Film Awards Press Information Pages 2010
10 February 10
Find out more about this year's Orange British Academy Film Awards nominees.
Winner information will be updated live during the ceremony as categories are announced.
Categories are listed below in order of presentation.
Click on a Category Title for more information on the Nominees.
- The Hurt Locker has won 6 awards including Best Film
- Avatar, Up and The Young Victoria have won 2 each
- Precious, Inglourious Basterds, Moon, A Single Man, An Education, Fish Tank, A Prophet, and Up In the Air have won 1 each
OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
Presented by Colin Firth
This award is presented in honour of Carl Foreman.
WINNER DUNCAN JONES Director – Moon
LUCY BAILEY, ANDREW THOMPSON (Directors) and
ELIZABETH MORGAN HEMLOCK, DAVID PEARSON (Producers) –
Mugabe and the White African
ERAN CREEVY Writer/Director – Shifty
STUART HAZELDINE Writer/Director – Exam
SAM TAYLOR-WOOD Director – Nowhere Boy
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SHORT FILM and SHORT ANIMATION
The Short Film Awards are open to entries from the UK only and provide an opportunity for British filmmakers to demonstrate their skills to the world. This Award encourages the essential growth and development of new talent within the British film industry. Films are only eligible if they have a substantial British contribution in the majority of the following areas: production company, finance, director, producer, writer, key animation talent, principal cast and crew. Films must be no more than 40 minutes in duration. These awards are decided entirely by jury.
SHORT ANIMATION
Presented by James Corden
WINNER MOTHER OF MANY Sally Arthur (Producer) Emma Lazenby (Director)
Lazenby’s previous credits include the BBC2 comedy series Monkey Dust and lead designer on the multi-award winning children’s animation Charlie and Lola.
No previous nominations
THE GRUFFALO Michael Rose, Martin Pope (Producers) Jakob Schuh, Max Lang (Directors)
Rose has won this award twice before, for Stage Fright in 1997, and Wallace and Gromit in a Close Shave in 1996. Pope’s other credits include Brit horror The Cottage and Stephen Poliakoff’s Glorious 39. Schuh and Lang are German animators who wrote the screen adaptation with original author Julia Donaldson.
Previous nominations: Rose (3; 2 wins), Pope, Schuh, Lang (none).
THE HAPPY DUCKLING Gili Dolev (Writer/Director)
Dolev is originally from Israel, but has lived and worked in Scotland since 1998. This film won the Animation category at the BAFTA Scotland awards in November 2009.
No previous nominations
SHORT FILM
Presented by Olivia Williams
WINNER I DO AIR James Bolton (Producer) Martina Amati (Writer/Director)
Martina Amati is an Italian writer and director, who has lived in London since 1996; she has directed a number of documentaries, and has recently moved into drama.
No previous nominations.
14 Asitha Ameresekere (Writer/Director)
Ameresekere is a British-Sri Lankan film maker and writer and won this award for Do Not Erase in 2006.
Previous nominations: 1; 1 win
JADE Samm Haillay (Producer) Daniel Elliott (Director)
This film won the Silver Bear at last year’s Berlin International Film Festival.
No previous nominations.
MIXTAPE Luti Fagbenle (Producer), Luke Snellin (Writer/Director)
Fagbenle is a music video producer; he is a former model and actor and played Ali Taylor in Hollyoaks from 2003-2005. Snellin’s first short Patrick is currently being developed into a feature.
No previous nominations.
OFF SEASON Jacob Jaffke (Producer) Jonathan van Tulleken (Writer/Director)
Jaffke is a music video and commercials producer. Van Tullekan recently completed an MA in Film at Columbia University in New York and has directed several shorts.
No previous nominations.
MUSIC
Presented by Aaron Johnson
This award is given for achievement in film music and covers all music used in the film, both specially written score and source music. It is presented in honour of Anthony Asquith.
WINNER UP Michael Giacchino
Giacchino’s other credits include Ratatouille, The Incredibles, Cloverfield, Star Trek, and the distinctive score to the TV series Lost.
No previous nominations.
AVATAR James Horner
This is Horner’s third score for James Cameron having also written the music for Aliens and Titanic. He was BAFTA-nominated for Titanic and Braveheart. Other credits from his 30 year career writing film music include Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, A Beautiful Mind, Field of Dreams and Apollo 13.
Previous nominations: 2
CRAZY HEART T-Bone Burnett, Stephen Bruton
Joseph Henry “T-Bone” Burnett is an American songwriter, musician and producer, who released his first album in 1972. This is his fourth nomination in this category, having produced the soundtrack and written the original score for the Coen Brothers’ O Brother Where Art Thou and Walk the Line, and written several original songs for Cold Mountain. Stephen Bruton was a musician and producer, and long-term collaborator with Kris Kristofferson; he died of complications from throat cancer on 9 May 2009.
Previous nominations: Burnett (3), Bruton (none).
FANTASTIC MR FOX Alexandre Desplat
This is Desplat’s fourth nomination in this category, following Girl With A Pearl Earring, The Queen and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. He also wrote the scores for three other films nominated this year (Julia and Julia, A Prophet and Coco Before Chanel).
Previous nominations: 3
SEX & DRUGS & ROCK & ROLL Chaz Jankel
Jankel was keyboardist and guitarist with Ian Dury and the Blockheads, and the film features both original music by him, and new arrangements of Blockheads songs with Andy Serkis on vocals. Jankel also appears as a character (played by actor Tom Hughes) in the film.
No previous nominations.
SOUND
Presented by Eddie Marsan
WINNER THE HURT LOCKER Ray Beckett (Sound Mixer) Paul N. J. Ottosson (Sound Designer)
Beckett has frequently worked with director Ken Loach, and was BAFTA-nominated for A Room With A View in 1985. Ottosson’s other credits include 2012, Drag Me to Hell, and Spiderman 2, for which he was BAFTA-nominated.
Previous nominations: Beckett (1), Ottosson (1)
AVATAR Christopher Boyes (Sound Designer/Re-recording mixer) Gary Summers (Re-recording Mixer), Andy Nelson (Re-Recording mixer), Tony Johnson (Production Sound Mixer), Addison Teague (Supervising Sound Editor)
The sound nominees on Avatar have between them 24 BAFTA nominations. Nelson is one of BAFTA’s most nominated craftspeople, and is also nominated for Star Trek this year; he has won in this category for Braveheart, LA Confidential, Saving Private Ryan and Moulin Rouge. Summers has previously won this category for Terminator and Saving Private Ryan.
Previous nominations: Boyes (6), Summers (6; 2 wins), Nelson (11; 4 wins), Johnson (1), Teague (None)
DISTRICT 9 Brent Burge (Supervising Sound Editor), Chris Ward (Supervising Sound Editor), Dave Whitehead (Sound Design and Alien Vocals), Michael Hedges (Re-Recording Mixer), Ken Saville (Sound Recordist)
The sound team on District 9 are New Zealand-based, and all previously worked on both the Lord of the Rings trilogy and King Kong; Hedges was nominated in this category in 2002 and 2003 for his work on Lord of the Rings.
Previous nominations:Hedges (2) Burger, Ward, Whitehead, Saville (none)
STAR TREK Peter J. Devlin (Sound Mixer) Andy Nelson (Re-recording Mixer), Anna Behlmer (Re-recording mixer), Mark Stoeckinger (Supervising Sound Editor) Ben Burtt (Supervising Sound Editor)
The sound nominees on Star Trek have between them 23 BAFTA nominations and 8 wins. Nelson is one of BAFTA’s most nominated craftspeople, and is also nominated for Avatar this year. Nelson and Behlmer are long-time collaborators and have won in this category for Braveheart, LA Confidential and Moulin Rouge; Nelson has also won for Saving Private Ryan. Burtt’s previous win is for Star Wars in 1978
Previous nominations: Devlin (none), Nelson (11; 4 wins), Behlmer (5; 3 wins), Burtt (7; 1 win)
UP Tom Myers (Supervising Sound Editor/Re-recording Mixer/Sound Designer), Michael Silvers (Supervising Sound Editor) Michael Semanick(Re-recording Mixer) Doc Kane (Dialogue Mixer)
Myers and Semanick were nominated in this category last year for WALL:E; Kane also worked on WALL:E, but his previous nomination is for The Lion King. Semanick has also been nominated for his work on the Lord of the Rings trilogy and There Will Be Blood.
Previous nominations: Myers (1), Silvers (None), Semanick (5) Kane (1)
EDITING
Presented by Jodie Whittaker
WINNER THE HURT LOCKER Bob Murawski, Chris Innis
Murawski’s previous credits include several films with Sam Raimi including, Army of Darkness, Drag Me To Hell and the Spiderman films. This is Innis’s first major feature as an editor, although she has a number of previous credits as an assistant editor.
No previous nominations.
AVATAR Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua, James Cameron
Cameron is also nominated for Director and Best Film. He was previously nominated in the same three categories for Titanic. Rivkin’s other credits include the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy, Nine Months and Outbreak. Refoua worked with Cameron on his Titanic documentary Ghosts of the Abyss; this is his first major feature film.
Previous nominations: Cameron (3), Rivkin, Refoua (none)
DISTRICT 9 Julian Clarke
Clarke is a Canadian editor, who has worked on several documentaries, and four projects with director Carl Bessai.
No previous nominations.
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS Sally Menke
Menke has edited all of Tarantino’s films, and has been previously nominated in this category for Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill.
Previous nominations: 2
UP IN THE AIR Dana E. Glauberman
Glauberman edited both of Jason Reitman’s previous films, and was named Editor of the Year at last year’s Hollywood Film Awards.
No previous nominations.
OUTSTANDING BRITISH CONTRIBUTION TO CINEMA
Presented by Terry Gilliam
This award is presented in honour of Michael Balcon. The award is in the gift of the Academy
JOE DUNTON
For more information about this award, and Joe Dunton, see here
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Presented by Tom Hollander
WINNER THE HURT LOCKER Barry Ackroyd
Ackroyd was previously nominated for The Butterfly Man, United 93 and Stephen Poliakoff’s The Lost Prince.
Previous nominations: 3
AVATAR Mauro Fiore
Fiore's other credits include Training Day and the remake of Get Carter.
No previous nominations.
DISTRICT 9 Trent Opaloch
This is Opaloch’s first major feature film as a DOP.
No previous nominations.
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS Robert Richardson
Richardson won this award for Platoon, and was also nominated for The Aviator.
Previous nominations: 2; 1 win
THE ROAD Javier Aguirresarobe
Aguirresarobe's other credits include Vicky Christina Barcelona, The Others and Talk to Her.
No previous nominations
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
Presented by Mackenzie Crook and Nick Frost
This category rewards excellence both in Special Effects (physical effects created during filming, like explosions, models, prosthetics etc) and Visual Effects (computer generated imagery added in post-production).
WINNER AVATAR Joe Letteri (Senior Visual Effects Supervisor) Stephen Rosenbaum (Visual Effects Supervisor) Richard Baneham (Animation Supervisor) Andrew R. Jones (Animation Director)
The effects team on Avatar used new motion capture techniques which enabled them to capture the full performance (rather than just facial capture) of the actors playing the Na’vi, and also creating entirely digital environments for some sections of the film. Letteri has won this category three times, for the second and third Lord of the Rings films and King Kong; Rosenbaum won for Forrest Gump.
Previous nominations: Letteri (3; 3 wins), Rosenbaum (1; 1 win) Baneham, Jones (None)
DISTRICT 9 Dan Kaufman (Visual Effects Supervisor) Peter Muyzer (Visual Effects Supervisor) Robert Habros (Visual Effects Supervisor) Matt Aitken (Visual Effects Supervisor)
The effects team on District 9 used a combination of physical effects, prosthetics, key frame animation and computer generated imagery to create an alien race which blended seamlessly with the live action footage.
No previous nominations.
HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE John Richardson (Special Effects Supervisor) Tim Burke (Visual Effects Supervisor) Tim Alexander (Visual Effects Supervisor) Nicolas Aithadi (Visual Effects Supervisor)
Richardson has been Special Effects Supervisor (and-BAFTA nominated) for all of the Harry Potter films so far, and also won this award in 1986 for Aliens. Tim Alexander was nominated for The Goblet of Fire and won for The Perfect Storm. Burke has been nominated twice for his work on Harry Potter, as well as for Gladiator in 2000.
Previous nominations: Richardson (6; 1 win), Burke (3), Alexander (2; 1 win), Aithadi (none)
THE HURT LOCKER Richard Stutsman (Special Effects Supervisor)
Stutsman and director Kathryn Bigelow wanted the explosions (which are key to the story) to look realistic, and not be digitally enhanced, which was not easy to achieve given that the film was shot on location in the Middle East during an ongoing war and the usual pyro-technology was not available. His other credits include Transformers, The Aviator and X Men: The Last Stand.
No previous nominations.
STAR TREK Roger Guyett (Visual Effects Supervisor) Russell Earl (Visual Effects Supervisor) Paul Kavanagh (Animation Supervisor) Burt Dalton (Special Effects Coordinator)
Guyett won this category for Saving Private Ryan, and has been nominated twice for his work on the Harry Potter films.
Previous nominations: Guyett (3; 1 win), Earl, Kavanagh, Dalton (None).
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Presented by Anna Kendrick
WINNER CHRISTOPH WALTZ Inglourious Basterds
Waltz plays jew-hunting SS officer Hans Landa in Inglourious Basterds. Born in Austria, he is a leading television actor who has won multiple awards in Germany.
No previous nominations
ALEC BALDWIN It’s Complicated
In It’s Complicated, Baldwin plays Jake who begins an affair with his ex-wife, played by Meryl Streep. Other credits include Beetlejuice, The Hunt for Red October, The Aviator and The Departed, and he has won multiple awards for his role as Jack Donaghy in TV series 30 Rock.
No previous nominations
CHRISTIAN McKAY Me and Orson Welles
British actor, McKay’s performance as the legendary director Orson Welles is his first major film role.
No previous nominations
ALFRED MOLINA An Education
Molina plays Jenny’s father in An Education. Molina was previously nominated in this category for playing Diego Rivera in Frida, and at the Television Awards for The Accountant in 1989.
Previous nominations: 2
STANLEY TUCCI The Lovely Bones
Tucci plays paedophile and murderer Mr Harvey in The Lovely Bones. He is a writer, producer and director as well as stage actor. He came to prominence in the TV series 'Murder One', and his other film roles include Julie and Julia, The Devil Wears Prada and The Terminal.
No previous nominations
COSTUME DESIGN
Presented by Anil Kapoor and Claire Danes
WINNER THE YOUNG VICTORIA Sandy Powell
Powell has been nominated in this category nine times previously, and won in 1998 for Velvet Goldmine. Her other credits include Interview with the Vampire, Shakespeare in Love, Gangs of New York and The Aviator.
Previous nominations: 9 (1 win)
BRIGHT STAR Janet Patterson
Patterson won this award for The Piano in 1993, and also worked with Jane Campion on Holy Smoke. Her other credits include Portrait of a Lady and Oscar and Lucinda. She was also the Production Designer on Bright Star.
Previous nominations: 1 (1 win).
COCO BEFORE CHANEL Catherine Leterrier
Leterrier’s previous credits include Gorillas in the Mist, The Vistors, Pret-A-Porter, and The Messenger.
No previous nominations
AN EDUCATION Odile Dicks-Mireaux
Dicks-Mireaux has been BAFTA-nominated for Costume Design at the Television Awards three times, and won in 1999 for Great Expectations. Her other film credits include The Constant Gardener, Buffalo Soldiers, and Dirty Pretty Things.
Previous nominations: 3 (1 win).
A SINGLE MAN Arianne Phillips
Phillips previous credits include Tank Girl, One Hour Photo, Walk the Line and 3:10 to Yuma.
No previous nominations
MAKE UP & HAIR
Presented by Matthew Goode and Romola Garai
WINNER THE YOUNG VICTORIA Jenny Shircore
Shircore won this award for Elizabeth in 1998, and has been nominated on 3 other occasions for Dreamchild, Girl with A Pearl Earring and Notting Hill.
Previous nominations: 4 (1 win)
COCO BEFORE CHANEL Thi Thanh Tu Nguyen, Madeleine Cofano, Jane Milon
Nguyen’s other credits include Mesrine, Tell No One and The Dreamers. Cofano runs a exclusive salon in Paris and previously worked with Audrey Tautou on Priceless. Milon’s previous credits include Toi et Moi and Ronin.
No previous nominations
AN EDUCATION Lizzie Yianni Georgiou
Yianni Georgiou’s previous credits include Notting Hill, The Golden Compass and Inkheart.
No previous nominations
THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS Sarah Monzani
Monzani won this award for Quest for Fire in 1982, and was also nominated for Evita in 1996. Her other credits include Valkyrie, Interview with the Vampire, and Jane Eyre.
Previous nominations: 2 (1 win)
NINE Peter Swords King
Swords King was nominated in this category for all three of the Lord of the Rings films and won for the first one. He was also nominated for Velvet Goldmine, An Ideal Husband and Quills.
Previous nominations: 6 (1 win)
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Presented by Matt Dillon
WINNER MO’NIQUE Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Mo'Nique plays Mary, Precious’ abusive mother. She rose to fame in the UPN series The Parkers while also making a name for herself as a stand-up comedian hosting a variety of venues including Showtime at the Apollo. She moved into film with roles in such films as Phat Girlz, and Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins.
Monique could not be here to collect the award; it was collected on her behalf by the film's director, Lee Daniels.
No previous nominations
ANNE-MARIE DUFF Nowhere Boy
Duff plays John Lennon’s mother, Julia, in Nowhere Boy. She has been previously BAFTA-nominated in the Actress category three times at the Television Awards, twice for Shameless and in 2006 for playing Elizabeth I in The Virgin Queen.
Previous nominations: 3
VERA FARMIGA Up in the Air
In Up in the Air, Farmiga plays Alex, the fellow frequent flier with whom George Clooney’s character begins a casual affair. Other credits include The Departed, Down to the Bone, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas and Orphan
No previous nominations
ANNA KENDRICK Up in the Air
Kendrick plays ambitious but naïve Natalie in Up in the Air. She has worked extensively in theatre on Broadway and plays Jessica in the Twilight series.
No previous nominations
KRISTIN SCOTT THOMAS Nowhere Boy
Scott Thomas plays John Lennon’s Aunt Mimi in Nowhere Boy. She won this award in 1994 for Four Weddings and a Funeral, and has been twice nominated for Lead Actress (for The English Patient in 1996 and I’ve Loved You So Long in 2008).
Previous nominations: 3; 1 win
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
Presented by Rupert Everett
This award is presented in honour of Alexander Korda. It is presented to the producer, director and writer of the film.
This award was created to recognise initiative and endeavour in British film, aiming to reward outstanding and original British filmmaking which shows exceptional creativity and innovation. To be eligible, a film must have significant British creative involvement and be certified as British under one of the UK Film Council’s three definitions (http://www.ukfilmcouncil.org.uk/qualifying). Only exceptionally will a non-certified film be considered.The nominees and winner of this award are decided by a combination of membership Round One vote, Film Committee discussion and jury.
WINNER FISH TANK Kees Kasander, Nick Laws (Producers) Andrea Arnold (Writer/Director)
Arnold won the Outstanding Debut award for her debut feature Red Road in 2006. Her next film will be a new version of Wuthering Heights.
Previous nominations: Arnold (1; 1 win), Kasander, Laws (None)
AN EDUCATION Finola Dwyer, Amanda Posey (Producers) Lone Scherfig (Director) Nick Hornby (Writer)
An Education is also nominated for Best Film. Scherfig and Hornby are nominated for Director and Adapted Screenplay respectively.
Previous nominations: Dwyer (2), Posey, Scherfig, Hornby (none)
IN THE LOOP Kevin Loader, Adam Tandy (Producers) Armando Iannucci (Writer/Director)
Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Tony Roche (Writers)
The writers are also nominated for Adapted Screenplay. Iannucci was also the co-writer and director of Steve Coogan’s Alan Partridge, and was BAFTA nominated for both Knowing Me Knowing You and I’m Alan Partridge, winning in 1997. Jesse Armstrong is the co-writer of Peep Show for which he won a BAFTA in 2003. Tony Roche and Simon Blackwell are both prolific TV comedy writers.
Previous nominations: Iannucci (2; 1 win), Armstrong (1 win), Blackwell, Roche, Loader, Tandy (none), Tony Roche (none)
MOON Stuart Fenegan, Trudie Styler (Producers) Duncan Jones (Writer/Director) Nathan Parker (Writer)
This is the debut feature for Fenegan, Parker and Jones, and Jones is also nominated for the Outstanding Debut award. No previous nominations.
NOWHERE BOY Robert Bernstein, Douglas Rae, Kevin Loader (Producers) Sam Taylor-Wood (Director) Matt Greenhalgh (Writer)
Taylor-Wood is a internationally renowned and Turner-prize winning video and installation artist. She was nominated in the Short Film category last year, but this is her first feature, and she is also nominated for Outstanding Debut. Greenhalgh won the Outstanding Debut award in 2007 for Control, for which he was also nominated in this category.
Previous nominations: Greenhalgh (3; 1 win), Taylor-Wood (1), Bernstein, Rae, Loader (None).
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Presented by Robert Pattinson
WINNER THE HURT LOCKER Mark Boal
Also nominated for Best Film as producer of The Hurt Locker. This is his first screenplay, and is based on his experiences as a freelance journalist embedded with a bomb squad serving in Iraq. The 2007 film In the Valley of Elah is based on an article he wrote about the murder of an Iraq War veteran.
No previous nominations.
THE HANGOVER Jon Lucas, Scott Moore
Lucas and Moore are a writing team, whose previous credits include Ghosts of Girlfriends Past and Four Christmases.
No previous nominations.
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS Quentin Tarantino
Also nominated for Best Director. He won this category for Pulp Fiction, for which he was also nominated for directing and Best Film.
Previous nominations: 3, 1 win.
A SERIOUS MAN Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
The Coen brothers have been nominated in this category on three previous occasions; they have a total of 9 joint BAFTA nominations (including 2 for Editing under the pseudonym Roderick Jaynes). They won a BAFTA for directing No Country for Old Men in 07; Joel also won for directing Fargo in 1996, making him one of only 9 directors to have won the directing category twice.
Previous nominations: Joel Coen (10; 2 wins), Ethan Coen (9; 1 win).
UP Pete Docter, Bob Peterson
Pete Docter also directed Up, as well as Monsters Inc for which he was nominated for a BAFTA for Children’s Feature. Bob Peterson co-wrote Finding Nemo for which he was nominated for Original Screenplay. Both have worked for Pixar since the early Nineties.
Previous nominations: 1 each.
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Presented by Rebecca Hall and Jonathan Rhys Meyers
This award is usually presented to the Production Designer and the Set Decorator.
WINNER AVATAR Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg (Production Designers), Kim Sinclair (Set Decorator)
Richard Stromberg was previously nominated for Master and Commander in 2003. Carter’s previous credits include Forrest Gump, War of the Worlds, and Jurassic Park: The Lost World. Sinclair’s previous credits include The Last Samurai and The Legend of Zorro.
Previous nominations: Stromberg (1), Carter, Sinclair (none)
DISTRICT 9 Philip Ivey (Production Designer), Guy Potgieter (Set Decorator)
Ivey was Art Director for The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Potgieter’s previous credits include 10,000BC.
No previous nominations
HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE Stuart Craig (Production Designer), Stephenie McMillan (Set Decorator)
Craig has been the Production Designer on all of the Harry Potter films so far, and has been nominated for this award for each one; he won in 2005 for The Goblet of Fire. He has a total of 11 previous nominations in this category and is one of BAFTA’s most nominated craftspeople; his other nominations include Gandhi, Dangerous Liasons and The English Patient. McMillan was also nominated for her work on Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix in 2007.
Previous nominations: Craig (11; 1 win), McMillan (1)
THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS Dave Warren (Original Designer) Anastasia Masaro (Production Designer) Caroline Smith (Set Decorator)
Warren’s previous credits include Sweeney Todd and Bridget Jones’ Diary. Masaro worked with Gilliam previously on Tideland. Smith’s credits include Notes on a Scandal, Love Actually and Match Point.
No previous nominations
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS David Wasco (Production Designer) Sandy Reynolds Wasco(Set Decorator)
David and Sandy are married. They have previously worked with Tarantino on Kill Bill, Jackie Brown, Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs.
No previous nominations
THE ORANGE RISING STAR AWARD (this award is voted for by the public)
Presented by last year's winner of the award, Noel Clarke.
WINNER:
KRISTEN STEWART
Kristen Stewart plays Bella in the Twilight films.
JESSE EISENBERG
NICHOLAS HOULT
CAREY MULLIGAN
TAHAR RAHIM
For more information about this award and this year’s nominees, see here.
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Presented by Guy Pearce
WINNER UP IN THE AIR Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner
Based on the novel by American author, Walter Kirn, who was inspired by a conversation with a fellow passenger on a plane, who spent 300 days a year on the road for business and had sold his home because he never used it. Jason Reitman is the director of Juno and Thank You For Smoking, which he also adapted for the screen. Sheldon Turner’s other writing credits include The Longest Yard and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning.
No previous nominations.
DISTRICT 9 Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell
Based on the director’s short film Alive in Joburg, which Peter Jackson suggested be expanded to a feature after a proposed collaboration on a film version of the video game Halo fell through.
No previous nominations.
AN EDUCATION Nick Hornby
Based on an autobiographical article by British journalist Lynn Barber in Granta magazine, which has since been expanded and published as a memoir under the same title. Nick Hornby is a novelist whose work has been adapted into several successful films, including High Fidelity, About A Boy, and Fever Pitch, which he adapted for the screen himself.
No previous nominations.
IN THE LOOP Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche
Featuring characters from the BBC TV series The Thick of It, devised and directed by Iannucci. Iannucci was also the co-writer and director of Steve Coogan’s Alan Partridge, and was BAFTA nominated for both Knowing Me Knowing You and I’m Alan Partridge, winning in 1997. Jesse Armstrong is the co-writer of Peep Show for which he won a BAFTA in 2003. Tony Roche and Simon Blackwell are both prolific TV comedy writers.
Previous nominations: Armando Iannucci (2; 1 win), Jesse Armstrong (1 win), Simon Blackwell (none), Tony Roche (none)
PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL PUSH BY SAPPHIRE Geoffrey Fletcher
Sapphire is an American author and performance poet; Push, her first (and, so far, only) novel, is based on her experiences as a social worker in New York. Geoffrey Fletcher is a film professor at Columbia University, who was asked to adapt the novel by director Lee Daniels after he saw a student film Fletcher had made. The title was changed to avoid confusion with the 2009 action film Push, which was already in production.
No previous nominations.
ANIMATED FILM
Presented by Peter Capaldi
WINNER UP Pete Docter (Director and Co-writer)
Pete Docter also directed Up, as well as Monsters Inc for which he was BAFTA-nominated for Feature Film at the Children’s Awards. He has worked for Pixar as an animator and story writer since graduating from the California Institute of the Arts in 1990.
This award was introduced in 2007, and a Pixar film has been nominated in this category each year since then, and they have won the award for the last two years (for Ratatouille and WALL:E). WALL:E, The Incredibles and Monsters Inc have all won the Feature Film category at the BAFTA Children's Awards, and Pixar have a total of 14 previous nominations.
Previous nominations: Docter (1).
CORALINE Henry Selick (Director and Writer)
Coraline won a BAFTA for Feature Film at the Children’s Awards in 2009, and is based on the graphic novel by Neil Gaiman. Selick also directed James and the Giant Peach and The Nightmare Before Christmas.
Previous nominations: 1
FANTASTIC MR FOX Wes Anderson (Director and Co-Writer)
Based loosely on the book by Roald Dahl, this is Wes Anderson’s first animated film; his earlier films include The Darjeeling Limited, The Life Aquatic, Rushmore and The Royal Tenenbaums, for which he was nominated for Original Screenplay.
Previous nominations: 1
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Presented by Carey Mulligan
This award is presented to the Producer and Director of the film.
WINNER A PROPHET Pascal Caucheteux, Marco Cherqui, Alix Raynaud (Producers), Jacques Audiard (Writer/Director)
Caucheteux and Audiard previously worked together on The Beat That My Heart Skipped for which they won this award in 2006.
Previous nominations: Caucheteux (1;1win) Audiard (1;1 win), Raynaud, Cherqui (none)
BROKEN EMBRACES Agustín Almodóvar (Producer), Pedro Almodóvar (Writer/Director)
This is Pedro’s Almodóvar's tenth BAFTA nomination. Agustín, his brother, has produced all his films .They have won this award twice for All About My Mother in 1999 and Talk to Her in 2002; Pedro also won Director for All About My Mother and Original Screenplay for Talk to Her. Broken Embraces, which tells the story of a reclusive film director, includes a film within a film which is closely based on Almodóvar’s earlier film Women on the Verge of A Nervous Breakdown.
Previous nominations: Agustín Almodóvar (5; 2 wins) Pedro Almodóvar (9; 4 wins)
COCO BEFORE CHANEL Carole Scotta, Caroline Benjo, Philippe Carcassonne (Producers),
Anne Fontaine (Writer/Director)
Carcassonne has been nominated for this award three times, and won it for Ridicule in 1993. Scotta was previously nominated for this award for Ma Vie En Rose in 1997, and won the Short Film award in 1996. Fontaine’s previous credits include How I Killed My Father and Nathalie, which has just been remade in the US as Chloe starring Julianne Moore.
Previous nominations: Carcassonne (3; 1 win), Scotta (2;1 win) Benjo (None)
LET THE RIGHT ONE IN Carl Molinder, John Nordling (Producers), Tomas Alfredson (Director)
Let the Right One In is due to remade in the US by Cloverfield director, Matt Reeves.
No previous nominations.
THE WHITE RIBBON Stefan Arndt, Veit Heiduschka, Margaret Menegoz (Producers), Michael Haneke (Writer/Director)
All of the nominees for this film have been nominated in this category before. Haneke and Heiduschka were both nominated for The Piano Teacher in 2001; Arndt has been nominated twice, for Run Lola Run and Goodbye Lenin!; Menegoz has been nominated three times and won in 1983 for Danton. Haneke’s other credits include Funny Games and Caché (Hidden).
Previous nominations: Haneke, Heiduschka (1) Menegoz (3; 1 win) Arndt (2)
DIRECTOR
Presented by Clive Owen
This award is presented in honour of David Lean
WINNER THE HURT LOCKER Kathryn Bigelow
Bigelow’s previous credits include K19: The Widowmaker, Stange Days and Point Break. She is the first woman to win this category. (Other women have won for directing in the Outstanding Debut category including Andrea Arnold, Lynne Ramsay and Sam Taylor-Wood this year).
AVATAR James Cameron
Cameron is also nominated for Editing and Best Film. He was previously nominated in the same three categories for Titanic, but did not win in any category. His other films include Terminator, Terminator 2 and Aliens.
Previous nominations: 3
DISTRICT 9 Neill Blomkamp
Blomkamp’s career began as an animator and has won awards for his VFX work. District 9 is his first feature as director; it was originally made as a short film Alive in Joburg, which Peter Jackson suggested be expanded to a feature after a proposed collaboration on a film version of the video game Halo fell through.
No previous nominations.
AN EDUCATION Lone Scherfig
Danish director Scherfig’s previous films include the multi-award winning Italian for Beginners (made under the rules of the Dogme movement) and Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself. Scherfig and Bigelow are the third and fourth women to be nominated in this category (after Jane Campion and Sophia Coppola). (Other women have won for directing in the Outstanding Debut category including Andrea Arnold, Lynne Ramsay and Sam Taylor-Wood this year).
No previous nominations.
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS Quentin Tarantino
Tarantino becomes one of only nine directors (after Alan Parker, Woody Allen, Ang Lee, John Schlesinger, Louis Malle, Peter Weir, Roman Polanski and Joel Coen) to be nominated twice in this category, having been nominated previously for Pulp Fiction in 1994. Pulp Fiction was also nominated for Best Film, and Tarantino won the Original Screenplay category. He is also nominated for Original Screenplay this year.
Previous nominations: 3; 1 win.
LEADING ACTOR
Presented by last year's winner of the Leading Actress award, Kate Winslet
WINNER COLIN FIRTH A Single Man
Firth plays grieving college professor George in A Single Man. He was previously nominated for Supporting Actor for Bridget Jones Diary and twice in the Acting category at the Television Awards (for Tumbledown and for playing Mr Darcy in the BBC’s 1995 adaptation of Pride and Prejudice)
Previous nominations: 3
JEFF BRIDGES Crazy Heart
Bridges plays down and out country singer Bad Blake in Crazy Heart; the character is loosely based on a combination of people including Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, and Merle Haggard. His other credits include The Big Lebowski, The Fisher King, The Fabulous Baker Boys and The Last Picture Show.
No previous nominations.
GEORGE CLOONEY Up in the Air
Clooney’s performance as corporate downsizer and perpetual traveller Ryan Bingham is his fourth BAFTA nomination for acting. He was also nominated for directing and writing Goodnight and Good Luck.
Previous nominations: 5
JEREMY RENNER The Hurt Locker
Renner plays bomb disposal expert Sergeant William James in The Hurt Locker. Other credits include 28 Weeks Later, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford and North Country.
No previous nominations
ANDY SERKIS Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
Serkis plays Blockheads frontman Ian Dury in Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll. Perhaps best known for playing Gollum in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, he was nominated at the 2006 Television Awards for playing Moors murderer Ian Brady in Longford.
Previous nominations: 1
LEADING ACTRESS
Presented by last year's winner of the Leading Actor award, Mickey Rourke
WINNER CAREY MULLIGAN An Education
Mulligan plays headstrong teenager Jenny (based on journalist Lynn Barber) in An Education. Her television credits include Dr Who and Bleak House, but this is her first major film role. She is also nominated for the Orange Rising Star Award.
No previous nominations
SAOIRSE RONAN The Lovely Bones
Ronan plays murdered schoolgirl Susie Salmon in The Lovely Bones. Despite being only 15, this is her second nomination (she was nominated for Supporting Actress in 2007 for Atonement). Although not the youngest actress to be nominated for a leading role (Hayley Mills was nominated in 1961 when she was 14), she would be the youngest actress to win for a leading role. (This is currently Emily Lloyd, who was 17 when she won for Wish You Were Here in 1987)
Previous nominations: 1
GABOUREY SIDIBE Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Sidibe’s role as the abused teenager Precious Jones is her acting debut; she had no previous acting experience and was studying for a psychology degree when a friend encouraged her to attend an open audition in September 2007.
No previous nominations.
MERYL STREEP Julie & Julia
Streep’s role as chef Julia Child is her thirteenth British Academy Film Awards nomination, making her the most nominated film actress in the Academy’s history (until this year she tied with Judi Dench and Maggie Smith). She has only won once though: for Leading Actress for The French Lieutenant’s Woman in 1981.
Previous nominations: 13; 1 win.
AUDREY TAUTOU Coco Before Chanel
Tautou’s depiction of the early life of legendary designer Coco Chanel has earned her a second BAFTA nomination, following her previous nomination for Amelie in 2001.
Previous nominations: 1
BEST FILM
Presented by Dustin Hoffman
This award is presented to the producers of the film
WINNER THE HURT LOCKER Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier, Greg Shapiro
The Hurt Locker was shot on location in Jordan, only miles from the Iraq border. The title is military slang for being injured in an explosion, as in “they sent him to the hurt locker”.
Bigelow and Boal are also nominated for Director and Original Screenplay respectively.
No previous nominations.
AVATAR James Cameron, Jon Landau
Avatar is now the highest-grossing film of all time. It is the first film to be nominated for Best Film without receiving any acting or screenplay nominations since Akira Kurosawa’s Kagemusha in 1980, and if it wins would be the first Best Film with no acting or screenplay nominations since Ben Hur in 1959. It is the first science fiction film to be nominated for Best Film since Back to the Future in 1985, and would be the first science fiction film to win this award.
Cameron is also nominated for Director and Editing, and was previously nominated for the same three awards for Titanic. Landau also produced Titanic and Solaris.
Previous nominations: James Cameron (3), Jon Landau (1)
AN EDUCATION Finola Dwyer, Amanda Posey
Set in the early 60's, An Education is the story of a promising but disenchanted schoolgirl who is distracted from her studies by a relationship with an older man.
Dwyer has been nominated twice for Outstanding British Film for Backbeat and Me Without You. Posey is married to writer Nick Hornby, and previously produced the film adaptation of Fever Pitch.
Previous nominations: Dwyer (2), Posey (none)
PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL PUSH BY SAPPHIRE Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness, Gary Magness
Shot for a relatively small budget in New York, Precious premiered to acclaim at last year’s Sundance Film Festival, and picked up the support of Oprah Winfrey who came on board as an executive producer. The film counterpoints the grim realities of Precious’ life with fantasy sequences which were originally intended to be animated. Lee Daniels previously produced Monster’s Ball, and is the director of the film. Sarah and Gary are married, and this is their first feature as producers.
No previous nominations.
UP IN THE AIR Ivan Reitman, Jason Reitman, Daniel Dubiecki
The story of a man who fires people for a living has struck a chord in the current climate and many of the people featured in the firing scenes are non-professional actors who answered an advert looking for participants for a documentary about what it is like to lose your job unexpectedly.
Jason Reitman is the writer and director of the film, and is also nominated for Adapted Screenplay; his previous credits include directing Juno and writing and directing Thank You for Smoking. Ivan Reitman is the director and producer of a host of successful films including Ghostbusters, Twins, and Kindergarten Cop. Ivan is Jason’s father, and this is the first film they have worked on together. Daniel Dubieki was Executive Producer on Juno, and has also produced Jennifer’s Body.
No previous nominations.
FELLOWSHIP
Presented by HRH Prince William and Uma Thurman
VANESSA REDGRAVE
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