58th British Academy Film Awards

The 58th British Academy Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, took place on 12 February 2005 and honoured the best films of 2004.

58th British Academy Film Awards
Date	12 February 2005
Site	Odeon Leicester Square, London
Hosted by	Stephen Fry
Highlights
Best Film	The Aviator
Best British Film	My Summer of Love
Best Actor	Jamie Foxx Ray
Best Actress	Imelda Staunton Vera Drake
Most awards	The Aviator (4)
Most nominations	The Aviator (14)

The Aviator won Best Film, Best Supporting Actress for Cate Blanchett, Best Production Design, and Best Makeup and Hair. Jamie Foxx and Imelda Staunton won Best Actor and Best Actress for Ray and Vera Drake, respectively. Vera Drake also won Best Director for Mike Leigh and Best Costume Design. My Summer of Love, directed by Paweł Pawlikowski, was voted Outstanding British Film of 2004.

Winners and nominees

Mike Leigh, Best Director winner

Jamie Foxx, Best Actor winner

Imelda Staunton, Best Actress winner

Clive Owen, Best Supporting Actor winner

Cate Blanchett, Best Supporting Actress winner

Charlie Kaufman, Best Original Screenplay winner

Alexander Payne, Best Adapted Screenplay co-winner

Gustavo Santaolalla, Best Original Score winner

Dante Ferretti, Best Production Design winner

Best Film The Aviator – Michael Mann, Sandy Climan, Graham King and Charles Evans Jr. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind – Steve Golin and Anthony Bregman Finding Neverland – Richard N. Gladstein and Nellie Bellflower The Motorcycle Diaries – Michael Nozik, Edgard Tenenbaum and Karen Tenkhoff Vera Drake – Simon Channing Williams and Alain Sarde	Best Direction Mike Leigh – Vera Drake Marc Forster – Finding Neverland Martin Scorsese – The Aviator Michael Mann – Collateral Michel Gondry – Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Best Actor in a Leading Role Jamie Foxx – Ray as Ray Charles Gael García Bernal – The Motorcycle Diaries as Che Guevara Jim Carrey – Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind as Joel Barish Johnny Depp – Finding Neverland as J. M. Barrie Leonardo DiCaprio – The Aviator as Howard Hughes	Best Actress in a Leading Role Imelda Staunton – Vera Drake as Vera Drake Charlize Theron – Monster as Aileen Wuornos Kate Winslet – Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind as Clementine Kruczynski Kate Winslet – Finding Neverland as Sylvia Llewelyn Davies Zhang Ziyi – House of Flying Daggers as Mei
Best Actor in a Supporting Role Clive Owen – Closer as Larry Gray Alan Alda – The Aviator as Owen Brewster Jamie Foxx – Collateral as Max Durocher Phil Davis – Vera Drake as Stanley Drake Rodrigo de la Serna – The Motorcycle Diaries as Alberto Granado	Best Actress in a Supporting Role Cate Blanchett – The Aviator as Katharine Hepburn Heather Craney – Vera Drake as Joyce Drake Julie Christie – Finding Neverland as Emma du Maurier Meryl Streep – The Manchurian Candidate as Eleanor Prentiss Shaw Natalie Portman – Closer as Alice Ayres / Jane Jones
Best Original Screenplay Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind – Charlie Kaufman The Aviator – John Logan Collateral – Stuart Beattie Ray – James L. White Vera Drake – Mike Leigh	Best Adapted Screenplay Sideways – Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor The Chorus – Christophe Barratier and Philippe Lopes-Curval Closer – Patrick Marber Finding Neverland – David Magee The Motorcycle Diaries – José Rivera
Best Cinematography Collateral – Dion Beebe and Paul Cameron The Aviator – Robert Richardson Finding Neverland – Roberto Schaefer House of Flying Daggers – Zhao Xiaoding The Motorcycle Diaries – Éric Gautier	Best Costume Design Vera Drake – Jacqueline Durran The Aviator – Sandy Powell Finding Neverland – Alexandra Byrne House of Flying Daggers – Emi Wada The Merchant of Venice – Sammy Sheldon
Best Editing Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind – Valdís Óskarsdóttir The Aviator – Thelma Schoonmaker Collateral – Jim Miller and Paul Rubell House of Flying Daggers – Long Cheng Vera Drake – Jim Clark	Best Makeup and Hair The Aviator – Morag Ross, Kathryn Blondell and Siân Grigg Finding Neverland – Christine Blundell Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban – Amanda Knight, Eithn Fennell and Nick Dudman House of Flying Daggers – Kwan Lee-Na, Yang Xiaohai and Chau Siu-Mui Vera Drake – Christine Blundell
Best Original Music The Motorcycle Diaries – Gustavo Santaolalla The Aviator – Howard Shore The Chorus – Bruno Coulais Finding Neverland – Jan A. P. Kaczmarek Ray – Craig Armstrong	Best Production Design The Aviator – Dante Ferretti Finding Neverland – Gemma Jackson Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban – Stuart Craig House of Flying Daggers – Huo Tingxiao Vera Drake – Eve Stewart
Best Sound Ray – Steve Cantamessa, Scott Millan, Greg Orloff and Bob Beemer The Aviator – Philip Stockton, Eugene Gearty, Petur Hliddal and Tom Fleischman Collateral – Elliott Koretz, Lee Orloff, Michael Minkler and Myron Nettinga House of Flying Daggers – Tao Jing and Roger Savage Spider-Man 2 – Paul N. J. Ottosson, Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell and Jeffrey J. Haboush	Best Special Visual Effects The Day After Tomorrow – Karen Goulekas, Neil Corbould, Greg Strause and Remo Balcells The Aviator – Robert Legato, Pete Travers, Matthew Gratzner and Bruce Steinheimer Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban – John Richardson, Roger Guyett, Tim Burke, Bill George and Karl Mooney House of Flying Daggers – Angie Lam, Andy Brown, Kirsty Millar and Luke Hetherington Spider-Man 2 – John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara and John Frazier
Outstanding British Film My Summer of Love – Tanya Seghatchian, Christopher Collins and Paweł Pawlikowski Dead Man's Shoes – Mark Herbert and Shane Meadows Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban – David Heyman, Chris Columbus, Mark Radcliffe and Alfonso Cuarón Shaun of the Dead – Nira Park and Edgar Wright Vera Drake – Simon Channing Williams, Alain Sarde and Mike Leigh	Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer A Way of Life – Amma Asante (Writer/Director) AfterLife – Andrea Gibb (Writer) Dear Frankie – Shona Auerbach (Director) Layer Cake – Matthew Vaughn (Director) Shaun of the Dead – Nira Park (Producer)
Best Short Animation Birthday Boy – Andrew Gregory and Park Se-jong City Paradise – Erika Forzy and Gaelle Denis Heavy Pockets – Jane Robertson and Sarah Cox His Passionate Bride – Sylvie Bringas and Monika Forsberg Little Things – Daniel Greaves	Best Short Film The Banker – Kelly Broad and Hattie Dalton Can't Stop Breathing – Ravinder Basra and Amy Neil Elephant Boy – Rene Mohandas and Durdana Shaikh Knitting a Love Song – Debbie Ballin and Annie Watson Six Shooter – Mia Bays, Kenton Allen and Martin McDonagh
Best Film Not in the English Language The Motorcycle Diaries – Michael Nozik, Edgard Tenenbaum, Karen Tenkhoff and Walter Salles Bad Education – Agustín Almodóvar and Pedro Almodóvar The Chorus – Arthur Cohn, Nicolas Mauvernay, Jacques Perrin and Christophe Barratier House of Flying Daggers – William Kong and Zhang Yimou A Very Long Engagement – Francis Boespflug and Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Statistics

Films that received multiple nominations

Nominations	Film
14	The Aviator
11	Finding Neverland
	Vera Drake
9	House of Flying Daggers
7	The Motorcycle Diaries
6	Collateral
	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
4	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
	Ray
3	The Chorus
	Closer
2	Shaun of the Dead
	Spider-Man 2

Films that received multiple awards

Awards	Film
4	The Aviator
3	Vera Drake
2	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
	The Motorcycle Diaries
	Ray

See also

• 77th Academy Awards
• 30th César Awards
• 10th Critics' Choice Awards
• 57th Directors Guild of America Awards
• 62nd Golden Globe Awards
• 25th Golden Raspberry Awards
• 9th Golden Satellite Awards
• 20th Independent Spirit Awards
• 10th Lumières Awards
• 16th Producers Guild of America Awards
• 31st Saturn Awards
• 11th Screen Actors Guild Awards
• 57th Writers Guild of America Awards

Sources

• http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1018223,00.html Aviator leads BAFTAs with 14 nominations
• http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4260957.stm Aviator wins Best Film
• http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4261145.stm Stars on Red Carpet