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Alexander Alexandrovich Romanov (Alexander III, 10 March 1845, Winter Palace, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire — 1 November 1894, Maley Palace, Livadia, Taurida Governorate, Russian Empire) was the Emperor of Russia from 13 March [O.S. 1 March] 1881 until his death on 1 November [O.S. 20 October] 1894. He reversed some of the liberal laws made by his father, Alexander II and promoted the Russian language.  Unlike many Tsars, he kept Russia out of wars.  Alexander III had six children. His son, Nicholas II of Russia became the next and last Tsar. 

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A hole-in-one in golf is when a player hits the ball from the tee and into the hole in one shot. It is most possible on a par-3 hole. Some people have done it on shorter par-4 holes. Nearly all par 4 and par 5 holes are too long for golfers to reach in a single shot. Getting the ball in the hole in two shots is called an albatross.

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Chatham is a town in the US state of Virginia. At the 2000 census, 1,338 people lived there. It is in the Danville, Virginia metropolitan statistical area.

History
Chatham has the oldest continually used building in Pittsylvania County. The building was an 18th-century tavern. It is now a house used by Chatham Hall faculty.

Chatham is the county seat for Pittsylvania County. It became the county seat in 1777.  There is a large U.S. Department of Agriculture office to help farmers in the area. There is also a small office of the U.S. Forestry Service.  The State of Virginia built a new prison where there used to be a work-release camp. This caused improvements in fire and water services to support the increased population.
There were no battles in Chatham during the American Civil War. On Confederate Memorial Day each year, the Daughters of the Confederacy puts flowers at the statue of a Confederate soldier.  There is a walking tour of the downtown historic district.  There are several bed and breakfast places on Main Street in historic Greek Revival homes.

Schools

Schools in Chatham include:
Chatham High School
Hargrave Military Academy
Chatham Hall, an all-female boarding high school

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The Hameau de la Reine (, The Queen's Hamlet) is a group of houses and farm structures in the park of the Palace of Versailles in France. The hamlet was designed in 1783 by Richard Mique and Hubert Robert as a play space for Queen Marie Antoinette. It was here that she played the simple country girl in a straw hat and plain dress with her friends. About twelve structures form the hamlet. Some were working farm structures and some were structures for the Queen's amusement and use such as the mill. The hamlet fell into neglect after the French Revolution. Restoration was undertaken in the 1990s, and the hamlet is now open to the public.
Design and construction 
Picturesque hamlets such as Le Hameau de la Reine were not unknown in 18th century France. The Prince de Condé had one at Chantilly and there was a village at Méréveille. The creation of these villages was influenced by the natural philosophy extolled by Rousseau and the country life genre paintings of painters Greuze, Le Nain, and Chardin. Le Hameau was designed for Queen Marie Antoinette by her favorite architect Richard Mique and the painter Hubert Robert. The painters Tolède and Dardignac painted thousands of little cracks and false half-timbering in the structures to suggest picturesque humbleness, poverty, and age. All the structures in the hamlet were more or less modelled upon similar structures in Normandy and Flanders. Construction on the hamlet started in 1783 and was completed in four or five years.
Structures at the hamlet  
The purpose of the hamlet was to give the Queen a place to play at the simple life, far from the busy French court. The hamlet is set among meadows at the edge of a lake created by waters channeled from Marly. The structures are divided into two groups. One group was used by the Queen for her pleasure and amusement. The other group was used for farm work. The farm produced milk and eggs for the Queen. Cheeses were made in the dairy. The Queen tasted this produce in a marble room.
The structures are:
 The Queen's House is joined by a wooden gallery to a billiard room and upstairs apartment. The Queen's house has a dining room and a games room on the first floor. The second floor has a large and a small living room, and a Chinese room.
 The Queen's Boudoir is a living room and wardrobe for the Queen's use.
 The Marlborough Tower (The Fishery Tower) is a lighthouse used for sending signals to the Palace of Versailles. Boating parties set off from this tower and fishing equipment was stored here.
 The Mill was used to grind grain. It had a laundry. 
 The Kitchen and Bakery (the Warming Room) was at the rear of the Queen's House. It was used to make the Queen's meals.
 The Dairies.
 The Farmhouse. This was set apart from the hamlet because it was a functioning struucture, rather than a play house. The farmer appointed by the Queen to run the farm and dairy was Valy Bussard who arrived 14 June 1785 from Touraine. His family joined him in December.
The Dovecote. The dovecote and pigeon coops were near the lake. Roosters and hens of different species were brought from the west of France and settled in the aviary in 1785.
 The Housekeeper's Cottage. This house is located at the water's edge. Its first occupant, the Swiss Jean Bersy, lived there with his family.
 The Barn. Used as a ball room. Burned during the French Revolution, and totally destroyed in the First Empire.
 The Temple of Love.
 The Belvedere.
Life in the hamlet 
The Queen loved the simple life. It was a break from the stiffness of the court. She played at being a peasant girl in the hamlet. She wore plain muslin dresses and a straw hat. She ate the produce from the farm. Only her dearest friends were allowed into the hamlet. There was a ball room (a room for holding dances) and a billiards room. She wanted her children to experience real animals and kept two cows at the hamlet, Blondie and Brownie. Both were washed and brushed before a visit from the Queen. Ducks, geese, and sheep were kept at the hamlet as well as a billygoat from Switzerland.

Decline and restoration 
The French people believed the Queen was selfishly amusing herself at a time when France was nearing a national crisis. After the French Revolution, the hamlet was deserted and fell into neglect. Restoration was conducted in the 1990s. The Queen's Hamlet is now open to the public.

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 Official Versailles site 
 Photos of the Hamlet 
 Ancient Places TV: HD Video of The Queen's Hamlet at the Petit Trianon 

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is a Japanese volcano  near the city of Shimabara in Nagasaki Prefecture on the island of Kyūshū.  Unzen is an active volcano.

History
Unzen has erupted many times.

Timeline
 May 21, 1792 (Kansei 4, 1st day of the 4th month): Earthquake centered at Unzen caused tsunami which hit Higo Province

 June 3, 1991 (Heisei 3): The volcano erupted violently, killing 43 scientists and journalists.

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 List of volcanos
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The 65th British Academy Film Awards, more commonly called the BAFTAs, were held on 12 February 2012 at the Royal Opera House in London. Stephen Fry, who hosted from 2001 to 2006, returned to host the awards ceremony. The Artist won seven awards, out of its twelve nominations, including Best Director and Best Film. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy was named Best British Film.

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This page lists the winners and nominees for the BAFTA Award for Best Film, BAFTA Award for Best Film not in the English Language and Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film for each year. The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), is a British organisation that hosts annual awards shows for movies, television, children's movies and television, and interactive media. Since 1948, selected movies have been awarded with the BAFTA award for Best Film at an annual ceremony.

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This page lists the winners and nominees for the BAFTA Award for Best Short Film for each year. The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), is a British organisation that hosts annual awards shows for movies, television, children's movies and television, and interactive media. Since 1960, selected movies have been awarded with the BAFTA award for Best Short Film at an annual ceremony.

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The Nutcracker pas de deux is a dance for the Sugar Plum Fairy and Prince Coqueluche in the ballet The Nutcracker. The ballet was first presented on 18 December 1892 at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia. The music was written by Tchaikovsky and the dance was designed by Lev Ivanov. The Sugar Plum Fairy was first danced by Antonietta Dell'Era and the Prince by Pavel Gerdt. The pas is sometimes danced outside the ballet and is sometimes danced in ballet competitions.

The pas de deux is structured in four sections (or movements): first, an Andante maestoso; second, a  Tarantella for the male dancer; third a dance for the ballerina called the "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy"; and fourth and finally a quick, energetic movement for both dancers.
Marius Petipa, Ballet Master at the Mariinsky Theatre, wanted music "colossal in effect" for the opening Andante maestoso movement. The music is made up of descending (falling) scales for cellos. A second, contrasting section is written for oboe and bass clarinet. The music ends with a great climax for trombones. The musical theme of the Andante maestoso is similar to Tchaikovsky's death themes in the Fifth and Sixth symphonies.

The Andante maestoso movement used a device on the stage called a reika. This was a small platform or wagon set in a track. It was operated under the stage. In The Nutcracker, the Sugar Plum Fairy stepped upon a scarf that Prince Coqueluche had placed on the reika. The Prince pulled the scarf and, as the reika was moved from one side of the stage to the other, it seemed that the Sugar Plum Fairy was lighter than air.

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This is a list of the winners and nominees of the BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film. The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), is a British organisation that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, children's film and television, and interactive media.

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This page lists the winners for the BAFTA Award for Best Documentary, formerly known as the Robert Flaherty Award, for each year. The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), is a British organisation that hosts annual awards shows for movie, television, children's movie and television, and interactive media. There was a documentary award between 1948 and 1990. In 2012, the Academy re-introduced this category.

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BAFTA Awards
Best Actor in a Leading Role is a British Academy Film award presented each year by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA).  It is to recognize an actor who has delivered an outstanding leading performance in a movie.

Winners and nominees 
From 1952 to 1967, there were two Best Actor awards: one for a British actor and another for a foreign actor. In 1968, the two prizes of British and Foreign actor were combined to create a single Best Actor award. Its current title, for Best Actor in a Leading Role, has been used since 1995.

1950s 
 1952
 Best British Actor – Ralph Richardson – The Sound Barrier
 Laurence Olivier – Carrie
 Alastair Sim – Folly to Be Wise
 Jack Hawkins – Mandy
 James Hayter – The Pickwick Papers
 Nigel Patrick – The Sound Barrier
 Best Foreign Actor – Marlon Brando – Viva Zapata!
 Humphrey Bogart – The African Queen
 Fredric March – Death of a Salesman
 Pierre Fresnay – Dieu a besoin des hommes
 Francesco Golisano – Miracolo a Milano
1953
 Best British Actor – John Gielgud – Julius Caesar
 Jack Hawkins – The Cruel Sea
 Kenneth More – Genevieve
 Trevor Howard – The Heart of the Matter
 Duncan Macrae – The Kidnappers'
 Best Foreign Actor – Marlon Brando – Julius Caesar Spencer Tracy – The Actress Claude Laydu – Journal d'un curé de campagne Marcel Mouloudji – Nous sommes tous des assassins Eddie Albert – Roman Holiday Gregory Peck – Roman Holiday Van Heflin – Shane 1954
 Best British Actor– Kenneth More – Doctor in the House David Niven – Carrington V.C. John Mills – Hobson's Choice Robert Donat – Lease of Life Maurice Denham – The Purple Plain Donald Wolfit – Svengali Best Foreign Actor – Marlon Brando – On the Waterfront José Ferrer – The Caine Mutiny Fredric March – Executive Suite James Stewart – The Glenn Miller Story Neville Brand – Riot in Cell Block 11 1955
Best British Actor – Laurence Olivier – Richard III Alfie Bass – The Bespoke Overcoat Kenneth More – The Deep Blue Sea Michael Redgrave – The Night My Number Came Up Alec Guinness – The Prisoner Jack Hawkins – The Prisoner Best Foreign Actor – Ernest Borgnine – Marty James Dean – East of Eden Jack Lemmon – Mister Roberts Frank Sinatra – Not as a Stranger Toshirô Mifune – Shichinin no samurai Takashi Shimura – Shichinin no samurai 1956
 Best British Actor – Peter Finch – A Town Like Alice Jack Hawkins – The Long Arm Kenneth More – Reach for the Sky Best Foreign Actor – François Périer – Gervaise Karl Malden – Baby Doll Pierre Fresnay – Le Défroqué Frank Sinatra – The Man with the Golden Arm Spencer Tracy – The Mountain William Holden – Picnic James Dean – Rebel Without a Cause Gunnar Björnstrand – Sommarnattens leende 1957
Best British Actor – Peter Sellers – I'm All Right Jack Laurence Olivier – The Devil's Disciple Laurence Harvey – Expresso Bongo Richard Burton – Look Back in Anger Peter Finch – The Nun's Story Stanley Baker – Yesterday's Enemy Gordon Jackson – Yesterday's Enemy Best Foreign Actor – Jack Lemmon – Some Like It Hot James Stewart – Anatomy of a Murder Takashi Shimura – Ikiru Jean Desailly – Maigret tend un piège Jean Gabin – Maigret tend un piège Zbigniew Cybulski – Popiól i diament 1960s 
 1960
 Best British Actor – Peter Finch – The Trials of Oscar Wilde Richard Attenborough – The Angry Silence Laurence Olivier – The Entertainer Albert Finney – Saturday Night and Sunday Morning John Fraser – The Trials of Oscar Wilde Alec Guinness – Tunes of Glory John Mills – Tunes of Glory Best Foreign Actor – Jack Lemmon – The Apartment George Hamilton – Crime & Punishment Burt Lancaster – Elmer Gantry Fredric March – Inherit the Wind Spencer Tracy – Inherit the Wind Yves Montand – Let's Make Love 1961
Best British Actor – Peter Finch – No Love for Johnnie Dirk Bogarde – Victim Best Foreign Actor – Paul Newman – The Hustler Vladimir Ivashov – Ballada o soldate Alberto Sordi – The Best of Enemies Montgomery Clift – Judgment at Nuremberg Maximilian Schell – Judgment at Nuremberg Sidney Poitier – A Raisin in the Sun Philippe Leroy – Le Trou 1962
 Best British Actor – Peter O'Toole – Lawrence of Arabia Richard Attenborough – The Dock Brief Alan Bates – A Kind of Loving James Mason – Lolita Peter Sellers – Only Two Can Play Laurence Olivier – Term of Trial Best Foreign Actor – Burt Lancaster – Birdman of Alcatraz Charles Laughton – Advise and Consent Robert Ryan – Billy Budd Anthony Quinn – Lawrence of Arabia George Hamilton – Light in the Piazza Kirk Douglas – Lonely Are the Brave Jean-Paul Belmondo – Léon Morin, prêtre Georges Wilson – Une aussi longue absence 1963
Best British Actor – Dirk Bogarde – The Servant Tom Courtenay – Billy Liar Richard Harris – This Sporting Life Albert Finney – Tom Jones Hugh Griffith – Tom Jones Best Foreign Actor – Marcello Mastroianni – Divorzio all'italiana Franco Citti – Accattone Howard Da Silva – David and Lisa Jack Lemmon – Days of Wine and Roses Paul Newman – Hud Gregory Peck – To Kill a Mockingbird 1964
 Best British Actor – Richard Attenborough – Guns at Batasi and Seance on a Wet Afternoon Peter O'Toole – Becket Peter Sellers – Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb Tom Courtenay – King & Country Peter Sellers – The Pink Panther Best Foreign Actor – Marcello Mastroianni – Ieri, oggi, domani Cary Grant – Charade Sterling Hayden – Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb Sidney Poitier – Lilies of the Field 1965
Best British Actor – Dirk Bogarde – Darling Harry Andrews – The Hill Michael Caine – The Ipcress File Rex Harrison – My Fair Lady Best Foreign Actor – Lee Marvin – Cat Ballou and The Killers Anthony Quinn – Alexis Zorbas Innokenti Smoktunovsky – Hamlet Jack Lemmon – Good Neighbor Sam Jack Lemmon – How to Murder Your Wife Oskar Werner – Ship of Fools 1966
 Best British Actor – Richard Burton – The Spy Who Came in from the Cold and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Michael Caine – Alfie Ralph Richardson – Doctor Zhivago Ralph Richardson – Khartoum Ralph Richardson – The Wrong Box David Warner – Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment Best Foreign Actor – Rod Steiger – The Pawnbroker Sidney Poitier – A Patch of Blue Jean-Paul Belmondo – Pierrot le fou Oskar Werner – The Spy Who Came in from the Cold 1967
Best British Actor – Paul Scofield – A Man for All Seasons Dirk Bogarde – Accident James Mason – The Deadly Affair Dirk Bogarde – Our Mother's House Richard Burton – The Taming of the Shrew Best Foreign Actor – Rod Steiger – In the Heat of the Night Warren Beatty – Bonnie and Clyde Orson Welles – Campanadas a medianoche Sidney Poitier – In the Heat of the Night 1968 – Spencer Tracy – Guess Who's Coming to Dinner as Matt Drayton
 Ron Moody – Oliver! Trevor Howard – The Charge of the Light Brigade Nicol Williamson – The Bofors Gun 1969 – Dustin Hoffman – John and Mary as John, and Midnight Cowboy as Enrico 'Ratso' Rizzo
 Walter Matthau – Hello, Dolly! Walter Matthau – The Secret Life of an American Wife Nicol Williamson – Inadmissible Evidence Alan Bates – Women in Love 1970s 
 1970 – Robert Redford – Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid as the Sundance Kid, Downhill Racer as David Chappellet, and Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here as Deputy Sheriff Christopher Cooper
Paul Newman – Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid George C. Scott – Patton Elliott Gould – MASH Elliott Gould – Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice 1971 – Peter Finch – Sunday Bloody Sunday as Dr. Daniel Hirsh
 Albert Finney – Gumshoe Dustin Hoffman – Little Big Man Dirk Bogarde – Morte a Venezia 1972 – Gene Hackman – The French Connection as Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle, and The Poseidon Adventure as Reverend Frank Scott
 Marlon Brando – The Godfather Marlon Brando – The Nightcomers George C. Scott – The Hospital George C. Scott – They Might Be Giants Robert Shaw – Young Winston 1973 – Walter Matthau – Charley Varrick as Charley Varrick, and Pete 'n' Tillie as Pete
 Marlon Brando – Ultimo tango a Parigi Donald Sutherland – Steelyard Blues Donald Sutherland – Don't Look Now Laurence Olivier – Sleuth 1974 – Jack Nicholson – Chinatown as J.J. 'Jake' Gittes, and The Last Detail as Billy Buddusky
Gene Hackman – The Conversation Albert Finney – Murder on the Orient Express Al Pacino – Serpico 1975 – Al Pacino – The Godfather Part II as Michael Corleone, and Dog Day Afternoon as Sonny Wortzik
 Richard Dreyfuss – Jaws Gene Hackman – French Connection II Gene Hackman – Night Moves Dustin Hoffman – Lenny 1976 – Jack Nicholson – One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest as Randle McMurphy
 Robert De Niro – Taxi Driver Dustin Hoffman – All the President's Men Dustin Hoffman – Marathon Man Walter Matthau – The Bad News Bears Walter Matthau – The Sunshine Boys 1977 – Peter Finch – Network as Howard Beale
 William Holden – Network Woody Allen – Annie Hall Sylvester Stallone – Rocky 1978 – Richard Dreyfuss – The Goodbye Girl as Elliot Garfield
 Peter Ustinov – Death on the Nile Anthony Hopkins – Magic Brad Davis – Midnight Express 1979 – Jack Lemmon – The China Syndrome as Jack Godell
 Woody Allen – Manhattan
 Robert De Niro – The Deer Hunter
 Martin Sheen – Apocalypse Now
1980s 
 1980 – John Hurt – The Elephant Man as John Merrick
 Dustin Hoffman – Kramer vs. Kramer
 Roy Scheider – All That Jazz
 Peter Sellers – Being There

 1981 – Burt Lancaster – Atlantic City as Lou Pascal
 Jeremy Irons – The French Lieutenant's Woman
 Robert De Niro – Raging Bull
 Bob Hoskins – The Long Good Friday

 1982 – Ben Kingsley – Gandhi as Mahatma Gandhi
 Warren Beatty – Reds
 Henry Fonda – On Golden Pond
 Albert Finney – Shoot the Moon
 Jack Lemmon – Missing

 1983 – Michael Caine – Educating Rita as Dr. Frank Bryant and Dustin Hoffman – Tootsie  as Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels
 Michael Caine – The Honorary Consul
 Robert De Niro – The King of Comedy

 1984 – Haing S. Ngor – The Killing Fields as Dith Pran
 Sam Waterston – The Killing Fields
 Tom Courtenay – The Dresser
 Albert Finney – The Dresser

 1985 – William Hurt – Kiss of the Spider Woman as Luis Molina
 F. Murray Abraham – Amadeus
 Harrison Ford – Witness
 Victor Banerjee – A Passage to India
1986 – Bob Hoskins – Mona Lisa as George
 Woody Allen – Hannah and Her Sisters
 Michael Caine – Hannah and Her Sisters
 Paul Hogan – Crocodile Dundee

 1987 – Sean Connery – Der Name der Rose as William of Baskerville
 Gérard Depardieu – Jean de Florette
 Yves Montand – Jean de Florette
 Gary Oldman – Prick Up Your Ears

 1988 – John Cleese – A Fish Called Wanda as Archie Leach
 Kevin Kline – A Fish Called Wanda as Otto West
 Michael Douglas – Fatal Attraction as Dan Gallagher
 Robin Williams – Good Morning, Vietnam as Adrian Cronauer

 1989 – Daniel Day-Lewis – My Left Foot as Christy Brown
 Dustin Hoffman – Rain Man as Raymond Babbit
 Robin Williams – Dead Poets Society as John Keating
 Kenneth Branagh – Henry V as Henry V

 1990s 
 1990 – Philippe Noiret – Nuovo cinema Paradiso as Alfredo
 Robert De Niro – Goodfellas as Jimmy Conway
 Sean Connery – The Hunt for Red October as Captain Marko Ramius
 Tom Cruise – Born on the Fourth of July as Ron Kovic
1991 – Anthony Hopkins – The Silence of the Lambs as Dr. Hannibal Lecter
 Kevin Costner – Dances with Wolves as Lieutenant Dunbar
 Alan Rickman – Truly, Madly, Deeply as Jamie
 Gérard Depardieu – Cyrano de Bergerac as Cyrano de Bergerac

 1992 – Robert Downey, Jr. – Chaplin as Charlie Chaplin
 Stephen Rea – The Crying Game as Fergus
 Tim Robbins – The Player as Griffin Mill
 Daniel Day-Lewis – The Last of the Mohicans as Nathaniel Poe

 1993 – Anthony Hopkins – Shadowlands as C. S. Lewis
 Anthony Hopkins – The Remains of the Day as James Stevens
 Liam Neeson – Schindler's List as Oskar Schindler
 Daniel Day-Lewis – In the Name of the Father as Gerry Conlon

 1994 – Hugh Grant – Four Weddings and a Funeral as Charles
 Tom Hanks – Forrest Gump as Forrest Gump
 Terence Stamp – The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert as Ralph / Bernadette Bassenger
 John Travolta – Pulp Fiction as Vincent Vega
1995 – Nigel Hawthorne – The Madness of King George as George III
 Jonathan Pryce – Carrington as Lytton Strachey
 Nicolas Cage – Leaving Las Vegas as Ben Sanderson
 Massimo Troisi – Il Postino as Mario Ruoppolo

 1996 – Geoffrey Rush – Shine as David Helfgott
 Ralph Fiennes – The English Patient as Count Laszlo de Almásy
 Ian McKellen – Richard III as Richard III
 Timothy Spall – Secrets & Lies as Maurice Purley

 1997 – Robert Carlyle – The Full Monty as Gaz
 Kevin Spacey – L.A. Confidential as Jack Vincennes
 Billy Connolly – Mrs Brown as John Brown
 Ray Winstone – Nil by Mouth as Ray

 1998 – Roberto Benigni – Life Is Beautiful (La vita è bella) as Guido
 Michael Caine – Little Voice as Ray Say
 Tom Hanks – Saving Private Ryan as Captain John H. Miller
 Joseph Fiennes – Shakespeare in Love as William Shakespeare
1999 – Kevin Spacey – American Beauty as Lester Burnham
 Om Puri – East Is East as George Khan
 Ralph Fiennes – The End of the Affair as Maurice Bendrix
 Russell Crowe – The Insider as Jeffrey Wigand
 Jim Broadbent – Topsy-Turvy as W. S. Gilbert

 2000s 
 2000 – Jamie Bell as Billy Elliot – Billy Elliot Russell Crowe as Maximus Decimus Meridius – Gladiator
 Michael Douglas as Grady Tripp – Wonder Boys
 Tom Hanks as Chuck Noland – Cast Away
 Geoffrey Rush as Marquis de Sade – Quills

 2001 – Russell Crowe as John Nash – A Beautiful Mind Jim Broadbent as John Bayley – Iris
 Ian McKellen as Gandalf – The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
 Kevin Spacey as Quoyle – The Shipping News
 Tom Wilkinson as Matt Fowler – In the Bedroom
2002 – Daniel Day-Lewis as William "Bill the Butcher" Cutting – Gangs of New York Adrien Brody as Wladyslaw Szpilman – The Pianist
 Nicolas Cage as Charlie and Donald Kaufman – Adaptation.
 Michael Caine as Thomas Fowler – The Quiet American
 Jack Nicholson as Warren Schmidt – About Schmidt

 2003 – Bill Murray as Bob Harris – Lost in Translation Benicio del Toro as Jack Jordan – 21 Grams
 Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow – Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
 Jude Law as W. P. Inman – Cold Mountain
 Sean Penn as Paul Rivers – 21 Grams
 Sean Penn as Jimmy Markum – Mystic River

 2004 – Jamie Foxx as Ray Charles – Ray Jim Carrey as Joel Barish – Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
 Johnny Depp as James M. Barrie – Finding Neverland
 Leonardo DiCaprio as Howard Hughes – The Aviator
 Gael García Bernal as Ernesto "Che" Guevara – The Motorcycle Diaries (Diarios de motocicleta)
2005 – Philip Seymour Hoffman as Truman Capote – Capote Ralph Fiennes as Justin Quayle – The Constant Gardener
 Heath Ledger as Ennis Del Mar – Brokeback Mountain
 Joaquin Phoenix as Johnny Cash – Walk the Line
 David Strathairn as Edward R. Murrow – Good Night, and Good Luck

 2006 – Forest Whitaker as Idi Amin – The Last King of Scotland Daniel Craig as James Bond – Casino Royale
 Leonardo DiCaprio as Billy Costigan – The Departed
 Richard Griffiths as Hector – The History Boys
 Peter O'Toole as Maurice – Venus

 2007 – Daniel Day-Lewis as Daniel Plainview – There Will Be Blood George Clooney as Michael Clayton – Michael Clayton
 James McAvoy as Robbie Turner – Atonement
 Viggo Mortensen as Nikolai – Eastern Promises
 Ulrich Mühe as Gerd Wiesler – The Lives of Others (Das Leben der Anderen)
2008 – Mickey Rourke as Randy "The Ram" Robinson – The Wrestler Frank Langella as Richard Nixon – Frost/Nixon
 Dev Patel as Jamal Malik – Slumdog Millionaire
 Sean Penn as Harvey Milk – Milk
 Brad Pitt as Benjamin Button – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

 2009 – Colin Firth as George Falconer – A Single Man Jeff Bridges as Bad Blake – Crazy Heart
 George Clooney as Ryan Bingham – Up in the Air
 Jeremy Renner as SFC. William James – The Hurt Locker
 Andy Serkis as Ian Dury – Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll

 2010s 
 2010 – Colin Firth as King George VI – The King's Speech Javier Bardem as Uxbal – Biutiful
 Jeff Bridges as Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn – True Grit
 Jesse Eisenberg as Mark Zuckerberg – The Social Network
 James Franco as Aron Ralston – 127 Hours2011 - Jean Dujardin as George Valentin – The Artist'''George Clooney as Matt King – The DescendantsMichael Fassbender as Brandon Sullivan – ShameGary Oldman as George Smiley – Tinker Tailor Soldier SpyBrad Pitt as Billy Beane – Moneyball''
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BAFTA Awards
Best Actress in a Leading Role is a British Academy Film award presented each year by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA).  It is to recognise an actress who has delivered an outstanding leading performance in a film.

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Between 1952 and 1967, two awards were given to the best British and best foreign actress each year. In 1968, the two prizes of British and foreign actress were combined to create a single Best Actress award. Its current title, for Best Actress in a Leading Role, has been used since 1995.

1950s 
 1952
Best British Actress – Vivien Leigh – A Streetcar Named Desire
Phyllis Calvert – Mandy
Celia Johnson – I Believe in You
Ann Todd – The Sound Barrier

Best Foreign Actress – Simone Signoret – Golden Helmet
Edwige Feuillère – Olivia
Katharine Hepburn – Pat and Mike
Judy Holliday – The Marrying Kind
Nicole Stephane – Les Enfants terribles
1953 
Best British Actress – Audrey Hepburn – Roman Holiday
Celia Johnson – The Captain's Paradise
Best Foreign Actress – Leslie Caron – Lili
Shirley Booth – Come Back, Little Sheba
Marie Powers – The Medium
Maria Schell – The Heart of the Matter

1954 
Best British Actress – Yvonne Mitchell – The Divided Heart
Brenda De Banzie – Hobson's Choice
Audrey Hepburn – Sabrina Fair
Margaret Leighton – Carrington V.C.
Noelle Middleton – Carrington V.C.
Best Foreign Actress – Cornell Borchers  – The Divided Heart
Shirley Booth – About Mrs. Leslie
Judy Holliday – Phffft!
Grace Kelly – Dial M for Murder
Gina Lollobrigida – Bread, Love and Dreams
1955
Best British Actress – Katie Johnson – The Ladykillers
Margaret Johnson – Touch and Go
Deborah Kerr – The End of the Affair
Best Foreign Actress – Betsy Blair – Marty
Dorothy Dandridge – Carmen Jones
Judy Garland – A Star Is Born
Julie Harris – I Am a Camera
Katharine Hepburn – Summertime
Grace Kelly – The Country Girl
Giulietta Masina – The Road
Marilyn Monroe – The Seven Year Itch

1956
Best British Actress – Virginia McKenna – A Town Like Alice
Dorothy Alison – Reach for the Sky
Audrey Hepburn – War and Peace
Best Foreign Actress – Anna Magnani – The Rose Tattoo
Carroll Baker – Baby Doll
Eva Dahlbeck – Sommarnattens leende
Ava Gardner – Bhowani Junction
Susan Hayward – I'll Cry Tomorrow
Shirley MacLaine – The Trouble with Harry
Kim Novak – Picnic
Marisa Pavan – The Rose Tattoo
Maria Schell – Gervaise
Jean Simmons – Guys and Dolls
1957
Best British Actress – Heather Sears – The Story of Esther Costello
Deborah Kerr – Tea and Sympathy
Sylvia Syms – Woman in a Dressing Gown
Best Foreign Actress – Simone Signoret – The Witches of Salem
Augusta Dabney – That Night!
Katharine Hepburn – The Rainmaker
Marilyn Monroe – The Prince and the Showgirl
Lilli Palmer – Anastasia: Die letzte Zarentochter
Eva Marie Saint – A Hatful of Rain
Joanne Woodward – The Three Faces of Eve

1958
Best British Actress – Irene Worth – Orders to Kill
Hermione Baddeley – Room at the Top
Virginia McKenna – Carve Her Name with Pride
Best Foreign Actress – Simone Signoret – Room at the Top
Karuna Bannerjee – The Unvanquished
Ingrid Bergman– The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
Anna Magnani – Wild is the Wind
Giulietta Masina – Nights of Cabiria
Tatyana Samojlova – The Cranes Are Flying
Elizabeth Taylor – Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Joanne Woodward – No Down Payment
1959
Best British Actress – Audrey Hepburn – The Nun's Story
Peggy Ashcroft – The Nun's Story
Yvonne Mitchell – Sapphire
Sylvia Syms – No Trees in the Street
Kay Walsh – The Horse's Mouth
Best Foreign Actress – Shirley MacLaine –  Ask Any Girl
Rosalind Russell – Auntie Mame
Susan Hayward – I Want to Live!
Ava Gardner – On the Beach
Ellie Lambeti – To Telefteo psema

1960s 
1960
Best British Actress – Rachel Roberts – Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
Hayley Mills – Pollyanna
Wendy Hiller – Sons and Lovers
Best Foreign Actress – Shirley MacLaine – The Apartment
Pier Angeli – The Angry Silence
Monica Vitti – The Adventure
Jean Simmons – Elmer Gantry
Emmanuelle Riva – Hiroshima Mon Amour
Melina Mercouri – Never on Sunday
1961
Best British Actress – Dora Bryan – A Taste of Honey
Deborah Kerr – The Sundowners
Hayley Mills – Whistle Down the Wind
Best Foreign Actress – Sophia Loren – Two Women
Annie Girardot – Rocco and His Brothers
Piper Laurie – The Hustler
Claudia McNeil – A Raisin in the Sun
Jean Seberg – Breathless

1962
Best British Actress – Leslie Caron – The L-Shaped Room
Virginia Maskell – The Wild and the Willing
Janet Munro – Life for Ruth
Best Foreign Actress – Anne Bancroft – The Miracle Worker
 Anouk Aimee – Lola
Harriet Andersson – Såsom i en spegel
Melina Mercouri – Phaedra
Jeanne Moreau – Jules and Jim
Geraldine Page – Sweet Bird of Youth
Natalie Wood – Splendor in the Grass
1963
Best British Actress – Rachel Roberts – This Sporting Life
Julie Christie – Billy Liar
Edith Evans – Tom Jones
Sarah Miles – The Servant
Barbara Windsor – Sparrers Can't Sing
Best Foreign Actress – Patricia Neal – Hud
Joan Crawford – What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Bette Davis – What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Lee Remick – Days of Wine and Roses
Daniela Rocca – Divorce, Italian Style

1964
Best British Actress – Audrey Hepburn – Charade
Julie Andrews – Mary Poppins
Edith Evans – The Chalk Garden
Deborah Kerr – The Chalk Garden
Rita Tushingham – Girl with Green Eyes
Best Foreign Actress – Anne Bancroft – The Pumpkin Eater
Ava Gardner – The Night of the Iguana
Shirley MacLaine – Irma la Douce and  What a Way to Go!
Kim Stanley – Séance on a Wet Afternoon
1965
Best British Actress – Julie Christie – Darling
Julie Andrews – The Americanization of Emily and The Sound of Music
Maggie Smith – Young Cassidy
Rita Tushingham – The Knack …and How to Get It
Best Foreign Actress – Patricia Neal – In Harm's Way
Jane Fonda – Cat Ballou
Lila Kedrova – Zorba the Greek
Simone Signoret – Ship of Fools

1966
Best British Actress – Elizabeth Taylor – Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Julie Christie – Doctor Zhivago and Fahrenheit 451
Lynn Redgrave – Georgy Girl
Vanessa Redgrave – Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment
Best Foreign Actress – Jeanne Moreau – Viva Maria!
Brigitte Bardot – Viva Maria!
Joan Hackett – The Group

1967
Best British Actress – Edith Evans – The Whisperers
Barbara Jefford – Ulysses
Elizabeth Taylor – The Taming of the Shrew
Best Foreign Actress – Anouk Aimée – A Man and a Woman
Bibi Andersson – Persona and  Syskonbädd 1782
Jane Fonda – Barefoot in the Park
Simone Signoret – The Deadly Affair
1968 – Katharine Hepburn – Guess Who's Coming to Dinner and The Lion in Winter
 Anne Bancroft – The Graduate
 Catherine Deneuve – Belle de jour
 Joanne Woodward – Rachel, Rachel

1969 – Maggie Smith – The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
 Mia Farrow – John and Mary , Rosemary's Baby and Secret Ceremony
 Glenda Jackson – Women in Love
 Barbra Streisand – Funny Girl and Hello, Dolly!
 Mary Wimbush – Oh! What a Lovely War

1970s 
1970 – Katharine Ross – Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here
 Jane Fonda – They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
 Goldie Hawn – Cactus Flower as Toni Simmons
 Sarah Miles – Ryan's Daughter
1971 – Glenda Jackson – Sunday Bloody Sunday
 Lynn Carlin – Taking Off
 Julie Christie – The Go-Between
 Jane Fonda – Klute as Bree Daniels
 Goldie Hawn – There's a Girl in My Soup
 Nanette Newman – The Raging Moon
1972 – Liza Minnelli – Cabaret as Sally Bowles Stéphane Audran – The Butcher
 Anne Bancroft – Young Winston
 Dorothy Tutin – Savage Messiah1973 – Stéphane Audran – The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie and Just Before Nightfall
 Julie Christie – Don't Look Now
 Glenda Jackson – A Touch of Class as Vicki Allesio
 Diana Ross – Lady Sings the Blues as Billie Holiday
 Ingrid Thulin – Viskningar och rop

1974 – Joanne Woodward – Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
 Faye Dunaway – Chinatown as Evelyn Cross Mulwray
 Barbra Streisand – The Way We Were
 Cicely Tyson – The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman as Jane Pittman
1975 – Ellen Burstyn – Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore as Alice Hyatt Anne Bancroft – The Prisoner of Second Avenue
 Valerie Perrine – Lenny as Honey Bruce
 Liv Ullmann – Scener ur ett äktenskap1976 – Louise Fletcher – One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest as Nurse Mildred Ratched Lauren Bacall – The Shootist
 Rita Moreno – The Ritz
 Liv Ullmann – Ansikte mot ansikte as Dr. Jenny Isaakson1977 – Diane Keaton – Annie Hall as Annie Hall Faye Dunaway – Network as Diana Christensen
 Shelley Duvall – 3 Women
 Lily Tomlin – The Late Show1978 – Jane Fonda – Julia as Lillian Hellman Anne Bancroft – The Turning Point
 Jill Clayburgh – An Unmarried Woman
 Marsha Mason – The Goodbye Girl as Paula McFadden1979 – Jane Fonda – The China Syndrome as Kimberly Wells Diane Keaton – Manhattan
 Maggie Smith – California Suite as Diana Barrie
 Meryl Streep – The Deer Hunter as Linda
1980s 1980 – Judy Davis – My Brilliant Career
 Shirley MacLaine – Being There
 Bette Midler – The Rose as Mary Rose Foster
 Meryl Streep – Kramer vs. Kramer as Joanna Kramer

1981 – Meryl Streep – The French Lieutenant's Woman as Sarah/Anna Mary Tyler Moore – Ordinary People as Beth Jarrett
 Maggie Smith – Quartet
 Sissy Spacek – Coal Miner's Daughter as Loretta Lynn1982 – Katharine Hepburn – On Golden Pond as Ethel Thayer Diane Keaton – Reds as Louise Bryant
 Jennifer Kendal – 36 Chowringhee Lane
 Sissy Spacek – Missing1983 – Julie Walters – Educating Rita as Rita Jessica Lange – Tootsie as Julie Nichols
 Phyllis Logan – Another Time, Another Place
 Meryl Streep – Sophie's Choice as Sophie Zawistowska1984 – Maggie Smith – A Private Function
 Shirley MacLaine – Terms of Endearment as Aurora Greenway
 Helen Mirren – Cal
 Meryl Streep – Silkwood as Karen Silkwood

1985 – Peggy Ashcroft – A Passage to India
 Mia Farrow – The Purple Rose of Cairo
 Kelly McGillis – Witness
 Alexandra Pigg – Letter to Brezhnev
1986 – Maggie Smith – A Room with a View
 Mia Farrow – Hannah and Her Sisters as Hannah
 Meryl Streep – Out of Africa as Karen Blixen
 Cathy Tyson – Mona Lisa

1987 – Anne Bancroft – 84 Charing Cross Road
 Emily Lloyd – Wish You Were Here
 Sarah Miles – Hope and Glory
 Julie Walters – Personal Services

1988 – Maggie Smith – The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
 Stéphane Audran – Babettes gæstebud
 Cher – Moonstruck as Loretta Castorini
 Jamie Lee Curtis – A Fish Called Wanda as Wanda

1989 – Pauline Collins – Shirley Valentine as Shirley Valentine Bradshaw
 Glenn Close – Dangerous Liaisons
 Jodie Foster – The Accused as Sarah Tobias
 Melanie Griffith – Working Girl as Tess McGill

1990s 
1990 – Jessica Tandy – Driving Miss Daisy as Miss Daisy Werthan
 Shirley MacLaine – Postcards from the Edge as Suzanne Vale
 Michelle Pfeiffer – The Fabulous Baker Boys
 Julia Roberts – Pretty Woman as Vivian Ward
1991 – Jodie Foster – The Silence of the Lambs as Clarice Starling
 Geena Davis – Thelma & Louise as Thelma Dickinson
 Susan Sarandon – Thelma & Louise as Louise Sawyer
 Juliet Stevenson – Truly, Madly, Deeply

1992 – Emma Thompson – Howards End as Margaret Schlegel
 Judy Davis – Husbands and Wives
 Tara Morice – Strictly Ballroom
 Jessica Tandy – Fried Green Tomatoes as Ninny Threadgoode

1993 – Holly Hunter – The Piano as Ada McGrath
 Miranda Richardson – Tom & Viv as Vivienne Haigh-Wood Eliot
 Emma Thompson – The Remains of the Day
 Debra Winger – Shadowlands

1994 – Susan Sarandon – The Client as Reggie Love
 Linda Fiorentino – The Last Seduction as Bridget Gregory
 Irène Jacob – Three Colors: Red (Trois couleurs: Rouge)
 Uma Thurman – Pulp Fiction as Mia Wallace

1995 – Emma Thompson – Sense and Sensibility as Eleanor Dashwood
 Nicole Kidman – To Die For as Suzanne Stone Maretto
 Helen Mirren – The Madness of King George
 Elisabeth Shue – Leaving Las Vegas as Sera
1996 – Brenda Blethyn – Secrets & Lies as Cynthia Rose Purley
 Frances McDormand – Fargo as Marge Gunderson
 Kristin Scott Thomas – The English Patient
 Emily Watson – Breaking the Waves

1997 – Judi Dench – Mrs. Brown as Queen Victoria
 Kim Basinger – L.A. Confidential
 Kathy Burke – Nil By Mouth
 Helena Bonham Carter – The Wings of the Dove

1998 – Cate Blanchett – Elizabeth as Queen Elizabeth I
 Jane Horrocks – Little Voice
 Gwyneth Paltrow – Shakespeare in Love as Viola de Lesseps
 Emily Watson – Hilary and Jackie as Jacqueline du Pre

1999 – Annette Bening – American Beauty as Carolyn Burnham
 Linda Bassett – East is East
 Julianne Moore – The End of the Affair
 Emily Watson – Angela's Ashes

2000s
2000 – Julia Roberts – Erin Brockovich as Erin Brockovich
 Juliette Binoche – Chocolat
 Kate Hudson – Almost Famous as Penny Lane
 Hilary Swank – Boys Don't Cry as Brandon Teena
 Michelle Yeoh – Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long)
2001 – Judi Dench – Iris as Iris Murdoch
 Nicole Kidman – The Others
 Sissy Spacek – In the Bedroom as Ruth Fowler
 Audrey Tautou – Amélie (Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain)
 Renée Zellweger – Bridget Jones's Diary as Bridget Jones

2002 – Nicole Kidman – The Hours as Virginia Woolf
 Halle Berry – Monster's Ball as Leticia Musgrove
 Salma Hayek – Frida as Frida Kahlo
 Meryl Streep – The Hours as Clarissa Vaughan
 Renée Zellweger – Chicago as Roxie Hart

2003 – Scarlett Johansson – Lost in Translation as Charlotte
 Scarlett Johansson – Girl with a Pearl Earring
 Anne Reid – The Mother
 Uma Thurman – Kill Bill: Vol. 1 as The Bride
 Naomi Watts – 21 Grams

2004 – Imelda Staunton – Vera Drake as Vera Drake
 Charlize Theron – Monster as Aileen Wuornos
 Kate Winslet – Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind as Clementine Kruczynski
 Kate Winslet – Finding Neverland
 Zhang Ziyi – House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu)
2005 – Reese Witherspoon – Walk the Line as June Carter
 Judi Dench – Mrs Henderson Presents
 Charlize Theron – North Country as Josey Aimes
 Rachel Weisz – The Constant Gardener
 Zhang Ziyi – Memoirs of a Geisha

2006 – Helen Mirren – The Queen as Queen Elizabeth II
 Penélope Cruz – To Return (Volver)
 Judi Dench – Notes on a Scandal
 Meryl Streep – The Devil Wears Prada as Miranda Priestly
 Kate Winslet – Little Children

2007 – Marion Cotillard – La Vie en Rose (La môme) as Édith Piaf
Cate Blanchett – Elizabeth: The Golden Age as Queen Elizabeth I
Julie Christie – Away From Her as Fiona Anderson
Keira Knightley – Atonement
Ellen Page – Juno as Juno MacGuff

2008 – Kate Winslet – The Reader as Hanna Schmitz
Angelina Jolie – Changeling as Christine Collins
Kristin Scott Thomas – I've Loved You So Long (Il y a longtemps que je t'aime)
Meryl Streep – Doubt as Sister Aloysius Beauvier
Kate Winslet – Revolutionary Road as April Wheeler
2009 – Carey Mulligan – An Education as Jenny Mellor
Saoirse Ronan – The Lovely Bones
Gabourey Sidibe – Precious as Claireece "Precious" Jones
Meryl Streep – Julie & Julia as Julia Child
Audrey Tautou – Coco Before Chanel

2010s
2010 – Natalie Portman - Black Swan as Nina Sayers
 Annette Bening – The Kids Are All Right as Nic
 Julianne Moore – The Kids Are All Right as Jules
 Noomi Rapace – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
 Hailee Steinfeld – True Grit as Mattie Ross

2011 – 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

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BAFTA Awards
This is a list of the winners of the BAFTA Award for Best Direction.  They are presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Italian-American director Martin Scorsese has had the most nominations, eight so far.

2010s
 2011 - 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

 2010 - David Fincher – The Social Network 
 Tom Hooper – The King's Speech
 Danny Boyle – 127 Hours
 Darren Aronofsky – Black Swan
 Christopher Nolan – Inception

2000s
 2009 - Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker
 James Cameron – Avatar
 Neill Blomkamp – District 9
 Lone Scherfig – An Education
 Quentin Tarantino – Inglourious Basterds

 2008 - Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire 
 Clint Eastwood – Changeling
 David Fincher – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
 Ron Howard – Frost/Nixon
 Stephen Daldry – The Reader
2007 - Ethan and Joel Coen - No Country For Old Men 
 Joe Wright - Atonement
 Paul Greengrass - The Bourne Ultimatum
 Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck - The Lives of Others (Das Leben der Anderen)
 Paul Thomas Anderson - There Will Be Blood

 2006 - Paul Greengrass - United 93
 Martin Scorsese - The Departed
 Stephen Frears - The Queen
 Alejandro González Iñárritu - Babel
 Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris - Little Miss Sunshine

 2005 - Ang Lee - Brokeback Mountain
 George Clooney - Good Night, and Good Luck
 Paul Haggis - Crash
 Fernando Meirelles - The Constant Gardener
 Bennett Miller - Capote

 2004 - Mike Leigh - Vera Drake
 Martin Scorsese - The Aviator
 Marc Forster - Finding Neverland
 Michael Mann - Collateral
 Michel Gondry - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

 2003 - Peter Weir - Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
 Peter Jackson - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
 Sofia Coppola - Lost in Translation
 Anthony Minghella - Cold Mountain
 Tim Burton - Big Fish
2002 - Roman Polanski - The Pianist
 Rob Marshall - Chicago
 Stephen Daldry - The Hours
 Peter Jackson - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
 Martin Scorsese - Gangs of New York

 2001 - Peter Jackson - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
 Ron Howard - A Beautiful Mind
 Baz Luhrmann - Moulin Rouge!
 Robert Altman - Gosford Park
 Jean-Pierre Jeunet - Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain

 2000 - Ang Lee - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
 Steven Soderbergh - Traffic
 Steven Soderbergh - Erin Brockovich
 Ridley Scott - Gladiator
 Stephen Daldry - Billy Elliot

1990s
 1999 - Pedro Almodóvar - Todo sobre mi madre
 Sam Mendes - American Beauty
 M. Night Shyamalan - The Sixth Sense
 Anthony Minghella - The Talented Mr. Ripley
 Neil Jordan - The End of the Affair

 1998 - Peter Weir - The Truman Show
 John Madden - Shakespeare in Love
 Shekhar Kapur - Elizabeth
 Steven Spielberg - Saving Private Ryan
1997 - Baz Luhrmann - Romeo + Juliet
 James Cameron - Titanic
 Curtis Hanson - L.A. Confidential
 Peter Cattaneo - The Full Monty

 1996 - Joel Coen - Fargo
 Anthony Minghella - The English Patient
 Scott Hicks - Shine
 Mike Leigh - Secrets & Lies

 1995 - Michael Radford - Il Postino
 Mel Gibson - Braveheart
 Ang Lee - Sense and Sensibility
 Nicholas Hytner - The Madness of King George

 1994 - Mike Newell - Four Weddings and a Funeral
 Robert Zemeckis - Forrest Gump
 Quentin Tarantino - Pulp Fiction
 Krzysztof Kieslowski - Trois couleurs: Rouge

 1993 - Steven Spielberg - Schindler's List
 Jane Campion - The Piano
 James Ivory - The Remains of the Day
 Richard Attenborough - Shadowlands

 1992 - Robert Altman - The Player
 Clint Eastwood - Unforgiven
 Neil Jordan - The Crying Game
 James Ivory - Howards End

 1991 - Alan Parker - The Commitments
 Jonathan Demme - The Silence of the Lambs
 Ridley Scott - Thelma & Louise
 Kevin Costner - Dances with Wolves
1990 - Martin Scorsese - GoodFellas
 Woody Allen - Crimes and Misdemeanors
 Bruce Beresford - Driving Miss Daisy 
 Giuseppe Tornatore - Nuovo cinema Paradiso

1980s
 1989 - Kenneth Branagh - Henry V
 Stephen Frears - Dangerous Liaisons
 Peter Weir - Dead Poets Society
 Alan Parker - Mississippi Burning

 1988 - Louis Malle - Au revoir les enfants
 Bernardo Bertolucci - The Last Emperor
 Charles Crichton - A Fish Called Wanda
 Gabriel Axel - Babettes gæstebud

 1987 - Oliver Stone - Platoon
 Claude Berri - Jean de Florette
 John Boorman - Hope and Glory
 Richard Attenborough - Cry Freedom

 1986 - Woody Allen - Hannah and Her Sisters
 Roland Joffé - The Mission
 Neil Jordan - Mona Lisa
 James Ivory - A Room with a View

 1985 - -

 1984 - Wim Wenders - Paris, Texas
 Sergio Leone - Once Upon a Time in America
 Roland Joffé - The Killing Fields
 Peter Yates - The Dresser

 1983 - Bill Forsyth - Local Hero
 Sydney Pollack - Tootsie
 Martin Scorsese - The King of Comedy
 James Ivory - Heat and Dust