BAFTA announced the nominations for this year’s Orange British Academy Film Awards this morning.
The nominees in the Makeup & Hair category are:
The Artist
Julie Hewett & Cydney Cornell
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Nick Dudman, Amanda Knight & Lisa Tomblin
Hugo
Morag Ross & Jan Archibald
The Iron Lady
Mark Coulier, J Roy Helland & Marese Langan
My Week with Marilyn
Jenny Shircore.
The Orange British Academy Film Awards Ceremony will be held on 12 February.
I was appalled that the initial nomination for Harry Potter did not include Nick Dudman and The Iron Lady nomination omitted both Mark Coulier & J Roy Helland. The rule book does state that: ‘Eligibility is limited to a maximum of two artists directly responsible for the makeup and hair design in the film.’ But it also adds the proviso that: Exceptionally, where an individual has been responsible for a character or characters which make an outstanding contribution to the overall achievement of the film, they may be considered for nomination alongside those responsible for the overall design of the film.’ Clearly, for these movies BAFTA got it wrong.
This post was revised on 24 January after BAFTA reviewed their nominees for these movies in response to an outcry of protest.
