1996 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

22nd LAFCA Awards
Date	December 1996
Highlights
Best Picture	Secrets & Lies

The 22nd Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in film for 1996, were given in December 1996.

Winners

• Best Picture:
  • Secrets & Lies
  • Runner-up: Fargo
• Best Director:
  • Mike Leigh – Secrets & Lies
  • Runner-up: Joel Coen – Fargo
• Best Actor:
  • Geoffrey Rush – Shine
  • Runner-up: Eddie Murphy – The Nutty Professor
• Best Actress:
  • Brenda Blethyn – Secrets & Lies
  • Runner-up: Frances McDormand – Fargo
• Best Supporting Actor:
  • Edward Norton – Everyone Says I Love You, The People vs. Larry Flynt and Primal Fear
  • Runner-up: Armin Mueller-Stahl – Shine
• Best Supporting Actress:
  • Barbara Hershey – The Portrait of a Lady
  • Runner-up: Courtney Love – The People vs. Larry Flynt
• Best Screenplay:
  • Joel and Ethan Coen – Fargo
  • Runner-up: Joseph Tropiano and Stanley Tucci – Big Night
• Best Cinematography (tie):
  • Chris Menges – Michael Collins
  • John Seale – The English Patient
• Best Production Design (tie):
  • Brian Morris - Evita
  • Janet Patterson - The Portrait of a Lady
• Best Music Score:
  • Hal Willner and The Hey Hey Club Musicians – Kansas City
  • Runner-up: Elliot Goldenthal – Michael Collins
• Best Foreign-Language Film:
  • La Cérémonie • France/Germany
  • Runner-up: Lamerica • Italy/France/Switzerland
• Best Non-Fiction Film:
  • When We Were Kings
  • Runner-up: Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills
• Best Animation:
  • Nick Park (for his body of work, which includes: Creature Comforts, A Grand Day Out, The Wrong Trousers, and A Close Shave)
• The Douglas Edwards Experimental/Independent Film/Video Award:
  • Craig Baldwin – Sonic Outlaws
• New Generation Award:
  • Emily Watson – Breaking the Waves
• Career Achievement Award:
  • Roger Corman