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)Â – Marble Films/BBC Four
Director: Fiction Sponsored By 3 Mills Studios
BENJAMIN CARON for The Crown (episode 3) –Â 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)Â – 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)Â – 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. THOMPSONÂ (Writer) for Sitting in Limbo – Left Bank Pictures/BBC One
WILLIAM STEFAN SMITHÂ (Director) for On the Edge: BBW – BlackLight Television/Channel 4
Emerging Talent: Factual
ASHLEY FRANCIS-ROYÂ (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 MOHAMEDÂ (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-Â 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 –Â BBC Studios Natural History Unit/BBC Two
Sound: Fiction
JON THOMAS, GARETH BULL, JAMES RIDGWAY, DILLON BENNETT, EILAM HOFFMAN, JAMES DRAKEÂ 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 –Â 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 –Â 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
