52nd British Academy Film Awards (1999)
Highlights of 52nd British Academy Film Awards ceremony
The 52nd British Academy Film Awards honoured the best films of 1998.
The award ceremony was held on 11th April 1999.
Shakespeare in Love won the Best Film award.
Elizabeth won the Best British Film award.
Roberto Benigni won the Best Actor award for his role in Life is Beautiful.
Cate Blanchett won the Best Actess award for her role in Elizabeth.
Peter Weir won the Best Director award for The Truman Show.
- WINNER
Best Film
Shakespeare in Love
Elizabeth
Saving Private Ryan
The Truman Show
Best Foreign Langauge Film
Central Station
Life is Beautiful
Live Flesh
On Guard
Best Leading Actor
Life is Beautiful
- Roberto Benigni
Little Voice
- Michael Caine
Saving Private Ryan
- Tom Hanks
Shakespeare in Love
- Joseph Fiennes
Best Leading Actress
Elizabeth
- Cate Blanchett
Hilary and Jackie
- Emily Watson
Little Voice
- Jane Horrocks
Shakespeare in Love
- Gwyneth Paltrow
Best Special Visual Effects
Saving Private Ryan
Babe - Pig in the City
The Truman Show
Antz
Best Screenplay Adapted
Primary Colors
- Elaine May
Hilary and Jackie
- Frank Cottrell Boyce
Little Voice
- Mark Herman
Wag the Dog
- Hilary Henkin, David Mamet
Best Screenplay Original
The Truman Show
- Andrew Niccol
Life is Beautiful
- Roberto Benigni
Shakespeare in Love
- Marc Norman, Tom Stoppard
Elizabeth
- Michael Hirst
Best Cinematography
Elizabeth
- Remi Adefarasin
Shakespeare in Love
- Richard Greatrex
The Truman Show
- Peter Biziou
Saving Private Ryan
- Janusz Kaminski
Best Editing
Shakespeare in Love
- David Gamble
Saving Private Ryan
- Michael Kahn
Elizabeth
- Jill Bilcock
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
- Niven Howie
Best Production Design
The Truman Show
- Dennis Gassner
Saving Private Ryan
- Tom Sanders
Elizabeth
- John Myhre
Shakespeare in Love
- Martin Childs
Best Costume Design
Velvet Goldmine
- Sandy Powell
Elizabeth
- Alexandra Byrne
Shakespeare in Love
- Sandy Powell
The Mask of Zorro
- Graciela Mazon
Best Sound
Saving Private Ryan
Hilary and Jackie
Shakespeare in Love
Little Voice
Best Supporting Actor
Elizabeth
- Geoffrey Rush
Shakespeare in Love
- Geoffrey Rush
Shakespeare in Love
- Tom Wilkinson
The Truman Show
- Ed Harris
Best Supporting Actress
Shakespeare in Love
- Judi Dench
Gods and Monsters
- Lynn Redgrave
Little Voice
- Brenda Blethyn
Primary Colors
- Kathy Bates
Best Make-Up and Hair
Elizabeth
- Jenny Shircore
Saving Private Ryan
- Lois Burwell, Jeannette Freeman
Shakespeare in Love
- Lisa Westcott
Velvet Goldmine
- Peter King
David Lean Award for Direction
The Truman Show
- Peter Weir
Elizabeth
- Shekhar Kapur
Saving Private Ryan
- Steven Spielberg
Shakespeare in Love
- John Madden
Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film
Elizabeth
- Alison Owen, Eric Fellner, Tim Bevan
Hilary and Jackie
- Andy Paterson, Nicolas Kent, Anand Tucker
Little Voice
- Elizabeth Karlsen, Mark Herman
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
- Matthew Vaughn, Guy Ritchie
My Name is Joe
- Rebecca O'Brien, Ken Loach
Sliding Doors
- Sydney Pollack, Philippa Braithwaite, William Horberg, Peter Howitt