BAFTA Award for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer
The BAFTA Award for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer is presented annually at the British Academy Film Awards in London. The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), is a British organisation that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, children's film and television, and interactive media. The Outstanding Debut award recognises the work of writers, directors and producers whose first films have been released in cinemas during the award's qualification window. It is presented in honour of screenwriter and producer Carl Foreman.[1]
- From 1998–2000, this category was known as the Carl Foreman Award for Most Promising Newcomer in British Film (and was presented to a writer, director or producer).
- From 2001–2008, this category was known as the Carl Foreman Award for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer in their first Feature Film.
- From 2009–present, this category has been known by its current name of Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer.
Jury Process
Unlike many of the other BAFTA Awards – which are decided by a membership vote – the Outstanding Debut award's nominees and winner are decided by a jury of industry experts who view and consider eligible films over the course of the year. The jury can choose to nominate any combination of debut writer, director or producer involved in a film.[1]
The jury has been chaired by Arthur Mellows (2008–09), Simon Relph (2009–2012), and Stephen Woolley (2012–2016).[2] Jury members in recent years have included (former winner) Asif Kapadia, Peter Bradshaw, Jane Goldman, Peter Straughan, James Watkins, Joe Cornish and Moira Buffini.
History
The first version of the award was established by the Foreman Williams Jones Foundation in 1991. Scholarships were awarded to promising British students to study filmmaking in the United States.
The present version of the award was initiated by the Foundation in 1997 and was conducted jointly by the Foundation and by BAFTA until 2009. It was established to encourage British filmmaking by recognising the most promising British newcomer in the selected disciplines of screenwriting, producing or directing (or in more than one of these disciplines). The first award of the present version was made in respect of 1998. In 2009, the name of the award was changed and it is now solely administered by BAFTA. The award continues to be presented in honour of Carl Foreman.
Carl Foreman Award (1998–2008)
Special Achievement by a British Writer, Director or Producer in their First Feature Film (1998–2000)
- 1998: Love and Death on Long Island – Richard Kwietniowski
- 1999: Ratcatcher – Lynne Ramsay
- East Is East – Ayub Khan-Din
- Human Traffic – Justin Kerrigan
- Waking Ned – Kirk Jones
- 2000: Last Resort – Pawel Pawlikowski
- Billy Elliot – Stephen Daldry
- Billy Elliot – Lee Hall
- Saving Grace – Mark Crowdy
- Some Voices – Simon Cellan Jones
Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer in their first Feature Film (2000–2008)
- 2001: Jump Tomorrow – Joel Hopkins Nicola Usborne
- Gosford Park – Julian Fellowes
- Late Night Shopping – Jack Lothian
- The Parole Officer – Steve Coogan Henry Normal
- South West 9 – Richard Parry
- Strictly Sinatra – Ruth Kenley-Letts
- 2002: The Warrior – Asif Kapadia
- AKA – Duncan Roy
- Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry – Simon Bent
- Lost in La Mancha – Lucy Darwin
- 2003: Kiss of Life – Emily Young
- American Cousins – Sergio Casci
- Girl with a Pearl Earring – Peter Webber
- To Kill a King – Jenny Mayhew
- 2004: A Way of Life – Amma Asante
- AfterLife – Andrea Gibb
- Dear Frankie – Shona Auerbach
- Layer Cake – Matthew Vaughn
- Shaun of the Dead – Nira Park
- 2005: Pride & Prejudice – Joe Wright
- Everything – Richard Hawkins
- Festival – Annie Griffin
- Shooting Dogs – David Belton
- Tsotsi – Peter Fudakowski
- 2006: Red Road – Andrea Arnold
- Black Sun – Gary Tarn
- Pierrepoint – Christine Langan
- London to Brighton – Paul Andrew Williams
- Rollin' with the Nines – Julian Gilbey
Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer (2009–present)
- 2009: Moon – Duncan Jones (writer/director)
- Mugabe and the White African – Lucy Bailey (director); Andrew Thompson (director); Elizabeth Morgan Hemlock (producer); David Pearson (producer)
- Shifty – Eran Creevy (writer/director)
- Exam – Stuart Hazeldine (writer/director/producer)
- Nowhere Boy – Sam Taylor-Wood (director)
- 2010: Four Lions – Chris Morris (writer/director)
- The Arbor – Clio Barnard (director); Tracy O’Riordan (producer)
- Exit Through the Gift Shop – Banksy (director); Jaimie D’Cruz (producer)
- Monsters – Gareth Edwards (writer/director)
- Skeletons – Nick Whitfield (writer/director)
- 2011: Tyrannosaur – Paddy Considine (director); Diarmid Scrimshaw (producer)
- Attack the Block – Joe Cornish (director)
- Black Pond – Tom Kingsley (director); Will Sharpe (director); Sarah Brocklehurst (producer)
- Coriolanus – Ralph Fiennes (director)
- Submarine – Richard Ayoade (director)
- 2012: The Imposter – Bart Layton (director); Dimitri Doganis (producer)
- McCullin – David Morris (director); Jacqui Morris (director/producer)
- Wild Bill – Dexter Fletcher (writer/director); Danny King (writer)
- The Muppets – James Bobin (director)
- I Am Nasrine – Tina Gharavi (writer/director)
- 2013: Kelly + Victor – Kieran Evans (director/writer)
- Good Vibrations – Colin Carberry (writer) and Glenn Patterson (writer)
- Shell – Scott Graham (director/writer)
- Saving Mr. Banks – Kelly Marcel (writer)
- For Those in Peril – Paul Wright (director/writer) and Polly Stokes (producer)
- 2014: Pride – Stephen Beresford (writer); David Livingstone (producer)
- '71 – Gregory Burke (writer) and Yann Demange (director)
- Northern Soul – Elaine Constantine (director/writer)
- Kajaki – Paul Katis (director/producer) and Andrew de Lotbiniere (producer)
- Lilting – Hong Khaou (director/writer)
- 2015: Theeb – Naji Abu Nowar (writer/director) and Rupert Lloyd (producer)
- Ex Machina – Alex Garland (director)
- Second Coming – debbie Tucker Green (writer/director)
- A Syrian Love Story – Sean McAllister (director/producer) and Elhum Shakerifar (producer)
- The Survivalist – Stephen Fingleton (writer/director)
See also
From 1952–1984, a separate Newcomer award for performers was presented. For a full list of winners and nominees in this category see BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles
Notes
- 1 2 http://static.bafta.org/files/rule-book-bafta-film-awards-1112-1017.pdf BAFTA Film Awards Guidelines
- ↑ http://www.bafta.org/film/awards/film-awards-brochure-2012,2878,BA.html Film Awards Brochure 2012