BAFTA has unveiled the winners of the British Academy Television Craft Awards, celebrating the very best behind-the-scenes TV talent of 2021 at an evening ceremony held this evening (4/24) and hosted by Mel Giedroyc.
Landscapers, the drama miniseries inspired by the story of a couple whose crime of killing her parents remained undiscovered for over a decade, topped three categories: Arthur Sharpe for Original Music; Erik Wilson for Photography & Lighting: Fiction; and Cristina Casali, Robert Wischhusen-Hayes, Fabrice Spelta for Production Design.
We Are Lady Parts, the musical comedy about a Muslim female punk band, also won three awards: creator and first-time nominee Nida Manzoor collected her first BAFTA for Writer: Comedy; PC Williams won Costume Design; and Aisha Bywaters won for Scripted Casting.
It’s A Sin, the 1980s set drama about five friends living in the shadow of AIDS, received two awards: Peter Hoar won Director: Fiction and Sarah Brewerton won Editing: Fiction.
The Witcher, the fantasy drama based on the book by the same name won in two categories: Barrie Gower and Sara Gower for Make-Up & Hair; and Dadi Einarsson, Gavin Round, Aleksandar Pejic, Oliver Cubbage, Stefano Pepin and Jet Omoshebi won Special, Visual & Graphic Effects.
Following her win at the 2020 BAFTA Cymru Awards, BAFTA Breakthrough alumni Kayleigh Llewellyn has gone on to win Writer: Drama for In My Skin.
BAFTA continues to shine a spotlight on the very best emerging talent in the industry with the Emerging Talent: Fiction category, won this year by Adjani Salmon for his writing debut, Dreaming Whilst Black. Emerging Talent: Factual saw director Adam Brown win for Into the Storm: Surfing to Survive (Storyville).
Other first-time BAFTA winners included: Paul Dugdale, Director: Multi-Camera for Glastonbury Festival: Live at Worthy Farm; James Incledon, Photography Factual for Liverpool Narcos; and Danny Collins and Mark Hammill, Editing Factual for 9/11: Inside the Presidents War Room.
The award for Director: Factual was presented to James Newton for Grenfell: The Untold Story.
The award for Entertainment Craft Team was presented to Nigel Catmur, Andy Deacon, Patrick Doherty, Kevin Duff, Simon Haw and Andrew Stokes for The Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance.
The award for Sound: Factual was won by Stephen Griffiths, Andy Shelley, Nas Parkash, Dan Johnson, Tae Hak Kim and Claire Ellis for 1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything. The award for Sound: Fiction was awarded to Sound Team for A Very British Scandal. Titles & Graphic Identity was won by Tim Jones, James Cross, Fantasister Utamaro, Ron Chakraborty, Kenji Kawai and Factory Fifteen for Tokyo 2020.
The TV Craft Special Award was presented to Triple C, the gateway organization that helps deaf, disabled, and neurodiverse creatives access the arts and media. The group was recognized for its extraordinary work and dedication in improving access and accessibility, as well as connecting organizations, raising awareness around disability issues, and influencing decision makers within the television industry. In an acceptance speech, co-founder Cherylee Houston called on the television industry to “elevate the voices of disabled creatives, develop careers and show the world the amazing talent that exists.” She added; “We as a community have a wealth of exciting untold stories to bring to the screen. We need to see more deaf, disabled and neurodivergent people in-front of and behind the camera.”
Here’s a rundown of the evening’s winners:
British Academy Television Craft Awards
SUPPORTED BY OFFICAL TV CRAFT PARTNER MAD DOG 2020 CASTING AND CATEGORY SPONSORS
EMERGING TALENT: FICTION sponsored by Sara Putt Associates
ADJANI SALMON (Writer) Dreaming Whilst Black – Big Deal Films/BBC Three
EMERGING TALENT: FACTUAL
ADAM BROWN (Director) Into the Storm: Surfing to Survive (Storyville) – Raw TV/BBC Four
COSTUME DESIGN
PC WILLIAMS We Are Lady Parts – Working Title Television/Channel 4
DIRECTOR: FACTUAL
JAMES NEWTON Grenfell: The Untold Story – BBC Studios/Channel 4
DIRECTOR: FICTION sponsored by 3 Mills Studios
PETER HOAR It’s A Sin – Red Production Company/Channel 4
DIRECTOR: MULTI-CAMERA
PAUL DUGDALE Glastonbury Festival: Live at Worthy Farm – BBC Studios, Driift Live/BBC Two
EDITING: FACTUAL
DANNY COLLINS, MARK HAMMILL 9/11: Inside the President’s War Room – Wish/Art Films, BBC One/Apple TV+
EDITING: FICTION
SARAH BREWERTON It’s A Sin – Red Production Company/Channel 4
ENTERTAINMENT CRAFT TEAM sponsored by Hotcam
NIGEL CATMUR, ANDY DEACON, PATRICK DOHERTY, KEVIN DUFF, SIMON HAW, ANDREW STOKES The Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance – BBC Studios/BBC One
MAKE UP & HAIR DESIGN
BARRIE GOWER, SARAH GOWER The Witcher – Cinesite, Hivemind, Platige Image, Pioneer Stillking Images/Netflix
ORIGINAL MUSIC
ARTHUR SHARPE Landscapers – SISTER, South of the River Pictures/Sky Atlantic
PHOTOGRAPHY: FACTUAL sponsored by The Farm
JAMES INCLEDON Liverpool Narcos – Blast! Films/Sky Documentaries
PHOTOGRAPHY & LIGHTING: FICTION sponsored by ScreenSkills High-end Television Skills Fund
ERIK WILSON Landscapers – SISTER, South of The River Pictures/Sky Atlantic
PRODUCTION DESIGN sponsored by Microsoft
CRISTINA CASALI, ROBERT WISCHHUSEN-HAYES, FABRICE SPELTA Landscapers – SISTER, South of the River Pictures/Sky Atlantic
SCRIPTED CASTING sponsored by Spotlight
AISHA BYWATERS We Are Lady Parts – Working Title Television/Channel 4
SOUND: FACTUAL
STEPHEN GRIFFITHS, ANDY SHELLEY, NAS PARKASH, DAN JOHNSON, TAE HAK KIM, CLAIRE ELLIS 1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything – Mercury Studios, On The Corner Films/Apple TV+
SOUND: FICTION
SOUND TEAM A Very British Scandal – Blueprint Television/BBC One
SPECIAL, VISUAL & GRAPHIC EFFECTS
DADI EINARSSON, GAVIN ROUND, ALEKSANDAR PEJIC, OLIVER CUBBAGE, STEFANO PEPIN, JET OMOSHEBI The Witcher (Episode 1)- Cinesite, Hivemind, Platige Image, Pioneer Stillking Images/Netflix
TITLES & GRAPHIC IDENTITY
TIM JONES, JAMES CROSS, FANTASISTA UTAMARO, RON CHAKRABORTY, KENJI KAWAI, FACTORY FIFTEEN Tokyo 2020 – BBC Sport, Nexus Studios/BBC One
WRITER: COMEDY
NIDA MANZOOR We Are Lady Parts – Working Title Television/Channel 4
WRITER: DRAMA
KAYLEIGH LLEWELLYN In My Skin – Expectation/BBC Three
