The Bafta nominations

Zhang Zi Yi in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Nominations for the British Academy Film Awards, to be held in London on 25 February.

Best Film:

Almost Famous
Billy Elliot
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Erin Brockovich
Gladiator

David Lean Award for Best Achievement in Direction:

Stephen Daldry for Billy Elliot
Ang Lee for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Stephen Soderbergh for Erin Brockovich and Traffic
Ridley Scott for Gladiator

Best Screenplay (Original):

Cameron Crowe for Almost Famous
Lee Hall for Billy Elliot
Susannah Grant for Erin Brockovich
Ethan and Joel Coen for Oh Brother Where Art Thou?
David Franzoni, John Logan and William Nicholson for Gladiator

Best Screenplay (Adapted):

Robert Nelson Jacobs for Chocolat
Stephen Gaghan for Traffic
Steve Kloves for Wonder Boys
D V de Vincentis and Steve Pink, John Cusack and Scott Rosenberg for High Fidelity
James Chamus, Wang Hui-Ling, Tsai Kuo-Jung for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role:

Kate Hudson for Almost Famous
Juliette Binoche for Chocolat
Julia Roberts for Erin Brockovich
Hilary Swank for Boys Don't Cry
Michelle Yeoh for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role:

Jamie Bell for Billy Elliot
Russell Crowe for Gladiator
Michael Douglas for Wonder Boys
Tom Hanks for Cast Away
Geoffrey Rush for Quills

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role:

Judi Dench for Chocolat
Frances McDormand for Almost Famous
Lena Olin for Chocolat
Julie Walters for Billy Elliot
Zhang Zi Yi for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role:

Benicio Del Toro for Traffic
Albert Finney for Erin Brockovich
Gary Lewis for Billy Elliot
Joaquin Phoenix for Gladiator
Oliver Reed for Gladiator

Best Film Not in the English Language:

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
The Girl on the Bridge
Harry He's Here To Help
In the Mood for Love
Malena

Anthony Asquith Award for Achievement in Film Music:

Nancy Wilson for Almost Famous
Stephen Warbeck for Billy Elliot
Tan Dun for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Hans Zimmer/Lisa Gerrard for Gladiator
T-Bone Burnett/Carter Burwell for O Brother Where Art Thou?

Best Cinematography:

Brian Tufano for Billy Elliot
Roger Pratt for Chocolat
Peter Pau for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
John Mathieson for Gladiator
Roger Deakins for O Brother Where Art Thou?

Best Production Design:

David Gropman for Chocolat
Tim Yip for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Arthur Max for Gladiator
Dennis Gassner for O Brother Where Art Thou?
Martin Childs for Quills

Best Costume Design:

Renee Ehrlich Kalfus for Chocolat
Tim Yip for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Janty Yates for Gladiator
Monica Howe for O Brother Where Art Thou?
Jacqueline West for Quills

Best Editing:

John Wilson for Billy Elliot
Tim Squyres for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Anne V Coates for Erin Brockovich
Pietro Scalia for Gladiator
Stephen Mirroine for Traffic

Best Sound:

Almost Famous
Billy Elliot
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Gladiator
The Perfect Storm

Best Achievement in Special Visual Effects:

Chicken Run
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Gladiator
The Perfect Storm
Vertical Limit

Best Make-Up/Hair:

Chocolat
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Gladiator
The Grinch
Quills

Best Short Film:

Soledad Gatti-Pascual/Tom Shankland/Jane Harris for Going Down
Luke Morris/Toby MacDonald/Luke Ponte for Je T'Aime John Wayne
Lee Santana/Dominic Santana for The Last Post
Gary Holding/Justine Leahy/Tinge Krishnan for Shadowscan
Rob Mercer/James Pilkington for Sweet

Best Short Animation:

Lisbeth Svarling for Cloud Cover
Claire Jennings/Willem Thijssen/Michael Dudok De Wit for Father and Daughter
Teun Hilte/Gareth Love for Lounge Act
Phil Davies/Tim Webb for Six of One