22nd British Academy Film Awards (1969)

The 22nd British Academy Film Awards honored the best films of 1968. "The Graduate" won multiple awards including Best Film, Best Screenplay and Best Direction. The other films to win multiple awards were "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" and "2001: A Space Odyssey".
- WINNER

Best Film

The Graduate - Mike Nichols
2001 - A Space Odyssey - Stanley Kubrick
Closely Watched Trains - Jiri Menzel
Oliver! - Carol Reed

Best Director

The Graduate - Mike Nichols
If.... - Lindsay Anderson
Oliver! - Carol Reed
Romeo and Juliet - Franco Zeffirelli

Best Leading Actor

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner - Spencer Tracy
The Bofors Gun - Nicol Williamson
The Charge of the Light Brigade - Trevor Howard
Oliver! - Ron Moody

Best Leading Actress

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner - Katharine Hepburn
The Lion in Winter - Katharine Hepburn
The Graduate - Anne Bancroft
Rachel, Rachel - Joanne Woodward
Belle de Jour - Catherine Deneuve

Best Screenplay Original

The Graduate - Calder Willingham, Buck Henry
If.... - David Sherwin
The Lion in Winter - James Goldman

Best Cinematography

2001 - A Space Odyssey - Geoffrey Unsworth
The Charge of the Light Brigade - David Watkin
Elvira Madigan - Jorgen Persson
The Lion in Winter - Douglas Slocombe

Best Editing

The Graduate - Sam O'Steen
The Charge of the Light Brigade - Kevin Brownlow
Oliver! - Ralph Kemplen
Romeo and Juliet - Reginald Mills

Best Costume Design

Romeo and Juliet - Danilo Donati
The Charge of the Light Brigade - David Walker
The Lion in Winter - Margaret Furse
Oliver! - Phyllis Dalton

Best Supporting Actor

The Bofors Gun - Ian Holm
The Lion in Winter - Anthony Hopkins
No Way to Treat a Lady - George Segal
Romeo and Juliet - John McEnery

Best Supporting Actress

Twisted Nerve - Billie Whitelaw
Charlie Bubbles - Billie Whitelaw
Interlude - Virginia Maskell
Romeo and Juliet - Pat Heywood
Games - Simone Signoret

Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music

The Lion in Winter - John Barry
The Charge of the Light Brigade - John Addison
Romeo and Juliet - Nino Rota
Live for Life - Francis Lai

Best Animated Film

Pas de deux - Norman McLaren
Ruka - Jiri Trnka
La maison de Jean-Jacques - Ron Tunis
The Question - John Halas

Best Art Direction

2001 - A Space Odyssey - Anthony Masters, Harry Lange, Ernest Archer
The Charge of the Light Brigade - Edward Marshall
Oliver! - John Box
Romeo and Juliet - Renzo Mongiardino

Best Sound Track

2001 - A Space Odyssey - Winston Ryder
The Charge of the Light Brigade - Simon Kaye
Closely Watched Trains - Jiri Pavlik
The Lion in Winter - Chris Greenham
Oliver! - John Cox, Bob Jones

Best Specialised Film

The Threat in the Water - Richard Bigham
Carbon - Peter De Normanville
Genetics and Plant Breeding - David Morphet
The Kurer Anchor System - Eric Harrison

Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles

The Graduate - Dustin Hoffman
Elvira Madigan - Pia Degermark
The Graduate - Katharine Ross
Oliver! - Jack Wild

Flaherty Documentary Award

In Need of Special Care: Camphill Rudolph Steiner School, Aberdeen - Jonathan Stedall
Inside North Viet Nam - Felix Greene
NBC Experiment in Television - Michael Tuchner
A Plague on Your Children - Adrian Malone

UN Award

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner - Stanley Kramer
2001: A Space Odyssey - Stanley Kubrick
In Need of Special Care: Camphill Rudolph Steiner School, Aberdeen - Jonathan Stedall
The Lion in Winter - Anthony Harvey
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