BAFTA Crowns Colin the Firth's 'Speech'

FEB 13, 2011 - It was the Brits' Awards and so it came as no surprise that The King’s Speech converted seven of its 14 BAFTA nominations into wins at London’s Royal Opera House this Sunday night. Colin Firth and Black Swan’s Natalie Portman won the lead acting prizes and David Fincher was named best director for The Social Network.

The King’s Speech won for Best British film as well as a pair of triumphs in the Supporting Actor categories for Geoffrey Rush and Helena Bonham Carter. David Seidler’s Original Screenplay won its category, as did Alexandre Desplat’s Music Score.

The Social Network won three BAFTAs for Fincher, Aaron Sorkin’s Adapated Screenplay, and Editing. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo won the Foreign Film prize.

The BAFTA WINNERS 2011

BEST FILM
The King’s Speech

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
The King’s Speech

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
Four Lions – Chris Morris (Director/Writer)

DIRECTOR
The Social Network - David Fincher

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
The King’s Speech — David Seidler

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Social Network - Aaron Sorkin

FILM NOT IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

ANIMATED FILM
Toy Story 3

LEADING ACTOR
Colin Firth — The King’s Speech

LEADING ACTRESS
Natalie Portman — Black Swan

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Geoffrey Rush –The King’s Speech

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Helena Bonham Carter (pic) – The King’s Speech

ORIGINAL MUSIC
The King’s Speech – Alexandre Desplat

CINEMATOGRAPHY
True Grit — Roger Deakins

EDITING
The Social Network – Angus Wall, Kirk Baxter

PRODUCTION DESIGN
Inception – Guy Hendrix Dyas, Larry Dias, Doug Mowat

COSTUME DESIGN
Alice In Wonderland – Colleen Atwood

SOUND
Inception – Richard King, Lora Hirschberg, Gary A Rizzo, Ed Novick

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
Inception – Chris Corbould, Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Peter Bebb

MAKE UP & HAIR
Alice In Wonderland – Valli O’Reilly, Paul Gooch

SHORT ANIMATION
The Eagleman Stag – Michael Please

SHORT FILM
Until The River Runs Red – Paul Wright, Poss Kondeatis

THE ORANGE WEDNESDAYS RISING STAR AWARD
Tom Hardy

ACADEMY FELLOWSHIP
Sir Christopher Lee

OUTSTANDING BRITISH CONTRIBUTION TO CINEMA
The Harry Potter films