Comparing and Contrasting the BAFTA and Oscar Winners. Analysis and Perspective on the 'Britishness' of the films

British Oscar Winners

Daniel Day-Lewis (actor in a leading role winner) -  Daniel Day-Lewis is an English actor. He is known for staring in films such as; There will be Blood, Gangs of New York, The last of the Mohicans, and Lincoln. He has won 88 awards in his career including 3 Oscars and 4 Baftas, as well as having 33 nominations.

Searching for Sugar Man (Documentary Feature Winner) - A Swedish/British documentarydirected by Malik Bendjelloul, which details the efforts of two Cape Town fans in the late nineteen-nineties, Stephen 'Sugar' Segerman and Craig Bartholomew Strydom, to find out if the rumoured death of American musician Sixto Rodriguez was true, and, if not, to discover what had become of him. Rodriguez's music, which never took off in the United States, had become wildly popular in South Africa, but little was known about him there. It also won a Bafta for best documentary in the same month.

Skyfall (Music) -  Skyfall is the featured song from the movie, Skyfall, which is part of the James Bond series. It is sung by British singer, Adele, who also wrote the song. Not only did the song win the oscar, but also the best British single at the Brits in the same month. Skyfall, the movie, also won an oscar for sound editing.


All together, there was around 4 British winners at the Oscars, whilst there was around 8 British winners at the Baftas. This may be because the Baftas is a British award ceremony, where as the Oscars in slightly more international based, despite the fact that it is held in America. However, the awards the Brits won at the Oscars are more main awards that more people follow, such as best actor or documentary, which honour the film more as a whole, rather than winning awards like best cinematography or best production design, which were won by Brits at the Baftas. This part of a movie, although important, do not make the movie as effective as the actor and are not noticed as much by a non media enthusiast. poeple consider the actor or director make the movie British rather than the production design for example.