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Lynne Ramsay Scores BAFTA Directing Nomination

In a year when we will probably not see a female director nominated for any major awards here in the US, the Brits have been smart enough to recognize the Lynne Ramsay did do one of the best directing jobs of the year and nominated her for best director and We Need to Talk About Kevin for Best British Film.

Keep in mind there are two major film categories — best film and best British film — but only one major directing category and Ramsay was included alongside Golden Globe winner Martin Scorsese.

Sarah Smith also got a best director nomination for Arthur Christmas in the animated category.

Women got nods in the original screenplay category and adapted screenplay category with Annie Mumolo and Kristen Wiig getting a nomination for Bridesmaids and Abi Morgan receiving one for The Iron Lady. Bridget O’Connor was nominated as the co-writer of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier Spy.

This year is still a big disappointment with women being left out of many of the major categories including: film; documentary; film not in an English language; original music; cinematography; special visual effects and of course the Rising Star Award (which was written about here last week.)

List of other female nominees

LEADING ACTRESS

BÉRÉNICE BEJO The Artist

MERYL STREEP The Iron Lady

MICHELLE WILLIAMS My Week with Marilyn

TILDA SWINTON We Need to Talk About Kevin

VIOLA DAVIS The Help

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

CAREY MULLIGAN Drive

JESSICA CHASTAIN The Help

JUDI DENCH My Week with Marilyn

MELISSA MCCARTHY Bridesmaids

OCTAVIA SPENCER The Help

EDITING

THE ARTIST Anne-Sophie Bion, Michel Hazanavicius

HUGO Thelma Schoonmaker

PRODUCTION DESIGN

HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS — PART 2 Stuart Craig, Stephenie McMillan

HUGO Dante Ferretti, Francesca Lo Schiavo

TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY Maria Djurkovic, Tatiana MacDonald

COSTUME DESIGN

HUGO Sandy Powell

MY WEEK WITH MARILYN Jill Taylor

TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY Jacqueline Durran

MAKE UP & HAIR

THE ARTIST Julie Hewett, Cydney Cornell

HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS — PART 2 Amanda Knight, Lisa Tomblin

HUGO Morag Ross, Jan Archibald

THE IRON LADY Marese Langan

MY WEEK WITH MARILYN Jenny Shircore

SOUND

THE ARTIST Nadine Muse, Gérard Lamps, Michael Krikorian

Baftas 2012 shortlist: the full list of nominations (The Guardian)


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