British Academy Film Awards 1995
The 48th British Academy Film Awards ceremony took place on April 21, 1995. The film prizes of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) were awarded in 20 categories, plus four special or honorary award categories. The venue was the Odeon Leicester Square in London , and the evening was hosted by British presenter and comedian Billy Connolly .
Award winners and nominations
| Movie | N | A. |
|---|---|---|
| Four weddings and one death | 11 | 4th |
| pulp Fiction | 9 | 2 |
| Forrest Gump | 8th | 1 |
| Priscilla - queen of the desert | 7th | 2 |
| Three colors: red | 4th | 0 |
| Interview with a vampire | 4th | 2 |
| Backbeat | 3 | 1 |
| The mask | 3 | 0 |
| Quiz show | 3 | 1 |
| speed | 3 | 2 |
| The Lion King | 2 | 0 |
With eleven nominations, Mike Newell's Four Weddings and One Death leading up to the event was a big favorite. In the end, he won the most prizes of the evening with four BAFTAs. None of the other films could win more than two awards; One of the losers was Forrest Gump , who received only one award in a sub-category out of eight nominations.
Best movie
Four Weddings and a Funeral (Four Weddings and a Funeral) - Director: Mike Newell
- Forrest Gump - Director: Robert Zemeckis
- Pulp Fiction - Director: Quentin Tarantino
- Quiz Show - Director: Robert Redford
Best British Film
Little Murders Among Friends (Shallow Grave) - Andrew Macdonald and Danny Boyle
- Backbeat - Finola Dwyer , Stephen Woolley and Iain Softley
- The Priest (Priest) - George Faber , Josephine Ward, and Antonia Bird
- Picnic on the Beach (Bhaji on the Beach) - Nadine Marsh-Edwards and Gurinder Chadha
Best director
Mike Newell - Four Weddings and a Funeral (Four Weddings and a Funeral)
- Krzysztof Kieślowski - Three colors: red (Trois couleurs: Rouge)
- Quentin Tarantino - Pulp Fiction
- Robert Zemeckis - Forrest Gump
Best Actor
Hugh Grant - Four Weddings and a Funeral (Four Weddings and a Funeral)
- Tom Hanks - Forrest Gump
- Terence Stamp - Priscilla - Queen of the Desert (The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert)
- John Travolta - Pulp Fiction
Best main actress
Susan Sarandon - The Client (The Client)
- Linda Fiorentino - The Last Seduction (The Last Seduction)
- Irène Jacob - Three colors: red (Trois couleurs: Rouge)
- Uma Thurman - Pulp Fiction
Best supporting actor
Samuel L. Jackson - Pulp Fiction
- Simon Callow - Four Weddings and a Funeral (Four Weddings and a Funeral)
- John Hannah - Four Weddings and a Funeral (Four Weddings and a Funeral)
- Paul Scofield - Quiz Show
The best supporting actress
Kristin Scott Thomas - Four Weddings and a Funeral (Four Weddings and a Funeral)
- Charlotte Coleman - Four Weddings and a Funeral (Four Weddings and a Funeral)
- Sally Field - Forrest Gump
- Anjelica Huston - Manhattan Murder Mystery
Best adapted script
- Ronald Bass , Amy Tan - Daughters of Heaven (The Joy Luck Club)
- Ronald Harwood - Scream to the Past (The Browning Version)
- Krzysztof Kieślowski , Krzysztof Piesiewicz - Three colors: red (Trois couleurs: Rouge)
- Eric Roth - Forrest Gump
Best original script
Roger Avary , Quentin Tarantino - Pulp Fiction
- Richard Curtis - Four Weddings and a Funeral (Four Weddings and a Funeral)
- Stephan Elliott - Priscilla - Queen of the Desert (The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert)
- Ron Nyswaner - Philadelphia
Best camera
Philippe Rousselot - Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles
- Brian J. Breheny - Priscilla - Queen of the Desert (The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert)
- Don Burgess - Forrest Gump
- Andrzej Sekuła - Pulp Fiction
Best production design
Dante Ferretti - Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles
- Colin Gibson , Owen Paterson - Priscilla - Queen of the Desert (The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert)
- Tim Harvey - Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (Frankenstein)
- Craig Stearns - The Mask (The Mask)
Best costumes
Tim Chappel , Lizzy Gardiner - Priscilla - Queen of the Desert (The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert)
- Colleen Atwood - Betty and Her Sisters (Little Women)
- Lindy Hemming - Four Weddings and a Funeral (Four Weddings and a Funeral)
- Sandy Powell - Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles
Best mask
Cassie Hanlon , Angela Conte , Strykermeyer - Priscilla - Queen of the Desert (The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert)
- January Archibald , Michele Burke , Stan Winston - Interview with the Vampire (Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles)
- Greg Cannom , Ve Neill , Yolanda Toussieng - Mrs. Doubtfire - The Prickly Nanny (Mrs. Doubtfire)
- Greg Cannom , Sheryl Ptak - The Mask (The Mask)
Best film score
- Richard Rodney Bennett - Four Weddings and a Funeral (Four Weddings and a Funeral)
- Guy Gross - Priscilla - Queen of the Desert (The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert)
- Hans Zimmer - The Lion King (The Lion King)
Best cut
- Jon Gregory - Four Weddings and a Funeral (Four Weddings and a Funeral)
- Sally Menke - Pulp Fiction
- Arthur Schmidt - Forrest Gump
Best tone
Bob Beemer , Stephen Hunter Flick , Gregg Landaker , David MacMillan , Steve Maslow - Speed
- Rick Ash , Stephen Hunter Flick , Ken King , Dean A. Zupancic - Pulp Fiction
- Glenn Freemantle , Chris Munro , Robin O'Donoghue - Backbeat
- David J. Hudson , Dac Kane , Mel Metcalfe , Terry Porter - The Lion King (The Lion King)
Best visual effects
Doug Chiang , Allen Hall , George Murphy , Ken Ralston , Stephen Rosenbaum - Forrest Gump
- Tom Bertino , Jon Farhat , Scott Squires , Steve "Spaz" Williams - The Mask (The Mask)
- Ron Brinkmann , John Frazier , Richard E. Hollander , Boyd Shermis - Speed
- John Bruno , Jamie Dixon , Thomas L. Fisher , Pat McClung , Jacques Stroweis - True Lies (True Lies)
Best animated short film
The Big Story - Tim Watts , David Stoten
- The monk and the fish (Le moine et le poisson) - Patrick Eveno, Jacques-Rémy Girerd, Michael Dudok de Wit
- Pib and Pog - Carla Shelley, Peter Peake
- Stressed - Karen Kelly
Best short film
Zinky Boys Go Underground - Tatiana Kennedy , Paul Tickell
- Lost Mojave - Jonathan Cordish , Vladimir Perlovich
- Marooned - Andrea Calderwood , Jonas Grimas
- That Sunday - Damiano Vukotic , Dan Zeff
Best Non-English Language Film
Life! (活着), Hong Kong - Chiu Fu-Sheng and Zhang Yimou
- Belle Epoque , Spain / Portugal / France - Fernando Trueba
- Three colors: red (Trois couleurs: Rouge) , Poland / Switzerland - Marin Karmitz and Krzysztof Kieślowski
- Eat Drink Man Woman (飲食 男女), Taiwan - Li-Kong Hsu and Ang Lee
Special and honorary awards
Academy Fellowship
- Billy Wilder , Austrian-American film director, producer and screenwriter
Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema
- Ridley and Tony Scott - Directors and Producers ( Blade Runner , Beverly Hills Cop II )
Special Award
- Richard Attenborough CBE, Mitzi Cunliffe- designed award on the occasion of his retirement
Lloyds Bank People's Vote For The Most Popular Film (Audience Award)
- Four Weddings and a Funeral (Four Weddings and a Funeral)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ David Benedict: Bafta revelations shock and amaze . In: The Independent , April 21, 1995.
- ↑ Without audience price.
- ↑ See awards.bafta.org