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British Academy Film Awards

19th edition

  • March 1, 1966
  • United Kingdom

The 19th British Academy Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1966, honoured the best films of 1965.

Awards

Movie People Status
Best Picture
My Fair Lady George Cukor Winner
Hamlet Grigori Kozintsev
The Hill Sidney Lumet
The Knack... and How to Get It Richard Lester
Zorba the Greek Michael Cacoyannis
Outstanding British Film
The Ipcress File Sidney J. Furie Winner
Darling John Schlesinger
The Hill Sidney Lumet
The Knack... and How to Get It Richard Lester
Best Foreign Actor
Cat Ballou Lee Marvin Winner
The Killers Lee Marvin Winner
Zorba the Greek Anthony Quinn
Hamlet Innokenty Smoktunovsky
How to Murder Your Wife Jack Lemmon
Good Neighbor Sam Jack Lemmon
Ship of Fools Oskar Werner
Best Foreign Actress
In Harm's Way Patricia Neal Winner
Cat Ballou Jane Fonda
Zorba the Greek Lila Kedrova
Ship of Fools Simone Signoret
Best British Actor
Darling Dirk Bogarde Winner
The Hill Harry Andrews
The Ipcress File Michael Caine
My Fair Lady Rex Harrison
Best British Actress
Darling Julie Christie Winner
The Americanization of Emily Julie Andrews
The Sound of Music Julie Andrews
Young Cassidy Maggie Smith
The Knack... and How to Get It Rita Tushingham
Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles
Four in the Morning Judi Dench Winner
Catch Us If You Can Barbara Ferris
The Knack... and How to Get It Michael Crawford
Cat Ballou Tom Nardini
Best British Screenplay
Darling Frederic Raphael Winner
The Hill Ray Rigby
The Ipcress File W. H. Canaway, James Doran
The Knack... and How to Get It Charles Wood
Best Documentary Feature Film
Tokyo Olympiad Kon Ichikawa Winner
Brute Force and Finesse Max Morgan-Witts
Deckie Learner Michael Grigsby
Stravinsky Roman Kroitor, Wolf Koenig
Best Animated Film
Do Be Careful Boys Vera Linnecar, Nancy Hanna, Keith Learner Winner
The Bargain Beryl Stevens
Birds, Bees and Storks John Halas
The Hoffnung Symphony Orchestra Harold Whitaker
Best Cinematography (Black and White)
The Hill Oswald Morris Winner
Darling Kenneth Higgins
The Knack... and How to Get It David Watkin
Repulsion Gilbert Taylor
Best Cinematography (Color)
The Ipcress File Otto Heller Winner
Help! David Watkin
Lord Jim Freddie Young
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes Christopher Challis
Best British Production Design (Black and White)
Darling Ray Simm Winner
The Bedford Incident Arthur Lawson
The Hill Herbert Smith
Rotten to the Core Alex Vetchinsky
Best British Production Design (Color)
The Ipcress File Ken Adam Winner
Lord Jim Geoffrey Drake
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes Thomas N. Morahan
Thunderball Ken Adam
Best Costume Design
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes sbert Lancaster, Dinah Greet Winner
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders Elizabeth Haffenden, Joan Bridge
Help! Julie Harris
A Shot in the Dark Margaret Furse
Young Cassidy Margaret Furse
Best Short Film
Rig Move Don Higgins Winner
60 Cycles Jean-Claude Labrecque
One of Them Is Named Brett Roger Graef
United Nations Award
Tokyo Olympiad Kon Ichikawa Winner
Fail Safe Sidney Lumet
King Rat Bryan Forbes
Zorba the Greek Michael Cacoyannis
Statistics

Most Awarded

2 or more wins
  • Darling 4
  • The Ipcress File 3
  • Tokyo Olympiad 2

Most Nominated

3 or more nominations
  • Darling 6
  • The Hill 6
  • The Knack... and How to Get It 6
  • The Ipcress File 5
  • Zorba the Greek 4
  • Cat Ballou 3
  • Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes 3

Most Unluckiest

wins / nominations
  • The Knack... and How to Get It 0 / 6
  • The Hill 1 / 6
  • Zorba the Greek 0 / 4
  • Darling 4 / 6
  • The Ipcress File 3 / 5
  • Cat Ballou 1 / 3
  • Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes 1 / 3

Only one nomination

26 movies:
  • 60 Cycles
  • The Americanization of Emily
  • The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders
  • The Bargain
  • The Bedford Incident
  • Birds, Bees and Storks
  • Brute Force and Finesse
  • Catch Us If You Can
  • Deckie Learner
  • Do Be Careful Boys
  • Fail Safe
  • Four in the Morning
  • Good Neighbor Sam
  • The Hoffnung Symphony Orchestra
  • How to Murder Your Wife
  • In Harm's Way
  • The Killers
  • King Rat
  • One of Them Is Named Brett
  • Repulsion
  • Rig Move
  • Rotten to the Core
  • A Shot in the Dark
  • The Sound of Music
  • Stravinsky
  • Thunderball

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