title: Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards 2002
text: # Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards 2002
  
  The 1st Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking in 2002, were given on December 30, 2002.
  
  ## Winners
  
  Best Film
  
  * Road to Perdition
     * Runners-up: Adaptation., About Schmidt, Antwone Fisher, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
  
  Best Director (TIE)
  
  * Spike Jonze – Adaptation.
  * Sam Mendes – Road to Perdition
  * Denzel Washington – Antwone Fisher
     * Runners-up: Peter Jackson – The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and Rob Marshall – Chicago
  
  Best Actor
  
  * Jack Nicholson – About Schmidt
     * Runner-up: Daniel Day-Lewis – Gangs of New York
  
  Best Actress
  
  * Julianne Moore – Far from Heaven
     * Runner-up: Maggie Gyllenhaal – Secretary
  
  Best Supporting Actor (TIE)
  
  * Chris Cooper – Adaptation.
  * Dennis Haysbert – Far from Heaven
     * Runner-up: Paul Newman – Road to Perdition
  
  Best Supporting Actress
  
  * Kathy Bates – About Schmidt
     * Runners-up: Michelle Pfeiffer – White Oleander and Renée Zellweger – White Oleander
  
  Best Ensemble
  
  * Barbershop
     * Runner-up: My Big Fat Greek Wedding
  
  Best Original Screenplay
  
  * Nia Vardalos – My Big Fat Greek Wedding
     * Runners-up: Alfonso Cuarón and Carlos Cuarón – Y Tu Mamá También, Brad Silberling – Moonlight Mile, and Chap Taylor and Michael Tolkin – Changing Lanes
  
  Best Adapted Screenplay
  
  * Charlie Kaufman – Adaptation.
     * Runner-up: Peter Hedges, Chris Weitz, and Paul Weitz – About a Boy
  
  Best Animated Film
  
  * Lilo & Stitch
     * Runner-up: Ice Age
  
  Best Documentary Film
  
  * The Kid Stays in the Picture
     * Runner-up: Standing in the Shadows of Motown
  
  Biggest Disappointment
  
  * Solaris
  
  Best Guilty Pleasure
  
  * Undercover Brother
     * Runners-up: Blue Crush and Die Another Day
  