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Film Awards Winners in 2008

23 December 11

The full list of winners and nominations for the Orange British Academy Film Awards in 2008. Winners are highlighted in bold.

BEST FILM

  • AMERICAN GANGSTER – Brian Grazer/Ridley Scott
  • ATONEMENT – Tim Bevan/Eric Fellner/Paul Webster
  • THE LIVES OF OTHERS – Quirin Berg/Max Wiedemann
  • NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN – Scott Rudin/Joel Coen/Ethan Coen
  • THERE WILL BE BLOOD – JoAnne Sellar/Paul Thomas Anderson/Daniel Lupi

BEST BRITISH FILM

  • ATONEMENT – Tim Bevan/Eric Fellner/Paul Webster/Joe Wright/Christopher Hampton
  • THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM – Frank Marshall/Patrick Crowley/Paul L Sandberg/Paul Greengrass/Tony *Gilroy/Scott Z Burns/George Nolfi
  • CONTROL – Orian Williams/ Todd Eckert/Anton Corbijn/Matt Greenhalgh
  • EASTERN PROMISES – Paul Webster/Robert Lantos/David Cronenberg/Steve Knight
  • THIS IS ENGLAND – Mark Herbert/Shane Meadows

THE CARL FOREMAN AWARD

For Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer in their First Feature Film

  • CHRIS ATKINS (Director/Writer) – Taking Liberties
  • MIA BAYS (Producer) – Scott Walker: 30 Century Man
  • SARAH GAVRON (Director) – Brick Lane
  • MATT GREENHALGH (Writer) – Control
  • ANDREW PIDDINGTON (Director/Writer) – The Killing of John Lennon

DIRECTOR

  • ATONEMENT – Joe Wright
  • THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM – Paul Greengrass
  • THE LIVES OF OTHERS – Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
  • NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN – Joel Coen/Ethan Coen
  • THERE WILL BE BLOOD – Paul Thomas Anderson

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

  • AMERICAN GANGSTER – Steven Zaillian
  • JUNO – Diablo Cody
  • THE LIVES OF OTHERS – Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
  • MICHAEL CLAYTON – Tony Gilroy
  • THIS IS ENGLAND – Shane Meadows

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

  • ATONEMENT – Christopher Hampton
  • THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY – Ronald Harwood
  • THE KITE RUNNER – David Benioff
  • NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN – Joel Coen/Ethan Coen
  • THERE WILL BE BLOOD – Paul Thomas Anderson

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

  • THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY – Kathleen Kennedy/Jon Kilik/Julian Schnabel
  • THE KITE RUNNER – William Horberg/Walter Parkes/Rebecca Yeldham/Marc Foster
  • THE LIVES OF OTHERS – Quirin Berg/Max Wiedemann/Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
  • LUST, CAUTION – Bill Kong/James Schamus/Ang Lee
  • LA VIE EN ROSE – Alain Goldman/Olivier Dahan

ANIMATED FILM

  • RATATOUILLE – Brad Bird
  • SHREK THE THIRD – Chris Miller
  • THE SIMPSONS MOVIE – David Silverman

LEADING ACTOR

  • GEORGE CLOONEY – Michael Clayton
  • DANIEL DAY-LEWIS – There Will Be Blood
  • JAMES McAVOY – Atonement
  • VIGGO MORTENSEN – Eastern Promises
  • ULRICH MÜHE – The Lives of Others

LEADING ACTRESS

  • CATE BLANCHETT – Elizabeth: The Golden Age
  • JULIE CHRISTIE – Away From Her
  • MARION COTILLARD – La Vie en Rose
  • KEIRA KNIGHTLEY – Atonement
  • ELLEN PAGE – Juno

SUPPORTING ACTOR

  • JAVIER BARDEM – No Country for Old Men
  • PAUL DANO – There Will Be Blood
  • TOMMY LEE JONES – No Country for Old Men
  • PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN – Charlie Wilson’s War
  • TOM WILKINSON – Michael Clayton

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

  • CATE BLANCHETT – I’m Not There
  • KELLY MACDONALD – No Country for Old Men
  • SAMANTHA MORTON – Control
  • SAOIRSE RONAN – Atonement
  • TILDA SWINTON – Michael Clayton

MUSIC

  • AMERICAN GANGSTER – Marc Streitenfeld
  • ATONEMENT – Dario Marianelli
  • THE KITE RUNNER – Alberto Iglesias
  • THERE WILL BE BLOOD – Jonny Greenwood
  • LA VIE EN ROSE – Christopher Gunning

CINEMATOGRAPHY

  • AMERICAN GANGSTER – Harris Savides
  • ATONEMENT – Seamus McGarvey
  • THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM – Oliver Wood
  • NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN – Roger Deakins
  • THERE WILL BE BLOOD – Robert Elswit

EDITING

  • AMERICAN GANGSTER – Pietro Scalia
  • ATONEMENT – Paul Tothill
  • THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM – Christopher Rouse
  • MICHAEL CLAYTON – John Gilroy
  • NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN – Roderick Jaynes

PRODUCTION DESIGN

  • ATONEMENT – Sarah Greenwood/Katie Spencer
  • ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE – Guy Hendrix Dyas/Richard Roberts
  • HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX – Stuart Craig/Stephenie McMillan
  • THERE WILL BE BLOOD – Jack Fisk/Jim Erickson
  • LA VIE EN ROSE – Olivier Raoux/Stanislas Reydellet

COSTUME DESIGN

  • ATONEMENT – Jacqueline Durran
  • ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE – Alexandra Byrne
  • LUST, CAUTION – Pan Lai
  • SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET – Colleen Atwood
  • LA VIE EN ROSE – Marit Allen

SOUND

  • ATONEMENT – Danny Hambrook/Paul Hamblin/Catherine Hodgson/Becki Ponting
  • THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM – Kirk Francis/Scott Millan/David Parker/Karen Baker Landers/Per Hallberg
  • NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN – Peter Kurland/Skip Lievsay/Craig Berkey/Greg Orloff
  • THERE WILL BE BLOOD – Christopher Scarabosio/Matthew Wood/John Pritchett/Michael *Semanick/Tom Johnson
    LA VIE EN ROSE – Laurent Zeilig/Pascal Villard/Jean-Paul Hurier/Marc Doisne

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS

  • THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM – Peter Chiang/Charlie Noble/Mattias Lindahl/Joss Williams
  • THE GOLDEN COMPASS – Michael Fink/Bill Westenhofer/Ben Morris/Trevor Wood
  • HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX – Tim Burke/John Richardson/Emma Norton/Chris *Shaw
  • PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD’S END – John Knoll/Charles Gibson/Hal Hickel/John Frazier
  • SPIDER-MAN 3 – Scott Stokdyk/Peter Nofz/John Frazier/Spencer Cook

MAKE UP & HAIR

  • ATONEMENT – Ivana Primorac
  • ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE – Jenny Shircore
  • HAIRSPRAY – Judi Cooper Sealy/Jordan Samuel
  • SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET – Ivana Primorac/Peter Owen
  • LA VIE EN ROSE – Jan Archibald/Didier Lavergne

SHORT ANIMATION

  • THE PEARCE SISTERS – Jo Allen/Luis Cook
  • HEAD OVER HEELS – Osbert Parker/Fiona Pitkin/Ian Gouldstone
  • THE CRUMBLEGIANT – Pearse Moore/John McCloskey

SHORT FILM

  • DOG ALTOGETHER – Diarmid Scrimshaw/Paddy Considine
  • HESITATION – Julien Berlan/Michelle Eastwood/Virginia Gilbert
  • THE ONE AND ONLY HERB MCGWYER PLAYS WALLIS ISLAND – Charlie Henderson/James Griffiths/Tim *Key/Tom Basden
  • SOFT – Jane Hooks/Simon Ellis
  • THE STRONGER – Dan McCulloch/Lia Williams/Frank McGuinness

THE ORANGE RISING STAR AWARD

  • SHIA LABEOUF
  • SIENNA MILLER
  • ELLEN PAGE
  • SAM RILEY
  • TANG WEI

ACADEMY FELLOWSHIP

  • ANTHONY HOPKINS
  • Find out more about ANTHONY HOPKINS
  • Browse the full list of Academy Fellows

OUTSTANDING BRITISH CONTRIBUTION TO CINEMA

  • BARRY WILKINSON

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