61st British Academy Film Awards (2008)

The 61st British Academy Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts took place on 10 February 2008, and honoured the best films of 2007.
- WINNER

Best Film

Atonement
American Gangster
Lives of Others
No Country For Old Men
There Will Be Blood

Best British Film

This is England
Atonement
The Bourne Ultimatum
Control
Eastern Promises

Best Foreign Langauge Film

The Lives of Others
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
The Kite Runner
La Vie en Rose
Lust, Caution

Best Director

No Country For Old Men - Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Atonement - Joe Wright
The Bourne Ultimatum - Paul Greengrass
The Lives of Others - Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
There Will Be Blood - Paul Thomas Anderson

Best Leading Actor

There Will Be Blood - Daniel Day-Lewis
Michael Clayton - George Clooney
Atonement - James McAvoy
Eastern Promises - Viggo Mortensen
The Lives of Others - Ulrich Muhe

Best Leading Actress

La Vie en Rose - Marion Cotillard
Elizabeth - The Golden Age - Cate Blanchett
Away From Her - Julie Christie
Atonement - Keira Knightley
Juno - Ellen Page

Best Animated Feature

Ratatouille
Shrek the Third
The Simpsons Movie

Best Special Visual Effects

The Golden Compass - Michael Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris, Trevor Woods
The Bourne Ultimatum - Peter Chiang, Charlie Noble, Mattias Lindahl, Joss Williams
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - Tim Burke, John Richardson, Emma Norton, Chris Shaw
Pirates of the Caribbean - At World's End - John Knoll, Charles Gibson, Hal Hickel, John Frazier
Spider-Man 3 - Scott Stokdyk, Peter Nofz, Kee-Suk Ken Hahn, John Frazier, Spencer Cook

Best Screenplay Adapted

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly - Ronald Harwood
Atonement - Christopher Hampton
The Kite Runner - David Benioff
No Country for Old Men - Ethan and Joel Coen
There Will Be Blood - Paul Thomas Anderson

Best Screenplay Original

Juno - Diablo Cody
American Gangster - Steven Zaillian
The Lives of Others - Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Michael Clayton - Tony Gilroy
This Is England - Shane Meadows

Best Music

La Vie en Rose - Christopher Gunning
American Gangster - Marc Streitenfeld
Atonement - Dario Marianelli
The Kite Runner - Alberto Iglesias
There Will Be Blood - Jonny Greenwood

Best Cinematography

No Country for Old Men - Roger Deakins
American Gangster - Harris Savides
Atonement - Seamus McGarvey
The Bourne Ultimatum - Oliver Wood
There Will Be Blood - Robert Elswit

Best Editing

The Bourne Ultimatum - Christopher Rouse
American Gangster - Pietro Scalia
Atonement - Paul Tothill
Michael Clayton - John Gilroy
No Country for Old Men - Roderick Jaynes

Best Production Design

Atonement - Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer
Elizabeth - The Golden Age - Guy Hendrix Dyas, Richard Roberts
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - Stuart Craig, Stephenie McMillan
There Will Be Blood - Jack Fisk, Jim Erickson
La Vie en Rose - Olivier Raoux, Stanislas Reydellet

Best Costume Design

La Vie en Rose - Marit Allen
Atonement - Jacqueline Durran
Elizabeth - The Golden Age - Alexandra Byrne
Lust, Caution - Pan Lai
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Colleen Atwood

Best Sound

The Bourne Ultimatum - Kirk Francis, Scott Millan, Dave Parker, Karen Baker Landers, Per Hallberg
Atonement - Danny Hambrook, Paul Hamblin, Catherine Hodgson, Becki Ponting
No Country for Old Men - Peter Kurland, Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff
There Will Be Blood - Christopher Scarabosio, Matthew Wood, John Pritchett, Michael Semanick, Tom Johnson
La Vie en Rose - Laurent Zeilig, Pascal Villard, Jean-Paul Hurier, Marc Doisne

Best Supporting Actor

No Country for Old Men - Javier Bardem
There Will Be Blood - Paul Dano
No Country for Old Men - Tommy Lee Jones
Charlie Wilson’s War - Philip Seymour Hoffman
Michael Clayton - Tom Wilkinson

Best Supporting Actress

Michael Clayton - Tilda Swinton
I'm Not There - Cate Blanchett
No Country for Old Men - Kelly MacDonald
Control - Samantha Morton
Atonement - Saoirse Ronan

Best Make-Up and Hair

La Vie en Rose - Jan Archibald, Didier Lavergne
Atonement - Ivana Primorac
Elizabeth - The Golden Age - Jenny Shircore
Hairspray - Judi Cooper Sealy, Jordan Samuel
Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Ivana Primorac, Peter Owen

Best Short Animation

The Pearce Sisters - Jo Allen, Luis Cook
Head Over Heels - Osbert Parker, Fiona Pitkin, Ian Gouldstone
The Crumblegiant - Pearse Moore, John McCloskey

Best Short Film

Dog Altogether - Diarmid Scrimshaw, Paddy Considine
Hesitation - Julien Berlan, Michelle Eastwood, Virginia Gilbert
The One and Only Herb McGwyer Plays Wallis Island - Charlie Henderson, James Griffiths, Tim Key, Tom Basden
Soft - Jane Hooks, Simon Ellis
The Stronger - Dan McCulloch, Lia Williams, Frank McGuinness

Carl Foreman Award

Control - Matt Greenhalgh
Taking Liberties - Chris Atkins
Scott Walker - 30 Century Man - Mia Bays
Brick Lane - Sarah Gavron
The Killing of John Lennon - Andrew Piddington

The Orange Rising Star Award

Shia LaBeouf
Sienna Miller
Ellen Page
Sam Riley
Tang Wei

Fellowship Award

Sir Anthony Hopkins
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