53rd British Academy Film Awards

The 53rd British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, took place on 9 April 2000 at the Odeon Leicester Square in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 1999. 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 1999.

Sam Mendes's American Beauty won the award for Best Film (and previously won the Academy Award for Best Picture), Actor (Kevin Spacey), Actress (Annette Bening), Cinematography, Editing, and Original Music; Spacey previously won the Academy Award for Best Actor. Jude Law (The Talented Mr. Ripley) and Maggie Smith (Tea with Mussolini) won the awards for Best Supporting Actor and Actress, respectively. Pedro Almodóvar, director of All About My Mother, won for his direction. East Is East was voted Outstanding British Film.

The nominations were announced on 1 March 2000 and the ceremony took place at the Odeon Leicester Square in London, hosted by Jack Docherty.

Winners and nominees

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Pedro Almodóvar, Best Director winner

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Kevin Spacey, Best Actor winner

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Annette Bening, Best Actress winner

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Jude Law, Best Supporting Actor winner

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Maggie Smith, Best Supporting Actress winner

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Charlie Kaufman, Best Original Screenplay winner

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Neil Jordan, Best Adapted Screenplay winner

BAFTA Fellowship

• Michael Caine and Stanley Kubrick (posthumous)

Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema

• Joyce Herlihy

Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Template:Award category American Beauty – Bruce Cohen and Dan Jinks East Is East – Leslee Udwin The End of the Affair – Stephen Woolley and Neil Jordan The Sixth Sense – Frank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy and Barry Mendel The Talented Mr. Ripley – William Horberg and Tom Sternberg	Template:Award category Pedro Almodóvar – All About My Mother Anthony Minghella – The Talented Mr. Ripley M. Night Shyamalan – The Sixth Sense Neil Jordan – The End of the Affair Sam Mendes – American Beauty
Template:Award category Kevin Spacey – American Beauty as Lester Burnham Jim Broadbent – Topsy-Turvy as W. S. Gilbert Om Puri – East Is East as George Khan Ralph Fiennes – The End of the Affair as Maurice Bendrix Russell Crowe – The Insider as Jeffrey Wigand	Template:Award category Annette Bening – American Beauty as Carolyn Burnham Emily Watson – Angela's Ashes as Angela McCourt Julianne Moore – The End of the Affair as Sarah Miles Linda Bassett – East Is East as Ella Khan
Template:Award category Jude Law – The Talented Mr. Ripley as Dickie Greenleaf Michael Caine – The Cider House Rules as Dr. Wilbur Larch Rhys Ifans – Notting Hill as Spike Timothy Spall – Topsy-Turvy as Richard Temple Wes Bentley – American Beauty as Ricky Fitts	Template:Award category Maggie Smith – Tea with Mussolini as Lady Hester Random Cameron Diaz – Being John Malkovich as Lotte Schwartz Cate Blanchett – The Talented Mr. Ripley as Meredith Logue Mena Suvari – American Beauty as Angela Hayes Thora Birch – American Beauty as Jane Burnham
Template:Award category Being John Malkovich – Charlie Kaufman All About My Mother – Pedro Almodóvar American Beauty – Alan Ball The Sixth Sense – M. Night Shyamalan Topsy-Turvy – Mike Leigh	Template:Award category The End of the Affair – Neil Jordan East Is East – Ayub Khan Din An Ideal Husband – Oliver Parker The Talented Mr. Ripley – Anthony Minghella
Template:Award category American Beauty – Conrad Hall Angela's Ashes – Michael Seresin The End of the Affair – Roger Pratt The Matrix – Bill Pope The Talented Mr. Ripley – John Seale	Template:Award category Sleepy Hollow – Colleen Atwood The End of the Affair – Sandy Powell An Ideal Husband – Caroline Harris Tea with Mussolini – Jenny Beavan, Anna Anni and Alberto Spiazzi
Template:Award category American Beauty – Tariq Anwar and Christopher Greenbury Being John Malkovich – Eric Zumbrunnen The Matrix – Zach Staenberg The Sixth Sense – Andrew Mondshein	Template:Award category Topsy-Turvy – Christine Blundell American Beauty – Tania McComas and Carol O'Connell The End of the Affair – Christine Beveridge An Ideal Husband – Peter King
Template:Award category American Beauty – Thomas Newman Buena Vista Social Club – Ry Cooder and Nick Gold The End of the Affair – Michael Nyman The Talented Mr. Ripley – Gabriel Yared	Template:Award category Sleepy Hollow – Rick Heinrichs American Beauty – Naomi Shohan Angela's Ashes – Geoffrey Kirkland The End of the Affair – Anthony D. G. Pratt The Matrix – Owen Paterson
Template:Award category The Matrix – David Lee, John T. Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, David E. Campbell and Dane Davis American Beauty – Scott Martin Gershin, Scott Millan, Bob Beemer and Richard Van Dyke Buena Vista Social Club – Martin Müller and Jerry Boys Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace – Ben Burtt, Tom Bellfort, John Midgley, Gary Rydstrom, Tom Johnson and Shawn Murphy	Template:Award category The Matrix – John Gaeta, Steve Courtley, Janek Sirrs and Jon Thum A Bug's Life – William Reeves, Eben Fiske Ostby, Rick Sayre and Sharon Calahan The Mummy – John Berton, Daniel Jeannette, Ben Snow and Chris Corbould Sleepy Hollow – Jimmy Mitchell, Kevin Yagher, Joss Williams and Paddy Eason Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace – John Knoll, Dennis Muren, Scott Squires and Rob Coleman
Template:Award category East Is East – Leslee Udwin and Damien O'Donnell Notting Hill – Duncan Kenworthy and Roger Michell Onegin – Ileen Maisel, Simon Bosanquet and Martha Fiennes Ratcatcher – Gavin Emerson and Lynne Ramsay Topsy-Turvy – Simon Channing Williams and Mike Leigh Wonderland – Michele Camarda, Andrew Eaton and Michael Winterbottom	Template:Award category Ratcatcher – Lynne Ramsay (Writer/Director) East Is East – Ayub Khan Din (Writer) Human Traffic – Justin Kerrigan (Writer/Director) Waking Ned – Kirk Jones (Writer/Director)
Template:Award category The Man with the Beautiful Eyes – Jonathan Bairstow and Jonathan Hodgson Jolly Roger – Claire Jennings, Mark Baker and Neville Astley The Old Man and the Sea – Bernard Lajoie, Tatsuo Shimamura and Aleksandr Petrov Periwig Maker – Annette Schäffler and Steffen Schäffler	Template:Award category Who's My Favourite Girl? – Joern Utkilen, Kara Johnston and Adrian J. McDowall Bait – Soledad Gatti-Pascual, Tom Shankland and Jane Harris Perdie – Rachel Shadick and Faye Gilbert The Tale of the Rat That Wrote – Ruth Kenley-Letts, Lisa-Marie Russo, Billy O'Brien and Murilo Pasta
Template:Award category All About My Mother – Agustín Almodóvar and Pedro Almodóvar Buena Vista Social Club – Ulrich Felsberg, Deepak Nayar and Wim Wenders Festen – Birgitte Hald and Thomas Vinterberg Run Lola Run – Stefan Arndt and Tom Tykwer

Statistics

Films that received multiple nominations

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14	American Beauty
10	The End of the Affair
7	The Talented Mr. Ripley
6	East Is East
5	The Matrix
	Topsy-Turvy
4	The Sixth Sense
3	All About My Mother
	Angela's Ashes
	Being John Malkovich
	Buena Vista Social Club
	An Ideal Husband
	Sleepy Hollow
2	Notting Hill
	Ratcatcher
	Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
	Tea with Mussolini

Films that received multiple awards

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6	American Beauty
2	All About My Mother
	The Matrix
	Sleepy Hollow

See also

• 72nd Academy Awards
• 25th César Awards
• 5th Critics' Choice Awards
• 52nd Directors Guild of America Awards
• 13th European Film Awards
• 57th Golden Globe Awards
• 11th Golden Laurel Awards
• 20th Golden Raspberry Awards
• 4th Golden Satellite Awards
• 14th Goya Awards
• 15th Independent Spirit Awards
• 5th Lumière Awards
• 26th Saturn Awards
• 6th Screen Actors Guild Awards
• 52nd Writers Guild of America Awards

External links

• Film in 2000 at BAFTA
• BAFTA Awards (2000) at IMDb