Awards for 1971

BAFTA Film Award

Best Film

WINNER

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
NOMINEES

Kes

MASH

Ryan's Daughter

Best Actor

WINNER

Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here, Downhill Racer, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: Robert Redford
NOMINEES

Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, MASH: Elliott Gould

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: Paul Newman

Patton: George C. Scott

Best Actress

WINNER

Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: Katharine Ross
NOMINEES

Cactus Flower, There's a Girl in My Soup: Goldie Hawn

Ryan's Daughter: Sarah Miles

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?: Jane Fonda

Best Supporting Actor

WINNER

Kes: Colin Welland
NOMINEES

The Railway Children: Bernard Cribbins

Ryan's Daughter: John Mills

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?: Gig Young

Best Supporting Actress

WINNER

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?: Susannah York
NOMINEES

Airport: Maureen Stapleton

Ryan's Daughter: Evin Crowley

Watermelon Man: Estelle Parsons

Best Direction

WINNER

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: George Roy Hill
NOMINEES

Kes: Ken Loach

MASH: Robert Altman

Ryan's Daughter: David Lean

Best Screenplay

WINNER

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: William Goldman
NOMINEES

Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice: Paul Mazursky, Larry Tucker

Kes: Barry Hines, Ken Loach, Tony Garnett

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?: James Poe, Robert E. Thompson

Best Cinematography

WINNER

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: Conrad L. Hall
NOMINEES

Catch-22: David Watkin

Ryan's Daughter: Freddie Young

Waterloo: Armando Nannuzzi

Best Art Direction

WINNER

Waterloo: Mario Garbuglia
NOMINEES

Anne of the Thousand Days: Maurice Carter

Ryan's Daughter: Stephen B. Grimes

Scrooge: Terence Marsh

Best Costume Design

WINNER

Waterloo: Maria De Matteis
NOMINEES

Anne of the Thousand Days: Margaret Furse

Cromwell: Vittorio Nino Novarese

Ryan's Daughter: Jocelyn Rickards

Best Sound Track

WINNER

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: Don Hall, David Dockendorf, Bill Edmondson
NOMINEES

MASH: Don Hall, David Dockendorf, Bernard Freericks

Patton: Don Hall, Douglas O. Williams, Don J. Bassman

Ryan's Daughter: Winston Ryder, Gordon K. McCallum

Best Film Editing

WINNER

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: John C. Howard, Richard C. Meyer
NOMINEES

MASH: Danford B. Greene

Ryan's Daughter: Norman Savage

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?: Fredric Steinkamp

Best Short Film

WINNER

The Shadow of Progress: Derek Williams
NOMINEES

Blake: Bill Mason

The Gallery: Philip Mark Law

The Winds of Fogo: Colin Low

Best Animated Film

WINNER

Henry 9 'til 5: Bob Godfrey
NOMINEES

Children and Cars: John Halas

Espolio: Sidney Goldsmith

It's Tough to Be a Bird: Ward Kimball

Best Specialised Film

WINNER

The Rise and Fall of the Great Lakes: Bill Mason
NOMINEES

Continental Drift: Co Hoedeman

Policeman: Eric Marquis

A Study in Change: Michael Orrom

Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles

WINNER

Kes: David Bradley
NOMINEES

The Sterile Cuckoo: Liza Minnelli

The Railway Children: Sally Thomsett

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?: Michael Sarrazin

Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music

WINNER

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: Burt Bacharach
NOMINEES

Alice's Restaurant: Arlo Guthrie

Figures in a Landscape: Richard Rodney Bennett

The Railway Children: Johnny Douglas

Flaherty Documentary Award

WINNER

Sad Song of Yellow Skin: (National Film Board of Canada)

UN Award

WINNER

MASH
NOMINEES

Catch-22

The Confession
Directed by 'Costa-Gavras' and Produced by 'Robert Dorfmann'

Kes

Academy Fellowship

WINNER

Alfred Hitchcock

BAFTA TV Award

Best Actor

WINNER

The Six Wives of Henry VIII, BBC Play of the Month: Keith Michell
For episode "An Ideal Husband (#4.9)".
NOMINEES

The Wednesday Play, Biography: Michael Jayston
For episode "Mad Jack (#1.161)".

Roads to Freedom: Michael Bryant

Menace, Germinal, Omnibus, Mystery and Imagination, BBC Play of the Month: Freddie Jones
For episode "The Straight and Narrow".

Play for Today, The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens, BBC Play of the Month: Anthony Hopkins
For episode "Hearts and Flowers".
For episode "Danton (#1.1)".

Best Actress

WINNER

The Six Wives of Henry VIII: Annette Crosbie
For episode "Catherine of Aragon".
NOMINEES

Roads to Freedom, Germinal: Rosemary Leach

BBC Play of the Month: Glenda Jackson
For episode "Howards End (#5.7)".

Play for Today, The Spoils of Poynton: Gemma Jones
For episode "The Lie (#1.3)".

The Six Wives of Henry VIII, W. Somerset Maugham: Dorothy Tutin
For episode "Anne Boleyn".

Best Specialised Production

WINNER

On Trial: Christopher Burstall
For episode "The Chicago Conspiracy Trial".
NOMINEES

Aquarius: Humphrey Burton, "production team"

Omnibus: Ken Russell
For episode "Dance of the Seven Veils".

Omnibus: Michael Houldey
For episode "I Regret Nothing".

Omnibus: Fred Bumley
For episode "A Requiem For Modigliani".

Best Factual Production

NOMINEES

Horizon: Peter Goodchild, "production team"

Man Alive: Desmond Wilcox, Bill Morton, "production team"

Man Alive: Jenny Barraclough
For episode "Gale Is Dead".

World in Action: "production team"

Best Light Entertainment Production

WINNER

Dad's Army: David Croft, "team"
NOMINEES

The Benny Hill Show: John Robins

Monty Python's Flying Circus: Ian MacNaughton

The Morecambe & Wise Show: John Ammonds

Up Pompeii!: David Croft

General

WINNER

The Six Wives of Henry VIII: John Bloomfield
For the costume design.

Special Award

WINNER

The Six Wives of Henry VIII: Ronald Travers, Mark Shivas

Best Light Entertainment Performance

WINNER

The Morecambe & Wise Show: Eric Morecambe, Ernie Wise
NOMINEES

Dad's Army: Arthur Lowe

Monty Python's Flying Circus: John Cleese

No, That's Me Over Here!, Frost on Sunday: Ronnie Corbett

Up Pompeii!: Frankie Howerd

Best Script

WINNER

Play for Today, Armchair Theatre, ITV Saturday Night Theatre: Colin Welland
For episode "The Halleujah Handshake".
NOMINEES

On Trial: Stuart Hood
For episode "The Chicago Conspiracy Trial".

Roads to Freedom: David Turner

The Six Wives of Henry VIII: Rosemary Anne Sisson
For episode "Catherine of Aragon".

Best Drama Production

WINNER

Play for Today: Alan Bridges
For episode "The Lie (#1.3)".
NOMINEES

Callan: Reginald Collin

Roads to Freedom: James Cellan Jones

The Six Wives of Henry VIII: John Glenister
For episode "Catherine of Aragon".

The Six Wives of Henry VIII: Ronald Travers, Mark Shivas

The Wednesday Play: Jack Gold
For episode "Mad Jack (#1.161)".

Best Design

WINNER

The Six Wives of Henry VIII, Put Out More Flags: Peter Seddon
NOMINEES

Germinal: Don Homfray

BBC Play of the Month: Eileen Diss
For episode "Uncle Vanya".

Roads to Freedom: Spencer Chapman