62nd British Academy Film Awards (2009)
The 62nd British Academy Film Awards, hosted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, took place on 8 February, 2009, and honoured the best films of 2008.
- WINNER
Best Film
Slumdog Millionaire
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Reader
Best British Film
Man on Wire
Hunger
In Bruges
Mamma Mia! The Movie
Slumdog Millionaire
Best Foreign Langauge Film
I've Loved You So Long
The Baader Meinhof Complex
Gomorrah
Persepolis
Waltz with Bashir
Best Director
Slumdog Millionaire
- Danny Boyle
Changeling
- Clint Eastwood
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- David Fincher
Frost/Nixon
- Ron Howard
The Reader
- Stephen Daldry
Best Leading Actor
The Wrestler
- Mickey Rourke
Frost/Nixon
- Frank Langella
Slumdog Millionaire
- Dev Patel
Milk
- Sean Penn
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Brad Pitt
Best Leading Actress
The Reader
- Kate Winslet
Changeling
- Angelina Jolie
I've Loved You So Long
- Kristin Scott Thomas
Doubt
- Meryl Streep
Revolutionary Road
- Kate Winslet
Best Animated Feature
WALL-E
Persepolis
Waltz with Bashir
Best Special Visual Effects
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Eric Barba, Craig Barron, Nathan McGuinness, Edson Williams
The Dark Knight
- Chris Corbould, Nick Davis, Paul Franklin, Tim Webber
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
- Pablo Helman
Iron Man
- Shane Patrick Mahan, John Nelson, Ben Snow
Quantum of Solace
- Chris Corbould, Kevin Tod Haug
Best Screenplay Adapted
Slumdog Millionaire
- Simon Beaufoy
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Eric Roth
Frost/Nixon
- Peter Morgan
The Reader
- David Hare
Revolutionary Road
- Justin Haythe
Best Screenplay Original
In Bruges
- Martin McDonagh
Burn After Reading
- Ethan and Joel Coen
Changeling
- J. Michael Straczynski
I've Loved You So Long
- Philippe Claudel
Milk
- Dustin Lance Black
Best Music
Slumdog Millionaire
- A. R. Rahman
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Alexandre Desplat
The Dark Knight
- James Newton Howard, Hans Zimmer
Mamma Mia!
- Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus
WALL-E
- Thomas Newman
Best Cinematography
Slumdog Millionaire
- Anthony Dod Mantle
Changeling
- Tom Stern
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Claudio Miranda
The Dark Knight
- Wally Pfister
The Reader
- Chris Menges, Roger Deakins
Best Editing
Slumdog Millionaire
- Chris Dickens
Changeling
- Joel Cox, Gary D. Roach
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall
The Dark Knight
- Lee Smith
Frost/Nixon
- Dan Hanley, Mike Hill
In Bruges
- Jon Gregory
Best Production Design
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Donald Graham Burt, Victor J. Zolfo
Changeling
- James J. Murakami, Gary Fettis
The Dark Knight
- Nathan Crowley, Peter Lando
Revolutionary Road
- Kristi Zea, Debra Schutt
Slumdog Millionaire
- Mark Digby, Michelle Day
Best Costume Design
The Duchess
- Michael O'Connor
Changeling
- Deborah Hopper
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Jacqueline West
The Dark Knight
- Lindy Hemming
Revolutionary Road
- Albert Wolsky
Best Sound
Slumdog Millionaire
- Glenn Freemantle, Resul Pookutty, Richard Pryke, Tom Sayers, Ian Tapp
Changeling
- Walt Martin, Alan Robert Murray, John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff
The Dark Knight
- Lora Hirschberg, Richard King, Ed Novick, Gary Rizzo
Quantum of Solace
- Jimmy Boyle, Eddy Joseph, Chris Munro, Mike Prestwood Smith, Mark Taylor
WALL-E
- Ben Burtt, Tom Myers, Michael Semanick, Matthew Wood
Best Supporting Actor
The Dark Knight
- Heath Ledger
Tropic Thunder
- Robert Downey, Jr.
In Bruges
- Brendan Gleeson
Doubt
- Philip Seymour Hoffman
Burn After Reading
- Brad Pitt
Best Supporting Actress
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
- Penelope Cruz
Doubt
- Amy Adams
Slumdog Millionaire
- Freida Pinto
Burn After Reading
- Tilda Swinton
The Wrestler
- Marisa Tomei
Best Make-Up and Hair
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Jean Black, Colleen Callaghan
The Dark Knight
- Peter Robb-King
The Duchess
- Daniel Phillips, Jan Archibald
Frost/Nixon
- Edouard Henriques, Kim Santantonio
Milk
- Steven E. Anderson, Michael White
Best Short Animation
A Matter of Loaf and Death
- Steve Pegram, Nick Park, Bob Baker
Codswallop
- Greg McLeod, Myles McLeod
Varmints
- Sue Goffe, Marc Craste
Best Short Film
September
- Stewart le Marechal, Esther May Campbell
Kingsland #1: The Dreamer
- Kate Ogborn, Tony Grisoni
Love You More
- Adrian Sturges, Sam Taylor-Wood, Patrick Marber
Ralph
- Olivier Kaempfer, Alex Winckler
Voyages D'Affaires
- Celine Quideau, Sean Ellis
Carl Foreman Award
Hunger
- Steve McQueen
Man on Wire
- Simon Chinn
Mamma Mia! The Movie
- Judy Craymer
Son of Rambow
- Garth Jennings
Of Time and the City
- Roy Boulter, Solon Papadopoulos
The Orange Rising Star Award
Noel Clarke
Michael Cera
Michael Fassbender
Rebecca Hall
Toby Kebbell
Fellowship Award
Terry Gilliam
Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema
Shepperton Studios
Pinewood Studios