23rd British Academy Film Awards


The 23rd British Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1970, honoured the best films of 1969.

Winners and nominees


Midnight Cowboy – John Schlesinger
John Schlesinger – Midnight Cowboy
  • Ken Russell – Women in Love
  • Peter Yates – Bullitt
  • Richard Attenborough – Oh! What a Lovely War
Dustin Hoffman – John and Mary as John
Dustin Hoffman – Midnight Cowboy as Enrico Salvatore Rizzo
Maggie Smith – The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie as Jean Brodie
  • Barbra Streisand – Funny Girl as Fanny Brice
  • Barbra Streisand – Hello, Dolly! as Dolly Levi
  • Glenda Jackson – Women in Love as Gudrun Brangwan
  • Mia Farrow – John and Mary as Mary
  • Mia Farrow – Rosemary's Baby as Rosemary Woodhouse
  • Mia Farrow – Secret Ceremony as Cenci
Laurence Olivier – Oh! What a Lovely War as John French
Celia Johnson – The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie as Miss Mackay
Midnight Cowboy – Waldo Salt
Oh! What a Lovely War – Gerry Turpin
  • Bullitt – William A. Fraker
  • Funny Girl – Harry Stradling
  • Hello, Dolly! – Harry Stradling
  • The Magus – Billy Williams
  • Women in Love – Billy Williams
Oh! What a Lovely War – Anthony Mendleson
Midnight Cowboy – Hugh A. Robertson
Z – Mikis Theodorakis
Oh! What a Lovely War – Donald M. Ashton
Oh! What a Lovely War – Don Challis and Simon Kaye
Prologue – National Film Board of Canada

Picture to Post – Sarah Erulkar
Let There Be Light – Peter De Normanville
  • The Behaviour Game – Ronald Spencer
  • Isotopes In Action – Ken McCready
  • Mullardability – Rene Basilico
Jon Voight – Midnight Cowboy as Joe Buck
Oh! What a Lovely War – Richard Attenborough
  • Ådalen 31 – Bo Widerberg
  • Midnight Cowboy – John Schlesinger
  • Z – Costa-Gavras

Statistics

AwardsFilm
6Midnight Cowboy
6Oh! What a Lovely War
2The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie