The 15th British Academy Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1962, honoured the best films of 1961.[1]
Winners and nominees
Peter Finch, Best British Actor winner
Paul Newman, Best Foreign Actor winner
Sophia Loren, Best Foreign Actress winner
Rita Tushingham, Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles winnerBest Film
Ballad of a Soldier (TIE)
The Hustler (TIE)
Best British Film
A Taste of Honey
Best British Actor
Peter Finch in No Love for Johnnie
Best Foreign Actor
Paul Newman in The Hustler
Best British Actress
Dora Bryan in A Taste of Honey
Best Foreign Actress
Sophia Loren in Two Women
Best British Screenplay
The Day the Earth Caught Fire – Wolf Mankowitz and Val Guest (TIE)
A Taste of Honey – Tony Richardson and Shelagh Delaney (TIE)
Best Animated Film
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
- The Do-It-Yourself Cartoon Kit
- For Better...For Worse
Best Short Film
Terminus – John Schlesinger
United Nations Award
Let My People Go
Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles
Rita Tushingham in A Taste of Honey
References
- ^ "Film in 1962". BAFTA. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
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