They were humble. They didn't stumble. They made Skyfallllll ... and they won the outstanding British film Bafta for it too. Sam Mendes and the crew of that box-office busting Bond movie celebrate winning their awardPhotograph: Suzanne Plunkett/ReutersThey ran at it full kilt. Ainslie Henderson and Will Anderson with their Baftas for best animation short. The pair won for their short The Making of Longbird, which is a behind-the-scenes look at a struggling animator's career. No longer relevant for these twoPhotograph: Suzanne Plunkett/ReutersDiarmid Scrimshaw and Peter Carlton with their Bafta for best short film. They won for their short, Swimmer, which they made with We Need to Talk About Kevin director Lynne Ramsay. This pair may be wearing kilts too for all we knowPhotograph: Ian West/PA
Life of Pi cinematographer Claudio Miranda isn't at the awards yet. He decided to make the trip across on a raft. With a tiger. So instead here's his director Ang Lee, clutching Miranda's Bafta for best cinematographyPhotograph: Stuart Wilson/Getty ImagesBrave directors Mark Edwards and Brenda Chapman with their Bafta for best animated film. The film they directed is called Brave. They don't look particularly brave. Just nice. And pleased to have won. Good for themPhotograph: Dave M. Benett/Getty ImagesJacqueline Durran, winner of the Bafta award for Best Costume Design for Anna Karenina, stands with her trophy and her bonus prizes - Ben Whishaw and Alice Eve. She can legally take all three and keep them on her mantelpiece foreverPhotograph: Ian West/PAArgo editor William Goldenberg grins as he grabs his gong for best editing on Argo. He also did the chopping on Kathryn Bigelow's Zero Dark ThirtyPhotograph: Suzanne Plunkett/ReutersThomas Newman, centre, with his Bafta for his Skyfall score. Left is David Morrisey - actor, writer, director. Right is Paloma Faith - hairdoPhotograph: Suzanne Plunkett/ReutersPeek-a-who?! ...Photograph: Suzanne Plunkett/ReutersPeek-a-Q. That's who. Also known as Django Unchained writer/director Quentin Tarantino, winner of the Bafta for best original screenplayPhotograph: Suzanne Plunkett/ReutersHe made every play in the book and then look what happened. Silver Linings Playbook writer/director David O Russell scores a Bafta touchdown with his award for best adapted screenplay Photograph: Carl Court/AFP/Getty ImagesHe's Waltz-ted the competition. Ahem ... Christoph Waltz won best supporting actor for his role in Django UnchainedPhotograph: Suzanne Plunkett/ReutersShe was pretty much a dead cert, but well done Anne Hathaway anyway. She's the winner of the best supporting actress Bafta for hootin' and howlin' her way through Les Mis Photograph: Stuart Wilson/Getty ImagesBilly Connolly was, in his words, entrusted with "presenting an unsuspecting stranger with a death-mask on a stick" for outstanding British debut. Here are our death-masked strangers: Bart Layton and Dimitri Doganis, director and producer of The ImposterPhotograph: Stuart Wilson/Getty ImagesNo need to be blue ... Juno Temple holds the Bafta Rising Star award. The award, for best newcomer, is voted for by the British public Photograph: Suzanne Plunkett/REUTERSTessa Ross, controller of film and drama at Channel 4, holds her Bafta for outstanding British contribution to cinema Photograph: Ian West/PASearching for Sugar Man film-makers Simon Chinn and Malik Bendjelloul, searched for and found a Bafta for best documentary Photograph: Ian West/PAEmmanuelle Riva couldn't be at the Baftas tonight, so her award was announced and collected by Jeremy Renner (pictured). No, reallyPhotograph: Dave M. Benett/Getty ImagesIt's all got a bit too much for Daniel Day-Lewis, who has won best actor at the 2013 Baftas for his headline role in Lincoln. Perhaps the shock has got to him. He was never expected to win this onePhotograph: Dave M. Benett/Getty ImagesSo THAT's why they turned up! George Clooney, Grant Heslov and Ben Affleck, the producers, star and director of Argo, hold their Baftas for best film. Affleck also won best director Photograph: Richard Kendal/Barcroft Media
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