56th British Academy Film Awards
Date23 February 2003
SiteOdeon Leicester Square
Hosted byStephen Fry
Highlights
Best FilmThe Pianist
Best British FilmThe Warrior
Best ActorDaniel Day-Lewis
Gangs of New York
Best ActressNicole Kidman
The Hours
Most awardsChicago, The Hours, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The Pianist, Road to Perdition, and Talk to Her (2)
Most nominationsChicago and Gangs of New York (12)

The 56th British Academy Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, took place on 23 February 2003 and honoured the best films of 2002.

The Pianist won Best Film and Best Director for Roman Polanski. Daniel Day-Lewis won Best Actor for Gangs of New York and Nicole Kidman won Best Actress for The Hours. Christopher Walken won Best Supporting Actor for Catch Me If You Can and Catherine Zeta-Jones won Best Supporting Actress for Chicago. The Warrior, directed by Asif Kapadia, was voted Outstanding British Film of 2002.

Winners and nominees

Roman Polanski, Best Director winner
Daniel Day-Lewis, Best Actor winner
Nicole Kidman, Best Actress winner
Christopher Walken, Best Supporting Actor winner
Catherine Zeta-Jones, Best Supporting Actress winner
Pedro Almodóvar, Best Original Screenplay winner
Charlie Kaufman, Best Adapted Screenplay co-winner

The PianistRoman Polanski, Robert Benmusso and Alain Sarde

Roman PolanskiThe Pianist

Daniel Day-LewisGangs of New York as William Cutting

Nicole KidmanThe Hours as Virginia Woolf

Christopher WalkenCatch Me If You Can as Frank Abagnale Sr.

Catherine Zeta-JonesChicago as Velma Kelly

Talk to HerPedro Almodóvar

AdaptationCharlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman

Road to PerditionConrad Hall

The Lord of the Rings: The Two TowersNgila Dickson and Richard Taylor

City of GodDaniel Rezende

Frida – Judy Chin, Beatrice De Alba, John E. Jackson and Regina Reyes

The HoursPhilip Glass

Road to PerditionDennis Gassner

ChicagoMichael Minkler, Dominick Tavella, David Lee and Maurice Schell

The Lord of the Rings: The Two TowersJim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook and Alex Funke

The Warrior – Bertrand Faivre and Asif Kapadia

The WarriorAsif Kapadia (Writer/Director)

Fish Never Sleep – Gaëlle Denis

  • The ChubbChubbs! – Jacquie Barnbrook, Eric Armstrong and Jeff Wolverton
  • The Dog Who Was a Cat InsideAndrew Ruhemann, Siân Rees and Siri Melchoir
  • Sap – Lucie Wenigerová and Hyun-Joo Kim
  • Wedding Espresso – Jonathan Bairstow, Sandra Ensby and Lesley Glaister

My Wrongs 8245–8249 & 117Mark Herbert and Chris Morris

  • Bouncer – Natasha Carlish, Sophie Morgan, Michael Baig-Clifford and Geoff Thompson
  • Candy Bar Kid – Benjamin Johns and Shan Khan
  • Good Night – Yoav Factor and Sun-Young Chun
  • The Most Beautiful Man in the WorldHugh Welchman and Alicia Duffy
  • Rank – Andrew O'Connell, David Yates and Robbie McCallum

Talk to HerAgustín Almodóvar and Pedro Almodóvar

Statistics

Films that received multiple nominations
Nominations Film
12 Chicago
Gangs of New York
11 The Hours
9 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
7 The Pianist
4 Adaptation
Catch Me If You Can
Frida
3 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Road to Perdition
The Warrior
2 About a Boy
City of God
Dirty Pretty Things
The Magdalene Sisters
Talk to Her
Y tu mamá también
Films that received multiple awards
Awards Film
2 Chicago
The Hours
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
The Pianist
Road to Perdition
Talk to Her
The Warrior

See also

References

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