‘Hunger’, ‘In Bruges’, production designer Nathan Crowley and producer Redmond Morris have all received nominations for the BAFTA Film Awards to take place Sunday Feb. 8 at London’s Royal Opera House.
Following on from Colin Farrell’s success at the Golden Globes earlier this week ‘In Bruges’ has made the shortlist for the following categories: Original Screenplay - Martin McDonagh; Supporting Actor – Brendan Gleeson and in the Editing Category for Jon Gregory. The film is also nominated for Best British Film as is the Northern Irish shot ‘Hunger’.
‘Hunger’ director and co-writer Steve McQueen has been nominated for The Carl Foreman Award for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer for their First Feature Film, while its lead actor, Michael Fassbender, is shortlisted for the Orange Rising Star Award (the only BAFTA award voted for by the public).
Irish producer Redmond Morris is nominated in the Best Film Category for ‘The Reader’ alongside Anthony Minghella, Sydney Pollack and Donna Gigliotti.
‘The Dark Knight’ production designer Nathan Crowley, who hails from Ireland, is shortlisted in the Production Design Category with Peter Lando. Nathan has also been nominated for the Art Directors Guild, Excellence in Production Design Awards Nominations for the same title which will be awarded on the 14th February.
‘Slumdog Millionaire’, directed by Danny Boyle, and David Fincher’s ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’ lead the nominations with 11 nods each. ‘The Dark Knight’ is listed for nine awards and Clint Eastwood’s ‘Changeling,’ has sealed eight nominations.
The BAFTA nominations are as follows:
BEST FILM
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Cean Chaffin
FROST/NIXON Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard
MILK Dan Jinks, Bruce Cohen
THE READER Anthony Minghella, Sydney Pollack, Donna Gigliotti, Redmond Morris
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE Christian Colson
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
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
PENELOPE 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, Bjorn 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
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
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
THE BAADER MEINHOF COMPLEX Bernard Eichinger, Uli Edel
GOMORRAH Domenico Procacci, Matteo Garrone
I'VE LOVED YOU SO LONG Yves Marmion, Philippe Claudel
PERSEPOLIS Marc-Antoine Robert, Xavier Rigault, Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Parannaud
WALTZ WITH BASHIR Serge Lalou, Gerhard Meixner, Yael Nahl Ieli, Ari Folman
ANIMATED FILM
PERSEPOLIS Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Parannaud
WALL-E Andrew Stanton
WALTZ WITH BASHIR Ari Folman
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
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
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 Marechal, Esther May Campbell
“Voyages D’affaires” (The Business Trip) Celine Quideau, Sean Ellis
THE ORANGE RISING STAR AWARD (voted for by the public)
Michael Cera
Noel Clarke
Michael Fassbender
Rebecca Hall
Toby Kebbell
