Martin McDonagh (centre) with Brendan Gleeson (left) and Colin Farrell during filming of In Bruges
BAFTA Film Awards
There was considerable success for UK writers at the 2009 BAFTA Film Awards in London last night, including:
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Martin McDonagh - Original screenplay (In Bruges)
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Simon Beaufoy - Adapted screenplay (Slumdog Millionaire)
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Steve Pegram, Nick Park, Bob Baker - Short animation (Wallace And Gromit: A Matter Of Loaf And Death)
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Steve McQueen - The Carl Foreman Award for special achievement by a British director, writer or producer for their first feature film (director/writer of Hunger, co-written with Enda Walsh)
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Noel Clarke - Orange Rising Star Award (writer and star of Adulthood) )
Slumdog Millionaire, based on the book by Vikas Swarup, also won Best Film and Best Director (for Danny Boyle)
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