16th Chicago Film Critics Association Awards (2003)
Best Picture
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
American Splendor
Finding Nemo
Lost in Translation
Mystic River
Best Director
Peter Jackson - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Tim Burton - Big Fish
Sofia Coppola - Lost in Translation
Peter Weir - Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Clint Eastwood - Mystic River
Best Actor
Bill Murray - Lost in Translation
Paul Giamatti - American Splendor
Ben Kingsley - House of Sand and Fog
Sean Penn - Mystic River
Johnny Depp - Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Best Actress
Charlize Theron - Monster
Naomi Watts - 21 Grams
Hope Davis - American Splendor
Scarlett Johansson - Lost in Translation
Keisha Castle-Hughes - Whale Rider
Best Supporting Actor
Tim Robbins - Mystic River
Benicio Del Toro - 21 Grams
Alec Baldwin - The Cooler
Sean Astin - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Andy Serkis - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Peter Sarsgaard - Shattered Glass
Best Supporting Actress
Patricia Clarkson - Pieces of April
Renée Zellweger - Cold Mountain
Ellen DeGeneres - Finding Nemo
Marcia Gay Harden - Mystic River
Miranda Richardson - Spider
Holly Hunter - Thirteen
Best Screenplay
Lost in Translation - Sofia Coppola
21 Grams - Guillermo Arriaga
American Splendor - Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson
Mystic River - Brian Helgeland
Best Cinematography
Lost in Translation - Lance Acord
Cold Mountain - John Seale
Girl with a Pearl Earring - Eduardo Serra
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - Andrew Lesnie
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World - Russell Boyd
Winged Migration - Olli Barbé, Michel Benjamin, Sylvie Carcedo, Laurent Charbonnier, Luc Drion, Laurent Fleutot, Philippe Garguil, Dominique Gentil, Bernard Lutic, Thierry Machado, Stéphane Martin, Fabrice Moindrot, Ernst Sasse, Michel Terrasse
Best Original Score
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - Howard Shore
Big Fish - Danny Elfman
Cold Mountain - Gabriel Yared
The Fog of War - Philip Glass
The Triplets of Belleville - Benoît Charest
Best Foreign Language Film
City of God - Brazil
The Son - Belgium/France
The Barbarian Invasions - Canada/France
The Man Without a Past - Finland
The Triplets of Belleville - Belgium/Canada/France
Best Documentary
Fahrenheit 9/11 - Michael Moore, Francisco La Torre
The Fog of War
Capturing the Friedmans
Lost in La Mancha
Winged Migration
Spellbound
Stevie
Most Promising Filmmaker
American Splendor - Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini
Capturing the Friedmans - Andrew Jarecki
House of Sand and Fog - Vadim Perelman
Shattered Glass - Billy Ray
Whale Rider - Niki Caro
Most Promising Performer
Whale Rider - Keisha Castle-Hughes
Dirty Pretty Things - Chiwetel Ejiofor
In America - Emma Bolger
In America - Sarah Bolger
The Station Agent - Peter Dinklage