British Academy Film Awards 1967

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The 20th British Academy Film Awards honored the best films of 1966 . The film awards were presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA).

The most successful films
(at least two nominations;
highlighted = most awards,
N = nomination; A = award)
Movie N A.
protest 6th 3
The spy who came in from the cold 5 3
The seducer sends his regards 5 1
The blue max 4th 1
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 3 3
arabesque 3 1
The Quiller Memorandum - Danger from the Dark 3 0
Doctor Zhivago 3 0
Georgy girl 3 0
Bunny Lake has disappeared 2 0
The pawnbroker 2 1
The Russians are Coming! The Russians are Coming! 2 0
Khartoum 2 0
Last greetings from Uncle Joe 2 0
The War Game 2 2
Viva Maria! 2 1

Award winners and nominations

Best movie

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?) - Director: Mike Nichols

Doctor Zhivago (Doctor Zhivago) - Director: David Lean
Protest (Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment) - Director: Karel Reisz
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (The Spy Who Came in from the Cold) - Director: Martin Ritt

Best British Film

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?) - Director: Mike Nichols

Georgy Girl - Director: Silvio Narizzano
Protest (Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment) - Director: Karel Reisz
The seducer sends his regards (Alfie) - Director: Lewis Gilbert

United Nations Award

The War Game - Director: Peter Watkins

The Pawnbroker (The Pawnbroker) - Director: Sidney Lumet
The Russians are Coming! The Russians are Coming! (The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming) - Director: Norman Jewison
Panorama (Episode: Vietnam - People and War) - Director: Jo Menell

Best foreign leading actor

Rod Steiger - The Pawnbroker (The Pawnbroker)

Jean-Paul Belmondo - Eleven o'clock at night (Pierrot le fou)
Sidney Poitier - Dreaming Lips (A Patch of Blue)
Oskar Werner - The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (The Spy Who Came in from the Cold)

Best foreign leading actress

Jeanne Moreau - Viva Maria!

Brigitte Bardot - Viva Maria!
Joan Hackett - The Clique (The Group)
Simone Signoret - Murder included in the fare (Compartiment tueurs)

Best British Lead Actor

Richard Burton - The Spy Who came in from the cold (The Spy Who Came in from the Cold) and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?)

Michael Caine - The seducer sends his regards (Alfie)
Ralph Richardson - Doctor Zhivago (Doctor Zhivago) , Khartoum and Last Greetings from Uncle Joe (The Wrong Box)
David Warner - Protest (Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment)

Best British Lead Actress

Elizabeth Taylor - Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?)

Julie Christie - Doctor Zhivago (Doctor Zhivago) and Fahrenheit 451
Lynn Redgrave - Georgy Girl
Vanessa Redgrave - Protest (Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment)

Best Young Actor

Vivien Merchant - The seducer sends his regards (Alfie)

Alan Arkin - The Russians are Coming! The Russians are Coming! (The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming)
Frank Finlay - Othello
Jeremy Kemp - The Blue Max (The Blue Max)

Best script

David Mercer - Protest (Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment)

Kevin Brownlow , Andrew Mollo - It Happened Here
Bill Naughton - The Seducer sends his regards (Alfie)
Harold Pinter - Das Quiller Memorandum - Danger from the Dark (The Quiller Memorandum)

Best camera (black and white)

Oswald Morris - The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (The Spy Who Came in from the Cold)

Denys N. Coop - Bunny Lake Is Missing (Bunny Lake Is Missing)
Kenneth Higgins - Georgy Girl
Gilbert Taylor - When Katelbach comes ... (Cul-de-sac)

Best camera (color)

Christopher Challis - Arabesque (Arabesque)

Otto Heller - The seducer sends his regards (Alfie)
Jack Hildyard - Modesty Blaise - The Deadly Lady (Modesty Blaise)
Douglas Slocombe - The Blue Max (The Blue Max)

Best cut

Tom Priestley - Protest (Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment)

Thelma Connell - The seducer sends his regards (Alfie)
Frederick Wilson - Arabesque (Arabesque)
Frederick Wilson - The Quiller Memorandum - The Quiller Memorandum

Best production design (black and white)

Tambi Larsen - The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (The Spy Who Came in from the Cold)

Don Ashton - Bunny Lake Is Missing (Bunny Lake is Missing)
Edward Marshall - Life at the Top
Tony Woollard - Georgy Girl

Best production design (color)

Wilfred Shingleton - The Blue Max (The Blue Max)

Maurice Carter - The Quiller Memorandum - Danger from the Dark (The Quiller Memorandum)
John Howell - Khartoum
Ray Simm - Last Greetings from Uncle Joe (The Wrong Box)

Best costumes

Julie Harris - Protest (Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment)

Christian Dior - Arabesque (Arabesque)
John Furniss - The Blue Max (The Blue Max)
Nicholas Georgiadis - Romeo and Juliet (Romeo and Juliet)

Best short film

The War Game - Director: Peter Watkins

Sudden Summer - Director: Richard Taylor
The River Must Live - Director: Alan Pendry
The Tortoise and the Hare - Director: Hugh Hudson

Best documentary

Goal! The World Cup - Directed by Ross Devenish , Abidin Dino

Buster Keaton Rides Again - Director: John Spotton
I'm Going to Ask You to Get Up Out of Your Seat - Director: Richard Cawston
Thirty Years After (Episode: Matador) - Director: Kevin Billington

Best specialized film

Exploring Chemistry: The Nuffield Approach to the Teaching of Chemistry - Directed by Robert Parker

The Radio Sky - Director: Michael Crosfield
Visual Aids - Director: Richard Need

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