British Academy Film Awards 1975
The 28th British Academy Film Awards · Held February 26, 1975 · 18 categories · everything in 1975
Best Film
- Winner Lacombe, Lucien · Louis Malle
- Nominee Chinatown · Roman Polanski
- Nominee Murder on the Orient Express · Sidney Lumet
- Nominee The Last Detail
Best Direction
- Winner Roman Polanski · Chinatown
- Nominee Louis Malle · Lacombe, Lucien
- Nominee Sidney Lumet · Serpico
- Nominee Francis Ford Coppola · The Conversation
Best Actor in a Leading Role
- Winner Jack Nicholson · Chinatown
- Nominee Albert Finney · Murder on the Orient Express
Best Actress in a Leading Role
- Winner Joanne Woodward · Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
- Nominee Faye Dunaway · Chinatown
- Nominee Cicely Tyson · The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
- Nominee Barbra Streisand · The Way We Were
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
- Winner John Gielgud · Murder on the Orient Express
- Nominee John Huston · Chinatown
- Nominee Adam Faith · Stardust
- Nominee Randy Quaid · The Last Detail
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
- Winner Ingrid Bergman · Murder on the Orient Express
- Nominee Cindy Williams · American Graffiti
- Nominee Sylvia Sidney · Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
- Nominee Sylvia Syms · The Tamarind Seed
Best Screenplay
- Winner Chinatown · Robert Towne
Best Documentary
- Winner Cree Hunters of Mistassini
- Nominee Companero: Victor Jara of Chile
- Nominee Leprosy
Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles
- Winner Georgina Hale · Mahler
- Nominee Sissy Spacek · Badlands
- Nominee Cleavon Little · Blazing Saddles
Best Original Music
- Winner Murder on the Orient Express · Richard Rodney Bennett
- Nominee Chinatown · Jerry Goldsmith
- Nominee Happy New Year · Francis Lai
- Nominee Serpico · Mikis Theodorakis
- Nominee The Three Musketeers · Michel Legrand
Best Cinematography
- Winner The Great Gatsby · Douglas Slocombe
- Nominee Chinatown · John A. Alonzo
- Nominee Murder on the Orient Express · Geoffrey Unsworth
- Nominee The Three Musketeers · David Watkin
- Nominee Zardoz · Geoffrey Unsworth
Best Editing
- Winner The Conversation · Walter Murch, Richard Chew
- Nominee Chinatown · Sam O'Steen
- Nominee Murder on the Orient Express · Anne V. Coates
- Nominee The Three Musketeers
Best Production Design
- Winner The Great Gatsby · John Box
- Nominee Chinatown · Richard Sylbert
- Nominee Murder on the Orient Express · Tony Walton
- Nominee The Three Musketeers · Brian Eatwell
Best Costume Design
- Winner The Great Gatsby · Theoni V. Aldredge
- Nominee Chinatown · Anthea Sylbert
- Nominee Murder on the Orient Express · Tony Walton
- Nominee The Three Musketeers · Yvonne Blake
Best Sound
- Winner The Conversation · Art Rochester, Nat Boxer, Walter Murch
- Nominee Earthquake · Melvin Metcalfe, Sr., Ronald Pierce
- Nominee Gold · John W. Mitchell, Gordon McCallum
- Nominee The Exorcist · Chris Newman
Best British Short Animation
- Winner Hunger
- Nominee Cat's Cradle
Best Specialised Film
- Winner Monet in London
- Nominee Adventure in Colour
- Nominee Child Part II
- Nominee Nobody's Fault
United Nations Award
- Winner Lacombe, Lucien · Louis Malle
- Nominee The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman · John Korty