Leonardo DiCaprio has brighten his career winning the best actor award in BAFTAs 2016. Image Courtesy – www.telegraph.co.uk.
Leonardo DiCaprio is being nominated for the Best Actor category at the British Academy Film Awards for his incredible acting in “The Revenant”. In this film, he played “Hugh Glass” the role as a man living in the frontier region. DiCaprio was the favourite star regarding bookies perception. The role of “Huge Glass” was like a ‘fur trapper’, ‘fur trader’, ‘hunter’ as well as ‘explorer’ – all the way fighting for his life, brought him the 6th Oscar nomination. Many people considered it as his best ever performance.
With this nomination, his competitors were Matt Damon for film “The Martian”, Bryan Cranston for his play in “Trumbo”, Michael Fassbender for his film “Steve Jobs” and Eddie Redmayne for his role as a transgender artist in the film “The Danish Girl”.
In the nomination of the best actress category, Alicia Vikander for the film “The Danish Girl” was competing with Brie Larson for her film “Room”, Cate Blanchett for her film “Hymn”, Maggie Smith for “The Lady in the Van” and Saoirse Ronan for the film “Brooklyn”.
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“Bridge of Spies” of Steven Spielberg’s Cold War thriller has got 9 nominations. “Carol” of Todd Haynes dealing with lesbian romance where two women developed a bonding which in turn became a love story with many complicated outcome has also got 9 nominations for Sunday’s prizes. The film “The Revenant” has got 8, while George Miller’s “Mad Max: Fury Road” has got 7 nominations.
However, at Annabel’s on Saturday night Leonardo shook a clean shaven look which was a long ways from the ‘unkempt beard’ he developed while acting his award nominated film. The Titanic star looked spruce in a fresh white shirt and dark suit, which had only one button locked as he appeared at the venue. He wore a larger dark winter-coat with a mauve silk lining inside over his customized suit.
Here is the ultimate result of winners in BAFTAs 2016 as per the list published in ‘Independent’.
Outstanding British Film
The Danish Girl – Tom Hooper, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Anne Harrison, Gail Mutrux, Lucinda Coxon
Brooklyn – John Crowley, Finola Dwyer, Amanda Posey, Nick Hornby *WINNER*
Ex Machina – Alex Garland, Andrew Macdonald, Allon Reich
Amy – Asif Kapadia, James Gay-Rees
45 Years – Andrew Haigh, Tristan Goligher
The Lobster – Yorgos Lanthimos, Ceci Dempsey, Ed Guiney, Lee Magiday, Efthimis Filippou
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Best Make-Up and Hair
Brooklyn – Morna Ferguson, Lorraine Glynn
The Revenant – Sian Grigg, Duncan Jarman, Robert Pandini
Mad Max: Fury Road – Lesley Vanderwalt, Damian Martin *WINNER*
The Danish Girl – Jan Sewell
Carol – Jerry Decarlo, Patricia Regan, Morag Ross
Best Cinematography
Mad Max: Fury Road – John Seale
The Revenant – Emmanuel Lubezki *WINNER*
Sicario – Roger Deakins
Carol – Ed Lachman
Bridge of Spies – Janusz Kaminski
Best Documentary
Amy – Asif Kapadia, James Gay-Rees *WINNER*
Listen to Me Marlon – Stevan Riley, John Battsek, George Chignell, R.J. Cutler
He Named Me Malala – Davis Guggenheim, Walter Parkes, Laurie Macdonald
Sherpa – Jennifer Peedom, Bridget Ikin, John Smithson
Cartel Land – Matthew Heineman, Tom Yellin
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Best Original Music
The Hateful Eight – Ennio Morricone *WINNER*
Bridge of Spies – Thomas Newman
Star Wars: The Force Awakens – John Williams
Sicario – Johann Johannsson
The Revenant – Ryuichi Sakamoto, Alva Noto
British Short Film
Elephant – Nick Helm, Alex Moody, Esther Smith
Mining Poems or Odes – Callum Rice, Jack Cocker
Samuel-613 – Billy Lumby, Cheyenne Conway
Operator – Caroline Bartleet, Rebecca Morgan *WINNER*
Over – Jorn Threlfall, Jeremy Bannister
Best British Short Animation
Manoman – Simon Cartwright, Kamilla Kristiane Hodol
Prologue – Richard Williams, Imogen Sutton
Edmond – Nina Gantz, Emilie Jouffroy *WINNER*
Best Editing
The Big Short – Hank Corwin
Mad Max: Fury Road – Margaret Sixel *WINNER*
Bridge of Spies – Michael Kahn
The Revenant – Stephen Mirrione
The Martian – Pietro Scalia
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Best Sound
The Revenant – Lon Bender, Chris Duesterdiek, Martin Hernandez, Frank A. Montano, Jon Taylor, Randy Thom *WINNER*
Mad Max: Fury Road – Scott Hecker, Chris Jenkins, Mark Mangini, Ben Osmo, Gregg Rudloff, David White
Star Wars: The Force Awakens – David Acord, Andy Nelson, Christopher Scarabosio, Matthew Wood, Stuart Wilson
Bridge of Spies – Drew Kunin, Richard Hymns, Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom
The Martian – Paul Massey, Mac Ruth, Oliver Tarney, Mark Taylor
Best Special Visual Effects
Ant-Man – Jake Morrison, Greg Steele, Dan Sudick, Alex Wuttke
Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Chris Corbould, Roger Guyett, Paul Kavanagh, Neal Scanlan *WINNER*
Mad Max: Fury Road – Andrew Jackson, Dan Oliver, Tom Wood, Andy Williams
The Martian – Chris Lawrence, Tim Ledbury, Richard Stammers, Steven Warner
Ex Machina – Mark Ardington, Sara Bennett, Paul Norris, Andrew Whitehurst
BEST Rising Star
Taron Egerton
John Boyega *WINNER*
Dakota Johnson
Brie Larson
Bel Powley
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Best Supporting Actor
Idris Elba – Beasts of No Nation
Christian Bale – The Big Short
Mark Rylance – Bridge of Spies *WINNER*
Mark Ruffalo – Spotlight
Benicio Del Toro – Sicario
Best Animated Film
Shaun the Sheep Movie – Mark Burton, Richard Starzak
Minions – Pierre Coffin, Kyle Balda
Inside Out – Pete Docter *WINNER*
Best Supporting Actress
Jennifer Jason Leigh – The Hateful Eight
Alicia Vikander – Ex Machina
Julie Walters – Brooklyn
Kate Winslet – Steve Jobs *WINNER*
Rooney Mara – Carol
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Best Costume Design
Brooklyn – Odile Dicks-Mireaux
Mad Max: Fury Road – Jenny Beavan *WINNER*
The Danish Girl – Paco Delgado
Cinderella – Sandy Powell
Carol – Sandy Powell
Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer
Sean Mcallister, Elhum Shakerifar – A Syrian Love Story
Naji Abu Nowar, Rupert Lloyd – Theeb *WINNER*
Debbie Tucker Green – Second Coming
Stephen Fingleton – The Survivalist
Alex Garland – Ex Machina
Best Adapted Screenplay
The Big Short – Adam McKay, Charles Randolph *WINNER*
Steve Jobs – Aaron Sorkin
Brooklyn – Nick Hornby
Carol – Phyllis Nagy
Room – Emma Donoghue
Best Original Screenplay
Inside Out – Josh Cooley, Pete Docter, Meg Lefauve
The Hateful Eight – Quentin Tarantino
Ex Machina – Alex Garland
Bridge of Spies – Matthew Charman, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Spotlight – Tom McCarthy, Josh Singer *WINNER*
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Best Film Not in the English Language
The Assassin – Hou Hsiao-Hsien
Force Majeure – Ruben Ostlund
Timbuktu – Abderrahmane Sissako
Wild Tales – Damian Szifron *WINNER*
Theeb – Naji Abu Nowar
Best Production Design
Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Rick Carter, Darren Gilford, Lee Sandales
Mad Max: Fury Road – Colin Gibson, Lisa Thompson *WINNER*
The Martian – Arthur Max, Celia Bobak
Carol – Judy Becker, Heather Loeffler
Bridge of Spies – Adam Stockhausen, Rena DeAngelo, Bernhard Henrich
Best Director
Alejandro G. Inarritu – The Revenant *WINNER*
Adam McKay – The Big Short
Steven Spielberg – Bridge of Spies
Ridley Scott – The Martian
Todd Haynes – Carol
Best Leading Actress
Maggie Smith – The Lady in the Van
Alicia Vikander – The Danish Girl
Cate Blanchett – Carol
Brie Larson – Room *WINNER*
Saoirse Ronan – Brooklyn
Best Leading Actor
Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant *WINNER*
Eddie Redmayne – The Danish Girl
Michael Fassbender – Steve Jobs
Matt Damon – The Martian
Bryan Cranston – Trumbo
Best Film
The Revenant – Steve Golin, Alejandro G. Inarritu, Arnon Milchan, Mary Parent, Keith Redmon
Spotlight – Steve Golin, Blye Pagon Faust, Nicole Rocklin, Michael Sugar
Bridge of Spies – Kristie Macosko Krieger, Marc Platt, Steven Spielberg
The Big Short – Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Brad Pitt
Carol – Elizabeth Karlsen, Christine Vachon, Stephen Woolley
Reference: http://www.independent.co.uk
