62nd BAFTA Awards

THE FILMS OF 2008

Best Film

Slumdog Millionaire

WINNER

The Curious Case of
Benjamin Button

Best Director

Danny Boyle
Slumdog Millionaire

WINNER

Stephen Daldry
The Reader

Clint Eastwood
Changeling

David Fincher
The Curious Case of
Benjamin Button

Ron Howard
Frost/Nixon

Best Leading Actor

Mickey Rourke
The Wrestler

WINNER

Frank Langella
Frost/Nixon

Dev Patel
Slumdog Millionaire

Sean Penn
Milk

Brad Pitt
The Curious Case of
Benjamin Button

Best Leading Actress

Kate Winslet
The Reader

WINNER

Angelina Jolie
Changeling

Meryl Streep
Doubt

Kristin Scott Thomas
I’ve Loved You So Long

Kate Winslet
Revolutionary Road

Best Supporting Actor

Heath Ledger
The Dark Knight

WINNER

Robert Downey Jr.
Tropic Thunder

Brendan Gleeson
In Bruges

Philip Seymour Hoffman
Doubt

Brad Pitt
Burn After Reading

Best Supporting Actress

Penélope Cruz
Vicky Cristina Barcelona

WINNER

Amy Adams
Doubt

Freida Pinto
Slumdog Millionaire

Tilda Swinton
Burn After Reading

Marisa Tomei
The Wrestler

Best Original Screenplay

Martin McDonagh
In Bruges

WINNER

Joel Coen
Ethan Coen
Burn After Reading

J. Michael Straczynski
Changeling

Philippe Claudel
I’ve Loved You So Long

Dustin Lance Black
Milk

Best Adapted Screenplay

Simon Beaufoy
Slumdog Millionaire

WINNER

Eric Roth
The Curious Case of
Benjamin Button

Peter Morgan
Frost/Nixon

David Hare
The Reader

Justin Haythe
Revolutionary Road

Best Cinematography

Anthony Dod Mantle
Slumdog Millionaire

WINNER

Tom Stern
Changeling

Claudio Miranda
The Curious Case of
Benjamin Button

Wally Pfister
The Dark Knight

Chris Menges
Roger Deakins
The Reader

Best Editing

Chris Dickens
Slumdog Millionaire

WINNER

Joel Cox
Gary D. Roach
Changeling

Kirk Baxter
Angus Wall
The Curious Case of
Benjamin Button

Lee Smith
The Dark Knight

Daniel P. Hanley
Mike Hill
Frost/Nixon

Jon Gregory
In Bruges

Best Costume Design

Michael O’Connor
The Duchess

WINNER

Deborah Hopper
Changeling

Jacqueline West
The Curious Case of
Benjamin Button

Lindy Hemming
The Dark Knight

Albert Wolsky
Revolutionary Road

Best Production Design

Donald Graham Burt
Victor J. Zolfo
The Curious Case of
Benjamin Button

WINNER

James J. Murakami
Gary Fettis
Changeling

Nathan Crowley
Peter Lando
The Dark Knight

Kristi Zea
Debra Schutt
Revolutionary Road

Mark Digby
Michelle Day
Slumdog Millionaire

Best Original Music

A. R. Rahman
Slumdog Millionaire

WINNER

Alexandre Desplat
The Curious Case of
Benjamin Button

James Newton Howard
Hans Zimmer
The Dark Knight

Benny Andersson
Björn Ulvaeus
Mamma Mia!

Thomas Newman
WALL•E

Best Make Up & Hair

The Curious Case of
Benjamin Button

WINNER

The Dark Knight

Best Sound

Slumdog Millionaire

WINNER

The Dark Knight

Quantum of Solace

Best Special Visual Effects

The Curious Case of
Benjamin Button

WINNER

The Dark Knight

Indiana Jones and the
Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Quantum of Solace

Best Film Not in the English Language

I’ve Loved You So Long

WINNER

The Baader Meinhof Complex

Gomorrah

Waltz with Bashir

Best Animated Film

WINNER

Waltz with Bashir

Outstanding British Film

Man on Wire

WINNER

Hunger

Slumdog Millionaire