61st British Academy Film Awards 61st British Academy Film Awards The 61st British Academy Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, took place on 10 February 2008 and honoured the best films of 2007. "Atonement" won Best Film, while Coen brothers, Joel and Ethan, won Best Director for "No Country for Old Men", which also went on to win Best Cinematography and Best Supporting Actor for Javier Bardem. Daniel Day-Lewis won Best Actor for "There Will Be Blood", Marion Cotillard won Best Actress for "La Vie en Rose (La Môme)", and Tilda Swinton won Best Supporting Actress for "Michael Clayton".
60th Academy Awards outside the United States. Best Actor winner Michael Douglas became the second person to win Oscars for both acting and producing; he previously won a Best Picture award as co-producer of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest". Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (). The award honors “creative producers whose bodies of work reflect a consistently high quality of motion picture production.” The following individuals, listed in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers. In view of the 60th anniversary of the Academy Awards, the Academy hired film producer Samuel Goldwyn