48th British Academy Film Awards

The 48th British Academy Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1995, honoured the best films of 1994.

48th British Academy Film Awards
Date1995
SiteLondon
Hosted byBilly Connolly
Highlights
Best FilmFour Weddings and a Funeral
Best British FilmShallow Grave
Best ActorHugh Grant
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Best ActressSusan Sarandon
The Client
Most awardsFour Weddings and a Funeral (4)
Most nominationsFour Weddings and a Funeral (12)

Mike Newell's Four Weddings and a Funeral won the award for Best Film. It also won the awards for Best Director (Newell), Actor (Hugh Grant), and Supporting Actress (Kristin Scott Thomas). Pulp Fiction won the awards for Best Supporting Actor (Samuel L. Jackson) and Original Screenplay. Susan Sarandon won the award for Best Actress for her role in The Client.[1][2][3]

Winners and nominees

Mike Newell, Best Film co-winner and Best Director winner
Hugh Grant, Best Actor winner
Susan Sarandon, Best Actress winner
Samuel L. Jackson, Best Supporting Actor winner
Kristin Scott Thomas, Best Supporting Actress winner
Quentin Tarantino, Best Original Screenplay co-winner
Roger Avary, Best Original Screenplay co-winner
Paul Attanasio, Best Adapted Screenplay winner

Four Weddings and a Funeral – Duncan Kenworthy and Mike Newell

Mike Newell – Four Weddings and a Funeral

Hugh Grant – Four Weddings and a Funeral as Charles

Susan Sarandon – The Client as Regina Love

Samuel L. Jackson – Pulp Fiction as Jules Winnfield

Kristin Scott Thomas – Four Weddings and a Funeral as Fiona

Pulp Fiction – Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary

Quiz Show – Paul Attanasio

Interview with the Vampire – Philippe Rousselot

The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert – Lizzy Gardiner and Tim Chappel

Speed – John Wright

The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert – Cassie Hanlon, Angela Conte and Strykermeyer

Backbeat – Don Was

Interview with the Vampire – Dante Ferretti

Speed – Stephen Hunter Flick, Gregg Landaker, Steve Maslow, Bob Beemer and David MacMillan

Forrest Gump – Ken Ralston, George Murphy, Stephen Rosenbaum, Allen Hall and Doug Chiang

Shallow Grave – Andrew Macdonald and Danny Boyle

To Live – Chiu Fu-sheng and Zhang Yimou

The Big Story – Tim Watts and David Stoten

Zinky Boys Go Underground – Tatiana Kennedy and Paul Tickell

Statistics

Films that received multiple nominations
Nominations Film
11 Four Weddings and a Funeral
9 Pulp Fiction
8 Forrest Gump
7 The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
4 Interview with the Vampire
Three Colours: Red
3 Backbeat
The Mask
Quiz Show
Speed
2 The Lion King
Films that received multiple awards
Awards Film
4 Four Weddings and a Funeral
2 The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Interview with the Vampire
Pulp Fiction
Speed

See also

References

  1. Collins, Michael (23 April 1995). "Four Weddings' sweeps British awards". UPI. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  2. "100 BAFTA Moments – 'Four Weddings and a Funeral' Wins Multiple BAFTAs". BAFTA. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  3. McG, Ross (8 February 2015). "Four Weddings fever: 10 reasons why the 1995 Bafta Awards were so great". Metro. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
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