Congratulations to British-Nigerian Actor Chiwetel Ejiofor who won ‘Best Actor’ at the just concluded
2014 British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards (BAFTA). The event was held on Sunday, February 16th 2014 in the UK. Also a big winner was Somalia’s Barkhad Abdi who won ‘Best Supporting Actor’ for his role in Captain Phillips.
Check out the full list of winners and the acceptance speeches from Ejiofor and Abdi.
Best Film
12 Years a Slave **WINNER**
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Gravity
Philomena
Director
Steve McQueen – 12 Years a Slave
David O. Russell – American Hustle
Paul Greengrass – Captain Phillips
Alfonso Cuarón – Gravity **WINNER**
Martin Scorsese – The Wolf of Wall Street
Leading Actor
Bruce Dern – Nebraska
Chiwetel Ejiofor – 12 Years a Slave **WINNER**
Christian Bale – American Hustle
Leonardo DiCaprio – The Wolf of Wall Street
Tom Hanks – Captain Phillips
Leading Actress
Amy Adams – American Hustle
Cate Blanchett – Blue Jasmine **WINNER**
Emma Thompson – Saving Mr. Banks
Judi Dench – Philomena
Sandra Bullock – Gravity
Supporting Actor
Barkhad Abdi – Captain Phillips **WINNER**
Bradley Cooper – American Hustle
Daniel Bruhl – Rush
Matt Damon – Behind The Candelabra
Michael Fassbender – 12 Years a Slave
Supporting Actress
Jennifer Lawrence – American Hustle **WINNER**
Julia Roberts – August: Osage County
Lupita Nyong’o – 12 Years a Slave
Oprah Winfrey – The Butler
Sally Hawkins – Blue Jasmine
Outstanding British Film
Gravity **WINNER**
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Philomena
Rush
Saving Mr. Banks
The Selfish Giant
Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer
Colin Carberry (Writer), Glenn Patterson (Writer) Good Vibrations
Kelly Marcel (Writer) Saving Mr. Banks
Kieran Evans (Director/Writer) Kelly + Victor **WINNER**
Pauk Wright (Director/Writer), Polly Stokes (Producer) For Those in Peril
Scott Graham (Director/Writer) Shell
Film Not in English Language
The Act of Killing – Joshua Oppenheimer, Signe Byrge Sørensen
Blue is the Warmest Color – Abdellatif Kechiche, Brahim Chioua, Vincent Maraval
The Great Beauty – Paolo Sorrentino, Nicola Giuliano, Francesca Cima **WINNER**
Metro Manila – Sean Ellis, Mathilde Charpentier
Wadja – Haifaa Al-Mansour, Gerhard Meixner, Roman Paul
Documentary
The Act of Killing – Joshua Oppenheimer **WINNER**
The Armstrong Lie – Alex Gibney
Blackfish – Gabriela Cowperthwaite
Tim’s Vermeer – Penn Jillette, Teller, Farley Ziegler
We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks – Alex Gibney
Animated Film
Despicable Me 2 – Chris Renaud, Pierre Coffin
Frozen – Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee **WINNER**
Monsters University – Dan Scanlon
Original Screenplay
American Hustle – Eric Warren Singer, David O. Russell **WINNER**
Blue Jasmine – Woody Allen
Gravity – Alfonso Cuarón, Jonás Cuarón
Inside Llewyn Davis – Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Nebraska – Bob Nelson
Adapted Screenplay
12 YEARS A SLAVE – John Ridley
BEHIND THE CANDELABRA – Richard LaGravenese
CAPTAIN PHILLIPS – Billy Ray
PHILOMENA – Steve Coogan, Jeff Pope **WINNER**
THE WOLF OF WALL STREET – Terence Winter
Original Music
12 YEARS A SLAVE – Hans Zimmer
THE BOOK THIEF – John Williams
CAPTAIN PHILLIPS – Henry Jackman
GRAVITY – Steven Price **WINNER**
SAVING MR. BANKS – Thomas Newman
Cinematograpgy
12 YEARS A SLAVE – Sean Bobbitt
CAPTAIN PHILLIPS – Barry Ackroyd
GRAVITY – Emmanuel Lubezki **WINNER**
INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS – Bruno Delbonnel
NEBRASKA – Phedon Papamichael
Editing
12 YEARS A SLAVE – Joe Walker
CAPTAIN PHILLIPS – Christopher Rouse
GRAVITY – Alfonso Cuarón, Mark Sanger
RUSH – Dan Hanley, Mike Hill **WINNER**
THE WOLF OF WALL STREET – Thelma Schoonmaker
Production Design
12 YEARS A SLAVE – Adam Stockhausen, Alice Baker
AMERICAN HUSTLE – Judy Becker, Heather Loeffler
BEHIND THE CANDELABRA – Howard Cummings
GRAVITY – Andy Nicholson, Rosie Goodwin, Joanne Woodlard
THE GREAT GATSBY – Catherine Martin, Beverley Dunn **WINNER**
Costume Design
AMERICAN HUSTLE – Michael Wilkinson
BEHIND THE CANDELABRA – Ellen Mirojnick
THE GREAT GATSBY – Catherine Martin **WINNER**
THE INVISIBLE WOMAN – Michael O’Connor
SAVING MR. BANKS – Daniel Orlandi
Make-up & Hair
AMERICAN HUSTLE – Evelyne Noraz, Lori McCoy-Bell **WINNER**
BEHIND THE CANDELABRA – Kate Biscoe, Marie Larkin
THE BUTLER – Debra Denson, Beverly Jo Pryor, Candace Neal
THE GREAT GATSBY – Maurizio Silvi, Kerry Warn
THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG – Peter Swords King, Richard Taylor, Rick Findlater
Sound
ALL IS LOST – Richard Hymns, Steve Boeddeker, Brandon Proctor, Micah Bloomberg, Gillian Arthur
CAPTAIN PHILLIPS – Chris Burdon, Mark Taylor, Mike Prestwood Smith, Chris Munro, Oliver Tarney
GRAVITY – Glenn Freemantle, Skip Lievsay, Christopher Benstead, Niv Adiri, Chris Munro **WINNER**
INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS – Peter F. Kurland, Skip Lievsay, Greg Orloff
RUSH – Danny Hambrook, Martin Steyer, Stefan Korte, Markus Stemler, Frank Kruse
Special Visual Effects
GRAVITY – Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, David Shirk, Neil Corbould, Nikki Penny **WINNER**
THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG – Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton, Eric Reynolds
IRON MAN 3 – Bryan Grill, Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Dan Sudick
PACIFIC RIM – Hal Hickel, John Knoll, Lindy De Quattro, Nigel Sumner
STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS – Ben Grossmann, Burt Dalton, Patrick Tubach, Roger Guyett
British Short Animation
EVERYTHING I CAN SEE FROM HERE
I AM TOM MOODY
SLEEPING WITH THE FISHES **WINNER**
British Short Film
ISLAND QUEEN
KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES
ORBIT EVER AFTER
ROOM 8 **WINNER**
SEA VIEW
THE EE Rising Star Award
Dane DeHaan
George Mackay
Lupita Nyong’o
Will Poulter **WINNER**
Lea Seydoux
Outstanding Contribution To British Cinema
Awarded to Peter Greenaway
BAFTA Fellowship
Helen Mirren
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