‘The Artist’ Wins Big At The 2012 BAFTA Awards- Full List Of Winners

Undoubtedly the big winner at tonight’s Orange British Academy Film Awards was ‘The Artist,’ which bagged seven BAFTAs including Best Film, Leading Actor for Jean Dujardin and Director and Original Screenplay for Michel Hazanavicius. ‘Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy,’ ‘Hugo,’ ‘The Iron Lady’ and ‘Senna’ each won two BAFTAs each. Hosted by Stephen Fry, and held at London’s Royal Opera House, the ceremony also saw Meryl Streep wins Leading Actress for her performance as Margaret Thatcher in ‘The Iron Lady’; the film was also honoured in the Make-Up & Hair category. Octavia Spencer won Best Supporting Actress, and Christopher Plummer Best Supporting Actor for their work on ‘The Help’ and ’Beginners’ respectively.

Outstanding British Film and Adapted Screenplay gongs were awarded to ‘Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy,’ and ‘Senna’ won the Documentary and Editing BAFTAs. ‘Hugo’ won two BAFTAs in Production Design and Sound. Pedro Almoldovar’s ‘The Skin I Live in’ won the Film Not in the English Language category and ‘Rango’ won the BAFTA for Animated Film. ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2′ was awarded the BAFTA for Special Visual Effects. Director Paddy Considine and Producer Diarmid Scrimshaw received the award for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer for their first feature film ‘Tyrannosaur,’ based upon the short film ‘Dog Altogether’ that won them the Short Film BAFTA in 2008. The Orange Wednesdays Rising Star Award was presented to Adam Deacon, recently seen in ‘Anuvahood’ and ‘Adulthood.’ This award, the only one voted for by the public, recognises an international actor or actress who has demonstrated exceptional talent and has begun to be recognised as a film star in the making. The award is now in its seventh year and was created in honour of Mary Selway, the highly respected casting director who passed away in 2004. The award for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema was received by John Hurt. The Fellowship, the highest accolade which the Academy can bestow, was presented to Martin Scorsese. Check out the full list of winners belows.

BEST FILM
THE ARTIST Thomas Langmann

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY Tomas Alfredson, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Robyn Slovo,
Bridget O’Connor, Peter Straughan

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
TYRANNOSAUR Paddy Considine (Director), Diarmid Scrimshaw (Producer)

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
THE SKIN I LIVE IN Pedro Almodóvar, Agustin Almodóvar

DOCUMENTARY
SENNA Asif Kapadia, James Gay-Rees, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Manish Pandey

ANIMATED FILM
RANGO Gore Verbinski

DIRECTOR
THE ARTIST Michel Hazanavicius

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
THE ARTIST Michel Hazanavicius

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY Bridget O’Connor, Peter Straughan

LEADING ACTOR
JEAN DUJARDIN The Artist

LEADING ACTRESS
MERYL STREEP The Iron Lady

SUPPORTING ACTOR
CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER Beginners

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
OCTAVIA SPENCER The Help

ORIGINAL MUSIC
THE ARTIST Ludovic Bource

CINEMATOGRAPHY
THE ARTIST Guillaume Schiffman

EDITING
SENNA Gregers Sall, Chris King

PRODUCTION DESIGN
HUGO Dante Ferretti, Francesca Lo Schiavo

COSTUME DESIGN
THE ARTIST Mark Bridges

MAKE UP & HAIR
THE IRON LADY Marese Langan, Mark Coulier, J. Roy Helland

SOUND
HUGO Philip Stockton, Eugene Gearty, Tom Fleischman, John Midgley

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS – PART 2 Tim Burke, John Richardson, Greg Butler, David Vickery

SHORT ANIMATION
A MORNING STROLL Grant Orchard, Sue Goffe

SHORT FILM
PITCH BLACK HEIST John Maclean, Gerardine O’Flynn

THE ORANGE WEDNESDAYS RISING STAR AWARD (voted for by the public)
ADAM DEACON