Evening Standard British Film Award / Most Promising Young Talent
Evening Standard British Film Award : Most Promising Young Talent
Winner of the Evening Standard British Film Awards in the category Most Promising youth development ( Most Promising Newcomer ). From 1974 to 1981 the category was reserved for the best female and male young actors ( Most Promising Newcomer - Actor / Actress ). In 1982, a one-time prize was awarded for the best young director. The winners include such well-known filmmakers as Jude Law , Neil Jordan , Gary Oldman , Jonathan Pryce , Guy Ritchie , Kristin Scott Thomas and Emily Watson . In 2016 the category was renamed Rising Star .
| year | Award winners | Movie title | German distribution title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Lynne Frederick | The Amazing Mr. Blunden | not known |
| Simon Ward | Young Winston | The young lion | |
| 1975 | Heather Wright | The Belstone Fox | The Belstone Fox |
| Edward Fox | The Day of the Jackal | The jackal | |
| 1976 | Jill Townsend | Alfie Darling | Alfie, the philosopher with love |
| Robin Askwith | Confessions of a Window Cleaner | Without a shirt or panties - the window cleaner | |
| 1977 | Gemma Craven | The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella | Cinderella's silver shoe |
| Peter Firth | Equus | Equus - blind horses | |
| 1978 | Lesley-Anne Down | The Pink Panther Strikes Again | Inspector Clouseau, the "best" man at Interpol |
| Dennis Waterman | Sweeney! | Code name Sweeny | |
| 1979 | Lea Brodie | Warlords of Atlantis | Diving trip of horror |
| Michael J. Jackson | Sweeney 2 | Sweeney II | |
| 1980 | Karen Dotrice | The Thirty Nine Steps | The 39 steps |
| Simon MacCorkindale | Death on the Nile | Death on the Nile | |
| 1981 | Wendy Morgan | Yanks | Yanks - We were strangers yesterday |
| Jonathan Pryce | Breaking Glass | Breaking Glass | |
| 1982 |
Franco Rosso (director) |
Babylon | Babylon |
| 1983 |
Cassie McFarlane (Actress) |
Burning an illusion | An illusion disappears |
| 1984 |
Neil Jordan (Director and Screenplay) |
fishing rod | Angel - road without end |
| 1985 |
Tim Roth (Actor) |
The hit | The hit |
| 1986 |
Margi Clarke Alexandra Pigg (Actress) |
A Letter to Breshnev | Letter to Breshnev |
| 1987 |
Gary Oldman (Actor) |
Sid and Nancy | Sid and Nancy |
| 1988 |
Harry Hook (Director) |
The Kitchen Toto | Uprising in Kenya |
| 1989 |
Kristin Scott Thomas (Actress) |
A handful of dust | A handful of dust |
|
Jodhi May (young actress) |
A World Apart | Two worlds | |
| 1990 |
Andi Engel (director) |
Melancholia | The fifth Friday |
| 1991 |
Philip Ridley (screenplay) |
The Krays | The Krays |
| 1992 |
Anthony Minghella (Director and Screenplay) |
Truly Madly Deeply | How crazy & from the bottom of my heart |
| 1993 |
Peter Chelsom (director and screenplay) |
Hear My Song | Hear My Song |
| 1994 |
Vadim Jean Gary Sinyor (Director and Screenplay) |
Leon the Pig Farmer | Leon The Pig Farmer |
| 1995 |
Gurinder Chadha (Director and Screenplay) |
Bhaji on the Beach | Picnic on the beach |
|
Ian Hart (Actor) |
Backbeat | Backbeat | |
| 1996 |
Danny Boyle (Director) |
Shallow grave | Small murders among friends |
| 1997 |
Emily Watson (actress) |
Breaking the waves | Breaking the waves |
| 1998 |
Jude Law (Actor) |
Savage | Oscar Wilde |
| 1999 |
Guy Ritchie (Director and Screenplay) |
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels | Jack, queen, king, grass |
| 2000 |
Peter Mullan (Director and Screenplay) |
Orphans | Orphans |
| 2001 |
Jamie Bell (Actor) |
Billy Elliot | Billy Elliot - I Will Dance |
| 2002 |
Ben Hopkins (director and screenplay) |
The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz | The nine lives of Tomas Katz |
| 2003 |
Asif Kapadia (director and screenplay) |
The warrior | not known |
| 2004 |
Max Pirkis (Actor) |
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | Master & Commander - To the end of the world |
| 2005 |
Emily Blunt Nathalie Press (Actress) |
My Summer of Love | My Summer of Love |
| 2006 |
Saul Dibb (director and screenplay) |
Bullet boy | not known |
| 2007 |
Paul Andrew Williams (Director and Screenplay) |
London to Brighton | London to Brighton |
| 2008 |
John Carney (Director and Screenplay) |
Once | Once |
| 2009 |
Johanna Hogg (director and screenplay) |
Unrelated | not known |
| 2010 |
Peter Strickland (director and screenplay) |
Katalin Varga | not known |
| 2011 |
Ben Wheatley (director and screenplay) |
Down Terrace | not known |
| 2016 |
Maisie Williams (actress) |
The Falling | not known |