22nd British Academy Film Awards

{{Short description|1969 film awards ceremony}}

{{Infobox film awards

| number = 22

| award = British Academy Film Awards

| date = 1969

| site =

| host =

| producer =

| director =

| best_film = The Graduate

| best_british =

| best_actor = Spencer Tracy

| best_actor_film = Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

| best_actress = Katharine Hepburn

| best_actress_film = Guess Who's Coming to Dinner and The Lion in Winter

| most_wins = The Graduate (5)

| most_nominations =The Lion in Winter & Oliver! (8)

| channel =

| duration =

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| last = 21st

| next = 23rd

}}

The 22nd British Academy Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1969, honoured the best films of 1968. The Graduate won Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Editor, plus Most Promising Newcomer for Dustin Hoffman.{{cite web|url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1969/film/|title=BAFTA {{!}} Film in 1969 |website=bafta.org|access-date=2024-02-01}}

Winners and nominees

File:Spencer tracy state of the union.jpg, Best Actor winner]]

File:Katharine Hepburn publicity photograph.jpg, Best Actress winner]]

File:Ian Holm.jpg, Best Supporting Actor winner]]

File:Dustin Hoffman - Little Big Man.jpg, Best Newcomer winner]]

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valign="top" width="50%" | {{Award category|{{BAFTA Film Awards/colour}}|Best Film}}

The GraduateMike Nichols

| valign="top" width="50%" | {{Award category|{{BAFTA Film Awards/colour}}|Best Direction}}

Mike NicholsThe Graduate

valign="top" width="50%" | {{Award category|{{BAFTA Film Awards/colour}}|Best Actor in a Leading Role}}

Spencer TracyGuess Who's Coming to Dinner as Matt Drayton

| valign="top" width="50%" | {{Award category|{{BAFTA Film Awards/colour}}|Best Actress in a Leading Role}}

Katharine HepburnGuess Who's Coming to Dinner as Christina Drayton and The Lion in Winter as Eleanor

valign="top" width="50%" | {{Award category|{{BAFTA Film Awards/colour}}|Best Actor in a Supporting Role}}

Ian HolmThe Bofors Gun as Gunner Flynn

| valign="top" width="50%" | {{Award category|{{BAFTA Film Awards/colour}}|Best Actress in a Supporting Role}}

Billie WhitelawCharlie Bubbles as Lottie Bubbles
Billie WhitelawTwisted Nerve as Joan Harper

valign="top" width="50%" | {{Award category|{{BAFTA Film Awards/colour}}|Best Screenplay}}

The GraduateCalder Willingham and Buck Henry

| valign="top" width="50%" | {{Award category|{{BAFTA Film Awards/colour}}|Best Cinematography}}

2001: A Space OdysseyGeoffrey Unsworth

valign="top" width="50%" | {{Award category|{{BAFTA Film Awards/colour}}|Best Costume Design}}

Romeo and JulietDanilo Donati

| valign="top" width="50%" | {{Award category|{{BAFTA Film Awards/colour}}|Best Editing}}

The GraduateSam O'Steen

valign="top" width="50%" | {{Award category|{{BAFTA Film Awards/colour}}|Best Original Music}}

The Lion in WinterJohn Barry

| valign="top" width="50%" | {{Award category|{{BAFTA Film Awards/colour}}|Best Production Design}}

2001: A Space OdysseyAnthony Masters, Harry Lange and Ernest Archer

valign="top" width="50%" | {{Award category|{{BAFTA Film Awards/colour}}|Best Sound}}

2001: A Space Odyssey – Winston Ryder

| valign="top" width="50%" | {{Award category|{{BAFTA Film Awards/colour}}|Best Short Animation}}

Pas de deuxNorman McLaren

valign="top" width="50%" | {{Award category|{{BAFTA Film Awards/colour}}|Best Documentary}}

In Need of Special CareJonathan Stedall

| valign="top" width="50%" | {{Award category|{{BAFTA Film Awards/colour}}|Best Specialised Film}}

The Threat in the Water – Richard Bigham

  • Carbon – Peter De Normanville
  • Genetics and Plant Breeding – David Morphet
  • The Kurer Anchor System – Eric Horrison
valign="top" width="50%" | {{Award category|{{BAFTA Film Awards/colour}}|Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles}}

Dustin HoffmanThe Graduate as Benjamin Braddock

| valign="top" width="50%" | {{Award category|{{BAFTA Film Awards/colour}}|United Nations Award}}

Guess Who's Coming to DinnerStanley Kramer

Statistics

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|+ Films that received multiple nominations

! style="background:{{BAFTA Film Awards/colour}};| Nominations

! style="background:{{BAFTA Film Awards/colour}};| Film

rowspan="2" | 8

| The Lion in Winter

Oliver!
rowspan="3" | 7

| The Charge of the Light Brigade

The Graduate
Romeo and Juliet
5

| 2001: A Space Odyssey

4

| Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

rowspan="5" | 2

| The Bofors Gun

Closely Watched Trains
Elvira Madigan
if....
In Need of Special Case

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|+ Films that received multiple awards

! style="background:{{BAFTA Film Awards/colour}};| Awards

! style="background:{{BAFTA Film Awards/colour}};| Film

5

| The Graduate

rowspan="2" | 3

| 2001: A Space Odyssey

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
2

| The Lion in Winter

See also

References

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{{BAFTA Film Awards Chron}}

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Category:1969 in British cinema