62nd British Academy Film Awards
2008


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(nominations January 15, 2009 ; awarded February 8, 2009)

BEST FILM
* Slumdog Millionaire - Christian Colson
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Cean Chaffin
Frost/Nixon - Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard
Milk - Dan Jinks, Bruce Cohen
The Reader - Anthony Minghella, Sydney Pollack, Donna Gigliotti, Redmond Morris

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
* Man on Wire - Simon Chinn, James Marsh
Hunger - Laura Hastings-Smith, Robin Gutch, Steve McQueen, Enda Walsh
In Bruges - Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin, Martin McDonagh
Mamma Mia! - Judy Craymer, Gary Goetzman, Phyllida Lloyd, Catherine Johnson
Slumdog Millionaire - Christian Colson, Danny Boyle, Simon Beaufoy

THE CARL FOREMAN AWARD
(For special achievement by a British director, writer or producer for their first feature film.)
* Steve McQueen, director/writer - Hunger
Simon Chinn, producer - Man on Wire
Judy Craymer, producer - Mamma Mia!
Garth Jennings, writer - Son of Rambow
Solon Papadopoulos, Roy Boulter, producers - Of Time and the City

DIRECTOR
* Slumdog Millionaire - Danny Boyle
Changeling - Clint Eastwood
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - David Fincher
Frost/Nixon - Ron Howard
The Reader - Stephen Daldry

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
* In Bruges - Martin McDonagh
Burn After Reading - Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Changeling - J. Michael Straczynski
I've Loved You So Long - Philippe Claudel
Milk - Dustin Lance Black

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
* Slumdog Millionaire - Simon Beaufoy
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Eric Roth
Frost/Nixon - Peter Morgan
The Reader - David Hare
Revolutionary Road - Justin Haythe

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
* I've Loved You So Long - Yves Marmion, Philippe Claudel
The Baader Meinhof Complex - Bernard Eichinger, Uli Edel
Gomorrah - Domenico Procacci, Matteo Garrone
Persepolis - Marc-Antoine Robert, Xavier Rigault, Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Parannaud
Waltz With Bashir - Serge Lalou, Gerhard Meixner, Yael Nahl Ieli, Ari Folman

ANIMATED FILM
* Wall-E - Andrew Stanton
Persepolis - Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Parannaud
Waltz With Bashir - Ari Folman

LEADING ACTOR
* Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler
Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon
Dev Patel, Slumdog Millionaire
Sean Penn, Milk
Brad Pitt, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

LEADING ACTRESS
* Kate Winslet, The Reader
Angelina Jolie, Changeling
Kristin Scott Thomas, I've Loved You So Long
Meryl Streep, Doubt
Kate Winslet, Revolutionary Road

SUPPORTING ACTOR
* Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
Robert Downey Jr., Tropic Thunder
Brendan Gleeson, In Bruges
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt
Brad Pitt, Burn After Reading

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
* Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Amy Adams, Doubt
Freida Pinto, Slumdog Millionaire
Tilda Swinton, Burn After Reading
Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler

MUSIC
* Slumdog Millionaire - A.R. Rahman
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Alexandre Desplat
The Dark Knight - Hans Zimmer, James Newton Howard
Mamma Mia! - Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus
Wall-E - Thomas Newman

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, Roger Deakins

EDITING
* Slumdog Millionaire - Chris Dickens
Changeling - Joel Cox, Gary D. Roach
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall
The Dark Knight - Lee Smith
Frost/Nixon - Mike Hill, Dan Hanley
In Bruges - Jon Gregory

PRODUCTION DESIGN
* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Donald Graham Burt, Victor J. Zolfo
Changeling - James J. Murakami, Gary Fettis
The Dark Knight - Nathan Crowley, Peter Lando
Revolutionary Road - Kristi Zea, Debra Schutt
Slumdog Millionaire - Mark Digby, Michelle Day

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

SOUND
* Slumdog Millionaire - Glenn Freemantle, Resul Pookutty, Richard Pryke, Tom Sayers, Ian Tapp
Changeling - Walt Martin, Alan Robert Murray, John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff
The Dark Knight - Lora Hirschberg, Richard King, Ed Novick, Gary Rizzo
Quantum of Solace - Eddy Joseph, Chris Munro, Mike Prestwood Smith, Mark Taylor
Wall-E - Ben Burtt, Tom Myers, Michael Semanick, Matthew Wood

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Eric Barba, Craig Barron, Nathan McGuinness, Edson Williams
The Dark Knight - Chris Corbould, Nick Davis, Paul Franklin, Tim Webber
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - Pablo Helman
Iron Man - Shane Patrick Mahan, John Nelson, Ben Snow
Quantum of Solace - Chris Corbould, Kevin Tod Haug

MAKE UP & HAIR
* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Jean Black, Colleen Callaghan
The Dark Knight - Peter Robb-King
The Duchess - Daniel Phillips, Jan Archibald
Frost/Nixon - Edouard Henriques, Kim Santantonio
Milk - Steven E. Anderson, Michael White

SHORT ANIMATION
* Wallace and Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death - Steve Pegram, Nick Park, Bob Baker
Codswallop - Greg McLeod, Myles McLeod
Varmints - Sue Goffe, Marc Craste

SHORT FILM
* September, Stewart le Marechal, Esther May Campbell
Kingsland #1 The Dreamer, Kate Ogborn, Tony Grisoni
Love You More, Adrian Sturges, Sam Taylor-Wood, Patrick Marber
Ralph, Olivier Kaempfer, Alex Winckler
Voyages D'affaires (The Business Trip), Celine Quideau, Sean Ellis

THE ORANGE RISING STAR AWARD (voted for by the public)
* Noel Clarke
Michael Cera
Michael Fassbender
Rebecca Hall
Toby Kebbell