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British Academy Film Awards

54th edition

  • February 25, 2001
  • United Kingdom

The 54th British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, took place on 25 February 2001 at the Odeon Leicester Square in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 2000. 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 2000.

Awards

Movie People Status
Best Picture
Gladiator Douglas Wick, David Franzoni, Branko Lustig - as producer(s) Winner
Almost Famous Cameron Crowe, Ian Bryce - as producer(s)
Billy Elliot Greg Brenman, Jon Finn - as producer(s)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Bill Kong, Hsu Li Kon, Ang Lee - as producer(s)
Erin Brockovich Danny DeVito, Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher - as producer(s)
Outstanding British Film
Billy Elliot Greg Brenman, Jon Finn, Stephen Daldry Winner
Chicken Run Peter Lord, David Sproxton, Nick Park
The House of Mirth Olivia Stewart, Terence Davies
Last Resort Ruth Caleb, Paweł Pawlikowski
Sexy Beast Jeremy Thomas, Jonathan Glazer
Best Directing
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Ang Lee Winner
Gladiator Ridley Scott
Billy Elliot Stephen Daldry
Erin Brockovich Steven Soderbergh
Traffic Steven Soderbergh
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Billy Elliot Jamie Bell Winner
Quills Geoffrey Rush
Wonder Boys Michael Douglas
Gladiator Russell Crowe
Cast Away Tom Hanks
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Erin Brockovich Julia Roberts Winner
Boys Don't Cry Hilary Swank
Chocolat Juliette Binoche
Almost Famous Kate Hudson
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Michelle Yeoh
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Traffic Benicio del Toro Winner
Erin Brockovich Albert Finney
Billy Elliot Gary Lewis
Gladiator Joaquin Phoenix
Gladiator Oliver Reed
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Billy Elliot Julie Walters Winner
Almost Famous Frances McDormand
Chocolat Judi Dench
Chocolat Lena Olin
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Zhang Ziyi
Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer
Last Resort Paweł Pawlikowski Winner
Billy Elliot Lee Hall, Stephen Daldry
Saving Grace Mark Crowdy
Some Voices Simon Cellan Jones
Best Original Screenplay
Almost Famous Cameron Crowe Winner
Billy Elliot Lee Hall
Erin Brockovich Susannah Grant
Gladiator David Franzoni, John Logan, William Nicholson
O Brother, Where Art Thou? Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Best Adapted Screenplay
Traffic Stephen Gaghan Winner
Chocolat Robert Nelson Jacobs
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon James Schamus, Wang Hui-Ling, Tsai Kuo-Jung
High Fidelity D.V. DeVincentis, Steve Pink, John Cusack, Scott Rosenberg
Wonder Boys Steve Kloves
Best International Feature Film
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Bill Kong, Hsu Li Kong, Ang Lee Winner
The Girl on the Bridge Christian Fechner, Patrice Leconte
With a Friend Like Harry... Michel Saint-Jean, Dominik Moll
In the Mood for Love Wong Kar-Wai
Malena Harvey Weinstein, Carlo Bernasconi, Giuseppe Tornatore
Best Cinematography
Gladiator John Mathieson Winner
Billy Elliot Brian Tufano
Chocolat Roger Pratt
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Peter Pau
O Brother, Where Art Thou? Roger Deakins
Best Original Score
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Tan Dun Winner
Almost Famous Nancy Wilson
Billy Elliot Stephen Warbeck
Gladiator Hans Zimmer, Lisa Gerrard
O Brother, Where Art Thou? T Bone Burnett, Carter Burwell
Best Sound
Almost Famous Jeff Wexler, Doug Hemphill, Rick Kline, Paul Massey, Mike Wilhoit Winner
Billy Elliot Mark Holding, Mike Prestwood Smith, Zane Hayward
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Drew Kunin, Reilly Steele, Eugene Gearty, Robert Fernandez
Gladiator Ken Weston, Scott Millan, Bob Beemer, Per Hallberg
The Perfect Storm Keith A. Wester, John T. Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, David E. Campbell, Wylie Stateman, Kelly Cabral
Best Production Design
Gladiator Arthur Max Winner
Chocolat David Gropman
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Timmy Yip
O Brother, Where Art Thou? Dennis Gassner
Quills Martin Childs
Best Film Editing
Gladiator Pietro Scalia Winner
Billy Elliot John Wilson
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Tim Squyres
Erin Brockovich Anne V. Coates
Traffic Stephen Mirrione
Best Costume Design
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Timmy Yip Winner
Chocolat Renee Ehrlich Kalfus
Gladiator Janty Yates
The House of Mirth Monica Howe
Quills Jacqueline West
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
How the Grinch Stole Christmas Rick Baker, Kazuhiro Tsuji, Toni G, Gail Ryan, Sylvia Nava Winner
Chocolat Naomi Donne
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Man Yun Ling, Chau Siu Mui
Gladiator Paul Engelen, Graham Johnston
Quills Peter King, Nuala Conway
Best Visual Effects
The Perfect Storm Stefen Fangmeier, John Frazier, Walt Conti, Habib Zargarpour, Tim Alexander Winner
Chicken Run Paddy Eason, Mark Nelmes, Dave Alex Riddett
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Rob Hodgson, Leo Lo, Jonathan F. Strylund, Bessie Cheuk, Travis Baumann
Gladiator John Nelson, Tim Burke, Rob Harvey, Neil Corbould
Vertical Limit Kent Houston, Tricia Ashford, Neil Corbould, Paul Docherty, Dion Hatch
Best Short Film (Live Action)
Shadowscan Gary Holding, Justine Leahy, Tinge Krishnan Winner
Bait Soledad Gatti-Pascual, Tom Shankland, Jane Harris
Je t'aime John Wayne Luke Morris, Toby MacDonald, Luke Ponte
The Last Post Lee Santana, Dominic Santana
Sweet Rob Mercer, James Pilkington
Best Animated Short Film
Father and Daughter Claire Jennings, Willem Thijssen, Michaël Dudok de Wit Winner
Cloud Cover Lisbeth Svarling
Lounge Act Lisbeth SvarlingTeun Hitte, Gareth Love
Six Of One Phil Davies, Tim Webb
BAFTA Fellowship
Judi Dench Winner
Albert Finney Winner
Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award
Mary Selway Winner
Statistics

Most Awarded

2 or more wins
  • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 4
  • Gladiator 4
  • Billy Elliot 3
  • Almost Famous 2
  • Traffic 2

Most Nominated

3 or more nominations
  • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 14
  • Gladiator 14
  • Billy Elliot 12
  • Chocolat 8
  • Almost Famous 6
  • Erin Brockovich 6
  • O Brother, Where Art Thou? 4
  • Quills 4
  • Traffic 4

Most Unluckiest

wins / nominations
  • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 4 / 14
  • Gladiator 4 / 14
  • Billy Elliot 3 / 12
  • Chocolat 0 / 8
  • Erin Brockovich 1 / 6
  • Almost Famous 2 / 6
  • O Brother, Where Art Thou? 0 / 4
  • Quills 0 / 4
  • Traffic 2 / 4

Only one nomination

21 movies:
  • Bait
  • Boys Don't Cry
  • Cast Away
  • Cloud Cover
  • Father and Daughter
  • The Girl on the Bridge
  • High Fidelity
  • How the Grinch Stole Christmas
  • In the Mood for Love
  • Je t'aime John Wayne
  • The Last Post
  • Lounge Act
  • Malena
  • Saving Grace
  • Sexy Beast
  • Shadowscan
  • Six Of One
  • Some Voices
  • Sweet
  • Vertical Limit
  • With a Friend Like Harry...

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