60th British Academy Film Awards

The 60th British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, took place on 11 February 2007 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 2006. 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 2006.

60th British Academy Film Awards
Date	11 February 2007
Site	Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Hosted by	Jonathan Ross
Highlights
Best Film	The Queen
Best British Film	The Last King of Scotland
Best Actor	Forest Whitaker The Last King of Scotland
Best Actress	Helen Mirren The Queen
Most awards	The Last King of Scotland and Pan's Labyrinth (3)
Most nominations	The Queen (10)
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The nominees were announced on 12 January 2007. The Queen won Best Film and Best Actress for Helen Mirren. Paul Greengrass won Best Director for United 93, which also won Best Editing. Forest Whitaker won Best Actor for The Last King of Scotland, which also won Outstanding British Film and Best Adapted Screenplay. The ceremony also featured the inaugural BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film, which was awarded to Happy Feet, directed by George Miller.

Jonathan Ross hosted the ceremony for the second time.

Winners and nominees

BAFTA Fellowship

Anne V. Coates and Richard Curtis

Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema

Nick Daubeny

Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Best Film The Queen – Andy Harries, Christine Langan and Tracey Seaward Babel – Alejandro González Iñárritu, Jon Kilik and Steve Golin The Departed – Brad Pitt, Brad Grey and Graham King The Last King of Scotland – Andrea Calderwood, Lisa Bryer and Charles Steel Little Miss Sunshine – Albert Berger, David T. Friendly and Ron Yerxa	Best Direction Paul Greengrass – United 93 Alejandro González Iñárritu – Babel Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris – Little Miss Sunshine Martin Scorsese – The Departed Stephen Frears – The Queen
Best Actor in a Leading Role *Forest Whitaker – The Last King of Scotland* as Idi Amin** Daniel Craig – Casino Royale as James Bond Leonardo DiCaprio – The Departed as William Costigan Peter O'Toole – Venus as Maurice Russell Richard Griffiths – The History Boys as Douglas	Best Actress in a Leading Role *Helen Mirren – The Queen* as Elizabeth II** Judi Dench – Notes on a Scandal as Barbara Covett Kate Winslet – Little Children as Sarah Pierce Meryl Streep – The Devil Wears Prada as Miranda Priestly Penélope Cruz – Volver as Raimunda
Best Actor in a Supporting Role *Alan Arkin – Little Miss Sunshine* as Edwin Hoover** Jack Nicholson – The Departed as Francis Costello James McAvoy – The Last King of Scotland as Nicholas Garrigan Leslie Phillips – Venus as Ian Michael Sheen – The Queen as Tony Blair	Best Actress in a Supporting Role *Jennifer Hudson – Dreamgirls* as Effie White** Abigail Breslin – Little Miss Sunshine as Olive Hoover Emily Blunt – The Devil Wears Prada as Emily Charlton Frances de la Tour – The History Boys as Mrs. Dorothy Toni Collette – Little Miss Sunshine as Sheryl Hoover
Best Original Screenplay Little Miss Sunshine – Michael Arndt Babel – Guillermo Arriaga Pan's Labyrinth – Guillermo del Toro The Queen – Peter Morgan United 93 – Paul Greengrass	Best Adapted Screenplay The Last King of Scotland – Peter Morgan and Jeremy Brock Casino Royale – Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and Paul Haggis The Departed – William Monahan The Devil Wears Prada – Aline Brosh McKenna Notes on a Scandal – Patrick Marber
Best Cinematography Children of Men – Emmanuel Lubezki Babel – Rodrigo Prieto Casino Royale – Phil Méheux Pan's Labyrinth – Guillermo Navarro United 93 – Barry Ackroyd	Best Costume Design Pan's Labyrinth – Lala Huete The Devil Wears Prada – Patricia Field Marie Antoinette – Milena Canonero Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest – Penny Rose The Queen – Consolata Boyle
Best Editing United 93 – Clare Douglas, Christopher Rouse and Richard Pearson Babel – Stephen Mirrione and Douglas Crise Casino Royale – Stuart Baird The Departed – Thelma Schoonmaker The Queen – Lucia Zucchetti	Best Makeup and Hair Pan's Labyrinth – Jose Quetglas and Blanca Sanchez The Devil Wears Prada – Nicki Ledermann and Angel De Angelis Marie Antoinette – Jean-Luc Russier and Desideria Corridoni Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest – Ve Neill and Martin Samuel The Queen – Daniel Phillips
Best Original Music Babel – Gustavo Santaolalla Casino Royale – David Arnold Dreamgirls – Henry Krieger Happy Feet – John Powell The Queen – Alexandre Desplat	Best Production Design Children of Men – Jim Clay, Geoffrey Kirkland and Jennifer Williams Casino Royale – Peter Lamont, Lee Sandales and Simon Wakefield Marie Antoinette – K. K. Barrett and Veronique Melery Pan's Labyrinth – Eugenio Caballero and Pilar Revuelta Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest – Rick Heinrichs and Cheryl Carasik
Best Sound Casino Royale – Chris Munro, Eddy Joseph, Mike Prestwood Smith, Martin Cantwell and Mark Taylor Babel – José Antonio Garcia, Jon Taylor, Chris Minkler and Martin Hernández Pan's Labyrinth – Martin Hernández, Jaime Baksht and Miguel Polo Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest – Christopher Boyes, George Watters II, Paul Massey and Lee Orloff United 93 – Chris Munro, Mike Prestwood Smith, Douglas Cooper, Oliver Tarney and Eddy Joseph	Best Special Visual Effects Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest – John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and Allen Hall Casino Royale – Steve Begg, Chris Corbould, John Paul Docherty and Ditch Boy Children of Men – Frazer Churchill, Tim Webber, Michael Eames and Paul Corbould Pan's Labyrinth – Edward Irastorza, Everett Burrell, David Martí and Montse Ribé Superman Returns – Mark Stetson, Neil Corbould, Richard R. Hoover and Jon Thum
Outstanding British Film The Last King of Scotland – Andrea Calderwood, Lisa Bryer, Charles Steel, Kevin Macdonald, Peter Morgan and Jeremy Brock Casino Royale – Michael G. Wilson, Barbara Broccoli, Martin Campbell, Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and Paul Haggis Notes on a Scandal – Scott Rudin, Robert Fox, Richard Eyre and Patrick Marber The Queen – Andy Harries, Christine Langan, Tracey Seaward, Stephen Frears and Peter Morgan United 93 – Tim Bevan, Lloyd Levin and Paul Greengrass	Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer Red Road – Andrea Arnold (Director) Black Sun – Gary Tarn (Director) London to Brighton – Paul Andrew Williams (Director) Pierrepoint – Christine Langan (Producer) Rollin' with the Nines – Julian Gilbey (Director)
Best Short Animation Guy 101 – Ian Gouldstone Dreams and Desires: Family Ties – Les Mills and Joanna Quinn Peter & the Wolf – Hugh Welchman, Alan Dewhurst and Suzie Templeton	Best Short Film Do Not Erase – Asitha Ameresekere Care – Rachel Bailey, Tracy Bass and Corinna Faith Cubs – Lisa Williams and Tom Harper Hikikomori – Karley Duffy and Paul Wright Kissing, Ticking and Being Bored – David Smith and Jim McRoberts
Best Animated Film Happy Feet – George Miller Cars – John Lasseter Flushed Away – David Bowers and Sam Fell	Best Film Not in the English Language Pan's Labyrinth – Alfonso Cuarón, Alvaro Augustin and Guillermo del Toro Apocalypto – Mel Gibson and Bruce Davey Black Book – Teun Hilte, San Fu Maltha, Jean Meurer and Paul Verhoeven Rang De Basanti – Ronnie Screwvala and Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra Volver – Agustín Almodóvar and Pedro Almodóvar
Rising Star Award Eva Green Ben Whishaw Cillian Murphy Emily Blunt Naomie Harris

Statistics

Films that received multiple nominations
Nominations	Film
10	The Queen
9	Casino Royale
8	Pan's Labyrinth
7	Babel
6	The Departed
	Little Miss Sunshine
	United 93
5	The Devil Wears Prada
	The Last King of Scotland
	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
3	Children of Men
	Marie Antoinette
	Notes on a Scandal
2	Dreamgirls
	Happy Feet
	The History Boys
	Venus
	Volver

Films that received multiple awards
Awards	Film
3	The Last King of Scotland
3	Pan's Labyrinth
2	Children of Men
	Little Miss Sunshine
	The Queen
	United 93

In Memoriam

Jack Wild
Johnny Sekka
Teddy Joseph
Derek Bond
Philippe Noiret
Henry Bumstead
Shohei Imamura
Alida Valli
Garth Thomas
Gordon Parks
Carlo Ponti
Glenn Ford
Jack Palance
Patrick Allen
Peter Benchley
June Allyson
Sven Nykvist
William Franklyn
Val Guest
Malcolm Arnold
Kenneth Griffith
Maureen Stapleton
Peter Boyle
Mitzi Cunliffe
Robert Altman