BAFTA Award for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer

The BAFTA Award for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer is presented annually at the British Academy Film Awards in London. The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), is a British organisation that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, children's film and television, and interactive media. The Outstanding Debut award recognises the work of writers, directors and producers whose first films have been released in cinemas during the award's qualification window. It is presented in honour of screenwriter and producer Carl Foreman.^[1]

• From 1998–2000, this category was known as the Carl Foreman Award for Most Promising Newcomer in British Film (and was presented to a writer, director or producer).


• From 2001–2008, this category was known as the Carl Foreman Award for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer in their first Feature Film.


• From 2009–present, this category has been known by its current name of Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer.

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  1 Jury Process
  


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  2 History
  


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  3 Carl Foreman Award (1998–2008)
  
  
  
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    3.1 Special Achievement by a British Writer, Director or Producer in their First Feature Film (1998–2000)
    
  
  
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    3.2 Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer in their first Feature Film (2000–2008)
    
  
  
  
  


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  4 Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer (2009–present)
  


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  5 See also
  


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  6 Notes
  

Jury Process

Unlike many of the other BAFTA Awards, which are decided by a membership vote, the Outstanding Debut Award's nominees and winner are decided by a jury of industry experts who view and consider eligible films over the course of the year. The jury can choose to nominate any combination of debut writer, director or producer involved in a film.^[1]

The jury has been chaired by Arthur Mellows (2008–09), Simon Relph (2009–2012), and Stephen Woolley (2012–2016).^[2]
Jury members in recent years have included (former winner) Asif Kapadia, Peter Bradshaw, Jane Goldman, Peter Straughan, James Watkins, Joe Cornish, and Moira Buffini.

History

The first version of the award was established by the Foreman Williams Jones Foundation in 1991. Scholarships were awarded to promising British students to study filmmaking in the United States.

The present version of the award was initiated by the Foundation in 1997 and was conducted jointly by the Foundation and by BAFTA until 2009. It was established to encourage British filmmaking by recognising the most promising British newcomer in the selected disciplines of screenwriting, producing or directing (or in more than one of these disciplines). The first award of the present version was made in respect of 1998. In 2009, the name of the award was changed and it is now solely administered by BAFTA. The award continues to be presented in honour of Carl Foreman.

Carl Foreman Award (1998–2008)

Special Achievement by a British Writer, Director or Producer in their First Feature Film (1998–2000)

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  1998: Love and Death on Long Island – Richard Kwietniowski
  
  
  
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    The Governess – Sandra Goldbacher
    
  
  
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    Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels – Matthew Vaughn
    
  
  
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    Twenty Four Seven – Shane Meadows
    
  
  
  
  


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  1999: Ratcatcher – Lynne Ramsay
  
  
  
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    East Is East – Ayub Khan-Din
    
  
  
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    Human Traffic – Justin Kerrigan
  
  
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    Waking Ned – Kirk Jones
  
  
  
  


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  2000: Last Resort – Pawel Pawlikowski
  
  
  
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    Billy Elliot – Stephen Daldry
    
  
  
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    Billy Elliot – Lee Hall
    
  
  
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    Saving Grace – Mark Crowdy
  
  
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    Some Voices – Simon Cellan Jones
    
  
  
  
  

Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer in their first Feature Film (2000–2008)

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  2001: Jump Tomorrow – Joel Hopkins Nicola Usborne
  
  
  
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    Gosford Park – Julian Fellowes
    
  
  
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    Late Night Shopping – Jack Lothian
  
  
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    The Parole Officer – Steve Coogan Henry Normal
  
  
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    South West 9 – Richard Parry
  
  
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    Strictly Sinatra – Ruth Kenley-Letts
  
  
  
  


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  2002: The Warrior – Asif Kapadia
  
  
  
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    AKA – Duncan Roy
    
  
  
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    Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry – Simon Bent
  
  
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    Lost in La Mancha – Lucy Darwin
  
  
  
  


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  2003: Kiss of Life – Emily Young
  
  
  
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    American Cousins – Sergio Casci
  
  
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    Girl with a Pearl Earring – Peter Webber
    
  
  
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    To Kill a King – Jenny Mayhew
  
  
  
  


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  2004: A Way of Life – Amma Asante
  
  
  
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    AfterLife – Andrea Gibb
  
  
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    Dear Frankie – Shona Auerbach
    
  
  
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    Layer Cake – Matthew Vaughn
    
  
  
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    Shaun of the Dead – Nira Park
    
  
  
  
  


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  2005: Pride & Prejudice – Joe Wright
  
  
  
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    Everything – Richard Hawkins
  
  
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    Festival – Annie Griffin
    
  
  
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    Shooting Dogs – David Belton
  
  
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    Tsotsi – Peter Fudakowski
  
  
  
  


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  2006: Red Road – Andrea Arnold
  
  
  
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    Black Sun – Gary Tarn
    
  
  
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    London to Brighton – Paul Andrew Williams
    
  
  
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    Pierrepoint – Christine Langan
    
  
  
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    Rollin' with the Nines – Julian Gilbey
  
  
  
  


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  2007: Control – Matt Greenhalgh
  
  
  
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    Taking Liberties – Chris Atkins
    
  
  
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    Scott Walker: 30 Century Man – Mia Bays
  
  
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    Brick Lane – Sarah Gavron
    
  
  
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    The Killing of John Lennon – Andrew Piddington
    
  
  
  
  

Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer (2009–present)

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  2009: Moon – Duncan Jones (writer/director)
  
  
  
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    Exam – Stuart Hazeldine (writer/director/producer)
  
  
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    Mugabe and the White African – Lucy Bailey (director); Andrew Thompson (director); Elizabeth Morgan Hemlock (producer); David Pearson (producer)
  
  
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    Nowhere Boy – Sam Taylor-Wood (director)
  
  
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    Shifty – Eran Creevy (writer/director)
  
  
  
  


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  2010: Four Lions – Chris Morris (writer/director)
  
  
  
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    The Arbor – Clio Barnard (director); Tracy O'Riordan (producer)
  
  
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    Exit Through the Gift Shop – Banksy (director); Jaimie D'Cruz (producer)
  
  
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    Monsters – Gareth Edwards (writer/director)
  
  
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    Skeletons – Nick Whitfield (writer/director)
  
  
  
  


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  2011: Tyrannosaur – Paddy Considine (director); Diarmid Scrimshaw (producer)
  
  
  
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    Attack the Block – Joe Cornish (director)
  
  
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    Black Pond – Tom Kingsley (director); Will Sharpe (director); Sarah Brocklehurst (producer)
  
  
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    Coriolanus – Ralph Fiennes (director)
  
  
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    Submarine – Richard Ayoade (director)
  
  
  
  


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  2012: The Imposter – Bart Layton (director); Dimitri Doganis (producer)
  
  
  
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    I Am Nasrine – Tina Gharavi (writer/director)
  
  
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    McCullin – David Morris (director); Jacqui Morris (director/producer)
  
  
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    The Muppets – James Bobin (director)
  
  
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    Wild Bill – Dexter Fletcher (writer/director); Danny King (writer)
  
  
  
  


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  2013: Kelly + Victor – Kieran Evans (director/writer)
  
  
  
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    For Those in Peril – Paul Wright (director/writer) and Polly Stokes (producer)
  
  
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    Good Vibrations – Colin Carberry (writer) and Glenn Patterson (writer)
  
  
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    Saving Mr. Banks – Kelly Marcel (writer)
  
  
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    Shell – Scott Graham (director/writer)
  
  
  
  


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  2014: Pride – Stephen Beresford (writer); David Livingstone (producer)
  
  
  
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    '71 – Gregory Burke (writer) and Yann Demange (director)
  
  
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    Kajaki – Paul Katis (director/producer) and Andrew de Lotbiniere (producer)
  
  
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    Lilting – Hong Khaou (director/writer)
  
  
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    Northern Soul – Elaine Constantine (director/writer)
  
  
  
  


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  2015: Theeb – Naji Abu Nowar (writer/director) and Rupert Lloyd (producer)
  
  
  
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    Ex Machina – Alex Garland (director)
  
  
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    Second Coming – Debbie Tucker Green (writer/director)
  
  
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    The Survivalist – Stephen Fingleton (writer/director)
  
  
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    A Syrian Love Story – Sean McAllister (director/producer) and Elhum Shakerifar (producer)
  
  
  
  


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  2016: Under the Shadow – Babak Anvari (Writer/Director), Emily Leo, Oliver Roskill, Lucan Toh (Producers)
  
  
  
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    The Girl with All the Gifts – Mike Carey (Writer/Director), Camille Gatin (Producer)
  
  
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    The Hard Stop – George Amponsah (Director), Dionne Walker (Producer)
  
  
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    Notes on Blindness – Pete Middleton, James Spinney (Directors) Jo-Jo Ellison (Producer)
  
  
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    The Pass – John Donnelly (Writer), Ben A Williams (Director)
  
  
  
  


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  2017: I Am Not a Witch – Rungano Nyoni (Writer/Director), Emily Morgan (Producer)
  
  
  
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    The Ghoul – Gareth Tunley (Writer/Director/Producer), Jack Healy Guttman & Tom Meeten (Producers)
  
  
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    Jawbone – Johnny Harris (Writer/Producer), Thomas Napper (Director)
  
  
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    Kingdom of Us – Lucy Cohen (Director)
  
  
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    Lady Macbeth – Alice Birch (Writer), William Oldroyd (Director), Fodhla Cronin O'Reilly (Producer)
  
  
  
  

See also

From 1952–1984, a separate Newcomer Award for performers was presented. For a full list of winners and nominees in this category, see BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles.

Notes

1. 
   ^ ^ab http://static.bafta.org/files/rule-book-bafta-film-awards-1112-1017.pdf BAFTA Film Awards Guidelines
   


2. 
   ^ http://www.bafta.org/film/awards/film-awards-brochure-2012,2878,BA.html Film Awards Brochure 2012
   

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