Small Axe wins five BAFTA TV Craft Awards including photography

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has announced the winners the British Academy Television Craft Awards, celebrating the very best behind-the-scenes television talent of 2020.

The ceremony, broadcast on BAFTA’s YouTube and Facebook channels, was hosted by Gbemisola Ikumelo, co-written by Ikumelo and Akemnji Ndifornyen, and featured guest presenters including Annie Wallace, Ellen Thomas, Nathaniel Martello-White, Tony Robinson, Max Harwood and Mawaan Rizwan.

Small Axe, the drama mini-series about the lives of West Indian immigrants in London in the 1960s, ‘70s and ‘80s was successful in five categories: Shabier Kirchner for Photography & Lighting: Fiction; JoJo Williams for Make Up & Hair Design; Jacqueline Durran for Costume Design; Helen Scott for Production Design; Shabier Kirchner for Photography & Lighting: Fiction; and Gary Davy for Scripted Casting. Click here to read our in-depth interview with Kirchner about his work on Small Axe (which appeared in the January issue).

The award for Photography: Factual was awarded to Johnny Shipley, Drone Camera Team and John Livesey for The Great Mountain Sheep Gather.

I May Destroy You, the drama series featuring a woman who seeks to rebuild her life after a sexual assault, saw Michaela Coel and Sam Miller win in Director: Fiction, with Michaela Coel also collecting the award for Writer: Drama and the Editing Team winning Editing: Fiction.

His Dark Materials, the drama based on Philip Pullman’s trilogy of novels, received two awards: Jon Thomas, Gareth Bull, James Ridgway, Dillon Bennett, Eilam Hoffman and James Drake won Sound: Fiction and Russell Dodgson, James Whitlam, Jean-Clement Soret, Robert Harrington, Dan May and Brian Fisher won Special, Visual & Graphic Effects.

Lee Miller – A Life on the Front Line, which follows the story of a model-turned-war reporter, won Editing: Factual for Claire Guillon and Director: Factual for first-time winner Teresa Griffiths.

BAFTA continues to shine a spotlight on the very best emerging talent in the industry with the Emerging Talent: Fiction category, won this year by Georgi Banks-Davies for her directorial debut, I Hate Suzie. Emerging Talent: Factual saw another first-time director Marian Mohamed win for Defending Digga D.

Other first-time winners included: Marcus Viner, Director: Multi-Camera for ENO’s Drive & Live: La bohème; Harry Escott, Original Music for Roadkill; and Sophie Willan, Writer: Comedy for Alma’s Not Normal.

Here are the full list of nominees and winners (in bold):

Photography: Factual sponsored by The Farm

JOHNNY SHIPLEY, DRONE CAMERA TEAM, JOHN LIVESEY for The Great Mountain Sheep Gather – Windfall Films/BBC Four
RICHARD KIRBY, SUE GIBSON, MAX KÖLBL, ROBERT HOLLINGWORTH for Tiny World (Island) – Plimsoll Productions/Apple TV+
TIM CRAGG for Fear City: New York vs The Mafia – RAW and Brillstein Entertainment Partners Production/Netflix
WILL EDWARDS, MICHAEL O’HALLORAN for Marina Abramović Takes Over TV – Northern Town/Sky Arts

Photography & Lighting: Fiction sponsored by ScreenSkills High-end Television Skills Fund

ED RUTHERFORD for Little Birds –Warp Films/Sky Atlantic
ROB HARDY for Devs – FX and FX Productions/BBC Two
SHABIER KIRCHNER for Small Axe – Turbine Studios, Lammas Park/BBC One
SUZIE LAVELLE for Normal People – Element Pictures/BBC Three

Director: Factual

DEEYAH KHAN for America’s War on Abortion (Exposure) – Fuuse Films/ITV
JAMES BLUEMEL for Once Upon a Time in Iraq – KEO Films/BBC Two
TERESA GRIFFITHS for Lee Miller – A Life on the Front Line – Erica Starling Productions & Ronachan Films/BBC Two
XAVIER ALFORD for Locked In: Breaking the Silence (Storyville) – Marble Films/BBC Four

Director: Fiction Sponsored By 3 Mills Studios

BENJAMIN CARON for The Crown (episode 3) – Left Bank Pictures in association with Sony Pictures Television/Netflix
LENNY ABRAHAMSON for Normal People (episode 5) – Element Pictures/BBC Three
MICHAELA COEL, SAM MILLER for I May Destroy You – Various Artists, FALKNA/BBC One
STEVE MCQUEEN for Small Axe – Turbine Studios, Lammas Park/BBC One

Director: Multi-Camera

BRIDGET CALDWELL for The Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance – BBC Studios/BBC One
KEN BURTON for Rugby League Challenge Cup Final – BBC Sport/BBC One
MARCUS VINER for ENO’s Drive & Live: La bohème – Somethin’ Else, ENO/Sky Arts
NIKKI PARSONS for Strictly Come Dancing – BBC Studios/BBC One

Editing: Factual Sponsored by Adobe

ADAM FINCH for Putin: A Russian Spy Story – Rogan Productions/Channel 4
ANNA PRICE for Once Upon a Time in Iraq (episode 3) – KEO Films/BBC Two
CLAIRE GUILLON for Lee Miller – A Life on the Front Line – Erica Starling Productions, Ronachan Films/BBC Two
WILL GRAYBURN for Once Upon a Time in Iraq (episode 2) – KEO Films/BBC Two

Editing: Fiction sponsored by Adobe

CHRIS DICKENS, STEVE MCQUEEN for Small Axe – Turbine Studios, Lammas Park/BBC One
Editing Team for I May Destroy You – Various Artists, FALKNA/BBC One
NATHAN NUGENT for Normal People (episode 5) – Element Pictures/BBC Three
PIA DI CIAULA f0r Quiz – Left Bank Pictures/ITV

Emerging Talent: Fiction sponsored by Sara Putt Associates

GEORGI BANKS-DAVIES (Director) for I Hate Suzie – Bad Wolf/Sky Atlantic
HARRY TULLEY (Dubbing Mixer) for Anthony – LA Productions/BBC One
STEPHEN S. THOMPSON (Writer) for Sitting in Limbo – Left Bank Pictures/BBC One
WILLIAM STEFAN SMITH (Director) for On the Edge: BBW – BlackLight Television/Channel 4

Emerging Talent: Factual

ASHLEY FRANCIS-ROY (Shooting Producer/Director) for Damilola: The Boy Next Door & The Real Eastenders – Acme TV/Channel 4
JESSICA KELLY (Director) for The Schools that Chain Boys – BBC News Arabic Documentaries/BBC iPlayer & Silicon Valley’s Online Slave Market – BBC News Arabic Documentaries/BBC Two
KANDISE ABIOLA (Producer) for Terms & Conditions: A UK Drill Story – Century Films/YouTube
MARIAN MOHAMED (Director) for Defending Digga D – Lambent Productions/BBC Three

Entertainment Craft Team sponsored by Hotcam

ANDY MILLIGAN, MARK BUSK-COWLEY, GURDIP MAHAL, ROB ASHARD, CLAUDINE TAYLOR for Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway – ITV Studios, Mitre Television/ITV
DAVID BISHOP, ANDY PAYNE, LUCY FOSTER for Last Night of the Proms – Livewire Pictures/BBC One
DAVID BISHOP, DARREN LOVELL, DAVID NEWTON, RICHARD SILLITTO, ANDY TAPLEY, CATHERINE LAND for Strictly Come Dancing – BBC Studios/BBC One
MARK BUSK-COWLEY, ROY CALLOW, STEVE KRUGER, ANDY MILLIGAN, JAMES TINSLEY, MATHIEU WEEKES for I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! – ITV Studios/ITV

Make Up & Hair Design

BETHANY SWAN for I May Destroy You – Various Artists, FALKNA/BBC One
CATE HALL, EMILIE YONG-MILLS for The Crown – Left Bank Pictures in association with Sony Pictures Television/Netflix
JOJO WILLIAMS for Small Axe – Turbine Studios, Lammas Park/BBC One
LOUISE COLES, SARAH NUTH, LORRAINE GLYNN, ERIN AYANIAN for The Great – MRC Television/STARZPLAY

 Original Music

CRISTOBAL TAPIA DE VEER for The Third Day (episode 3) – Sky Studios, Plan B Entertainment, Punchdrunk Entertainment, HBO/Sky Atlantic
H. SCOTT SALINAS for Baghdad Central – Euston Films/Channel 4
HARRY ESCOTT for Roadkill – The Forge Entertainment/BBC One
MARTIN PHIPPS for The Crown- Left Bank Pictures in association with Sony Pictures Television/Netflix

Production Design sponsored by Microsoft

HELEN SCOTT for Small Axe –Turbine Studios, Lammas Park/BBC One
JOEL COLLINS, ROBYN PAIBA, ROBERT WISCHHUSEN-HAYES, CHARLIE LYNAM for His Dark Materials – Bad Wolf/BBC One
MATT GANT, MEGAN BOSAW for Gangs of London – Pulse Films, SISTER/Sky Atlantic
SAMANTHA HARLEY, ALEXANDRA SLADE, MIRI KATZ, SAMANTHA CLIFF for Sex Education – Eleven Film/Netflix

Scripted Casting sponsored by Spotlight

GARY DAVY for Small Axe – Turbine Studios, Lammas Park/BBC One
KATE RHODES JAMES for Baghdad Central – Euston Films/Channel 4
LAUREN EVANS for Sex Education- Eleven Film/Netflix
SHAHEEN BAIG for The Third Day – Sky Studios, Plan B Entertainment, Punchdrunk Entertainment, HBO/Sky Atlantic

Sound: Factual

KATE HOPKINS, TIM OWENS, GRAHAM WILD, PAUL ACKERMAN, TOM MERCER for Earth at Night in Colour – Offspring Films/Apple TV+
NICK FRY, STEVE SPEED, JAMES EVANS, HUGH DWAN for Formula 1: Drive to Survive – Box to Box Films/Netflix
RICHARD KONDAL, ALEX OUTHWAITE, ADRIAN SANDU for Hitsville: The Making of Motown – Fulwell 73, Universal Music Group/Sky Documentaries
SOUND TEAM for Springwatch 2020 – BBC Studios Natural History Unit/BBC Two

Sound: Fiction

JON THOMAS, GARETH BULL, JAMES RIDGWAY, DILLON BENNETT, EILAM HOFFMAN, JAMES DRAKE His Dark Materials (episode 7) – Bad Wolf/BBC One
NIALL O’SULLIVAN, STEVE FANAGAN, NIALL BRADY for Normal People – Element Pictures/BBC Three
PAUL COTTERELL, JAMES HARRISON, RONALD BAILEY, LEWIS MORISON for Small Axe – Turbine Studios, Lammas Park/BBC One
SOUND TEAM for The Crown – Left Bank Pictures in association with Sony Pictures Television/Netflix

Special, Visual & Graphic Effects

BEN TURNER, REECE EWING, CHRIS REYNOLDS, ASA SHOUL, FRAMESTORE, UNTOLD STUDIOS for The Crown – Left Bank Pictures in association with Sony Pictures Television/Netflix
MICHAEL ILLINGWORTH, OLIVER MILBURN, DANNY HARGREAVES, OLIVIER OGNEUX, LAURA USAITE, PEDROM DADGOSTAR for War of the Worlds – Urban Myth Films/FOX
MILK VFX, DNEG TV, FREEFOLK, GOODBYE KANSAS STUDIOS, GREG FISHER, DAVE HOUGHTON for Cursed – Netflix/Netflix
RUSSELL DODGSON, JAMES WHITLAM, JEAN-CLEMENT SORET, ROBERT HARRINGTON, DAN MAY, BRIAN FISHER for His Dark Materials – Bad Wolf/BBC One

Titles & Graphic Identity

MATT CURTIS for Devs – FX and FX Productions/BBC Two
NIC BENNS, MIKI KATO for Fear City: New York vs The Mafia – A RAW and Brillstein Entertainment Partners Production/Netflix
PETER ANDERSON STUDIO for Dracula – Hartswood Films/BBC One
PETER ANDERSON STUDIO for Roald & Beatrix: The Tail of the Curious Mouse – Hartswood Films/Sky One

Writer: Comedy

CHARLIE BROOKER for Charlie Brooker’s Antiviral Wipe – Broke & Bones, Endemol Shine Group/BBC Two
DAISY MAY COOPER, CHARLIE COOPER for This Country – BBC Studios/BBC Three
SOPHIE WILLAN for Alma’s Not Normal – Expectation/BBC Two
WRITING TEAM for Ghosts – Monumental Television, Them There/BBC One

Writer: Drama

ALASTAIR SIDDONS, STEVE MCQUEEN for Small Axe – Turbine Studios, Lammas Park/BBC One
LUCY KIRKWOOD for Adult Material – Fifty Fathoms Productions/Channel 4
LUCY PREBBLE for I Hate Suzie – Bad Wolf/Sky Atlantic
MICHAELA COEL for I May Destroy You – Various Artists, FALKNA/BBC One

Costume Design:

AMY ROBERTS for The Crown – Left Bank Pictures in association with Sony Pictures Television/Netflix
JACQUELINE DURRAN for Small Axe (Lovers Rock) – Turbine Studios, Lammas Park/BBC One
JAMES KEAST for Belgravia – Carnival Films, EPIX/ITV
ROSA DIAS for Sex Education – Eleven Film/Netflix