62nd British Academy Film Awards

{{Infobox film awards

| number = 62

| award = British Academy Film Awards

| date = 8 February 2009

| site = Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London

| host = Jonathan Ross

| best_film = Slumdog Millionaire

| best_british = Man on Wire

| best_actor = Mickey Rourke

| best_actor_film = The Wrestler

| best_actress = Kate Winslet

| best_actress_film = The Reader

| most_wins = Slumdog Millionaire (7)

| most_nominations = The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Slumdog Millionaire (11)

| last = 61st

| next = 63rd

}}

The 62nd British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, took place on 8 February 2009 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 2008. Presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, accolades were handed out for the best feature-length film and documentaries of any nationality that were screened at British cinemas in 2008.

The nominees were announced on 15 January 2009.{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/jan/15/baftas-2009-full-list-of-nominations|title=Baftas 2009: full list of nominations|date=15 January 2009|work=The Guardian|access-date=11 February 2024}} Two films received the most nominations in eleven categories; The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Slumdog Millionaire. The Dark Knight followed with nine.{{cite web |url=http://www.bafta.org/awards/film/film-nominations-in-2009,657,BA.html |title=Film Nominations in 2009 |access-date=15 January 2009 |work=British Academy of Film and Television Arts |date=15 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090117024112/http://www.bafta.org/awards/film/film-nominations-in-2009%2C657%2CBA.html |archive-date=2009-01-17 |url-status=dead}} Slumdog Millionaire took home the most awards with seven.

Jonathan Ross hosted the ceremony for the third consecutive year.

Winners and nominees

File:Danny Boyle Red Carpet T2 Trainspotting Berlinale 2017 02.jpg, Best Director winner]]

File:Mickey Rourke Tribeca 2009 Shankbone.jpg, Best Actor winner]]

File:KateWinsletByAndreaRaffin2011.jpg, Best Actress winner]]

File:Heath Ledger (Berlin Film Festival 2006) revised.jpg, Best Supporting Actor winner]]

File:Premios Goya 2018 - Penélope Cruz.jpg, Best Supporting Actress winner]]

File:Martin McDonagh 2012.jpg, Best Original Screenplay winner]]

File:Noel Clarke at the BAFTA Film Awards 2015.jpg, Orange Rising Star Award winner]]

=BAFTA Fellowship=

Terry Gilliam

=Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema=

Pinewood Studios and Shepperton Studios

=Awards=

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

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Slumdog Millionaire – Christian Colson
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Ceán Chaffin
Frost/Nixon – Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Brian Grazer and Ron Howard
Milk – Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen
The Reader – Anthony Minghella, Sydney Pollack, Donna Gigliotti and Redmond Morris

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

Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire
Clint Eastwood – Changeling
David Fincher – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard – Frost/Nixon
Stephen Daldry – The Reader

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

Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler as Robin Ramzinski/Randy Robinson

Brad Pitt – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button as Benjamin Button

Dev Patel – Slumdog Millionaire as Jamal Malik

Frank Langella – Frost/Nixon as Richard Nixon

Sean Penn – Milk as Harvey Milk

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

Kate Winslet – The Reader as Hanna Schmitz
Angelina Jolie – Changeling as Christine Collins
Kate Winslet – Revolutionary Road as April Wheeler
Kristin Scott Thomas – I've Loved You So Long as Juliette Fontaine
Meryl Streep – Doubt as Sister Aloysius Beauvier

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

Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight as Joker

Brad Pitt – Burn After Reading as Chad Feldheimer

Brendan Gleeson – In Bruges as Ken Daley

Philip Seymour Hoffman – Doubt as Father Brendan Flynn

Robert Downey Jr. – Tropic Thunder as Kirk Lazarus

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

Penélope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona as Maria Elena
Amy Adams – Doubt as Sister James
Freida Pinto – Slumdog Millionaire as Latika
Marisa Tomei – The Wrestler as Pam/Cassidy
Tilda Swinton – Burn After Reading as Katie Cox

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In Bruges – Martin McDonagh

Burn After Reading – Joel Coen and Ethan Coen

Changeling – J. Michael Straczynski

I've Loved You So Long – Philippe Claudel

Milk – Dustin Lance Black

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

Slumdog Millionaire – Simon Beaufoy
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Eric Roth
Frost/Nixon – Peter Morgan
The Reader – David Hare (playwright)
Revolutionary Road – Justin Haythe

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

Slumdog Millionaire – Anthony Dod Mantle

Changeling – Tom Stern

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Claudio Miranda

The Dark Knight – Wally Pfister

The Reader – Chris Menges and Roger Deakins

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

The Duchess – Michael O'Connor
Changeling – Deborah Hopper
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Jacqueline West
The Dark Knight – Lindy Hemming
Revolutionary Road – Albert Wolsky

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Slumdog Millionaire – Chris Dickens

Changeling – Joel Cox and Gary D. Roach

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall

The Dark Knight – Lee Smith

Frost/Nixon – Mike Hill and Daniel P. Hanley

In Bruges – Jon Gregory

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

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Jean Ann Black and Colleen Callaghan
The Dark Knight – Peter King
The Duchess – Daniel Phillips and Jan Archibald
Frost/Nixon – Edouard F. Henriques and Kim Santantonio
Milk – Steven E. Anderson and Michael White

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

Slumdog Millionaire – A. R. Rahman

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Alexandre Desplat

The Dark Knight – Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard

Mamma Mia! – Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus

WALL-E – Thomas Newman

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

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Donald Graham Burt and Victor J. Zolfo
Changeling – James J. Murakami and Gary Fettis
The Dark Knight – Nathan Crowley and Peter Lando
Revolutionary Road – Kristi Zea and Debra Schutt
Slumdog Millionaire – Mark Digby and Michelle Day

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

Slumdog Millionaire – Glenn Freemantle, Resul Pookutty, Richard Pryke, Tom Sayers and Ian Tapp

Changeling – Walt Martin, Alan Robert Murray, John T. Reitz and Gregg Rudloff

The Dark Knight – Lora Hirschberg, Richard King, Ed Novick and Gary Rizzo

Quantum of Solace – Eddy Joseph, Chris Munro, Mike Prestwood Smith, Mark Taylor and Jimmy Boyle

WALL-E – Ben Burtt, Tom Myers, Michael Semanick and Matthew Wood

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

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Eric Barba, Craig Barron, Nathan McGuinness and Edson Williams
The Dark Knight – Chris Corbould, Nick Davis, Paul Franklin and Tim Webber
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull – Pablo Helman, Marshall Krasser and Steve Rawlins
Iron Man – Shane Mahan, John Nelson, Ben Snow and Hal Hickel
Quantum of Solace – Chris Corbould and Kevin Tod Haug

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

Man on Wire – Simon Chinn and James Marsh

Hunger – Laura Hastings-Smith, Robin Gutch, Steve McQueen and Enda Walsh

In Bruges – Graham Broadbent, Peter Czernin and Martin McDonagh

Mamma Mia! – Judy Craymer, Gary Goetzman, Phyllida Lloyd and Catherine Johnson

Slumdog Millionaire – Christian Colson, Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy

| valign="top" width="50%" | {{Award category|{{BAFTA Film Awards/colour}}|Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer}}

Hunger – Steve McQueen (Writer/Director)
Mamma Mia! – Judy Craymer (Producer)
Man on Wire – Simon Chinn (Producer)
Of Time and the City – Roy Boulter and Sol Papadopoulos (Producer)
Son of Rambow – Garth Jennings (Writer)

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

A Matter of Loaf and Death – Steve Pegram, Nick Park and Bob Baker

Codswallop – Greg McLead and Myles McLead

Varmints – Sue Goffe and Marc Craste

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September – Stewart Le Marechal and Esther May Campbell
The Business Trip – Celine Quideau and Sean Ellis
Kingsland #1: The Dreamer – Kate Ogborn and Tony Grisoni
Love You More – Sam Taylor-Johnson, Patrick Marber, Anthony Minghella and Caroline Harvey
Ralph – Olivier Kaempfer and Alex Winckler