Nominees of the 2009 Orange British Academy Film Awards, better known as the BAFTA Awards, have been announced today.
And the nominees are:
BEST FILM
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
FROST/NIXON
MILK
THE READER
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
DIRECTOR
CHANGELING – Clint Eastwood
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON – David Fincher
FROST/NIXON – Ron Howard
THE READER – Stephen Daldry
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE – Danny Boyle
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
BURN AFTER READING – Joel Coen / Ethan Coen
CHANGELING – J. Michael Straczynski
I’VE LOVED YOU SO LONG – Philippe Claudel
IN BRUGES – Martin McDonagh
MILK – Dustin Lance Black
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON – Eric Roth
FROST/NIXON – Peter Morgan
THE READER – David Hare
REVOLUTIONARY ROAD – Justin Haythe
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE – Simon Beaufoy
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
THE BAADER MEINHOF COMPLEX
GOMORRAH
I’VE LOVED YOU SO LONG
PERSEPOLIS
WALTZ WITH BASHIR
ANIMATED FILM
PERSEPOLIS
WALL-E
WALTZ WITH BASHIR
LEADING ACTOR
FRANK LANGELLA – Frost/Nixon
DEV PATEL – Slumdog Millionaire
SEAN PENN – Milk
BRAD PITT – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
MICKEY ROURKE – The Wrestler
LEADING ACTRESS
ANGELINA JOLIE – Changeling
KRISTIN SCOTT THOMAS – I’ve Loved You So Long
MERYL STREEP – Doubt
KATE WINSLET – The Reader
KATE WINSLET – Revolutionary Road
SUPPORTING ACTOR
ROBERT DOWNEY JR.- Tropic Thunder
BRENDAN GLEESON – In Bruges
PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN – Doubt
HEATH LEDGER – The Dark Knight
BRAD PITT – Burn After Reading
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
AMY ADAMS – Doubt
PENÉLOPE CRUZ – Vicky Cristina Barcelona
FREIDA PINTO – Slumdog Millionaire
TILDA SWINTON – Burn After Reading
MARISA TOMEI – The Wrestler
MUSIC
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON – Alexandre Desplat
THE DARK KNIGHT – Hans Zimmer / James Newton Howard
MAMMA MIA! – Benny Andersson / Björn Ulvaeus
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE – A. R. Rahman
WALL•E – Thomas Newman
CINEMATOGRAPHY
CHANGELING – Tom Stern
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON – Claudio Miranda
THE DARK KNIGHT – Wally Pfister
THE READER – Chris Menges / Roger Deakins
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE – Anthony Dod Mantle
EDITING
CHANGELING – Joel Cox / Gary D. Roach
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON – Kirk Baxter / Angus Wall
THE DARK KNIGHT – Lee Smith
FROST/NIXON – Mike Hill / Dan Hanley
IN BRUGES – Jon Gregory
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE – Chris Dickens
PRODUCTION DESIGN
CHANGELING – James J. Murakami / Gary Fettis
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON – Donald Graham Burt / Victor J. Zolfo
THE DARK KNIGHT – Nathan Crowley / Peter Lando
REVOLUTIONARY ROAD – Kristi Zea / Debra Schutt
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE – Mark Digby / Michelle Day
COSTUME DESIGN
CHANGELING – Deborah Hopper
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON – Jacqueline West
THE DARK KNIGHT – Lindy Hemming
THE DUCHESS – Michael O’Connor
REVOLUTIONARY ROAD – Albert Wolsky
SOUND
CHANGELING – Walt Martin / Alan Robert Murray / John Reitz / Gregg Rudloff
THE DARK KNIGHT – Lora Hirschberg / Richard King / Ed Novick / Gary Rizzo
QUANTUM OF SOLACE – Eddy Joseph / Chris Munro / Mike Prestwood Smith / Mark Taylor
SLUMDOG MILLIONARE – Glenn Freemantle / Resul Pookutty / Richard Pryke / Tom Sayers / Ian Tapp
WALL•E – Ben Burtt / Tom Myers / Michael Semanick / Matthew Wood
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
MAKE UP & 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
SHORT ANIMATION
CODSWALLOP – Greg McLeod / Myles McLeod
VARMINTS – Sue Goffe / Marc Craste
WALLACE AND GROMIT: A MATTER OF LOAF AND DEATH – Steve Pegram / Nick Park / Bob Baker
SHORT FILM
KINGSLAND #1 THE DREAMER – Kate Ogborn / Tony Grisoni
LOVE YOU MORE – Adrian Sturges / Sam Taylor-Wood / Patrick Marber
RALPH – Olivier Kaempfer / Alex Winckler
SEPTEMBER – Stewart le Maréchal / Esther May Campbell
VOYAGES D’AFFAIRES (THE BUSINESS TRIP) – Celine Quideau / Sean Ellis
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
HUNGER – Laura Hastings-Smith / Robin Gutch / Steve McQueen / Enda Walsh
IN BRUGES – Graham Broadbent / Pete Czernin / Martin McDonagh
MAMMA MIA! – Judy Craymer / Gary Goetzman / Phyllida Lloyd / Catherine Johnson
MAN ON WIRE – Simon Chinn / James Marsh
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE – Christian Colson / Danny Boyle / Simon Beaufoy
THE CARL FOREMAN AWARD for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer for their First Feature Film
SIMON CHINN Producer – Man On Wire
JUDY CRAYMER Producer – Mamma Mia!
GARTH JENNINGS Writer – Son of Rambow
STEVE McQUEEN Director/Writer – Hunger
SOLON PAPADOPOULOS / ROY BOULTER Producers – Of Time And The City
THE ORANGE RISING STAR AWARD (voted for by the public)
MICHAEL CERA
NOEL CLARKE
MICHAEL FASSBENDER
REBECCA HALL
TOBY KEBBELL