BAFTA Nominations Announced: Gravity Soars with 11 Nods
by Joel D Amos at . Updated at . CommentsThe nominations for the BAFTA Awards have been announced and the British version of the Academy Awards has honored Gravity with 11 nominations and 12 Years a Slave and American Hustle with 10 each. Those three films scored the highest honor, Best Film, along with Captain Phillips and the UK true story Philomena.
And given that we at Movie Fanatic believe that the Best Actor race for Oscar gold is the tightest it has been in decades, seeing who the Brits picked gives us a little insight into who might earn Academy Award nominations when they’re announced January 15. Bruce Dern scored a BAFTA nod for Nebraska, Chiwetel Ejiofor earned one for 12 Years a Slave, Christian Bale surprised with a nod for American Hustle, while Leonardo DiCaprio got nominated for The Wolf of Wall Street, and closing out the group, Tom Hanks earned one for Captain Phillips.
The BAFTAs will be awarded February 16. Here is the full list of nominees!
2014 BAFTA Nominations:
BEST FILM
- 12 YEARS A SLAVE
- AMERICAN HUSTLE
- CAPTAIN PHILLIPS
- GRAVITY
- PHILOMENA
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
- GRAVITY
- MANDELA: LONG WALK TO FREEDOM
- PHILOMENA
- RUSH
- SAVING MR. BANKS
- THE SELFISH GIANT
OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
- COLIN CARBERRY, GLENN PATTERSON: Good Vibrations
- KELLY MARCEL (Writer): Saving Mr. Banks
- KIERAN EVANS (Director/Writer): Kelly + Victor
- PAUL WRIGHT (Director/Writer), POLLY STOKES (Producer): For Those in Peril
- SCOTT GRAHAM (Director/Writer): Shell
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
- THE ACT OF KILLING
- BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOUR
- THE GREAT BEAUTY
- METRO MANILA
- WADJDA
DOCUMENTARY
- THE ACT OF KILLING
- THE ARMSTRONG LIE
- BLACKFISH
- TIM’S VERMEER
- WE STEAL SECRETS: THE STORY OF WIKILEAKS
ANIMATED FILM
- DESPICABLE ME 2
- FROZEN
- MONSTERS UNIVERSITY
DIRECTOR
- 12 YEARS A SLAVE: Steve McQueen
- AMERICAN HUSTLE: David O. Russell
- CAPTAIN PHILLIPS: Paul Greengrass
- GRAVITY: Alfonso Cuarón
- THE WOLF OF WALL STREET: Martin Scorsese
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
- AMERICAN HUSTLE: Eric Warren Singer, David O. Russell
- BLUE JASMINE: Woody Allen
- GRAVITY: Alfonso Cuarón, Jonás Cuarón
- INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
- NEBRASKA: Bob Nelson
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
- 12 YEARS A SLAVE: John Ridley
- BEHIND THE CANDELABRA: Richard LaGravenese
- CAPTAIN PHILLIPS: Billy Ray
- PHILOMENA: Steve Coogan, Jeff Pope
- THE WOLF OF WALL STREET: Terence Winter
LEADING ACTOR
- BRUCE DERN: Nebraska
- CHIWETEL EJIOFOR: 12 Years a Slave
- CHRISTIAN BALE: American Hustle
- LEONARDO DICAPRIO: The Wolf of Wall Street
- TOM HANKS: Captain Phillips
LEADING ACTRESS
- AMY ADAMS: American Hustle
- CATE BLANCHETT: Blue Jasmine
- EMMA THOMPSON: Saving Mr. Banks
- JUDI DENCH: Philomena
- SANDRA BULLOCK: Gravity
SUPPORTING ACTOR
- BARKHAD ABDI: Captain Phillips
- BRADLEY COOPER: American Hustle
- DANIEL BRÜHL: Rush
- MATT DAMON: Behind the Candelabra
- MICHAEL FASSBENDER: 12 Years a Slave
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
- JENNIFER LAWRENCE: American Hustle
- JULIA ROBERTS: August: Osage County
- LUPITA NYONG’O: 12 Years a Slave
- OPRAH WINFREY: The Butler
- SALLY HAWKINS: Blue Jasmine
ORIGINAL MUSIC
- 12 YEARS A SLAVE: Hans Zimmer
- THE BOOK THIEF: John Williams
- CAPTAIN PHILLIPS: Henry Jackman
- GRAVITY: Steven Price
- SAVING MR. BANKS: Thomas Newman
CINEMATOGRAPHY
- 12 YEARS A SLAVE: Sean Bobbitt
- CAPTAIN PHILLIPS: Barry Ackroyd
- GRAVITY: Emmanuel Lubezki
- INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS: Bruno Delbonnel
- NEBRASKA: Phedon Papamichael
EDITING
- 12 YEARS A SLAVE: Joe Walker
- CAPTAIN PHILLIPS: Christopher Rouse
- GRAVITY: Alfonso Cuarón, Mark Sanger
- RUSH: Dan Hanley, Mike Hill
- THE WOLF OF WALL STREET: Thelma Schoonmaker
PRODUCTION DESIGN
- 12 YEARS A SLAVE: Adam Stockhausen, Alice Baker
- AMERICAN HUSTLE: Judy Becker, Heather Loeffler
- BEHIND THE CANDELABRA: Howard Cummings
- GRAVITY: Andy Nicholson, Rosie Goodwin, Joanne Woodlard
- THE GREAT GATSBY: Catherine Martin, Beverley Dunn
COSTUME DESIGN
- AMERICAN HUSTLE: Michael Wilkinson
- BEHIND THE CANDELABRA: Ellen Mirojnick
- THE GREAT GATSBY: Catherine Martin
- THE INVISIBLE WOMAN: Michael O’Connor
- SAVING MR. BANKS: Daniel Orlandi
MAKE UP & HAIR
- AMERICAN HUSTLE: Evelyne Noraz, Lori McCoy-Bell
- BEHIND THE CANDELABRA: Kate Biscoe, Marie Larkin
- THE BUTLER: Debra Denson, Beverly Jo Pryor, Candace Neal
- THE GREAT GATSBY: Maurizio Silvi, Kerry Warn
- THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG: Peter Swords King, Richard Taylor, Rick Findlater
SOUND
- ALL IS LOST: Richard Hymns, Steve Boeddeker, Brandon Proctor, Micah Bloomberg, Gillian Arthur
- CAPTAIN PHILLIPS: Chris Burdon, Mark Taylor, Mike Prestwood Smith, Chris Munro, Oliver Tarney
- GRAVITY: Glenn Freemantle, Skip Lievsay, Christopher Benstead, Niv Adiri, Chris Munro
- INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS: Peter F. Kurland, Skip Lievsay, Greg Orloff
- RUSH: Danny Hambrook, Martin Steyer, Stefan Korte, Markus Stemler, Frank Kruse
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
- GRAVITY: Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, David Shirk, Neil Corbould, Nikki Penny
- THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG: Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton, Eric Reynolds
- IRON MAN 3: Bryan Grill, Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Dan Sudick
- PACIFIC RIM: Hal Hickel, John Knoll, Lindy De Quattro, Nigel Sumner
- STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS: Ben Grossmann, Burt Dalton, Patrick Tubach, Roger Guyett
BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION
- EVERYTHING I CAN SEE FROM HERE: Bjorn-Erik Aschim, Friederike Nicolaus, Sam Taylor
- I AM TOM MOODY: Ainslie Henderson
- SLEEPING WITH THE FISHES: James Walker, Sarah Woolner, Yousif Al-Khalifa
BRITISH SHORT FILM
- ISLAND QUEEN: Ben Mallaby, Nat Luurtsema
- KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES: Megan Rubens, Michael Pearce, Selina Lim
- ORBIT EVER AFTER: Chee-Lan Chan, Jamie Stone, Len Rowles
- ROOM 8: James W. Griffiths, Sophie Venner
- SEA VIEW: Anna Duffield, Jane Linfoot
THE EE RISING STAR AWARD (voted for by the public)
- DANE DEHAAN
- GEORGE MACKAY
- LUPITA NYONG’O
- WILL POULTER
- LÉA SEYDOUX