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52nd British Academy Film Awards

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Date
  
11 April 1999

Best Film
  
Shakespeare in Love

Hosted by
  
Jonathan Ross

Best British Film
  
Elizabeth

Best Actor
  
Roberto Benigni Life is Beautiful

Best Actress
  
Cate Blanchett Elizabeth

The 52nd BAFTA Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts on 11 April 1999, honoured the best in film for 1998.

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Shakespeare in Love won the award for Best Film (also won the Academy Award for Best Picture) and Best Editing. Elizabeth was voted Best British Film. Both Judi Dench and Cate Blanchett won awards for their portrayals of Queen Elizabeth I. Geoffrey Rush won the award for Best Supporting Actor. Italian actor Roberto Benigni won the award for Best Actor in a Leading Role in La vita è bella (Life Is Beautiful). He went on to win the Academy Award. Peter Weir, director of The Truman Show, won the BAFTA Film Award for Best Directing.

Best Film

Shakespeare in Love

  • Elizabeth
  • Saving Private Ryan
  • The Truman Show

    • Best Actor

    Roberto Benigni in Life is Beautiful

  • Michael Caine in Little Voice
  • Tom Hanks in Saving Private Ryan
  • Joseph Fiennes in Shakespeare in Love

    • Best Actress

    Cate Blanchett in Elizabeth

  • Emily Watson in Hilary and Jackie
  • Jane Horrocks in Little Voice
  • Gwyneth Paltrow in Shakespeare in Love

    • Best Supporting Actor

    Geoffrey Rush in Elizabeth

  • Geoffrey Rush in Shakespeare in Love
  • Tom Wilkinson in Shakespeare in Love
  • Ed Harris in The Truman Show

    • Best Supporting Actress

    Judi Dench in Shakespeare in Love

  • Lynn Redgrave in Gods and Monsters
  • Brenda Blethyn in Little Voice
  • Kathy Bates in Primary Colors

    • David Lean Award for Direction

    Peter Weir for The Truman Show

  • Shekhar Kapur for Elizabeth
  • Steven Spielberg for Saving Private Ryan
  • John Madden for Shakespeare in Love

    • Alexandra Korda Award for Best British Film

    Elizabeth

  • Hilary and Jackie
  • Little Voice
  • Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
  • My Name is Joe
  • Sliding Doors

    • Best Costume Design

    Velvet Goldmine - Sandy Powell

  • Elizabeth - Alexandra Byrne
  • Shakespeare in Love - Sandy Powell
  • The Mask of Zorro - Graciela Mazon

    • Best Editing

    Shakespeare in Love - David Gamble

  • Saving Private Ryan - Michael Kahn
  • Elizabeth - Jill Bilcock
  • Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels - Niven Howie

    • Best Cinematography

    Elizabeth - Remi Adefarasin

  • Shakespeare in Love - Richard Greatrex
  • The Truman Show - Peter Biziou
  • Saving Private Ryan - Janusz Kamiński

    • Best Production Design

    The Truman Show - Dennis Gassner

  • Saving Private Ryan - Thomas E. Sanders
  • Elizabeth - John Myhre
  • Shakespeare in Love - Martin Childs

    • Best Sound

    Saving Private Ryan

  • Hilary and Jackie
  • Shakespeare in Love
  • Little Voice

    • Best Adapted Screenplay

    Primary Colors - Elaine May

  • Hilary and Jackie - Frank Cottrell Boyce
  • Little Voice - Mark Herman
  • Wag the Dog - Hilary Henkin, David Mamet

    • Best Original Screenplay

    The Truman Show - Andrew Niccol

  • Life is Beautiful - Roberto Benigni
  • Shakespeare in Love - Marc Norman, Tom Stoppard
  • Elizabeth - Michael Hirst

    • Best Film Not in the English Language

    Central Station

  • Life is Beautiful
  • Live Flesh
  • On Guard

    • Best Visual Effects

    Saving Private Ryan

  • Babe: Pig in the City
  • The Truman Show
  • Antz

    • Best Makeup/Hair

    Elizabeth - Jenny Shircore

  • Saving Private Ryan - Lois Burwell, Jeannette Freeman
  • Shakespeare in Love - Lisa Westcott
  • Velvet Goldmine - Peter King

    • Best Score

    Elizabeth - David Hirschfelder

  • Shakespeare in Love - Stephen Warbeck
  • Saving Private Ryan - John Williams
  • Hilary and Jackie - Barrington Pheloung

    • References

    52nd British Academy Film Awards Wikipedia
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