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BAFTA AWARDS

      • AWARDS CENTRAL
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    BAFTA Film Award

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    Best Actor

    • Richard Dreyfuss
      Winner
      • Richard Dreyfuss
      • The Goodbye Girl
    • Peter Ustinov
      • Peter Ustinov
      • Death on the Nile
    • Anthony Hopkins at an event for Beowulf (2007)
      • Anthony Hopkins
      • Magic
    • Brad Davis in Midnight Express (1978)
      • Brad Davis
      • Midnight Express

    Best Actress

    • Jane Fonda at an event for U (2006)
      Winner
      • Jane Fonda
      • Julia
    • Jill Clayburgh
      • Jill Clayburgh
      • An Unmarried Woman
    • Marsha Mason in Audrey Rose (1977)
      • Marsha Mason
      • The Goodbye Girl
    • Anne Bancroft in The Graduate (1967)
      • Anne Bancroft
      • The Turning Point

    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Julia

      7.0 (11K)
      Douglas Slocombe
    • [object Object]

      Close Encounters of the Third Kind

      7.6 (227K)
      Vilmos Zsigmond
    • [object Object]

      The Duellists

      7.4 (29K)
      Frank Tidy
    • [object Object]

      Superman

      7.4 (201K)
      Geoffrey Unsworth

    Best Costume Design

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Death on the Nile

      7.3 (43K)
      Anthony Powell
    • [object Object]

      The Duellists

      7.4 (29K)
      Tom Rand
    • [object Object]

      Julia

      7.0 (11K)
      Anthea Sylbert
      Joan Bridge
      Annalisa Nasalli-Rocca
    • [object Object]

      Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope

      8.6 (1.5M)
      John Mollo

    Best Direction

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Midnight Express

      7.5 (92K)
      Alan Parker
    • [object Object]

      Close Encounters of the Third Kind

      7.6 (227K)
      Steven Spielberg
    • [object Object]

      Julia

      7.0 (11K)
      Fred Zinnemann
    • [object Object]

      A Wedding

      7.0 (4K)
      Robert Altman

    Best Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Julia

      7.0 (11K)
    • [object Object]

      Close Encounters of the Third Kind

      7.6 (227K)
    • [object Object]

      Midnight Express

      7.5 (92K)
    • [object Object]

      Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope

      8.6 (1.5M)

    Best Film Editing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Midnight Express

      7.5 (92K)
      Gerry Hambling
    • [object Object]

      Close Encounters of the Third Kind

      7.6 (227K)
      Michael Kahn
    • [object Object]

      Julia

      7.0 (11K)
      Walter Murch
    • [object Object]

      Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope

      8.6 (1.5M)
      Paul Hirsch
      Marcia Lucas
      Richard Chew

    Best Production Design/Art Direction

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Close Encounters of the Third Kind

      7.6 (227K)
      Joe Alves
    • [object Object]

      Julia

      7.0 (11K)
      Gene Callahan
      Willy Holt
      Carmen Dillon
    • [object Object]

      Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope

      8.6 (1.5M)
      John Barry
    • [object Object]

      Superman

      7.4 (201K)
      John Barry

    Best Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Julia

      7.0 (11K)
      Alvin Sargent
    • [object Object]

      Close Encounters of the Third Kind

      7.6 (227K)
      Steven Spielberg
    • [object Object]

      The Goodbye Girl

      7.4 (17K)
      Neil Simon
    • [object Object]

      A Wedding

      7.0 (4K)
      John Considine
      Patricia Resnick
      Allan F. Nicholls
      Robert Altman

    Best Short Factual Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Hokusai: An Animated Sketchbook

      7.2 (24)
      Tony White
    • [object Object]

      I'll Find a Way

      6.8 (117)
      Beverly Shaffer

    • Planet Water

      Derek Williams

    • Sunday Muddy Sunday

      Lindsay Dale

    Best Short Fictional Film

    • Winner
        Not awarded.

      Best Sound

      • [object Object]
        Winner

        Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope

        8.6 (1.5M)
        Sam Shaw
        Robert R. Rutledge
        Gordon Davidson
        Gene Corso
        Derek Ball
        Don MacDougall
        Bob Minkler
        Ray West
        Michael Minkler
        Les Fresholtz
        Richard Portman
        Ben Burtt
      • [object Object]

        Close Encounters of the Third Kind

        7.6 (227K)
        Gene S. Cantamessa
        Robert Knudson
        Don MacDougall
        Robert Glass
        Stephen Katz
        Frank E. Warner
        Richard Oswald
        David Horton Sr.
        Sam Gemette
        Gary S. Gerlich
        Chester Slomka
        Neil Burrow
      • [object Object]

        Saturday Night Fever

        6.8 (92K)
        Michael Colgan
        Les Lazarowitz
        John Wilkinson
        Robert W. Glass Jr.
        John T. Reitz
      • [object Object]

        Superman

        7.4 (201K)
        Chris Greenham
        Gordon K. McCallum
        Peter Pennell
        Mike Hopkins
        Pat Foster
        Stan Fiferman
        John Foster
        Roy Charman
        Norman Bolland
        Brian Marshall
        Charles Schmitz
        Richard Raguse
        Chris Large

      Best Specialised Film

      • [object Object]
        Winner

        Twenty Times More Likely

        6.1 (11)
        Robert Young

      • How a Man Schall Be Armyd

        Anthony Wilkinson
      • [object Object]

        Play Safe

        6.0 (52)
        David Eady

      • The Safety Net

        Leonard Lewis

      Best Supporting Actor

      • John Hurt
        Winner
        • John Hurt
        • Midnight Express
      • François Truffaut
        • François Truffaut
        • Close Encounters of the Third Kind
      • Jason Robards
        • Jason Robards
        • Julia
      • Gene Hackman at an event for The 60th Annual Golden Globe Awards (2003)
        • Gene Hackman
        • Superman

      Best Supporting Actress

      • Geraldine Page in The Trip to Bountiful (1985)
        Winner
        • Geraldine Page
        • Interiors
      • Angela Lansbury
        • Angela Lansbury
        • Death on the Nile
      • Maggie Smith
        • Maggie Smith
        • Death on the Nile
      • Mona Washbourne in What Became of Jack and Jill? (1972)
        • Mona Washbourne
        • Stevie

      Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles

      • [object Object]
        Winner

        Superman

        7.4 (201K)
        Christopher Reeve
      • [object Object]

        Girlfriends

        7.2 (3.4K)
        Melanie Mayron
      • [object Object]

        Interiors

        7.3 (22K)
        Mary Beth Hurt
      • [object Object]

        Midnight Express

        7.5 (92K)
        Brad Davis

      Academy Fellowship

      Edit

      Television

      • Lew Grade
        Winner
        • Lew Grade
      • Winner
        • Huw Wheldon

      Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music

      Edit
      • [object Object]
        Winner

        Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope

        8.6 (1.5M)
        John Williams
      • [object Object]

        Close Encounters of the Third Kind

        7.6 (227K)
        John Williams
      • [object Object]

        Julia

        7.0 (11K)
        Georges Delerue
      • [object Object]

        Saturday Night Fever

        6.8 (92K)
        Barry Gibb
        Maurice Gibb
        Robin Gibb

      Flaherty Documentary Award

      Edit
      • [object Object]
        Winner

        The Silent Witness

        8.1 (39)

      BAFTA TV Award

      Edit

      'Harlequin' (Documentary/Factual)

      • [object Object]
        Winner

        Think of a Number

        7.6 (28)
        Ann Reay
      • [object Object]

        Blue Peter

        6.5 (667)
        Biddy Baxter

      'Harlequin' (Drama/Light Entertainment)

      • [object Object]
        Winner

        Grange Hill

        7.2 (1.8K)
        Anna Home
        Colin Cant
      • [object Object]

        Come Back Lucy

        7.7 (62)
        Shaun O'Riordan
      • [object Object]

        Huntingtower

        8.0 (24)
        Pharic Maclaren
      • [object Object]

        Multi-Coloured Swap Shop

        6.8 (142)
        Rosemary Gill
      • [object Object]

        Play School

        7.0 (127)
      • [object Object]

        Runaround

        6.3 (52)
        Greg Lanning

      Best Actor

      • Edward Fox in Gandhi (1982)
        Winner
        • Edward Fox
        • Edward & Mrs. Simpson
      • Tom Bell
        • Tom Bell
        • Out
      • Ian Holm at an event for The Aviator (2004)
        • Ian Holm
        • The Lost Boys
      • Bob Hoskins at an event for The 63rd Annual Golden Globe Awards 2006 (2006)
        • Bob Hoskins
        • Pennies from Heaven

      Best Actress

      • Francesca Annis
        Winner
        • Francesca Annis
        • Lillie
        • The Comedy of Errors
      • Peggy Ashcroft
        • Peggy Ashcroft
        • Edward & Mrs. Simpson
        • Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures
      • Cheryl Campbell in Chariots of Fire (1981)
        • Cheryl Campbell
        • Pennies from Heaven
      • Cynthia Harris
        • Cynthia Harris
        • Edward & Mrs. Simpson

      Best Costume Design

      • [object Object]
        Winner

        Edward & Mrs. Simpson

        7.5 (488)
        Diane Thurley
        Jennie Tate
      • [object Object]

        The One and Only Phyllis Dixey

        7.7 (64)
        Martin Baugh
      • [object Object]

        Pennies from Heaven

        8.3 (1.3K)
        John Peacock
      • [object Object]

        Lillie

        8.0 (753)
        Frances Tempest

      Best Design

      • [object Object]
        Winner

        Edward & Mrs. Simpson

        7.5 (488)
        Allan Cameron
        Martyn Hebert
      • [object Object]

        Pennies from Heaven

        8.3 (1.3K)
        Tim Harvey
        Bruce Macadie
      • [object Object]

        The Voyage of Charles Darwin

        8.4 (163)
        Colin Shaw
      • [object Object]

        Lillie

        8.0 (753)
        Bryan Bagge
        Richard Dunn
        Roger Hall

      Best Drama Series/Serial

      • [object Object]
        Winner

        Edward & Mrs. Simpson

        7.5 (488)
        Andrew Brown
        Waris Hussein
      • [object Object]

        All Creatures Great & Small

        8.4 (4.8K)
        Bill Sellars
      • [object Object]

        Lillie

        8.0 (753)
        Jack Williams
      • [object Object]

        Pennies from Heaven

        8.3 (1.3K)
        Kenith Trodd
        Piers Haggard

      Best Factual Series

      • [object Object]
        Winner

        The Voyage of Charles Darwin

        8.4 (163)
        Christopher Ralling
      • [object Object]

        The Body in Question

        8.4 (81)
        Patrick Uden
        • John Purdie
      • [object Object]

        Horizon

        8.5 (1.2K)
        Simon Campbell-Jones

      Best Film Cameraman

      • [object Object]
        Winner

        The Voyage of Charles Darwin

        8.4 (163)
        David Whitson
        Maurice Tibbles
      • [object Object]

        The Lost Boys

        7.8 (134)
        Elmer Cossey
      • [object Object]

        The One and Only Phyllis Dixey

        7.7 (64)
        Mike Fash

      Best Film Editor

      • [object Object]
        Winner

        Out

        7.7 (334)
        Ralph Sheldon
      • [object Object]

        Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf

        7.6 (52)
        Jon Costelloe
      • [object Object]

        The One and Only Phyllis Dixey

        7.7 (64)
        Jeremy McCracken
      • [object Object]

        Pennies from Heaven

        8.3 (1.3K)
        David Martin

      Best Film Sound

      • [object Object]
        Winner

        The Lively Arts

        Episode: 

        Schubert: A Winter's Journey

        7.3 (13)
        John Murphy
      • [object Object]

        Pennies from Heaven

        8.3 (1.3K)
        Mervyn Broadway
      • Melvyn Bragg in The South Bank Show (1978)
        Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1978)
        • The South Bank Show
        • Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
        Bill Cross
      • [object Object]

        The South Bank Show

        7.1 (327)
        Bob Edwards
        For episode "Anatomy of an Opera".

      Best Graphics

      • [object Object]
        Winner

        The South Bank Show

        7.1 (327)
        Pat Gavin
      • [object Object]

        Omnibus

        7.1 (336)
        Bob Blagden
      • [object Object]

        Two's Company

        7.8 (372)
        Pat Gavin
        Terry Griffiths

      Best Light Entertainment Performance

      • Going Straight (1978)
        The Two Ronnies (1971)
        Winners
        • Going Straight
        • The Two Ronnies
        Ronnie Barker
      • The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (1976)
        The Losers (1978)
        Rising Damp (1974)
        • The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
        • The Losers
        • Rising Damp
        Leonard Rossiter
      • [object Object]

        Two's Company

        7.8 (372)
        Donald Sinden
      • [object Object]

        Two's Company

        7.8 (372)
        Elaine Stritch

      Best Light Entertainment Programme/Series

      • [object Object]
        Winner

        The Kenny Everett Video Show

        7.7 (292)
        David Mallet
      • [object Object]

        The Muppet Show

        8.4 (27K)
        Jim Henson
      • [object Object]

        The Two Ronnies

        7.8 (3.8K)
        Peter Whitmore

      Best Make Up

      • [object Object]
        Winner

        Lillie

        8.0 (753)
        Pauline Green
        Lynda Bayne
      • [object Object]

        Edward & Mrs. Simpson

        7.5 (488)
        Angela Seyfang
      • [object Object]

        The One and Only Phyllis Dixey

        7.7 (64)
        Joan Hills

      Best Single Play

      • [object Object]
        Winner

        Licking Hitler

        7.5 (47)
        David Hare
      • [object Object]

        BBC2 Playhouse

        6.7 (174)
        Jack Gold
        For episode "Thank You, Comrades".
      • [object Object]

        Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf

        7.6 (52)
        Stephen Frears
      • [object Object]

        BBC2 Playhouse

        6.7 (174)
        Jack Gold
        For episode "Thank You, Comrades".
      • [object Object]

        The One and Only Phyllis Dixey

        7.7 (64)
        Michael Tuchner

      Best Situation Comedy

      • [object Object]
        Winner

        Going Straight

        7.0 (1.4K)
        Sydney Lotterby
      • [object Object]

        The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin

        8.0 (2.3K)
        Gareth Gwenlan
      • [object Object]

        Rising Damp

        7.7 (3K)
        Vernon Lawrence
      • [object Object]

        Two's Company

        7.8 (372)
        Humphrey Barclay
        John Reardon

      Best TV Cameraman

      • [object Object]
        Winner

        The Kenny Everett Video Show

        7.7 (292)
        John Chapman
        For the inserts.
      • [object Object]

        Pennies from Heaven

        8.3 (1.3K)
        David Mutton
      • [object Object]

        Lillie

        8.0 (753)
        Derek Doe
      • [object Object]

        Edward & Mrs. Simpson

        7.5 (488)
        Albert Almond
        Roy Easton

      Best Television Lighting

      • [object Object]
        Winner

        The Lost Boys

        7.8 (134)
        Sam Barclay
      • [object Object]

        Edward & Mrs. Simpson

        7.5 (488)
        Bill Lee
        Malcolm Harrison
      • [object Object]

        Pennies from Heaven

        8.3 (1.3K)
        Dave Sydenham
      • [object Object]

        Lillie

        8.0 (753)
        Bert Wilkins
        Colin Innes-Hopkins

      Best VTR Editor

      • [object Object]
        Winner

        The Muppet Show

        8.4 (27K)
        John Hawkins
      • [object Object]

        Lillie

        8.0 (753)
        Geoff Beames
        Graham Roberts
      • [object Object]

        The Lost Boys

        7.8 (134)
        Charles Huff

      Most Original Programme/Series

      • [object Object]
        Winner

        Pennies from Heaven

        8.3 (1.3K)
        Kenith Trodd
        Piers Haggard
      • [object Object]

        The Body in Question

        8.4 (81)
        Patrick Uden
      • [object Object]

        The Kenny Everett Video Show

        7.7 (292)
        David Mallet

      'Flame of Knowledge'

      • [object Object]

        How We Used to Live

        8.3 (115)
        Richard Handford

      Best Sound Supervisor

      • [object Object]

        Lillie

        8.0 (753)
        Paul Faraday

      Michael Balcon Award

      Edit
      • Derek Meddings in The Men Behind the Mayhem: The Special Effects of James Bond (2000)
        Winners
        • Les Bowie
        • Colin Chilvers
        • Denys N. Coop
        • Roy Field
        • Derek Meddings
        • Zoran Perisic
        • Wally Veevers
        To the visual effects team from Superman (1978).

      Also known as

      • BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Awards
      • British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards
      • British Academy of Film and Television Arts Children's Awards
      • British Academy of Film and Television Arts Children's Film & Television Awards
      • British Academy of Film and Television Arts Television Awards
      • Orange British Academy Film Awards

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      England, UK

      Event links

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