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British Academy Film Awards

22nd edition

  • March 1, 1969
  • United Kingdom

The 22nd British Academy Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1969, honoured the best films of 1968. The Graduate won Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Editor, plus Most Promising Newcomer for Dustin Hoffman.

Awards

Movie People Status
Best Picture
The Graduate Mike Nichols Winner
2001: A Space Odyssey Stanley Kubrick
Closely Watched Trains Jiří Menzel
Oliver! Carol Reed
Best Director
The Graduate Mike Nichols Winner
Oliver! Carol Reed
Romeo and Juliet Franco Zeffirelli
if.... Lindsay Anderson
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner Spencer Tracy Winner
The Bofors Gun Nicol Williamson
Oliver! Ron Moody
The Charge of the Light Brigade Trevor Howard
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner Katharine Hepburn Winner
The Graduate Anne Bancroft
Belle de Jour Catherine Deneuve
Rachel, Rachel Joanne Woodward
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
The Bofors Gun Ian Holm Winner
The Lion in Winter Anthony Hopkins
No Way to Treat a Lady George Segal
Romeo and Juliet John McEnery
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Charlie Bubbles Billie Whitelaw Winner
Twisted Nerve Billie Whitelaw Winner
Romeo and Juliet Pat Heywood
Games Simone Signoret
Interlude Virginia Maskell
Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles
The Graduate Dustin Hoffman Winner
Oliver! Jack Wild
The Graduate Katharine Ross
Elvira Madigan Pia Degermark
Best Screenplay
The Graduate Calder Willingham, Buck Henry Winner
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner William Rose
if.... David Sherwin
The Lion in Winter James Goldman
Best Documentary Feature Film
In Need of Special Care Jonathan Stedall Winner
Inside North Vietnam Felix Greene
Music! Michael Tuchner
A Plague On Your Children Adrian Malone
Best Cinematography
2001: A Space Odyssey Geoffrey Unsworth Winner
The Charge of the Light Brigade David Watkin
Elvira Madigan Jörgen Persson
The Lion in Winter Douglas Slocombe
Best Original Score
The Lion in Winter John Barry Winner
The Charge of the Light Brigade John Addison
Live for Life Francis Lai
Romeo and Juliet Nino Rota
Best Film Editing
The Graduate Sam O'Steen Winner
The Charge of the Light Brigade Kevin Brownlow
Oliver! Ralph Kemplen
Romeo and Juliet Reginald Mills
Best Sound
2001: A Space Odyssey Winston Ryder Winner
The Charge of the Light Brigade Simon Kaye
Closely Watched Trains Jiří Pavlík
The Lion in Winter Chris Greenham, Simon Kaye
Oliver! John Cox, Bob Jones
Best Production Design
2001: A Space Odyssey Anthony Masters, Harry Lange, Ernest Archer Winner
The Charge of the Light Brigade Ted Marshall
Oliver! John Box
Romeo and Juliet Lorenzo Mongiardino
Best Costume Design
Romeo and Juliet Danilo Donati Winner
The Charge of the Light Brigade David Walker
The Lion in Winter Margaret Furse
Oliver! Phyllis Dalton
Best Animated Short Film
Pas de Deux Norman McLaren Winner
The Hand Jiří Trnka
The House That Jack Built Ron Tunis
The Question John Halas
United Nations Award
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner Stanley Kramer Winner
2001: A Space Odyssey Stanley Kubrick
In Need of Special Care Jonathan Stedall
The Lion in Winter Anthony Harvey
Statistics

Most Awarded

2 or more wins
  • The Graduate 5
  • 2001: A Space Odyssey 3
  • Guess Who's Coming to Dinner 3

Most Nominated

3 or more nominations
  • Oliver! 8
  • The Charge of the Light Brigade 7
  • The Graduate 7
  • The Lion in Winter 7
  • Romeo and Juliet 7
  • 2001: A Space Odyssey 5
  • Guess Who's Coming to Dinner 4

Most Unluckiest

wins / nominations
  • Oliver! 0 / 8
  • The Charge of the Light Brigade 0 / 7
  • The Lion in Winter 1 / 7
  • Romeo and Juliet 1 / 7
  • The Graduate 5 / 7
  • 2001: A Space Odyssey 3 / 5

Only one nomination

15 movies:
  • Belle de Jour
  • Charlie Bubbles
  • Games
  • The Hand
  • The House That Jack Built
  • Inside North Vietnam
  • Interlude
  • Live for Life
  • Music!
  • No Way to Treat a Lady
  • Pas de Deux
  • A Plague On Your Children
  • The Question
  • Rachel, Rachel
  • Twisted Nerve

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