Alfonso Cuaron's Gravity leads the field with 11 nominations for this year's British Academy Film Awards, presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.
LONDON – Alfonso Cuaron's Gravity leads the field with 11 nominations for this year's British Academy Film Awards, presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.
Gravity is nominated in the following categories: Best Film, Outstanding British Film, Director for Alfonso Cuarón, Original Screenplay, Original Music, Cinematography, Editing, Production Design, Sound and Special Visual Effects. Sandra Bullock is nominated for Leading Actress.
Other films nominated for Special Visual Effects are The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, Iron Man 3, Pacific Rim and Star Trek Into Darkness.
The Animated Film nominees are Despicable Me 2, Frozen and Monsters University.
The British Short Animation nominations are Everything I Can See From Here, I Am Tom Moody and Sleeping With the Fishes.
The full list of nominations is shown below:
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 (writer), Glenn Patterson (writer) -- 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 Color
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
Monster's University
DIRECTOR
Steve McQueen -- 12 Years a Slave
David O. Russell -- American Hustle
Paul Greengrass -- Captain Phillips
Alfonso Cuarón -- Gravity
Martin Scorsese -- The Wolf of Wall Street
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Eric Warren Singer, David O. Russell -- American Hustle
Woody Allen -- ”Blue Jasmine”
Alfonso Cuarón, Jonás Cuarón -- Gravity
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen -- ”Inside Llewyn Davis”
Bob Nelson -- ”Nebraska”
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
John Ridley -- 12 Years a Slave
Richard LaGravenese -- Behind the Candelabra
Billy Ray -- Captain Phillips
Steve Coogan, Jeff Pope -- Philomena
Terence Winter -- The Wolf of Wall Street
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
Hans Zimmer -- 12 Years a Slave
John Williams -- The Book Thief
Henry Jackman -- Captain Phillips
Steven Price -- Gravity
Thomas Newman -- Saving Mr. Banks
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Sean Bobbitt -- 12 Years a Slave
Barry Ackroyd -- Captain Phillips
Emmanuel Lubezki -- Gravity
Bruno Delbonnel -- Inside Llewyn Davis
Phedon Papamichael -- Nebraska
EDITING
Joe Walker -- 12 Years a Slave
Christopher Rouse -- Captain Phillips
Alfonso Cuarón, Mark Sanger -- Gravity
Dan Hanley, Mike Hill -- Rush
Thelma Schoonmaker -- The Wolf of Wall Street
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
Source: British Academy of Film and Television Arts
Formerly Editor-in-Chief of Animation World Network, Jennifer Wolfe has worked in the Media & Entertainment industry as a writer and PR professional since 2003.
