53rd BAFTA Awards

THE FILMS OF 1999

Best Film

American Beauty

WINNER

The End of the Affair

The Sixth Sense

The Talented Mr. Ripley

Best Director

Pedro Almodóvar
All About My Mother

WINNER

Neil Jordan
The End of the Affair

Sam Mendes
American Beauty

Anthony Minghella
The Talented Mr. Ripley

M. Night Shyamalan
The Sixth Sense

Best Leading Actor

Kevin Spacey
American Beauty

WINNER

Jim Broadbent
Topsy-Turvy

Russell Crowe
The Insider

Ralph Fiennes
The End of the Affair

Om Puri
East Is East

Best Leading Actress

Annette Bening
American Beauty

WINNER

Linda Bassett
East Is East

Julianne Moore
The End of the Affair

Emily Watson
Angela’s Ashes

Best Supporting Actor

Jude Law
The Talented Mr. Ripley

WINNER

Wes Bentley
American Beauty

Michael Caine
The Cider House Rules

Rhys Ifans
Notting Hill

Timothy Spall
Topsy-Turvy

Best Supporting Actress

Maggie Smith
Tea with Mussolini

WINNER

Thora Birch
American Beauty

Cate Blanchett
The Talented Mr. Ripley

Cameron Diaz
Being John Malkovich

Mena Suvari
American Beauty

Best Original Screenplay

Charlie Kaufman
Being John Malkovich

WINNER

Pedro Almodóvar
All About My Mother

Alan Ball
American Beauty

M. Night Shyamalan
The Sixth Sense

Mike Leigh
Topsy-Turvy

Best Adapted Screenplay

Neil Jordan
The End of the Affair

WINNER

Ayub Khan-Din
East Is East

Oliver Parker
An Ideal Husband

Anthony Minghella
The Talented Mr. Ripley

Best Cinematography

Conrad L. Hall
American Beauty

WINNER

Michael Seresin
Angela’s Ashes

Roger Pratt
The End of the Affair

Bill Pope
The Matrix

John Seale
The Talented Mr. Ripley

Best Editing

Tariq Anwar
Christopher Greenbury
American Beauty

WINNER

Eric Zumbrunnen
Being John Malkovich

Zach Staenberg
The Matrix

Andrew Mondshein
The Sixth Sense

Best Costume Design

Colleen Atwood
Sleepy Hollow

WINNER

Sandy Powell
The End of the Affair

Caroline Harris
An Ideal Husband

Jenny Beavan
Anna Anni
Alberto Spiazzi
Tea with Mussolini

Best Production Design

Rick Heinrichs
Sleepy Hollow

WINNER

Naomi Shohan
American Beauty

Geoffrey Kirkland
Angela’s Ashes

Anthony Pratt
The End of the Affair

Owen Paterson
The Matrix

Best Original Music

Thomas Newman
American Beauty

WINNER

Ry Cooder
Nick Gold
Buena Vista Social Club

Michael Nyman
The End of the Affair

Gabriel Yared
The Talented Mr. Ripley

Best Make Up & Hair

WINNER

American Beauty

The End of the Affair

An Ideal Husband

Best Sound

WINNER

American Beauty

Buena Vista Social Club

Star Wars: Episode I –
The Phantom Menace

Best Special Visual Effects

WINNER

A Bug’s Life

Sleepy Hollow

Star Wars: Episode I –
The Phantom Menace

Best Film Not in the English Language

All About My Mother

WINNER

Buena Vista Social Club

The Celebration

Outstanding British Film

WINNER

Onegin

Ratcatcher

Wonderland