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    BAFTA Film Award

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    Best Actor

    • Ben Kingsley
      Winner
      • Ben Kingsley
      • Gandhi
    • Jack Lemmon
      • Jack Lemmon
      • Missing
    • Henry Fonda "Spencer's Mountain" 1963 Warner Bros.
      • Henry Fonda
      • On Golden Pond
    • Warren Beatty
      • Warren Beatty
      • Reds
    • Albert Finney at an event for Erin Brockovich (2000)
      • Albert Finney
      • Shoot the Moon

    Best Actress

    • Katharine Hepburn
      Winner
      • Katharine Hepburn
      • On Golden Pond
    • Jennifer Kendal
      • Jennifer Kendal
      • 36 Chowringhee Lane
    • Sissy Spacek
      • Sissy Spacek
      • Missing
    • Diane Keaton
      • Diane Keaton
      • Reds

    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Blade Runner

      8.1 (870K)
      Jordan Cronenweth
    • [object Object]

      E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

      7.9 (464K)
      Allen Daviau
    • [object Object]

      Gandhi

      8.0 (246K)
      Billy Williams
      Ronnie Taylor
    • [object Object]

      Reds

      7.3 (26K)
      Vittorio Storaro

    Best Costume Design

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Blade Runner

      8.1 (870K)
      Charles Knode
      Michael Kaplan
    • [object Object]

      Gandhi

      8.0 (246K)
      John Mollo
      Bhanu Athaiya
    • [object Object]

      Reds

      7.3 (26K)
      Shirley Russell

    Best Direction

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Gandhi

      8.0 (246K)
      Richard Attenborough
    • [object Object]

      E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

      7.9 (464K)
      Steven Spielberg
    • [object Object]

      Missing

      7.7 (25K)
      Costa-Gavras
    • [object Object]

      On Golden Pond

      7.6 (37K)
      Mark Rydell

    Best Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Gandhi

      8.0 (246K)
      Richard Attenborough
    • [object Object]

      E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

      7.9 (464K)
      Steven Spielberg
      Kathleen Kennedy
    • [object Object]

      Missing

      7.7 (25K)
      Edward Lewis
      Mildred Lewis
    • [object Object]

      On Golden Pond

      7.6 (37K)
      Bruce Gilbert

    Best Film Editing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Missing

      7.7 (25K)
      Françoise Bonnot
    • [object Object]

      Blade Runner

      8.1 (870K)
      Terry Rawlings
    • [object Object]

      E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

      7.9 (464K)
      Carol Littleton
    • [object Object]

      Gandhi

      8.0 (246K)
      John Bloom

    Best Foreign Language Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Christ Stopped at Eboli

      7.7 (4.8K)
      Francesco Rosi
      Italy/France.
    • [object Object]

      Das Boot

      8.4 (284K)
      Wolfgang Petersen
      West Germany.
    • [object Object]

      Diva

      7.1 (15K)
      Jean-Jacques Beineix
      France.
    • [object Object]

      Fitzcarraldo

      7.9 (42K)
      Werner Herzog
      West Germany.

    Best Make Up Artist

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Quest for Fire

      7.3 (26K)
      Sarah Monzani
      Christopher Tucker
      Michèle Burke
    • [object Object]

      Blade Runner

      8.1 (870K)
      Marvin G. Westmore
    • [object Object]

      E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

      7.9 (464K)
      Robert Sidell
    • [object Object]

      Gandhi

      8.0 (246K)
      Tom Smith

    Best Original Song

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Pink Floyd: The Wall

      8.0 (89K)
      Roger Waters
      For the song "Another Brick in the Wall".
    • [object Object]

      Rocky III

      6.9 (225K)
      Jim Peterik
      Frankie Sullivan
      For the song "Eye of the Tiger".
    • [object Object]

      Ragtime

      7.3 (11K)
      Randy Newman
      For the song "One More Hour".
    • [object Object]

      Annie

      6.6 (53K)
      Charles Strouse
      Martin Charnin
      For the song "Tomorrow".

    Best Production Design/Art Direction

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Blade Runner

      8.1 (870K)
      Lawrence G. Paull
    • [object Object]

      E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

      7.9 (464K)
      Jim Bissell
    • [object Object]

      Gandhi

      8.0 (246K)
      Stuart Craig

    Best Score

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

      7.9 (464K)
      John Williams
    • [object Object]

      Blade Runner

      8.1 (870K)
      Vangelis
    • [object Object]

      Gandhi

      8.0 (246K)
      Ravi Shankar
      George Fenton
    • [object Object]

      Missing

      7.7 (25K)
      Vangelis

    Best Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Missing

      7.7 (25K)
      Costa-Gavras
      Donald E. Stewart
    • [object Object]

      E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

      7.9 (464K)
      Melissa Mathison
    • [object Object]

      Gandhi

      8.0 (246K)
      John Briley
    • [object Object]

      On Golden Pond

      7.6 (37K)
      Ernest Thompson

    Best Short Animated Film

    • Winner

      Dreamland Express

      7.2 (22)
      David Anderson

    • Some of Your Bits Ain't Nice

      Richard Taylor
    • [object Object]

      The Sound Collector

      6.8 (20)
      Lynn Smith

    Best Short Film

    • Winner

      The Privilege

      7.8 (10)
      Ian Knox

    • Rating Notman

      Carlo Gebler

    • The Rocking Horse Winner

      8.0 (21)
      Robert Bierman
    • [object Object]

      A Shocking Accident

      6.9 (90)
      James Scott

    Best Sound

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Pink Floyd: The Wall

      8.0 (89K)
      James Guthrie
      Eddy Joseph
      Clive Winter
      Graham V. Hartstone
      Nicolas Le Messurier
    • [object Object]

      Blade Runner

      8.1 (870K)
      Peter Pennell
      Bud Alper
      Graham V. Hartstone
      Gerry Humphreys
    • [object Object]

      E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

      7.9 (464K)
      Charles L. Campbell
      Gene S. Cantamessa
      Robert Knudson
      Robert Glass
      Don Digirolamo
    • [object Object]

      Gandhi

      8.0 (246K)
      Jonathan Bates
      Simon Kaye
      Gerry Humphreys
      Robin O'Donoghue

    Best Special Visual Effects

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Poltergeist

      7.3 (193K)
      Richard Edlund
    • [object Object]

      Blade Runner

      8.1 (870K)
      Douglas Trumbull
      Richard Yuricich
      David Dryer
    • [object Object]

      E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

      7.9 (464K)
      Dennis Muren
      Carlo Rambaldi
    • [object Object]

      Tron

      6.7 (142K)
      Richard Taylor
      Harrison Ellenshaw

    Best Supporting Actor

    • Jack Nicholson at an event for The Bucket List (2007)
      Winner
      • Jack Nicholson
      • Reds
    • Edward Fox in Gandhi (1982)
      • Edward Fox
      • Gandhi
    • Roshan Seth
      • Roshan Seth
      • Gandhi
    • Frank Finlay
      • Frank Finlay
      • The Return of the Soldier

    Best Supporting Actress

    • Rohini Hattangadi
      Winner
      • Rohini Hattangadi
      • Gandhi
    • Maureen Stapleton
      Winner
      • Maureen Stapleton
      • Reds
    • Candice Bergen
      • Candice Bergen
      • Gandhi
    • Jane Fonda at an event for U (2006)
      • Jane Fonda
      • On Golden Pond

    Most Outstanding Newcomer to Leading Film Roles

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Gandhi

      8.0 (246K)
      Ben Kingsley
    • [object Object]

      Body Heat

      7.4 (43K)
      Kathleen Turner
    • [object Object]

      E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

      7.9 (464K)
      Drew Barrymore
    • [object Object]

      E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

      7.9 (464K)
      Henry Thomas

    Best Original Television Music

    • [object Object]

      Harry's Game

      7.9 (560)
      Pol Brennan
      Ciarán Brennan
      Theme from Harrys Game

    Academy Fellowship

    Edit

    Film

    • Richard Attenborough in Jurassic Park (1993)
      Winner
      • Richard Attenborough

    Flaherty Documentary Award

    Edit
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Burden of Dreams

      7.9 (8.9K)
      Les Blank
    • [object Object]

      The Atomic Cafe

      7.6 (4.8K)
      Kevin Rafferty
      Jayne Loader
      Pierce Rafferty
    • [object Object]

      Not a Love Story: A Film About Pornography

      5.6 (328)
      Bonnie Sherr Klein
    • [object Object]

      The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time

      8.2 (233)
      Jim Brown

    BAFTA TV Award

    Edit

    Best Actor

    • Alec Guinness in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
      Winner
      • Alec Guinness
      • Smiley's People
    • Bernard Hill at an event for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
      • Bernard Hill
      • Boys from the Blackstuff
    • George Cole
      • George Cole
      • Minder
    • Laurence Olivier
      • Laurence Olivier
      • A Voyage Round My Father

    Best Actress

    • Peter Cook and Beryl Reid in Yellowbeard (1983)
      Winner
      • Beryl Reid
      • Smiley's People
    • Julie Walters
      • Julie Walters
      • Boys from the Blackstuff
    • Jane Asher
      • Jane Asher
      • A Voyage Round My Father

    Best Children's Programme (Documentary/Educational)

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Book Tower

      7.8 (34)
      Anne Wood
      Douglas Wilcox
    • [object Object]

      Blue Peter

      6.5 (677)
      Biddy Baxter
    • [object Object]

      Newsround

      6.3 (262)
      Eric Rowan
    • [object Object]

      Take Hart

      7.5 (134)
      Christopher Pilkington

    Best Children's Programme (Entertainment/Drama)

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Snowman

      8.2 (18K)
      John Coates
    • [object Object]

      Danger Mouse

      7.4 (4.2K)
      Brian Cosgrove
      Mark Hall
    • [object Object]

      Educating Marmalade

      7.7 (74)
      Sue Birtwistle
      Colin Bucksey
      John Stroud
    • [object Object]

      Grange Hill

      7.2 (1.8K)
      Susi Hush
      Diarmuid Lawrence
    • [object Object]

      Multi-Coloured Swap Shop

      6.9 (145)
      Rosemary Gill

    Best Comedy Series

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Yes Minister

      8.6 (18K)
      Peter Whitmore
    • [object Object]

      A Fine Romance

      7.1 (815)
      James Cellan Jones
    • [object Object]

      Hi-de-Hi!

      6.7 (2.1K)
      David Croft
      John Kilby
    • [object Object]

      Last of the Summer Wine

      7.1 (4K)
      Alan J.W. Bell

    Best Costume Design

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

      9.1 (582)
      John Napier
    • [object Object]

      The Woman in White

      7.8 (269)
      Barbara Kronig
    • [object Object]

      Nancy Astor

      8.2 (85)
      Joyce Mortlock
    • [object Object]

      The Barchester Chronicles

      8.1 (1.3K)
      Juanita Waterson

    Best Design

    • Alan Rickman in The Barchester Chronicles (1982)
      Ian Holm and Tessa Peake-Jones in The Bell (1982)
      Winners
      • The Barchester Chronicles
      • The Bell
      Chris Pemsel
    • [object Object]

      Smiley's People

      8.5 (5.2K)
      Austen Spriggs

    Best Documentary Programme

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Great Performances

      Episode: 

      Laurence Olivier: A Life

      8.0 (1K)
      Melvyn Bragg
      Robert Bee

    Best Drama Series/Serial

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Boys from the Blackstuff

      8.5 (1.8K)
      Michael Wearing
      Philip Saville
    • [object Object]

      The Barchester Chronicles

      8.1 (1.3K)
      Jonathan Powell
      David Giles
    • [object Object]

      Minder

      7.8 (3.1K)
      Lloyd Shirley
      George Taylor
    • [object Object]

      Smiley's People

      8.5 (5.2K)
      Jonathan Powell
      Simon Langton

    Best Film Cameraman

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Smiley's People

      8.5 (5.2K)
      Kenneth MacMillan
    • Julian Bucknall, Natalie Akers, John Albasiny, Thomas Austin, Stephen Bovill, Cathy Cleere, Samantha Creed, Abigail Cruttenden, Daniel Devitt, Niall Devitt, Sian Dunlop, Philip Edkins, Cassian Harrison, Johan Hendrie, Dominic Holland, Christopher John, Martin Kelly, Lisa Lancashire, Vlad Lodzinski, Kathleen Logue, Lise Maresca, Laurence O'Brien, Malcolm Springett, Alison Steadman, Nicola Strong, Lisa De Cosimo, Sara Godbold, and Antony Byrne in Kipperbang (1982)
      Laurence Olivier and Alan Bates in A Voyage Round My Father (1982)
      • Kipperbang
      • A Voyage Round My Father
      Tony Pierce-Roberts

    Best Film Editor

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      A Voyage Round My Father

      7.2 (252)
      Oscar Webb
    • [object Object]

      Boys from the Blackstuff

      8.5 (1.8K)
      Greg Miller
    • [object Object]

      Smiley's People

      8.5 (5.2K)
      Chris Wimble
      Clare Douglas

    Best Film Sound

    • Winners
      • Malcolm Hirst
      • David Motta
      • Peter Copeland
      • David Old
    • [object Object]

      Harry's Game

      7.9 (560)
      Terry Cavagin
      Alan Willis
      Don Atkinson
    • [object Object]

      Kipperbang

      7.1 (1.1K)
      Derek Ball
      Chris Greenham
      Hugh Strain
    • [object Object]

      Boys from the Blackstuff

      8.5 (1.8K)
      Alex Christison
      Dave Baumber
    • [object Object]

      Smiley's People

      8.5 (5.2K)
      Malcolm Webberley
      Ken Hains
      John Strickland

    Best Graphics

    • Jane (1982)
      Gulliver in Lilliput (1982)
      Winners
      • Jane
      • Gulliver in Lilliput
      Graham McCallum
    • Alec Guinness, Eileen Atkins, Bernard Hepton, and Beryl Reid in Smiley's People (1982)
      Alan Rickman in The Barchester Chronicles (1982)
      • Smiley's People
      • The Barchester Chronicles
      Stewart Austin
    • [object Object]

      The Snowman

      8.2 (18K)
      Dianne Jackson
      Raymond Briggs

    Best Light Entertainment Performance

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Yes Minister

      8.6 (18K)
      Nigel Hawthorne
    • [object Object]

      A Fine Romance

      7.1 (815)
      Judi Dench
    • [object Object]

      Not the Nine O'Clock News

      7.9 (3K)
      Rowan Atkinson
    • Nigel Hawthorne, Paul Eddington, and Derek Fowlds in Yes Minister (1980)
      Paul Eddington and Nanette Newman in Let There Be Love (1982)
      • Yes Minister
      • Let There Be Love
      Paul Eddington

    Best Light Entertainment Programme

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Three of a Kind

      7.0 (91)
      Paul Jackson
    • [object Object]

      Not the Nine O'Clock News

      7.9 (3K)
      John Lloyd
      Sean Hardie
    • [object Object]

      The Two Ronnies

      7.8 (3.9K)
      Paul Jackson

    Best Original Television Music

    • Alec Guinness, Eileen Atkins, Bernard Hepton, and Beryl Reid in Smiley's People (1982)
      Alan Badel and Jenny Seagrove in The Woman in White (1982)
      Kenneth Colley in I Remember Nelson (1982)
      Winners
      • Smiley's People
      • The Woman in White
      • I Remember Nelson
      Patrick Gowers
    • [object Object]

      Harry's Game

      7.9 (560)
      Clannad
    • Laurence Olivier and Alan Bates in A Voyage Round My Father (1982)
      Ian Holm and Tessa Peake-Jones in The Bell (1982)
      • A Voyage Round My Father
      • The Bell
      Marc Wilkinson

    Best Programme/Series Without Category

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Arena

      7.7 (361)
      Alan Yentob
    • [object Object]

      Clive James on Television

      7.6 (28)
      Nicholas Barrett
    • [object Object]

      Did You See..?

      5.9 (12)
      John Archer
    • [object Object]

      The South Bank Show

      7.1 (332)
      Melvyn Bragg

    Best Single Drama

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Ballroom of Romance

      7.9 (95)
      Pat O'Connor
    • [object Object]

      Kipperbang

      7.1 (1.1K)
      Michael Apted
    • [object Object]

      A Voyage Round My Father

      7.2 (252)
      Alvin Rakoff
    • [object Object]

      Walter

      7.4 (344)
      Stephen Frears

    Best Sound Supervisor

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Boys from the Blackstuff

      8.5 (1.8K)
      Ramon Bailey
      Dave Baumber
    • Alan Rickman in The Barchester Chronicles (1982)
      Frost in May (1982)
      • The Barchester Chronicles
      • Frost in May
      Chick Anthony
    • [object Object]

      The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

      9.1 (582)
      Andrew Boulton

    Best VTR Editor

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Boys from the Blackstuff

      8.5 (1.8K)
      Mike Bloore
    • [object Object]

      A Fine Romance

      7.1 (815)
      Graham Roberts

    Best Video Cameraman

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

      9.1 (582)
      David Swan
    • [object Object]

      The Barchester Chronicles

      8.1 (1.3K)
      Geoff Feld

    Best Actuality Coverage

    • [object Object]

      News at Ten

      5.7 (91)

    Best Factual Series

    • [object Object]

      Forty Minutes

      6.8 (40)
      Roger E. Mills
    • [object Object]

      Horizon

      8.6 (1.2K)
      Graham Massey

    Best Make Up

    • [object Object]

      Walter

      7.4 (344)
      Elaine Carew
    • [object Object]

      The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

      9.1 (582)
      Robin Grantham
    • Alan Rickman in The Barchester Chronicles (1982)
      Alec Guinness, Eileen Atkins, Bernard Hepton, and Beryl Reid in Smiley's People (1982)
      • The Barchester Chronicles
      • Smiley's People
      Elizabeth Rowell

    Best Video Lighting

    • [object Object]

      Boys from the Blackstuff

      8.5 (1.8K)
      Dick Bentley
    • [object Object]

      The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

      9.1 (582)
      Tony Imi
    • Alan Rickman in The Barchester Chronicles (1982)
      Lisa Harrow in Nancy Astor (1982)
      • The Barchester Chronicles
      • Nancy Astor
      Howard King

    Writers' Award (TV)

    Edit
    • Winner
      • Alan Bleasdale

    Michael Balcon Award

    Edit
    • Arthur Wooster in Inside 'A View to a Kill' (2000)
      Winner
      • Arthur Wooster

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    • 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

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