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BAFTA 2000

American Beauty: Film award · Pedro Almodóvar: directing

BAFTA 2000 Film Awards: winning films and award nominations

American Beauty won the Film award at the 2000 BAFTA Film Awards. The directing award went to Pedro Almodóvar for All About My Mother, while Annette Bening received leading actress recognition for American Beauty. Some audience-award nominees remain unverified.

  • American Beauty
  • All About My Mother
  • Tea with Mussolini
  • East Is East
  • Ratcatcher
Film: American Beauty

Winning films and category recognition at BAFTA 2000 Film Awards

American Beauty won the Film award at the 2000 BAFTA Film Awards. Kevin Spacey won for American Beauty, while Annette Bening received leading actress recognition for American Beauty. Some audience-award nominees remain unverified.

Nominated films and award entries at BAFTA 2000 Film Awards

East Is East and The End of the Affair competed for the Film award alongside American Beauty at the 2000 BAFTA Film Awards. Explore their other category entries as well: a film can have several nominations and win in a different category. Some audience-award nominees remain unverified.

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Wins are included in nomination counts.

Explore BAFTA 2000 Film Awards nominations and winners by category

Sleepy Hollow received Costume Design recognition at the 2000 BAFTA Film Awards, while Topsy-Turvy won Make Up & Hair. Explore the other category shortlists and their credited winners within the same ceremony year. Some audience-award nominees remain unverified.

Film

5 nominations
American Beauty Winner American Beauty Bruce Cohen, Dan Jinks

David Lean Award for Achievement in Direction

5 nominations
All About My Mother Winner All About My Mother Pedro Almodóvar

Leading Actor

5 nominations
American Beauty Winner American Beauty Kevin Spacey

Leading Actress

4 nominations
American Beauty Winner American Beauty Annette Bening

Supporting Actor

5 nominations
The Talented Mr. Ripley Winner The Talented Mr. Ripley Jude Law

Supporting Actress

5 nominations
Tea with Mussolini Winner Tea with Mussolini Maggie Smith

Alexander Korda Award for the outstanding British Film of the Year

6 nominations
East Is East Winner East Is East Leslee Udwin, Damien O'Donnell

Carl Foreman Award for the Most Promising Newcomer in British Film

4 nominations
Ratcatcher Winner Ratcatcher Lynne Ramsay

Film Not in the English Language

4 nominations
All About My Mother Winner All About My Mother Agustín Almodóvar, Pedro Almodóvar

Original Screenplay

5 nominations
Being John Malkovich Winner Being John Malkovich Charlie Kaufman

Adapted Screenplay

4 nominations
The End of the Affair Winner The End of the Affair Neil Jordan

Anthony Asquith Award for Original Film Music

4 nominations
American Beauty Winner American Beauty Thomas Newman

Cinematography

5 nominations
American Beauty Winner American Beauty Conrad L Hall

Editing

4 nominations
American Beauty Winner American Beauty Tariq Anwar, Christopher Greenbury

Production Design

5 nominations
Sleepy Hollow Winner Sleepy Hollow Rick Heinrichs

Costume Design

4 nominations
Sleepy Hollow Winner Sleepy Hollow Colleen Atwood

Make Up & Hair

4 nominations
Topsy-Turvy Winner Topsy-Turvy Christine Blundell

Sound

4 nominations
The Matrix Winner The Matrix David Lee, John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, David Campbell, Dane A Davis

Achievement in Special Visual Effects

5 nominations
The Matrix Winner The Matrix John Gaeta, Steve Courtley, Janek Sirrs, Jon Thum

Short Animation

4 nominations
The Man with the Beautiful Eyes Winner The Man with the Beautiful Eyes Jonathan Bairstow, Jonathan Hodgson

Short Film

4 nominations
Who's My Favourite Girl? Winner Who's My Favourite Girl? Joern Utkilen, Kara Johnston, Adrian McDowall

Orange Film Of The Year

7 nominations
Notting Hill Winner Notting Hill

About these results

Winners and nominees
Winners announced
Category coverage
Partial coverage
Ceremony date
April 9, 2000
Last verified
November 1, 2026

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BAFTA 2000 Film Awards: Winners and Nominees

Kevin Spacey won for American Beauty, and Annette Bening for American Beauty. Acting recognition at the 2000 BAFTA Film Awards sits alongside craft awards, including Costume Design for Sleepy Hollow.

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