London Film Critics Circle Awards 2007



28th London Film Critics Circle Awards 8 February 2008

Film of the Year:  No Country for Old Men 

British Film of the Year:  Control 

The 28th London Film Critics Circle Awards, honouring the best in film for 2007, were announced by the London Film Critics Circle on 8 February 2008.

Film of the Year
No Country for Old Men
 * The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
 * The Bourne Ultimatum
 * There Will Be Blood
 * Zodiac

British Film of the Year
 Control 
 * Atonement
 * Eastern Promises
 * Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
 * This Is England

Foreign Language Film of the Year
The Lives of Others • Germany
 * 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days • Romania
 * The Diving Bell and the Butterfly • France
 * Letters from Iwo Jima • United States
 * Tell No One • France

Director of the Year
Paul Thomas Anderson – There Will Be Blood 
 * Joel Coen & Ethan Coen – No Country for Old Men
 * David Fincher – Zodiac
 * Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck – The Lives of Others
 * Cristian Mungiu – 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days

British Director of the Year
Paul Greengrass – The Bourne Ultimatum 
 * Danny Boyle – Sunshine
 * Anton Corbijn – Control
 * Shane Meadows – This Is England
 * Joe Wright – Atonement

Screenwriter of the Year
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck – The Lives of Others 
 * Christopher Hampton – Atonement
 * Ronald Harwood – The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
 * Joel Coen & Ethan Coen – No Country for Old Men
 * Paul Thomas Anderson – There Will Be Blood

British Breakthrough – Filmmaking
Anton Corbijn, director – Control 
 * John Carney, writer and director – Once
 * Sarah Gavron, director – Brick Lane
 * Matt Greenhalgh, writer – Control
 * Stevan Riley, writer, director, producer – Blue Blood

Actor of the Year
Daniel Day-Lewis – There Will Be Blood 
 * Casey Affleck – The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
 * George Clooney – Michael Clayton
 * Tommy Lee Jones – In the Valley of Elah
 * Ulrich Mühe – The Lives of Others

Actress of the Year
Marion Cotillard – La Vie en Rose 
 * Maggie Gyllenhaal – Sherrybaby
 * Angelina Jolie – A Mighty Heart
 * Laura Linney – The Savages
 * Anamaria Marinca – 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days

British Actor of the Year
James McAvoy – Atonement 
 * Christian Bale – 3:10 to Yuma
 * Jim Broadbent – And When Did You Last See Your Father?
 * Jonny Lee Miller – The Flying Scotsman
 * Sam Riley – Control

British Actress of the Year
'Julie Christie – Away from Her''
 * Helena Bonham Carter – Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
 * Keira Knightley – Atonement
 * Sienna Miller – Interview
 * Samantha Morton – Control

British Supporting Actor of the Year
Tom Wilkinson – Michael Clayton 
 * Albert Finney – Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
 * Toby Jones – The Painted Veil
 * Toby Kebbell – Control
 * Alfred Molina – The Hoax

British Supporting Actress of the Year
Kelly Macdonald – No Country for Old Men  Vanessa Redgrave – Atonement 
 * Saoirse Ronan – Atonement
 * Imelda Staunton – Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
 * Tilda Swinton – Michael Clayton

British Breakthrough – Acting
Sam Riley – Control 
 * Benedict Cumberbatch – Amazing Grace
 * Dakota Blue Richards – The Golden Compass
 * Saoirse Ronan – Atonement
 * Thomas Turgoose – This Is England

Dilys Powell Award

 * Julie Walters