# 62nd British Academy Film Awards

The 62nd British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, took place on 8 February 2009 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 2008. 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 2008.
The nominees were announced on 15 January 2009. Two films received the most nominations in eleven categories; The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Slumdog Millionaire. The Dark Knight followed with nine. Slumdog Millionaire took home the most awards with seven.
Jonathan Ross hosted the ceremony for the third consecutive year.

## Winners and nominees
### BAFTA Fellowship

* Terry Gilliam

### Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema

* Pinewood Studios and Shepperton Studios

### Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.
| Best Film Slumdog Millionaire – Christian Colson The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Ceán Chaffin Frost/Nixon – Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Brian Grazer and Ron Howard Milk – Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen The Reader – Anthony Minghella, Sydney Pollack, Donna Gigliotti and Redmond Morris | Best Direction Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire Clint Eastwood – Changeling David Fincher – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Ron Howard – Frost/Nixon Stephen Daldry – The Reader |
| Best Actor in a Leading Role Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler as Robin Ramzinski/Randy Robinson Brad Pitt – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button as Benjamin Button Dev Patel – Slumdog Millionaire as Jamal Malik Frank Langella – Frost/Nixon as Richard Nixon Sean Penn – Milk as Harvey Milk | Best Actress in a Leading Role Kate Winslet – The Reader as Hanna Schmitz Angelina Jolie – Changeling as Christine Collins Kate Winslet – Revolutionary Road as April Wheeler Kristin Scott Thomas – I've Loved You So Long as Juliette Fontaine Meryl Streep – Doubt as Sister Aloysius Beauvier |
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight as Joker Brad Pitt – Burn After Reading as Chad Feldheimer Brendan Gleeson – In Bruges as Ken Daley Philip Seymour Hoffman – Doubt as Father Brendan Flynn Robert Downey Jr. – Tropic Thunder as Kirk Lazarus | Best Actress in a Supporting Role Penélope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona as Maria Elena Amy Adams – Doubt as Sister James Freida Pinto – Slumdog Millionaire as Latika Marisa Tomei – The Wrestler as Pam/Cassidy Tilda Swinton – Burn After Reading as Katie Cox |
| Best Original Screenplay In Bruges – Martin McDonagh Burn After Reading – Joel Coen and Ethan Coen Changeling – J. Michael Straczynski I've Loved You So Long – Philippe Claudel Milk – Dustin Lance Black | Best Adapted Screenplay Slumdog Millionaire – Simon Beaufoy The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Eric Roth Frost/Nixon – Peter Morgan The Reader – David Hare (playwright) Revolutionary Road – Justin Haythe |
| Best Cinematography Slumdog Millionaire – Anthony Dod Mantle Changeling – Tom Stern The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Claudio Miranda The Dark Knight – Wally Pfister The Reader – Chris Menges and Roger Deakins | Best Costume Design The Duchess – Michael O'Connor Changeling – Deborah Hopper The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Jacqueline West The Dark Knight – Lindy Hemming Revolutionary Road – Albert Wolsky |
| Best Editing Slumdog Millionaire – Chris Dickens Changeling – Joel Cox and Gary D. Roach The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall The Dark Knight – Lee Smith Frost/Nixon – Mike Hill and Daniel P. Hanley In Bruges – Jon Gregory | Best Makeup and Hair The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Jean Ann Black and Colleen Callaghan The Dark Knight – Peter King The Duchess – Daniel Phillips and Jan Archibald Frost/Nixon – Edouard F. Henriques and Kim Santantonio Milk – Steven E. Anderson and Michael White |
| Best Original Music Slumdog Millionaire – A. R. Rahman The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Alexandre Desplat The Dark Knight – Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard Mamma Mia! – Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus WALL-E – Thomas Newman | Best Production Design The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Donald Graham Burt and Victor J. Zolfo Changeling – James J. Murakami and Gary Fettis The Dark Knight – Nathan Crowley and Peter Lando Revolutionary Road – Kristi Zea and Debra Schutt Slumdog Millionaire – Mark Digby and Michelle Day |
| Best Sound Slumdog Millionaire – Glenn Freemantle, Resul Pookutty, Richard Pryke, Tom Sayers and Ian Tapp Changeling – Walt Martin, Alan Robert Murray, John T. Reitz and Gregg Rudloff The Dark Knight – Lora Hirschberg, Richard King, Ed Novick and Gary Rizzo Quantum of Solace – Eddy Joseph, Chris Munro, Mike Prestwood Smith, Mark Taylor and Jimmy Boyle WALL-E – Ben Burtt, Tom Myers, Michael Semanick and Matthew Wood | Best Special Visual Effects The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Eric Barba, Craig Barron, Nathan McGuinness and Edson Williams The Dark Knight – Chris Corbould, Nick Davis, Paul Franklin and Tim Webber Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull – Pablo Helman, Marshall Krasser and Steve Rawlins Iron Man – Shane Mahan, John Nelson, Ben Snow and Hal Hickel Quantum of Solace – Chris Corbould and Kevin Tod Haug |
| Outstanding British Film Man on Wire – Simon Chinn and James Marsh Hunger – Laura Hastings-Smith, Robin Gutch, Steve McQueen and Enda Walsh In Bruges – Graham Broadbent, Peter Czernin and Martin McDonagh Mamma Mia! – Judy Craymer, Gary Goetzman, Phyllida Lloyd and Catherine Johnson Slumdog Millionaire – Christian Colson, Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy | Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer Hunger – Steve McQueen (Writer/Director) Mamma Mia! – Judy Craymer (Producer) Man on Wire – Simon Chinn (Producer) Of Time and the City – Roy Boulter and Sol Papadopoulos (Producer) Son of Rambow – Garth Jennings (Writer) |
| Best Short Animation A Matter of Loaf and Death – Steve Pegram, Nick Park and Bob Baker Codswallop – Greg McLead and Myles McLead Varmints – Sue Goffe and Marc Craste | Best Short Film September – Stewart Le Marechal and Esther May Campbell The Business Trip – Celine Quideau and Sean Ellis Kingsland #1: The Dreamer – Kate Ogborn and Tony Grisoni Love You More – Sam Taylor-Johnson, Patrick Marber, Anthony Minghella and Caroline Harvey Ralph – Olivier Kaempfer and Alex Winckler |
| Best Animated Film WALL-E – Andrew Stanton Persepolis – Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud Waltz with Bashir – Ari Folman | Best Film Not in the English Language I've Loved You So Long – Yves Marmion and Philippe Claudel The Baader Meinhof Complex – Bernd Eichinger and Uli Edel Gomorrah – Domenico Procacci and Matteo Garrone Persepolis – Marc-Antoine Robert, Xavier Rigault, Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud Waltz with Bashir – Serge Lalou, Gerhard Mexiner, Yael Nahlieli and Ari Folman |
| Rising Star Award Noel Clarke Michael Cera Michael Fassbender Rebecca Hall Toby Kebbell ||

## Statistics

Films that received multiple nominations :
| Nominations | Film |
| 11 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button |
| 11 | Slumdog Millionaire |
| 9 | The Dark Knight |
| 8 | Changeling |
| 6 | Frost/Nixon |
| 5 | The Reader |
| 4 | In Bruges |
| 4 | Milk |
| 4 | Revolutionary Road |
| 3 | Burn After Reading |
| 3 | Doubt |
| 3 | I've Loved You So Long |
| 3 | Mamma Mia! |
| 3 | WALL-E |
| 2 | The Duchess |
| 2 | Hunger |
| 2 | Man on Wire |
| 2 | Persepolis |
| 2 | Quantum of Solace |
| 2 | Waltz with Bashir |
| 2 | The Wrestler |
Films that received multiple awards :
| Awards | Film |
| 7 | Slumdog Millionaire |
| 3 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button |

## In Memoriam

* Charlton Heston
* John Daly
* Patrick McGoohan
* Harold Pinter
* Jonathan Bates
* Claude Berri
* Youssef Chahine
* Anthony Minghella
* Jules Dassin
* Richard Widmark
* Van Johnson
* Michael Crichton
* Roy Scheider
* Malcolm Cooke
* Mel Ferrer
* Isaac Hayes
* John Michael Hayes
* Charles Joffe
* Harry Lange
* Sydney Pollack
* Robert Mulligan
* Stan Winston
* Mark Shivas
* Cyd Charisse
* Les Ostinelli
* Kon Ichikawa
* David Watkin
* Paul Newman