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British Academy Awards: 1981

BAFTA Film Award

Best Film


Winner:
	Elephant Man, The (1980) - Jonathan Sanger
Other Nominees:
	Being There (1979) - Andrew Braunsberg Kagemusha (1980) - Akira Kurosawa; Tomoyuki Tanaka (I) Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) - Stanley R. Jaffe

Best Actor


Winner:
	Elephant Man, The (1980) - John Hurt
Other Nominees:
	All That Jazz (1979) - Roy Scheider Being There (1979) - Peter Sellers Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) - Dustin Hoffman

Best Actress


Winner:
	My Brilliant Career (1979) - Judy Davis
Other Nominees:
	Being There (1979) - Shirley MacLaine Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) - Meryl Streep Rose, The (1979) - Bette Midler

Best Direction


Winner:
	Kagemusha (1980) - Akira Kurosawa
Other Nominees:
	Elephant Man, The (1980) - David Lynch Fame (1980) - Alan Parker Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) - Robert Benton

Best Screenplay


Winner:
	Being There (1979) - Jerzy Kosinski
Other Nominees:
	Airplane! (1980) - Jim Abrahams; David Zucker; Jerry Zucker Elephant Man, The (1980) - Christopher De Vore; Eric Bergren; David Lynch Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) - Robert Benton

Best Cinematography


Winner:
	All That Jazz (1979) - Giuseppe Rotunno
Other Nominees:
	Black Stallion, The (1979) - Caleb Deschanel Elephant Man, The (1980) - Freddie Francis Kagemusha (1980) - Takao Saitô; Masaharu Ueda

Best Production Design / Art Direction


Winner:
	Elephant Man, The (1980) - Stuart Craig
Other Nominees:
	All That Jazz (1979) - Philip Rosenberg (II) Flash Gordon (1980) - Danilo Donati Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) - Norman Reynolds

Best Costume Design


Winner:
	Kagemusha (1980) - Seiichiro Momosawa
Other Nominees:
	All That Jazz (1979) - Albert Wolsky Don Giovanni (1979) - Frantz Salieri Flash Gordon (1980) - Danilo Donati

Best Sound


Winner:
	Fame (1980) - Christopher Newman (I); Les Wiggins; Michael J. Kohut
Other Nominees:
	All That Jazz (1979) - Maurice Schell; Christopher Newman (I); Dick Vorisek Don Giovanni (1979) - Jean-Louis Ducarme; Jacques Maumont; Michelle Nenny Rose, The (1979) - James E. Webb; Chris McLaughlin; Kay Rose; Theodore Soderberg Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) - Peter Sutton (I); Ben Burtt; Bill Varney

Best Editing


Winner:
	All That Jazz (1979) - Alan Heim
Other Nominees:
	Elephant Man, The (1980) - Anne V. Coates Fame (1980) - Gerry Hambling Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) - Gerald B. Greenberg

Best Original Film Music


Winner:
	Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) - John Williams
Other Nominees:
	Breaking Glass (1980) - Hazel O'Connor Flash Gordon (1980) - John Deacon (I); Brian May (II); Freddie Mercury; Roger Taylor; Howard Blake

Best Short Film


Winner:
	Sredni vashtar (1982) - Andrew Birkin
Other Nominees:
	Box On (1980) - Lindsey Clennell Dollar Bottom, The (1980) - Roger Christian Possession (1981) - Andrew Bogle

Best Animated Film


Winner:
	Trois inventeurs, Les (1980) - Michel Ocelot
Other Nominees:
	Bio Woman (1980) - Bob Godfrey Cube, The (1980) - Kamil Pixa Seaside Woman (1980) - Oscar Grillo

Best Newcomer


Winner:
	My Brilliant Career (1979) - Judy Davis
Other Nominees:
	Dona Flor e Seus Dois Maridos (1976) - Sonia Braga Gregory's Girl (1981) - John Gordon Sinclair Urban Cowboy (1980) - Debra Winger

Michael Balcon Award


Nominees:
	Kevin Brownlow

Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music


Nominees:
	Fame (1980) - Michael Gore

Flaherty Documentary Award


Nominees:
	- Not awarded.

BAFTA TV Award

Best Film Cameraman


Winner:
	"Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" (1980) (mini) - Tony Pierce-Roberts

Best Film Editor


Winner:
	"Oppenheimer" (1980) (mini) - Tariq Anwar - Also for Caught on a Train (1980) (TV).

Best Actress


Winner:
	Cream in My Coffee (1980) (TV) - Peggy Ashcroft - Also for Caught on a Train (1980) (TV).

Best Costume Design


Winner:
	"Thérèse Raquin" (1980) (mini) - Reg Samuel

Richard Dimbleby Award


Winner:
	Barry Norman (II)

Best Light Entertainment Performance


Winner:
	"Not the Nine O'Clock News" (1979) - Rowan Atkinson
Other Nominees:
	"Agony" (1979) - Maureen Lipman

Best Single Play


Winner:
	Caught on a Train (1980) (TV) - Peter Duffell
Other Nominees:
	Cream in My Coffee (1980) (TV) - Gavin Millar

Best Comedy Series


Winner:
	"Yes, Minister" (1980) - Sydney Lotterby