60th British Academy Film Awards
The 60th British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, took place on 11 February 2007 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 2006. Presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, accolades were handed out for the best feature-length film and documentaries of any nationality that were screened at British cinemas in 2006.
The nominees were announced on 12 January 2007. The Queen won Best Film and Best Actress for Helen Mirren. Paul Greengrass won Best Director for United 93, which also won Best Editing. Forest Whitaker won Best Actor for The Last King of Scotland, which also won Outstanding British Film and Best Adapted Screenplay. The ceremony also featured the inaugural BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film, which was awarded to Happy Feet, directed by George Miller.
Jonathan Ross hosted the ceremony for the second time.
Winners and nominees
BAFTA Fellowship
Anne V. Coates and '''Richard Curtis'''Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema
- '''Nick Daubeny'''
Awards
Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.Statistics
| Awards | Film |
| 3 | The Last King of Scotland |
| 3 | Pan's Labyrinth |
| 2 | Children of Men |
| 2 | Little Miss Sunshine |
| 2 | The Queen |
| 2 | United 93 |
In Memoriam
- Jack Wild
- Johnny Sekka
- Teddy Joseph
- Derek Bond
- Philippe Noiret
- Henry Bumstead
- Shohei Imamura
- Alida Valli
- Garth Thomas
- Gordon Parks
- Carlo Ponti
- Glenn Ford
- Jack Palance
- Patrick Allen
- Peter Benchley
- June Allyson
- Sven Nykvist
- William Franklyn
- Val Guest
- Malcolm Arnold
- Kenneth Griffith
- Maureen Stapleton
- Peter Boyle
- Mitzi Cunliffe
- Robert Altman