# 63rd British Academy Film Awards

The 63rd British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, were held on 21 February 2010 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 2009. Presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, accolades were handed out for the best feature-length film and documentaries of any nationality that were screened at British cinemas in 2009.
The nominees were announced on 21 January 2010. Three films received the most nominations in eight categories; Avatar, An Education and The Hurt Locker. District 9 followed with seven. The Hurt Locker took home the most awards with six. This year marked the first year of the new Academy President, William, Prince of Wales, who presented the BAFTA Fellowship award to Vanessa Redgrave, alongside Uma Thurman.
Jonathan Ross hosted the ceremony for the fourth consecutive year.

## Winners and nominees
### BAFTA Fellowship

* Vanessa Redgrave

### Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema

* Joe Dunton

### Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.
| Best Film The Hurt Locker – Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier and Greg Shapiro Avatar – James Cameron and Jon Landau An Education – Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey Precious – Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness and Gary Magness Up in the Air – Ivan Reitman, Jason Reitman and Daniel Dubiecki | Best Direction Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker James Cameron – Avatar Lone Scherfig – An Education Neill Blomkamp – District 9 Quentin Tarantino – Inglourious Basterds |
| Best Actor in a Leading Role Colin Firth – A Single Man as George Falconer Andy Serkis – Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll as Ian Dury George Clooney – Up in the Air as Ryan Bingham Jeff Bridges – Crazy Heart as Otis Blake Jeremy Renner – The Hurt Locker as Sergeant First Class William James | Best Actress in a Leading Role Carey Mulligan – An Education as Jenny Mellor Audrey Tautou – Coco Before Chanel as Coco Chanel Gabourey Sidibe – Precious as Claireece Precious Jones Meryl Streep – Julie & Julia as Julia Child Saoirse Ronan – The Lovely Bones as Susie Salmon |
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds as Hans Landa Alec Baldwin – It's Complicated as Jacob Adler Alfred Molina – An Education as Jack Mellor Christian McKay – Me and Orson Welles as Orson Welles Stanley Tucci – The Lovely Bones as George Harvey | Best Actress in a Supporting Role Mo'Nique – Precious as Mary Lee Johnston Anna Kendrick – Up in the Air as Natalie Keener Anne-Marie Duff – Nowhere Boy as Julia Lennon Kristin Scott Thomas – Nowhere Boy as Mimi Smith Vera Farmiga – Up in the Air as Alex Goran |
| Best Original Screenplay The Hurt Locker – Mark Boal The Hangover – Jon Lucas and Scott Moore Inglourious Basterds – Quentin Tarantino A Serious Man – Joel Coen and Ethan Coen Up – Bob Peterson and Pete Docter | Best Adapted Screenplay Up in the Air – Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner District 9 – Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell An Education – Nick Hornby In the Loop – Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci and Tony Roche Precious – Geoffrey S. Fletcher |
| Best Cinematography The Hurt Locker – Barry Ackroyd Avatar – Mauro Fiore District 9 – Trent Opaloch Inglourious Basterds – Robert Richardson The Road – Javier Aguirresarobe | Best Costume Design The Young Victoria – Sandy Powell Bright Star – Janet Patterson Coco Before Chanel – Catherine Leterrier An Education – Odile Dicks-Mireaux A Single Man – Arianne Phillips |
| Best Editing The Hurt Locker – Bob Murawski and Chris Innis Avatar – Stephen E. Rivkin, John Refoua and James Cameron District 9 – Julian Clarke Inglourious Basterds – Sally Menke Up in the Air – Dana E. Glauberman | Best Makeup and Hair The Young Victoria – Jenny Shircore Coco Before Chanel – Thi Thanh Tu Nguyen, Madeleine Cafano and Jane Milon An Education – Lizzie Yianni Georgiou The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus – Sarah Monzani Nine – Peter King |
| Best Original Music Up – Michael Giacchino Avatar – James Horner Crazy Heart – T Bone Burnett and Stephen Bruton Fantastic Mr. Fox – Alexandre Desplat Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll – Chaz Jankel | Best Production Design Avatar – Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg and Kim Sinclair District 9 – Philip Ivey and Guy Potgieter Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – Stuart Craig and Stephenie McMillan The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus – Dave Warren, Anastasia Masaro and Caroline Smith Inglourious Basterds – David Wasco and Sandy Reynolds-Wasco |
| Best Sound The Hurt Locker – Ray Beckett and Paul N. J. Ottosson Avatar – Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson, Tony Johnson and Addison Teague District 9 – Brent Burge, Chris Ward, Dave Whitehead, Michael Hedges and Ken Saville Star Trek – Peter J. Devlin, Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, Mark Stoeckinger and Ben Burtt Up – Tom Myers, Michael Silvers, Michael Semanick and Doc Kane | Best Special Visual Effects Avatar – Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones District 9 – Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros and Matt Aitken Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – John Richardson, Tim Burke, Tim Alexander and Nicolas Aithadi The Hurt Locker – Richard Stutsman Star Trek – Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh and Burt Dalton |
| Outstanding British Film Fish Tank – Kees Kasander, Nick Laws and Andrea Arnold An Education – Finola Dwyer, Amanda Posey, Lone Scherfig and Nick Hornby In the Loop – Kevin Loader, Adam Tandy, Armando Iannucci, Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell and Tony Roche Moon – Stuart Fenegan, Trudie Styler, Duncan Jones and Nathan Parker Nowhere Boy – Robert Bernstein, Douglas Rae, Kevin Loader, Sam Taylor-Johnson and Matt Greenhalgh | Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer Moon – Duncan Jones (Director) Exam – Stuart Hazeldine (Writer/Director/Producer) Mugabe and the White African – Lucy Bailey, Andrew Thompson, Elizabeth Morgan Hemlock and David Pearson (Director/Producer) Nowhere Boy – Sam Taylor-Johnson (Director) Shifty – Eran Creevy (Writer/Director) |
| Best Short Animation Mother of Many – Sally Arther and Emma Lazanby The Gruffalo – Michael Rose, Martin Pope, Jakob Schuh and Max Lang The Happy Duckling – Gili Dolev | Best Short Film I Do Air – James Bolton and Martina Amati Fourteen – Asitha Ameresekere Jade – Samm Hailay and Daniel Elliott Mixtape – Luti Fagbenle and Luke Snellin Off Season – Jacob Jaffke and Jonathan Van Tulleken |
| Best Animated Film Up – Pete Docter Coraline – Henry Selick Fantastic Mr. Fox – Wes Anderson | Best Film Not in the English Language A Prophet – Pascal Caucheteux, Marco Cherqui, Alix Raynaud and Jacques Audiard Broken Embraces – Agustín Almodóvar and Pedro Almodóvar Coco Before Chanel – Carole Scotta, Caroline Benjo, Philippe Carcassanne and Anne Fontaine Let the Right One In – Carl Molinder, John Nordling and Tomas Alfredson The White Ribbon – Stefan Arndt, Veit Heiduschka, Margaret Ménégoz and Michael Haneke |
| Rising Star Award Kristen Stewart Carey Mulligan Jesse Eisenberg Nicholas Hoult Tahar Rahim ||

## Statistics

Films that received multiple nominations :
| Nominations | Film |
| 8 | Avatar |
| 8 | An Education |
| 8 | The Hurt Locker |
| 7 | District 9 |
| 6 | Inglourious Basterds |
| 6 | Up in the Air |
| 4 | Coco Before Chanel |
| 4 | Nowhere Boy |
| 4 | Precious |
| 4 | Up |
| 2 | Crazy Heart |
| 2 | Fantastic Mr. Fox |
| 2 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince |
| 2 | The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus |
| 2 | In the Loop |
| 2 | The Lovely Bones |
| 2 | Moon |
| 2 | Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll |
| 2 | A Single Man |
| 2 | Star Trek |
| 2 | The Young Victoria |
Films that received multiple awards :
| Awards | Film |
| 6 | The Hurt Locker |
| 2 | Avatar |
| 2 | Up |
| 2 | The Young Victoria |