15th British Academy Film Awards

The 15th British Academy Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1962, honoured the best films of 1961.[1]

15th British Academy Film Awards
Date1962
Highlights
Best FilmBallad of a Soldier &
The Hustler
Best British FilmA Taste of Honey
Most awardsA Taste of Honey (4)
Most nominationsA Taste of Honey (6)

Winners and nominees

Best Film

Ballad of a Soldier (TIE)
The Hustler (TIE)

Best British Film

A Taste of Honey

Best British Actor

Peter Finch in No Love for Johnnie

Best Foreign Actor

Paul Newman in The Hustler

Best British Actress

Dora Bryan in A Taste of Honey

Best Foreign Actress

Sophia Loren in Two Women

Best British Screenplay

The Day the Earth Caught FireWolf Mankowitz and Val Guest (TIE)
A Taste of HoneyTony Richardson and Shelagh Delaney (TIE)

Best Animated Film

One Hundred and One Dalmatians

  • The Do-It-Yourself Cartoon Kit
  • For Better...For Worse

Best Short Film

TerminusJohn Schlesinger

United Nations Award

Let My People Go

Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles

Rita Tushingham in A Taste of Honey

References

  1. "Film in 1962". BAFTA. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
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