‘The Artist’ Nearly Sweeps BAFTAs With Seven Major Awards
Meryl Streepprevented the cast and crew ofThe Artistfrom a total sweep of the major categories at this year’s British Academy Film Awards, presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) and commonly called the BAFTAs. Streep won Best Actress for playing former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher inThe Iron Lady, andThe Artisttook Best Film, Best Actor, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Original Music and Best Costume Design.
There were a few good winners for categories in between all those, and we’ve got the full rundown after the break.
Here’s the list of categories and nominations, with winners bolded.Tinker Tailor Soldier Spywon a couple awards, but Best Actor slipped away from Gary Oldman. Good to see Paddy Considine’sTyrannosaurtaking home a debut award, while the wins for Octavia Spencer, Christopher Plummer andRangoconform more or less to expectation.
BEST ACTOR
BEST ACTRESS
BEST DIRECTOR
BEST ANIMATED FILM
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
BEST DOCUMENTARY
RISING STAR AWARD
OUTSTANDING BRITISH CONTRIBUTION TO FILM
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
BEST DEBUT BY A BRITISH DIRECTOR, WRITER OR PRODUCER
BEST FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
BEST MAKEUP AND HAIR
