BAFTA Television Craft Awards 2023: winners announced

BAFTA has announced the winners of the BAFTA Television Craft Awards 2023 at a ceremony in London.

Chas Appeti took home his first ever BAFTA for Photography & Lighting: Fiction due to his extraordinary work on Jungle. In the other photography category, Photography: Factual, Marcel Mettelsiefen and Jordan Bryon took home the golden mask for Children of the Taliban.

Celebrating the very best behind-the-scenes television talent of 2022, the ceremony was hosted by Mel Giedroyc, and featured a host of top TV talent as guest presenters including: Adil Ray, Adrian Lester, Charlene White, Clara Amfo, Cristo Fernandez, Dino Fetscher, George Webster, Kola Bokinni, Lisa Hammond, Lolly Adefope, Melissa Johns, Rachel Parris, Sacha Dhawan, Therica Wilson-Read and Tracy Ifeachor.

House of the Dragon, the prequel to Game of Thrones, was successful in three categories: Amanda Knight, Barrie Gower and Rosalia Culora for Make-Up & Hair Design; Alastair Sirkett, Doug Cooper, Martin Seeley, Paula Fairfield, Tim Hands and Adele Fletcher for Sound: Fiction; and Angus Bickerton, Nikeah Forde, Asa Shoul, Mike Dawson, MPC and Pixomodo for Special, Visual & Graphic Effects.

This is Going to Hurt won in three categories: first-time winner Adam Kay won a  BAFTA for Writer: Drama, for the series based upon his memoir as a junior doctor; Selina MacArthur, also a first-time winner, won for Editing Fiction; and Nina Gold and Martin Ware won for Scripted Casting.

The State Funeral of HM Queen Elizabeth II won in two categories: Peter Bridges, Matthew Charles, Conrad Fletcher, Julian Gough, Andy James and Andy Payne for Sound: Factual; and Directing Team for Director: Multi-Camera.

BAFTA continues to shine a spotlight on the very best emerging talent in the industry. The Emerging Talent: Fiction award went to writer Pete Jackson for Somewhere Boy, and Emerging Talent: Factual saw producer/director Charlie Melville win for John & Joe Bishop: Life After Deaf.

Other first-time BAFTA winners were: Felicity Morris, Director: Factual for The Tindler Swindler; William Stefan Smith, Director: Fiction for Top Boy; Lisa McGee, Writer: Comedy for Derry Girls; Jane Petrie, Costume Design for The Essex Serpent; Jessica Jones, Original Music: Factual for Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story;  Nicôle Lecky, Bryan Senti, Kwame ‘KZ’ Kwei-Armah JR, Original Music: Fiction for Mood; and Becky Sloan and Joe Pelling, Production Design for Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared.

Editing: Factual was won by Rupert Houseman for Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes; Entertainment Craft Team was won by Catherine Land, David Bishop, Patrick Doherty, Richard Sillitto, David Newton and Joe Phillips for Strictly Come Dancing; and Peter Anderson Studio won Titles and Graphic Identity for Bad Sisters.

The Television Craft Special Award was presented by Adrian Lester to Alison Barnett in recognition of her pioneering role as one of the very first female Heads of Production in the UK television industry. Alison Barnett is the first Head of Production to receive a BAFTA honorary award.

The BAFTA Television Craft Awards is supported by its official partners Mad Dog 2020 Casting, 3 Mills Studios, Hotcam, Microsoft, Sara Putt Associates, ScreenSkills High-end Television Skills Fund and Spotlight.

The BAFTA Television Awards with P&O Cruises, hosted by Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan, will take place on Sunday 14 May and will be broadcast at 7pm on BBC One and iPlayer.

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BAFTA Television Craft Awards Winners

SUPPORTED BY OFFICAL TV CRAFT PARTNER MAD DOG 2020 CASTING AND OUR CATEGORY SPONSORS

PHOTOGRAPHY: FACTUAL 

• WINNER – MARCEL METTELSIEFEN, JORDAN BRYON Children of the Taliban – Moondogs Films/Channel 4
• STEVE JAMISON, JEAN-CHARLES GRANJON Hold Your Breath: The Ice Dive – Archer’s Mark/Netflix
• SUE GIBSON, ROBIN COX, FLORIAN SCHULZ, WILL NICHOLLS Predators – True to Nature/Sky Nature
• TIM SHEPHERD, OLIVER MUELLER, TODD KEWLEY, JESSICA MITCHELL, SAM LEWIS Green Planet (Tropical Worlds) – BBC Studios Natural History Unit, PBS, bilibili, ZDF, China Media Group CCTV9, France Télévisions, The Open University/BBC One

PHOTOGRAPHY & LIGHTING: FICTION 

• ANTHONY DOD MANTLE Pistol – FX, wiip/Disney+
• BEN WHEELER The Tourist – Two Brothers Pictures, HBO Max/BBC One
• WINNER – CHAS APPETI Jungle – Nothing Lost Productions/Amazon Prime Video
• RACHEL CLARK I Am Ruth – Me+You Productions, Juggle Productions/Channel 4

COSTUME DESIGN Sponsored by ScreenSkills High-end Television Skills Fund

• AMY ROBERTS The Crown – Left Bank Pictures, Sony Pictures Television/Netflix
• BECKY SLOAN, JOE PELLING Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared – Blink Industries/All 4
• WINNER – JANE PETRIE The Essex Serpent – See-Saw Films/Apple TV+
• PHOEBE DE GAYE The English – Drama Republic, Eight Rooks/BBC Two

DIRECTOR: FACTUAL

• EMMA COOPER The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes – Empress Films, Library Films/Netflix
• WINNER – FELICITY MORRIS The Tinder Swindler – Raw TV, Gaspin Media, AGC Studios/Netflix
• JAMES JONES Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes – Top Hat/Sky Documentaries
• SOPHIE ROBINSON My Dead Body – 141 Productions/Channel 4

DIRECTOR: FICTION sponsored by 3 Mills Studios

• DEARBHLA WALSH Bad Sisters – Merman, ABC Signature/Apple TV+
• HUGO BLICK The English – Drama Republic, Eight Rooks/BBC Two
• LUCY FORBES This Is Going to Hurt – SISTER, Terrible Productions/BBC One
• WINNER – WILLIAM STEFAN SMITH Top Boy – Cowboy Films, Easter Partisan Films, Dream Crew, SpringHill Entertainment/Netflix

DIRECTOR: MULTI-CAMERA 

• WINNER – DIRECTING TEAM The State Funeral Of HM Queen Elizabeth II – BBC Studios/BBC One
• JANET FRASER CROOK Glastonbury 2022 – BBC Studios/BBC Two
• JULIA KNOWLES Platinum Jubilee: Party At The Palace – BBC Studios/BBC One
• NIKKI PARSONS Strictly Come Dancing – BBC Studios/BBC One

EDITING: FACTUAL

• BEN BROWN Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story – 72 Films/Netflix
• DOUG BRYSON Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing – Owl Power/BBC Two
• MARK SUMMERS Afghanistan – No Country for Women (Exposure) – Quicksilver Media/ITV1
• WINNER – RUPERT HOUSEMAN Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes – Top Hat/Sky Documentaries

EDITING: FICTION

• CELIA HAINING The Crown – Left Bank Pictures, Sony Pictures Television/Netflix
• FRANCES PARKER Andor (Episode 7) – Lucasfilm/Disney+
• KATIE WEILAND Slow Horses (Series 1, Episode 1) – See-Saw Films/Apple TV+
• WINNER – SELINA MACARTHUR This Is Going to Hurt – SISTER, Terrible Productions/BBC One

EMERGING TALENT: FACTUAL

WINNER – CHARLIE MELVILLE (Producer/Director) John & Joe Bishop: Life After Deaf – South Shore Productions, Lola/ITV1
HELEN HOBIN (Photography) Frozen Planet II – BBC Studios Natural History Unit, BBC America, France Televisions, ZDF, The Open University/BBC One
JASON OSBORNE (Director) Our Jubilee – Multistory Media/ITV1
JOY ASH (Series Producer) Super Surgeons: A Chance at Life – Wonderhood Studios/Channel 4

EMERGING TALENT: FICTION sponsored by Sara Putt Associates 

JACK ROOKE (Writer) Big Boys – Roughcut TV/Channel 4
LYNETTE LINTON (Director) My Name is Leon – Douglas Road Productions, Tiger Aspect, Ringside Studios, Vicarious Productions/BBC Two
NICÔLE LECKY (Writer) Mood – Bonafide Films/BBC Three
WINNER – PETE JACKSON (Writer) Somewhere Boy – Clerkenwell Films/Channel 4

ENTERTAINMENT CRAFT TEAM sponsored by Hotcam

• ANDY DEVONSHIRE, JAMES DILLON, DRU MASTERS, REBECCA BOWKER Taskmaster – Avalon/Channel 4
• WINNER – CATHERINE LAND, DAVID BISHOP, PATRICK DOHERTY, RICHARD SILLITTO, DAVID NEWTON, JOE PHILLIPS Strictly Come Dancing – BBC Studios/BBC One
• JEN BOLLOM, GARETH ILES, TIM ROUTLEDGE, STEVE SIDWELL, RICHARD VALENTINE, CHRIS VAUGHAN Concert For Ukraine – Livewire Pictures/ITV1
• TOM BAIRSTOW, NIGEL CATMUR, ANDY DEACON, KEVIN DUFF, SIMON HAW, STEVE SIDWELL Platinum Jubilee: Party At The Palace – BBC Studios/BBC One

MAKE UP & HAIR DESIGN

• WINNER – AMANDA KNIGHT, BARRIE GOWER, ROSALIA CULORA House of the Dragon – HBO, 1:26 Pictures, Bastard Sword, GRRM Productions/Sky Atlantic
• DANIEL PARKER, DEBORAH KENTON, CLAUDIA STOLZE, JOVANA JOVANOVIC, WAYNE FITZSIMMONS, JANA RADILOVÁ Dangerous Liaisons – Playground, Flame Ventures, Lionsgate Television/Lionsgate+
• HELEN SPEYER Gangs of London – Pulse Films, SISTER/Sky Atlantic
• TARA MCDONALD Wednesday – MGM Television/Netflix

ORIGINAL MUSIC: FACTUAL

• ANDREW PHILLIPS House of Maxwell – Expectation/BBC Two
• WINNER – JESSICA JONES Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story –72 Films/Netflix
• JESSICA JONES The Tinder Swindler – Raw TV, Gaspin Media, AGC Studios/Netflix
• MAX DE WARDENER The Elon Musk Show – 72 Films/BBC Two

ORIGINAL MUSIC: FICTION

• DANIEL PEMBERTON, MICK JAGGER Slow Horses – See-Saw Films/Apple TV+
• FEDERICO JUSID The English – Drama Republic, Eight Rooks/BBC Two
• MATTHEW HERBERT The Responder – Dancing Ledge/BBC One
• WINNER – NICOLE LECKY, BRYAN SENTI, KWAME KZ KWEI-ARMAH JR Mood – Bonafide Films/BBC Three

PRODUCTION DESIGN sponsored by Microsoft

• ALICE NORMINGTON, LUCY EYRE The Essex Serpent – See-Saw Productions/Apple TV+
• WINNER – BECKY SLOAN, JOE PELLING Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared – Blink Industries/All 4
• CHRIS ROOPE The English – Drama Republic, Eight Rooks/BBC Two
• KAVE QUINN, TIM BLAKE, STELLA FOX, PENNY CRAWFORD, EMILY NORRIS Pistol – FX, wiip/Disney+

SCRIPTED CASTING sponsored by Spotlight

• DES HAMILTON, ELAN JONES Top Boy – Cowboy Films, Easter Partisan Films, Dream Crew, SpringHill Entertainment/Netflix
• JULIE HARKIN Am I Being Unreasonable? – Boffola Pictures, Lookout Point/BBC One
• NINA GOLD, LUCY AMOS Bad Sisters – Merman, ABC Signature/Apple TV+
• WINNER – NINA GOLD, MARTIN WARE This Is Going to Hurt – SISTER, Terrible Productions/BBC One

SOUND: FACTUAL

• DOUG DREGER, ANDREW YARME, NICK FRY, STEVE SPEED, JAMES EVANS, HUGH DWAN Formula 1: Drive to Survive – Box to Box Films/Netflix
• KATE HOPKINS, TIM OWENS, GRAHAM WILD Frozen Planet II (Frozen Worlds)- BBC Studios Natural History Unit, BBC America, France Televisions, ZDF, The Open University/BBC One
• WINNER – PETER BRIDGES, MATTHEW CHARLES, CONRAD FLETCHER, JULIAN GOUGH, ANDY JAMES, ANDY PAYNE The State Funeral Of HM Queen Elizabeth II – BBC Studios/BBC One
• TUDOR DAVIES Later…with Jools Holland – BBC Studios/BBC Two

SOUND: FICTION

• WINNER – ALASTAIR SIRKETT, DOUG COOPER, MARTIN SEELEY, PAULA FAIRFIELD, TIM HANDS, ADELE FLETCHER House of the Dragon – HBO, 1:26 Pictures, Bastard Sword, GRRM Productions/Sky Atlantic
• JUDI LEE HEADMAN, NIGEL SQUIBBS, TONY GIBSON, DARREN MCQUADE, LEWIS TODD SAS Rogue Heroes – Kudos, Nebulastar/BBC One
• MARTIN JENSEN, JOE BEAL, DUNCAN PRICE, CRAIG BUTTERS, SARAH ELIAS, ANDREW SISSONS Slow Horses – See-Saw Films/Apple TV+
• SOUND TEAM The Crown – Left Bank Pictures, Sony Pictures Television/Netflix

SPECIAL, VISUAL & GRAPHIC EFFECTS

• WINNER – ANGUS BICKERTON, NIKEAH FORDE, ASA SHOUL, MIKE DAWSON, MPC, PIXOMONDO House of the Dragon – HBO, 1:26 Pictures, Bastard Sword, GRRM Productions/Sky Atlantic
• INDUSTRIAL LIGHT & MAGIC The Sandman[1] – Netflix Original Series, Warner Bros. Television/Netflix
• MOHEN LEO, TJ FALLS, RICHARD VAN DEN BERGH, JEAN-CLÉMENT SORET, INDUSTRIAL LIGHT & MAGIC Andor – Lucasfilm/Disney+
• RUSSELL DODGSON, DAMIEN STUMPF, PAINTING PRACTICE, BRYONY DUNCAN, SAM CHYNOWETH, REAL SFX His Dark Materials – Bad Wolf/BBC One

[1] VFX only

TITLES & GRAPHIC IDENTITY

• BALÁZS SIMON, BBC CREATIVE, GAS MUSIC Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics – BBC Sport, Blink Ink, Gas Music/BBC Two
• WINNER – PETER ANDERSON STUDIO Bad Sisters – Merman, ABC Signature/Apple TV+
• HINGSTON STUDIO Life After Life – House Productions/BBC One
• YU+CO The Essex Serpent – See-Saw Productions/Apple TV+

WRITER: COMEDY

• JACK ROOKE Big Boys – Roughcut TV/Channel 4
• WINNER – LISA MCGEE Derry Girls – Hat Trick Productions/Channel 4
• NANCY HARRIS The Dry – Element Pictures/Britbox
• SHARON HORGAN, BARUNKA O’SHAUGHNESSY, HELEN SERAFINOWICZ, HOLLY WALSH Motherland – Merman Television, Two Four/BBC One

WRITER: DRAMA

• WINNER – ADAM KAY This Is Going to Hurt – SISTER, Terrible Productions/BBC One
• ALICE OSEMAN Heartstopper – See-Saw Films/Netflix
• PETE JACKSON Somewhere Boy – Clerkenwell Films/Channel 4
• TONY SCHUMACHER The Responder – Dancing Ledge/BBC One