1975, Film and Television Awards: British Academy Awards (BAFTAs)

Best Film
Winner: 'Lacombe, Lucien'

Poster 'Lacombe, Lucien'

Nominees:

• 'Chinatown'
• 'The Last Detail'
• 'Murder on the Orient Express'

Best Actor in a Leading Role
Winner:  Jack Nicholson  as J.J. "Jake" Gittes in  'Chinatown' and as Signalman 1st Class Billy "Badass" Buddusky in 'The Last Detail'

Jack Nicholson  as J.J. "Jake" Gittes in  'Chinatown'

Nominees:

• Albert Finney as Hercule Poirot in 'Murder on the Orient Express'
• Al Pacino as Frank Serpico in 'Serpico'
• Gene Hackman as Harry Caul in 'The Conversation'

Best Actress in a Leading Role
Winner:  Joanne Woodward as Rita Walden in 'Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams'

Joanne Woodward as Rita Walden in 'Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams'

Nominees:

• Barbra Streisand as Katie Morosky in 'The Way We Were'
• Cicely Tyson as Jane Pittman in 'The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman'
• Faye Dunaway as Evelyn Cross Mulwray in 'Chinatown'

Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Winner: John Gielgud as Edward Beddoes in 'Murder on the Orient Express'

John Gielgud as Edward Beddoes in 'Murder on the Orient Express'

Nominees:

• Adam Faith as Mike Menary in 'Stardust'
• John Huston as Noah Cross in 'Chinatown'
• Randy Quaid as Seaman Larry Meadows in 'The Last Detail'

Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Winner: Ingrid Bergman as Greta Ohlsson in 'Murder on the Orient Express'

Ingrid Bergman as Greta Ohlsson in 'Murder on the Orient Express'

Nominees:

• Cindy Williams as Laurie Henderson in 'American Graffiti'
• Sylvia Sidney as Mrs. Pritchett in 'Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams'
• Sylvia Syms as Margaret Stephenson in 'The Tamarind Seed'

Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles
Winner: Georgina Hale as Alma Mahler in 'Mahler'

Georgina Hale as Alma Mahler in 'Mahler'

Nominees:

• Cleavon Little as Sheriff Bart in 'Blazing Saddles'
• Sissy Spacek as Holly Sargis in 'Badlands'

Best Screenplay
Winner: Robert Towne for 'Chinatown' and  'The Last Detail'

Poster 'Chinatown'

Poster 'The Last Detail'

Nominees:

• Mel Brooks, Norman Steinberg, Andrew Bergman, Richard Pryor and Alan Uger: 'Blazing Saddles'
• Francis Ford Coppola: 'The Conversation'
• Louis Malle and Patrick Modiano: 'Lacombe, Lucien'

Best Direction
Winner: Roman Polanski for 'Chinatown'

Poster 'Chinatown'

Nominees:

• Francis Ford Coppola for 'The Conversation'
• Louis Malle for 'Lacombe, Lucien'
• Sidney Lumet for 'Murder on the Orient Express'
• Sidney Lumet for 'Serpico'

Best Cinematography
Winner: Douglas Slocombe for 'The Great Gatsby'

Poster 'The Great Gatsby'

Nominees:

• John A. Alonzo: 'Chinatown'
• Geoffrey Unsworth: 'Murder on the Orient Express'
• David Watkin: 'The Three Musketeers'
• Geoffrey Unsworth: 'Zardoz'