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BAFTA Craft Award nominations celebrate 2016's television treats
The British Film and Television Academy has announced the nominations for its latest awards to celebrate our favourite industry.
The Craft Awards honour the behind the scenes (s)heroes as opposed to those up front and central, but whose work is invaluable in making the overall production fly.
While the headlines may be about the actors and directors, they’re dependent on the production values to turn their show into a TV juggernaut. BAFTA recognises 20 departments which do just that.
Nominated for Photography & Lighting: Factual ???? Planet Earth II – Cities, Deserts, Mountains, Jungles ???????????????? #TVCraft pic.twitter.com/gcLx943e7o
— BAFTA (@BAFTA) March 28, 2017
Planet Earth II leads the way with nine nominations, including, unsurprisingly, photography and editing. The Crown, the sumptuous Netflix production chronicling the life of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, has seven nominations, including Production Design.
Nominated for Production Design ???? War and Peace, The Crown, Rillington Place, The Night Manager ???? #TVCraft pic.twitter.com/I1sMhM1gYj
— BAFTA (@BAFTA) March 28, 2017
John Le Carre’s The Night Manager is again in the running for plaudits, with six nominations, including one for Titles/Graphic Identity. I recall a lot of love for that very Bond-ish opening credit sequence by Los Angeles based company Elastic, who nailed director Susanne Bier’s brief: “combine luxurious imagery with weaponry”.
Nominated for Titles & Graphic Identity ✍ The Durrells, The Crown, The Night Manager, Paralympics 2016 ???? #TVCraft pic.twitter.com/ALkAOOKC1g
— BAFTA (@BAFTA) March 28, 2017
The sweeping War and Peace is rewarded with five nominations, including Original Music, courtesy of Martin Phipps.
Nominated for Original Music ???? @PoldarkTV, National Treasure, Planet Earth II, War and Peace ???? #TVCraft pic.twitter.com/RQwVBc7F2i
— BAFTA (@BAFTA) March 28, 2017
And the rest of the nominees are …
Nominated for Writer: Drama ???? Damilola, Our Loved Boy, The Crown, Happy Valley, The Durrells ???? #TVCraft pic.twitter.com/NxAJFvqOvT
— BAFTA (@BAFTA) March 28, 2017
Nominated for Writer: Comedy ???? Camping, Fleabag, Mum, Alan Partridge’s Scissored Isle ???? #TVCraft pic.twitter.com/TXPqxesIjU
— BAFTA (@BAFTA) March 28, 2017
Nominated for Special Visual & Graphic FX: The Night Manager, War&Peace, Playtest (Black Mirror), The Last Dragonslayer, The Crown, Sherlock pic.twitter.com/9sT7HBtICO
— BAFTA (@BAFTA) March 28, 2017
Nominated for Sound: Fiction ???? The Night Manager, War and Peace, Sherlock: The Abominable Bride, The Missing ???? #TVCraft pic.twitter.com/eIPIo7weNW
— BAFTA (@BAFTA) March 28, 2017
Nominated for Sound: Factual???? Planet Earth II (Cities), Forces of Nature with Brian Cox, Planet Earth II (Jungles), Olympic Opening Ceremony pic.twitter.com/RGuFq6yL9v
— BAFTA (@BAFTA) March 28, 2017
Nominated for Photography & Lighting: Fiction ???? The Crown, Rillington Place, National Treasure, Nose Dive (Black Mirror) ???? #TVCraft pic.twitter.com/tck6PgoEpC
— BAFTA (@BAFTA) March 28, 2017
Nominated for Make Up & Hair Design ???? War and Peace, Victoria, San Juniperio (Black Mirror), Tracey Ullman’s Show ???? #TVCraft pic.twitter.com/WhTQxjzIIV
— BAFTA (@BAFTA) March 28, 2017
Nominated for Entertainment Craft Team ???? Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance, @bbcstrictly, @itvtakeaway, The Queens 90th Birthday pic.twitter.com/5lr1etxZc3
— BAFTA (@BAFTA) March 28, 2017
Nominated for Editing: Fiction ✂️ Sherlock: The Abominable Bride, The Night Manager, Fleabag, National Treasure ✂️ #TVCraft pic.twitter.com/9VAEnLGa10
— BAFTA (@BAFTA) March 28, 2017
Nominated for Editing: Factual ✂️ Hillsborough, Planet Earth II – Deserts, Planet Earth II – Islands, Exodus: Our Journey to Europe ✂️ pic.twitter.com/g0B00ecBrR
— BAFTA (@BAFTA) March 28, 2017
Nominated for Director: Multi-Camera ???? Ant & Dec’s @itvtakeaway, @bbcstrictly, Centenary of The Battle of the Somme, Wimbledon 2016 ???? pic.twitter.com/O5cvwVPe0m
— BAFTA (@BAFTA) March 28, 2017
Nominated for Director: Fiction ???? Damilola, Our Loved Boy, National Treasure, @TheCrownNetflix, The Night Manager ???? #TVCraft pic.twitter.com/YQNnCSpAnb
— BAFTA (@BAFTA) March 28, 2017
Nominated for Director: Factual ???? Behind Closed Doors, Hillsborough, Exodus: Our Journey to Europe, Gender Clinic: Kids On The Edge ???? pic.twitter.com/KVPKF9mk7S
— BAFTA (@BAFTA) March 28, 2017
Nominated for Digital Creativity ???? David Attenborough’s Great Barrier Reef, Attenborough’s Story Of Life App, Humans, Paralympics 2016 ???? pic.twitter.com/YG5NwJKrNx
— BAFTA (@BAFTA) March 28, 2017
Nominated for Costume Design ???? The Durrells, The Crown, The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses – Richard III, San Junipero (Black Mirror) ???? pic.twitter.com/iW63AoZOKz
— BAFTA (@BAFTA) March 28, 2017
Nominated for Breakthrough Talent ✨ @MahaliaBelo, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Sarah Quintrell, @VinayPatel ✨ https://t.co/fbsCu1NP81 #TVCraft pic.twitter.com/icikYadmCA
— BAFTA (@BAFTA) March 28, 2017
The ceremony will be held at The Brewery, London on Sunday 23 April and will be hosted for the sixth time by Stephen Mangan. The Virgin TV British Academy Television Awards will take place on Sunday 14 May, with nominations announced at a live press conference on Tuesday 11 April.
Image credits: @BAFTA on Twitter
