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BAFTA 2001

Gladiator: Film award · Ang Lee: directing

BAFTA 2001 Film Awards: winning films and award nominations

Gladiator won the Film award at the 2001 BAFTA Film Awards. The directing award went to Ang Lee for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, while Julia Roberts received leading actress recognition for Erin Brockovich.

  • Gladiator
  • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
  • Billy Elliot
  • Erin Brockovich
  • Traffic
Film: Gladiator

Nominated films and award entries at BAFTA 2001 Film Awards

Almost Famous and Billy Elliot competed for the Film award alongside Gladiator at the 2001 BAFTA Film Awards. Explore their other category entries as well: a film can have several nominations and win in a different category.

Showing 12 of 41 movies

Wins are included in nomination counts.

Explore BAFTA 2001 Film Awards nominations and winners by category

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon received Costume Design recognition at the 2001 BAFTA Film Awards, while How the Grinch Stole Christmas won Make Up & Hair. Explore the other category shortlists and their credited winners within the same ceremony year.

Film

5 nominations
Gladiator Winner Gladiator Douglas Wick, David Franzoni, Branko Lustig

David Lean Award for Achievement in Direction

5 nominations
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Winner Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Ang Lee

Leading Actor

5 nominations
Billy Elliot Winner Billy Elliot Jamie Bell

Leading Actress

5 nominations
Erin Brockovich Winner Erin Brockovich Julia Roberts

Supporting Actor

5 nominations
Traffic Winner Traffic Benicio Del Toro

Supporting Actress

5 nominations
Billy Elliot Winner Billy Elliot Julie Walters

Alexander Korda Award for the outstanding British Film of the Year

5 nominations
Billy Elliot Winner Billy Elliot Greg Brenman, Jon Finn, Stephen Daldry

Carl Foreman Award for the Most Promising Newcomer in British Film

5 nominations
Last Resort Winner Last Resort Pawel Pawlikowski

Film Not in the English Language

5 nominations
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Winner Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Bill Kong, Hsu Li Kong, Ang Lee

Original Screenplay

5 nominations
Almost Famous Winner Almost Famous Cameron Crowe

Adapted Screenplay

5 nominations
Traffic Winner Traffic Stephen Gaghan

Anthony Asquith Award for Original Film Music

5 nominations
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Winner Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Tan Dun

Cinematography

5 nominations
Gladiator Winner Gladiator John Mathieson

Editing

5 nominations
Gladiator Winner Gladiator Pietro Scalia

Production Design

5 nominations
Gladiator Winner Gladiator Arthur Max

Costume Design

5 nominations
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Winner Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Tim Yip

Make Up & Hair

5 nominations
How the Grinch Stole Christmas Winner How the Grinch Stole Christmas Rick Baker, Kazuhiro Tsuji, Tony G, Gail Ryan, Sylvia Nava

Sound

5 nominations
Almost Famous Winner Almost Famous Jeff Wexler, Doug Hemphill, Rick Kline, Paul Massey, Mike Wilhoit

Achievement in Special Visual Effects

5 nominations
The Perfect Storm Winner The Perfect Storm Stefen Fangmeier, John Frazier, Walt Conti, Habib Zargarpour, Tim Alexander

Short Animation

4 nominations
Father and Daughter Winner Father and Daughter Claire Jennings, Willem Thijssen, Michael Dudok De Wit

Short Film

5 nominations
Shadowscan Winner Shadowscan Gary Holding, Justine Leahy, Tinge Krishnan

Orange Film Of The Year

10 nominations
Gladiator Winner Gladiator

About these results

Winners and nominees
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Category coverage
All listed categories
Ceremony date
February 25, 2001
Last verified
November 1, 2026

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BAFTA 2001 Film Awards: Winners and Nominees

Jamie Bell won for Billy Elliot, and Julia Roberts for Erin Brockovich. Acting recognition at the 2001 BAFTA Film Awards sits alongside craft awards, including Costume Design for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

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