Irish resident Daniel Day-Lewis walked away with the Leading Actor Award for his role in Paul Thomas Anderson’s ‘There Will Be Blood’ at this year’s BAFTA Film Awards.
Hosted by Jonathan Ross, the ceremony took place on Sunday 10th February at the Royal Opera House in London.
French film ‘La Vie en Rose’ was the biggest winner of the night, with actress Marion Cotillard picking up the Leading Actress gong, in addition to awards for Make Up and Hair, Music and Costume Design. The film is also in line for an International Film IFTA at this month’s ceremony.
Best Film went to ‘Atonement’; Best British Film to ‘This Is England’ by Shane Meadows; Diablo Cody picked up the original screenplay award for ‘Juno’ while Best Director went to filmmaking brothers Joel and Ethan Coen.
Spain’s Javier Bardem won Supporting Actor for ‘No Country for Old Men’, while Brit actress Tilda Swinton received her first BAFTA award for her role in Tony Gilroy’s ‘Michael Clayton’.
Original Screenplay went to Diablo Cody for ‘Juno’, while Ronald Harwood, won the adapted screenplay prize for French pic ‘The Diving Bell and the Butterfly’. The Foreign Language BAFTA went to ‘The Lives of Others’.
The Carl Foreman Award, which celebrates a first time British writer, director of producer, went to ‘Control’ writer Matt Greenhalgh.
Anthony Hopkins was honored with the BAFTA fellowship, while propmaster Barry Wilkinson received the Outstanding Contribution to British cinema accolade.
Full list of BAFTA winners 2008:
BEST FILM
Atonement -- produced by Tim Bevan/Eric Fellner/Paul Webster
BEST BRITISH FILM
This Is England -- Mark Herbert/Shane Meadows
THE CARL FOREMAN AWARD for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer for their First Feature Film
Matt Greenhalgh (Writer) -- Control
DIRECTOR
No Country For Old Men -- Joel Coen/Ethan Coen
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Juno -- Diablo Cody
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Diving Bell And The Butterfly -- Ronald Harwood
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
The Lives of Others – Quirin Berg/ Max Wiedemann/ Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
ANIMATED FILM
Ratatouille -- Brad Bird
LEADING ACTOR
Daniel Day-Lewis -- There Will Be Blood
LEADING ACTRESS
Marion Cotillard -- La Vie en Rose
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Javier Bardem -- No Country for Old Men
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Tilda Swinton -- Michael Clayton
MUSIC
La Vie En Rose -- Christopher Gunning
CINEMATOGRAPHY
No Country For Old Men -- Roger Deakins
EDITING
The Bourne Ultimatum -- Christopher Rouse
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Atonement -- Sarah Greenwood/Katie Spencer
COSTUME DESIGN
La Vie En Rose -- Marit Allen
SOUND
The Bourne Ultimatum -- Kirk Francis/Scott Millan/David Parker/Karen Baker Landers/Per Hallberg
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
The Golden Compass -- Michael Fink/Bill Westenhofer/Ben Morris/Trevor Wood
MAKE UP & HAIR
La Vie En Rose -- Jan Archibald/Didier Lavergne
SHORT ANIMATION
The Pearce Sisters -- Jo Allen/Luis Cook
SHORT FILM
Dog Altogether -- Diarmid Scrimshaw/Paddy Considine
THE ORANGE RISING STAR AWARD
Shia Labeouf
