Sense and Sensibility: Film award · Michael Radford: directing
BAFTA 1996 Film Awards: winning films and award nominations
Sense and Sensibility won the Film award at the 1996 BAFTA Film Awards. The directing award went to Michael Radford for Il Postino: The Postman, while Emma Thompson received leading actress recognition for Sense and Sensibility. The historical audience-award shortlist is incomplete.
- 33Films
- 21Categories
- 83Nomination entries
- 10Winners
- April 23, 1996Ceremony date
Winning films and category recognition at BAFTA 1996 Film Awards
Sense and Sensibility won the Film award at the 1996 BAFTA Film Awards. Nigel Hawthorne won for The Madness of King George, while Emma Thompson received leading actress recognition for Sense and Sensibility. The historical audience-award shortlist is incomplete.
Nominated films and award entries at BAFTA 1996 Film Awards
Babe and The Madness of King George competed for the Film award alongside Sense and Sensibility at the 1996 BAFTA Film Awards. Explore their other category entries as well: a film can have several nominations and win in a different category. The historical audience-award shortlist is incomplete.
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Explore BAFTA 1996 Film Awards nominations and winners by category
Braveheart has winning entries in Cinematography and Costume Design at the 1996 BAFTA Film Awards. Compare that craft recognition with the nominated work in each category and the edition’s acting and directing awards. The historical audience-award shortlist is incomplete.
Film
4 nominations
Winner Sense and Sensibility Lindsay Doran, Ang Lee David Lean Award for Achievement in Direction
4 nominations
Winner Il Postino: The Postman Michael Radford Leading Actor
4 nominations
Winner The Madness of King George Nigel Hawthorne Leading Actress
4 nominations Winner Sense and Sensibility Emma Thompson Supporting Actor
4 nominations
Winner Rob Roy Tim Roth Supporting Actress
4 nominations Winner Sense and Sensibility Kate Winslet Alexander Korda Award for the outstanding British Film of the Year
4 nominations Winner The Madness of King George Stephen Evans, David Parfitt, Nicholas Hytner Film Not in the English Language
4 nominations Winner Il Postino: The Postman Mario Cecchi Gori, Vittorio Cecchi Gori, Gaetano Daniele, Michael Radford Original Screenplay
4 nominations
Winner The Usual Suspects Christopher McQuarrie Adapted Screenplay
6 nominations
Winner Trainspotting John Hodge Anthony Asquith Award for Original Film Music
4 nominations Winner Il Postino: The Postman Luis Bacalov Cinematography
4 nominations
Winner Braveheart John Toll Editing
4 nominations Winner The Usual Suspects John Ottman Production Design
4 nominations Winner Apollo 13 Michael Corenblith Costume Design
4 nominations Winner Braveheart Charles Knode Make Up & Hair
4 nominations Winner The Madness of King George Lisa Westcott Sound
4 nominations Winner Braveheart Per Hallberg, Lon Bender, Brian Simmons, Andy Nelson, Scott Millan, Anna Behlmer Achievement in Special Visual Effects
4 nominations Winner Apollo 13 Robert Legato, Michael Kanfer, Matt Sweeney, Leslie Ekker Short Animation
4 nominations
Winner A Close Shave Carla Shelly, Michael Rose, Nick Park Short Film
4 nominations Winner It's Not Unusual Asmaa Pirzada, Kfir Yefet Lloyds Bank People's Vote For The Most Popular Film
1 nomination Winner Braveheart About these results
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- Ceremony date
- April 23, 1996
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- November 1, 2026
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BAFTA 1996 Film Awards: Winners and Nominees
Nigel Hawthorne won for The Madness of King George, and Emma Thompson for Sense and Sensibility. Acting recognition at the 1996 BAFTA Film Awards sits alongside craft awards, including Cinematography for Braveheart.
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