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**

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|valign="top"|***The Artist*** * _The Descendants_ * _Drive_ * _The Help_ * _Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy_|valign="top"|**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_|
|valign="top"|**Jean Dujardin – _The Artist**_ * George Clooney – _The Descendants_ * Michael Fassbender – _Shame_ * Gary Oldman – _Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy_ * Brad Pitt – _Moneyball_|valign="top"|**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_|
|valign="top"|**Christopher Plummer – _Beginners**_ * Kenneth Branagh – _My Week with Marilyn_ * Jim Broadbent – _The Iron Lady_ * Jonah Hill – _Moneyball_ * Philip Seymour Hoffman – _The Ides Of March_|valign="top"|**Octavia Spencer – _The Help**_ * Jessica Chastain – _The Help_ * Judi Dench – _My Week with Marilyn_ * Melissa McCarthy – _Bridesmaids_ * Carey Mulligan – _Drive_|
|valign="top"|**Michel Hazanavicius – _The Artist**_ * Woody Allen – _Midnight in Paris_ * John Michael McDonagh – _The Guard_ * Abi Morgan – _The Iron Lady_ * Annie Mumolo, Kristen Wiig – _Bridesmaids_|valign="top"|_'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_|
|valign="top"|**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_|valign="top"|**_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)|
|valign="top"|***Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy*** * _My Week with Marilyn_ * _Senna_ * _Shame_ * _We Need to Talk About Kevin_|valign="top"|**_Senna_ – Asif Kapadia** * _George Harrison: Living in the Material World_ – Martin Scorsese * _Project Nim_ – James Marsh|
|valign="top"|**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_|valign="top"|**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_|
|valign="top"|**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_|valign="top"|**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_|
|valign="top"|**Mark Bridges – _The Artist**_ * Jacqueline Durran – _Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy_ * Michael O'Connor – _Jane Eyre_ * Sandy Powell – _Hugo_ * Jill Taylor – _My Week with Marilyn_|valign="top"|**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_|
|valign="top"|**Gregers Sall, Chris King  – _Senna**_ * Anne-Sophie Bion, Michel Hazanavicius – _The Artist_ * Dino Jonsater – _Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy_ * Mat Newman – _Drive_ * Thelma Schoonmaker – _Hugo_|valign="top"|***The Skin I Live In_ (_La piel que habito_) • Spain*** * _Incendies_ • Canada * _Pina_ • Germany * _Potiche_ • France / Belgium * _A Separation_ • Iran|
|valign="top"|***Rango*** * _The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn_ * _Arthur Christmas_|valign="top"|***A Morning Stroll_ – Grant Orchard, Sue Goffe*** * _Abuelas_ – Afarin Eghbal, Kasia Malipan, Francesca Gardiner * _Bobby Yeah'' – Robert Morgan|
|valign="top"|**_Pitch Black Heist_ – John Maclean, Gerardine O'Flynn** *_Chalk_ – 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|valign="top"|**Adam Deacon** *Chris Hemsworth *Tom Hiddleston *Chris O'Dowd *Eddie Redmayne|