Atonement leads the way at BAFTAS

Atonement leads the way at this year’s BAFTAs with a staggering 14 nominations.

The romantic World War II drama is up for Best Film and Best British Film, while stars Keira Knightley and James McAvoy are in the running for Best Leading Actress and Best Leading Actor. Joe Wright is hoping to scoop Best Director.

Thriller No Country for Old Men and Texan drama There Will Be Blood each received nine nominations, followed closely by La Vie en Rose – a biopic about the French singer Edith Piaf – with seven.

The Bourne Ultimatum has been named in six categories, including Best Director for Paul Greengrass, while Ridley Scott’s crime drama American Gangster and George Clooney’s political drama Michael Clayton both received five nods.

Clooney has been pitted against There Will Be Blood star Daniel Day-Lewis for Best Leading Actor, along with Viggo Mortensen for his performance in Eastern Promises and Ulrich Muhe for his role in The Lives of Others.

Cate Blanchett has been named in both the Best Leading Actress and Best Supporting Actress categories for her performances in Elizabeth: The Golden Age and Bob Dylan biopic I’m Not There respectively.

Best Film will be contested by Atonement, American Gangster, The Lives of Others, No Country for Old Men and There Will Be Blood. Elsewhere, Ratatouille, Shrek The Third and The Simpsons Movie will battle it out in the Best Animated Film category.

The winners of this year’s BAFTAs – Orange British Academy Film Awards – will be announced at a ceremony at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, on February 10.

BAFTAs 2008 full list of nominations:

Best Film

American Gangster
Atonement
The Lives of Others
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood

Best British Film

Atonement
The Bourne Ultimatum
Control
Eastern Promises
This Is England

The Carl Foreman Award – for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer for their First Feature Film

Chris Atkins (Director/Writer) – Taking Liberties
Mia Bays (Producer) – Scott Walker: 30 Century Man
Sarah Gavron (Director) – Brick Lane
Matt Greenhalgh (Writer) – Control
Andrew Piddington (Director/Writer) – The Killing of John Lennon

Best Director

Atonement – Joe Wright
The Bourne Ultimatum – Paul Greengrass
The Lives of Others – Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
No Country for Old Men – Joel Coen/Ethan Coen
There Will Be Blood – Paul Thomas Anderson

Best Original Screenplay

American Gangster – Steven Zaillian
Juno – Diablo Cody
The Lives of Others – Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Michael Clayton – Tony Gilroy
This Is England – Shane Meadows

Best Adapted Screenplay

Atonement – Christopher Hampton
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly – Ronald Harwood
The Kite Runner – David Benioff
No Country for Old Men – Joel Coen/Ethan Coen
There Will Be Blood – Paul Thomas Anderson

Best Film not in the English Language

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly – Kathleen Kennedy/Jon Kilik/Julian Schnabel
The Kite Runner – William Horberg/Walter Parkes/Rebecca Yeldham/Marc Foster
The Lives of Others – Quirin Berg/Max Wiedemann/Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Lust, Caution – Bill Kong/James Schamus/Ang Lee
La Vie en Rose – Alain Goldman/Olivier Dahan

Best Animated Film

Ratatouille – Brad Bird
Shrek The Third – Chris Miller
The Simpsons Movie – Matt Groening/James L Brooks

Best Leading Actor

George Clooney – Michael Clayton
Daniel Day-Lewis – There Will Be Blood
James McAvoy – Atonement
Viggo Mortensen – Eastern Promises
Ulrich Mühe – The Lives of Others

Best Leading Actress

Cate Blanchett – Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Julie Christie – Away From Her
Marion Cotillard – La Vie en Rose
Keira Knightley – Atonement
Ellen Page – Juno

Best Supporting Actor

Javier Bardem – No Country for Old Men
Paul Dano – There Will Be Blood
Tommy Lee Jones – No Country for Old Men
Philip Seymour Hoffman – Charlie Wilson’s War
Tom Wilkinson – Michael Clayton

Best Supporting Actress

Cate Blanchett – I’m Not There
Kelly Macdonald – No Country for Old Men
Samantha Morton – Control
Saoirse Ronan – Atonement
Tilda Swinton – Michael Clayton

Best Music

American Gangster – Marc Streitenfeld
Atonement – Dario Marianelli
The Kite Runner – Alberto Iglesias
There Will Be Blood – Jonny Greenwood
La Vie en Rose – Christopher Gunning

Best Cinematography

American Gangster – Harris Savides
Atonement – Seamus McGarvey
The Bourne Ultimatum – Oliver Wood
No Country for Old Men – Roger Deakins
There Will Be Blood – Robert Elswit

Best Editing

American Gangster – Pietro Scalia
Atonement – Paul Tothill
The Bourne Ultimatum – Christopher Rouse
Michael Clayton – John Gilroy
No Country for Old Men – Roderick Jaynes

Best Production Design

Atonement – Sarah Greenwood/Katie Spencer
Elizabeth: The Golden Age – Guy Hendrix Dyas/Richard Roberts
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix – Stuart Craig/Stephenie McMillan
There Will Be Blood – Jack Fisk/Jim Erickson
La Vie en Rose – Olivier Raoux

Best Costume Design

Atonement – Jacqueline Durran
Elizabeth: The Golden Age – Alexandra Byrne
Lust, Caution – Pan Lai
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – Colleen Atwood
La Vie en Rose – Marit Allen

Best Sound

Atonement – Danny Hambrook/Paul Hamblin/Catherine Hodgson
The Bourne Ultimatum – Kirk Francis/Scott Millan/Dave Parker/Karen Baker Landers/Per Hallberg
No Country for Old Men – Peter Kurland/Skip Lievsay/Craig Berkey/Greg Orloff
There Will Be Blood – Christopher Scarabosio/Matthew Wood/John Pritchett Michael Semanick/Tom Johnson
La Vie en Rose – Laurent Zeilig/Pascal Villard/Jean-Paul Hurier/Marc Doisne

Best Special Visual Effects

The Bourne Ultimatum – Peter Chiang/Charlie Noble/Mattias Lindahl/Joss Williams
The Golden Compass – Michael Fink/Bill Westenhofer/Ben Morris/Trevor Woods
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix – Tim Burke/John Richardson/Emma Norton/Chris Shaw
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End – John Knoll/Charles Gibson/Hal Hickel/John Frazier
Spider-Man 3 – Scott Stokdyk/Peter Nofz/Kee-Suk Ken Hahn/Spencer Cook

Best Make Up + Hair

Atonement – Ivana Primorac
Elizabeth: The Golden Age – Jenny Shircore
Hairspray – Nominees TBC
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – Ivana Primorac
La Vie en Rose – Jan Archibald/Didier Lavergne

Best Short Animation

The Pearce Sisters – Jo Allen/Luis Cook
Head Over Heels – Osbert Parker/Fiona Pitkin/Ian Gouldstone
The Crumblegiant – Pearse Moore/John McCloskey

Best Short Film

Dog Altogether – Diarmid Scrimshaw/Paddy Considine
Hesitation – Julien Berlan/Michelle Eastwood/Virginia Gilbert
The One and Only Herb Mcgwyer Plays Wallis Island – Charlie Henderson/James Griffiths/Tim Key/Tom Basden
Soft – Jane Hooks/Simon Ellis
The Stronger – Dan McCulloch/Lia Williams/Frank McGuinness

The Orange Rising Star Award – (voted for by the public)

Shia Labeouf
Sienna Miller
Ellen Page
Sam Riley
Tang Wei