| 55th British Academy Film Awards | |
|---|---|
| Date | 24 February 2002 |
| Site | Odeon Leicester Square |
| Hosted by | Stephen Fry |
| Highlights | |
| Best Film | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring |
| Best British Film | Gosford Park |
| Best Actor | Russell Crowe A Beautiful Mind |
| Best Actress | Judi Dench Iris |
| Most awards | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (4) |
| Most nominations | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring and Moulin Rouge! (12) |
The 55th British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, took place on 24 February 2002 at the Odeon Leicester Square in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 2001. Presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, accolades were handed out for the best feature-length film and documentaries of any nationality that were screened at British cinemas in 2001.
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring won Best Film, Best Director for Peter Jackson, Best Makeup and Hair, and Best Visual Effects.[1] Russell Crowe won Best Actor for A Beautiful Mind, which also won Best Supporting Actress for Jennifer Connelly. Judi Dench won Best Actress for Iris and Jim Broadbent won Best Supporting Actor for Moulin Rouge!. Gosford Park, directed by Robert Altman, was voted Outstanding British Film of 2001. This ceremony is also notable for Eddie Murphy's nomination for his voice role as Donkey in Shrek, to date the only voice-over performance ever nominated in BAFTA history.[2]
Stephen Fry hosted the ceremony for the first time solo, after co-hosting with Mariella Frostrup the previous year.