The British Academy Television Craft Award for Best Director: Fiction is one of the categories presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) within the British Academy Television Craft Awards, the craft awards were established in 2000 with their own, separate ceremony as a way to spotlight technical achievements, without being overshadowed by the main production categories.
| British Academy Television Craft Award | |
|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Presented by | British Academy of Film and Television Arts |
| First awarded | 2008 |
| Currently held by | William Stefan Smith for Top Boy (2023) |
| Website | http://www.bafta.org/ |
In 2006 and 2007 there was only on category for directors but in 2008 the category was split in three separate categories to recognize directing for different programming, first creating Best Director: Factual and Best Director: Fiction and then in 2011 Best Director: Multi-Camera.
Winners and nominees
edit2000s
editBest Director
| Year | Recipient(s) | Title | Broadcaster |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Brian Percival | Much Ado About Nothing | BBC One |
| Simon Cellan Jones | The Queen's Sister | Channel 4 | |
| Joe Ahearne | Doctor Who | BBC One | |
| Justin Chadwick | Bleak House | ||
| 2007 | Edmund Coulthard | Soundproof | BBC Two |
| Tom Hooper | Longford | Channel 4 | |
| Adrian Shergold | Low Winter Sun | ||
| Bharat Nalluri | Life on Mars | BBC One |
Best Director: Fiction
2010s
edit2020s
edit| Year | Recipient(s) | Title | Episode | Broadcaster |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 [4][5] |
Johan Renck | Chernobyl | Sky Atlantic | |
| Harry Bradbeer | Fleabag | BBC Three | ||
| Toby Haynes | Brexit: The Uncivil War | Channel 4 | ||
| Shane Meadows | The Virtues | |||
| 2021 [6] |
Michaela Coel and Sam Miller | I May Destroy You | BBC One | |
| Lenny Abrahamson | Normal People | BBC Three | ||
| Steve McQueen | Small Axe | BBC One | ||
| Benjamin Caron | The Crown | "Fairytale" | Netflix | |
| 2022 [7][8] |
Peter Hoar | It's a Sin | Channel 4 | |
| Lewis Arnold | Time | BBC One | ||
| Marc Munden | Help | Channel 4 | ||
| Will Sharpe | Landscapers | Sky Atlantic | ||
| 2023 [9][10] |
William Stefan Smith | Top Boy | Netflix | |
| Dearbhla Walsh | Bad Sisters | Apple TV+ | ||
| Hugo Blick | The English | BBC Two | ||
| Lucy Forbes | This Is Going to Hurt | BBC One | ||
| 2024 [11] |
Joseph Bullman | Partygate | Channel 4 | |
| Lewis Arnold | The Long Shadow | "Episode 6" | ITV | |
| Peter Hoar | The Last of Us | HBO / Sky Atlantic | ||
| William Stefan Smith | Top Boy | "If We Are Not Monsters" | Netflix | |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "BAFTA TV Craft Award Winners Include 'The Crown', 'The Night Manager', 'National Treasure' — Full List". Deadline. 23 April 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- ^ "Nominations Announced for the British Academy Television Craft Awards in 2018". Bafta. 22 March 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- ^ "Nominations announced: Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards and British Academy Television Craft Awards in 2019". www.bafta.org. 2019-03-28. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
- ^ "Bafta TV Awards: Richard Ayoade to host socially-distanced delayed ceremony". bbc. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- ^ "'Chernobyl' Leads 2020 BAFTA TV Craft Awards". bbc. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- ^ "BAFTA TV 2021: Nominations for the Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards and British Academy Television Craft Awards". www.bafta.org. 2021-04-28. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
- ^ Ritman, Alex (30 March 2022). "BAFTA TV Awards: Russell T. Davies' 'It's a Sin' Dominates Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- ^ Ritman, Alex (April 24, 2022). "BAFTA TV Craft Awards: 'Landscapers,' 'We Are Lady Parts' Among Top Winners". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
- ^ Ritman, Alex (22 March 2023). "BAFTA TV Awards: 'This is Going to Hurt,' 'The Responder' Lead Pack of Nominees". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
- ^ Ravindran, Manori (23 April 2023). "'House of the Dragon,' 'This Is Going to Hurt' Lead Winners at BAFTA TV Craft Awards". Variety. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
- ^ Szalai, Georg (March 20, 2024). "BAFTA TV Awards: 'The Crown,' 'Black Mirror' Lead Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 24, 2024.