50th British Academy Film Awards

The English Patient – Saul Zaentz and Anthony Minghella

• Fargo – Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
• Secrets & Lies – Simon Channing Williams and Mike Leigh
• Shine – Jane Scott and Scott Hicks

Joel Coen – Fargo

• Anthony Minghella – The English Patient
• Mike Leigh – Secrets & Lies
• Scott Hicks – Shine

Geoffrey Rush – Shine as David Helfgott

• Ian McKellen – Richard III as Richard III
• Ralph Fiennes – The English Patient as László Almásy
• Timothy Spall – Secrets & Lies as Maurice Purley

Brenda Blethyn – Secrets & Lies as Cynthia Rose Purley

• Emily Watson – Breaking the Waves as Bess McNeill
• Frances McDormand – Fargo as Marge Gunderson
• Kristin Scott Thomas – The English Patient as Katharine Clifton

Paul Scofield – The Crucible as Thomas Danforth

• Alan Rickman – Michael Collins as Éamon de Valera
• Edward Norton – Primal Fear as Aaron Stampler / Roy
• John Gielgud – Shine as Cecil Parkes

Juliette Binoche – The English Patient as Hana

• Lauren Bacall – The Mirror Has Two Faces as Hannah Morgan
• Lynn Redgrave – Shine as Gillian
• Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Secrets & Lies as Hortense Cumberbatch

Secrets & Lies – Mike Leigh

• Brassed Off – Mark Herman
• Fargo – Ethan Coen and Joel Coen
• Lone Star – John Sayles
• Shine – Jan Sardi

The English Patient – Anthony Minghella

• The Crucible – Arthur Miller
• Evita – Alan Parker and Oliver Stone
• Richard III – Ian McKellen and Richard Loncraine

The English Patient – John Seale

• Evita – Darius Khondji
• Fargo – Roger Deakins
• Michael Collins – Chris Menges

Richard III – Shuna Harwood

• The English Patient – Ann Roth
• Evita – Penny Rose
• Hamlet – Alexandra Byrne

The English Patient – Walter Murch

• Evita – Gerry Hambling
• Fargo – Roderick Jaynes
• Shine – Pip Karmel

The Nutty Professor – Rick Baker and David LeRoy Anderson

• 101 Dalmatians – Lynda Armstrong, Martial Corneville, Colin Jamison and Jean-Luc Russier
• The English Patient – Fabrizio Sforza and Nigel Booth
• Evita – Sarah Monzani and Martin Samuel

The English Patient – Gabriel Yared

• Brassed Off – Trevor Jones
• Evita – Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice
• Shine – David Hirschfelder

Richard III – Tony Burrough

• The English Patient – Stuart Craig
• Evita – Brian Morris
• Hamlet – Tim Harvey

Shine – Jim Greenhorn, Toivo Lember, Livia Ruzic, Roger Savage and Gareth Vanderhope

• The English Patient – Mark Berger, Pat Jackson, Walter Murch, Chris Newman, David Parker and Ivan Sharrock
• Evita – Anna Behlmer, Eddy Joseph, Andy Nelson, Ken Weston and Nigel Wright
• Independence Day – Bob Beemer, Bill W. Benton, Chris Carpenter, Sandy Gendler, Val Kuklowsky and Jeff Wexler

Twister – Stefen Fangmeier, John Frazier, Henry Labounta and Habib Zargarpour

• Independence Day – Tricia Ashford, Volker Engel, Clay Pinney, Douglas Smith and Joe Viskocil
• The Nutty Professor – Jon Farhat
• Toy Story – Eben Fiske Ostby and William Reeves

Secrets & Lies – Simon Channing Williams and Mike Leigh

• Brassed Off – Steve Abbott and Mark Herman
• Carla's Song – Sally Hibbin and Ken Loach
• Richard III – Lisa Katselas, Stephen Bayly and Richard Loncraine

Ridicule – Frederic Brillion, Philippe Carcassonne, Gilles Legrand and Patrice Leconte

• Antonia's Line – Hans de Weers and Marleen Gorris
• Kolya – Eric Abraham and Jan Svěrák
• Nelly and Mr. Arnaud – Alain Sarde and Claude Sautet

The Old Lady and the Pigeons – Bernard La Joie, Didier Brunner and Sylvain Chomet

• Famous Fred – John Coates, Catrin Unwin and Joanna Quinn
• The Saint Inspector – Richard Hutchinson and Mike Booth
• Testament: The Bible in Animation (for episode "Joseph") – Elizabeth Babakhina and Aida Ziablikoua
• Testament: The Bible in Animation (for episode "Moses") – Naomi Jones and Gary Hurst
• Trainspotter – Christopher Moll, Jeff Newitt and Neville Astley

Majorettes in Space (Des majorettes dans l'espace) – Carole Scotta and David Fourier

• The Butterfly Man – Robin MacPherson and Barry Ackroyd
• Dual Balls – Laurence Bowen and Dan Zeff
• Everything Must Go – François Barat and Jean-Marc Moutout
• Machination – Alice Beckmann and Ralph Seiler