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British Academy Film Awards

18th edition

  • March 1, 1965
  • United Kingdom

The 18th British Academy Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1965, honoured the best films of 1964.

Awards

Movie People Status
Best Picture
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb Stanley Kubrick Winner
Becket Peter Glenville
The Pumpkin Eater Jack Clayton
The Train John Frankenheimer
Outstanding British Film
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb Stanley Kubrick Winner
Becket Peter Glenville
King and Country Joseph Losey
The Pumpkin Eater Jack Clayton
Best Foreign Actor
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow Marcello Mastroianni Winner
Charade Cary Grant
Lilies of the Field Sidney Poitier
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb Sterling Hayden
Best Foreign Actress
The Pumpkin Eater Anne Bancroft Winner
The Night of the Iguana Ava Gardner
Seance on a Wet Afternoon Kim Stanley
Irma la Douce Shirley MacLaine
What a Way to Go! Shirley MacLaine
Best British Actor
Guns at Batasi Richard Attenborough Winner
Seance on a Wet Afternoon Richard Attenborough Winner
Becket Peter O'Toole
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb Peter Sellers
The Pink Panther Peter Sellers
King and Country Tom Courtenay
Best British Actress
Charade Audrey Hepburn Winner
The Chalk Garden Deborah Kerr
The Chalk Garden Edith Evans
Girl with Green Eyes Rita Tushingham
Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles
Mary Poppins Julie Andrews Winner
A Hard Day's Night John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr
The Carpetbaggers Elizabeth Ashley
Girl with Green Eyes Lynn Redgrave
Best British Screenplay
The Pumpkin Eater Harold Pinter Winner
Becket Edward Anhalt
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb Stanley Kubrick, Peter George, Terry Southern
Seance on a Wet Afternoon Bryan Forbes
Best Animated Film
The Insects Jimmy T. Murakami Winner
Best Documentary Feature Film
Nobody Waved Goodbye Winner
Everyman
The Life of Billy Walker
Portrait of Queenie
Best British Cinematography (Black and White)
The Pumpkin Eater Oswald Morris Winner
Guns at Batasi Douglas Slocombe
King and Country Denys Coop
Seance on a Wet Afternoon Gerry Turpin
Best British Cinematography (Color)
Becket Geoffrey Unsworth Winner
The 7th Dawn Freddie Young
The Chalk Garden Arthur Ibbetson
Nothing But the Best Nicolas Roeg
The Yellow Rolls-Royce Jack Hildyard
Best British Production Design (Black and White)
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb Ken Adam Winner
Guns at Batasi Maurice Carter
King and Country Richard MacDonald
The Pumpkin Eater Ted Marshall
Best British Production Design (Color)
Becket John Bryan Winner
The Chalk Garden Carmen Dillon
Goldfinger Ken Adam
Zulu Ernest Archer
Best British Costume Design (Black and White)
The Pumpkin Eater Motley Theatre Design Group Winner
Of Human Bondage Beatrice Dawson
Psyche 59 Julie Harris
Best British Costume Design (Color)
Becket Margaret Furse Winner
The Long Ships Anthony Mendleson
Woman of Straw Beatrice Dawson
The Yellow Rolls-Royce Anthony Mendleson
Best Short Film (Live Action)
Eskimo Artist: Kenojuak Winner
23 Skidoo
Mekong - A River of Asia
Muloorina
United Nations Award
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb Winner
23 Skidoo
A Distant Trumpet
Lilies of the Field
Statistics

Most Awarded

2 or more wins
  • Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 4
  • The Pumpkin Eater 4
  • Becket 3

Most Nominated

3 or more nominations
  • Becket 7
  • Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 7
  • The Pumpkin Eater 7
  • The Chalk Garden 4
  • King and Country 4
  • Seance on a Wet Afternoon 4
  • Guns at Batasi 3

Most Unluckiest

wins / nominations
  • Becket 3 / 7
  • The Chalk Garden 0 / 4
  • King and Country 0 / 4
  • Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 4 / 7
  • The Pumpkin Eater 4 / 7
  • Seance on a Wet Afternoon 1 / 4
  • Guns at Batasi 1 / 3

Only one nomination

26 movies:
  • The 7th Dawn
  • The Carpetbaggers
  • A Distant Trumpet
  • Eskimo Artist: Kenojuak
  • Everyman
  • Goldfinger
  • A Hard Day's Night
  • The Insects
  • Irma la Douce
  • The Life of Billy Walker
  • The Long Ships
  • Mary Poppins
  • Mekong - A River of Asia
  • Muloorina
  • The Night of the Iguana
  • Nobody Waved Goodbye
  • Nothing But the Best
  • Of Human Bondage
  • The Pink Panther
  • Portrait of Queenie
  • Psyche 59
  • The Train
  • What a Way to Go!
  • Woman of Straw
  • Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
  • Zulu

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