61st British Academy Film Awards

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61st British Academy Film Awards
Date10 February 2008
SiteRoyal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Hosted byJonathan Ross
Highlights
Best FilmAtonement
Best British FilmThis Is England
Best ActorDaniel Day-Lewis
There Will Be Blood
Best ActressMarion Cotillard
La Vie en Rose (La Môme)
Most awardsLa Vie en Rose (La Môme) (4)
Most nominationsAtonement (14)

The 61st British Academy Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, took place on 10 February 2008 and honoured the best films of 2007.

Atonement won Best Film, while Coen brothers, Joel and Ethan, won Best Director for No Country for Old Men, which also went on to win Best Cinematography and Best Supporting Actor for Javier Bardem. Daniel Day-Lewis won Best Actor for There Will Be Blood, Marion Cotillard won Best Actress for La Vie en Rose (La Môme), and Tilda Swinton won Best Supporting Actress for Michael Clayton. This Is England, directed by Shane Meadows, was voted Outstanding British Film of 2007.

Winners and nominees[]

Coen brothers, Best Director winners
Daniel Day-Lewis, Best Actor winner
Marion Cotillard, Best Actress winner
Javier Bardem, Best Supporting Actor winner
Tilda Swinton, Best Supporting Actress winner
Diablo Cody, Best Original Screenplay winner
Shia LaBeouf, Orange Rising Star Award winner

BAFTA Fellowship[]

Anthony Hopkins

AtonementTim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Paul Webster

  • American GangsterBrian Grazer and Ridley Scott
  • The Lives of Others – Quirin Begg and Max Wiedemann
  • No Country for Old MenScott Rudin, Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
  • There Will Be BloodJoAnne Sellar, Paul Thomas Anderson and Daniel Lupi

Joel Coen and Ethan CoenNo Country for Old Men

  • Florian Henckel von DonnersmarckThe Lives of Others
  • Joe WrightAtonement
  • Paul GreengrassThe Bourne Ultimatum
  • Paul Thomas AndersonThere Will Be Blood

Daniel Day-LewisThere Will Be Blood as Daniel Plainview

Marion CotillardLa Vie en rose as Édith Piaf

  • Cate BlanchettElizabeth: The Golden Age as Elizabeth I
  • Elliot PageJuno as Juno MacGuff
  • Julie ChristieAway from Her as Fiona
  • Keira KnightleyAtonement as Cecilia Tallis

Javier BardemNo Country for Old Men as Anton Chigurh

  • Paul DanoThere Will Be Blood as Paul Sunday / Eli Sunday
  • Philip Seymour HoffmanCharlie Wilson's War as Gust Avrakotos
  • Tommy Lee JonesNo Country for Old Men as Ed Tom Bell
  • Tom WilkinsonMichael Clayton as Arthur Edens

Tilda SwintonMichael Clayton as Karen Crowder

  • Cate BlanchettI'm Not There as Jude Quinn
  • Kelly MacdonaldNo Country for Old Men as Carla Jean Moss
  • Samantha MortonControl as Deborah Curtis
  • Saoirse RonanAtonement as Briony Tallis

JunoDiablo Cody

  • American GangsterSteven Zaillian
  • The Lives of OthersFlorian Henckel von Donnersmarck
  • Michael ClaytonTony Gilroy
  • This Is EnglandShane Meadows

The Diving Bell and the ButterflyRonald Harwood

  • AtonementChristopher Hampton
  • The Kite RunnerDavid Benioff
  • No Country for Old MenJoel Coen and Ethan Coen
  • There Will Be BloodPaul Thomas Anderson

No Country for Old MenRoger Deakins

La Vie en roseMarit Allen

The Bourne UltimatumChristopher Rouse

La Vie en roseJan Archibald and Didier Lavergne

La Vie en roseChristopher Gunning

  • American GangsterMarc Streitenfeld
  • AtonementDario Marianelli
  • The Kite RunnerAlberto Iglesias
  • There Will Be BloodJonny Greenwood

AtonementSarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer

The Bourne UltimatumKirk Francis, Scott Millan, David Parker, Karen Baker Landers and Per Hallberg

The Golden Compass – Michael Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris and Trevor Wood

This Is England – Mark Herbert and Shane Meadows

ControlMatt Greenhalgh (Writer)

  • Brick LaneSarah Gavron (Director)
  • The Killing of John LennonAndrew Piddington (Writer/Director)
  • Scott Walker: 30 Century Man – Mia Bays (Producer)
  • Taking LibertiesChris Atkins (Writer/Director)

The Pearce SistersJo Allen and Luis Cook

  • The Crumblegiant – Pearse Moore and John McCloskey
  • Head Over Heels – Osbert Parker, Fiona Pitkin and Ian Gouldstone

Dog Altogether – Diarmid Scrimshaw and Paddy Considine

RatatouilleBrad Bird

The Lives of Others – Quirin Begg, Max Wiedemann and Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

Shia LaBeouf

  • Elliot Page
  • Sam Riley
  • Sienna Miller
  • Tang Wei

Statistics[]

Films that received multiple nominations
Nominations Film
14 Atonement
9 No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood
7 La Vie en rose
6 The Bourne Ultimatum
5 American Gangster
The Lives of Others
Michael Clayton
4 Elizabeth: The Golden Age
3 Control
The Kite Runner
2 The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Eastern Promises
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Juno
Lust, Caution
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
This Is England
Films that received multiple awards
Awards Film
4 La Vie en rose
3 No Country for Old Men
2 Atonement
The Bourne Ultimatum

In Memoriam[]

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