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Film / Carl Foreman Award for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer in their First Feature Film

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Jump Tomorrow
Carl Foreman Award for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer in their First Feature Film
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  • Asif Kapadia (Director
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The Warrior
Carl Foreman Award for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer in their First Feature Film
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Kiss Of Life
Carl Foreman Award for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer in their First Feature Film
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A Way Of Life
Carl Foreman Award for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer in their First Feature Film
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Joe Wright (Director)

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Carl Foreman Award for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer in their First Feature Film
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Andrea Arnold (Director)

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Carl Foreman Award for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer in their First Feature Film
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Matt Greenhalgh (Writer)

Control
Carl Foreman Award for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer in their First Feature Film
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Hunger
Carl Foreman Award for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer in their First Feature Film

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  • Winner

    • Steve McQueen (Director
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    Hunger
    Carl Foreman Award for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer in their First Feature Film
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    Garth Jennings (Writer)

    Son Of Rambow
    Carl Foreman Award for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer in their First Feature Film
    Nominee

    Simon Chinn (Producer)

    Man On Wire
    Carl Foreman Award for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer in their First Feature Film
    Nominee

    Judy Craymer (Producer)

    Mamma Mia!
    Carl Foreman Award for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer in their First Feature Film
    Nominee

    • Roy Boulter (Producer)
    • Sol Papadopoulos (Producer)

    Of Time And The City
    Carl Foreman Award for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer in their First Feature Film
  • Winner

    Matt Greenhalgh (Writer)

    Control
    Carl Foreman Award for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer in their First Feature Film
    Nominee

    • Andrew Piddington (Director
    • Writer)

    The Killing Of John Lennon
    Carl Foreman Award for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer in their First Feature Film
    Nominee

    Mia Bays (Producer)

    Scott Walker: 30 Century Man
    Carl Foreman Award for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer in their First Feature Film
    Nominee

    Sarah Gavron (Director)

    Brick Lane
    Carl Foreman Award for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer in their First Feature Film
    Nominee

    • Chris Atkins (Director
    • Writer)

    Taking Liberties
    Carl Foreman Award for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer in their First Feature Film
  • Winner

    Andrea Arnold (Director)

    Red Road
    Carl Foreman Award for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer in their First Feature Film
    Nominee

    Paul Andrew Williams (Director)

    London To Brighton
    Carl Foreman Award for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer in their First Feature Film
    Nominee

    Gary Tarn (Director)

    Black Sun
    Carl Foreman Award for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer in their First Feature Film
    Nominee

    Christine Langan (Producer)

    Pierrepoint
    Carl Foreman Award for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer in their First Feature Film
    Nominee

    Julian Gilbey (Director)

    Rollin' With The Nines
    Carl Foreman Award for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer in their First Feature Film
  • Winner

    Joe Wright (Director)

    Pride And Prejudice
    Carl Foreman Award for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer in their First Feature Film
    Nominee

    Richard Hawkins (Director)

    Everything
    Carl Foreman Award for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer in their First Feature Film
    Nominee

    Peter Fudakowski (Producer)

    Tsotsi
    Carl Foreman Award for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer in their First Feature Film
    Nominee

    • Annie Griffin (Director
    • Writer)

    Festival
    Carl Foreman Award for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer in their First Feature Film
    Nominee

    David Belton (Producer)

    Shooting Dogs
    Carl Foreman Award for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer in their First Feature Film
  • Winner

    • Amma Asante (Director
    • Writer)

    A Way Of Life
    Carl Foreman Award for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer in their First Feature Film
    Nominee

    Matthew Vaughn (Director)

    Layer Cake
    Carl Foreman Award for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer in their First Feature Film
    Nominee

    Nira Park (Producer)

    Shaun Of The Dead
    Carl Foreman Award for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer in their First Feature Film
    Nominee

    Andrea Gibb (Writer)

    Afterlife
    Carl Foreman Award for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer in their First Feature Film
    Nominee

    Shona Auerbach (Director)

    Dear Frankie
    Carl Foreman Award for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer in their First Feature Film
  • Winner

    • Emily Young (Director
    • Writer)

    Kiss Of Life
    Carl Foreman Award for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer in their First Feature Film
    Nominee

    Jenny Mayhew (Writer)

    To Kill A King
    Carl Foreman Award for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer in their First Feature Film
    Nominee

    Peter Webber (Director)

    Girl With A Pearl Earring
    Carl Foreman Award for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer in their First Feature Film
    Nominee

    Sergio Casci (Writer)

    American Cousins
    Carl Foreman Award for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer in their First Feature Film
  • Winner

    • Asif Kapadia (Director
    • Co-Writer)

    The Warrior
    Carl Foreman Award for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer in their First Feature Film
    Nominee

    Simon Bent (Writer)

    Christie Malry's Own Double Entry
    Carl Foreman Award for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer in their First Feature Film
    Nominee

    Lucy Darwin (Producer)

    Lost In La Mancha
    Carl Foreman Award for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer in their First Feature Film
    Nominee

    • Duncan Roy (Director
    • Writer)

    AKA
    Carl Foreman Award for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer in their First Feature Film
  • Winner

    • Joel Hopkins
    • Nicola Usborne (Director
    • Writer
    • Producer)

    Jump Tomorrow
    Carl Foreman Award for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer in their First Feature Film
    Nominee

    • Richard Parry (Director
    • Co Writer)

    South West 9
    Carl Foreman Award for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer in their First Feature Film
    Nominee

    Jack Lothian (Writer)

    Late Night Shopping
    Carl Foreman Award for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer in their First Feature Film
    Nominee

    Ruth Kenley-Letts (Producer)

    Strictly Sinatra
    Carl Foreman Award for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer in their First Feature Film
    Nominee

    Julian Fellowes (Writer)

    Gosford Park
    Carl Foreman Award for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer in their First Feature Film
    Nominee

    • Steve Coogan
    • Henry Normal (Writers)

    The Parole Officer
    Carl Foreman Award for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer in their First Feature Film

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