LONDON,UK(SMI-EUROPE-ENTERTAINMENT, 05.24.21)-The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has announced the winners of tonight’s British Academy Television Craft Awards, celebrating the very best behind-the-scenes television talent of 2020.

 

The ceremony, broadcast on BAFTA’s YouTube and Facebook channels, was hosted by Gbemisola Ikumelo, co-written by Ikumelo and Akemnji Ndifornyen, and featured guest presenters including Annie Wallace, Ellen Thomas, Nathaniel Martello-White, Tony Robinson, Max Harwood and Mawaan Rizwan.

Small Axe, the drama mini-series about the lives of West Indian immigrants in London in the 1960s, ‘70s and ‘80s was successful in five categories: JoJo Williams for Make Up & Hair Design; Jacqueline Durran for Costume Design; Helen Scott for Production Design; Shabier Kirchner for Photography & Lighting: Fiction; and Gary Davy for Scripted Casting.

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I May Destroy You, the drama series featuring a woman who seeks to rebuild her life after a sexual assault, saw Michaela Coel and Sam Miller win in Director: Fiction, with Michaela Coel also collecting the award for Writer: Drama and the Editing Teamwinning Editing: Fiction.

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His Dark Materials, the drama based on Philip Pullman’s trilogy of novels, received two awards: Jon Thomas, Gareth Bull, James Ridgway, Dillon Bennett, Eilam Hoffman and James Drake won Sound: Fiction and Russell Dodgson, James Whitlam, Jean-Clement Soret, Robert Harrington, Dan May and Brian Fisher won Special, Visual & Graphic Effects.

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Lee Miller – A Life on the Front Line, which follows the story of a model-turned-war reporter, won Editing: Factual for Claire Guillon and Director: Factual for first-time winnerTeresa Griffiths.

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BAFTA continues to shine a spotlight on the very best emerging talent in the industry with the Emerging Talent: Fiction category, won this year by Georgi Banks-Davies for her directorial debut, I Hate Suzie. Emerging Talent: Factual saw another first-time director Marian Mohamed win for Defending Digga D.

Other first-time winners included: Marcus Viner, Director: Multi-Camera for ENO’s Drive & Live: La bohème; Harry Escott, Original Music for Roadkill; and Sophie Willan, Writer: Comedy for Alma’s Not Normal.

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The award for Entertainment Craft Team was presented to Mark Busk-Cowley, Roy Callow, Steve Kruger, Andy Milligan, James Tinsley and Mathieu Weekes for I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!

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The award for Sound: Factual was won by Nick Fry, Steve Speed, James Evans and Hugh Dwan for Formula 1: Drive to Survive. The award for Photography: Factual was awarded to Johnny Shipley, Drone Camera Team and John Livesey for The Great Mountain Sheep Gather. Titles & Graphic Identity was won by Nic Benns and Miki Katofor Fear City: New York vs The Mafia.

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The 2020 British Academy Television Craft Awards Winners Are:

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EMERGING TALENT: FICTION 

• Georgi Banks-Davies (Director) I Hate Suzie - Bad Wolf/Sky Atlantic Winner

• Harry Tulley (Dubbing Mixer) Anthony - LA Productions/BBC One

• Stephen S. Thompson (Writer) Sitting in Limbo - Left Bank Pictures/BBC One

• William Stefan Smith (Director) On the Edge: BBW - BlackLight Television/Channel 4

EMERGING TALENT: FACTUAL

• Ashley Francis-Roy (Shooting Producer/Director) Damilola: The Boy Next Door & The Real Eastenders - Acme Films/Channel 4

• Jessica Kelly (Director) The Schools that Chain Boys - BBC News Arabic Documentaries/BBC iPlayer & Silicon Valley’s Online Slave Market - BBC News Arabic Documentaries/BBC Two

• Kandise Abiola (Producer) Terms & Conditions: A UK Drill Story - Century Films/YouTube

• Marian Mohamed (Director) Defending Digga D - Lambent Productions/BBC Three Winner

 

COSTUME DESIGN

• Amy Roberts The Crown - Left Bank Pictures in association with Sony Pictures Television/Netflix

• Jacqueline Durran Small Axe (Lovers Rock) - Turbine Studios, Lammas Park/BBC One Winner

• James Keast Belgravia - Carnival Films, EPIX/ITV

• Rosa Dias Sex Education - Eleven Film/Netflix

 

DIRECTOR: FACTUAL

• Deeyah Khan America’s War on Abortion (Exposure) - Fuuse Films/ITV

• James Bluemel Once Upon a Time in Iraq - KEO Films/BBC Two

• Teresa Griffiths Lee Miller – A Life on the Front Line - Erica Starling Productions & Ronachan Films/BBC Two WINNER

• Xavier Alford Locked In: Breaking the Silence (Storyville) - Marble Films/BBC Four

 

DIRECTOR: FICTION 

• Benjamin Caron The Crown (episode 3) - Left Bank Pictures in association with Sony Pictures Television/Netflix

• Lenny Abrahamson Normal People (episode 5) - Element Pictures/BBC Three

• Michaela Coel, Sam Miller I May Destroy You - Various Artists, FALKNA/BBC One Winner

• Steve McQueen Small Axe - Turbine Studios, Lammas Park/BBC One

 

DIRECTOR: MULTI-CAMERA

• Bridget Caldwell The Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance - BBC Studios/BBC One

• Ken Burton Rugby League Challenge Cup Final - BBC Sport/BBC One

• Marcus Viner ENO's Drive & Live: La bohème - Somethin' Else, ENO/Sky Arts Winner

• Nikki Parsons Strictly Come Dancing - BBC Studios/BBC One

 

EDITING: FACTUAL 

• Adam Finch Putin: A Russian Spy Story - Rogan Productions/Channel 4

• Anna Price Once Upon a Time in Iraq (episode 3) - KEO Films/BBC Two

• Claire Guillon Lee Miller – A Life on the Front Line - Erica Starling Productions, Ronachan Films/BBC Two WINNER

• Will Grayburn Once Upon a Time in Iraq (episode 2) - KEO Films/BBC Two​

 

EDITING: FICTION 

• Chris Dickens, Steve McQueen Small Axe - Turbine Studios, Lammas Park/BBC One

• Editing Team I May Destroy You - Various Artists, FALKNA/BBC One Winner

• Nathan Nugent Normal People (episode 5) - Element Pictures/BBC Three

• Pia Di Ciaula Quiz - Left Bank Pictures/ITV​

 

ENTERTAINMENT CRAFT TEAM 

• ANDY MILLIGAN, MARK BUSK-COWLEY, GURDIP MAHAL, ROB ASHARD, CLAUDINE TAYLOR Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway - ITV Studios, Mitre Television/ITV

• DAVID BISHOP, ANDY PAYNE, LUCY FOSTER Last Night of the Proms - Livewire Pictures/BBC One

• DAVID BISHOP, DARREN LOVELL, DAVID NEWTON, RICHARD SILLITTO, ANDY TAPLEY, CATHERINE LAND Strictly Come Dancing - BBC Studios/BBC One

• MARK BUSK-COWLEY, ROY CALLOW, STEVE KRUGER, ANDY MILLIGAN, JAMES TINSLEY, MATHIEU WEEKES I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! - ITV Studios/ITV Winner

 

MAKE UP & HAIR DESIGN

• BETHANY SWAN I May Destroy You - Various Artists, FALKNA/BBC One

• CATE HALL, EMILIE YONG-MILLS The Crown - Left Bank Pictures in association with Sony Pictures Television/Netflix

• JOJO WILLIAMS Small Axe - Turbine Studios, Lammas Park/BBC One Winner

• LOUISE COLES, SARAH NUTH, LORRAINE GLYNN, ERIN AYANIAN The Great - MRC Television/STARZPLAY

 

ORIGINAL MUSIC

• CRISTOBAL TAPIA DE VEER The Third Day (episode 3)- Sky Studios, Plan B Entertainment, Punchdrunk Entertainment, HBO/Sky Atlantic 

• H. SCOTT SALINAS Baghdad Central - Euston Films/Channel 4

• HARRY ESCOTT Roadkill -The Forge Entertainment/BBC One Winner

• MARTIN PHIPPS The Crown- Left Bank Pictures in association with Sony Pictures Television/Netflix​

 

PHOTOGRAPHY: 

• JOHNNY SHIPLEY, DRONE CAMERA TEAM, JOHN LIVESEY The Great Mountain Sheep Gather - Windfall Films/BBC Four Winner

• RICHARD KIRBY, SUE GIBSON, MAX KÖLBL, ROBERT HOLLINGWORTH Tiny World (Island) - Plimsoll Productions/Apple TV+

• TIM CRAGG Fear City: New York vs The Mafia - RAW and Brillstein Entertainment Partners Production/Netflix

• WILL EDWARDS, MICHAEL O’HALLORAN Marina Abramović Takes Over TV - Northern Town/Sky Arts

 

PHOTOGRAPHY & LIGHTING: FICTION 

• ED RUTHERFORD Little Birds -Warp Films/Sky Atlantic

• ROB HARDY Devs - FX and FX Productions/BBC Two

• SHABIER KIRCHNER Small Axe - Turbine Studios, Lammas Park/BBC One Winner

• SUZIE LAVELLE Normal People - Element Pictures/BBC Three

 

PRODUCTION DESIGN 

• HELEN SCOTT Small Axe -Turbine Studios, Lammas Park/BBC One  Winner

• JOEL COLLINS, ROBYN PAIBA, ROBERT WISCHHUSEN-HAYES, CHARLIE LYNAM His Dark Materials - Bad Wolf/BBC One

• MATT GANT, MEGAN BOSAW Gangs of London - Pulse Films, SISTER/Sky Atlantic

• SAMANTHA HARLEY, ALEXANDRA SLADE Sex Education - Eleven Film/Netflix

 

SCRIPTED CASTING 

• GARY DAVY Small Axe - Turbine Studios, Lammas Park/BBC One Winner

• KATE RHODES JAMES Baghdad Central - Euston Films/Channel 4

• LAUREN EVANS Sex Education- Eleven Film/Netflix

• SHAHEEN BAIG The Third Day - Sky Studios, Plan B Entertainment, Punchdrunk Entertainment, HBO/Sky Atlantic

 

SOUND: FACTUAL

• KATE HOPKINS, TIM OWENS, GRAHAM WILD, PAUL ACKERMAN, TOM MERCER Earth at Night in Colour - Offspring Films/Apple TV+

• NICK FRY, STEVE SPEED, JAMES EVANS, HUGH DWAN Formula 1: Drive to Survive - Box to Box Films/Netflix Winner

• RICHARD KONDAL, ALEX OUTHWAITE, ADRIAN SANDU Hitsville: The Making of Motown – Fulwell 73, Universal Music Group/Sky Documentaries 

• SOUND TEAM Springwatch 2020 - BBC Studios Natural History Unit/BBC Two ​

 

SOUND: FICTION

• JON THOMAS, GARETH BULL, JAMES RIDGWAY, DILLON BENNETT, EILAM HOFFMAN, JAAMES DRAKE His Dark Materials (episode 7) - Bad Wolf/BBC One Winner

• NIALL O’SULLIVAN, STEVE FANAGAN, NIALL BRADY Normal People - Element Pictures/BBC Three

• PAUL COTTERELL, JAMES HARRISON, RONALD BAILEY, LEWIS MORISON Small Axe - Turbine Studios, Lammas Park/BBC One

• SOUND TEAM The Crown - Left Bank Pictures in association with Sony Pictures Television/Netflix

 

SPECIAL, VISUAL & GRAPHIC EFFECTS 

• BEN TURNER, REECE EWING, CHRIS REYNOLDS, ASA SHOUL, FRAMESTORE, UNTOLD STUDIOS The Crown - Left Bank Pictures in association with Sony Pictures Television/Netflix

• MICHAEL ILLINGWORTH, OLIVIER MILBURN, DANNY HARGREAVES, OLIVER OGNEUX, LAURA USAITE, PEDROM DADGOSTAR War of the Worlds - Urban Myth Films/FOX

• MILK VFX, DNEG TV, FREEFOLK, GOODBYE KANSAS STUDIOS, GREG FISHER, DAVE HOUGHTON Cursed – Netflix/Netflix

• RUSSELL DODGSON, JAMES WHITLAM, JEAN-CLEMENT SORET, ROBERT HARRINGTON, DAN MAY, BRIAN FISHER His Dark Materials - Bad Wolf/BBC One Winner

 

TITLES & GRAPHIC IDENTITY

• MATT CURTIS Devs - FX and FX Productions/BBC Two

• NIC BENNS, MIKI KATO Fear City: New York vs The Mafia - A RAW and Brillstein Entertainment Partners Production/Netflix Winner

• PETER ANDERSON STUDIO Dracula - Hartswood Films/BBC One

• PETER ANDERSON STUDIO Roald & Beatrix: The Tail of the Curious Mouse - Hartswood Films/Sky One

 

WRITER: COMEDY

• CHARLIE BROOKER Charlie Brooker’s Antiviral Wipe - Broke & Bones, Endemol Shine Group/BBC Two

• DAISY MAY COOPER, CHARLIE COOPER This Country - BBC Studios/BBC Three

• SOPHIE WILLAN Alma’s Not Normal - Expectation/BBC Two  Winner

• WRITING TEAM Ghosts - Monumental Television, Them There/BBC One

 

WRITER: DRAMA

• ALASTAIR SIDDONS, STEVE MCQUEEN Small Axe - Turbine Studios, Lammas Park/BBC One 

• LUCY KIRKWOOD Adult Material - Fifty Fathoms Productions/Channel 4

• LUCY PREBBLE I Hate Suzie - Bad Wolf/Sky Atlantic

• MICHAELA COEL I May Destroy You - Various Artists, FALKNA/BBC One Winner

 

* Entertainment Programme is given in honour of Lew Grade

** Single Documentary is given in honour of Robert Flaherty

*** Specialist Factual is given in honour of Huw Wheldon

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