| 55th British Academy Film Awards | ||||
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| Date | 24 February 2002 | |||
| Highlights | ||||
| Best Film | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | |||
| Best British Film | Gosford Park | |||
| Best Actor | Russell Crowe A Beautiful Mind |
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| Best Actress | Judi Dench Iris |
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| Most awards | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | |||
| Most nominations | TIE: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Moulin Rouge! |
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The 55th British Film Awards (BAFTA Awards), given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts on 24 February 2002, honoured the best in film for 2001.
Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring won the award for Best Film, Best Director and Best Makeup & Hair. Gosford Park, directed by Robert Altman, was voted Best British Film of 2001. Russell Crowe won the award for Best Lead Actor in A Beautiful Mind. A Beautiful Mind also won the award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Jennifer Connelly). Judi Dench won the award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her role in Iris. Jim Broadbent (Moulin Rouge!) won the award for Best Supporting Actor.
Russell Crowe - A Beautiful Mind
The Man Who Wasn't There - Roger Deakins
Peter Jackson - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Love's a Bitch (Amores perros) • Mexico
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
"Moulin Rouge!" - Craig Armstrong and Marius De Vries
Amélie (Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain)
Amélie (Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain) - Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Guillaume Laurant
Jennifer Connelly - A Beautiful Mind
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Winners (at least two awards won)
Losers (no awards but 2 or more nominations)
After he won Best Actor Crowe gave a speech in which he quoted a poem by Patrick Kavanagh. When the show was aired the Crowe was upset that the poem was cut and blamed the director Malcolm Gerrie and confronted him about it. It was reported that the confrontation got physical and there was speculation that it would cost him the Oscar.[1][2][3]
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