British Nominees for the 81st Academy Awards 2008
Held 22 February 2009
Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
- BEST PICTURE
- Eric Fellner [nominated with Brian Grazer & Ron Howard] - Frost/Nixon
- Anthony Minghella [nominated with Sydney Pollack, Donna Gigliotti & Redmond Morris] - The Reader
- Christian Colson - Slumdog Millionaire
- ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
- Kate Winslet - The Reader
- ANIMATED FEATURE
- John Stevenson (dir.) [nominated with Mark Osborne] - Kung Fu Panda [US production]
- ART DIRECTION
- Michael Carlin & Rebecca Alleway - The Duchess
- CINEMATOGRAPHY
- Chris Menges & Roger Deakins - The Reader
- Anthony Dod Mantle - Slumdog Millionaire
- COSTUME DESIGN
- Michael O'Connor - The Duchess
- DIRECTING
- Stephen Daldry - The Reader
- Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire
- DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
- Encounters at the End of the World [British minority co-production, no British producer or director nominated]
- Man on Wire – (dir. James Marsh, prod. Simon Chinn)
- FILM EDITING
- Chris Dickens - Slumdog Millionaire
- ANIMATED SHORT FILM
- Peter & the Wolf (dir. Suzie Templeton, prod. Hugh Welchman)
- MAKE UP
- Conor O'Sullivan [nominated with John Caglione, Jr.] - The Dark Knight
- MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)
- Peter Gabriel [nominated with Thomas Newman] - WALL-E "Down to Earth"
- Maya Arulpragasam [nominated with A.R. Rahman] - Slumdog Millionaire "O Saya"
- ANIMATED SHORT FILM
- This Way Up (dir. Alan Smith & Adam Foulkes)
- SOUND EDITING
- Tom Sayers - Slumdog Millionaire
- SOUND MIXING
- Ian Tapp & Richard Pryke [nominated with Resul Pookutty] - Slumdog Millionaire
- VISUAL EFFECTS
- Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber & Paul Franklin - The Dark Knight
- ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
- Peter Morgan - Frost/Nixon
- David Hare - The Reader
- Simon Beaufoy - Slumdog Millionaire
- ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
- Mike Leigh - Happy-Go-Lucky
- Martin McDonagh - In Bruges
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