Oscar (and Bafta) acting winners in 2008
This year’s BAFTA’s were handed out today and things continue to look good for Slumdog Millionaire, as it won best picture, best director, best adapted screenplay, best music, best cinematography, best editing and best sound. At this point, for any other film to win the best picture Oscar on February 22 would be considered an upset.
As for the acting categories, an interesting thing has happened in the last two years during the movie awards season: every actor who has won a BAFTA award also went on to win on Oscar. Will this trend continue? We think so. This bodes well for Kate Winslet, Mickey Rourke, Penelope Cruz and Heath Ledger, all winners today in their respective acting categories.
Here is a full list of the winners at the Orange British Academy Film Awards, or the BAFTA’s, held at London’s Royal Opera House in Covent Garden on Sunday:
BEST FILM
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE Christian Colson
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
MAN ON WIRE Simon Chinn / James Marsh
THE CARL FOREMAN AWARD for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer for their First Feature Film
STEVE McQUEEN Director/Writer – Hunger
DIRECTOR
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE Danny Boyle
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
IN BRUGES Martin McDonagh
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE Simon Beaufoy
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
I’VE LOVED YOU SO LONG Yves Marmion / Philippe Claudel
ANIMATED FILM
WALL•E Andrew Stanton
LEADING ACTOR
MICKEY ROURKE The Wrestler
LEADING ACTRESS
KATE WINSLET Revolutionary Road
SUPPORTING ACTOR
HEATH LEDGER The Dark Knight
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
PENÉLOPE CRUZ Vicky Cristina Barcelona
MUSIC
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE A. R. Rahman
CINEMATOGRAPHY
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE Anthony Dod Mantle
EDITING
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE Chris Dickens
PRODUCTION DESIGN
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON Donald Graham Burt / Victor J. Zolfo
COSTUME DESIGN
THE DUCHESS Michael O’Connor
MAKE UP & HAIR
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON Jean Black / Colleen Callaghan
SOUND
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE Glenn Freemantle / Resul Pookutty / Richard Pryke / Tom Sayers / Ian Tapp
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON Eric Barba / Craig Barron / Nathan McGuinness / Edson Williams
SHORT ANIMATION
WALLACE AND GROMIT: A MATTER OF LOAF AND DEATH Steve Pegram / Nick Park / Bob Baker
SHORT FILM
SEPTEMBER Stewart
ACADEMY FELLOWSHIP
TERRY GILLIAM
OUTSTANDING BRITISH CONTRIBUTION TO CINEMA
PINEWOOD STUDIOS / SHEPPERTON STUDIOS
THE ORANGE RISING STAR AWARD (voted for by the public)
NOEL CLARKE
