# 24th British Academy Film Awards

The 24th British Academy Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1971, honoured the best films of 1970. The awards were held at the Royal Albert Hall, London and held on 4 March 1971. For the first time, the Society bestowed a Fellowship on someone who had left a permanent influence on the world of the big or small screen. The first BAFTA Fellowship Award was bestowed on Alfred Hitchcock Fellowship Award at this award event from Princess Anne.

## Winners and nominees

| Best Film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid – George Roy Hill Kes – Ken Loach MASH – Robert Altman Ryan's Daughter – David Lean | Best Direction George Roy Hill – Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid David Lean – Ryan's Daughter Ken Loach – Kes Robert Altman – MASH |
| Best Actor in a Leading Role Robert Redford – Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid as Sundance Kid Robert Redford – Downhill Racer as David Chappellet Robert Redford – Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here as Deputy Sheriff Christopher Cooper Elliott Gould – Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice as Ted Henderson Elliott Gould – MASH as John Francis Xavier Mclntyre George C. Scott – Patton as Major General George S. Patton Paul Newman – Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid as Butch Cassidy | Best Actress in a Leading Role Katharine Ross – Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid as Etta Place Katharine Ross – Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here as Lola Goldie Hawn – Cactus Flower as Toni Simmons Goldie Hawn – There's a Girl in My Soup as Marion Jane Fonda – They Shoot Horses, Don't They? as Gloria Beatty Sarah Miles – Ryan's Daughter as Rosy Ryan |
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role Colin Welland – Kes as Mr. Farthing Bernard Cribbins – The Railway Children as Albert Perks Gig Young – They Shoot Horses, Don't They? as Rocky John Mills – Ryan's Daughter as Michael | Best Actress in a Supporting Role Susannah York – They Shoot Horses, Don't They? as Alice LeBlanc Estelle Parsons – Watermelon Man as Althea Gerber Maureen Stapleton – Airport as Inez Guerrero Evin Crowley – Ryan's Daughter as Moureen Cassidy |
| Best Screenplay Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid – William Goldman Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice – Paul Mazursky and Larry Tucker Kes – Barry Hines, Ken Loach and Tony Garnett They Shoot Horses, Don't They? – James Poe and Robert E. Thompson | Best Cinematography Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid – Conrad Hall Catch-22 – David Watkin Ryan's Daughter – Freddie Young Waterloo – Armando Nannuzzi |
| Best Costume Design Waterloo – Maria De Matteis Anne of the Thousand Days – Margaret Furse Cromwell – Vittorio Nino Novarese Ryan's Daughter – Jocelyn Rickards | Best Editing Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid – John C. Howard and Richard C. Meyer MASH – Danford B. Greene Ryan's Daughter – Norman Savage They Shoot Horses, Don't They? – Fredric Steinkamp |
| Best Original Music Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid – Burt Bacharach Alice's Restaurant – Arlo Guthrie Figures in a Landscape – Richard Rodney Bennett The Railway Children – Johnny Douglas | Best Production Design Waterloo – Mario Garbuglia Anne of the Thousand Days – Maurice Carter Ryan's Daughter – Stephen B. Grimes Scrooge – Terence Marsh |
| Best Sound Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid – Don Hall, David Dockendorf and William Edmondson MASH – Don Hall, David Dockendorf and Bernard Freericks Patton – Don Hall, Douglas Williams and Don Bassman Ryan's Daughter – Winston Ryder and Gordon McCallum | Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles Dai Bradley – Kes as Billy Casper Liza Minnelli – The Sterile Cuckoo as Mary Ann Adams Michael Sarrazin – They Shoot Horses, Don't They? as Robert Syverton Sally Thomsett – The Railway Children as Phyllis Waterbury |
| Best Short Animation Henry Nine ' Til Five – Bob Godfrey Children and Cars – John Halas Espollo – Sidney Goldsmith It's Tough to Be a Bird – Ward Kimball | Best Documentary Sad Song of Yellow Skin – National Film Board of Canada |
| Best Short Film The Shadow of Progress – Derek Williams Blake – Bill Mason The Gallery – Philip Mark Law The Winds of Fogo – Colin Law | Best Specialised Film The Rise and Fall of the Great Lakes – Bill Mason Continental Drift – Co Hoedeman Policeman – Eric Marquis A Study in Change – Michael Orrom |
| Fellowship Award Alfred Hitchcock | United Nations Award MASH – Robert Altman Catch-22 – Mike Nichols The Confession – Costa-Gavras Kes – Ken Loach |

## Statistics

Films that received multiple nominations :
| Nominations | Film |
| 10 | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid |
| 10 | Ryan's Daughter |
| 6 | Kes |
| 6 | MASH |
| 6 | They Shoot Horses, Don't They? |
| 3 | The Railway Children |
| 3 | Waterloo |
| 2 | Anne of the Thousand Days |
| 2 | Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice |
| 2 | Catch-22 |
| 2 | Patton |
| 2 | Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here |
Films that received multiple awards :
| Awards | Film |
| 9 | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid |
| 2 | Kes |
| 2 | Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here |
| 2 | Waterloo |