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".
84th Academy Awards Highland Center on November 12, 2011. On February 11, 2012, in a ceremony at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Milla Jovovich. "The Artist" won five awards, including Best Actor for Jean Dujardin, Best Director for Michel Hazanavicius, and Best Picture, the first silent feature to win an Academy Award for Best Picture since 1927's "Wings", the inaugural winner in 1929. Other winners included "Hugo" also with five awards, "The Iron Lady" with two awards, and "Beginners", "The Descendants", "The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore", "The