British Academy Film Awards 1953
The 6th British Academy Film Awards honored the best films of 1952 .
Movie | N | A. |
---|---|---|
Mandy | 6th | 0 |
The unknown enemy | 5 | 3 |
Because they should be comforted | 3 | 1 |
End of the line longing | 2 | 1 |
Gold helmet | 2 | 1 |
spotlight | 2 | 1 |
Viva Zapata! | 2 | 1 |
African Queen | 2 | 0 |
Angels One Five | 2 | 0 |
Carrie | 2 | 0 |
The miracle of Milan | 2 | 0 |
The current | 2 | 0 |
The death of a salesman | 2 | 0 |
The damned of the islands | 2 | 0 |
The forgotten | 2 | 0 |
Award winners and nominations
Best movie
The Unknown Enemy (The Sound Barrier) - Director: David Lean
- African Queen (The African Queen) - Director: John Huston
- Angels One Five - Director: George More O'Ferrall
- The Boy Kumasenu - Director: Sean Graham
- Carrie - Directed by William Wyler
- Because they should be comforted (Cry, the Beloved Country) - Director: Zoltan Korda
- You Shall Be My Lucky Star (Singin 'in the Rain) - Directed by Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly
- Endstation Sehnsucht (A Streetcar Named Desire) - Director: Elia Kazan
- Goldhelm (Casque d'or) - Director: Jacques Becker
- Mandy - Directed by Alexander Mackendrick and Fred F. Sears
- Spotlight (Limelight) - Director: Charles Chaplin
- Rashomon - Das Lustwäldchen (Rashômon) - Director: Akira Kurosawa
- Der Strom (The River) - Director: Jean Renoir
- The Death of a Salesman (Death of a Salesman) - Director: László Benedek
- The Outcast of the Islands (The Outcast of the Islands) - Director: Carol Reed
- The Forgotten (Los Olvidados) - Director: Luis Buñuel
- Viva Zapata! - Director: Elia Kazan
- The Miracle of Milan (Miracolo a Milano) - Director: Vittorio De Sica
Best British Film
The Unknown Enemy (The Sound Barrier) - Director: David Lean
- Angels One Five - Director: George More O'Ferrall
- Because they should be comforted (Cry, the Beloved Country) - Director: Zoltan Korda
- Mandy - Directed by Alexander Mackendrick and Fred F. Sears
- Der Strom (The River) - Director: Jean Renoir
- The Outcast of the Islands (The Outcast of the Islands) - Director: Carol Reed
United Nations Award
Because they should be comforted (Cry, the Beloved Country) - Director: Zoltan Korda
- Neighbors - Director: Norman McLaren
- The Forgotten (Los Olvidados) - Director: Luis Buñuel
Best Foreign Actor
- Humphrey Bogart - African Queen (The African Queen)
- Pierre Fresnay - God needs people (Dieu a besoin des hommes)
- Francesco Golisano - The Miracle of Milan (Miracolo a Milano)
- Fredric March - The Death of a Salesman (Death of a Salesman)
Best Foreign Actress
Simone Signoret - Gold Helmet (Casque d'or)
- Edwige Feuillère - Olivia
- Katharine Hepburn - Pat and Mike (Pat and Mike)
- Judy Holliday - happy ending ... and what comes next? (The Marrying Kind)
- Nicole Stéphane - The Terrible Children (Les Enfants Terribles)
Best British Actor
Ralph Richardson - The Unknown Enemy (The Sound Barrier)
- Jack Hawkins - Mandy
- James Hayter - Mr. Pickwick (Pickwick Papers)
- Laurence Olivier - Carrie
- Nigel Patrick - The Unknown Enemy (The Sound Barrier)
- Alastair Sim - Folly to Be Wise
Best British Actress
Vivien Leigh - Endstation Sehnsucht (A Streetcar Named Desire)
- Phyllis Calvert - Mandy
- Celia Johnson - I Believe in You
- Ann Todd - The Unknown Enemy (The Sound Barrier)
Best Young Actor
Claire Bloom - spotlight (Limelight)
- Dorothy Alison - Mandy
- Mandy Miller - Mandy
- Dorothy Tutin - Being Earnest (The Importance of Being Earnest)
Best documentary
Royal Journey - Directed by David Bairstow , Roger Blais and Gudrun Parker
- Earth, the Great Unknown (Nature's Half Acre) - Director: James Algar
- Fishermen of Negombo - Director: Unknown
- Highlights of Farnborough 1952 - Directed by Peter de Normanville
- Journey Into History - Directed by Alexander Shaw, John Taylor
- Le Mans 1952 - Director: Bill Mason
- Ocean Terminal - Director: JB Holmes
- The Open Window - Director: Unknown
- Opera School - Director: Gudrun Parker
- Rig 20 - Directed by David Villiers, Ronald H. Riley
- The Streamlined Pig (Den strømlinede gris) - Director: Jørgen Roos
Best Film (Special Award)
Animated Genesis - Directed by Peter Foldes and Joan Foldes
- The Angry Boy - Director: Alexander Hackenschmied
- Balance 1950 - Director: Peter Sachs
- The Basic Principles of Lubrication - Directed by Richard F. Tambling
- Body - Director: Unknown
- The Carlsen Story - Director: Unknown
- Demonstrations In Perception - Director: Unknown
- The Machining of Metals - Directed by Lionel Cole
- The Moon - Director: Unknown
- Organization Of The Human - Director: Unknown
- A Phantasy - Director: Norman McLaren
- To the Rescue - Directors: Jacques B. Brunius and Ronald Weyman
- Stanlow Story - Director: Douglas Clarke