The Evening Standard British Film Awards were established in 1973 by London's ''

Evening Standard The ''Evening Standard'', formerly ''The Standard'' (1827–1904), also known as the ''London Evening Standard'', is a local free daily newspaper in London, England, published Monday to Friday in tabloid format. In October 2009, after be ...

'' newspaper. The Standard Awards is the only ceremony "dedicated to British and Irish talent," judged by a panel of "top UK critics." Each ceremony honours films from the previous year.

1973–1980 Winners

1973 Winners

*Best Actor :

Keith Michell Keith Joseph Michell (1 December 1926 – 20 November 2015) was an Australian actor who worked primarily in the United Kingdom, and was best known for his television and film portrayals of King Henry VIII. He appeared extensively in Shakespeare ...

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Henry VIII and His Six Wives ''Henry VIII and His Six Wives'' is a 1972 British historical film adaptation, directed by Waris Hussein, of the BBC 1970 six-part miniseries '' The Six Wives of Henry VIII''. Keith Michell, who plays Henry VIII in the TV series, also portrays ...

'' *Best Actress :

Glenda Jackson Glenda May Jackson (born 9 May 1936) is an English actress and former Member of Parliament (MP). She has won the Academy Award for Best Actress twice: for her role as Gudrun Brangwen in the romantic drama ''Women in Love'' (1970); and again for ...

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Mary, Queen of Scots Mary, Queen of Scots (8 December 1542 – 8 February 1587), also known as Mary Stuart or Mary I of Scotland, was Queen of Scotland from 14 December 1542 until her forced abdication in 1567. The only surviving legitimate child of James V of Scot ...

'' *Best Comedy : '' The National Health'' –

Jack Gold Jacob M. "Jack" Gold (28 June 1930 – 9 August 2015) was a British film and television director. He was part of the Kitchen sink realism, British realist tradition which followed the Free Cinema movement. Career Jacob M. Gold was born in ...

*Best Film : ''

Ryan's Daughter ''Ryan's Daughter'' is a 1970 British Epic film, epic Romance film, romantic drama film directed by David Lean and starring Robert Mitchum and Sarah Miles. The film, set between August 1917 and January 1918, tells the story of a married Irish ...

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David Lean Sir David Lean (25 March 190816 April 1991) was an English film director, producer, screenwriter and editor. Widely considered one of the most important figures in British cinema, Lean directed the large-scale epics ''The Bridge on the River ...

*Best Newcomer – Actor :

Simon Ward Simon Anthony Fox Ward (16 October 194120 July 2012) was a British stage and film actor. He was known chiefly for his performance as Winston Churchill in the 1972 film ''Young Winston''. He played many other screen roles, including those of Sir ...

*Best Newcomer – Actress :

Lynne Frederick Lynne Frederick (25 July 1954 – 27 April 1994) was an English actress, film producer, and fashion model. In a career spanning ten years, she made over thirty appearances in film and television productions. Known for her classic English rose b ...

1974 Winners

*Best Actor :

Michael Caine Sir Michael Caine (born Maurice Joseph Micklewhite; 14 March 1933) is an English actor. Known for his distinctive Cockney accent, he has appeared in more than 160 films in a career spanning seven decades, and is considered a British film ico ...

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Sleuth Sleuth may refer to: * Detective *Sleuth, collective noun for a group of bears Computing * The Sleuth Kit, a collection of forensic analysis software *SLEUTH assembler language for the UNIVAC 1107 Entertainment and media *Cloo Cloo (stylized ...

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– '' A Touch of Class'' *Best Comedy : ''

The Three Musketeers ''The Three Musketeers'' (french: Les Trois Mousquetaires, links=no, ) is a French historical adventure novel written in 1844 by French author Alexandre Dumas. It is in the swashbuckler genre, which has heroic, chivalrous swordsmen who fight f ...

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Richard Lester Richard Lester Liebman (born January 19, 1932) is an American retired film director based in the United Kingdom. He is best known for directing the Beatles' films '' A Hard Day's Night'' (1964) and ''Help!'' (1965), and the superhero films ''S ...

*Best Film : '' Live and Let Die'' –

Guy Hamilton Mervyn Ian Guy Hamilton, DSC (16 September 1922 – 20 April 2016) was an English film director. He directed 22 films from the 1950s to the 1980s, including four James Bond films. Early life Hamilton was born in Paris on 16 September 1922, wh ...

*Best Newcomer – Actor : Edward Fox *Best Newcomer – Actress :

Heather Wright Heather Wright (born 1950) is an English actress, noted for her performances in film and television. Her film credits include ''Psychomania'' (1973), ''The Belstone Fox'' (1973), ''Shout at the Devil'' (1976) and ''Inseminoid'' (1981). On televisi ...

1975 Winners

*Best Actor :

Albert Finney Albert Finney (9 May 1936 – 7 February 2019) was an English actor. He attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and worked in the theatre before attaining prominence on screen in the early 1960s, debuting with '' The Entertainer'' (1960) ...

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Murder on the Orient Express ''Murder on the Orient Express'' is a work of detective fiction by English writer Agatha Christie featuring the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. It was first published in the United Kingdom by the Collins Crime Club on 1 January 1934. In the U ...

'' *Best Actress :

Wendy Hiller Dame Wendy Margaret Hiller, (15 August 1912 – 14 May 2003) was an English film and stage actress who enjoyed a varied acting career that spanned nearly 60 years. Writer Joel Hirschorn, in his 1984 compilation ''Rating the Movie Stars'', desc ...

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'' *Best Comedy : '' The Four Musketeers'' –

*Best Film : ''

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Sidney Lumet Sidney Arthur Lumet ( ; June 25, 1924 – April 9, 2011) was an American film director. He was nominated five times for the Academy Award: four for Best Director for ''12 Angry Men'' (1957), ''Dog Day Afternoon'' (1975), ''Network'' (1976), ...

*Best Newcomer – Actor :

Robin Askwith Robin Mark Askwith (born 12 October 1950) is an English actor and singer who has appeared in a number of film, television and stage productions. Making his film debut as Keating in the film '' if....'' (1968), a role he would reprise in ''Brita ...

*Best Newcomer – Actress :

Jill Townsend Jill Townsend (born January 25, 1945) is an Anglo-American actress best known for her roles as Elizabeth Chynoweth in ''Poldark'' and Dulcey Coopersmith in the 1967 western television series ''Cimarron Strip''. Life and career Townsend was born ...

1976 Winners

*Best Actor :

Peter Sellers Peter Sellers (born Richard Henry Sellers; 8 September 1925 – 24 July 1980) was an English actor and comedian. He first came to prominence performing in the BBC Radio comedy series ''The Goon Show'', featured on a number of hit comic songs ...

– '' The Return of the Pink Panther'' *Best Actress :

Annette Crosbie Annette Crosbie (born 12 February 1934) is a Scottish actor.Annette Crosbie fil ...

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The Slipper and the Rose ''The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella'' is a 1976 British musical film retelling the classic fairy tale of Cinderella. The film was chosen as the Royal Command Performance motion picture selection for 1976. Directed by Bryan Forbe ...

'' *Best Comedy : '' The Return of the Pink Panther'' –

Blake Edwards Blake Edwards (born William Blake Crump; July 26, 1922 – December 15, 2010) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter and actor. Edwards began his career in the 1940s as an actor, but he soon began writing screenplays and radio s ...

*Best Film : '' Aces High'' –

*Best Newcomer – Actor :

Peter Firth Peter Macintosh Firth (born 27 October 1953) is an English actor. He is best known for his role as Sir Harry Pearce in the BBC One programme '' Spooks''; he is the only actor to have appeared in every episode of the programme's ten-series lif ...

*Best Newcomer – Actress :

Gemma Craven Rita Gemma Craven (''née'' Gabriel; born 1 June 1950) is an Irish actress. She is best known for her role as Joan Parker, the frigid wife of Arthur (Bob Hoskins), in the BBC TV drama '' Pennies From Heaven'' (1978). Biography Craven's family ...

1977 Winners

*Best Actor :

John Thaw John Edward Thaw, (3 January 1942 – 21 February 2002) was an English actor who appeared in a range of television, stage, and cinema roles. He starred in the television series ''Inspector Morse'' as title character Detective Chief Inspector ...

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Sweeney! ''Sweeney!'' is a 1977 British action crime drama film and extension of the ITV television series ''The Sweeney'' which aired on ITV from 1975 to 1978. The film did well enough at the box office that a sequel, ''Sweeney 2'', was released in cine ...

'' *Best Actress :

Billie Whitelaw Billie Honor Whitelaw (6 June 1932 – 21 December 2014) was an English actress. She worked in close collaboration with Irish playwright Samuel Beckett for 25 years and was regarded as one of the foremost interpreters of his works. She was al ...

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The Omen ''The Omen'' is a 1976 supernatural horror film directed by Richard Donner and written by David Seltzer. An international co-production of the United Kingdom and the United States, it stars Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, David Warner, Harvey Spencer ...

'' *Best Comedy : ''

The Pink Panther Strikes Again ''The Pink Panther Strikes Again'' is a 1976 comedy film. The fifth film in ''The Pink Panther'' series, its plot picks up three years after '' The Return of the Pink Panther'', with former Chief Inspector Charles Dreyfus (Herbert Lom) about t ...

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*Best Film : '' A Bridge Too Far'' –

Richard Attenborough Richard Samuel Attenborough, Baron Attenborough, (; 29 August 192324 August 2014) was an English actor, filmmaker, and entrepreneur. He was the president of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) and the British Academy of Film and Televisio ...

*Best Newcomer – Actor :

Dennis Waterman Dennis Waterman (24 February 1948 – 8 May 2022) was an English actor and singer. He was best known for his tough-guy leading roles in television series including ''The Sweeney'', ''Minder'' and ''New Tricks'', singing the theme tunes of the ...

*Best Newcomer – Actress : ''

Lesley-Anne Down Lesley-Anne Down (born 17 March 1954) is a British actress, singer and former model. She achieved fame as Georgina Worsley in the ITV drama series '' Upstairs, Downstairs'' (1973–75). She received further recognition for her performances in t ...

1978 Winners

*Best Actor :

Alec Guinness Sir Alec Guinness (born Alec Guinness de Cuffe; 2 April 1914 – 5 August 2000) was an English actor. After an early career on the stage, Guinness was featured in several of the Ealing comedies, including ''Kind Hearts and Coronets'' (194 ...

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Star Wars ''Star Wars'' is an American epic film, epic space opera multimedia franchise created by George Lucas, which began with the Star Wars (film), eponymous 1977 film and quickly became a worldwide popular culture, pop-culture Cultural impact of S ...

'' *Best Actress :

Nanette Newman Nanette Newman (born 29 May 1934) is an English actress and author. She appeared in nine films directed by her husband Bryan Forbes, including ''Séance on a Wet Afternoon'' (1964), ''The Whisperers'' (1967), '' Deadfall'' (1968), ''The Stepfor ...

– '' International Velvet'' *Best Comedy : ''

Revenge of the Pink Panther ''Revenge of the Pink Panther'' is a 1978 comedy film. It is the sixth film in ''The Pink Panther'' comedy film series. Released in 1978, it is the final on-set performance of Peter Sellers in the role of Inspector Jacques Clouseau. It was also ...

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*Best Film : ''

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George Lucas George Walton Lucas Jr. (born May 14, 1944) is an American filmmaker. Lucas is best known for creating the ''Star Wars'' and ''Indiana Jones'' franchises and founding Lucasfilm, LucasArts, Industrial Light & Magic and THX. He served as chairm ...

*Best Newcomer – Actor : Michael J. Jackson *Best Newcomer – Actress : Lea Brodie

1979 Winners

*Best Actor :

Peter Ustinov Sir Peter Alexander Ustinov (born Peter Alexander Freiherr von Ustinov ; 16 April 192128 March 2004) was a British actor, filmmaker and writer. An internationally known raconteur, he was a fixture on television talk shows and lecture circuits ...

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Death on the Nile ''Death on the Nile'' is a work of detective fiction by British writer Agatha Christie, published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on 1 November 1937 and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company the following year. The UK edition retailed at s ...

'' *Best Actress :

Maggie Smith Dame Margaret Natalie Smith (born 28 December 1934) is an English actress. With an extensive career on screen and stage beginning in the mid-1950s, Smith has appeared in more than sixty films and seventy plays. She is one of the few performer ...

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California Suite ''California Suite'' is a 1976 play by Neil Simon. Similar in structure to his earlier ''Plaza Suite'', the comedy is composed of four playlets set in Suite 203-04, which consists of a living room and an adjoining bedroom with an ensuite bath, in ...

'' *Best Comedy : ''

Porridge Porridge is a food made by heating or boiling ground, crushed or chopped starchy plants, typically grain, in milk or water. It is often cooked or served with added flavourings such as sugar, honey, (dried) fruit or syrup to make a sweet cereal, ...

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Dick Clement Dick Clement (born 5 September 1937) is an English writer, director and producer. He became known for his writing partnership with Ian La Frenais for television series including ''The Likely Lads'', ''Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?'', ...

*Best Film : ''

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John Guillermin John Guillermin (11 November 192527 September 2015) was a French-British film director, writer and producer who was most active in big-budget, action-adventure films throughout his lengthy career. His more well-known films include '' I Was Mont ...

*Best Newcomer – Actor :

Simon MacCorkindale Simon Charles Pendered MacCorkindale (12 February 1952 – 14 October 2010) was a British actor, film director, writer and producer. He spent much of his childhood moving around owing to his father's career as an officer with the Royal Air Force ...

*Best Newcomer – Actress :

Karen Dotrice Karen Dotrice ( ; born 9 November 1955) is a British actress. She is known primarily for her role as Jane Banks in Walt Disney's '' Mary Poppins'', the feature film adaptation of the '' Mary Poppins'' book series. Dotrice was born in Guernsey i ...

1980 Winners

*Best Actor :

Denholm Elliott Denholm Mitchell Elliott, (31 May 1922 – 6 October 1992) was an English actor, with more than 125 film and television credits. His well-known roles include the abortionist in ''Alfie'' (1966), Marcus Brody in ''Raiders of the Lost Ark'' (1981 ...

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Bad Timing ''Bad Timing'' is a 1980 British psychological drama film directed by Nicolas Roeg and starring Art Garfunkel, Theresa Russell, Harvey Keitel, and Denholm Elliott. The plot focuses on an American woman and a psychology professor living in V ...

Rising Damp Structural dampness is the presence of unwanted moisture in the structure of a building, either the result of intrusion from outside or condensation from within the structure. A high proportion of damp problems in buildings are caused by ambient ...

Zulu Dawn ''Zulu Dawn'' is a 1979 American adventure war film about the historical Battle of Isandlwana between British and Zulu forces in 1879 in South Africa. The screenplay was by Cy Endfield, from his book, and Anthony Storey. The film was directed ...

'' *Best Actress :

Frances de la Tour Frances J. de Lautour (born 30 July 1944), better known as Frances de la Tour, is an English actress. She is known for her role as Miss Ruth Jones in the television sitcom ''Rising Damp'' from 1974 until 1978. She is a Tony Award winner and thr ...

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'' *Best Comedy : ''

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Yanks ''Yanks'' is a 1979 drama film directed by John Schlesinger, and starring Richard Gere, Vanessa Redgrave, William Devane, Lisa Eichhorn and Tony Melody. The film is set during the Second World War in Northern England and features no combat scen ...

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John Schlesinger John Richard Schlesinger (; 16 February 1926 – 25 July 2003) was an English film and stage director. He won the Academy Award for Best Director for ''Midnight Cowboy'', and was nominated for the same award for two other films ('' Darling'' an ...

*Best Newcomer – Actor :

Jonathan Pryce Sir Jonathan Pryce (born John Price; 1 June 1947) is a Welsh actor who is known for his performances on stage and in film and television. He has received numerous awards, including two Tony Awards and two Laurence Olivier Awards. In 2021 he wa ...

*Best Newcomer – Actress : Wendy Morgan *Peter Sellers Award for Comedy :

Leonard Rossiter Leonard Rossiter (21 October 1926 – 5 October 1984) was an English actor. He had a long career in the theatre but achieved his highest profile for his television comedy roles starring as Rupert Rigsby in the ITV series ''Rising Damp'' from ...

1981–1990 Winners

1981 Winners

*Best Actor :

Bob Hoskins Robert William Hoskins (26 October 1942 – 29 April 2014) was an English actor. His work included lead roles in films and television series such as '' Pennies from Heaven'' (1978), ''The Long Good Friday'' (1980), ''Mona Lisa'' (1986), ''Who ...

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The Long Good Friday ''The Long Good Friday'' is a 1980 British gangster film directed by John Mackenzie from a screenplay by Barrie Keeffe, starring Bob Hoskins and Helen Mirren. Set in London, the storyline weaves together events and concerns of the late 1970s, ...

'' *Best Actress :

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Quartet In music, a quartet or quartette (, , , , ) is an ensemble of four singers or instrumental performers; or a musical composition for four voices and instruments. Classical String quartet In classical music, one of the most common combinations o ...

'' *Best Film : ''

The French Lieutenant's Woman ''The French Lieutenant's Woman'' is a 1969 postmodern historical fiction novel by John Fowles. The plot explores the fraught relationship of gentleman and amateur naturalist Charles Smithson and Sarah Woodruff, the former governess and inde ...

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Karel Reisz Karel Reisz (21 July 1926 – 25 November 2002) was a Czech-born British filmmaker, one of the pioneers of the new realist strain in British cinema during the 1950s and 1960s. Two of the best-known films he directed are ''Saturday Night and Sun ...

*Best Screenplay :

Colin Welland Colin Welland (born Colin Edward Williams; 4 July 1934 – 2 November 2015) was an English actor and screenwriter. He won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his performance as Mr Farthing in '' Kes'' (1969) and the Academy Aw ...

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Chariots of Fire ''Chariots of Fire'' is a 1981 British historical sports drama film directed by Hugh Hudson, written by Colin Welland and produced by David Puttnam. It is based on the true story of two British athletes in the 1924 Olympics: Eric Liddell, a de ...

'' *Most Promising Filmmaker :

Franco Rosso Franco Rosso (29 August 1941 – 9 December 2016)Bill Douglas Centre"Franco Rosso 1942-2016" ''Babylon'', 27 December 2016.Martin Stellman"Franco Rosso obituary" ''The Guardian'', 2 January 2017. was an Italian-born film producer and director ...

*Peter Sellers Award for Comedy :

Bill Forsyth William David Forsyth (born 29 July 1946). known as Bill Forsyth, is a Scottish film director and writer known for his films '' Gregory's Girl'' (1981), '' Local Hero'' (1983) and '' Comfort and Joy'' (1984) as well as his adaptation of the Ma ...

1982 Winners

*Best Actor :

Trevor Howard Trevor Wallace Howard-Smith (29 September 1913 – 7 January 1988) was an English stage, film, and television actor. After varied work in the theatre, he achieved star status with his role in the film ''Brief Encounter'' (1945), followed by ''T ...

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Light Years Away ''Light Years Away'' (french: Les Années lumière) is a 1981 film directed by Alain Tanner. It tells the story of a young man who meets an old man who says he was taught by birds how to fly and is building a flying machine. It is based on a nov ...

'' *Best Actress :

Jennifer Kendal Jennifer Kendal (28 February 1934 – 7 September 1984) was an English actress and the founder of the Prithvi Theatre. She was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for the film '' 36 Chowringhee Lane'' (1981). Her oth ...

– '' 36 Chowringhee Lane'' *Best Film : ''

Moonlighting Moonlighting may refer to: * Side job A side job, also informally called a side hustle or side gig, is an additional job that a person takes in addition to their primary job in order to supplement their income. Side jobs may be done out of nec ...

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Jerzy Skolimowski Jerzy Skolimowski (, born 5 May 1938) is a Polish film director, screenwriter, dramatist and actor. A graduate of the prestigious National Film School in Łódź, Skolimowski has directed more than twenty films since his 1960 début ''Oko wykol' ...

*Best Screenplay :

John Krish John Jeffrey Krish (4 December 1923 – 7 May 2016) was a British film director and screenwriter. He directed and filmed much archive footage and in particular ''Our School'' in 1962, showing the changing ways of Britain's school and the last ...

– '' Friend or Foe'' *Most Promising Newcomer : Cassie McFarlane *Peter Sellers Award for Comedy :

Michael Blakemore Michael Howell Blakemore OBE, AO (born 18 June 1928) is an Australian actor, writer and theatre director who has also made a handful of films. A former Associate Director of the National Theatre, in 2000 he became the only individual to win T ...

1983 Winners

*Best Actor :

Ben Kingsley Sir Ben Kingsley (born Krishna Pandit Bhanji; 31 December 1943) is an English actor. He has received various accolades throughout his career spanning five decades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Grammy Award, and two ...

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Gandhi Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (; ; 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948), popularly known as Mahatma Gandhi, was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist Quote: "... marks Gandhi as a hybrid cosmopolitan figure who transformed ... anti- ...

Betrayal Betrayal is the breaking or violation of a presumptive contract, trust, or confidence that produces moral and psychological conflict within a relationship amongst individuals, between organizations or between individuals and organizations. Ofte ...

'' *Best Actress :

Phyllis Logan Phyllis Logan (born 11 January 1956) is a Scottish actress, known for playing Lady Jane Felsham in ''Lovejoy'' (1986–1993) and Mrs Hughes (later Carson) in ''Downton Abbey'' (2010–2015). She won the BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer f ...

– '' Another Time, Another Place'' *Best Film : ''

The Ploughman's Lunch ''The Ploughman's Lunch'' is a 1983 British drama film written by Ian McEwan and directed by Richard Eyre which features Jonathan Pryce, Tim Curry, and Rosemary Harris. The film looks at the media world in Margaret Thatcher's Britain around th ...

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Richard Eyre Sir Richard Charles Hastings Eyre (born 28 March 1943) is an English film, theatre, television and opera director. Biography Eyre was born in Barnstaple, Devon, England, the son of Richard Galfridus Hastings Giles Eyre and his wife, Minna Ma ...

*Best Screenplay :

Ian McEwan Ian Russell McEwan, (born 21 June 1948) is an English novelist and screenwriter. In 2008, ''The Times'' featured him on its list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945" and ''The Daily Telegraph'' ranked him number 19 in its list of th ...

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'' *Best Technical or Artistic Achievement :

Chris Menges Chris Menges BSC, ASC (born 15 September 1940) is a British cinematographer and film director. He is a member of both the American and British Societies of Cinematographers. Life and career Menges was born in Kington, Herefordshire, the son ...

*Most Promising Newcomer :

Neil Jordan Neil Patrick Jordan (born 25 February 1950) is an Irish film director, screenwriter, novelist and short-story writer. His first book, '' Night in Tunisia'', won a Somerset Maugham Award and the Guardian Fiction Prize in 1979. He won an Academy ...

*Peter Sellers Award for Comedy :

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1984 Winners

*Best Actor :

John Hurt Sir John Vincent Hurt (22 January 1940 – 25 January 2017) was an English actor whose career spanned over five decades. Hurt was regarded as one of Britain's finest actors. Director David Lynch described him as "simply the greatest actor in t ...

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1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ...

Champions A champion (from the late Latin ''campio'') is the Victory, victor in a challenge, Competition, contest or competition. There can be a territorial pyramid of championships, e.g. local, regional / provincial, state, national, continental and w ...

, The Hit'' *Best Actress :

Helen Mirren Dame Helen Mirren (born Helen Lydia Mironoff; born 26 July 1945) is an English actor. The recipient of numerous accolades, she is the only performer to have achieved the Triple Crown of Acting in both the United States and the United Kingdom. ...

– '' Cal'' *Best Film : ''

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Michael Radford Michael James Radford (born 24 February 1946) is an English film director and screenwriter. He began his career as a documentary director and television comedy writer before transitioning into features in the early 1980s. His best-known credits ...

*Best Screenplay :

Bernard MacLaverty Bernard MacLaverty (born 14 September 1942) is an Irish fiction writer and novelist. His novels include ''Cal'' and ''Grace Notes''. He has written five books of short stories. Biography ''MacLaverty'' was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, a ...

– '' Cal'' *Best Technical or Artistic Achievement :

John Alcott John Alcott, BSC (27 November 1930 – 28 July 1986) was an English cinematographer known for his four collaborations with director Stanley Kubrick: '' 2001: A Space Odyssey'' (1968), for which he took over as lighting cameraman from Geoffrey ...

*Most Promising Newcomer :

Tim Roth Timothy Simon Roth (born 14 May 1961) is an English actor and producer. He began acting on films and television series in the 1980s. He was among a group of prominent British actors of the era, the "Brit Pack (actors), Brit Pack". He made hi ...

*Peter Sellers Award for Comedy :

1985 Winners

*Best Actor :

Victor Banerjee Victor Banerjee is an Indian actor who appears in English, Hindi, Bengali and Assamese language films. He has worked for directors such as Roman Polanski, James Ivory, Sir David Lean, Jerry London, Ronald Neame, Satyajit Ray, Mrinal Sen, Shya ...

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A Passage to India ''A Passage to India'' is a 1924 novel by English author E. M. Forster set against the backdrop of the British Raj and the Indian independence movement in the 1920s. It was selected as one of the 100 great works of 20th century English litera ...

'' *Best Actress :

Miranda Richardson Miranda Jane Richardson (born 3 March 1958) is an English actress. She made her film debut playing Ruth Ellis in '' Dance with a Stranger'' (1985) and went on to receive Academy Award nominations for ''Damage'' (1992) and ''Tom & Viv'' (1994). ...

– '' Dance with a Stranger'' *Best Film : ''

My Beautiful Laundrette ''My Beautiful Laundrette'' is a 1985 British romantic comedy-drama film directed by Stephen Frears from a screenplay by Hanif Kureishi. The film was also one of the first films released by Working Title Films. The story is set in London during ...

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Stephen Frears Stephen Arthur Frears (born 20 June 1941) is an English director and producer of film and television often depicting real life stories as well as projects that explore social class through sharply drawn characters. He's received numerous accola ...

*Best Screenplay :

Malcolm Mowbray Malcolm Mowbray (born 1949) is a British screenwriter and television and film director. Mowbray began his career in television, directing episodes of ''Premiere'', ''BBC2 Playhouse'', and ''Objects of Affection''. In 1984 he turned to feature f ...

Alan Bennett Alan Bennett (born 9 May 1934) is an English actor, author, playwright and screenwriter. Over his distinguished entertainment career he has received numerous awards and honours including two BAFTA Awards, four Laurence Olivier Awards, and tw ...

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A Private Function ''A Private Function'' is a 1984 British comedy film starring Michael Palin and Maggie Smith. The film was predominantly filmed in Ilkley, and Ben Rhydding in West Yorkshire. The film was also screened in the section of Un Certain Regard at the ...

'' *Best Technical or Artistic Achievement : Norman Garwood *Most Promising Newcomer :

Margi Clarke Margi Clarke (born 25 May 1954) is an English actress and radio and television presenter. She had a leading role in the film ''Letter to Brezhnev'' (1985), a low-budget film which had an international release. Later, Clarke played Jackie Dobbs ...

Alexandra Pigg Alexandra Pigg (born Sandra McKibbin; 1962) is a British actress who first came to prominence as Petra Taylor in the TV soap opera ''Brookside''. Her best-known film appearances are as Elaine in ''Letter to Brezhnev'' (1985), for which she was no ...

*Peter Sellers Award for Comedy :

Michael Palin Sir Michael Edward Palin (; born 5 May 1943) is an English actor, comedian, writer, television presenter, and public speaker. He was a member of the Monty Python comedy group. Since 1980, he has made a number of travel documentaries. Palin w ...

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George Harrison George Harrison (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001) was an English musician and singer-songwriter who achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of the Beatles. Sometimes called "the quiet Beatle", Harrison embraced Indian c ...

Denis O'Brien Denis O'Brien (born 19 April 1958) is an Irish billionaire businessman, and the founder and owner of Digicel. He was listed among the World's Top 200 Billionaires in 2015 and was Ireland's richest native-born citizen for a period of several ye ...

1986 Winners

*Best Actor :

Ray McAnally Ray McAnally (30 March 1926 – 15 June 1989) was an Irish actor. He was the recipient of three BAFTA Awards in the late 1980s: two BAFTA Film Awards for Best Supporting Actor (for ''The Mission'' in 1986 and ''My Left Foot'' in 1989), and ...

– '' The Mission,

No Surrender No Surrender may refer to: Politics * "No Surrender!", a British Unionist slogan originating from Siege of Derry now used in Northern Ireland, Scotland, and England *No Surrender (to the IRA), a political chant since used by England football fans ...

'' *Best Actress :

Coral Browne Coral Edith Browne (23 July 1913 – 29 May 1991) was an Australian-American stage and screen actress. Her extensive theatre credits included Broadway productions of ''Macbeth'' (1956), '' The Rehearsal'' (1963) and '' The Right Honourable Gentl ...

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Dreamchild ''Dreamchild'' is a 1985 British drama film written by Dennis Potter, directed by Gavin Millar, and produced by Rick McCallum and Kenith Trodd. The film, starring Coral Browne, Ian Holm, Peter Gallagher, Nicola Cowper and Amelia Shankley, is ...

'' *Best Film : ''

A Room with a View ''A Room with a View'' is a 1908 novel by English writer E. M. Forster, about a young woman in the restrained culture of Edwardian era England. Set in Italy and England, the story is both a romance and a humorous critique of English society a ...

'' *Best Screenplay :

Robert Bolt Robert Oxton Bolt (15 August 1924 – 20 February 1995) was an English playwright and a two-time Oscar-winning screenwriter, known for writing the screenplays for ''Lawrence of Arabia'', ''Doctor Zhivago'', and '' A Man for All Seasons'', ...

– '' The Mission'' *Best Technical or Artistic Achievement : Tony Pierce-Roberts – ''

'' *Most Promising Newcomer :

Gary Oldman Gary Leonard Oldman (born 21 March 1958) is an English actor and filmmaker. Known for his versatility and intense acting style, he has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and three British Academy Fi ...

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Sid and Nancy ''Sid and Nancy'' (also known as ''Sid and Nancy: Love Kills'') is a 1986 British biographical film directed by Alex Cox, co-written with Abbe Wool, and starring Gary Oldman and Chloe Webb. The film portrays the life of Sid Vicious, bassist of t ...

'' *Peter Sellers Award for Comedy : ''

Clockwise Two-dimensional rotation can occur in two possible directions. Clockwise motion (abbreviated CW) proceeds in the same direction as a clock's hands: from the top to the right, then down and then to the left, and back up to the top. The opposite ...

'' –

John Cleese John Marwood Cleese ( ; born 27 October 1939) is an English actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer. Emerging from the Cambridge Footlights in the 1960s, he first achieved success at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and as a scriptwriter and ...

*Special Award :

Jake Eberts Jake Eberts, OC (July 10, 1941 – September 6, 2012) was a Canadian film producer, executive and financier. He was known for risk-taking and producing a consistently high caliber of movies including such Academy Award-winning titles as ''Chari ...

*Special Award: George Harrison and Dennis O'Brien

1987 Winners

*Best Actor :

Derek Jacobi Sir Derek George Jacobi (; born 22 October 1938) is an English actor. He has appeared in various stage productions of William Shakespeare such as ''Hamlet'', ''Much Ado About Nothing'', ''Macbeth'', ''Twelfth Night'', ''The Tempest'', ''King ...

– ''

Little Dorrit ''Little Dorrit'' is a novel by Charles Dickens, originally published in serial form between 1855 and 1857. The story features Amy Dorrit, youngest child of her family, born and raised in the Marshalsea prison for debtors in London. Arthur Cl ...

'' *Best Actress :

Emily Lloyd Emily Alice Lloyd-Pack (born 29 September 1970), known as Emily Lloyd, is an English actress. At the age of 16, she starred in her debut and breakthrough role in the 1987 film ''Wish You Were Here'', for which she received critical acclaim a ...

– ''

Wish You Were Here Wish You Were Here may refer to: Film, television, and theater Film * ''Wish You Were Here'' (1987 film), a British comedy-drama film by David Leland * ''Wish You Were Here'' (2012 film), an Australian drama/mystery film by Kieran Darcy-Smith ...

'' *Best Film : '' Hope and Glory'' –

John Boorman Sir John Boorman (; born 18 January 1933) is a British film director, best known for feature films such as ''Point Blank'' (1967), ''Hell in the Pacific'' (1968), ''Deliverance'' (1972), ''Zardoz'' (1974), '' Exorcist II: The Heretic'' (1977), ...

*Best Screenplay :

– ''

Prick Up Your Ears ''Prick Up Your Ears'' is a 1987 British film, directed by Stephen Frears, about the playwright Joe Orton and his lover Kenneth Halliwell. The screenplay was written by Alan Bennett, based on the 1978 biography by John Lahr. The film stars Gary ...

'' *Best Technical or Artistic Achievement :

Anthony Pratt Anthony Pratt may refer to: * Anthony Pratt (businessman) (born 1960), Australian billionaire, executive chairman of Pratt Industries and board member of Visy Industries * Anthony D. G. Pratt (born 1937), British art director * Anthony E. Pratt ...

– '' Hope and Glory'' *Most Promising Newcomer :

Harry Hook Harry Hook (born 1960) is an English screenwriter, film/television director and photographer. Hook is best known for such films as '' The Last of His Tribe'' and the 1990 version of ''Lord of the Flies''. Career Harry Hook's first feature film a ...

– ''

The Kitchen Toto ''The Kitchen Toto'' is a 1988 British drama film written and directed by Harry Hook and starring Edwin Mahinda, Bob Peck and Phyllis Logan. Plot In Kenya in 1950, a British policeman takes a murdered black priest's son to live with him at his ...

'' *Peter Sellers Award for Comedy : ''

Personal Services ''Personal Services'' is a 1987 British comedy film directed by Terry Jones and written by David Leland, about the rise of a madam of a suburban brothel which caters to older men. The story is inspired by the real experiences of Cynthia Payne, ...

'' –

David Leland David Leland (born 20 April 1947) is an English film director, screenwriter and actor who came to international fame with his directorial debut ''Wish You Were Here'' in 1987. Life He initially trained as an actor at Central School of Speech ...

1988 Winners

*Best Actor :

– ''

Who Framed Roger Rabbit ''Who Framed Roger Rabbit'' is a 1988 American live-action/animated comedy mystery film directed by Robert Zemeckis, produced by Frank Marshall and Robert Watts, and loosely adapted by Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman from Gary K. Wolf's 1 ...

The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne ''The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne'' is a 1987 British drama film made by HandMade Films Ltd. and United British Artists (UBA) starring Maggie Smith and Bob Hoskins. It was directed by Jack Clayton (his final theatrical film) and produced b ...

'' *Best Actress :

– '' The Dressmaker'',

– ''

'' *Best Film : ''

A Fish Called Wanda ''A Fish Called Wanda'' is a 1988 heist comedy film directed by Charles Crichton and written by Crichton and John Cleese. It stars Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, and Michael Palin. The film follows a gang of diamond thieves who double- ...

'' –

Charles Crichton Charles Ainslie Crichton (6 August 1910 – 14 September 1999) was an English film director and editor. Born in Wallasey, Cheshire, he became best known for directing many comedies produced at Ealing Studios and had a 40-year career ...

*Best Screenplay :

Bruce Robinson Bruce Robinson (born 2 May 1946) is an English actor, director, screenwriter and novelist. He wrote and directed the cult classic ''Withnail and I'' (1987), a film with comic and tragic elements set in London in the late 1960s, which drew on hi ...

– ''

Withnail and I ''Withnail and I'' is a 1987 British black comedy film written and directed by Bruce Robinson. Loosely based on Robinson's life in London in the late 1960s, the plot follows two unemployed actors, Withnail and "I" (portrayed by Richard E. Gran ...

'' *Best Technical or Artistic Achievement :

William Diver William Diver (July 20, 1921 – August 31, 1995) was an American linguist. He was the founder of the Columbia School of Linguistics, which is named after Columbia University, where he received his Ph.D. in comparative Indo-European linguistics. ...

, Patrick Duval – ''

Distant Voices, Still Lives ''Distant Voices, Still Lives'' is a 1988 British period drama film written and directed by Terence Davies. It evokes working-class family life in Liverpool during the 1940s and early 1950s, paying particular attention to the role of popular mus ...

'' *Most Promising Newcomer :

Kristin Scott Thomas Dame Kristin Ann Scott Thomas (born 24 May 1960) is a British actress who also holds French citizenship. A five-time British Academy Film Awards, BAFTA Award and Laurence Olivier Award, Olivier Award nominee, she won the BAFTA Award for Best ...

– ''

A Handful of Dust ''A Handful of Dust'' is a novel by the British writer Evelyn Waugh. First published in 1934, it is often grouped with the author's early, satirical comic novels for which he became famous in the pre– World War II years. Commentators have, ...

'',

Jodhi May Jodhi Tania May (''née'' Hakim-Edwards; 8 May 1975) is a British actress. She remains the youngest recipient of the Best Actress award at the Cannes Film Festival, for ''A World Apart'' (1988). Her other film appearances include ''The Last ...

– '' A World Apart'' *Peter Sellers Award for Comedy : ''

'' –

*Special Award : Richard Williams

1989 Winners

*Best Actor :

Daniel Day-Lewis Sir Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis (born 29 April 1957) is an English retired actor. Often described as one of the preeminent actors of his generation, he received numerous accolades throughout his career which spanned over four decades, incl ...

– ''

My Left Foot ''My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown'', also known simply as ''My Left Foot'', is a 1989 biographical comedy-drama film directed by Jim Sheridan adapted by Sheridan and Shane Connaughton from the 1954 memoir of the same name by Christy ...

'' *Best Actress :

Pauline Collins Pauline Collins (born 3 September 1940) is a British actress who first came to prominence portraying Sarah Moffat in '' Upstairs, Downstairs'' (1971–1973) and its spin-off, ''Thomas & Sarah'' (1979). In 1992, she published her autobiography, ...

– ''

Shirley Valentine ''Shirley Valentine'' is a one-character play by Willy Russell. Taking the form of a monologue by a middle-aged, working class Liverpool housewife, it focuses on her life before and after a transforming holiday abroad. Plot Wondering what has ...

'' *Best Film : ''

Henry V Henry V may refer to: People * Henry V, Duke of Bavaria (died 1026) * Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor (1081/86–1125) * Henry V, Duke of Carinthia (died 1161) * Henry V, Count Palatine of the Rhine (c. 1173–1227) * Henry V, Count of Luxembourg (121 ...

'' –

Kenneth Branagh Sir Kenneth Charles Branagh (; born 10 December 1960) is a British actor and filmmaker. Branagh trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London and has served as its president since 2015. He has won an Academy Award, four BAFTAs (plus t ...

*Best Screenplay :

Willy Russell William Russell (born 23 August 1946) is an English dramatist, lyricist and composer. His best known works are ''Educating Rita'', ''Shirley Valentine'', '' Blood Brothers'' and ''Our Day Out''. Early life Russell was born in Whiston, Lancash ...

– ''

'' *Best Technical or Artistic Achievement :

Anton Furst Anthony Francis "Anton" Furst (6 May 1944 – 24 November 1991) was an English production designer who won an Academy Award for overseeing design of Gotham City in Tim Burton's '' Batman'' (1989).Batman Batman is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger, and debuted in Detective Comics 27, the 27th issue of the comic book ''Detective Comics'' on ...

'' *Most Promising Newcomer : – ' *Peter Sellers Award for Comedy : '' High Hopes'' –

Mike Leigh Mike Leigh (born 20 February 1943) is an English film and theatre director, screenwriter and playwright. He studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) and further at the Camberwell School of Art, the Central School of Art and Design ...

*Special Award :

Peter Greenaway Peter Greenaway, (born 5 April 1942) is a Welsh film director, screenwriter and artist. His films are noted for the distinct influence of Renaissance and Baroque painting, and Flemish painting in particular. Common traits in his films are the ...

1990 Winners

*Best Actor :

Iain Glen Iain Alan Sutherland Glen (born 24 June 1961) is a Scottish actor. Glen is best known for his roles as Dr. Alexander Isaacs/Tyrant in three films of the ''Resident Evil'' film series (2004–2016) and as Ser Jorah Mormont in the HBO fantasy t ...

– '' Mountains of the Moon,

Fools of Fortune ''Fools of Fortune'' is a 1990 Irish romantic drama film directed by Pat O'Connor and written by Michael Hirst based on the 1983 novel by Irish writer William Trevor. It depicts a Protestant family caught up in the conflict between the Briti ...

, Silent Scream'' *Best Actress :

Natasha Richardson Natasha Jane Richardson (11 May 1963 – 18 March 2009) was an English actress of stage and screen. A member of the Redgrave family, Richardson was the daughter of actress Vanessa Redgrave and director/producer Tony Richardson and the granddaugh ...

– ''

The Comfort of Strangers ''The Comfort of Strangers'' is a 1981 novel by British writer Ian McEwan. It is his second novel, and is set in an unnamed city (though the detailed description strongly suggests Venice). Harold Pinter adapted it as a screenplay for a film d ...

The Handmaid's Tale ''The Handmaid's Tale'' is a futuristic dystopian novel by Canadian author Margaret Atwood and published in 1985. It is set in a near-future New England in a patriarchal, totalitarian theonomic state known as the Republic of Gilead, which h ...

'' *Best Film : '' The Krays'' –

Peter Medak Peter Medak (born Medák Péter, 23 December 1937) is a Hungarian-born film director and television director of British and American productions. Early life Born in Budapest, Hungary, he was the son of Elisabeth (née Diamounstein) and Gyula Med ...

*Best Screenplay :

Michael Eaton Michael Eaton MBE (born 1954) is an English playwright and scriptwriter. He is best known for his television docudrama scripts, including '' Shipman'', ''Why Lockerbie'', and '' Shoot to Kill'', and for writing the feature film ''Fellow Trave ...

– ''

Fellow Traveller The term ''fellow traveller'' (also ''fellow traveler'') identifies a person who is intellectually sympathetic to the ideology of a political organization, and who co-operates in the organization's politics, without being a formal member of that o ...

'' *Best Technical or Artistic Achievement : David Watkin (cinematographer), David Watkin – ''Memphis Belle (film), Memphis Belle'' *Most Promising Newcomer : Philip Ridley – '' The Krays'' *Peter Sellers Award for Comedy : Robbie Coltrane

1991–2000 Winners

1991 Winners

*Best Actor : Alan Rickman – ''Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Close My Eyes (film), Close My Eyes, Truly Madly Deeply'' *Best Actress : Juliet Stevenson – ''Truly, Madly, Deeply'' *Best Film : ''Close My Eyes (film), Close My Eyes'' – Stephen Poliakoff *Best Screenplay :

– ''The Miracle (1991 film), The Miracle'' *Best Technical or Artistic Achievement : Sandy Powell (costume designer), Sandy Powell – ''Edward II (film), Edward II, The Miracle (1991 film), The Miracle, The Pope Must Die'' *Most Promising Newcomer : Anthony Minghella – ''Truly, Madly, Deeply'' *Peter Sellers Award for Comedy : ''The Commitments (film), The Commitments'' –

, Roddy Doyle, Ian La Frenais

1992 Winners

*Best Actor :

– ''The Last of the Mohicans'' *Best Actress : Emma Thompson – ''Howards End (film), Howards End, Peter's Friends'' *Best Film : ''Howards End (film), Howards End'' – James Ivory (director), James Ivory *Best Screenplay : Terence Davies – ''The Long Day Closes (film), The Long Day Closes'' *Best Technical or Artistic Achievement : Sue Gibson (cinematographer), Sue Gibson – ''Hear My Song, Secret Friends'' *Most Promising Newcomer : Peter Chelsom – ''Hear My Song'' *Peter Sellers Award for Comedy : ''Peter's Friends''

1993 Winners

*Best Actor : David Thewlis – ''Naked (1993 film), Naked'' *Best Actress : Emma Thompson – ''The Remains of the Day (film), The Remains of the Day, Much Ado About Nothing (1993 film), Much Ado About Nothing'' *Best Film : ''Raining Stones'' – Ken Loach *Best Screenplay : Jim Allen (playwright), Jim Allen – ''Raining Stones'' *Best Technical or Artistic Achievement : Sandy Powell (costume designer), Sandy Powell – ''Orlando (film), Orlando'', Stuart Craig – ''The Secret Garden (1993 film), The Secret Garden'' *Most Promising Newcomer : Vadim Jean, Gary Sinyor – ''Leon the Pig Farmer'' *Peter Sellers Award for Comedy : Les Blair – ''Bad Behaviour (1993 film), Bad Behaviour'' *Special Award : Anthony Hopkins

1994 Winners

*Best Actor :

– ''Schindler's List'' *Best Actress :

– ''Four Weddings and a Funeral'' *Best Film : ''In the Name of the Father (film), In the Name of the Father'' – Jim Sheridan *Best Screenplay : Richard Curtis – ''Four Weddings and a Funeral'' *Best Technical or Artistic Achievement : Dave Borthwick, Richard 'Hutch' Hutchinson – ''The Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb'' *Most Promising Newcomer : Ian Hart – ''Backbeat (film), Backbeat'', Gurinder Chadha – ''Bhaji on the Beach'' *Peter Sellers Award for Comedy : Hugh Grant – ''Four Weddings and a Funeral'' *Special Award :

1995 Winners

*Best Actor :

– ''Carrington (film), Carrington'' *Best Actress :

– ''Angels & Insects'' *Best Film : ''The Madness of King George'' – Nicholas Hytner *Best Screenplay :

– ''The Madness of King George'' *Best Technical and Artistic Achievement : Andrew Dunn (cinematographer), Andrew Dunn – ''The Madness of King George'' *Most Promising Newcomer : Danny Boyle – ''Shallow Grave (1994 film), Shallow Grave'' *Peter Sellers Award for Comedy : Peter Chelsom – ''Funny Bones'' *Special Award : Lewis Gilbert

1996 Winners

*Best Actor : Liam Neeson – ''Michael Collins (film), Michael Collins'' *Best Actress : Kate Winslet – ''Sense and Sensibility, Jude (film), Jude'' *Best Film : ''Richard III (1995 film), Richard III'' – Ian McKellen *Best Screenplay : Emma Thompson – ''Sense and Sensibility'', John Hodge (screenwriter), John Hodge – ''Trainspotting (film), Trainspotting'' *Best Technical or Artistic Achievement : Tony Burrough – ''Richard III (1995 film), Richard III'' *Most Promising Newcomer : Emily Watson – ''Breaking the Waves'' *Peter Sellers Award for Comedy : Mark Herman – ''Brassed Off'' *Special Award : Leslie Phillips

1997 Winners

*Best Actor : Robert Carlyle – ''The Full Monty, Carla's Song, Face (1997 film), Face'' *Best Actress : Katrin Cartlidge – ''Career Girls'' *Best Film : ''The Full Monty'' – Peter Cattaneo *Best Screenplay : Jeremy Brock – ''Mrs Brown'' *Best Technical or Artistic Achievement : Maria Djurkovic – ''Wilde (film), Wilde'' *Most Promising Newcomer : Jude Law – ''Wilde (film), Wilde'' *Peter Sellers Award for Comedy : Antony Sher – ''Mrs Brown'' *Special Award : Ray Boulting,

– ''Hamlet''

1998 Winners

*Best Actor :

– ''Love Is the Devil'' *Best Actress : Julie Christie – ''Afterglow (film), Afterglow'' *Best Film : ''The General (1998 film), The General'' –

*Best Screenplay : Eileen Atkins – ''Mrs Dalloway (film), Mrs Dalloway'' *Best Technical or Artistic Achievement : Ashley Rowe – ''The Woodlanders, The Governess, Still Crazy, Twenty Four Seven (film), Twenty Four Seven'' *Most Promising Newcomer : Guy Ritchie – ''Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels'' *Peter Sellers Award for Comedy : Bill Nighy – ''Still Crazy'' *Special Award : Ken Loach,

1999 Winners

*Best Actor : Jeremy Northam – ''An Ideal Husband, The Winslow Boy'' *Best Actress : Samantha Morton – ''Dreaming of Joseph Lees'' *Best Film : ''East Is East (1999 film), East Is East'' – Damien O'Donnell *Best Screenplay : Tom Stoppard – ''Shakespeare in Love'' *Best Technical or Artistic Achievement : John de Borman – ''Hideous Kinky (film), Hideous Kinky'' *Most Promising Newcomer : Peter Mullan – ''Orphans (1998 film), Orphans'' *Peter Sellers Award for Comedy : Hugh Grant – ''Notting Hill (film), Notting Hill'' *Special Award : Freddie Francis

2000 Winners

*Best Actor : Jim Broadbent – ''Topsy-Turvy'' *Best Actress : Julie Walters – ''Billy Elliot'' *Best Film : ''Topsy-Turvy'' –

*Best Screenplay :

– ''The End of the Affair (1999 film), The End of the Affair'' *Best Technical or Artistic Achievement : Andrew Sanders – ''The Golden Bowl'' *Most Promising Newcomer : Jamie Bell – ''Billy Elliot'' *Peter Sellers Award for Comedy : Peter Lord, Nick Park – ''Chicken Run'' *Special Award : Peter Yates

2001–2010 Winners

2001 Winners

*Best Film : ''Gosford Park'' *Best Actor : Linus Roache – ''Pandaemonium (film), Pandaemonium'' *Best Actress : Kate Winslet – ''Quills (film), Quills'', ''Enigma (2001 film), Enigma'', ''Iris (2001 film), Iris'' *Best Screenplay : Richard Curtis, Andrew Davies (writer), Andrew Davies, Helen Fielding – ''Bridget Jones's Diary (film), Bridget Jones's Diary'' *Most Promising Newcomer : Ben Hopkins – ''The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz'' *Peter Sellers Award for Comedy : Hugh Grant – ''Bridget Jones's Diary (film), Bridget Jones's Diary'' *Technical Achievement Award : Stuart Craig – ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film), Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'' *Special Award : Christopher Lee

2002 Winners

*Best Film : ''Dirty Pretty Things (film), Dirty Pretty Things'' *Best Actor : Chiwetel Ejiofor – ''Dirty Pretty Things (film), Dirty Pretty Things' *Best Actress : Catherine Zeta-Jones – ''Chicago (2002 film), Chicago'' *Best Screenplay : ''Lawless Heart'' – Neil Hunter, Tom Hunsinger *Most Promising Newcomer : Asif Kapadia – ''The Warrior (2001 British film), The Warrior'' *Peter Sellers Award for Comedy : Keith Fulton, Louis Pepe, Lucy Darwin – ''Lost in La Mancha'' *Technical Achievement Award : Eve Stewart – production designer, ''All or Nothing (film), All or Nothing'' *Special Award : Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli – 40 years of ''James Bond''

2003 Winners

*Best Film : ''Touching the Void (film), Touching the Void'' *Best Actor : Paul Bettany – ''Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World'', ''The Heart of Me (film), The Heart of Me'' *Best Actress : Emma Thompson – ''Love Actually'' *Best Screenplay : ''Buffalo Soldiers (2001 film), Buffalo Soldiers'' – Gregor Jordan, Nora Maccoby, Eric Weiss *Most Promising Newcomer : Max Pirkis – ''Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World'' *Peter Sellers Award for Comedy : Bill Nighy – ''Love Actually'' *Technical Achievement Award : ''The Hours (film), The Hours'' – Seamus McGarvey'' *Alexander Walker Special Award : Michael Winterbottom

2004 Winners

*Best Film : ''Vera Drake'' *Best Actor : Paddy Considine – ''Dead Man's Shoes (2004 film), Dead Man's Shoes'' *Best Actress : Imelda Staunton – ''Vera Drake'' *Best Screenplay : ''My Summer of Love'' – Paweł Pawlikowski *Most Promising Newcomer : Emily Blunt, Natalie Press – ''My Summer of Love'' *Peter Sellers Award for Comedy : Simon Pegg – ''Shaun of the Dead'' *Technical Achievement Award : Roger Deakins – ''The Village (2004 film), The Village'', ''The Ladykillers (2004 film), The Ladykillers'' *Alexander Walker Special Award : Working Title Films

2005 Winners

*Best Film : ''The Constant Gardener (film), The Constant Gardener'' *Best Actor : Ralph Fiennes – ''The Constant Gardener (film), The Constant Gardener'' *Best Actress :

– ''Asylum (2005 film), Asylum'' *Best Screenplay : Mark O'Halloran (writer), Mark O'Halloran – ''Adam & Paul'' *Most Promising Newcomer : Saul Dibb – ''Bullet Boy'' *Technical Achievement Award : Neil Marshall – ''The Descent'' *Peter Sellers Award for Comedy : Tom Hollander – ''Pride & Prejudice (2005 film), Pride & Prejudice'' *Alexander Walker Special Award : Nick Park

2006 Winners

*Best Film : ''United 93 (film), United 93'' *Best Actor : Daniel Craig – ''Casino Royale (2006 film), Casino Royale'' *Best Actress : Judi Dench – ''Notes on a Scandal (film), Notes on a Scandal'' *Best Screenplay : Peter Morgan – ''The Queen (2006 film), The Queen'', ''The Last King of Scotland (film), The Last King of Scotland'' *Most Promising Newcomer : Paul Andrew Williams – ''London to Brighton'' *Technical Achievement Award : Anthony Dod Mantle – ''Brothers of the Head'', ''The Last King of Scotland (film), The Last King of Scotland'' *Peter Sellers Award for Comedy : Sacha Baron Cohen – ''Borat'' *Alexander Walker Special Award :

2007 Winners

*Best Film : ''Control (2007 film), Control'' *Best Film Score : ''There Will Be Blood'' – Jonny Greenwood *Best Actor :

– ''There Will Be Blood'' *Best Actress : Helena Bonham Carter – ''Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street'' *Best Screenplay : Matt Greenhalgh – ''Control (2007 film), Control'' *Most Promising Newcomer : John Carney (director), John Carney – ''Once (film), Once'' *Technical Achievement Award : Seamus McGarvey (cinematographer), Sarah Greenwood (production designer), Jacqueline Durran (costume designer) – ''Atonement (2007 film), Atonement'' *Alexander Walker Special Award : Julie Christie

2008 Winners

*Best Film : ''Hunger (2008 film), Hunger'' *Best Director : Stephen Daldry – ''The Reader (2008 film), The Reader'' *Best Actor : Michael Sheen – ''Frost/Nixon (film), Frost/Nixon'', Pat Shortt – ''Garage (film), Garage'' *Best Actress : Tilda Swinton – ''Julia (2008 film), Julia'' *Best Screenplay : Martin McDonagh – ''In Bruges'' *Most Promising Newcomer : Joanna Hogg – ''Unrelated'' *Technical Achievement Award : Mark Digby (production designer), Mark Digby – ''Slumdog Millionaire'' *Peter Sellers Award for Comedy : Sally Hawkins – ''Happy-Go-Lucky (2008 film), Happy-Go-Lucky'' *Alexander Walker Special Award :

2009 Winners

*Best Film : ''Fish Tank (film), Fish Tank'' *Best Actor : Andy Serkis – ''Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll'' *Best Actress : Anne-Marie Duff – ''Nowhere Boy'' *Best Screenplay : Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci and Tony Roche – ''In the Loop (film), In The Loop'' *Most Promising Newcomer : Peter Strickland – ''Katalin Varga (film), Katalin Varga'' *Best Documentary : ''Anvil! The Story of Anvil'' *Technical Achievement Award : Barry Ackroyd (cinematographer) – ''The Hurt Locker'' *Peter Sellers Award for Comedy : Sacha Baron Cohen – ''Brüno'' *Alexander Walker Special Award : Nicolas Roeg

2010 Winners

*Best Film : ''Neds (film), Neds'' *Best Actor : Andrew Garfield – ''The Social Network'' & ''Never Let Me Go (2010 film), Never Let Me Go'' *Best Actress :

– ''Leaving (2009 film), Leaving'' *Best Screenplay : Clio Barnard – ''The Arbor'' *Most Promising Newcomer : Ben Wheatley – Film director, Director/Film producer, Co-Producer of ''Down Terrace'' *Best Documentary :

– ''A Day in the Life: Four Portraits of Post-War Britain'' *Technical Achievement Award : Gareth Edwards (director), Gareth Edwards, for his Cinematography, Production Design and Visual Effects of ''Monsters (2010 film), Monsters'' *Peter Sellers Award for Comedy : Roger Allam – ''Tamara Drewe (film), Tamara Drewe'' *Alexander Walker Special Award : Christopher Nolan for his contribution to film

2011–2020 Winners

2011 Winners

*Best Film : ''We Need to Talk About Kevin (film), We Need to Talk About Kevin'' *Best Actor : Michael Fassbender – ''Shame (2011 film), Shame'' & ''Jane Eyre (2011 film), Jane Eyre'' *Best Actress : Olivia Colman – ''Tyrannosaur (film), Tyrannosaur'' *Best Screenplay : Andrew Haigh – ''Weekend (2011 film), Weekend'' *Most Promising Newcomer : Tom Kingsley & Will Sharpe – Co-writers/Directors of ''Black Pond'' *Best Documentary : ''Senna (film), Senna'' *Technical Achievement Award : Robbie Ryan (cinematographer), Robbie Ryan, for his Cinematography on ''Wuthering Heights (2011 film), Wuthering Heights'' *Peter Sellers Award for Comedy : The Guard (2011 film), ''The Guard'' *Alexander Walker Special Award :

for his contribution to cinema

2016 Winners

*Best Film : ''Brooklyn (film), Brooklyn'' *Best Actor : Idris Elba – ''Beasts of No Nation (film), Beasts of No Nation'' *Best Actress :

– ''The Lady in the Van'' *Best Documentary : ''Amy (2015 film), Amy'' *Blockbuster of the Year : ''Star Wars: The Force Awakens'' *Editor's Award : ''45 Years'' *Best Screenplay : Emma Donoghue – ''Room (2015 film), Room'' *Rising Star : Maisie Williams – ''The Falling (2014 film), The Falling'' *Comedy Award : Emma Thompson – ''The Legend of Barney Thomson'' *Technical Achievement : Mark Digby – production designer on Ex Machina (film), Ex Machina *Outstanding Contribution :

2017 Winners

*Best Film : ''I, Daniel Blake'' *Best Actor : Hugh Grant – ''Florence Foster Jenkins (film), Florence Foster Jenkins'' *Best Actress : Kate Beckinsale – ''Love & Friendship'' *Best Supporting Actor : Arinze Kene – ''The Pass (2016 film), The Pass'' *Best Supporting Actress : Hayley Squires – ''I, Daniel Blake'' *Best Documentary : ''Before the Flood (film), Before the Flood'' *Best Screenplay : Guy Hibbert – ''Eye in the Sky (2015 film), Eye in the Sky'' *Comedy Award : ''Bridget Jones's Baby'' *Breakthrough of the Year : Florence Pugh – ''Lady Macbeth (film), Lady Macbeth'' *Technical Achievement : Max Richter – contribution of his music on ''Arrival (film), Arrival'' *Most Powerful Scene : ''I, Daniel Blake'' *International Film of the Year : ''Lion (2016 film), Lion'' *Editor's Award : ''Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (film), Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them''

2018 Winners

*Best Film : ''God's Own Country (2017 film), God's Own Country'' *Best Actor : Daniel Kaluuya – ''Get Out'' *Best Actress :

– ''The Party (2017 film), The Party'' *Best Supporting Actor : Simon Russell Beale – ''The Death of Stalin'' *Best Supporting Actress : Gemma Jones – ''God's Own Country (2017 film), God's Own Country'' *Best Screenplay : Sally Potter – ''The Party (2017 film), The Party'' *Comedy Award : ''Paddington 2'' *Breakthrough of the Year : Rungano Nyoni – ''I Am Not a Witch'' *Technical Achievement : Gary Williamson – contribution of his production design on ''Paddington 2''

References

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