58th British Academy Film Awards

The 58th British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, took place on 12 February 2005 at the Odeon Leicester Square in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 2004. 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 2004.

The nominees were announced on 18 January 2005.^[1] The Aviator won Best Film, Best Supporting Actress for Cate Blanchett, Best Production Design, and Best Makeup and Hair. Jamie Foxx and Imelda Staunton won Best Actor and Best Actress for Ray and Vera Drake, respectively. Vera Drake also won Best Director for Mike Leigh and Best Costume Design. My Summer of Love, directed by Paweł Pawlikowski, was voted Outstanding British Film of 2004.^[2]

Stephen Fry hosted the ceremony for the fourth consecutive year.

Winners and nominees

BAFTA Fellowship

John Barry

Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema

Angela Allen

Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Best Film The Aviator – Michael Mann, Sandy Climan, Graham King and Charles Evans Jr. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind – Steve Golin and Anthony Bregman Finding Neverland – Richard N. Gladstein and Nellie Bellflower The Motorcycle Diaries – Michael Nozik, Edgard Tenenbaum and Karen Tenkhoff Vera Drake – Simon Channing Williams and Alain Sarde	Best Direction Mike Leigh – Vera Drake Marc Forster – Finding Neverland Martin Scorsese – The Aviator Michael Mann – Collateral Michel Gondry – Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Best Actor in a Leading Role *Jamie Foxx – Ray* as Ray Charles** Jim Carrey – Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind as Joel Barish Johnny Depp – Finding Neverland as J. M. Barrie Leonardo DiCaprio – The Aviator as Howard Hughes Gael García Bernal – The Motorcycle Diaries as Che Guevara	Best Actress in a Leading Role *Imelda Staunton – Vera Drake* as Vera Drake** Charlize Theron – Monster as Aileen Wuornos Kate Winslet – Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind as Clementine Kruczynski Kate Winslet – Finding Neverland as Sylvia Llewelyn Davies Zhang Ziyi – House of Flying Daggers as Mei
Best Actor in a Supporting Role *Clive Owen – Closer* as Larry Gray** Alan Alda – The Aviator as Owen Brewster Jamie Foxx – Collateral as Max Durocher Phil Davis – Vera Drake as Stanley Drake Rodrigo de la Serna – The Motorcycle Diaries as Alberto Granado	Best Actress in a Supporting Role *Cate Blanchett – The Aviator* as Katharine Hepburn** Heather Craney – Vera Drake as Joyce Drake Julie Christie – Finding Neverland as Emma du Maurier Meryl Streep – The Manchurian Candidate as Eleanor Prentiss Shaw Natalie Portman – Closer as Alice Ayres / Jane Jones
Best Original Screenplay Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind – Charlie Kaufman The Aviator – John Logan Collateral – Stuart Beattie Ray – James L. White Vera Drake – Mike Leigh	Best Adapted Screenplay Sideways – Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor The Chorus – Christophe Barratier and Philippe Lopes-Curval Closer – Patrick Marber Finding Neverland – David Magee The Motorcycle Diaries – José Rivera
Best Cinematography Collateral – Dion Beebe and Paul Cameron The Aviator – Robert Richardson Finding Neverland – Roberto Schaefer House of Flying Daggers – Zhao Xiaoding The Motorcycle Diaries – Éric Gautier	Best Costume Design Vera Drake – Jacqueline Durran The Aviator – Sandy Powell Finding Neverland – Alexandra Byrne House of Flying Daggers – Emi Wada The Merchant of Venice – Sammy Sheldon
Best Editing Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind – Valdís Óskarsdóttir The Aviator – Thelma Schoonmaker Collateral – Jim Miller and Paul Rubell House of Flying Daggers – Long Cheng Vera Drake – Jim Clark	Best Makeup and Hair The Aviator – Morag Ross, Kathryn Blondell and Siân Grigg Finding Neverland – Christine Blundell Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban – Amanda Knight, Eithn Fennell and Nick Dudman House of Flying Daggers – Kwan Lee-Na, Yang Xiaohai and Chau Siu-Mui Vera Drake – Christine Blundell
Best Original Music The Motorcycle Diaries – Gustavo Santaolalla The Aviator – Howard Shore The Chorus – Bruno Coulais Finding Neverland – Jan A. P. Kaczmarek Ray – Craig Armstrong	Best Production Design The Aviator – Dante Ferretti Finding Neverland – Gemma Jackson Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban – Stuart Craig House of Flying Daggers – Huo Tingxiao Vera Drake – Eve Stewart
Best Sound Ray – Steve Cantamessa, Scott Millan, Greg Orloff and Bob Beemer The Aviator – Philip Stockton, Eugene Gearty, Petur Hliddal and Tom Fleischman Collateral – Elliott Koretz, Lee Orloff, Michael Minkler and Myron Nettinga House of Flying Daggers – Tao Jing and Roger Savage Spider-Man 2 – Paul N. J. Ottosson, Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell and Jeffrey J. Haboush	Best Special Visual Effects The Day After Tomorrow – Karen Goulekas, Neil Corbould, Greg Strause and Remo Balcells The Aviator – Robert Legato, Pete Travers, Matthew Gratzner and Bruce Steinheimer Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban – John Richardson, Roger Guyett, Tim Burke, Bill George and Karl Mooney House of Flying Daggers – Angie Lam, Andy Brown, Kirsty Millar and Luke Hetherington Spider-Man 2 – John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara and John Frazier
Outstanding British Film My Summer of Love – Tanya Seghatchian, Christopher Collins and Paweł Pawlikowski Dead Man's Shoes – Mark Herbert and Shane Meadows Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban – David Heyman, Chris Columbus, Mark Radcliffe and Alfonso Cuarón Shaun of the Dead – Nira Park and Edgar Wright Vera Drake – Simon Channing Williams, Alain Sarde and Mike Leigh	Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer A Way of Life – Amma Asante (Writer/Director) AfterLife – Andrea Gibb (Writer) Dear Frankie – Shona Auerbach (Director) Layer Cake – Matthew Vaughn (Director) Shaun of the Dead – Nira Park (Producer)
Best Short Animation Birthday Boy – Andrew Gregory and Park Se-jong City Paradise – Erika Forzy and Gaelle Denis Heavy Pockets – Jane Robertson and Sarah Cox His Passionate Bride – Sylvie Bringas and Monika Forsberg Little Things – Daniel Greaves	Best Short Film The Banker – Kelly Broad and Hattie Dalton Can't Stop Breathing – Ravinder Basra and Amy Neil Elephant Boy – Rene Mohandas and Durdana Shaikh Knitting a Love Song – Debbie Ballin and Annie Watson Six Shooter – Mia Bays, Kenton Allen and Martin McDonagh
Best Film Not in the English Language The Motorcycle Diaries – Michael Nozik, Edgard Tenenbaum, Karen Tenkhoff and Walter Salles Bad Education – Agustín Almodóvar and Pedro Almodóvar The Chorus – Arthur Cohn, Nicolas Mauvernay, Jacques Perrin and Christophe Barratier House of Flying Daggers – William Kong and Zhang Yimou A Very Long Engagement – Francis Boespflug and Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Statistics

Films that received multiple nominations
Nominations	Film
14	The Aviator
11	Finding Neverland
11	Vera Drake
9	House of Flying Daggers
7	The Motorcycle Diaries
6	Collateral
6	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
4	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
4	Ray
3	The Chorus
3	Closer
2	Shaun of the Dead
2	Spider-Man 2

Films that received multiple awards
Awards	Film
4	The Aviator
3	Vera Drake
2	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
	The Motorcycle Diaries
	Ray

References

^ "Vera Drake picks up 11 Bafta nominations". The Guardian. 18 January 2005. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
^ "Aviator and Vera take Bafta glory". BBC. 13 February 2005. Retrieved 11 February 2024.