62nd British Academy Film Awards

62nd British Academy Film Awards
Date	8 February 2009
Highlights
Best Film	Slumdog Millionaire
Best British Film	Man on Wire
Best Actor	Mickey Rourke The Wrestler
Best Actress	Kate Winslet The Reader
Most awards	Slumdog Millionaire (7)
Most nominations	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button & Slumdog Millionaire (11)

The 62nd British Academy Film Awards, hosted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, took place on 8 February 2009, and honoured the best films of 2008.

Winners and nominees

Danny Boyle, Best Director winner

Mickey Rourke, Best Actor winner

Kate Winslet, Best Actress winner

Heath Ledger, Best Supporting Actor winner

Penélope Cruz, Best Supporting Actress winner

Best Film	Best Director
Slumdog Millionaire The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Frost/Nixon Milk The Reader	Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire Clint Eastwood – Changeling David Fincher – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Ron Howard – Frost/Nixon Stephen Daldry – The Reader
Best Actor in a Leading Role	Best Actress in a Leading Role
Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler Frank Langella – Frost/Nixon Dev Patel – Slumdog Millionaire Sean Penn – Milk Brad Pitt – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	Kate Winslet – The Reader Angelina Jolie – Changeling Kristin Scott Thomas – I've Loved You So Long (Il y a longtemps que je T'Aime) Meryl Streep – Doubt Kate Winslet – Revolutionary Road
Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight Robert Downey, Jr. – Tropic Thunder Brendan Gleeson – In Bruges Philip Seymour Hoffman – Doubt Brad Pitt – Burn After Reading	Penélope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona Amy Adams – Doubt Freida Pinto – Slumdog Millionaire Tilda Swinton – Burn After Reading Marisa Tomei – The Wrestler
Best Original Screenplay	Best Adapted Screenplay
In Bruges – Martin McDonagh Burn After Reading – Ethan and Joel Coen Changeling – J. Michael Straczynski I've Loved You So Long (Il y a longtemps que je t'aime) – Philippe Claudel Milk – Dustin Lance Black	Slumdog Millionaire – Simon Beaufoy The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Eric Roth Frost/Nixon – Peter Morgan The Reader – David Hare Revolutionary Road – Justin Haythe
Best Cinematography	Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer
Slumdog Millionaire – Anthony Dod Mantle Changeling – Tom Stern The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Claudio Miranda The Dark Knight – Wally Pfister The Reader – Chris Menges, Roger Deakins	Steve McQueen – Hunger (director/writer) Simon Chinn – Man on Wire (producer) Judy Craymer – Mamma Mia! The Movie (producer) Garth Jennings – Son of Rambow (writer) Roy Boulter and Solon Papadopoulos – Of Time and the City (producers)
Outstanding British Film	Best Original Music
Man on Wire Hunger In Bruges Mamma Mia! The Movie Slumdog Millionaire	Slumdog Millionaire – A. R. Rahman The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Alexandre Desplat The Dark Knight – James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer Mamma Mia! – Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus WALL-E – Thomas Newman
Best Sound	Best Production Design
Slumdog Millionaire – Glenn Freemantle, Resul Pookutty, Richard Pryke, Tom Sayers, Ian Tapp Changeling – Walt Martin, Alan Robert Murray, John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff The Dark Knight – Lora Hirschberg, Richard King, Ed Novick, Gary Rizzo Quantum of Solace – Jimmy Boyle, Eddy Joseph, Chris Munro, Mike Prestwood Smith, Mark Taylor WALL-E – Ben Burtt, Tom Myers, Michael Semanick, Matthew Wood	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Donald Graham Burt, Victor J. Zolfo Changeling – James J. Murakami, Gary Fettis The Dark Knight – Nathan Crowley, Peter Lando Revolutionary Road – Kristi Zea, Debra Schutt Slumdog Millionaire – Mark Digby, Michelle Day
Best Special Visual Effects	Best Costume Design
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Eric Barba, Craig Barron, – Nathan McGuinness, Edson Williams The Dark Knight – Chris Corbould, Nick Davis, Paul Franklin, Tim Webber Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull – Pablo Helman Iron Man – Shane Patrick Mahan, John Nelson, Ben Snow Quantum of Solace – Chris Corbould, Kevin Tod Haug	The Duchess – Michael O'Connor Changeling – Deborah Hopper The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Jacqueline West The Dark Knight – Lindy Hemming Revolutionary Road – Albert Wolsky
Best Makeup and Hair	Best Editing
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Jean Black, Colleen Callaghan The Dark Knight – Peter Robb-King The Duchess – Daniel Phillips, Jan Archibald Frost/Nixon – Edouard Henriques, Kim Santantonio Milk – Steven E. Anderson, Michael White	Slumdog Millionaire – Chris Dickens Changeling – Joel Cox and Gary D. Roach The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall The Dark Knight – Lee Smith Frost/Nixon – Dan Hanley and Mike Hill In Bruges – Jon Gregory
Best Film Not in the English Language	Best Animated Film
I've Loved You So Long (Il y a longtemps que je t'aime) The Baader Meinhof Complex (Der Baader Meinhof Komplex) Gomorrah (Gomorra) Persepolis Waltz with Bashir (Vals im Bashir)	WALL-E Persepolis Waltz with Bashir (Vals im Bashir)
Best Short Animation	Best Short Film
A Matter of Loaf and Death – Steve Pegram, Nick Park, Bob Baker Codswallop – Greg McLeod, Myles McLeod Varmints – Sue Goffe, Marc Craste	September – Stewart le Maréchal, Esther May Campbell Kingsland #1: The Dreamer – Kate Ogborn, Tony Grisoni Love You More – Adrian Sturges, Sam Taylor-Wood, Patrick Marber Ralph – Olivier Kaempfer, Alex Winckler Voyages D'Affaires (The Business Trip) – Celine Quideau, Sean Ellis
Orange Rising Star Award
Noel Clarke Michael Cera Michael Fassbender Rebecca Hall Toby Kebbell

Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema

Shepperton Studios and Pinewood Studios

Awards breakdown

List of films that received multiple awards:

• 7 Slumdog Millionaire
• 3 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

List of films that received multiple nominations:

• 11 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Slumdog Millionaire
• 9 The Dark Knight
• 8 Changeling
• 6 Frost/Nixon
• 5 The Reader
• 4 In Bruges, Milk and Revolutionary Road
• 3 Burn After Reading, Doubt, I've Loved You So Long (Il y a longtemps que je t'aime), Mamma Mia! and WALL-E
• 2 The Duchess, Quantum of Solace, Hunger, The Wrestler, Persepolis, and Waltz with Bashir

List of people who received multiple nominations:

• 2 Brad Pitt and Kate Winslet