Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award | |
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Awarded for | In recognition of outstanding contribution to cinema |
Country | United Kingdom |
Presented by | British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) |
First awarded | 1978 |
Currently held by | June Givanni (2023) |
Website | bafta.org |
The Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award is an annual award, first introduced in 1978 and presented in honor of Michael Balcon, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts charity. The award was originally named the Michael Balcon Award but was renamed to its current title in 2006.
The inaugural recipient of the award was the special visual effects team from the 1978 film Superman and has been presented every year except 2021 and 2022.
In 2020, the award was originally awarded to Noel Clarke but was later rescinded due to numerous allegations of sexual misconduct. [1]
Year | Recipient(s) | Ref |
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1978 (32nd) | Les Bowie, Colin Chilvers, Denys Coop, Roy Field, Derek Meddings, Zoran Perisic and Wally Veevers (Special Visual Effects Team – Superman ) | |
1979 (33rd) | The Children's Film Foundation |
Year | Recipient(s) | Ref |
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1980 (34th) | Kevin Brownlow | |
1981 (35th) | David Puttnam (CBE) | |
1982 (36th) | Arthur Wooster | |
1983 (37th) | Colin Young (CBE) | |
1984 (38th) | Alan Parker (CBE) and Alan Marshall | |
1985 (39th) | Sydney Samuelson (CBE) | |
1986 (40th) | The Film Production Executives | |
1987 (41st) | Monty Python | |
1988 (42nd) | Charles Crichton | |
1989 (43rd) | Lewis Gilbert (CBE) |
Year | Recipient(s) | Ref |
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1990 (44th) | Jeremy Thomas (CBE) | |
1991 (45th) | Derek Jarman | |
1992 (46th) | Kenneth Branagh | |
1993 (47th) | Ken Loach | |
1994 (48th) | Ridley Scott and Tony Scott | |
1995 (49th) | Mike Leigh (OBE) | |
1996 (50th) | Film4 Productions | |
1997 (51st) | Michael Roberts | |
1998 (52nd) | Michael Kuhn | |
1999 (53rd) | Joyce Herlihy |
Year | Recipient(s) | Ref |
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2000 (54th) | Mary Selway | |
2001 (55th) | Vic Armstrong | |
2002 (56th) | Michael Stevenson and David Tomblin | |
2003 (57th) | Working Title Films | |
2004 (58th) | Angela Allen(MBE) | |
2005 (59th) | Robert Finch and Billy Merrell | |
Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award | ||
2006 (60th) | Nick Daubney | |
2007 (61st) | Barry Wilkinson | |
2008 (62nd) | Pinewood Studios and Shepperton Studios | |
2009 (63rd) | Joe Dunton |
Year | Recipient(s) | Ref |
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2010 (64th) | The Harry Potter film series | |
2011 (65th) | John Hurt | |
2012 (66th) | Tessa Ross | |
2013 (67th) | Peter Greenaway | |
2014 (68th) | BBC Films | |
2015 (69th) | Angels Costumes | |
2016 (70th) | Curzon | |
2017 (71st) | National Film and Television School | |
2018 (72nd) | Stephen Woolley and Elizabeth Karlsen | |
2019 (73rd) | Andy Serkis |
Year | Recipient(s) | Ref |
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2020 (74th) | | |
2021 (75th) | Not awarded | |
2022 (76th) | Not awarded | |
2023 (77th) | June Givanni |
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