56th British Academy Film Awards

56th British Academy Film Awards
Date	23 February 2003
Highlights
Best Film	The Pianist
Best British Film	The Warrior
Best Actor	Daniel Day-Lewis Gangs of New York
Best Actress	Nicole Kidman The Hours
Most awards	Chicago, The Hours, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The Pianist, Road to Perdition, and Talk to Her (2)
Most nominations	Chicago & Gangs of New York (12)

The 56th British Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts on 23 February 2003, honoured the best in film for 2002.

Roman Polanski's The Pianist won the award for Best Film and Best Director. The Warrior, directed by Asif Kapadia, was voted Best British Film of 2002. Nicole Kidman won the award for Best Lead Actress in The Hours. She went on to win the Academy Award. The same happened to Catherine Zeta-Jones (Chicago) as Best Supporting Actress. Daniel Day-Lewis won the award for Best Male Performer in a Leading Role in Gangs of New York.

Winners and nominees

Roman Polanski, Best Director winner

Daniel Day-Lewis, Best Actor winner

Nicole Kidman, Best Actress winner

Christopher Walken, Best Supporting Actor winner

Catherine Zeta-Jones, Best Supporting Actress winner

Best Film	Best Director
The Pianist Chicago Gangs of New York The Hours The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	Roman Polanski - The Pianist Stephen Daldry - The Hours Peter Jackson - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Rob Marshall - Chicago Martin Scorsese - Gangs of New York
Best Actor in a Leading Role	Best Actress in a Leading Role
Daniel Day-Lewis - Gangs of New York Adrien Brody - The Pianist Nicolas Cage - Adaptation. Michael Caine - The Quiet American Jack Nicholson - About Schmidt	Nicole Kidman - The Hours Halle Berry - Monster's Ball Salma Hayek - Frida Meryl Streep - The Hours Renée Zellweger - Chicago
Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Christopher Walken - Catch Me If You Can Chris Cooper - Adaptation. Ed Harris - The Hours Alfred Molina - Frida Paul Newman - Road to Perdition	Catherine Zeta-Jones - Chicago Toni Collette - About a Boy Julianne Moore - The Hours Queen Latifah - Chicago Meryl Streep - Adaptation.
Best Original Screenplay	Best Adapted Screenplay
Talk to Her (Hable con ella) - Pedro Almodóvar And Your Mother Too (Y tu mamá también) - Alfonso and Carlos Cuarón Dirty Pretty Things - Steven Knight Gangs of New York - Jay Cocks, Kenneth Lonergan and Steven Zaillian The Magdalene Sisters - Peter Mullan	Adaptation. - Charlie and Donald Kaufman About a Boy - Peter Hedges, Chris Weitz and Paul Weitz Catch Me If You Can - Jeff Nathanson The Hours - David Hare The Pianist - Ronald Harwood
Best Cinematography	Outstanding British Film
Road to Perdition Chicago Gangs of New York The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers The Pianist	The Warrior Bend It Like Beckham Dirty Pretty Things The Hours The Magdalene Sisters
Best Original Music	Best Sound
"The Hours" - Philip Glass "Catch Me If You Can" - John Williams "Chicago" - Fred Ebb, Danny Elfman and John Kander "Gangs of New York" - Howard Shore "The Pianist" - Wojciech Kilar	Chicago Gangs of New York Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers The Pianist
Best Production Design	Best Special Visual Effects
Road to Perdition Chicago Gangs of New York Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Gangs of New York Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Minority Report Spider-Man
Best Costume Design	Best Makeup and Hair
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Catch Me If You Can Chicago Frida Gangs of New York	Frida Chicago Gangs of New York The Hours The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Best Editing	Best Film Not in the English Language
City of God (Cidade de Deus) Chicago Gangs of New York The Hours The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	Talk to Her (Hable con ella) And Your Mother Too (Y tu mamá también) City of God (Cidade de Deus) Devdas The Warrior
Best Short Animation	Best Short Film
Fish Never Sleep The Chubbchubbs! The Dog Who Was a Cat Inside Sap Wedding Espresso	My Wrongs #8245–8249 & 117 Bouncer Candy Bar Kid Good Night The Most Beautiful Man in the World Rank

Award breakdown

Winners

• 2 / 2 Hable con ella (Talk to Her): Best Film not in the English Language & Best Screenplay - Original
• 2 / 3 Road to Perdition: Best Cinematography & Best Production Design
• 2 / 7 The Pianist: Best Director & Best Film
• 2 / 10 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers: Best Costume Design & Best Visual Effects (+ the Audience Award)
• 2 / 11 The Hours: Best Actress & Best Film Music
• 2 / 12 Chicago: Best Sound & Best Supporting Actress
• 1 / 2 Cidade de Deus (City of God): Best Editing
• 1 / 2 The Warrior: Best British Film & Best Film not in the English Language
• 1 / 4 Adaptation.: Best Screenplay - Adapted
• 1 / 4 Catch Me If You Can: Best Supporting Actor
• 1 / 4 Frida: Best Makeup/Hair
• 1 / 12 Gangs of New York: Best Actor

Losers

• 0 / 2 About a Boy
• 0 / 2 Dirty Pretty Things
• 0 / 2 The Magdalene Sisters
• 0 / 2 Y tu mamá también (And Your Mother Too)
• 0 / 3 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

References

• "Gangs of New York and Chicago dominate BAFTAs". Daily Mail
• "BAFTA nominations list". Daily Mail
• Allison, Rebecca (February 24, 2003). "Britain's big Bafta night as The Hours has the edge on Hollywood blockbusters". The Guardian
• "Stars arrive for BAFTAs". BBC. February 23, 2003
• "'Pianist,' Kidman win BAFTAs". CNN. February 24, 2003