Silence is golden

The Artist picks up seven BAFTAs

by Amber Wilkinson

Praise rang out for silent film The Artist last night as it took home seven awards from the BAFTAs.

The French film, which tells the story of a silent movie star who faces becoming obsolete with the arrival of sound, was named best film and saw Michel Hazanavicius pick up the awards for best original screenplay and director. The film beat competition including film Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - which was named outstanding British film, The Descendants and The Help.

The Artist star Jean Dujardin picked up the best actor award, while Meryl Streep was named best actress for her portrayal of Margaret Thatcher in biopic The Iron Lady. Streep said: "Somebody once said the fate of the well-known is to be misunderstood and the ambition of this film, The Iron Lady, was to look at the life of the Iron Lady from the inside out and to locate something real, maybe hidden, but truthful in the life of someone we've all decided we know everything about already."

Supporting acting awards went to Olivia Spencer, for her role as a maid in American drama The Help and veteran Christopher Plummer for his performance as an elderly gay dad in Beginners.

Paddy Considine's Tyrannosaur picked up the outstanding debut award and Kidulthood star Adam Deacon was named the Orange Rising Star in the only award voted for by the public.

Best Film

Winner: The Artist - Thomas Langmann

The Descendants - Jim Burke, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor

Drive - Marc Platt, Adam Siegel

The Help - Brunson Green, Chris Columbus, Michael Barnathan

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Robyn Slovo


Outstanding British Film

My Week With Marilyn - Simon Curtis, David Parfitt, Harvey Weinstein, Adrian Hodges

Senna - Asif Kapadia, James Gay-Rees, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Manish Pandey

Shame - Steve McQueen, Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Abi Morgan

Winner: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - Tomas Alfredson, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Robyn Slovo, Bridget O'Connor, Peter Straughan

We Need To Talk About Kevin - Lynne Ramsay, Luc Roeg, Jennifer Fox, Robert Salerno, Rory Stewart Kinnear


Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer

Attack The Block - Joe Cornish (Director/Writer)

Black Pond - Will Sharpe (Director/Writer), Tom Kingsley (Director), Sarah Brocklehurst (Producer)

Coriolanus - Ralph Fiennes (Director)

Submarine - Richard Ayoade (Director/Writer)

Winner: Tyrannosaur - Paddy Considine (Director), Diarmid Scrimshaw (Producer)


Director

Winner: The Artist - Michel Hazanavicius

Drive - Nicolas Winding Refn

Hugo - Martin Scorsese

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - Tomas Alfredson

We Need To Talk About Kevin - Lynne Ramsay


Documentary

George Harrison: ving In The Material World - Martin Scorsese

Project Nim - James Marsh, Simon Chinn

Winner: Senna - Asif Kapadia


Original Screenplay

Winner: The Artist - Michel Hazanavicius

Bridesmaids - Annie Mumolo, Kristen Wiig

The Guard - John Michael McDonagh

The Iron Lady - Abi Morgan

Midnight In Paris - Woody Allen


Adapted Screenplay

The Descendants - Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash

The Help - Tate Taylor

The Ides Of March - George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Wilmon

Moneyball - Steven Zailan, Aaron Sorkin

Winner: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - Bridget O'Connor, Peter Straughan


Film Not In The Engsh Language

Incendies - Denis Villeneuve, Luc Déry, Kim McCraw

Pina - Wim Wenders, Gian-Piero Ringel

Potiche - François Ozon, Eric Altmayer, Nicolas Altmayer

A Separation - Asghar Farhadi

Winner: The Skin I Live In - Pedro Almodóvar, Agustin Almodóvar


Animated Film

The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret Of The Unicorn - Steven Spielberg

Arthur Christmas - Sarah Smith

Winner: Rango - Gore Verbinski


Leading Actor

Brad Pitt - Moneyball

Gary Oldman - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

George Clooney - The Descendants

Winner: Jean Dujardin - The Artist

Michael Fassbender - Shame


Leading Actress

Berenice Bejo - The Artist

Winner: Meryl Streep - The Iron Lady

Michelle Wilams - My Week With Marilyn

Tilda Swinton - We Need To Talk About Kevin

Viola Davis - The Help


Supporting Actor

Winner: Christopher Plummer - Beginners

Jim Broadbent - The Iron Lady

Jonah Hill - Moneyball

Kenneth Branagh - My Week With Marilyn

Phip Seymour Hoffman - The Ides Of March


Supporting Actress

Carey Mgan - Drive

Jessica Chastain - The Help

Judi Dench - My Week With Marilyn

Messa McCarthy - Bridesmaids

Winner: Octavia Spencer - The Help


Rising Star

Winner: Adam Deacon

Chris Hemsworth

Tom Hiddleston

Chris O'Dowd

Eddie Redmayne

Original Music

Winner: The Artist - Ludovic Bource

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo - Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross

Hugo - Howard Shore

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - Alberto Iglesias

War Horse - John Wilams


Cinematography

Winner: The Artist - Guillaume Schiffman

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo - Jeff Cronenweth

Hugo - Robert Richardson

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - Hoyte van Hoytema

War Horse - Janusz Kaminski


Editing

The Artist - Anne-Sophie Bion, Michel Hazanavicius

Drive - Mat Newman

Hugo - Thelma Schoonmaker

Winner: Senna - Gregers Sall, Chris King

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - Dino Jonsater


Production Design

The Artist - Laurence Bennett, Robert God

Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part Two - Stuart Craig, Stephenie McMillan

Winner: Hugo - Dante Ferretti, Francesca Lo Schiavo

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - Maria Djurkovic, Tatiana MacDonald

War Horse - Rick Carter, Lee Sandales


Costume Design

Winner: The Artist - Mark Bridges

Hugo - Sandy Powell

Jane Eyre - Michael O'Connor

My Week With Marilyn - Jill Taylor

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - Jacquene Durran


Sound

The Artist - Nadine Muse, Gérard Lamps, Michael Krikorian

Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part Two - James Mather, Stuart Wilson, Stuart Hilker, Mike Dowson, Adam Scrivener

Winner: Hugo - Phip Stockton, Eugene Gearty, Tom Fleischman, John Midgley

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - John Casa, Howard Bargroff, Doug Cooper, Stephen Griffiths, Andy Shelley

War Horse - Stuart Wilson, Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson, Richard Hymns


Special Visual Effects

The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret Of The Unicorn - Joe Letteri

Winner: Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part Two - Tim Burke, John Richardson, Greg Butler, David Vickery

Hugo - Rob Legato, Ben Grossman, Joss Wilams

Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes - Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White

War Horse - Ben Morris, Neil Corbod


Make-up and Hair

The Artist - Jue Hewett, Cydney Cornell

Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part Two - Amanda Knight, sa Tombn

Hugo - Morag Ross, Jan Archibald

Winner: The Iron Lady - Marese Langan

My Week With Marilyn - Jenny Shircore
Short Animation - Afarin Eghbal Bobby Yeah - Robert Morgan


Short Film

Winner: PITCH BLACK HEIST

Chalk

Mwansa The Great

Only Sound Remains

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