1974, Film and Television Awards: British Academy Awards (BAFTAs)

Best Film
Winner: ‘La nuit américaine’

Nominees:

• ‘The Day of the Jackal’
• ‘Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie’
• ‘Don't Look Now’

Best Actor
Winner: Walter Matthau
As Charley Varrick in ‘Charley Varrick’
As Pete Seltzer in ‘Pete 'n' Tillie’

Nominees:

• Donald Sutherland as John Baxter in ‘Don't Look Now’
• Donald Sutherland as Jesse Veldini in ‘Steelyard Blues’
• Laurence Olivier as as Andrew Wyke in ‘Sleuth’
• Marlon Brando as Paul in ‘Last Tango in Paris’

Best Actress
Winner: Stéphane Audran
As Alice Senechal in ‘Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie’
As Helene Masson in ‘Juste avant la nuit’

Nominees:

• Diana Ross as Billie Holiday in ‘Lady Sings the Blues’
• Glenda Jackson as Vickie Allessio in ‘A Touch of Class’
• Julie Christie as Laura in ‘Don't Look Now’

Best Supporting Actor
Winner: Arthur Lowe as Charlie Johnson in ‘O Lucky Man!’

Nominees:

• Denholm Elliott as Nils Krogstad in ‘A Doll's House’
• Ian Bannen as Baxter in ‘The Offence’
• Michael Lonsdale as Deputy Commissioner Claude Lebel in ‘The Day of the Jackal’

Best Supporting Actress
Winner: Valentine Cortese as Severine in ‘La Nuit Américaine’

Nominees:

• Delphine Seyrig as Colette de Montpellier in ‘The Day of the Jackal’
• Ingrid Thulin as Karin in ‘Cries and Whispers’
• Rosemary Leach as Mary Maclaine in ‘That'll Be the Day’

Best Screenplay
Winner: Luis Buñuel and Jean-Claude Carrière: ‘Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie’

Nominees:

• Kenneth Ross: ‘The Day of the Jackal’
• Anthony Shaffer: ‘Sleuth’
• Melvin Frank and Jack Rose: ‘A Touch of Class’

Best Cinematography
Winner: Anthony B. Richmond : ‘Don't Look Now’

Nominees:

• Sven Nykvist: ‘Viskningar Och Rop’
• Douglas Slocombe: ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ / ‘ Travels with My Aunt’
• Oswald Morris: ‘Sleuth’

Best Direction
Winner: François Truffaut: ‘La nuit américaine’

Nominees:

• Fred Zinnemann: ‘The Day of the Jackal’
• Luis Buñuel: ‘Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie’
• Nicolas Roeg: ‘Don't Look Now’

Best Costume Design
Winner: Phyllis Dalton: ‘The Hireling’

Nominees:

• Danilo Donati: ‘Brother Sun, Sister Moon’
• Beatrice Dawson: ‘A Doll's House’
• Yvonne Blake: ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’

Best Film Editing
Winner: Ralph Kemplen : ‘The Day of the Jackal’

Nominees:

• Frank Morriss: ‘Charley Varrick’
• Graeme Clifford: ‘Don't Look Now’
• Ralph Sheldon: ‘The National Health’

Best Sound Track
Alan Price : ‘O Lucky Man!’

Nominees:

• Bob Dylan: ‘Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid’
• Taj Mahal: ‘Sounder’
• Mikis Theodorakis: ‘State of Siege’