63rd British Academy Film Awards
Introduction The '''63rd British Academy Film Awards''', more commonly known as the BAFTAs, were held on 21 February 2010 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 2009.Presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, accolades were handed out for the best feature-length film and documentaries of any nationality that were screened at British cinemas in 2009.The nominees were announced on 21 January 2010.Three films received the most nominations in eight categories; ''Avatar'', ''An Education'' and ''The Hurt Locker''. ''District 9'' followed with seven. ''The Hurt Locker'' took home the most awards with six. This year marked the first year of the new Academy President, William, Prince of Wales, who presented the BAFTA Fellowship award to Vanessa Redgrave, alongside Uma Thurman.Jonathan Ross hosted the ceremony for the fourth consecutive year.
Winners and nominees Kathryn Bigelow, Best Director winnerColin Firth, Best Actor winnerCarey Mulligan, Best Actress winnerChristoph Waltz, Best Supporting Actor winnerMo'Nique, Best Supporting Actress winnerMark Boal, Best Original Screenplay winnerJason Reitman, Best Adapted Screenplay co-winnerKristen Stewart, Orange Rising Star Award winner===BAFTA Fellowship===* '''Vanessa Redgrave'''===Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema===* '''Joe Dunton'''===Awards===Winners are listed first and highlighted in '''boldface'''. * '''''The Hurt Locker'' – Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier and Greg Shapiro'''** ''Avatar'' – James Cameron and Jon Landau** ''An Education'' – Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey** ''Precious'' – Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness and Gary Magness** ''Up in the Air'' – Ivan Reitman, Jason Reitman and Daniel Dubiecki * '''Kathryn Bigelow – ''The Hurt Locker'''''** James Cameron – ''Avatar''** Lone Scherfig – ''An Education''** Neill Blomkamp – ''District 9''** Quentin Tarantino – ''Inglourious Basterds'' * '''Colin Firth – ''A Single Man'' as George Falconer'''** Andy Serkis – ''Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll'' as Ian Dury** George Clooney – ''Up in the Air'' as Ryan Bingham** Jeff Bridges – ''Crazy Heart'' as Otis Blake** Jeremy Renner – ''The Hurt Locker'' as Sergeant First Class William James * '''Carey Mulligan – ''An Education'' as Jenny Mellor'''** Audrey Tautou – ''Coco Before Chanel'' as Coco Chanel** Gabourey Sidibe – ''Precious'' as Claireece Precious Jones** Meryl Streep – ''Julie & Julia'' as Julia Child** Saoirse Ronan – ''The Lovely Bones'' as Susie Salmon * '''Christoph Waltz – ''Inglourious Basterds'' as Hans Landa'''** Alec Baldwin – ''It's Complicated'' as Jacob Adler** Alfred Molina – ''An Education'' as Jack Mellor** Christian McKay – ''Me and Orson Welles'' as Orson Welles** Stanley Tucci – ''The Lovely Bones'' as George Harvey * '''Mo'Nique – ''Precious'' as Mary Lee Johnston'''** Anna Kendrick – ''Up in the Air'' as Natalie Keener** Anne-Marie Duff – ''Nowhere Boy'' as Julia Lennon** Kristin Scott Thomas – ''Nowhere Boy'' as Mimi Smith** Vera Farmiga – ''Up in the Air'' as Alex Goran * '''''The Hurt Locker'' – Mark Boal'''** ''The Hangover'' – Jon Lucas and Scott Moore** ''Inglourious Basterds'' – Quentin Tarantino** ''A Serious Man'' – Joel Coen and Ethan Coen** ''Up'' – Bob Peterson and Pete Docter * '''''Up in the Air'' – Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner'''** ''District 9'' – Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell** ''An Education'' – Nick Hornby** ''In the Loop'' – Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci and Tony Roche** ''Precious'' – Geoffrey S. Fletcher * '''''The Hurt Locker'' – Barry Ackroyd'''** ''Avatar'' – Mauro Fiore** ''District 9'' – Trent Opaloch** ''Inglourious Basterds'' – Robert Richardson** ''The Road'' – Javier Aguirresarobe * '''''The Young Victoria'' – Sandy Powell'''** ''Bright Star'' – Janet Patterson** ''Coco Before Chanel'' – Catherine Leterrier** ''An Education'' – Odile Dicks-Mireaux** ''A Single Man'' – Arianne Phillips * '''''The Hurt Locker'' – Bob Murawski and Chris Innis'''** ''Avatar'' – Stephen E. Rivkin, John Refoua and James Cameron** ''District 9'' – Julian Clarke** ''Inglourious Basterds'' – Sally Menke** ''Up in the Air'' – Dana E. Glauberman * '''''The Young Victoria'' – Jenny Shircore'''** ''Coco Before Chanel'' – Thi Thanh Tu Nguyen, Madeleine Cafano and Jane Milon** ''An Education'' – Lizzie Yianni Georgiou** ''The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus'' – Sarah Monzani** ''Nine'' – Peter King * '''''Up'' – Michael Giacchino'''** ''Avatar'' – James Horner** ''Crazy Heart'' – T Bone Burnett and Stephen Bruton** ''Fantastic Mr. Fox'' – Alexandre Desplat** ''Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll'' – Chaz Jankel * '''''Avatar'' – Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg and Kim Sinclair'''** ''District 9'' – Philip Ivey and Guy Potgieter** ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'' – Stuart Craig and Stephenie McMillan** ''The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus'' – Dave Warren, Anastasia Masaro and Caroline Smith** ''Inglourious Basterds'' – David Wasco and Sandy Reynolds-Wasco * '''''The Hurt Locker'' – Ray Beckett and Paul N. J. Ottosson'''** ''Avatar'' – Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson, Tony Johnson and Addison Teague** ''District 9'' – Brent Burge, Chris Ward, Dave Whitehead, Michael Hedges and Ken Saville** ''Star Trek'' – Peter J. Devlin, Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, Mark Stoeckinger and Ben Burtt** ''Up'' – Tom Myers, Michael Silvers, Michael Semanick and Doc Kane * '''''Avatar'' – Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones'''** ''District 9'' – Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros and Matt Aitken** ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'' – John Richardson, Tim Burke, Tim Alexander and Nicolas Aithadi** ''The Hurt Locker'' – Richard Stutsman** ''Star Trek'' – Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh and Burt Dalton * '''''Fish Tank'' – Kees Kasander, Nick Laws and Andrea Arnold'''** ''An Education'' – Finola Dwyer, Amanda Posey, Lone Scherfig and Nick Hornby** ''In the Loop'' – Kevin Loader, Adam Tandy, Armando Iannucci, Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell and Tony Roche** ''Moon'' – Stuart Fenegan, Trudie Styler, Duncan Jones and Nathan Parker** ''Nowhere Boy'' – Robert Bernstein, Douglas Rae, Kevin Loader, Sam Taylor-Johnson and Matt Greenhalgh * '''''Moon'' – Duncan Jones (Director)'''** ''Exam'' – Stuart Hazeldine (Writer/Director/Producer)** ''Mugabe and the White African'' – Lucy Bailey, Andrew Thompson, Elizabeth Morgan Hemlock and David Pearson (Director/Producer)** ''Nowhere Boy'' – Sam Taylor-Johnson (Director)** ''Shifty'' – Eran Creevy (Writer/Director) * '''''Mother of Many'' – Sally Arther and Emma Lazanby'''** ''The Gruffalo'' – Michael Rose, Martin Pope, Jakob Schuh and Max Lang** ''The Happy Duckling'' – Gili Dolev * '''''I Do Air'' – James Bolton and Martina Amati'''** ''Fourteen'' – Asitha Ameresekere** ''Jade'' – Samm Hailay and Daniel Elliott** ''Mixtape'' – Luti Fagbenle and Luke Snellin** ''Off Season'' – Jacob Jaffke and Jonathan Van Tulleken * '''''Up'' – Pete Docter'''** ''Coraline'' – Henry Selick** ''Fantastic Mr. Fox'' – Wes Anderson * '''''A Prophet'' – Pascal Caucheteux, Marco Cherqui, Alix Raynaud and Jacques Audiard'''** ''Broken Embraces'' – Agustín Almodóvar and Pedro Almodóvar** ''Coco Before Chanel'' – Carole Scotta, Caroline Benjo, Philippe Carcassanne and Anne Fontaine** ''Let the Right One In'' – Carl Molinder, John Nordling and Tomas Alfredson** ''The White Ribbon'' – Stefan Arndt, Veit Heiduschka, Margaret Ménégoz and Michael Haneke * '''Kristen Stewart'''** Carey Mulligan** Jesse Eisenberg** Nicholas Hoult** Tahar Rahim
Statistics + Films that received multiple nominations Nominations Film 8 ''Avatar'' ''An Education'' ''The Hurt Locker'' 7 ''District 9'' 6 ''Inglourious Basterds'' ''Up in the Air'' 4 ''Coco Before Chanel'' ''Nowhere Boy'' ''Precious'' ''Up'' 2 ''Crazy Heart'' ''Fantastic Mr. Fox'' ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'' ''The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus'' ''In the Loop'' ''The Lovely Bones'' ''Moon'' ''Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll'' ''A Single Man'' ''Star Trek'' ''The Young Victoria''+ Films that received multiple awards Awards Film 6 ''The Hurt Locker'' 2 ''Avatar'' ''Up'' ''The Young Victoria''
See also * 82nd Academy Awards* 35th César Awards* 15th Critics' Choice Awards* 62nd Directors Guild of America Awards* 23rd European Film Awards* 67th Golden Globe Awards* 30th Golden Raspberry Awards* 24th Goya Awards* 25th Independent Spirit Awards* 15th Lumières Awards* 21st Producers Guild of America Awards* 14th Satellite Awards* 36th Saturn Awards* 16th Screen Actors Guild Awards* 62nd Writers Guild of America Awards
References
External links *  Bafta Gallery 2010