59th British Academy Film Awards

2006 edition of the BAFTAs

The 59th British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, took place on 19 February 2006 at the Odeon Leicester Square in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 2005. 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 2005.

Brokeback Mountain won Best Film, Best Director for Ang Lee, Best Supporting Actor for Jake Gyllenhaal, and Best Adapted Screenplay.^[1]^[2]^[3] Philip Seymour Hoffman won Best Actor for Capote and Reese Witherspoon won Best Actress for Walk the Line. The Constant Gardener received the most nominations with 10;^[4]^[5]^[6] the film only received one award: Best Editing for Claire Simpson. Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, directed by Nick Park and Steve Box, was voted Outstanding British Film of 2005.

Stephen Fry hosted the ceremony for the fifth consecutive year.

Winners and nominees

BAFTA Fellowship

David Puttnam

Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema

Robert 'Chuck' Finch and Billy Merrell

Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Best Film Brokeback Mountain – Diana Ossana and James Schamus Capote – Caroline Baron, William Vince and Michael Ohoven The Constant Gardener – Simon Channing Williams Crash – Cathy Schulman, Don Cheadle and Bob Yari Good Night, and Good Luck – Grant Heslov	Best Direction Ang Lee – Brokeback Mountain Bennett Miller – Capote Fernando Meirelles – The Constant Gardener George Clooney – Good Night, and Good Luck Paul Haggis – Crash
Best Actor in a Leading Role *Philip Seymour Hoffman – Capote* as Truman Capote** David Strathairn – Good Night, and Good Luck as Edward R. Murrow Heath Ledger – Brokeback Mountain as Ennis Del Mar Joaquin Phoenix – Walk the Line as Johnny Cash Ralph Fiennes – The Constant Gardener as Justin Quayle	Best Actress in a Leading Role *Reese Witherspoon – Walk the Line* as June Carter Cash** Charlize Theron – North Country as Josey Aimes Judi Dench – Mrs Henderson Presents as Laura Henderson Rachel Weisz – The Constant Gardener as Tessa Abbott-Quayle Ziyi Zhang – Memoirs of a Geisha as Chiyo Sakamoto / Sayuri Nitta
Best Actor in a Supporting Role *Jake Gyllenhaal – Brokeback Mountain* as Jack Twist** Don Cheadle – Crash as Detective Graham Waters George Clooney – Good Night, and Good Luck as Fred W. Friendly George Clooney – Syriana as Bob Barnes Matt Dillon – Crash as Sergeant John Ryan	Best Actress in a Supporting Role *Thandiwe Newton^[a] – Crash* as Christine Thayer** Brenda Blethyn – Pride & Prejudice as Mrs. Bennet Catherine Keener – Capote as Nelle Harper Lee Frances McDormand – North Country as Glory Dodge Michelle Williams – Brokeback Mountain as Alma Beers Del Mar
Best Original Screenplay Crash – Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco Cinderella Man – Cliff Hollingsworth and Akiva Goldsman Good Night, and Good Luck – George Clooney and Grant Heslov Hotel Rwanda – Keir Pearson and Terry George Mrs Henderson Presents – Martin Sherman	Best Adapted Screenplay Brokeback Mountain – Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana Capote – Dan Futterman The Constant Gardener – Jeffrey Caine A History of Violence – Josh Olson Pride & Prejudice – Deborah Moggach
Best Cinematography Memoirs of a Geisha – Dion Beebe Brokeback Mountain – Rodrigo Prieto The Constant Gardener – César Charlone Crash – J. Michael Muro March of the Penguins – Laurent Chalet and Jerome Maison	Best Costume Design Memoirs of a Geisha – Colleen Atwood Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Gabriella Pescucci The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe – Isis Mussenden Mrs Henderson Presents – Sandy Powell Pride & Prejudice – Jacqueline Durran
Best Editing The Constant Gardener – Claire Simpson Brokeback Mountain – Geraldine Peroni and Dylan Tichenor Crash – Hughes Winborne Good Night, and Good Luck – Stephen Mirrione March of the Penguins – Sabine Emiliani	Best Makeup and Hair The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe – Howard Berger, Gregory Nicotero and Nikki Gooley Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Peter Owen and Ivana Primorac Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire – Nick Dudman, Amanda Knight and Eithné Fennell Memoirs of a Geisha – Noriko Watanabe, Kate Biscoe, Lyndell Quiyou and Kelvin R. Trahan Pride & Prejudice – Fae Hammand
Best Original Music Memoirs of a Geisha – John Williams Brokeback Mountain – Gustavo Santaolalla The Constant Gardener – Alberto Iglesias Mrs Henderson Presents – George Fenton Walk the Line – T Bone Burnett	Best Production Design Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire – Stuart Craig Batman Begins – Nathan Crowley Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Alex McDowell King Kong – Grant Major Memoirs of a Geisha – John Myhre
Best Sound Walk the Line – Paul Massey, Doug Hemphill, Peter Kurland and Donald Sylvester Batman Begins – David Evans, Stefan Henrix and Peter Lindsay The Constant Gardener – Joakim Sundström, Stuart Wilson, Mike Prestwood Smith and Sven Taits Crash – Richard Van Dyke, Sandy Gendler, Adam Jenkins and Marc Fishman King Kong – Hammond Peek, Christopher Boyes, Mike Hopkins and Ethan Van der Ryn	Best Special Visual Effects King Kong – Joe Letteri, Christian Rivers, Brian Van't Hul and Richard Taylor Batman Begins – Janek Sirrs, Dan Glass, Chris Corbould and Paul Franklin Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Nick Davis, Jon Thum, Chas Jarrett and Joss Williams The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe – Dean Wright, Bill Westenhofer, Jim Berney and Scott Farrar Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire – Jim Mitchell, John Richardson, Tim Webber and Tim Alexander
Outstanding British Film Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit – Claire Jennings, David Sproxton, Nick Park, Steve Box, Mark Burton and Bob Baker A Cock and Bull Story – Andrew Eaton, Michael Winterbottom and Frank Cottrell-Boyce The Constant Gardener – Simon Channing Williams, Fernando Meirelles and Jeffrey Caine Festival – Christopher Young and Annie Griffin Pride & Prejudice – Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Paul Webster, Joe Wright and Deborah Moggach	Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer Pride & Prejudice – Joe Wright (Director) Everything – Richard Hawkins (Director) Festival – Annie Griffin (Writer/Director) Shooting Dogs – David Belton (Producer) Tsotsi – Peter Fudakowski (Producer)
Best Short Animation Fallen Art – Jarek Sawko, Piotr Sikora and Tomasz Bagiński Film Noir – Osbert Parker Kamiya's Correspondence – Sumito Sakakibara The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello – Anthony Lucas, Julia Lucas and Mark Shirrefs Rabbit – Run Wrake	Best Short Film Antonio's Breakfast – Howard Stogdon, Amber Templemore-Finlayson and Daniel Mulloy Call Register – Kit Hawkins, Adam Tudhope and Ed Roe Heavy Metal Drummer – Amanda Boyle and Luke Morris Toby MacDonald Heydar, an Afghan in Tehran – Homayoun Assadian and Babak Jalali Lucky – Bex Hopkins and Avie Luthra
Best Film Not in the English Language The Beat That My Heart Skipped – Pascal Caucheteux and Jacques Audiard Joyeux Noël – Christophe Rossignon and Christian Carion Kung Fu Hustle – Stephen Chow, Chui Po Chu and Jeffrey Lau Le Grand Voyage – Humbert Balsan and Ismaël Ferroukhi Tsotsi – Peter Fudakowski and Gavin Hood	Rising Star Award James McAvoy Chiwetel Ejiofor Gael García Bernal Michelle Williams Rachel McAdams

^ Credited as Thandie Newton

Statistics

Films that received multiple nominations
Nominations	Film
10	The Constant Gardener
9	Brokeback Mountain
9	Crash
6	Good Night, and Good Luck
	Memoirs of a Geisha
	Pride & Prejudice
5	Capote
4	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
	Mrs Henderson Presents
	Walk the Line
3	Batman Begins
	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
	King Kong
2	Festival
	March of the Penguins
	North Country
	Tsotsi

Films that received multiple awards
Awards	Film
4	Brokeback Mountain
3	Memoirs of a Geisha
2	Crash
2	Walk the Line

References

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^ "Bafta 2006 nominations in full". BBC News. 19 January 2006. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
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