# 23rd British Academy Film Awards

The 23rd British Academy Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1970, honoured the best films of 1969.

## Winners and nominees

| Best Film Midnight Cowboy – John Schlesinger Oh! What a Lovely War – Richard Attenborough Women in Love – Ken Russell Z – Costa-Gavras | Best Direction John Schlesinger – Midnight Cowboy Ken Russell – Women in Love Peter Yates – Bullitt Richard Attenborough – Oh! What a Lovely War |
| Best Actor in a Leading Role Dustin Hoffman – John and Mary as John Dustin Hoffman – Midnight Cowboy as Enrico Salvatore Rizzo Alan Bates – Women in Love as Rupert Birkin Nicol Williamson – Inadmissible Evidence as Bill Maitland Walter Matthau – Hello, Dolly! as Horace Vandergelder Walter Matthau – The Secret Life of an American Wife as Movie Star | Best Actress in a Leading Role Maggie Smith – The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie as Jean Brodie Barbra Streisand – Funny Girl as Fanny Brice Barbra Streisand – Hello, Dolly! as Dolly Levi Glenda Jackson – Women in Love as Gudrun Brangwan Mia Farrow – John and Mary as Mary Mia Farrow – Rosemary's Baby as Rosemary Woodhouse Mia Farrow – Secret Ceremony as Cenci |
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role Laurence Olivier – Oh! What a Lovely War as John French Jack Klugman – Goodbye, Columbus as Ben Patimkin Jack Nicholson – Easy Rider as George Hanson Robert Vaughn – Bullitt as Senator Walter Chalmers | Best Actress in a Supporting Role Celia Johnson – The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie as Miss Mackay Mary Wimbush – Oh! What a Lovely War as Mary Smith Pamela Franklin – The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie as Sandy Peggy Ashcroft – Three into Two Won't Go as Belle |
| Best Screenplay Midnight Cowboy – Waldo Salt Goodbye, Columbus – Arnold Schulman Women in Love – Larry Kramer Z – Costa-Gavras and Jorge Semprún | Best Cinematography Oh! What a Lovely War – Gerry Turpin Bullitt – William A. Fraker Funny Girl – Harry Stradling Hello, Dolly! – Harry Stradling The Magus – Billy Williams Women in Love – Billy Williams |
| Best Costume Design Oh! What a Lovely War – Anthony Mendleson Funny Girl – Irene Sharaff Isadora – Ruth Myers Women in Love – Shirley Ann Russell | Best Editing Midnight Cowboy – Hugh A. Robertson Bullitt – Frank P. Keller Oh! What a Lovely War – Kevin Connor Z – Françoise Bonnot |
| Best Original Music Z – Mikis Theodorakis Secret Ceremony – Richard Rodney Bennett The Thomas Crown Affair – Michel Legrand Women in Love – Georges Delerue | Best Production Design Oh! What a Lovely War – Donald M. Ashton Hello, Dolly! – John DeCuir War and Peace – Mikhail Bogdanov and Gennady Myasnikov Women in Love – Luciana Arrighi |
| Best Sound Oh! What a Lovely War – Don Challis and Simon Kaye Battle of Britain – Ted Mason and Jim Shields Bullitt – Edwin Scheid Isadora – Terry Rawlings Women in Love – Terry Rawlings | Best Documentary Prologue – National Film Board of Canada |
| Best Short Film Picture to Post – Sarah Erulkar Barbican – Robin Contelon Birthday – Franc Roddam A Test of Violence – Stuart Cooper | Best Specialised Film Let There Be Light – Peter De Normanville The Behaviour Game – Ronald Spencer Isotopes In Action – Ken McCready Mullardability – Rene Basilico |
| Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles Jon Voight – Midnight Cowboy as Joe Buck Ali MacGraw – Goodbye, Columbus as Brenda Patimkin Jennie Linden – Women in Love as Ursula Brangwen Kim Darby – True Grit as Mattie Ross | United Nations Award Oh! What a Lovely War – Richard Attenborough Ådalen 31 – Bo Widerberg Midnight Cowboy – John Schlesinger Z – Costa-Gavras |

## Statistics

Films that received multiple nominations :
| Nominations | Film |
| 11 | Women in Love |
| 10 | Oh! What a Lovely War |
| 7 | Midnight Cowboy |
| 5 | Bullitt |
| 5 | Z |
| 4 | Hello, Dolly! |
| 3 | Funny Girl |
| 3 | Goodbye, Columbus |
| 3 | The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie |
| 2 | Isadora |
| 2 | John and Mary |
| 2 | Secret Ceremony |
Films that received multiple awards :
| Awards | Film |
| 6 | Midnight Cowboy |
| 6 | Oh! What a Lovely War |
| 2 | The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie |