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Irish success at BAFTAs in London
Richard Baneham, from Tallaght in Dublin, and three of his colleagues, Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum and Andrew R Jones, won the Special Visual Effects award for ‘Avatar’ at last Sunday’s BAFTAs in London. Baneham, a graduate of Ballyfermot College of Further Education’s animation school, has already worked on two Lord of the Rings films and the first Narnia film. Baneham and his colleagues are also nominated for an Oscar in the Best Visual Effects category.
At the BAFTAS, ‘The Hurt Locker’ was the big winner at the awards, winning in six categories. The Iraq War drama took the Best Film award and its director, Kathryn Bigelow, won Best Director. ‘The Hurt Locker’ also won the awards for Best Original Screenplay, Cinematography, Editing and Sound.
Colin Firth won Best Actor for ‘A Single Man’, while Carey Mulligan was Best Actress for ‘An Education’. The award for Best Supporting Actor went to Christoph Waltz for ‘Inglourious Basterds’, with Mo’Nique named Best Supporting Actress for ‘Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire’.
‘Fish Tank’ was named Outstanding British Film while ‘Moon’ director Duncan Jones won the award for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer.
‘Up’ won the award for Best Animated Film, while ‘A Prophet’ won the award for Best Film Not in the English Language.
‘Twilight’ star Kristen Stewart won the Orange Rising Star Award, which was voted for by the public.
