The film awards season continued this weekend in London with The British Academy of Film and Television Arts handing out its BAFTA awards. A number of CalArtians were again included in the international mix of nominees and winners. Kudos to the following alumni:
Chris Innis (Film/Video MFA 91) and her husband Bob Murawski won Best Editing honors for The Hurt Locker, which also took the top film prize. (See the video above for their reaction to winning their award.)
Pete Docter (Film/Video BFA 90) picked up awards for Best Animated Film for Up, beating out fellow CalArtian Henry Selick’s Coraline (Film/Video MFA 77). Docter was a double winner across the pond also collecting the BAFTA award for Original Screenplay with Bob Peterson.
British-Sri Lankan filmmaker and writer Asitha Ameresekere (Film/Video MFA) was a second-time BAFTA nominee for best short film 14. Ameresekere’s short film Do Not Erase won Best Short Film in 2007.
Up next: the Academy Awards, which will be awarded on March 7.