65th British Academy Film Awards (2012)
The 65th British Academy Film Awards ceremony was held on 12 February 2012 at the Royal Opera House in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 2011. Stephen Fry, who hosted from 2001 to 2006, returned to host the awards ceremony. The Artist won seven awards, out of its twelve nominations, including Best Director and Best Film. Jean Dujardin and Meryl Streep received awards for Best Actor and Best Actress respectively, while Octavia Spencer and Christopher Plummer won the Best Supporting awards. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy was awarded the Best British Film. Director Martin Scorsese was given the Academy Fellowship and John Hurt garnered the Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema award.
- WINNER
Best Film
The Artist
The Descendants
Drive
The Help
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Best Foreign Langauge Film
The Skin I Live In
Incendies
Pina
Potiche
A Separation
Best Director
The Artist
- Michel Hazanavicius
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
- Tomas Alfredson
We Need to Talk About Kevin
- Lynne Ramsay
Drive
- Nicolas Winding Refn
Hugo
- Martin Scorsese
Best Leading Actor
The Artist
- Jean Dujardin
The Descendants
- George Clooney
Shame
- Michael Fassbender
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
- Gary Oldman
Moneyball
- Brad Pitt
Best Leading Actress
The Iron Lady
- Meryl Streep
The Artist
- Berenice Bejo
The Help
- Viola Davis
We Need to Talk About Kevin
- Tilda Swinton
My Week with Marilyn
- Michelle Williams
Best Special Visual Effects
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2
- Tim Burke, John Richardson, Greg Butler, David Vickery
Hugo
- Robert Legato, Ben Grossmann, Joss Williams
The Adventures of Tintin - The Secret of the Unicorn
- Joe Letteri
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
- Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White
War Horse
- Ben Morris, Neil Corbould
Best Screenplay Adapted
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
- Bridget O'Connor, Peter Straughan
The Ides of March
- George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon
The Descendants
- Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash
The Help
- Tate Taylor
Moneyball
- Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin
Best Screenplay Original
The Artist
- Michel Hazanavicius
Midnight in Paris
- Woody Allen
The Guard
- John Michael McDonagh
The Iron Lady
- Abi Morgan
Bridesmaids
- Annie Mumolo, Kristen Wiig
Best Music
The Artist
- Ludovic Bource
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
- Alberto Iglesias
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
- Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
Hugo
- Howard Shore
War Horse
- John Williams
Best Cinematography
The Artist
- Guillaume Schiffman
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
- Jeff Cronenweth
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
- Hoyte van Hoytema
War Horse
- Janusz Kaminski
Hugo
- Robert Richardson
Best Editing
Senna
- Gregers Sall, Chris King
The Artist
- Anne-Sophie Bion, Michel Hazanavicius
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
- Dino Jonsater
Drive
- Mat Newman
Hugo
- Thelma Schoonmaker
Best Production Design
Hugo
- Dante Ferretti, Francesca Lo Schiavo
The Artist
- Laurence Bennett, Robert Gould
War Horse
- Rick Carter, Lee Sandales
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2
- Stuart Craig, Stephenie McMillan
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
- Maria Djurkovic, Tatiana MacDonald
Best Costume Design
The Artist
- Mark Bridges
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
- Jacqueline Durran
Jane Eyre
- Michael O'Connor
Hugo
- Sandy Powell
My Week with Marilyn
- Jill Taylor
Best Sound
Hugo
- Philip Stockton, Eugene Gearty, Tom Fleischman, John Midgley
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
- John Casali, Howard Bargroff, Doug Cooper, Stephen Griffiths, Andy Shelley
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2
- James Mather, Stuart Wilson, Stuart Hilliker, Mike Dowson, Adam Scrivener
The Artist
- Nadine Muse, Gerard Lamps, Michael Krikorian
War Horse
- Stuart Wilson, Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson, Richard Hymns
Best Supporting Actor
Beginners
- Christopher Plummer
My Week with Marilyn
- Kenneth Branagh
The Iron Lady
- Jim Broadbent
Moneyball
- Jonah Hill
The Ides of March
- Philip Seymour Hoffman
Best Supporting Actress
The Help
- Octavia Spencer
The Help
- Jessica Chastain
My Week with Marilyn
- Judi Dench
Bridesmaids
- Melissa McCarthy
Drive
- Carey Mulligan
Best Make-Up and Hair
The Iron Lady
- Marese Langan
The Artist
- Julie Hewett, Cydney Cornell
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2
- Amanda Knight, Lisa Tomblin
Hugo
- Morag Ross, Jan Archibald
My Week with Marilyn
- Jenny Shircore
Best Short Animation
A Morning Stroll
- Grant Orchard, Sue Goffe
Abuelas
- Afarin Eghbal, Kasia Malipan, Francesca Gardiner
Bobby Yeah
- Robert Morgan
Best Short Film
Pitch Black Heist
- John Maclean, Gerardine O'Flynn
Chalk
- Martina Amati, Gavin Emerson, James Bolton, Ilaria Bernardini
Only Sound Remains
- Arash Ashtiani, Anshu Poddar
Mwansa the Great
- Rungano Nyoni, Gabriel Gauchet
Two and Two
- Babak Anvari, Kit Fraser, Gavin Cullen
The Orange Rising Star Award
Adam Deacon
Chris Hemsworth
Tom Hiddleston
Chris O'Dowd
Eddie Redmayne
Fellowship Award
Martin Scorsese
Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema
John Hurt
Best Animated Film
Rango
The Adventures of Tintin - The Secret of the Unicorn
Arthur Christmas
Outstanding British Film
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
My Week with Marilyn
Senna
Shame
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Outstanding Debut by a British Director
Tyrannosaur
- Paddy Considine
Attack the Block
- Joe Cornish
Black Pond
- Will Sharpe, Tom Kingsley
Coriolanus
- Ralph Fiennes
Submarine
- Richard Ayoade
Best Documentary
Senna
- Asif Kapadia
George Harrison - Living in the Material World
- Martin Scorsese
Project Nim
- James Marsh