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