BAFTAs 2014: the winners

After the teaser of the Golden Globes and with the build up to the Academy Awards still to come, BAFTA celebrates the work of outstanding actors, actresses, filmmakers, directors and every other imaginable job in the business. What a night of pure talent and exceptional craft. With bets flying around and much anticipation over the big stars of this year’s British Academy Film Awards, the wait is over. Here are the winners:

Best Film

12 Years a Slave
American Hustle
Captain Phillips 
Gravity
Philomena

Director

Alfonso Cuarón – Gravity
Steve McQueen – 12 Years a Slave
David O Russell – American Hustle 
Paul Greengrass – Captain Phillips 
Martin Scorsese – The Wolf of Wall Street

Leading Actor

Chiwetel Ejiofor – 12 Years a Slave
Bruce Dern – Nebraska
Christian Bale – American Hustle
Leonardo DiCaprio – The Wolf of Wall Street
Tom Hanks – Captain Phillips

Leading Actress 

Cate Blanchett – Blue Jasmine
Amy Adams – American Hustle
Emma Thompson – Saving Mr Banks
Judi Dench – Philomena
Sandra Bullock – Gravity

Supporting Actor

Barkhad Abdi – Captain Phillips
Bradley Cooper – American Hustle
Daniel Bruhl – Rush
Matt Damon – Behind the Candelabra 
Michael Fassbender – 12 Years a Slave

Supporting Actress

Jennifer Lawrence – American Hustle
Julia Roberts – August: Osage County
Lupita Nyong’o – 12 Years a Slave
Oprah Winfrey – The Butler
Sally Hawkins – Blue Jasmine

Outstanding British Film

Gravity
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Philomena
Rush
Saving Mr Banks
The Selfish Giant

Animated Film

Frozen – Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee
Despicable Me 2 – Chris Renaud, Pierre Coffin
Monsters University – Dan Scanlon

Original Screenplay

American Hustle – Eric Warren Singer, David O Russell
Blue Jasmine – Woody Allen
Gravity – Alfonso Cuarón, Jonás Cuarón
Inside Llewyn Davis – Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Nebraska – Bob Nelson

Adapted Screenplay

Philomena – Steve Coogan, Jeff Pope
12 Years a Slave – John Ridley
Behind the Candelabra – Richard LaGravenese
Captain Phillips – Billy Ray
The Wolf of Wall Street – Terence Winter

Original Music

Gravity – Steven Price
12 Years a Slave  – Hans Zimmer
The Book Thief – John Williams
Captain Phillips – Henry Jackman
Saving Mr Banks – Thomas Newman

Cinematography

Gravity – Emmanuel Lubezki
12 Years a Slave – Sean Bobbitt
Captain Phillips – Barry Ackroyd
Inside Llewyn Davis – Bruno Delbonnel
Nebraska – Phedon Papamichael

Special Visual Effects

Gravity – Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, David Shirk, Neil Corbould, Nikki Penny
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug – Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton, Eric Reynolds
Iron Man 3 – Bryan Grill, Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Dan Sudick
Pacific Rim – Hal Hickel, John Knoll, Lindy De Quattro, Nigel Sumner
Star Trek Into Darkness – Ben Grossmann, Burt Dalton, Patrick Tubach, Roger Guyett

British Short Animation

Sleeping with the Fishes
Everything I Can See From Here
I am Tom Moody 

British Short FIlm

Room 8
Island Queen
Keeping Up with the Joneses
Orbit Ever After
Sea View

The EE Rising Star Award 

Will Poulter
Dane DeHaan
George Mackay
Lupita Nyong’o        
Lea Seydoux

Outstanding Contribution to British Cinema

Peter Greenaway

BAFTA Fellowship

Helen Mirren

Georgia Mizen

For further information about the EE BAFTAs visit here.

Watch the trailer for BAFTA-winning 12 Years a Slave here: