61st British Academy Film Awards
Date10 February 2008
SiteRoyal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Hosted byJonathan Ross
Highlights
Best FilmAtonement
Best British FilmThis Is England
Best ActorDaniel Day-Lewis
There Will Be Blood
Best ActressMarion Cotillard
La Vie en Rose (La Môme)
Most awardsLa Vie en Rose (La Môme) (4)
Most nominationsAtonement (14)

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.

Atonement won Best Film, while Coen brothers, Joel and Ethan, won Best Director for No Country for Old Men, which also went on to win Best Cinematography and Best Supporting Actor for Javier Bardem. Daniel Day-Lewis won Best Actor for There Will Be Blood, Marion Cotillard won Best Actress for La Vie en Rose (La Môme), and Tilda Swinton won Best Supporting Actress for Michael Clayton. This Is England, directed by Shane Meadows, was voted Outstanding British Film of 2007.

Winners and nominees

Coen brothers, Best Director winners
Daniel Day-Lewis, Best Actor winner
Marion Cotillard, Best Actress winner
Javier Bardem, Best Supporting Actor winner
Tilda Swinton, Best Supporting Actress winner
Diablo Cody, Best Original Screenplay winner
Shia LaBeouf, Orange Rising Star Award winner

BAFTA Fellowship

Anthony Hopkins

Atonement – Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Paul Webster

Joel Coen and Ethan Coen – No Country for Old Men

Daniel Day-Lewis – There Will Be Blood as Daniel Plainview

Marion Cotillard – La Vie en rose as Édith Piaf

Javier Bardem – No Country for Old Men as Anton Chigurh

Tilda Swinton – Michael Clayton as Karen Crowder

Juno – Diablo Cody

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly – Ronald Harwood

No Country for Old Men – Roger Deakins

La Vie en rose – Marit Allen

The Bourne Ultimatum – Christopher Rouse

La Vie en rose – Jan Archibald and Didier Lavergne

La Vie en rose – Christopher Gunning

Atonement – Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer

The Bourne Ultimatum – Kirk Francis, Scott Millan, David Parker, Karen Baker Landers and Per Hallberg

The Golden Compass – Michael Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris and Trevor Wood

This Is England – Mark Herbert and Shane Meadows

Control – Matt Greenhalgh (Writer)

The Pearce Sisters – Jo Allen and Luis Cook

  • The Crumblegiant – Pearse Moore and John McCloskey
  • Head Over Heels – Osbert Parker, Fiona Pitkin and Ian Gouldstone

Dog Altogether – Diarmid Scrimshaw and Paddy Considine

Ratatouille – Brad Bird

The Lives of Others – Quirin Begg, Max Wiedemann and Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

Shia LaBeouf

Statistics

Films that received multiple nominations
Nominations Film
14 Atonement
9 No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood
7 La Vie en rose
6 The Bourne Ultimatum
5 American Gangster
The Lives of Others
Michael Clayton
4 Elizabeth: The Golden Age
3 Control
The Kite Runner
2 The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Eastern Promises
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Juno
Lust, Caution
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
This Is England
Films that received multiple awards
Awards Film
4 La Vie en rose
3 No Country for Old Men
2 Atonement
The Bourne Ultimatum

In Memoriam

See also

References

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