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San Diego Film Critics Society Awards 2001

Annual US film awards ceremony

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 25, 2026
Entity authorityQ7413661 ↗
Source-derived summary

The 6th San Diego Film Critics Society Awards, given by the San Diego Film Critics Society on 18 December 2001, honored the best in film for 2001.

Winners

Best Actor:

Guy Pearce – Memento

Best Actress:

Thora Birch – Ghost World

Best Cinematography:

The Man Who Wasn't There – Roger Deakins

Best Director:

Terry Zwigoff – Ghost World

Best Film:

Ghost World

Best Foreign Language Film:

Amélie (Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain) • France

Best Production Design:

Moulin Rouge!

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