'The Artist' Wins 7 BAFTA Awards

 

FEB 12, 2012 - Black-and-white reaps gold at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) awards on Sunday as silent movie The Artist wins seven awards including Best Film, Best Actor and Director, Best Original Screenplay, Original Music, Best Costume Design and Best Cinematography.

Meryl Streep, left, meanwhile, takes the Best Actress award for The Iron Lady while Octavia Spencer won the Best Supporting Actress award for her role as an abused maid in The Help, the film's only award of the night after five nominations.

The Artist's tally of Baftas equalled the number given to The King's Speech last year and Slumdog Millionaire in 2009. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid still holds the record with nine, followed by The Killing Fields with eight.

Here is a list of the winners:

Film – The Artist

British Film – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Director – Michel Hazanavicius (right), The Artist

Actor – Jean Dujardin, The Artist

Actress – Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady

Supporting Actor – Christopher Plummer, Beginners

Supporting Actress – Octavia Spencer, The Help

Rising Star – Adam Deacon


British Debut – Paddy Considine and Diarmid Scrimshaw, Tyrannosaur

Original Screenplay – Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist

Adapted Screenplay – Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy


Film Not in the English Language – The Skin I Live In

Music Score – Ludovic Bource, The Artist

Cinematography – Guillaume Schiffman, The Artist

Editing – Senna

Production Design – Hugo

Costume Design – The Artist

Sound – Hugo

Visual Effects – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2

Makeup and Hair – The Iron Lady


Animated Feature – Rango

Short Film – Pitch Black Heist

Short Animation – A Morning Stroll

Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema – John Hurt

Academy Fellowship – Martin Scorsese