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BAFTA AWARDS

    • AWARDS CENTRAL
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    BAFTA Film Award

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    Best Actor

    • William Hurt
      Winner
      • William Hurt
      • Kiss of the Spider Woman
    • F. Murray Abraham
      • F. Murray Abraham
      • Amadeus
    • Victor Banerjee in A Passage to India (1984)
      • Victor Banerjee
      • A Passage to India
    • Harrison Ford
      • Harrison Ford
      • Witness

    Best Actor in a Supporting Role

    • Denholm Elliott
      Winner
      • Denholm Elliott
      • Defense of the Realm
    • Saeed Jaffrey
      • Saeed Jaffrey
      • My Beautiful Laundrette
    • James Fox in A Long Way from Home (2013)
      • James Fox
      • A Passage to India
    • John Gielgud
      • John Gielgud
      • Plenty

    Best Actress

    • Peggy Ashcroft
      Winner
      • Peggy Ashcroft
      • A Passage to India
    • Peter Firth and Alexandra Pigg in Letter to Brezhnev (1985)
      • Alexandra Pigg
      • Letter to Brezhnev
    • Mia Farrow
      • Mia Farrow
      • The Purple Rose of Cairo
    • Kelly McGillis
      • Kelly McGillis
      • Witness

    Best Actress in a Supporting Role

    • Rosanna Arquette
      Winner
      • Rosanna Arquette
      • Desperately Seeking Susan
    • Tracey Ullman
      • Tracey Ullman
      • Plenty
    • Anjelica Huston
      • Anjelica Huston
      • Prizzi's Honor
    • Judi Dench at an event for The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011)
      • Judi Dench
      • Wetherby

    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Amadeus

      8.4 (453K)
      Miroslav Ondrícek
    • [object Object]

      The Emerald Forest

      6.9 (12K)
      Philippe Rousselot
    • [object Object]

      A Passage to India

      7.3 (22K)
      Ernest Day
    • [object Object]

      Witness

      7.4 (110K)
      John Seale

    Best Costume Design

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Cotton Club

      6.6 (21K)
      Milena Canonero
    • [object Object]

      Amadeus

      8.4 (453K)
      Theodor Pistek
    • [object Object]

      Legend

      6.3 (77K)
      Charles Knode
    • [object Object]

      A Passage to India

      7.3 (22K)
      Judy Moorcroft

    Best Editing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Amadeus

      8.4 (453K)
      Nena Danevic
      Michael Chandler
    • [object Object]

      Back to the Future

      8.5 (1.4M)
      Arthur Schmidt
      Harry Keramidas
    • [object Object]

      A Chorus Line

      6.2 (12K)
      John Bloom
    • [object Object]

      Witness

      7.4 (110K)
      Thom Noble

    Best Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Purple Rose of Cairo

      7.6 (58K)
      Robert Greenhut
      Woody Allen
    • [object Object]

      Amadeus

      8.4 (453K)
      Saul Zaentz
      Milos Forman
    • [object Object]

      Back to the Future

      8.5 (1.4M)
      Bob Gale
      Neil Canton
      Robert Zemeckis
    • [object Object]

      A Passage to India

      7.3 (22K)
      John Brabourne
      Richard Goodwin
      David Lean
    • [object Object]

      Witness

      7.4 (110K)
      Edward S. Feldman
      Peter Weir

    Best Foreign Language Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Colonel Redl

      7.4 (3.5K)
      Manfred Durniok
      István Szabó
      Hungary/West Germany/Austria.
    • [object Object]

      Carmen

      7.4 (1.8K)
      Patrice Ledoux
      Francesco Rosi
      France/Italy.
    • [object Object]

      Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart

      6.6 (695)
      Tom Sternberg
      Wayne Wang
      Danny Yung
      USA.
    • [object Object]

      Subway

      6.5 (17K)
      Luc Besson
      François Ruggieri
      France.

    Best Make Up Artist

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Amadeus

      8.4 (453K)
      Paul LeBlanc
      Dick Smith
    • [object Object]

      The Emerald Forest

      6.9 (12K)
      Peter Frampton
      Paul Engelen
      Anna Dryhurst
      Luis Michelotti
    • [object Object]

      Legend

      6.3 (77K)
      Peter Robb-King
      Rob Bottin
    • [object Object]

      Mask

      7.2 (34K)
      Michael Westmore

    Best Production Design

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Brazil

      7.8 (218K)
      Norman Garwood
    • [object Object]

      Amadeus

      8.4 (453K)
      Patrizia von Brandenstein
    • [object Object]

      Back to the Future

      8.5 (1.4M)
      Lawrence G. Paull
    • [object Object]

      A Passage to India

      7.3 (22K)
      John Box

    Best Score

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Witness

      7.4 (110K)
      Maurice Jarre
    • [object Object]

      Beverly Hills Cop

      7.4 (226K)
      Harold Faltermeyer
    • [object Object]

      The Emerald Forest

      6.9 (12K)
      Junior Homrich
      Brian Gascoigne
    • [object Object]

      A Passage to India

      7.3 (22K)
      Maurice Jarre

    Best Screenplay - Adapted

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Prizzi's Honor

      6.7 (28K)
      Richard Condon
      Janet Roach
    • [object Object]

      Amadeus

      8.4 (453K)
      Peter Shaffer
    • [object Object]

      A Passage to India

      7.3 (22K)
      David Lean
    • [object Object]

      The Shooting Party

      6.8 (1.6K)
      Julian Bond

    Best Screenplay - Original

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Purple Rose of Cairo

      7.6 (58K)
      Woody Allen
    • [object Object]

      Back to the Future

      8.5 (1.4M)
      Robert Zemeckis
      Bob Gale
    • [object Object]

      My Beautiful Laundrette

      6.8 (18K)
      Hanif Kureishi
    • [object Object]

      Witness

      7.4 (110K)
      Earl W. Wallace
      William Kelley

    Best Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Careless Talk

      Noella Smith
    • One for My Baby

      Chris Fallon
    • [object Object]

      The Woman Who Married Clark Gable

      8.1 (26)
      Thaddeus O'Sullivan

    Best Sound

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Amadeus

      8.4 (453K)
      John Nutt
      Christopher Newman
      Mark Berger
    • [object Object]

      Carmen

      7.4 (1.8K)
      Hugues Darmois
      Harald Maury
      Dominique Hennequin
      Bernard Le Roux
    • [object Object]

      A Chorus Line

      6.2 (12K)
      Jonathan Bates
      Christopher Newman
      Gerry Humphreys
    • [object Object]

      The Cotton Club

      6.6 (21K)
      Edward Beyer
      Jack C. Jacobsen
      David Carroll

    Best Special Visual Effects

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Brazil

      7.8 (218K)
      George Gibbs
      Richard Conway
    • [object Object]

      Back to the Future

      8.5 (1.4M)
      Kevin Pike
      Ken Ralston
    • [object Object]

      Legend

      6.3 (77K)
      Nick Allder
      Peter Voysey
    • [object Object]

      The Purple Rose of Cairo

      7.6 (58K)

    Academy Fellowship

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    Film

    • Steven Spielberg at an event for The 79th Annual Academy Awards (2007)
      Winner
      • Steven Spielberg

    BAFTA TV Award

    Edit

    Best Actor

    • Bob Peck in Jurassic Park (1993)
      Winner
      • Bob Peck
      • Edge of Darkness
    • Joe Don Baker in The Commission (2003)
      • Joe Don Baker
      • Edge of Darkness
    • Alec Guinness in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
      • Alec Guinness
      • Great Performances
      For episode "Monsignor Quixote (#15.1)".
    • Ben Kingsley
      • Ben Kingsley
      • Silas Marner

    Best Actress

    • Claire Bloom
      Winner
      • Claire Bloom
      • Shadowlands
    • Mary Steenburgen at an event for Back to the Future (1985)
      • Mary Steenburgen
      • Tender Is the Night
    • Joanne Whalley
      • Joanne Whalley
      • Edge of Darkness
    • Frances de la Tour at an event for Hugo (2011)
      • Frances de la Tour
      • Duet for One

    Best Children's Programme (Entertainment/Drama)

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Grange Hill

      7.2 (1.8K)
      Ben Rea
    • [object Object]

      Danger Mouse

      7.4 (4.1K)
      Brian Cosgrove
      Mark Hall
    • [object Object]

      The Wind in the Willows

      7.9 (1.1K)
      Mark Hall
      Brian Cosgrove
      For episode "Wintersports".
    • [object Object]

      Blockbusters

      6.7 (226)
      Tony Wolfe

    Best Comedy Series

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Only Fools and Horses

      9.0 (62K)
      Ray Butt
    • [object Object]

      'Allo 'Allo!

      8.4 (28K)
      David Croft
    • [object Object]

      Last of the Summer Wine

      7.1 (4K)
      Alan J.W. Bell
    • [object Object]

      Open All Hours

      7.6 (6.3K)
      Sydney Lotterby

    Best Costume Design

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Masterpiece Theatre: Bleak House

      7.5 (448)
      Michael Burdle
    • [object Object]

      Mapp & Lucia

      8.3 (574)
      Frances Tempest
    • [object Object]

      Tender Is the Night

      8.0 (204)
      Barbara Kidd
    • [object Object]

      Silas Marner

      7.3 (747)
      Anushia Nieradzik

    Best Design

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Masterpiece Theatre: Bleak House

      7.5 (448)
      Tim Harvey
    • [object Object]

      Edge of Darkness

      8.3 (4.3K)
      Graeme Thomson
    • [object Object]

      Tender Is the Night

      8.0 (204)
      Derek Dodd
    • [object Object]

      Silas Marner

      7.3 (747)
      Gerry Scott

    Best Drama Series/Serial

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Edge of Darkness

      8.3 (4.3K)
      Michael Wearing
      Martin Campbell
    • [object Object]

      Masterpiece Theatre: Bleak House

      7.5 (448)
      John Harris
      Betty Willingale
      Ross Devenish
    • [object Object]

      Minder

      7.8 (3K)
      George Taylor
    • [object Object]

      The Price

      8.5 (80)
      Mark Shivas
      Peter Smith

    Best Factual Series

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Forty Minutes

      6.8 (41)
      Edward Mirzoeff
      Roger E. Mills

    Best Film Cameraman

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Edge of Darkness

      8.3 (4.3K)
      Andrew Dunn
    • [object Object]

      Masterpiece Theatre: Bleak House

      7.5 (448)
      Kenneth MacMillan

    Best Film Editor

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Edge of Darkness

      8.3 (4.3K)
      Ardan Fisher
      Dan Rae
    • [object Object]

      Omnibus

      7.1 (337)
      Howard Billingham
      For episode "Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story".

    Best Film Sound

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Edge of Darkness

      8.3 (4.3K)
      Lyndon Bird
      Rob James
      Chris Swanton
      Tony Quinn
    • [object Object]

      Masterpiece Theatre: Bleak House

      7.5 (448)
      Malcolm Webberley
      Ken Hains
      Peter Rhodes

    Best Graphics

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Max Headroom

      7.1 (2.4K)
      Rod Lord
      Peter Tupy
    • [object Object]

      Edge of Darkness

      8.3 (4.3K)
      Andy Coward
      Linda Sherwood-Page

    Best Light Entertainment Performance

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV

      8.0 (468)
      Victoria Wood
    • [object Object]

      Only Fools and Horses

      9.0 (62K)
      David Jason
    • [object Object]

      'Allo 'Allo!

      8.4 (28K)
      Gorden Kaye

    Best Light Entertainment Programme

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV

      8.0 (468)
      Geoff Posner
    • [object Object]

      Alas Smith & Jones

      7.4 (2K)
      John Kilby
      Jimmy Mulville
    • [object Object]

      Spitting Image

      7.4 (2.6K)
      John Lloyd
    • [object Object]

      Treasure Hunt

      7.5 (131)
      Peter Holmans
      Malcolm Heyworth

    Best Make Up

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Masterpiece Theatre: Bleak House

      7.5 (448)
      Lisa Westcott
    • [object Object]

      Edge of Darkness

      8.3 (4.3K)
      Daphne Croker-Saunders
    • [object Object]

      Tender Is the Night

      8.0 (204)
      Jean Speak
    • [object Object]

      Silas Marner

      7.3 (747)
      Kezia De Winne

    Best Original Television Music

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Edge of Darkness

      8.3 (4.3K)
      Eric Clapton
      Michael Kamen
    • [object Object]

      Tender Is the Night

      8.0 (204)
      Richard Rodney Bennett
    • [object Object]

      Silas Marner

      7.3 (747)
      Carl Davis

    Best Short Animated Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Alias the Jester

      7.7 (66)
      Brian Cosgrove
      Mark Hall
    • [object Object]

      Danger Mouse

      7.4 (4.1K)
      Brian Cosgrove
      Mark Hall
    • [object Object]

      SuperTed

      6.8 (1.6K)
      Dave Edwards
      Mike Young
    • [object Object]

      The Wind in the Willows

      Episode: 

      Winter Sports

      7.9 (1.1K)
      Mark Hall
      Brian Cosgrove

    Best Single Drama

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Shadowlands

      7.5 (659)
      Norman Stone
      David M. Thompson
    • [object Object]

      The Browning Version

      7.4 (134)
      Michael Simpson
      Shaun Sutton
    • [object Object]

      Great Performances

      7.9 (1K)
      Rodney Bennett
      Christopher Neame
      For episode "Monsignor Quixote (#15.1)".
    • [object Object]

      Silas Marner

      7.3 (747)
      Giles Foster
      Louis Marks

    Best VTR Editor

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Blott on the Landscape

      7.6 (383)
      Graham Taylor
    • L'enfance du Christ

      4.8 (6)
      Dave Lewinton

    Best Video Lighting

    • Winner

      L'enfance du Christ

      4.8 (6)
      Luigi Bottone
      Andy Andrews

    Best Children's Programme (Documentary/Educational)

    • [object Object]

      How We Used to Live

      8.3 (115)
      Ian Fell
    • [object Object]

      Newsround

      6.3 (257)
      Eric Rowan
    • [object Object]

      The Book Tower

      7.7 (33)
      Joy Whitby
    • [object Object]

      Blue Peter

      6.5 (669)
      Biddy Baxter

    Best News or Outside Broadcast Coverage

    • [object Object]

      News at Ten

      5.9 (91)
      Alastair Burnet

    Best Sound Supervisor

    • L'enfance du Christ

      4.8 (6)
      Richard Bradford
    • [object Object]

      The South Bank Show

      7.1 (327)
      Mike Fairman
      For episode "Domenico Scarlatti".

    Best Video Cameraman

    • [object Object]

      Blott on the Landscape

      7.6 (383)
      Mike Winser

    Flaherty Documentary Award (TV)

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Omnibus

      7.1 (337)
      Christopher Swann
      For episode "Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story".
    • [object Object]

      The South Bank Show

      Episode: 

      David Lean: A Life in Film

      7.1 (327)
      Nigel Wattis
    • [object Object]

      Say Goodbye to the President

      7.2 (63)
      Christopher Olgiati

    Michael Balcon Award

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    • Winner
      • Sydney Samuelson

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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
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    • Orange British Academy Film Awards

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