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OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM

Presented by Oprah Winfrey

GRAVITY -
Gravity is the story of an astronaut’s struggle for survival when her shuttle is destroyed by space debris.
Alfonso Cuarón won the Film Not in the English Language category for Pan’s Labyrinth in 2007, and the Feature Film category at the 2004 Children’s Awards for Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban in 2004. He was also nominated for Outstanding British Film for Harry Potter, and for Film Not in the English Language and Original Screenplay for And Your Mother Too in 2003.
Heyman produced the Harry Potter films, for which he was nominated twice in this category and six times in the feature category at the British Academy Children’s Awards (winning twice). He was also nominated for a British Academy Television Award for producing the David Hare drama Page 8.
Jonás Cuarón is Alfonso’s son. His other credits include writing, directing and producing Anangaaq and The Year of the Nail.
Gravity is also nominated for Best Film. Alfonso Cuaron is also nominated for Original Screenplay, Editing, Director and Best Film.
Previous nominations:
Alfonso Cuarón : 5 (2 wins)
Heyman: 9 (2 wins)
Jonás Cuarón: None.

MANDELA: LONG WALK TO FREEDOM -
A biopic telling the story of Nelson Mandela’s journey from revolutionary to President of South Africa.
Chadwick won the Drama Serial category at the 2006 British Academy Television Awards for the BBC’s adaptation of Bleak House, for which he was also nominated in the Director Category at the Television Craft Awards. He was also nominated at the Television Awards for Stolen in 2012, and at the British Academy Children’s Awards for Children’s Ward in 1999.
Singh has produced more than 50 films, mainly in his native South Africa.
Thompson has won the Single Drama category at the British Academy Television Awards twice (in 1986 and 1994), and was nominated in the Mini Series category for The Crimson Petal & The White in 2012.
Nicholson was nominated in this category for Les Miserables last year, and has been nominated twice in the Screenplay categories, for Shadowlands in 1994 and Gladiator in 2001.
Previous nominations:
Chadwick – 4 (1 win) ,
Thompson- 3 (2 wins) ,
Nicholson- 3, Singh- None

PHILOMENA -
The true story of a woman who set out to find the son she was forced to give up for adoption, aided by investigative journalist Martin Sixsmith (played by Coogan in the film).
Frears and Seaward have been nominated in this category twice before, for Dirty Pretty Things and The Queen. Seaward also won Best Film as the producer of the Queen, and Frears was nominated in the Director category; he was also nominated in the Director category for Dangerous Liasons in 1990. He also has a number of nominations for British Academy Television Awards, including two wins for The Deal in 2004 and Going Gently in 1982. He was also presented with a Special Award for Creative Contribution to Television at the 1994 Television Awards.
Coogan has a number of Television Award nominations (and three wins) for his character Alan Partridge, and also won for his performance in The Trip in 2011. He was nominated for Outstanding Debut at the Film Awards for writing The Parole Officer, in which he also starred; his other film roles include 24 Hour Party People, Around the World in 80 Days, Night at the Museum, Coffee & Cigarettes, A Cock & Bull Story and this year’s Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa.
Tana’s other credits include Coriolanus, The Duchess and The Invisible Woman (nominated this yaer for Costume Design).
Pope is a producer and writer, and is currently Head of Factual Drama at ITV; he won a British Academy Television Award for producing See No Evil: The Moors Murders, and has been nominated on 6 other occasions in drama categories as a writer and/or producer. His other film credits include Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman.
Philomena is also nominated for Best Film. Coogan and Pope are also nominated for Adapted Screenplay.
Previous nominations:
Frears : 10 (2 wins)

Coogan: 10 (4 wins)

Pope: 7 (1 win)

Seaward: 3 (1 win), Tana: None

RUSH -
The true story of the rivalry between Formula 1 drivers James Hunt and Niki Lauda.
Howard has twice been nominated for both Best Film and Director, in 2002 for A Beautiful Mind, and in 2009 for Frost/Nixon. He was also nominated in the Feature category at the 2001 British Academy Children’s Awards for The Grinch. His other directing credits include The Da Vinci Code, Apollo 13, Cocoon and Splash; before becoming a director, he was an actor, most notably in the sitcom, Happy Days.
Eaton has been nominated on this occasion three times previously, for A Cock & Bull Story, Wonderland and In This World, for which he was also won Film Not in the English Language. He has also been nominated for five British Academy Television Awards including a win in 2010 for the Channel 4 drama The Unloved.
Morgan won this category and Adapted Screenplay for The Last King of Scotland in 2007; in the same year he was nominated in this category and Original Screenplay for The Queen. He also won a British Television Craft Award for Longford in 2007, for he was also nominated for Single Drama at the Television Awards; he won Single Drama for The Deal in 2004.
Previous nominations:
Howard: 5
Eaton: 9 (2 wins)
Morgan: 8 (4 wins)

SAVING MR. BANKS -
The true story of the author P L Travers’ visit to Los Angeles to negotiate the screen rights to Mary Poppins with Walt Disney.
Hancock previously wrote and directed The Blind Side and the Alomo, and wrote the screenplay for Snow White and the Huntsman.
Owen won this category and was nominated for Best Film in 1999 for Elizabeth. She has also been nominated for British Academy Television Awards for Small Island and Smashie & Nicey.
Collie produced a documentary about P L Travers in 2002, and began developing the screenplay with Smith shortly afterwards. Collie’s other credits include a series of Australian television movies starring Guy Pearce as the detective Peter Temple; Smith’s include My Brother Jack and Peaches.
This is Marcel’s first produced feature screenplay and she is also nominated in the Outstanding Debut category. She previously created the US sci-fi drama Terra Nova, and has earlier credits as an actress.
Steuer’s other producer credits include The Chronicles of Narnia films, Oz The Great and Powerful, and The Shape of Things; he has earlier credits as Props Master on films including Driving Miss Daisy and Sid & Nancy.
Previous nominations:
Owen: 4 (1 win)
Hancock, Smith, Steuer, Marcel: None

THE SELFISH GIANT -
A modern-day adaptation of the Oscar Wilde story of the same name, about two boys who work for a scrap merchant.
Barnard and O’Riordan were both previously nominated in the Outstanding Debut category for The Arbor in 2011.
Previous nominations- Both 1

SHORT FILM and SHORT ANIMATION

Presented by Samantha Barks & Luke Evans

SHORT ANIMATION

EVERYTHING I CAN SEE FROM HERE -
In a desolate part of England a game of football comes to a standstill as the ball mysteriously goes missing. When a lonely stranger returns it the players have to decide whether or not to let him join in their game.
Aschim and Taylor are both designers, directors and animators, and both previously worked on Sylvain Chomet’s Oscar nominated film, The Illusionist.
Nicolaus is a London-based producer and co-founder of MAGNITUDE - a collective devoted to storytelling through various animation formats.
Previous nominations: None

I AM TOM MOODY -
A surreal trip through the subconscious of a stifled musician as he struggles to sing.
Henderson won this award last year for his film The Making of Longbird.
Previous nominations: 1 (1 win)

SLEEPING WITH THE FISHES -
Sonja lives a lonely life as a fishmonger, more at ease with her fish than her customers, until one day a delivery man turns up who looks like a rainbow trout.
All three nominees are recent graduates from the National Film and Television School.
Previous nominations:None

SHORT FILM

ISLAND QUEEN -
Mim has lived her whole life on a little island with her best mate Danny. Her life is idyllic but going nowhere and she fears she’s left it too late to grow up. She makes the impetuous decision to have a baby – surely a one-way ticket to adulthood?
Mallaby's other credits include the short Battlecock! which premiered at the London Film Festival in 2013.
Previous nominations: None

KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES -
Pearce was nominated for this award in 2011 for his film Rift. Rubens' other credits include the feature The Facility. Lim's other credits include the short Painkiller.
Previous nominations: Pearce: 1, Others: None

ORBIT EVER AFTER -
Life in space isn’t easy. And living in orbit, indefinitely, with only your close family for company is even worse. A science fiction romance where two star - crossed lovers overcome all probabilities and sacrifice all they have in order to spend one perfect moment together.
Rowles and Stone previously collaborated on the short Skyborn, their graduation film from the National Film and Television School. Stone won a BAFTA Scotland Award for his animation, The World According To. Chan was formerly Head of Development at Vertigo Films.
Previous nominations: None

ROOM 8 -
A prisoner makes a fantastical discovery when thrown into a cell with a terse and unsettling inmate; but in an audacious endeavour to escape his captors, he unearths a malevolent trick and the secrets of the cell are fully revealed.
Griffiths graduated from the National Film and Television School in 2011.
Previous nominations: None

SEA VIEW -
Jess and Jason meet at the bus station in a seaside town, seeing each other in daylight for the first time.
What at first seemed exciting, forbidden, and divinely careless, soon threatens to be a regretful experience for both.
Jane is a self-taught filmmaker from North Yorkshire. Duffield's other credits include the feature film Donkeys, for which she won a BAFTA Scotland Award.
Previous nominations: None

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PRODUCTION DESIGN

Presented by Richard E Grant & Olga Kurylenko

12 YEARS A SLAVE -
Stockhausen’s previous credits as Production Designer include Moon Rise Kingdom and Scream 4, and as Art Director, State of Play, Synecdoche New York and The Darjeeling Limited.
Baker’s previous credits include Bullet to the Head, Killer Joe and The Cooler.
Previous nominations: None

AMERICAN HUSTLE -
Becker has previously designed David O Russell’s previous films Silver Linings Playbook and The Fighter.
Becker and Loeffler’s other credits together include Shame, We Need to Talk About Kevin and Thumbsucker and Garden State.
Previous nominations: None

BEHIND THE CANDELABRA -
Cummings has previously work with director Stephen Soderbergh on Side Effects, Magic Mike, Haywire and Contagion. His other credits inc The Long Kiss Goodnight, The Usual Suspects and The Rainmaker.
Munch Cameron worked with Cummings on Magic Mike, Haywire and The Rainmaker; her other credits include Milk, Benny & Joon and Raising Cane.
Previous nominations: None

GRAVITY -
Nicholson’s previous credits as Production Designer include Gravity; his other credits as Art Director include Captain America, The Golden Compass, The Bourne Ultimatum, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Sleepy Hollow.
Goodwin previous work includes the last four Harry Potter films.
Woollard’s earlier credits include The History Boys, Charlotte Gray, The End of the Affair and The Wings of the Dove.

THE GREAT GATSBY -
Martin is a costume and production designer, and is nominated in both categories for The Great Gatsby. She won both categories for Strictly Ballroom in 1993, and was nominated in both for Moulin Rouge in 2002. She also won Production Design for William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet in 1998. All of the above films were directed by her husband, Baz Luhrmann.
Dunn previously worked with Martin on Australia. Her other credits include House of Wax, Ghost Ship and The Island of Dr Moreau.
Previous nominations: Martin: 5 (3 wins), Dunn: None

SOUND

Presented by Richard E Grant & Olga Kurylenko

ALL IS LOST -
Hymns won this category in 1999 for Saving Private Ryan, and has been nominated on four other occasions (for Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade, Wild at Heart, Jurassic Park and War Horse).
Boedekker’s other credits include Lincoln, ParaNorman, Sweeney Todd, Charlie & the Chocolate Factory and Hell Boy.
Proctor’s other credits include Mud, Take Shelter, Bruno, and Shortbus.
Bloomberg’s other credits include Gayby, Martha Marcy May Marlene, and Betrayed.
Arthur’s other credits include Ass Backwards, Frances Ha, and Ring the Bell.
Previous nominations: Hymns- 5 (1 win), Others- None

CAPTAIN PHILLIPS -
Burdon was nominated for a British Academy Television Award for Walking with Beasts in 2002.
Taylor, Prestwood Smith and Munro all won this category in 2007 for Casino Royale, and were all nominated again for Quantum of Solace in 2009. Prestwood Smith was also nominated for Cold Mountain and Billy Elliot. Munro was also nominated for Black Hawk Down and Backbeat, and is also nominated this year for his work on Gravity.
Tarney was previously nominated for United 93.
Previous nominations:
Burdon: 1
Taylor: 2 (1 win)
Prestwood Smith: 4 (1 win)
Munro: 4 (1 win)
Tarney: 1

GRAVITY -
Freemantle won this category in 2009 for Slumdog Millionaire, and was also nominated for 127 Hours and Backbeat.
Lievsay was previously nominated for his work on True Grit, No Country for Old Men and The Silence of the Lambs, and is also nominated this year for Inside Llewyn Davis.
Benstead’s other credits include Thor, Clash of the Titans, Nine and Sleuth.
Adiri’s other credits include The Book Thief, Quartet, Dredd, The Woman in Black, Shame and Marley.
Munro won this category in 2007 for Casino Royale, and was also nominated for Quantum of Solace, Black Hawk Down and Backbeat; he is also nominated this year for his work on Captain Phillips.
Previous nominations:
Freemantle: 3 (1 win), Lievsay: 3, Munro: 4 (1 win), Benstead, Adiri: None

INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS -
Kurland, Lievsay and Orloff were all previously nominated for both No Country for Old Men and True Grit.
Kurland also won this category in 2006 for Walk the Line. Orloff also won for Ray in 2005.
Lievsay is also nominated this year for Gravity, and was also nominated in 1991 for The Silence of the Lambs.
Urmson’s other credits include The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Magic Mike, Hope Springs, Marley & Me, and Rachael Getting Married.
Previous nominations:
Kurland: 3 (1 win), Lievsay: 3, Orloff: 3 (1 win), Urmson: None

RUSH -
Hambrook was previously nominated for Atonement in 2008, and for a British Academy Television Craft Award for Red Riding 1974 in 2008.
The other nominees have a range of credits predominantly on German films and television; Stemler and Kruse both also worked on Cloud Atlas.
Previous nominations:
Hambrook: 2
Others: None

EDITING

Presented by Imogen Poots & Jack Huston

12 YEARS A SLAVE -
Walker edited both of Steve McQueen’s previous films, Hunger and Shame. His other credits include Life in a Day, Brighton Rock, Harry Brown, and The Escapist.
Previous nominations: None

CAPTAIN PHILLIPS -
Rouse has won this category twice before, for United 93 in 2007 and The Bourne Ultimatum in 2008; both were also directed by Paul Greengrass; they also worked together on Green Zone and The Bourne Supremacy.
Previous nominations: 2 (2 wins)

GRAVITY -
Cuarón won the Film Not in the English Language category for Pan’s Labyrinth in 2007, and the Feature Film category at the 2004 Children’s Awards for Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban in 2004. He was also nominated for Outstanding British Film for Harry Potter, and for Film Not in the English Language and Original Screenplay for And Your Mother Too in 2003.
He is also nominated for Original Screenplay, Director, Best Film and Outstanding British Film for Gravity this year. His other credits include editing and directing Children of Men and Y Tu Mama Tambien.
Sanger’s earlier credits as Visual Effects Editor include Alice in Wonderland, Sweeney Todd, Charlie& the Chocolate Factory, Troy and Cuaron’s Children of Men.
Previous nominations: Cuarón : 5 (2 wins) Sanger: None.

RUSH -
Hanley and Hill have a long standing editing partnership, and have worked together on all of Ron Howard’s films since Night Shift in 1982. They were previously nominated in this category for Apollo 13 in 1996 and Frost/Nixon in 2009
Previous nominations: Both: 2

THE WOLF OF WALL STREET -
Schoonmaker has a long-standing relationship with Martin Scorsese, having edited all of his films since Raging Bull in 1982. She is the most nominated editor in BAFTA’s history having been nominated in this category on 8 previous occasions, and won it twice for Raging Bull and Goodfellas in 1991.
Previous nominations: 8 (2 wins)

DOCUMENTARY

Presented by Imogen Poots & Jack Huston

THE ACT OF KILLING -
Oppenheimer invited the unrepentant former members of Indonesian death squads to re-enact their many murders in the style of the American movies they love; he has described the result as “a documentary of the imagination”.
Oppenheimer’s previous films include The Globalisation Tapes and The Entire History of the Louisiana Purchase.
Previous nominations: None

THE ARMSTRONG LIE -
In 2009 director Alex Gibney set out to do a documentary film on cyclist Lance Armstrong's comeback year after a four-year retirement from the sport. Following a doping investigation that led to his lifetime ban from competition and the stripping of his seven Tour De France titles, Armstrong went back to Gibney to set the record straight about his career.
Gibney’s previous films include Park Avenue, Mea Maxima Culpa, Freakonomics and Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room. He is also nominated this year for We Steal Secrets.
Previous nominations: None

BLACKFISH -
Blackfish focuses on Tilikum, an orca held by Seaworld in Florida, and the dangers of keeping the species in captivity.
Cowperthwaite’s earlier films include City Lax: An Urban Lacrosse Story.
Previous nominations: None

TIM’S VERMEER -
The story of inventor Tim Jenison’s quest to understand and replicate the painting techniques of Johannes Vermeer.
Penn & Teller are best known as illusionists, who have performed on a range of television programmes and live shows, including headline performances in Las Vegas.
Zeigler’s previous credits include Supervising Producer on The Aristocrats.
Previous nominations: None

WE STEAL SECRETS: THE STORY OF WIKILEAKS -
The story of the organisation started by Julian Assange, and people involved in the collection and distribution of secret information and media by whistleblowers.
Gibney’s previous films include Park Avenue, Mea Maxima Culpa, Freakonomics and Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room. He is also nominated this year for The Armstrong Lie.
Previous nominations: None

MAKE UP & HAIR

Presented by Douglas Booth & Sam Claflin

AMERICAN HUSTLE -
Noraz’s other credits include The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, The Adjustment Bureau and Tower Heist.
McCoy-Bell has been personal hair stylist for Bradley Cooper on another of other films including The Hangover trilogy, Silver Linings Playbook, The Place Beyond the Pines, and Limitless.
Gordon’s credits include Moneyball, 3:10 to Yuma, Walk the Line, Ocean’s Eleven and Transformers.
Previous nominations: None

BEHIND THE CANDELABRA -
Biscoe was previously nominated in this category for Memoirs of a Geisha in 2006; her other credits include Saving Mr Banks, The Master, Argo, A Single Man, and The Producers.
Larkin’s other credits include Magic Mike, Haywire, A Single Man, and The Bucket List.
Previous nominations: Biscoe: 1, Larkin: None

THE BUTLER -
Denson’s previous credits include The Best Man Holiday, Think Like a Man, and a number of tv and film credits as personal make up artist to Ice Cube.
Neal has twice been nominated for an Emmy for her work on Star Trek; her other film work includes Stoker, The Paperboy, Minority Report, AI, and Constantine.
Stevenson’s other credits include Unthinkable, Jarhead, Three Kings, Danferous Minds, and a number of credits as personal hair stylist to Samuel L Jackson.
Mungle was nominated twice in this category in 1994 for his work on Bram Stoker’s Dracula and Schindler’s List; among his more than 200 other film and television credits are August: Osage County, Albert Nobbs, Inception, Ghosts of Mississippi.
Previous nominations: Mungle 2, others none.

THE GREAT GATSBY -

Silvi has been previously nominated in this category for Moulin Rouge in 2002; he was also the Make Up Designer on Baz Luhrmann’s previous film Australia. His other film credits include Hannibal Rising, The Tourist and The Great Beauty. He was nominated for a British Academy Television Award in 2008 for Rome.
Warn also worked on Australia as Hair Designer; she as a number of other credits as personal hair stylist to Nicole Kidman, including The Hours, The Others, Dogville, Cold Mountain and The Railway Man.
Previous nominations: Silvi: 2 , Warn: None

THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG -
All three nominees were also nominated in this category last year for their work on the first Hobbit film.
King has been nominated in this category on 7 other previous occasions, including for all three of the Lord of the Rings films; he won the award for The Fellowship of the Ring; his other nominations were for Velvet Goldmine, An Ideal Husband, Quills, and Nine.
Taylor is the creator and head of the New Zealand based prop and special effects company Weta Workshop. He was knighted in 2010. He has been nominated across a range of categories for his work on The Lord of the Rings trilogy, including wins for Make Up & Hair and Special Visual Effects on Fellowship of the Ring, and Costume Design for The Two Towers; he also won the Special Visual Effects category for King Kong.
Findlater also worked on The Lord of the Rings Trilogy as well as King Kong, The Last Samurai and The Impossible.
Previous nominations: King – 8 (1 win), Taylor – 10 (4 wins), Findlater- 1

COSTUME DESIGN

Presented by Douglas Booth & Sam Claflin

AMERICAN HUSTLE -
Wilkinson’s other credits include 300, Watchmen, Tron: Legacy and this years’ Man Of Steel.
Previous nominations: None

BEHIND THE CANDELABRA -
Mirojnick was previously nominated for Chaplin in 1993. Her other credits include Wall Street, Basic Instinct, Speed, Face/Off and Cloverfield.
Previous nominations: 1

THE GREAT GATSBY -
Martin is a costume and production designer, and is nominated in both categories for The Great Gatsby. She won both categories for Strictly Ballroom in 1993, and was nominated in both for Moulin Rouge in 2002. She also won Production Design for William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet in 1998. All of the above films were directed by her husband, Baz Luhrmann.
Previous nominations: 5 (3 wins)

THE INVISIBLE WOMAN -
O’Connor won this category in 2009 for The Duchess, and was nominated in 2012 for Jane Eyre. His other credits include Dredd, Brick Lane and The Last King of Scotland.
Previous nominations: 2 (1 win)

SAVING MR. BANKS -
Orlandi’s previous credits include Frost/Nixon, The Da Vinci Code and Cinderella Man.
Previous nominations: None

ORIGINAL MUSIC

Presented by Tinie Tempah & Laura Mvula

12 YEARS A SLAVE -
Zimmer has been nominated five times in this category (for Thelma & Louise, The Lion King, Gladiator, The Dark Knight and Inception) but has never won. He also writes music for games and was nominated at the 2010 British Academy Games Awards for his score for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.
Previous nominations: 6

THE BOOK THIEF -
This is Williams’ fourteenth BAFTA nomination in this category, and he is one of the most nominated individuals in the history of the Film Awards. He has also won the category seven times; only Woody Allen has won more Film Awards (with ten)
Previous nominations: 13 ( 7 wins)
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CAPTAIN PHILLIPS -
Jackman’s previous credits as composer include Wreck It Ralph, Puss in Boots, X Men: First Class and Kick Ass. He has also worked in supporting roles on a number of scores composed by fellow nominee, Hans Zimmer.
Previous nominations: None

GRAVITY -
Price’s other credits as composer include Attack the Block and this year’s The World’s End. Earlier credits as a Music Editor include Paul, Scott Pilgrim Vs the World, Made of Honour, and Batman Begins.
Previous nominations: None

SAVING MR. BANKS -
Newman won this category for American Beauty in 2000 and for Skyfall last year. He was also nominated for WALL-E in 2009. His extensive other credits include The Shawshank Redemption, Erin Brockavich, Finding Nemo and The Help.
Previous nominations: 3 (2 wins)

ANIMATED FILM

Presented by Gillian Anderson & David Oyelowo

DESPICABLE ME 2 -
The sequel to the 2010 film about a criminal mastermind who becomes the unlikely adoptive father of a trio of orphan girls. Renaud and Coffin were both previously nominated for the original film in 2011
Previous nominations: Both - 1

FROZEN -
Disney film loosely based on Hans Christian Anderson’s The Snow Queen.
Buck’s previously directed Disney’s Tarzan, and wrote Pocahontas. Lee previously wrote Wreck It Ralph.
Previous nominations: None

MONSTERS UNIVERSITY -
Disney Pixar prequel to Monsters Inc (which won the Feature category at the 2002 British Academy Children’s Awards)
Scanlon previously worked on the Pixar films Brave and Cars.
Previous nominations: None

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER

Presented by Steve Coogan

COLIN CARBERRY (Writer), GLENN PATTERSON (Writer) -

KELLY MARCEL (Writer) -

KIERAN EVANS (Director/Writer) -

PAUL WRIGHT (Director/Writer), POLLY STOKES (Producer) -

SCOTT GRAHAM (Director/Writer) -

For more information about these nominees, Film 1314 Outstanding Debut Biographies (18.6 KB)

SUPPORTING ACTOR

Presented by Emma Thompson

BARKHAD ABDI -
Abdi plays Abduwali Muse, the leader of a group of Somali pirates who hijack an American container ship.
Abdi was born in Somalia, but moved to Minneapolis at the age of 14. Captain Phillips is his film debut.
Previous nominations: None

BRADLEY COOPER -
Cooper plays Richie DiMaso, an FBI agent who forces a pair of con artists to help him set up an elaborate sting operation on corrupt politicians.
Cooper was nominated in the Leading Actor category last year for his role in David O.Russell’s previous film, Silver Linings Playbook. His other credits include The A Team, Limitless and the Hangover trilogy; he also appeared this year in The Place Behind the Pines.
Previous nominations: 1

DANIEL BRÜHL -
Brühl plays Formula One champion, Niki Lauda, in a film which tells the story of his rivalry with British driver, James Hunt.
Brühl’s previous credits include Ladies in Lavender, Inglourious Basterds, and the German films The Edukators and Goodbye Lenin!
Previous nominations: None

MATT DAMON -
Damon plays Scott Thorsen, the partner of the flamboyant pianist, Liberace.
This is Damon’s first BAFTA nomination. His previous credits include Saving Private Ryan, the Ocean’s trilogy, The Talented Mr Ripley, The Departed, Invictus, and Good Will Hunting, which he also wrote with Ben Affleck; this year, he also appeared in Elysium.
Previous nominations: None

MICHAEL FASSBENDER -
Fassbender plays Edwin Epps, a cruel plantation owner who believes his right to abuse his slaves in biblically sanctioned.
Fassbender has appeared in both of Steve McQueen’s previous films, Hunger and Shame; for the latter he was nominated in the Leading Actor category in 2012. He was also nominated for the Rising Star Award in 2009. His other credits include Inglourious Basterds, X Men: First Class, Prometheus, Fish Tank and A Dangerous Method.
Previous nominations: 1

CINEMATOGRAPHY

Presented by Helen McCrory & Ray Winstone

12 YEARS A SLAVE -
Bobbitt shot both of Steve McQueen’s previous films, Hunger and Shame; his other film credits include Byzantium, Africa United, and Mrs Ratcliffe’s Revolution. His work for television includes a British Academy Television Award nomination for the Channel 4 documentary, Crack House.
Previous nominations: 1

CAPTAIN PHILLIPS -
Ackroyd won this category in 2010 for The Hurt Locker, and was also nominated in 2007 for United 93 (also directed by Greengrass, with whom he also worked on Green Zone). He was nominated for a short film in 1997, and for a British Academy Television Award for Stephen Poliakoff’s The Lost Prince. He has also worked extensively with Ken Loach on films including Ladybird Ladybird, My Name is Joe, Sweet Sixteen, Ae Fond Kiss and The Wind that Shakes the Barley.
Previous nominations: 4 (1 win)

GRAVITY -
Lubezki won this category in 2007 for Children of Men (also directed by Alfonso Cuaron). His other credits include The Tree of Life, Ali, Sleepy Hollow, Reality Bites and T Tu Mama Tambien.
Previous nominations: 1 (1 win)

INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS -
Delbonnel was previously nominated in this category for Amelie in 2002. His other credits include Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, Infamous, and A Very Long Engagment.
Previous nominations: 1

NEBRASKA -
Papamichael previously worked with Alexander Payne on The Descendants and Sideways. His other film credits include This is 40, The Ides of March, W, The Pursuit of Happyness, Walk the Line, and Cool Runnings.
Previous nominations: None

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Presented by Leonardo Di Caprio

JENNIFER LAWRENCE -
Lawrence plays Rosalyn Rosenfeld, the unpredictable wife of the con artist played by Christian Bale.
Lawrence was nominated in the Leading Actress category last year for her role in David O.Russell’s previous film, Silver Linings Playbook; she was also nominated for the Rising Star Award in 2012. Her other credits inc Winter’s Bone, X-Men: First Class, and the Hunger Games films.
Previous nominations: 1

JULIA ROBERTS -
Roberts plays Barbara Weston, who returns to her family home following the death of her father, and has to confront her mother’s drug addiction.
Roberts won the Leading Actress category in 2001 for Erin Brockovich, and was also nominated in 1991 for Pretty Woman. Her other roles inc Steel Magnolias, Notting Hill, Ocean’s Eleven and Eat Pray Love.
Previous nominations: 2 (1 win)

LUPITA NYONG’O -
Nyong’o plays Patsey, a hard-working slave who is the subject of abuse by her owner, played by Michael Fassbender.
Nyong’o is her feature film debut as an actress (having been cast in the role shortly after graduating from the Yale School of Drama in 2012), but her earlier credits include directing and producing In My Genes, a documentary about the treatment of Kenya’s albino population. Her father is a Kenyan politician, elected to the senate in 2013. She is nominated for the EE Rising Star Award this year.
Previous nominations: None

OPRAH WINFREY -
Winfrey plays Gloria Gaynes, the wife of Cecil Gaynes, who serves as a butler in the White House for 34 years.

Winfrey is best known for her talk show which ran from 1986 to 2011; the show won a British Academy Television Award in 1994. Her other film roles include The Color Purple, Beloved (which she also produced), and voice performances in Charlotte’s Web, Bee Movie and The Princess & the Frog.
Previous nominations: None

SALLY HAWKINS -
Hawkins plays Ginger, Jasmine’s less successful adoptive sister, who takes her in when her husband is arrested for fraud.
Hawkins’ other film credit include Vera Drake, Persuasion, Never Let Me Go and Made in Dagenham; she also appeared on television in the BBC dramas Tipping the Velvet, Fingersmith and Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky.
Previous nominations: None

OUTSTANDING BRITISH CONTRIBUTION TO CINEMA

Presented by Juliet Stevenson

PETER GREENAWAY

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ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Presented by Stanley Tucci

AMERICAN HUSTLE -
Russell won Adapted Screenplay last year for his previous film, Silver Linings Playbook. His other films include The Fighter, I Heart Huckabees and Three Kings. He is also nominated for Director for American Hustle.
This is Singer’s second feature credit after 2009’s The International.
The original screenplay by Singer was titled American Bulls

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Previous nominations: Russell : 1 (1 win), Singer: None.

BLUE JASMINE -
Allen has been nominated on 23 previous occasions and has won ten times across a range of categories as producer, director, writer and actor, making him the most successful individual in the history of the Film Awards (in both nominations and wins). He has been nominated in this category four times, winning twice (for Annie Hall in 1978 and Hannah & Her Sisters in 1987).
Previous nominations: 23 (10 wins)

GRAVITY -
Alfonso Cuarón won the Film Not in the English Language category for Pan’s Labyrinth in 2007, and the Feature Film category at the 2004 Children’s Awards for Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban in 2004. He was also nominated for Outstanding British Film for Harry Potter, and for Film Not in the English Language and Original Screenplay for And Your Mother Too in 2003.
He is also nominated for Original Screenplay, Editing, Best Film and Outstanding British Film for Gravity this year.
Jonás Cuarón is Alfonso’s son. His other credits include writing, directing and producing Anangaaq and The Year of the Nail
Previous nominations: Alfonso Cuarón : 5 (2 wins) Jonás Cuarón: None.

INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS -
Joel and Ethan Coen are among the most nominated individuals in the history of the Film Awards; this is their seventh nomination in a screenplay category, but they have only won in the Directing categories, for Fargo (Joel only, 1997) and No Country for Old Men (shared, 2008). They have also been nominated twice in the Editing category under the pseudonym Roderick Jaynes.
Previous nominations: Joel Coen: 13 (2 wins), Ethan Coen: 12 (1 win)

NEBRASKA -
This is Nelson’s first produced feature script, and is the first script Alexander Payne has directed which he did not also write. Nelson was a cast member in the 1990s Seattle sketch comedy show Almost Live! and appears as an extra in the film.
Previous nominations: None

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Presented by Amy Adams

12 YEARS A SLAVE -
Based on the memoir of the same name by Solomon Northup (played by nominee Chiwetel Ejiofor in the film)
Ridley’s other film credits include U Turn, Three Kings and Red Tails; he is also a novelist and has written for television.
Previous nominations: None

BEHIND THE CANDELABRA -
Based on the memoir “Behind the Candelabra: My Life with Liberace” by Scott Thorson (played by nominee Matt Damon in the film)
Fisher was nominated for Original Screenplay for The Fisher King in 1992. His other credits include The Bridges of Madison County, The Mirror has Two Faces, The Horse Whisperer, and Beloved.
Previous nominations: 1

CAPTAIN PHILLIPS -
Based on the book “A Captain’s Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALs and Dangerous Days at Sea” by Richard Phillips with Stephen Talty (Phillips is played by nominee Tom Hanks in the film).
Ray’s other credits include Flightplan, State of Play and The Hunger Games; he also wrote and directed the films Breach and Shattered Glass.
Previous nominations: None

PHILOMENA -
Based on The Lost Child of Philomena Lee, by Martin Sixmith (played by Coogan in the film).
Coogan has a number of Television Award nominations (and three wins) for his character Alan Partridge, and also won for his performance in The Trip in 2011. He was nominated for Outstanding Debut at the Film Awards for writing The Parole Officer, in which he also starred; his other film roles include 24 Hour Party People, Around the World in 80 Days, Night at the Museum, Coffee & Cigarettes, A Cock & Bull Story and this year’s Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa.
Pope is a producer and writer, and is currently Head of Factual Drama at ITV; he won a British Academy Television Award for producing See No Evil: The Moors Murders, and has been nominated on 6 other occasions in drama categories as a writer and/or producer. His other film credits include Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman.
Previous nominations:
Coogan: 10 (4 wins)

Pope: 7 (1 win)

THE WOLF OF WALL STREET -
Based on
Winter is creator, writer and exec producer of the HBO television drama Boardwalk Empire, for which he was nominated for a British Academy Television Award in 2011. Prior to that he worked on The Sopranos; His previous film credits include Get Rich or Die Tryin’ and Brooklyn Rules.
Previous nominations: 1

THE EE RISING STAR AWARD (this award is voted for by the public)

Presented by Alicia Vikander & Eddie Redmayne

DANE DEHAAN

GEORGE MACKAY

LUPITA NYONG’O

WILL POULTER

LÉA SEYDOUX

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SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS

Presented by Kiefer Sutherland

GRAVITY -
Webber has been previously nominated in this category three times, for Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire, Children of Men, and The Dark Knight.
Corbould has won this category three times (for The Fifth Element, Saving Private Ryan and The Day After Tomorrow) and been nominated on four other occasions.
Previous nominations: Webber- 3, Corbould- 7 (3 wins), Others- None.

THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG -
The nominees all work for Weta Digital, and have all worked previously on the Lord of the Rings trilogy, King Kong, and Avatar. Letteri, Saindon and Clayton were all nominated last year in this category for their work on the first Hobbit film.
In addition, Letteri has won this award four times, for the last two Lord of the Ring films, King Kong and Avatar, and was nominated in this category twice in 2012 for Tintin and Rise of the Planet of the Apes.
Previous nominations: Letteri – 7 (4 wins), Saindon, Clayton- 1, Reynolds- None

IRON MAN 3 -
All the nominees have worked on previous Marvel films; Williams and Sudick were both nominated in this category last year for Marvel Avengers Assemble.
Previous nominations: Williams, Sudick- 1, Grill, Townsend- 1.

PACIFIC RIM -
Hickel and Knoll won this category for the Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest in 2007, and were both also nominated for two of the other Pirates films. Hickel was also nominated for Iron Man in 2009, and Knoll for Star Wars Episode 1 in 2000.
Previous nominations: Hickel- 4 (1 win), Knoll- 4 (1 win), De Quattro, Sumner- None.

STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS -
Guyett won this award in 1999 for Saving Private Ryan; he has been nominated on three other occasions since then, twice for Harry Potter, and in 2010 for Star Trek, for which Dalton was also nominated. Grossman was nominated previously for Hugo.
Previous nominations: Guyett- 4 (1 win), Dalton, Grossman- 1 each, Tubach- None.

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FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Presented by Joely Richardson & Matthew Modine

THE ACT OF KILLING -

Oppenheimer invited the unrepentant former members of Indonesian death squads to re-enact their many murders in the style of the American movies they love; he has described the result as “a documentary of the imagination”.
Oppenheimer’s previous films include The Globalisation Tapes and The Entire History of the Louisiana Purchase.
Sørensen ‘s other films include The Human Scale and Traveling With Mr T.
Previous nominations: None

BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOUR -

A romantic coming of age drama, based on the graphic novel of the same name.
Kechiche’s previous films include Black Venus and Couscous.
Chioua’s and Maraval’s previous credits include Enter the Void, Only God Forgives, Shadow Dancer, and Che.
Previous nominations: None

THE GREAT BEAUTY -

A reflective drama about a well-known writer who takes stock of his life after receiving a shock from his past shortly after his 65th birthday.
Sorretino’s previous films include This Must Be the Place and The Consequence of Love, which were both also produced by Giuliano and Cima.
Previous nominations: None

METRO MANILA -

A crime drama about an impoverished family who try to improve their lot by moving to the city (Metro Manila is the name given to metropolitan region composed of the city of Manila and its surrounding cities).
Elis was previously nominated for the Short Film award for The Business Trip in 2009; his other features include Cashback and The Broken. Charpentier was an Associate Producer on The Business Trip; this is her first feature credit.
Previous nominations: Ellis- 1, Charpentier- None

WADJDA -

Wadjda is the first feature length film shot entirely in Saudi Arabia, and Al Mansour is the first Saudi woman to direct a feature; she previously made the short documentary Women Without Shadows.
Meixner was nominated in this category in 2009 for Waltz With Bashir, which Paul also worked on.
Previous nominations: Al-Mansour, Paul- None, Meixner- 1

LEADING ACTOR

Presented by Uma Thurman

BRUCE DERN -
Dern plays Woody Grant, an elderly man who becomes convinced that he’s won a million dollars in a sweepstake after he’s sent junk mail by a magazine subscription company.
This is Dern’s first BAFTA nomination. He has appeared in more than 80 feature films, including Coming Home, the 1974 version of The Great Gatsby, They Shoot Horses Don’t They, Silent Runnings and a cameo appearance in Django Unchained.
Previous nominations: None

CHIWETEL EJIOFOR -
Ejiofor plays Solomon Northrop, a free man who was kidnapped and sold into slavery in Louisiana.
Ejiofor was nominated for the Rising Star Award in 2006. His other credits include Dirty Pretty Things, Serenity, Kinky Boots and Children of Men.
Previous nominations: None

CHRISTIAN BALE -
Bale plays Irving Rosenfeld, a con artist who is forced by an FBI agent to set up an elaborate sting operation on corrupt politicians.
Bale was previously nominated in the Supporting Actor category for The Fighter in 2011. Bale first appeared in films as a child (most notably in Spielberg’s Empire of the Sun); his other adult roles inc American Psycho, The Machinist, and Batman in Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy.
Previous nominations: 1

LEONARDO DICAPRIO -
DiCaprio plays Jordan Belfort, a corrupt and debauched New York stockbroker whose illegal trades become the subject of an FBI investigation.
DiCaprio has been nominated in this category twice before for his roles in The Departed in 2005 and The Aviator in 2007, which were both also directed by Martin Scorsese; this is the fifth time they have worked together, having also collaborated on Gangs of New York and Shutter Island. DiCaprio’s other roles include What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?. Titanic, Catch Me If You Can, Inception and this year also appeared in The Great Gatsby.
Previous nominations: 2

TOM HANKS -
Hanks plays Richard Phillips, the captain of an American container ship which is boarded by Somali pirates while sailing through the Indian Ocean.
Hanks has been nominated in this category on three other occasions, for Forrest Gump in 1995, Saving Private Ryan in 1999 and Cast Away in 2001. His other roles include Big, Sleepless in Seattle, Apollo 13, The Green Mile and the voice of Woody in the Toy Story trilogy; he also plays Walt Disney in this year’s Saving Mr Banks alongside nominee Emma Thompson.
Previous nominations: 3

DIRECTOR

Presented by Michael Sheen & Maggie Gyllenhaal

12 YEARS A SLAVE -
This is McQueen’s third feature film. He won the Outstanding Debut category for his first feature, Hunger in 2008. Hunger was also nominated for Outstanding British Film, as was his second feature, Shame, in 2012. He is also nominated for Best Film and Adapted Screenplay for 12 Years a Slave. Prior to moving to features, McQueen was a successful video artist, and won the Turner Prize in 1999.
Previous nominations: 3 (1 win)

AMERICAN HUSTLE -
Russell won Adapted Screenplay last year for his previous film, Silver Linings Playbook. His other films include The Fighter, I Heart Huckabees and Three Kings. He is also nominated for Adapted Screenplay for American Hustle.
Previous nominations: 1 (1 win)

CAPTAIN PHILLIPS -
Won this category in 2007 for United 93, and was nominated again in 2008 for The Bourne Ultimatum. He was nominated for both films for Outstanding British Film, and for Original Screenplay for United 93. At the Television Awards, he won Single Drama category twice (for The Murder of Stephen Lawrence in 2000 and Omagh in 2005) and was nominated in 2003 for Bloody Sunday; he was also presented with a special award at the 2005 Television Awards for Outstanding Creative Contribution to Television.
Previous nominations: 9 (3 wins)

GRAVITY -
Cuarón won the Film Not in the English Language category for Pan’s Labyrinth in 2007, and the Feature Film category at the 2004 Children’s Awards for Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban in 2004. He was also nominated for Outstanding British Film for Harry Potter, and for Film Not in the English Language and Original Screenplay for And Your Mother Too in 2003.
He is also nominated for Original Screenplay, Editing, Best Film and Outstanding British Film for Gravity this year.
Previous nominations: 5 (2 wins)

THE WOLF OF WALL STREET -
Scorsese holds the record for the most nominations in the Directing category, having been nominated in this category on eight previous occasions, but his only win in this category was for Goodfellas in 1991, for which he also won Adapted Screenplay and Best Film. He was the recipient of the BAFTA Fellowship in 2012.
Previous nominations: 15 (3 wins) _Includes 3 British Academy Television Award nominations and 1 British Academy Children’s Award nomination. Also presented with the Academy Fellowship in 2012.

LEADING ACTRESS

Presented by Tom Hardy

AMY ADAMS -
Adams plays Sydney Prosser, a con artist who is forced by an FBI agent to set up an elaborate sting operation on corrupt politicians.
This is Adam’s first nomination for a leading role, having been nominated in the Supporting Actress category three times previously (for Doubt in 2009, The Fighter in 2011 and The Master in 2013). Her other roles include Catch Me If You Can, Junebug, Enchanted and Julie & Julia; this year she also appeared as Lois Lane in Man of Steel.
Previous nominations: 3

CATE BLANCHETT -
Blanchett plays Jeanette “Jasmine” Francis, a rich Manhattan socialite who suffers a breakdown after her husband is imprisoned for fraud.
Blanchett won this award for her performance as Elizabeth I in 1999, and was nominated again when she reprised the role in The Golden Age in 2008. She also won Supporting Actress for her role as Katherine Hepburn in The Aviator, and was also nominated for supporting roles in The Talented Mr Ripley in 2000 and I’m Not There in 2008. Her other roles include Babel, Notes on a Scandel, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Galadriel in the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Previous nominations: 6 (2 wins)

EMMA THOMPSON -
Thompson plays P L Travers, the author of the Mary Poppins books, who clashes with Walt Disney while negotiating the film rights.
Thompson has won this category twice before, for Howard’s End in 1993, and Sense and Sensibility in 1996; she was also received Film Awards nominations for Leading Actress for The Remains of the Day in 1994, Adapted Screenplay for Sense and Sensibility, and Supporting Actress for Love Actually in 2004. She also won a Television Awards in 1988 (for her roles in both Fortunes of War and Tutti Frutti), and was nominated in the Feature Film category at the 2010 Children’s Awards as the writer of Nanny McPhee & the Big Bang.
Previous nominations: 8 (1 win)

JUDI DENCH -
Dench plays Philomena Lee, a woman who set out to find her son who had been forcibly adopted by the Catholic church 50 years earlier.
This is Dench’s 15th Film Awards nomination, and she has also received 12 British Academy Television Award nominations, making her the most nominated performer both at the British Academy Film Awards and overall across all of BAFTA’s ceremonies. She has won 10 times, and her previ