Search

British Academy Film Awards

56th edition

  • February 23, 2003
  • United Kingdom

The 56th British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, took place on 23 February 2003 at the Odeon Leicester Square in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 2002. 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 2002.

Awards

Movie People Status
Best Picture
The Pianist Roman Polanski, Robert Benmusso, Alain Sarde - as producer(s) Winner
Chicago Martin Richards - as producer(s)
Gangs of New York Alberto Grimaldi, Harvey Weinstein - as producer(s)
The Hours Scott Rudin, Robert Fox - as producer(s)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Barrie M. Osborne, Fran Walsh, Peter Jackson - as producer(s)
Outstanding British Film
The Warrior Bertrand Faivre, Asif Kapadia Winner
Bend It Like Beckham Deepak Nayar, Gurinder Chadha
Dirty Pretty Things Tracey Seaward, Robert Jones, Stephen Frears
The Hours Scott Rudin, Robert Fox, Stephen Daldry
The Magdalene Sisters Frances Higson, Peter Mullan
Best Directing
The Pianist Roman Polanski Winner
Gangs of New York Martin Scorsese
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Peter Jackson
Chicago Rob Marshall
The Hours Stephen Daldry
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Gangs of New York Daniel Day-Lewis Winner
The Pianist Adrien Brody
About Schmidt Jack Nicholson
The Quiet American Michael Caine
Adaptation. Nicolas Cage
Best Actress in a Leading Role
The Hours Nicole Kidman Winner
Monster's Ball Halle Berry
The Hours Meryl Streep
Chicago Renée Zellweger
Frida Salma Hayek
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Catch Me If You Can Christopher Walken Winner
Frida Alfred Molina
Adaptation. Chris Cooper
The Hours Ed Harris
Road to Perdition Paul Newman
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Chicago Catherine Zeta-Jones Winner
The Hours Julianne Moore
Adaptation. Meryl Streep
Chicago Queen Latifah
About a Boy Toni Collette
Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer
The Warrior Asif Kapadia Winner
AKA Duncan Roy
Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry Simon Bent
Lost in La Mancha Lucy Darwin
Best Original Screenplay
Talk to Her Pedro Almodóvar Winner
Dirty Pretty Things Steven Knight
Gangs of New York Jay Cocks, Steven Zaillian, Kenneth Lonergan
The Magdalene Sisters Peter Mullan
Y Tu Mamá También Carlos Cuarón, Alfonso Cuarón
Best Adapted Screenplay
Adaptation. Charlie Kaufman Winner
About a Boy Peter Hedges, Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz
Catch Me If You Can Jeff Nathanson
The Hours David Hare
The Pianist Ronald Harwood
Best International Feature Film
Talk to Her Agustín Almodóvar, Pedro Almodóvar Winner
City of God Andrea Barata Ribeiro, Mauricio Andrade Ramos, Fernando Meirelles
Devdas Bharat Shah, Sanjay Leela Bhansali
The Warrior Bertrand Faivre, Asif Kapadia
Y Tu Mamá También Jorge Vergara, Alfonso Cuarón
Best Cinematography
Road to Perdition Conrad Hall Winner
Chicago Dion Beebe
Gangs of New York Michael Ballhaus
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Andrew Lesnie
The Pianist Paweł Edelman
Best Original Score
The Hours Philip Glass Winner
Catch Me If You Can John Williams
Chicago Danny Elfman, John Kander, Fred Ebb
Gangs of New York Howard Shore, Robbie Robertson, The Edge
The Pianist Wojciech Kilar
Best Sound
Chicago Michael Minkler, Dominick Tavella, David Lee, Maurice Schell Winner
Gangs of New York Tom Fleischman, Ivan Sharrock, Eugene Gearty, Philip Stockton
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Randy Thom, Dennis Leonard, John Midgley, Ray Merrin, Graham Daniel, Rick Kline
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Ethan Van der Ryn, David Farmer, Mike Hopkins, Hammond Peek, Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges
The Pianist Jean-Marie Blondel, Dean Humphreys, Gerard Hardy
Best Production Design
Road to Perdition Dennis Gassner Winner
Chicago John Myhre
Gangs of New York Dante Ferretti
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Stuart Craig
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Grant Major
Best Film Editing
City of God Daniel Rezende Winner
Chicago Martin Walsh
Gangs of New York Thelma Schoonmaker
The Hours Peter Boyle
World of Tomorrow Episode Two: The Burden of Other People's Thoughts Michael J. Horton
Best Costume Design
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Ngila Dickson, Richard Taylor Winner
Catch Me If You Can Mary Zophres
Chicago Colleen Atwood
Frida Julie Weiss
Gangs of New York Sandy Powell
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Frida Judy Chin, Beatrice De Alba, John E. Jackson, Regina Reyes Winner
Chicago Jordan Samuel, Judi Cooper-Sealy
Gangs of New York Manlio Rocchetti, Aldo Signoretti
The Hours Ivana Primorac, Conor O'Sullivan, Jo Allen
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Peter Owen, Peter King, Richard Taylor
Best Visual Effects
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook, Alex Funke Winner
Gangs of New York Bruce Steinheimer, Michael Owens, Ed Hirsh, Jon Alexander
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Jim Mitchell, Nick Davis, John Richardson, Bill George, Nick Dudman
Minority Report Scott Farrar, Michael Lantieri, Nathan McGuinness, Henry LaBounta
Spider-Man John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara, John Frazier
Best Short Film (Live Action)
My Wrongs #8245–8249 & 117 Mark Herbert, Chris Morris Winner
Bouncer Natasha Carlish, Sophie Morgan, Michael Baig-Clifford, Geoff Thompson
Candy Bar Kid Benjamin Johns, Shan Khan
Good Night Yoav Factor, Sun-Young Chun
The Most Beautiful Man in the World Hugh Welchman, Alicia Duffy
Rank Andrew O'Connell, David Yates, Robbie McCallum
Best Animated Short Film
Fish Never Sleep Gaëlle Denis Winner
The ChubbChubbs! Jacquie Barnbrook, Eric Armstrong, Jeff Wolverton
The Dog Who Was a Cat Inside Andrew Ruhemann, Siân Rees, Siri Melchoir
Sap Lucie Wenigerová, Hyun-Joo Kim
Wedding Espresso Jonathan Bairstow, Sandra Ensby, Lesley Glaister
BAFTA Fellowship
Saul Zaentz Winner
Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award
Michael Stevenson Winner
David Tomblin Winner
Statistics

Most Awarded

2 or more wins
  • Chicago 2
  • The Hours 2
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 2
  • The Pianist 2
  • Road to Perdition 2
  • Talk to Her 2
  • The Warrior 2

Most Nominated

3 or more nominations
  • Chicago 12
  • Gangs of New York 12
  • The Hours 11
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 8
  • The Pianist 7
  • Adaptation. 4
  • Catch Me If You Can 4
  • Frida 4
  • Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 3
  • Road to Perdition 3
  • The Warrior 3

Most Unluckiest

wins / nominations
  • Gangs of New York 1 / 12
  • Chicago 2 / 12
  • The Hours 2 / 11
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 2 / 8
  • The Pianist 2 / 7
  • Adaptation. 1 / 4
  • Catch Me If You Can 1 / 4
  • Frida 1 / 4
  • Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 0 / 3

Only one nomination

22 movies:
  • About Schmidt
  • AKA
  • Bend It Like Beckham
  • Bouncer
  • Candy Bar Kid
  • Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry
  • The ChubbChubbs!
  • Devdas
  • The Dog Who Was a Cat Inside
  • Fish Never Sleep
  • Good Night
  • Lost in La Mancha
  • Minority Report
  • Monster's Ball
  • The Most Beautiful Man in the World
  • My Wrongs #8245–8249 & 117
  • The Quiet American
  • Rank
  • Sap
  • Spider-Man
  • Wedding Espresso
  • World of Tomorrow Episode Two: The Burden of Other People's Thoughts

Updated at