61st British Academy Film Awards

The 61st British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, took place on 10 February 2008 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 2007. 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 2007.^[1]

The nominees were announced on 16 January 2008 by Naomie Harris and Kelly Reilly.^[2]^[3] Atonement won Best Film, while Coen brothers, Joel and Ethan, won Best Director for No Country for Old Men, which also went on to win Best Cinematography and Best Supporting Actor for Javier Bardem. Daniel Day-Lewis won Best Actor for There Will Be Blood, Marion Cotillard won Best Actress for La Vie en Rose (La Môme), and Tilda Swinton won Best Supporting Actress for Michael Clayton. This Is England, directed by Shane Meadows, was voted Outstanding British Film of 2007.

Jonathan Ross hosted the ceremony for the second consecutive year.

Winners and nominees

BAFTA Fellowship

Anthony Hopkins

Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema

Barry Wilkinson

Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Best Film Atonement – Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Paul Webster American Gangster – Brian Grazer and Ridley Scott The Lives of Others – Quirin Begg and Max Wiedemann No Country for Old Men – Scott Rudin, Joel Coen and Ethan Coen There Will Be Blood – JoAnne Sellar, Paul Thomas Anderson and Daniel Lupi	Best Direction Joel Coen and Ethan Coen – No Country for Old Men Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck – The Lives of Others Joe Wright – Atonement Paul Greengrass – The Bourne Ultimatum Paul Thomas Anderson – There Will Be Blood
Best Actor in a Leading Role *Daniel Day-Lewis – There Will Be Blood* as Daniel Plainview** George Clooney – Michael Clayton as Michael Raymond Clayton James McAvoy – Atonement as Robbie Turner Ulrich Mühe – The Lives of Others as Hauptmann Gerd Wiesler Viggo Mortensen – Eastern Promises as Nikolai Luzhin	Best Actress in a Leading Role *Marion Cotillard – La Vie en rose* as Édith Piaf** Cate Blanchett – Elizabeth: The Golden Age as Elizabeth I Elliot Page – Juno as Juno MacGuff Julie Christie – Away from Her as Fiona Keira Knightley – Atonement as Cecilia Tallis
Best Actor in a Supporting Role *Javier Bardem – No Country for Old Men* as Anton Chigurh** Paul Dano – There Will Be Blood as Paul Sunday / Eli Sunday Philip Seymour Hoffman – Charlie Wilson's War as Gust Avrakotos Tommy Lee Jones – No Country for Old Men as Ed Tom Bell Tom Wilkinson – Michael Clayton as Arthur Edens	Best Actress in a Supporting Role *Tilda Swinton – Michael Clayton* as Karen Crowder** Cate Blanchett – I'm Not There as Jude Quinn Kelly Macdonald – No Country for Old Men as Carla Jean Moss Samantha Morton – Control as Deborah Curtis Saoirse Ronan – Atonement as Briony Tallis
Best Original Screenplay Juno – Diablo Cody American Gangster – Steven Zaillian The Lives of Others – Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck Michael Clayton – Tony Gilroy This Is England – Shane Meadows	Best Adapted Screenplay The Diving Bell and the Butterfly – Ronald Harwood Atonement – Christopher Hampton The Kite Runner – David Benioff No Country for Old Men – Joel Coen and Ethan Coen There Will Be Blood – Paul Thomas Anderson
Best Cinematography No Country for Old Men – Roger Deakins American Gangster – Harris Savides Atonement – Seamus McGarvey The Bourne Ultimatum – Oliver Wood There Will Be Blood – Robert Elswit	Best Costume Design La Vie en rose – Marit Allen Atonement – Jacqueline Durran Elizabeth: The Golden Age – Alexandra Byrne Lust, Caution – Pan Lai Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – Colleen Atwood
Best Editing The Bourne Ultimatum – Christopher Rouse American Gangster – Pietro Scalia Atonement – Paul Tothill Michael Clayton – John Gilroy No Country for Old Men – Joel Coen and Ethan Coen	Best Makeup and Hair La Vie en rose – Jan Archibald and Didier Lavergne Atonement – Ivana Primorac Elizabeth: The Golden Age – Jenny Shircore Hairspray – Judi Cooper-Sealy and Jordan Samuel Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – Ivana Primorac and Peter Owen
Best Original Music La Vie en rose – Christopher Gunning American Gangster – Marc Streitenfeld Atonement – Dario Marianelli The Kite Runner – Alberto Iglesias There Will Be Blood – Jonny Greenwood	Best Production Design Atonement – Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer Elizabeth: The Golden Age – Guy Hendrix Dyas and Richard Roberts Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix – Stuart Craig and Stephenie McMillan La Vie en rose – Olivier Raoux and Stanislas Reydellet There Will Be Blood – Jack Fisk and Jim Erickson
Best Sound The Bourne Ultimatum – Kirk Francis, Scott Millan, David Parker, Karen Baker Landers and Per Hallberg Atonement – Danny Hambrook, Paul Hamblin, Catherine Hodgson and Becki Ponting La Vie en rose – Laurent Zeilig, Pascal Villard, Jean-Paul Hurier and Marc Doisne No Country for Old Men – Peter Kurland, Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey and Greg Orloff There Will Be Blood – Christopher Scarabosio, Matthew Wood, John Pritchett, Michael Semanick and Tom Johnson	Best Special Visual Effects The Golden Compass – Michael Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris and Trevor Wood The Bourne Ultimatum – Peter Chiang, Charlie Noble, Mattias Lindahl and Joss Williams Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix – Tim Burke, John Richardson, Emma Norton and Chris Shaw Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End – John Knoll, Charles Gibson, Hal Hickel and John Frazier Spider-Man 3 – Scott Stokdyk, Peter Nofz, John Frazier and Spencer Cook
Outstanding British Film This Is England – Mark Herbert and Shane Meadows Atonement – Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Paul Webster, Joe Wright and Christopher Hampton The Bourne Ultimatum – Frank Marshall, Patrick Crowley, Paul L. Sandberg, Paul Greengrass, Tony Gilroy, Scott Z. Burns and George Nolfi Control – Orian Williams, Todd Eckert, Anton Corbijn and Matt Greenhalgh Eastern Promises – Paul Webster, Robert Lantos, David Cronenberg and Steven Knight	Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer Control – Matt Greenhalgh (Writer) Brick Lane – Sarah Gavron (Director) The Killing of John Lennon – Andrew Piddington (Writer/Director) Scott Walker: 30 Century Man – Mia Bays (Producer) Taking Liberties – Chris Atkins (Writer/Director)
Best Short Animation The Pearce Sisters – Jo Allen and Luis Cook The Crumblegiant – Pearse Moore and John McCloskey Head Over Heels – Osbert Parker, Fiona Pitkin and Ian Gouldstone	Best Short Film Dog Altogether – Diarmid Scrimshaw and Paddy Considine Hesitation – Julien Berlan, Michelle Eastwood and Virginia Gilbert The One and Only Herb McGwyer Plays Wallis Island – Charlie Henderson, James Griffiths, Tim Key and Tom Basden Soft – Jane Hooks and Simon Ellis The Stronger – Dan McCulloch, Lia Williams and Frank McGuinness
Best Animated Film Ratatouille – Brad Bird Shrek the Third – Chris Miller The Simpsons Movie – David Silverman	Best Film Not in the English Language The Lives of Others – Quirin Begg, Max Wiedemann and Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck The Diving Bell and the Butterfly – Kathleen Kennedy, Jon Kilik and Julian Schnabel The Kite Runner – William Horberg, Walter F. Parkes, Rebecca Yeldham and Marc Forster La Vie en rose – Alain Goldman and Olivier Dahan Lust, Caution – William Kong, James Schamus and Ang Lee
Rising Star Award Shia LaBeouf Elliot Page Sam Riley Sienna Miller Tang Wei

Statistics

Films that received multiple nominations
Nominations	Film
14	Atonement
9	No Country for Old Men
9	There Will Be Blood
7	La Vie en rose
6	The Bourne Ultimatum
5	American Gangster
	The Lives of Others
	Michael Clayton
4	Elizabeth: The Golden Age
3	Control
3	The Kite Runner
2	The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
	Eastern Promises
	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
	Juno
	Lust, Caution
	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
	This Is England

Films that received multiple awards
Awards	Film
4	La Vie en rose
3	No Country for Old Men
2	Atonement
2	The Bourne Ultimatum

In Memoriam

References

^ "Baftas 2008: Atonement wins top prize". The Telegraph. 10 February 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
^ "Orange British Academy Film Awards in 2008: The nominations". BAFTA. 16 January 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
^ "'Atonement' leads BAFTA longlist". Variety. 4 January 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2024.