picture / Golden Globe for Best Drama Picture)
• Black Hawk Down
• In the Bedroom
• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (BAFTA Award for Best Film)
• The Man Who Wasn't There
• Memento
• Monster's Ball
• Moulin Rouge! (Golden Globe for Best Musical or Comedy Picture)
• Mulholland Drive
• Shrek (Academy Award for Best Animated Feature)

Television Programs

Drama Series

Buffy the Vampire Slayer
''Six Feet Under
Sopranos, The
West Wing, The

Comedy Series

Curb Your Enthusiasm
Everybody Loves Raymond
Malcolm in the Middle
Sex and the City

Movie or Mini-Series

Anne Frank
Band of Brothers
Boycott
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)

References

• http://www.thefreelibrary.com/AFI+Announces+Nominations+for+'AFI+Awards+2001'.-a080836337
• http://www.afi.com/afiawards/AFIAwards01.aspx
• http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,191080,00.html
• http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117857398.html?categoryid=1097&cs=1
• http://www.afi.com/Docs/about/press/2001/afinoms.pdf