62nd British Academy Film Awards

The 62nd British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, took place on 8 February 2009 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 2008. 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 2008.

62nd British Academy Film Awards
Date	8 February 2009
Site	Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Hosted by	Jonathan Ross
Highlights
Best Film	Slumdog Millionaire
Best British Film	Man on Wire
Best Actor	Mickey Rourke The Wrestler
Best Actress	Kate Winslet The Reader
Most awards	Slumdog Millionaire (7)
Most nominations	**The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Slumdog Millionaire** (11)
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The nominees were announced on 15 January 2009. Two films received the most nominations in eleven categories; The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Slumdog Millionaire. The Dark Knight followed with nine. Slumdog Millionaire took home the most awards with seven.

Jonathan Ross hosted the ceremony for the third consecutive year.

Winners and nominees

BAFTA Fellowship

Terry Gilliam

Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema

Pinewood Studios and Shepperton Studios

Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Best Film Slumdog Millionaire – Christian Colson The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Ceán Chaffin Frost/Nixon – Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Brian Grazer and Ron Howard Milk – Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen The Reader – Anthony Minghella, Sydney Pollack, Donna Gigliotti and Redmond Morris	Best Direction Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire Clint Eastwood – Changeling David Fincher – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Ron Howard – Frost/Nixon Stephen Daldry – The Reader
Best Actor in a Leading Role *Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler* as Robin Ramzinski/Randy Robinson** Brad Pitt – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button as Benjamin Button Dev Patel – Slumdog Millionaire as Jamal Malik Frank Langella – Frost/Nixon as Richard Nixon Sean Penn – Milk as Harvey Milk	Best Actress in a Leading Role *Kate Winslet – The Reader* as Hanna Schmitz** Angelina Jolie – Changeling as Christine Collins Kate Winslet – Revolutionary Road as April Wheeler Kristin Scott Thomas – I've Loved You So Long as Juliette Fontaine Meryl Streep – Doubt as Sister Aloysius Beauvier
Best Actor in a Supporting Role *Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight* as Joker** Brad Pitt – Burn After Reading as Chad Feldheimer Brendan Gleeson – In Bruges as Ken Daley Philip Seymour Hoffman – Doubt as Father Brendan Flynn Robert Downey Jr. – Tropic Thunder as Kirk Lazarus	Best Actress in a Supporting Role *Penélope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona* as Maria Elena** Amy Adams – Doubt as Sister James Freida Pinto – Slumdog Millionaire as Latika Marisa Tomei – The Wrestler as Pam/Cassidy Tilda Swinton – Burn After Reading as Katie Cox
Best Original Screenplay In Bruges – Martin McDonagh Burn After Reading – Joel Coen and Ethan Coen Changeling – J. Michael Straczynski I've Loved You So Long – Philippe Claudel Milk – Dustin Lance Black	Best Adapted Screenplay Slumdog Millionaire – Simon Beaufoy The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Eric Roth Frost/Nixon – Peter Morgan The Reader – David Hare (playwright) Revolutionary Road – Justin Haythe
Best Cinematography Slumdog Millionaire – Anthony Dod Mantle Changeling – Tom Stern The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Claudio Miranda The Dark Knight – Wally Pfister The Reader – Chris Menges and Roger Deakins	Best Costume Design The Duchess – Michael O'Connor Changeling – Deborah Hopper The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Jacqueline West The Dark Knight – Lindy Hemming Revolutionary Road – Albert Wolsky
Best Editing Slumdog Millionaire – Chris Dickens Changeling – Joel Cox and Gary D. Roach The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall The Dark Knight – Lee Smith Frost/Nixon – Mike Hill and Daniel P. Hanley In Bruges – Jon Gregory	Best Makeup and Hair The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Jean Ann Black and Colleen Callaghan The Dark Knight – Peter King The Duchess – Daniel Phillips and Jan Archibald Frost/Nixon – Edouard F. Henriques and Kim Santantonio Milk – Steven E. Anderson and Michael White
Best Original Music Slumdog Millionaire – A. R. Rahman The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Alexandre Desplat The Dark Knight – Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard Mamma Mia! – Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus WALL-E – Thomas Newman	Best Production Design The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Donald Graham Burt and Victor J. Zolfo Changeling – James J. Murakami and Gary Fettis The Dark Knight – Nathan Crowley and Peter Lando Revolutionary Road – Kristi Zea and Debra Schutt Slumdog Millionaire – Mark Digby and Michelle Day
Best Sound Slumdog Millionaire – Glenn Freemantle, Resul Pookutty, Richard Pryke, Tom Sayers and Ian Tapp Changeling – Walt Martin, Alan Robert Murray, John T. Reitz and Gregg Rudloff The Dark Knight – Lora Hirschberg, Richard King, Ed Novick and Gary Rizzo Quantum of Solace – Eddy Joseph, Chris Munro, Mike Prestwood Smith, Mark Taylor and Jimmy Boyle WALL-E – Ben Burtt, Tom Myers, Michael Semanick and Matthew Wood	Best Special Visual Effects The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Eric Barba, Craig Barron, Nathan McGuinness and Edson Williams The Dark Knight – Chris Corbould, Nick Davis, Paul Franklin and Tim Webber Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull – Pablo Helman, Marshall Krasser and Steve Rawlins Iron Man – Shane Mahan, John Nelson, Ben Snow and Hal Hickel Quantum of Solace – Chris Corbould and Kevin Tod Haug
Outstanding British Film Man on Wire – Simon Chinn and James Marsh Hunger – Laura Hastings-Smith, Robin Gutch, Steve McQueen and Enda Walsh In Bruges – Graham Broadbent, Peter Czernin and Martin McDonagh Mamma Mia! – Judy Craymer, Gary Goetzman, Phyllida Lloyd and Catherine Johnson Slumdog Millionaire – Christian Colson, Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy	Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer Hunger – Steve McQueen (Writer/Director) Mamma Mia! – Judy Craymer (Producer) Man on Wire – Simon Chinn (Producer) Of Time and the City – Roy Boulter and Sol Papadopoulos (Producer) Son of Rambow – Garth Jennings (Writer)
Best Short Animation A Matter of Loaf and Death – Steve Pegram, Nick Park and Bob Baker Codswallop – Greg McLead and Myles McLead Varmints – Sue Goffe and Marc Craste	Best Short Film September – Stewart Le Marechal and Esther May Campbell The Business Trip – Celine Quideau and Sean Ellis Kingsland #1: The Dreamer – Kate Ogborn and Tony Grisoni Love You More – Sam Taylor-Johnson, Patrick Marber, Anthony Minghella and Caroline Harvey Ralph – Olivier Kaempfer and Alex Winckler
Best Animated Film WALL-E – Andrew Stanton Persepolis – Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud Waltz with Bashir – Ari Folman	Best Film Not in the English Language I've Loved You So Long – Yves Marmion and Philippe Claudel The Baader Meinhof Complex – Bernd Eichinger and Uli Edel Gomorrah – Domenico Procacci and Matteo Garrone Persepolis – Marc-Antoine Robert, Xavier Rigault, Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud Waltz with Bashir – Serge Lalou, Gerhard Mexiner, Yael Nahlieli and Ari Folman
Rising Star Award Noel Clarke Michael Cera Michael Fassbender Rebecca Hall Toby Kebbell

Statistics

Films that received multiple nominations
Nominations	Film
11	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
11	Slumdog Millionaire
9	The Dark Knight
8	Changeling
6	Frost/Nixon
5	The Reader
4	In Bruges
	Milk
	Revolutionary Road
3	Burn After Reading
	Doubt
	I've Loved You So Long
	Mamma Mia!
	WALL-E
2	The Duchess
	Hunger
	Man on Wire
	Persepolis
	Quantum of Solace
	Waltz with Bashir
	The Wrestler

Films that received multiple awards
Awards	Film
7	Slumdog Millionaire
3	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

In Memoriam

Charlton Heston
John Daly
Patrick McGoohan
Harold Pinter
Jonathan Bates
Claude Berri
Youssef Chahine
Anthony Minghella
Jules Dassin
Richard Widmark
Van Johnson
Michael Crichton
Roy Scheider
Malcolm Cooke
Mel Ferrer
Isaac Hayes
John Michael Hayes
Charles Joffe
Harry Lange
Sydney Pollack
Robert Mulligan
Stan Winston
Mark Shivas
Cyd Charisse
Les Ostinelli
Kon Ichikawa
David Watkin
Paul Newman