‘Lincoln’ leads BAFTA nominations, but Spielberg misses the cut

“Lincoln” led this morning’s BAFTA nominations with 10 mentions, followed closely by “Life of Pi” and “”Les Misérables” with nine each — but in something of twist, only one of those field-leading Best Film nominees managed an accompanying Best Director nomination, as Steven Spielberg and Tom Hooper, both nominated yesterday by the DGA, were frozen out by the British Academy. Less compromised success was enjoyed by “Argo,” with seven nominations — indeed, BAFTA took such a shine to Ben Affleck’s film that they became the first group to nominate him for Best Actor too.

“Skyfall,” the highest-grossing film in UK box-office history managed eight nominations, including ones for Judi Dench and Javier Bardem — but Best Film, perhaps surprisingly, was not among them. Meanwhile, the year’s other home-grown box office sensation, “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel,” earned a solitary nomination in the Best British Film category, with even BAFTA darling Maggie Smith left on the sidelines. Ouch. Full list of nominees after the jump.   

Best Film
“Argo”
“Life of Pi”
“Lincoln”
“Les Misérables”
“Zero Dark Thirty”

Best British Film
“Anna Karenina”
“The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel”
“Les Misérables”
“Seven Psychopaths”
“Skyfall”

Best Director
Michael Haneke, “Amour”
Ben Affleck, “Argo”
Quentin Tarantino, “Django Unchained”
Ang Lee, “Life of Pi”
Kathryn Bigelow, “Zero Dark Thirty”

Best Actor
Ben Affleck, “Argo”
Bradley Cooper, “Silver Linings Playbook”
Daniel Day-Lewis, “Lincoln”
Joaquin Phoenix, “The Master”
Hugh Jackman, “Les Misérables”

Best Actress
Jessica Chastain, “Zero Dark Thirty”
Marion Cotillard, “Rust and Bone”
Jennifer Lawrence, “Silver Linings Playbook”
Helen Mirren, “Hitchcock”
Emmanuelle Riva, “Amour”

Best Supporting Actor
Alan Arkin, “Argo”
Javier Bardem, “Skyfall”
Philip Seymour Hoffman, “The Master”
Tommy Lee Jones, “Lincoln”
Christoph Waltz, “Django Unchained”

Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams, “The Master”
Judi Dench, “Skyfall”
Sally Field, “Lincoln”
Anne Hathaway, “Les Misérables”
Helen Hunt, “The Sessions”

Best Original Screenplay
“Amour”
“Django Unchained”
“The Master”
“Moonrise Kingdom”
“Zero Dark Thirty”

Best Adapted Screenplay
“Argo”
“Beasts of the Southern Wild”
“Life of Pi” 
“Lincoln”
“Silver Linings Playbook”

Best Foreign Language Film
“Amour”
“Headhunters”
“The Hunt”
“The Intouchables”
“Rust and Bone”

Best Documentary
“The Imposter”
“Marley”
“McCullin”
“Searching for Sugar Man”
“West of Memphis”

Best Animated Film
“Brave”
“Frankenweenie”
“ParaNorman”

Best Cinematography
“Anna Karenina”
“Life of Pi”
“Lincoln”
“Les Misérables”
“Skyfall”

Best Production Design

“Anna Karenina”
“Life of Pi”
“Lincoln”
“Les Misérables”
“Skyfall”

Best Costume Design
“Anna Karenina”
“Great Expectations”
“Les Misérables”
“Lincoln”
“Snow White and the Huntsman”

Best Film Editing
“Argo”
“Django Unchained”
“Life of Pi”
“Skyfall”
“Zero Dark Thirty”

Best Makeup & Hair
“Anna Karenina”
“Hitchcock”
“The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey”
“Lincoln”
“Les Misérables”

Best Original Music

“Anna Karenina”
“Argo”
“Life of Pi”
“Lincoln”
“Skyfall”

Best Sound 
“Django Unchained”
“The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey”
“Life of Pi”
“Les Misérables”
“Skyfall”

Best Visual Effects

“The Avengers”
“The Dark Knight Rises”
“The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey”
“Life of Pi”
“Prometheus”

Best Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer

Thina Garavi (writer/director), “I Am Nasrine”
Bart Layton (writer) and Dimitri Doganis (producer), “The Imposter”
David Morris (director) and Jacqui Morris (director/producer), “McCullin”
James Bobin (director), “The Muppets”
Dexter Fletcher (writer/director) and Danny King (writer), “Wild Bill”

Best Short Film
“The Curse”
“Good Night”
“Swimmer”
“Tumult”
“The Voorman Problem”

Best Short Animation
“Here to Fall”
“I’m Fine Thanks”
“The Making of Longbird”

Rising Star Award (previously announced)
Elizabeth Olsen
Andrea Riseborough
Suraj Sharma
Juno Temple
Alicia Vikander

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