53rd British Academy Film Awards

Best Film

• 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

Best Direction

• 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

Best Actor in a Leading Role

• Kevin Spacey – American Beauty as Lester Burnham
  • Jim Broadbent – Topsy-TurvyasW. S. Gilbert
  • Om Puri – East Is East as George Khan
  • Ralph Fiennes – The End of the Affair as Maurice Bendrix
  • Russell Crowe – The InsiderasJeffrey Wigand

Best Actress in a Leading Role

• 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

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

• 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-TurvyasRichard Temple
  • Wes Bentley – American Beauty as Ricky Fitts

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

• 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

Best Original Screenplay

• 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

Best Adapted Screenplay

• The End of the Affair – Neil Jordan
  • East Is East – Ayub Khan Din
  • An Ideal Husband – Oliver Parker
  • The Talented Mr. Ripley – Anthony Minghella

Best Cinematography

• 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

Best Costume Design

• 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

Best Editing

• American Beauty – Tariq Anwar and Christopher Greenbury
  • Being John Malkovich – Eric Zumbrunnen
  • The Matrix – Zach Staenberg
  • The Sixth Sense – Andrew Mondshein

Best Makeup and Hair

• Topsy-Turvy – Christine Blundell
  • American Beauty – Tania McComas and Carol O'Connell
  • The End of the Affair – Christine Beveridge
  • An Ideal Husband – Peter King

Best Original Music

• 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

Best Production Design

• 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

Best Sound

• 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

Best Special Visual Effects

• 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

Outstanding British Film

• 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

Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer

• Ratcatcher – Lynne Ramsay (Writer/Director)
  • East Is East – Ayub Khan Din (Writer)
  • Human Traffic – Justin Kerrigan (Writer/Director)
  • Waking Ned – Kirk Jones (Writer/Director)

Best Short Animation

• 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

Best Short Film

• 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

Best Film Not in the English Language

• 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