By James Wray Feb 13, 2005, 1:13 GMT
However, it was not a clean sweep for the Oscar favourite with Brit film "Vera Drake" taking away three prizes and "Ray," "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" and "The Motorcycle Diaries" winning two BAFTAs each.
"The Aviator" received Awards in the categories Film , Actress in a Supporting Role for Cate Blanchett , Make-Up & Hair and Production Design . Mike Leigh won the David Lean Award for Achievement in Direction and Imelda Staunton won Actress in a Leading Role for "Vera Drake." The film also won for Costume Design .
Jamie Foxx won the Award for Actor in a Leading Role for "Ray" , and the film also won the Sound BAFTA. "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" won BAFTAs for Original Screenplay and Editing . "The Motorcycle Diaries" won the Anthony Asquith Award for Achievement in Film Music and Film Not in the English Language .
The Alexander Korda Award for the Outstanding British Film of the Year was given to "My Summer of Lov"e and Amma Asante won the Carl Foreman Award for special achievement by a British Director, Producer or Writer in their first feature film for "A Way of Life," which she wrote and directed.
The Short Film BAFTA was won by "The Banke"r and "Birthday Boy" won the Award for Short Animation .
The Orange Film of the Year, the only award presented at the ceremony that is voted for by members of the public, went to "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" .
The composer John Barry was honoured with the Academy Fellowship. Awarded annually in the Gift of Council, the Fellowship is the highest accolade bestowed by The Academy. John has been BAFTA nominated on numerous occasions and won the Anthony Asquith BAFTA Award for "The Lion In Winter. "
Angela Allen was this year’s recipient of the Michael Balcon Award for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema . The Award has been given since 1978 in memory of one of the founder members of the British Academy. Angela has enjoyed an illustrious career as a script supervisor and worked with John Huston on many films, including "The African Queen," "The Misfits" and "Wise Blood." Since forming a highly successful working relationship with Franco Zeffirelli, her work has included "Tea with Mussolini" , "Jane Eyre" and the recent "Callas Forever" .
The Awards were hosted for the fifth time by Stephen Fry and took place on Saturday 12th February at the Odeon, Leicester Square. They were produced by Initial (part of Endemol UK) and broadcast on BBC ONE the same evening.
Full List of Winners:
THE MICHAEL BALCON AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING BRITISH CONTRIBUTION TO CINEMAAngela Allen
FILM
THE AVIATOR – Michael Mann / Sandy Climan / Graham King / Charles Evans Jr
THE ALEXANDER KORDA AWARD for the outstanding British Film of the Year
MY SUMMER OF LOVE – Tanya Seghatchian / Christopher Collins / Pawel Pawlikowski
THE CARL FOREMAN AWARD for special achievement by a British Director, Producer or Writer in their first feature film
AMMA ASANTE – Director/Writer (for A Way of Life)
THE DAVID LEAN AWARD for achievement in Direction
VERA DRAKE – Mike Leigh
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND – Charlie Kaufman
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
SIDEWAYS – Alexander Payne / Jim Taylor
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
DIARIOS DE MOTOCICLETA (THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES) – Michael Nozik / Edgard Tenembaum / Karen Tenkhoff / Walter Salles
ACTOR in a Leading role
JAMIE FOXX - Ray
ACTRESS in a Leading role
IMELDA STAUNTON – Vera Drake
ACTOR in a Supporting role
CLIVE OWEN – Closer
ACTRESS in a Supporting role
CATE BLANCHETT – The Aviator
THE ANTHONY ASQUITH AWARD for achievement in Film Music
THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES (DIARIOS DE MOTOCICLETA) – Gustavo Santaolalla
CINEMATOGRAPHY
COLLATERAL – Dion Beebe / Paul Cameron
EDITING
ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND – Valdís Óskarsdóttir
PRODUCTION DESIGN
THE AVIATOR – Dante Ferretti
COSTUME DESIGN
VERA DRAKE – Jacqueline Durran
SOUND
RAY - Steve Cantamessa / Scott Millan / Greg Orloff / Bob Beemer
ACHIEVEMENT IN SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW - Karen E Goulekas / Neil Corbould / Greg Strause / Remo Balcells
MAKE UP & HAIR
THE AVIATOR – Morag Ross / Kathryn Blondell / Siân Grigg
SHORT ANIMATION FILM BIRTHDAY BOY – Andrew Gregory / Sejong Park
SHORT FILM
THE BANKER – Kelly Broad / Hattie Dalton
THE ORANGE FILM OF THE YEAR – the only film voted for by members of the general public HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN
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