Shakespeare in Love: Film award · Peter Weir: directing
BAFTA 1999 Film Awards: winning films and award nominations
Shakespeare in Love won the Film award at the 1999 BAFTA Film Awards. The directing award went to Peter Weir for The Truman Show, while Cate Blanchett received leading actress recognition for Elizabeth.
- 37Films
- 22Categories
- 96Nomination entries
- 12Winners
- April 11, 1999Ceremony date
Winning films and category recognition at BAFTA 1999 Film Awards
Shakespeare in Love won the Film award at the 1999 BAFTA Film Awards. Roberto Benigni won for Life Is Beautiful, while Cate Blanchett received leading actress recognition for Elizabeth.
Nominated films and award entries at BAFTA 1999 Film Awards
Elizabeth and Saving Private Ryan competed for the Film award alongside Shakespeare in Love at the 1999 BAFTA Film Awards. Explore their other category entries as well: a film can have several nominations and win in a different category.
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Explore BAFTA 1999 Film Awards nominations and winners by category
Elizabeth received Cinematography recognition at the 1999 BAFTA Film Awards, while Velvet Goldmine won Costume Design. Explore the other category shortlists and their credited winners within the same ceremony year.
Film
4 nominations
Winner Shakespeare in Love David Parfitt, Donna Gigliotti, Harvey Weinstein, Edward Zwick, Marc Norman David Lean Award for Achievement in Direction
4 nominations
Winner The Truman Show Peter Weir Leading Actor
4 nominations
Winner Life Is Beautiful Roberto Benigni Leading Actress
4 nominations
Winner Elizabeth Cate Blanchett Supporting Actor
4 nominations Winner Shakespeare in Love Geoffrey Rush Supporting Actress
4 nominations Winner Shakespeare in Love Judi Dench Alexander Korda Award for the outstanding British Film of the Year
6 nominations Winner Elizabeth Alison Owen, Eric Fellner, Tim Bevan, Shekhar Kapur Carl Foreman Award for the Most Promising Newcomer in British Film
4 nominations
Winner Love and Death on Long Island Richard Kwietniowski Film Not in the English Language
4 nominations
Winner Central Station Arthur Cohn, Martine De Clermont-Tonnerre, Walter Salles Original Screenplay
4 nominations Winner The Truman Show Andrew Niccol Adapted Screenplay
4 nominations
Winner Primary Colors Elaine May Anthony Asquith Award for Original Film Music
4 nominations Winner Elizabeth David Hirschfelder Cinematography
4 nominations Winner Elizabeth Remi Adefarasin Editing
4 nominations Winner Shakespeare in Love David Gamble Production Design
4 nominations Winner The Truman Show Dennis Gassner Costume Design
4 nominations Winner Velvet Goldmine Sandy Powell Make Up & Hair
4 nominations Winner Elizabeth Jenny Shircore Sound
4 nominations Winner Saving Private Ryan Gary Rydstrom, Ronald Judkins, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson, Richard Hymns Achievement in Special Visual Effects
4 nominations Winner Saving Private Ryan Stefen Fangmeier, Roger Guyett, Neil Corbould Short Animation
4 nominations Winner The Canterbury Tales Aida Zyablikova, Renat Zinnurov, Ashley Potter, Dave Antrobus, Claire Jennings, Mic Graves, Joanna Quinn, Les Mills, Jonathan Myerson Short Film
4 nominations
Winner Home Hannah Lewis, Morag McKinnon, Colin McLaren Orange Film Of The Year
10 nominations
Winner Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels About these results
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- April 11, 1999
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- November 1, 2026
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BAFTA 1999 Film Awards: Winners and Nominees
Roberto Benigni won for Life Is Beautiful, and Cate Blanchett for Elizabeth. Acting recognition at the 1999 BAFTA Film Awards sits alongside craft awards, including Cinematography for Elizabeth.
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