Bigelow Bests Cameron at the BAFTA Awards as The Hurt Locker Wins Big
It seems Kathryn Bigelow is the odds-on favorite going into the Academy Awards, as The Hurt Locker won six BAFTA trophies tonight, including Best Film and Best Director. Inside, video of Bigelow's acceptance speeches and a full winner's list.
Here's Bigelow's acceptance speech after beating out ex-husband James Cameron for Best Director.
And here's Bigelow's—and her fellow producers'—speech after The Hurt Locker won for Best Film (again besting Cameron's Avatar), bringing its BAFTA total to a leading six.
After last month's Golden Globes, where Cameron won Best Director and Best Picture awards for Avatar, it seemed he was favored for the Oscars. When Bigelow won the Director's Guild of America's award for Outstanding Direction a week later, though—becoming the first female to do so—odds makers were thrown a loop and it once again became a toss-up. When adding tonight's BAFTA domination by Bigelow to the equation, it seems she's poised to win the battle of the exes two Sundays from now.
But if there's one thing Hollywood—and Big Brother—has taught us, it's to expect the unexpected. And in 14 days, we'll all have the answer.
Until then, here's a full list of tonight's BAFTA winners.
ACADEMY FELLOWSHIP
VANESSA REDGRAVEOUTSTANDING BRITISH CONTRIBUTION TO CINEMA
JOE DUNTONBEST FILM
THE HURT LOCKER Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier, Greg ShapiroOUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
FISH TANK Kees Kasander, Nick Laws, Andrea ArnoldOUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
DUNCAN JONES Director – MoonDIRECTOR
THE HURT LOCKER Kathryn BigelowORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
THE HURT LOCKER Mark BoalADAPTED SCREENPLAY
UP IN THE AIR Jason Reitman, Sheldon TurnerFILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
A PROPHET Pascal Caucheteux, Marco Cherqui, Alix Raynaud, Jacques AudiardANIMATED FILM
UP Pete DocterLEADING ACTOR
COLIN FIRTH A Single ManLEADING ACTRESS
CAREY MULLIGAN An EducationSUPPORTING ACTOR
CHRISTOPH WALTZ Inglourious BasterdsSUPPORTING ACTRESS
MO'NIQUE Precious: Based on the Novel Push by SapphireMUSIC
UP Michael GiacchinoCINEMATOGRAPHY
THE HURT LOCKER Barry AckroydEDITING
THE HURT LOCKER Bob Murawski, Chris InnisPRODUCTION DESIGN
AVATAR Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg, Kim SinclairCOSTUME DESIGN
THE YOUNG VICTORIA Sandy PowellSOUND
THE HURT LOCKER Ray Beckett, Paul N. J. OttossonSPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
AVATAR Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham, Andrew R. JonesMAKE UP & HAIR
THE YOUNG VICTORIA Jenny ShircoreSHORT ANIMATION
MOTHER OF MANY Sally Arthur, Emma LazenbySHORT FILM
I DO AIR James Bolton, Martina AmatiTHE ORANGE RISING STAR AWARD (voted for by the public)
KRISTEN STEWART