# 65th British Academy Film Awards

The **65th British Academy Film Awards**, more commonly called the BAFTAs, were held on 12 February 2012 at the Royal Opera House in London. Stephen Fry, who hosted from 2001 to 2006, returned to host the awards ceremony. *The Artist* won seven awards, out of its twelve nominations, including Best Director and Best Film. *Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy* was named Best British Film.

## Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in **bold**.

### BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award

**Martin Scorsese**

### Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema

**John Hurt**

| Best Film | Best Director |
| --- | --- |
| The ArtistThe Descendants*
* *Drive*
* *The Help*
* *Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy*
 | **Michel Hazanavicius – *The Artist Tomas Alfredson – *Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy*
* Lynne Ramsay – *We Need to Talk About Kevin*
* Nicolas Winding Refn – *Drive*
* Martin Scorsese – *Hugo*
 |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| **Jean Dujardin – *The Artist George Clooney – *The Descendants*
* Michael Fassbender – *Shame*
* Gary Oldman – *Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy*
* Brad Pitt – *Moneyball*
 | **Meryl Streep – *The Iron Lady Bérénice Bejo – *The Artist*
* Viola Davis – *The Help*
* Tilda Swinton – *We Need to Talk About Kevin*
* Michelle Williams – *My Week with Marilyn*
 |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| **Christopher Plummer – *Beginners Kenneth Branagh – *My Week with Marilyn*
* Jim Broadbent – *The Iron Lady*
* Jonah Hill – *Moneyball*
* Philip Seymour Hoffman – *The Ides Of March*
 | **Octavia Spencer – *The Help Jessica Chastain – *The Help*
* Judi Dench – *My Week with Marilyn*
* Melissa McCarthy – *Bridesmaids*
* Carey Mulligan – *Drive*
 |
| Best Original Screenplay | Best Adapted Screenplay |
| **Michel Hazanavicius – *The Artist Woody Allen – *Midnight in Paris*
* John Michael McDonagh – *The Guard*
* Abi Morgan – *The Iron Lady*
* Annie Mumolo, Kristen Wiig – *Bridesmaids*
 | **Bridget O'Connor, Peter Straughan – *Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon – *The Ides Of March*
* Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash – *The Descendants*
* Tate Taylor – *The Help*
* Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin – *Moneyball*
 |
| Best Cinematography | Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer |
| **Guillaume Schiffman – *The Artist Jeff Cronenweth – *The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo*
* Hoyte van Hoytema – *Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy*
* Janusz Kamiński – *War Horse*
* Robert Richardson – *Hugo*
 | Tyrannosaur* – Paddy Considine (Director), Diarmid Scrimshaw (Producer)Attack the Block* – Joe Cornish (Director/Writer)
* *Black Pond* – Will Sharpe (Director/Writer), Tom Kingsley (Director), Sarah Brocklehurst (Producer)
* *Coriolanus* – Ralph Fiennes (Director)
* *Submarine* – Richard Ayoade (Director/Writer)
 |
| Outstanding British Film | Best Documentary |
| Tinker Tailor Soldier SpyMy Week with Marilyn*
* *Senna*
* *Shame*
* *We Need to Talk About Kevin*
 | Senna* – Asif KapadiaGeorge Harrison: Living in the Material World* – Martin Scorsese
* *Project Nim* – James Marsh
 |
| Best Original Music | Best Sound |
| **Ludovic Bource  – *The Artist Alberto Iglesias – *Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy*
* Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross – *The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo*
* Howard Shore – *Hugo*
* John Williams – *War Horse*
 | **Philip Stockton, Eugene Gearty, Tom Fleischman, John Midgley  – *Hugo John Casali, Howard Bargroff, Doug Cooper, Stephen Griffiths, Andy Shelley – *Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy*
* James Mather, Stuart Wilson, Stuart Hilliker, Mike Dowson, Adam Scrivener – *Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2*
* Nadine Muse, Gérard Lamps, Michael Krikorian – *The Artist*
* Stuart Wilson, Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson, Richard Hymns – *War Horse*
 |
| Best Production Design | Best Special Visual Effects |
| **Dante Ferretti, Francesca Lo Schiavo – *Hugo Laurence Bennett, Robert Gould – *The Artist*
* Rick Carter, Lee Sandales – *War Horse*
* Stuart Craig, Stephenie McMillan – *Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2*
* Maria Djurkovic, Tatiana MacDonald – *Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy*
 | **Tim Burke, John Richardson, Greg Butler, David Vickery  – *Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 Robert Legato, Ben Grossmann, Joss Williams – *Hugo*
* Joe Letteri – *The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn*
* Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White – *Rise of the Planet of the Apes*
* Ben Morris, Neil Corbould – *War Horse*
 |
| Best Costume Design | Best Makeup and Hair |
| **Mark Bridges – *The Artist Jacqueline Durran – *Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy*
* Michael O'Connor – *Jane Eyre*
* Sandy Powell – *Hugo*
* Jill Taylor – *My Week with Marilyn*
 | **Marese Langan  – *The Iron Lady Julie Hewett, Cydney Cornell – *The Artist*
* Amanda Knight, Lisa Tomblin – *Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2*
* Morag Ross, Jan Archibald – *Hugo*
* Jenny Shircore – *My Week with Marilyn*
 |
| Best Editing | Best Film Not in the English Language |
| **Gregers Sall, Chris King  – *Senna Anne-Sophie Bion, Michel Hazanavicius – *The Artist*
* Dino Jonsater – *Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy*
* Mat Newman – *Drive*
* Thelma Schoonmaker – *Hugo*
 | The Skin I Live In* (*La piel que habito*) • SpainIncendies* • Canada
* *Pina* • Germany
* *Potiche* • France / Belgium
* *A Separation* • Iran
 |
| Best Animated Film | Best Short Animation |
| RangoThe Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn*
* *Arthur Christmas*
 | A Morning Stroll* – Grant Orchard, Sue GoffeAbuelas* – Afarin Eghbal, Kasia Malipan, Francesca Gardiner
* *Bobby Yeah* – Robert Morgan
 |
| Best Short Film | Orange Rising Star Award |
| Pitch Black Heist* – John Maclean, Gerardine O'FlynnChalk* – Martina Amati, Gavin Emerson, James Bolton, Ilaria Bernardini
* *Only Sound Remains* – Arash Ashtiani, Anshu Poddar
* *Mwansa the Great* – Rungano Nyoni, Gabriel Gauchet
* *Two and Two* – Babak Anvari, Kit Fraser, Gavin Cullen
 | **Adam Deacon Chris Hemsworth
* Tom Hiddleston
* Chris O'Dowd
* Eddie Redmayne
 |