1971, Film and Television Awards: British Academy Awards (BAFTAs)

Best Film
Winner: "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"
(George Roy Hill , William Goldman, USA / Mexico, 1969)

Nominees:

• "Kes" (Kenneth Loach, Barry Hines, Tony Garnett, UK, 1969)  
• "M*A*S*H" (Robert Altman, Richard Hooker, Ring Lardner Jr., USA, 1970)
• "Ryan's Daughter" (David Lean, Robert Bolt, UK, 1970) 

Best Actor
Winner: Robert Redford

• As Sundance Kid in "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" (George Roy Hill , William Goldman, USA / Mexico, 1969)
• As David Chappellet in "Downhill Racer" (Michael Ritchie, James Salter, Oakley Hall, USA, 1969)  
• As  Deputy Sheriff Christopher Cooper in "Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here" (Abraham Polonsky, Harry Lawton, USA, 1970)

Nominees:

• Elliott Gould as Ted Henderson in "Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice" (Paul Mazursky, Larry Tucker, USA, 1970)  
• Elliott Gould as John Francis Xavier Mclntyre in "M*A*S*H" (Robert Altman, Richard Hooker, Ring Lardner Jr., USA, 1970)
• George C. Scott as Major General George S. Patton in "Patton" (Franklin J. Schaffner, Francis Ford Coppola, Edmund H. North, Ladislas Farago, Omar N. Bradley, USA, 1970)  
• Paul Newman as Butch Cassidy in "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" (George Roy Hill , William Goldman, USA / Mexico, 1969)

Best Actress
Winner: Katharine Ross

• As Etta Place in "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" (George Roy Hill , William Goldman, USA / Mexico, 1969)
• As Lola in "Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here" (Abraham Polonsky, Harry Lawton, USA, 1970)

Nominees:

• Goldie Hawn as Toni Simmons in "Cactus Flower" (Gene Saks, Abe Burrows, Pierre Barillet, Jean-Pierre Grédy, I.A.L. Diamond, USA, 1969)
• Goldie Hawn as Marion in "There's a Girl in My Soup" (Roy Boulting, Terence Frisby, Peter Kortner, UK, 1970)  
• Jane Fonda as Gloria Beatty in "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?" (Sydney Pollack, Horace McCoy, James Poe, Robert E. Thompson, USA, 1970)    
• Sarah Miles as Rosy Ryan in "Ryan's Daughter" (David Lean, Robert Bolt, UK, 1970)

Best Supporting Actor
Winner: Colin Welland as Mr. Farthing in "Kes"
(Kenneth Loach, Barry Hines, Tony Garnett, UK, 1969)

Nominees:

• Bernard Cribbins as Albert Perks in "The Railway Children" (Lionel Jeffries, E. Nesbit, UK, 1970)  
• Gig Young as Rocky in "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?" (Sydney Pollack, Horace McCoy, James Poe, Robert E. Thompson, USA, 1970)
• John Mills as Michael in "Ryan's Daughter" (David Lean, Robert Bolt, UK, 1970)

Best Supporting Actress
Winner: Susannah York as Alice LeBlanc in "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?"
(Sydney Pollack, Horace McCoy, James Poe, Robert E. Thompson, USA, 1970)

Nominees:

• Estelle Parsons as Althea Gerber in "Watermelon Man" (Melvin Van Peebles, Herman Raucher, USA, 1970)  
• Maureen Stapleton as Inez Guerrero in "Airport" (George Seaton, Arthur Hailey, USA, 1970)  
• Evin Crowley as Moureen Cassidy in "Ryan's Daughter" (David Lean, Robert Bolt, UK, 1970)

Best Direction
Winner: George Roy Hill with "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"
(George Roy Hill , William Goldman, USA / Mexico, 1969)

Nominees:

• David Lean with "Ryan's Daughter" (David Lean, Robert Bolt, UK, 1970)
• Ken Loach with "Kes" (Kenneth Loach, Barry Hines, Tony Garnett, UK, 1969)
• Robert Altman with "M*A*S*H" (Robert Altman, Richard Hooker, Ring Lardner Jr., USA, 1970)

Best Screenplay
Winner: William Goldman for "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"
(George Roy Hill , William Goldman, USA / Mexico, 1969)

Nominees:

• Paul Mazursky and Larry Tucker for "Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice" (Paul Mazursky, Larry Tucker, USA, 1970)
• Barry Hines , Ken Loach and Tony Garnett for "Kes" (Kenneth Loach, Barry Hines, Tony Garnett, UK, 1969)
• James Poe and Robert E. Thompson for "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?" (Sydney Pollack, Horace McCoy, James Poe, Robert E. Thompson, USA, 1970)

Best Cinematography
Winner Conrad Hall for "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"
(George Roy Hill , William Goldman, USA / Mexico, 1969)

Nominees:

• David Watkin for "Catch-22" (Mike Nichols, Joseph Heller, Buck Henry, USA, 1970)  
• Freddie Young for "Ryan's Daughter" (David Lean, Robert Bolt, UK, 1970)
• Armando Nannuzzi for "Waterloo" (Sergei Bondarchuk, H.A.L. Craig, Vittorio Bonicelli, Mario Soldati, Italy / USSR, 1970)

Best Costume Design
Winner: Maria De Matteis for "Waterloo"
(Sergei Bondarchuk, H.A.L. Craig, Vittorio Bonicelli, Mario Soldati, Italy / USSR, 1970)

Nominees:

• Margaret Furse for "Anne of the Thousand Days" (Charles Jarrott, Bridget Boland, John Hale, Richard Sokolove, Maxwell Anderson, UK, 1969)  
• Vittorio Nino Novarese for "Cromwell" (Ken Hughes, UK / USA, 1970)
• Jocelyn Rickards for "Ryan's Daughter" (David Lean, Robert Bolt, UK, 1970)

Best Film Editing
Winner: John C. Howard and Richard C. Meyer for "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"
(George Roy Hill , William Goldman, USA / Mexico, 1969)

Nominees:

• Danford B. Greene for "M*A*S*H" (Robert Altman, Richard Hooker, Ring Lardner Jr., USA, 1970)
• Norman Savage for "Ryan's Daughter" (David Lean, Robert Bolt, UK, 1970)
• Fredric Steinkamp for "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?" (Sydney Pollack, Horace McCoy, James Poe, Robert E. Thompson, USA, 1970)

Best Sound Track
Winner: Don Hall, David Dockendorf and William Edmondson for "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"
(George Roy Hill , William Goldman, USA / Mexico, 1969)

Nominees:

• Don Hall, David Dockendorf and Bernard Freericks for "M*A*S*H" (Robert Altman, Richard Hooker, Ring Lardner Jr., USA, 1970)
• Don Hall, Douglas Williams and Don Bassman for "Patton" (Franklin J. Schaffner, Francis Ford Coppola, Edmund H. North, Ladislas Farago, Omar N. Bradley, USA, 1970)
• Winston Ryder and Gordon McCallum for "Ryan's Daughter" (David Lean, Robert Bolt, UK, 1970)