# London Film Critics Circle Awards 2007

28th London Film Critics Circle Awards
8 February 2008
Film of the Year:
No Country for Old Men
British Film of the Year:
Control
The 28th London Film Critics Circle Awards, honouring the best in film for 2007, were announced by the London Film Critics Circle on 8 February 2008.

## Winners and nominees
### Film of the Year

No Country for Old Men
* The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
* The Bourne Ultimatum
* There Will Be Blood
* Zodiac

### British Film of the Year

Control
* Atonement
* Eastern Promises
* Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
* This Is England

### Foreign Language Film of the Year

The Lives of Others • Germany
* 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days • Romania
* The Diving Bell and the Butterfly • France
* Letters from Iwo Jima • United States
* Tell No One • France

### Director of the Year

Paul Thomas Anderson – There Will Be Blood
* Joel Coen & Ethan Coen – No Country for Old Men
* David Fincher – Zodiac
* Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck – The Lives of Others
* Cristian Mungiu – 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days

### British Director of the Year

Paul Greengrass – The Bourne Ultimatum
* Danny Boyle – Sunshine
* Anton Corbijn – Control
* Shane Meadows – This Is England
* Joe Wright – Atonement

### Screenwriter of the Year

Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck – The Lives of Others
* Christopher Hampton – Atonement
* Ronald Harwood – The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
* Joel Coen & Ethan Coen – No Country for Old Men
* Paul Thomas Anderson – There Will Be Blood

### British Breakthrough – Filmmaking

Anton Corbijn, director – Control
* John Carney, writer and director – Once
* Sarah Gavron, director – Brick Lane
* Matt Greenhalgh, writer – Control
* Stevan Riley, writer, director, producer – Blue Blood

### Actor of the Year

Daniel Day-Lewis – There Will Be Blood
* Casey Affleck – The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
* George Clooney – Michael Clayton
* Tommy Lee Jones – In the Valley of Elah
* Ulrich Mühe – The Lives of Others

### Actress of the Year

Marion Cotillard – La Vie en Rose
* Maggie Gyllenhaal – Sherrybaby
* Angelina Jolie – A Mighty Heart
* Laura Linney – The Savages
* Anamaria Marinca – 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days

### British Actor of the Year

James McAvoy – Atonement
* Christian Bale – 3:10 to Yuma
* Jim Broadbent – And When Did You Last See Your Father?
* Jonny Lee Miller – The Flying Scotsman
* Sam Riley – Control

### British Actress of the Year

Julie Christie – Away from Her
* Helena Bonham Carter – Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
* Keira Knightley – Atonement
* Sienna Miller – Interview
* Samantha Morton – Control

### British Supporting Actor of the Year

Tom Wilkinson – Michael Clayton
* Albert Finney – Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
* Toby Jones – The Painted Veil
* Toby Kebbell – Control
* Alfred Molina – The Hoax

### British Supporting Actress of the Year

Kelly Macdonald – No Country for Old Men
Vanessa Redgrave – Atonement
* Saoirse Ronan – Atonement
* Imelda Staunton – Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
* Tilda Swinton – Michael Clayton

### British Breakthrough – Acting

Sam Riley – Control
* Benedict Cumberbatch – Amazing Grace
* Dakota Blue Richards – The Golden Compass
* Saoirse Ronan – Atonement
* Thomas Turgoose – This Is England

### Dilys Powell Award

* Julie Walters