65th British Academy Film Awards

65th British Academy Film Awards
65th British Academy Film Awards
Date	12 February 2012
Site	Royal Opera House, London
Hosted by	Stephen Fry
Highlights
Best Film	The Artist
Best British Film	Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Best Actor	Jean Dujardin; The Artist
Best Actress	Meryl Streep; The Iron Lady
Most awards	The Artist (7)
Most nominations	The Artist (12)
	← 64th; BAFTA Awards; 66th →;

The 65th British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, were held on 12 February 2012 at the Royal Opera House in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 2011. The nominations were announced on 17 January 2012 by actor Daniel Radcliffe and actress Holliday Grainger.^[1] Presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, accolades are handed out for the best feature-length film and documentaries of any nationality that were screened at British cinemas in 2011. Stephen Fry, who hosted from 2001 to 2006, returned to host the ceremony.^[2] The Artist won seven awards out of its twelve nominations, including Best Film, Best Director for Michel Hazanavicius, and Best Actor for Jean Dujardin. Meryl Streep won Best Actress for The Iron Lady. Christopher Plummer won Best Supporting Actor for Beginners and Octavia Spencer won Best Supporting Actress for The Help. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, directed by Tomas Alfredson, was voted Outstanding British Film of 2011.^[3] Director Martin Scorsese was given the BAFTA Fellowship and Sir John Hurt garnered the BAFTA Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award.^[4]

Winners and nominees

BAFTA Fellowship

Martin Scorsese

Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema

Sir John Hurt

Best Film The Artist The Descendants Drive The Help Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy	Best Director Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist Tomas Alfredson – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Lynne Ramsay – We Need to Talk About Kevin Nicolas Winding Refn – Drive Martin Scorsese – Hugo
Best Actor in a Leading Role Jean Dujardin – The Artist as George Valentin George Clooney – The Descendants as Matthew "Matt" King Michael Fassbender – Shame as Brandon Sullivan Gary Oldman – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy as George Smiley Brad Pitt – Moneyball as Billy Beane	Best Actress in a Leading Role Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady as Margaret Thatcher Bérénice Bejo – The Artist as Peppy Miller Viola Davis – The Help as Aibileen Clark Tilda Swinton – We Need to Talk About Kevin as Eva Khatchadourian Michelle Williams – My Week with Marilyn as Marilyn Monroe
Best Actor in a Supporting Role Christopher Plummer – Beginners as Hal Fields Kenneth Branagh – My Week with Marilyn as Laurence Olivier Jim Broadbent – The Iron Lady as Denis Thatcher Jonah Hill – Moneyball as Peter Brand Philip Seymour Hoffman – The Ides of March as Paul Zara	Best Actress in a Supporting Role Octavia Spencer – The Help as Minny Jackson Jessica Chastain – The Help as Celia Rae Foote Judi Dench – My Week with Marilyn as Sybil Thorndike Melissa McCarthy – Bridesmaids as Megan Price Carey Mulligan – Drive as Irene
Best Original Screenplay Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist Woody Allen – Midnight in Paris John Michael McDonagh – The Guard Abi Morgan – The Iron Lady Annie Mumolo, Kristen Wiig – Bridesmaids	Best Adapted Screenplay Bridget O'Connor, Peter Straughan – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon – The Ides of March Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash – The Descendants Tate Taylor – The Help Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin – Moneyball
Best Cinematography Guillaume Schiffman – The Artist Jeff Cronenweth – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Hoyte van Hoytema – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Janusz Kamiński – War Horse Robert Richardson – Hugo	Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer Tyrannosaur – Paddy Considine (Director), Diarmid Scrimshaw (Producer) Attack the Block – Joe Cornish (Director/Writer) Black Pond – Will Sharpe (Director/Writer), Tom Kingsley (Director), Sarah Brocklehurst (Producer) Coriolanus – Ralph Fiennes (Director) Submarine – Richard Ayoade (Director/Writer)
Outstanding British Film Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy My Week with Marilyn Senna Shame We Need to Talk About Kevin	Best Documentary Senna – Asif Kapadia George Harrison: Living in the Material World – Martin Scorsese Project Nim – James Marsh
Best Original Music Ludovic Bource – The Artist Alberto Iglesias – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Howard Shore – Hugo John Williams – War Horse	Best Sound Philip Stockton, Eugene Gearty, Tom Fleischman, John Midgley – Hugo John Casali, Howard Bargroff, Doug Cooper, Stephen Griffiths, Andy Shelley – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy James Mather, Stuart Wilson, Stuart Hilliker, Mike Dowson, Adam Scrivener – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 Nadine Muse, Gérard Lamps, Michael Krikorian – The Artist Stuart Wilson, Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson, Richard Hymns – War Horse
Best Production Design Dante Ferretti, Francesca Lo Schiavo – Hugo Laurence Bennett, Robert Gould – The Artist Rick Carter, Lee Sandales – War Horse Stuart Craig, Stephenie McMillan – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 Maria Djurkovic, Tatiana MacDonald – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy	Best Special Visual Effects Tim Burke, John Richardson, Greg Butler, David Vickery – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 Robert Legato, Ben Grossmann, Joss Williams – Hugo Joe Letteri – The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White – Rise of the Planet of the Apes Ben Morris, Neil Corbould – War Horse
Best Costume Design Mark Bridges – The Artist Jacqueline Durran – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Michael O'Connor – Jane Eyre Sandy Powell – Hugo Jill Taylor – My Week with Marilyn	Best Makeup and Hair Marese Langan – The Iron Lady Julie Hewett, Cydney Cornell – The Artist Amanda Knight, Lisa Tomblin – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 Morag Ross, Jan Archibald – Hugo Jenny Shircore – My Week with Marilyn
Best Editing Gregers Sall, Chris King – Senna Anne-Sophie Bion, Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist Dino Jonsater – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Mat Newman – Drive Thelma Schoonmaker – Hugo	Best Film Not in the English Language The Skin I Live In (La piel que habito) Incendies Pina Potiche A Separation
Best Animated Film Rango The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn Arthur Christmas	Best Short Animation A Morning Stroll – Grant Orchard, Sue Goffe Abuelas – Afarin Eghbal, Kasia Malipan, Francesca Gardiner Bobby Yeah – Robert Morgan
Best Short Film Pitch Black Heist – John Maclean, Gerardine O'Flynn Chalk – Martina Amati, Gavin Emerson, James Bolton, Ilaria Bernardini Only Sound Remains – Arash Ashtiani, Anshu Poddar Mwansa the Great – Rungano Nyoni, Gabriel Gauchet Two and Two – Babak Anvari, Kit Fraser, Gavin Cullen	Orange Rising Star Award Adam Deacon Chris Hemsworth Tom Hiddleston Chris O'Dowd Eddie Redmayne

Awards breakdown

Most wins

7 wins The Artist
2 wins Hugo, The Iron Lady, Senna, and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Most nominations

12 nominations The Artist
11 nominations Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
9 nominations Hugo
6 nominations My Week with Marilyn
5 nominations The Help and War Horse
4 nominations Drive, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2, and The Iron Lady
3 nominations The Descendants, Moneyball, Senna, and We Need to Talk About Kevin
2 nominations The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn, Bridesmaids, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Ides of March, and Shame

In Memoriam

References

^ BAFTA Film Awards Nominations in 2012, bafta.org, 17 January 2012.
^ Stephen Fry Returns to British Academy Film Awards, bafta.org.
^ Reynolds, Simon (12 February 2012). "Orange BAFTA Film Awards 2012 winners list – in full". Digital Spy. Hearst Magazines UK. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
^ Pond, Steve (12 February 2012). "'The Artist' Dominates at BAFTA Awards". Reuters. Retrieved 12 February 2012.

External links

65th BAFTA Awards page

[1] BAFTA Film Awards Nominations in 2012, bafta.org, 17 January 2012.

[2] Stephen Fry Returns to British Academy Film Awards, bafta.org.

[3] Reynolds, Simon (12 February 2012). "Orange BAFTA Film Awards 2012 winners list – in full". Digital Spy. Hearst Magazines UK. Retrieved 12 February 2012.

[4] Pond, Steve (12 February 2012). "'The Artist' Dominates at BAFTA Awards". Reuters. Retrieved 12 February 2012.

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