British Academy Film Awards 1966
The 19th British Academy Film Awards · Held in 1966 · 18 categories · everything in 1966
Best Film
- Winner My Fair Lady · George Cukor
- Nominee Hamlet · Grigori Kozintsev
- Nominee The Hill · Sidney Lumet
- Nominee The Knack ...and How to Get It · Richard Lester
- Nominee Zorba the Greek · Michael Cacoyannis
Outstanding British Film
- Winner The Ipcress File · Sidney J. Furie
- Nominee Darling
- Nominee The Hill · Sidney Lumet
- Nominee The Knack ...and How to Get It · Richard Lester
Best Animated Film
- Winner Be Careful Boys
- Nominee Birds, Bees and Storks · John Halas
- Nominee The Bargain
- Nominee The Hoffnung Symphony Orchestra · Harold Whitaker
Best Documentary
- Winner Tokyo Olympiad · Kon Ichikawa
- Nominee Brute Force and Finesse · Max Morgan-Witts
- Nominee Deckie Learner · Michael Grigsby
- Nominee Stravinsky · Roman Kroitor, Wolf Koenig
Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles
- Winner Judi Dench · Four in the Morning
- Nominee Tom Nardini · Cat Ballou
- Nominee Barbara Ferris · Catch Us If You Can
- Nominee Michael Crawford · The Knack ...and How to Get It
Best Costume Design
- Winner Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines · Osbert Lancaster, Dinah Greet
- Nominee A Shot in the Dark · Margaret Furse
- Nominee Help! · Julie Harris
- Nominee The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders · Elizabeth Haffenden, Joan Bridge
- Nominee Young Cassidy · Margaret Furse
Best British Short Film
- Winner Rig Move
- Nominee 60 Cycles · Jean-Claude Labrecque
- Nominee One of Them Is Brett · Roger Graef
Best Art Direction (Black and White)
- Winner Darling · Ray Simm
- Nominee Rotten to the Core · Alex Vetchinsky
- Nominee The Bedford Incident · Arthur Lawson
- Nominee The Hill · Herbert Smith
Best Art Direction (Colour)
- Winner The Ipcress File · Ken Adam
- Nominee Lord Jim · Geoffrey Drake
- Nominee Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines · Thomas Morahan
- Nominee Thunderball · Ken Adam
Best British Actor
- Winner Dirk Bogarde · Darling
- Nominee Rex Harrison · My Fair Lady
- Nominee Harry Andrews · The Hill
- Nominee Michael Caine · The Ipcress File
Best British Actress
- Winner Julie Christie · Darling
- Nominee Julie Andrews · The Americanization of Emily
- Nominee Rita Tushingham · The Knack ...and How to Get It
- Nominee Julie Andrews · The Sound of Music
- Nominee Maggie Smith · Young Cassidy
Best British Screenplay
- Winner Darling · Frederic Raphael
- Nominee The Hill · Ray Rigby
- Nominee The Ipcress File · W. H. Canaway
- Nominee The Knack ...and How to Get It · Charles Wood
Best Cinematography (Black and White)
- Winner The Hill · Oswald Morris
- Nominee Darling · Kenneth Higgins
- Nominee Repulsion · Gilbert Taylor
- Nominee The Knack ...and How to Get It · David Watkin
Best Cinematography (Colour)
- Winner The Ipcress File · Otto Heller
- Nominee Help! · David Watkin
- Nominee Lord Jim · Freddie Young
- Nominee Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines · Christopher Challis
Best Foreign Actor
- Winner Lee Marvin · Cat Ballou
- Nominee Jack Lemmon · Good Neighbor Sam
- Nominee Innokenty Smoktunovsky · Hamlet
- Nominee Jack Lemmon · How to Murder Your Wife
- Nominee Oskar Werner · Ship of Fools
- Nominee Anthony Quinn · Zorba the Greek
Best Foreign Actress
- Winner Patricia Neal · In Harm's Way
- Nominee Jane Fonda · Cat Ballou
- Nominee Simone Signoret · Ship of Fools
- Nominee Lila Kedrova · Zorba the Greek
Best Specialised Film
- Winner I Do: And I Understand · Derek Williams
- Nominee Town Nurse, Country Nurse
United Nations Award
- Winner Tokyo Olympiad · Kon Ichikawa
- Nominee Fail Safe · Sidney Lumet
- Nominee King Rat · Bryan Forbes
- Nominee Zorba the Greek · Michael Cacoyannis