57th British Academy Film Awards
2003


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(nominations January 19, 2004; awarded February 15, 2004)

Best Picture
* The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - Barrie Osborne, Fran Walsh, Peter Jackson
Big Fish - Bruce Cohen, Dan Jinks, Richard Zanuck
Cold Mountain - Sydney Pollack, William Horberg, Albert Berger, Ron Yerxa
Lost in Translation - Sofia Coppola, Ross Katz
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World - Samuel Goldwyn Jr., Peter Weir, Duncan Henderson

David Lean Award for Best Director
* Peter Weir - Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Tim Burton - Big Fish
Sofia Coppola - Lost in Translation
Peter Jackson - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Anthony Minghella - Cold Mountain

Best Actor
* Bill Murray - Lost in Translation
Benicio Del Toro - 21 Grams
Johnny Depp - Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Jude Law - Cold Mountain
Sean Penn - 21 Grams
Sean Penn - Mystic River

Best Actress
* Scarlett Johansson - Lost in Translation
Anne Reid - The Mother
Naomi Watts - 21 Grams
Scarlett Johansson - Girl with a Pearl Earring
Uma Thurman - Kill Bill, Vol. 1

Best Supporting Actor
* Bill Nighy - Love Actually
Albert Finney - Big Fish
Ian McKellen - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Paul Bettany - Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Tim Robbins - Mystic River

Best Supporting Actress
* Renee Zellweger - Cold Mountain
Emma Thompson - Love Actually
Holly Hunter - Thirteen
Judy Parfitt - Girl with a Pearl Earring
Laura Linney - Mystic River

Best Original Screenplay
* The Station Agent - Tom McCarthy
21 Grams - Guillermo Arriaga
The Barbarian Invasions - Denys Arcand
Finding Nemo - Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson, David Reynolds
Lost in Translation - Sofia Coppola

Best Adapted Screenplay
* The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson
Big Fish - John August
Cold Mountain - Anthony Minghella
Girl with a Pearl Earring - Olivia Hetreed
Mystic River - Brian Helgeland

Best British Film
* Touching the Void - John Smithson, Kevin MacDonald
Cold Mountain - Sydney Pollack, William Horberg, Albert Berger, Ron Yerxa, Anthony Minghella
Girl with a Pearl Earring - Andy Paterson, Anand Tucker, Peter Webber
In This World - Andrew Eaton, Anita Overland, Michael Winterbottom
Love Actually - Duncan Kenworthy, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Richard Curtis

Carl Foreman Award - Best First Feature
* Emily Young - director/writer, Kiss of Life
Sergio Casci - writer, American Cousins
Jenny Mayhew - writer, To Kill A King
Peter Webber - director, Girl with a Pearl Earring

Best Foreign Language Film
* In This World - Andrew Eaton, Anita Overland, Michael Winterbottom
The Barbarian Invasions - Denise Robert, Daniel Louis, Denys Arcand
Belleville Rendez-Vous - Didier Brunner, Sylvain Chomet
Etre et Avoir - Gilles Sandoz, Nicolas Philibert
Good Bye Lenin! - Stefan Arndt, Wolfgang Becker
Spirited Away - Toshio Suzuki, Hayoa Miyazaki

Anthony Asquith Award - Best Film Music
* Cold Mountain - Gabriel Yared
Girl with a Pearl Earring - Alexandre Desplat
Kill Bill, Vol. 1 - The RZA
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - Howard Shore
Lost in Translation - Kevin Shields

Best Cinematography
* The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - Andrew Lesnie
Cold Mountain - John Seale
Girl with a Pearl Earring - Eduardo Serra
Lost in Translation - Lance Acord
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World - Russell Boyd

Best Editing
* Lost in Translation - Sarah Flack
21 Grams - Stephen Mirrione
Cold Mountain - Walter Murch
Kill Bill, Vol. 1 - Sally Menke
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - Jamie Selkirk

Best Production Design
* Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World - William Sandell
Big Fish - Dennis Gassner
Cold Mountain - Dante Ferretti
Girl with a Pearl Earring - Ben van Os
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - Grant Major

Best Costume Design
* Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World - Wendy Stites
Cold Mountain - Ann Roth, Carlo Poggioli
Girl with a Pearl Earring - Dien van Straalen
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - Ngila Dickson, Richard Taylor
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl - Penny Rose

Best Sound
* Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Cold Mountain
Kill Bill, Vol. 1
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Best Visual Effects
* The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Big Fish
Kill Bill, Vol. 1
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Best Makeup and Hair
* Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl - Ve Neill, Martin Samuel
Big Fish - Jean A. Black, Paul Le Blanc
Cold Mountain - Paul Engelen, Ivana Primorac
Girl with a Pearl Earring - Jenny Shircore
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - Richard Taylor, Peter King, Peter Owen

Best Short Animation
* JoJo in the Stars - Sue Goffe, Marc Craste
Dads Dead - Maria Manton, Chris Shepherd
Dear Sweet Emma - John Cernak
Nibbles - Ron Diamond, Chris Hinton
Plumber - Randi Yaffa, Andy Knight, Richard Rosenman

Best Short Film
* Brown Paper Bag - Natasha Carlish, Mark Levenson, Michael Baig Clifford, Geoff Thompson
Bye Child - Andrew Bonner, Bernard McLaverty
Nits - George Issac, Harry Wootliff
Sea Monsters - Matt Delargy, Mark Walker, Raphael Smith
Talking with Angels - Janey de Nordwall, Michael Knowles, Yousaf Ali Khan

Academy Fellowship: John Boorman

Michael Balcon Award: Working Title Films

Orange Film of the Year
* The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Bruce Almighty
Calendar Girls
Finding Nemo
Love Actually
Johnny English
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
X2: X-Men United
The Matrix Reloaded