--- description: Silence was the watchword at this year's BAFTA nominations, which were announced in London on Tuesday. The reason? Leading the way, with 12 nods, was... title: BAFTA 2012 Nominations: The Artist, Tinker Tailor Lead the Way image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0c4098bf13bc1f7f/698a906a16d8840d9ec446be/tinker-tailor-soldier-spy-review.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) # BAFTA 2012 Nominations: The Artist, Tinker Tailor Lead the Way by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) Jan 17, 2012 3:06 PM CUT  Gary Oldman as George Smiley in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Gary Oldman as George Smiley in Tinker Tailor Soldier SpyJack English / Focus Features by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) Jan 17, 2012 3:06 PM CUT Silence was the watchword at this year’s BAFTA nominations, which were announced in London on Tuesday. The reason? Leading the way, with 12 nods, was Michel Hazanavicius’ silent movie, _The Artist_, which won a best picture award at Sunday’s Golden Globes, further solidifying its frontrunner status ahead of next week’s Oscar nominations. But before taking to the stage at Convent Garden’s Royal Opera House on Sunday February 12, they’ll need to fend off some home-grown British talent in the shape of _Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy_, itself a relatively intense, if quiet, spy thriller. A well-received film which has gone almost unmentioned this awards season, _TTSS_ has not been neglected by the Brits, who have bestowed an impressive 11 nominations in its direction. Both movies will compete against each other for Best Film, along with _The Descendants_, _The Help_ and, surprisingly, _Drive_. _Tinker Tailor_‘s producer, and co-chairman of Working Title Films, Tim Bevan, was slightly more sanguine: “It’s fantastic news, particularly in respect of the fact that it didn’t do so well in the American awards. For a producer, it’s about as good as it gets.” Ever the realist, Bevan must know that _TTSS_ has a far better chance of winning Outstanding British Film, though it will have to see off the ever rising _My Week With Marilyn_, _Shame_, _We Need To Talk About Kevin_ and _Senna_, the documentary inexplicably not considered worthy enough to compete for the Oscar. In any other year, Gary Oldman’s portrayal of George Smiley would have made him the firm Best Actor favorite but George Clooney (_The Descendants_) and Jean Dujardin (_The Artist_), both Globe winners, are the more likely picks with Brad Pitt (_Moneyball_) and Michael Fassbender completing a strong category. And at least Oldman might show up: during the Globes, he was to be found modeling clothes at a catwalk show in Milan. Competing in the front row for Best Director is _TTSS_‘s Thomas Alfredson, who along with Hazanavicius, Nicolas Winding Refn (_Drive_) and Lynne Ramsey (_We Need To Talk About Kevin_) will all be trying to wrest the award away from red-hot favorite Martin Scorsese for _Hugo_ (which received nine nominations). We think we’ll need to talk about Marty because, not only did he just collect a Globe but has _already_ won a BAFTA this year, as he’ll be awarded the prestigious Fellowship, and it wouldn’t be a shock to see him double up. But some didn’t do as well as the BAFTA longlist suggested: Two films with a distinctly British flavor that will be licking their wounds include _My Week With Marilyn_ (six nominations) and _The Iron Lady_ (four). But their leading ladies, Michelle Williams and Meryl Streep, who both won Globes this past weekend, will go head-to-head for Best Actress. The streaking Streep is the clear front-runner for her portrayal of polarizing Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. But, if anything, Viola Davis (_The Help_), might prove to be her main competition whereas Tilda Swinton (_Kevin_) and Berenice Bejo (_The Artist_) arguably make up the numbers. Speaking of the Oscars, it must be asked whether the BAFTAs can be seen as a reliable bellwether for Hollywood’s big night. What’s undeniable is that BAFTA’s smart decision to move itself up in the awards calendar has made it more relevant (and attracts a healthy smattering of Hollywood’s A-list to turn up). Only time will tell whether Oscar follows BAFTA, but recent history does suggest that British films can benefit from the BAFTA bounce. Last year _The King’s Speech_ won seven BAFTAs and four Oscars, including Best Picture. And in 2009, Danny Boyle’s _Slumdog Millionaire_ took home seven BAFTAs, including Best Film but went on to go one better, nabbing eight Oscars. But even if _Tinker Tailor_ and its peers don’t translate BAFTA success into Oscar glory, at least they can take comfort in being recognized – as surprising as it sounds, Terrence Malick’s _The Tree Of Life_ didn’t receive a single nomination despite many a rave review. Silence was indeed the watchword. _read the full list of nomination on the following page:_ nextpage **FULL LIST:** **BEST FILM** THE ARTIST Thomas Langmann THE DESCENDANTS Jim Burke, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor DRIVE Marc Platt, Adam Siegel THE HELP Brunson Green, Chris Columbus, Michael Barnathan TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Robyn Slovo **OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM** MY WEEK WITH MARILYN Simon Curtis, David Parfitt, Harvey Weinstein, Adrian Hodges SENNA Asif Kapadia, James Gay-Rees, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Manish Pandey SHAME Steve McQueen, Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Abi Morgan TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY Tomas Alfredson, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Robyn Slovo, Bridget O’Connor, Peter Straughan WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN Lynne Ramsay, Luc Roeg, Jennifer Fox, Robert Salerno, Rory Stewart Kinnear **LEADING ACTOR** BRAD PITT Moneyball GARY OLDMAN Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy GEORGE CLOONEY The Descendants JEAN DUJARDIN The Artist MICHAEL FASSBENDER Shame **LEADING ACTRESS** BÉRÉNICE BEJO The Artist MERYL STREEP The Iron Lady MICHELLE WILLIAMS My Week with Marilyn TILDA SWINTON We Need to Talk About Kevin VIOLA DAVIS The Help **SUPPORTING ACTOR** CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER Beginners JIM BROADBENT The Iron Lady JONAH HILL Moneyball KENNETH BRANAGH My Week with Marilyn PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN The Ides of March **SUPPORTING ACTRESS** CAREY MULLIGAN Drive JESSICA CHASTAIN The Help JUDI DENCH My Week with Marilyn MELISSA MCCARTHY Bridesmaids OCTAVIA SPENCER The Help **OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER** ATTACK THE BLOCK Joe Cornish (Director/Writer) BLACK POND Will Sharpe (Director/Writer), Tom Kingsley (Director), Sarah Brocklehurst (Producer) CORIOLANUS Ralph Fiennes (Director) SUBMARINE Richard Ayoade (Director/Writer) TYRANNOSAUR Paddy Considine (Director), Diarmid Scrimshaw (Producer) FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE INCENDIES Denis Villeneuve, Luc Dery, Kim McGraw PINA Wim Wenders, Gian-Piero Ringel POTICHE Francois Ozon, Eric Altmayer, Nicolas Altmayer A SEPARATION Asghar Farhadi THE SKIN I LIVE IN Pedro Almodovar, Agustin Almodovar **DOCUMENTARY** GEORGE HARRISON: LIVING IN THE MATERIAL WORLD Martin Scorsese PROJECT NIM James Marsh, Simon Chinn SENNA Asif Kapadia **ANIMATED FILM** THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN: THE SECRET OF THE UNICORN Steven Spielberg ARTHUR CHRISTMAS Sarah Smith RANGO Gore Verbinski **DIRECTOR** THE ARTIST Michel Hazanavicius DRIVE Nicolas Winding Refn HUGO Martin Scorsese TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY Tomas Alfredson WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN Lynne Ramsay **ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY** THE ARTIST Michel Hazanavicius BRIDESMAIDS Annie Mumolo, Kristen Wiig THE GUARD John Michael McDonagh THE IRON LADY Abi Morgan MIDNIGHT IN PARIS Woody Allen **ADAPTED SCREENPLAY** THE DESCENDANTS Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash THE HELP Tate Taylor THE IDES OF MARCH George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon MONEYBALL Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY Bridget O’Connor, Peter Straughan **ORIGINAL MUSIC** THE ARTIST Ludovic Bource THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross HUGO Howard Shore TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY Alberto Iglesias WAR HORSE John Williams **CINEMATOGRAPHY** THE ARTIST Guillaume Schiffman THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO Jeff Cronenweth HUGO Robert Richardson TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY Hoyte van Hoytema WAR HORSE Janusz Kaminski **EDITING** THE ARTIST Anne-Sophie Bion, Michel Hazanavicius DRIVE Mat Newman HUGO Thelma Schoonmaker SENNA Gregers Sall, Chris King TINKER TAILOR SOLIDER SPY Dino Jonsater **PRODUCTION DESIGN** THE ARTIST Laurence Bennett, Robert Gould HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS – PART 2 Stuart Craig, Stephenie McMillan HUGO Dante Ferretti, Francesca Lo Schiavo TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY Maria Djurkovic, Tatiana MacDonald WAR HORSE Rick Carter, Lee Sandales **COSTUME DESIGN** THE ARTIST Mark Bridges HUGO Sandy Powell JANE EYRE Michael O’Connor MY WEEK WITH MARILYN Jill Taylor TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY Jacqueline Durran **MAKE UP & HAIR** THE ARTIST Julie Hewett, Cydney Cornell HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS – PART 2 Amanda Knight, Lisa Tomblin HUGO Morag Ross, Jan Archibald THE IRON LADY Marese Langan MY WEEK WITH MARILYN Jenny Shircore **SOUND** THE ARTIST Nadine Muse, Gerard Lamps, Michael Krikorian HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS – PART 2 James Mather, Stuart Wilson, Stuart Hilliker, Mike Dowson, Adam Scrivener HUGO Philip Stockton, Eugene Gearty, Tom Fleischman, John Midgley TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY John Casali, Howard Bargroff, Doug Cooper, Stephen Griffiths, Andy Shelley WAR HORSE Stuart Wilson, Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson, Richard Hymns **SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS** THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN: THE SECRET OF THE UNICORN Joe Letteri HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS – PART 2 Tim Burke, John Richardson, Greg Butler, David Vickery HUGO Rob Legato, Ben Grossman, Joss Williams RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White WAR HORSE Ben Morris, Neil Corbould **SHORT ANIMATION** ABUELAS Afarin Eghbal, Kasia Malipan, Francesca Gardiner BOBBY YEAH Robert Morgan A MORNING STROLL Grant Orchard, Sue Goffe **SHORT FILM** CHALK Martina Amati, Gavin Emerson, James Bolton, Ilaria Bernardini MWANSA THE GREAT Rungano Nyoni, Gabriel Gauchet ONLY SOUND REMAINS Arash Ashtiani, Anshu Poddar PITCH BLACK HEIST John Maclean, Gerardine O’Flynn TWO AND TWO Babak Anvari, Kit Fraser, Gavin Cullen **THE ORANGE WEDNESDAYS RISING STAR AWARD (voted for by the public)** ADAM DEACON CHRIS HEMSWORTH CHRIS O’DOWD EDDIE REDMAYNE TOM HIDDLESTON ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/archive/7124285/bafta-2012-nominations-the-artist-tinker-tailor-lead-the-way/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/archive/7124285/bafta-2012-nominations-the-artist-tinker-tailor-lead-the-way/"},"headline":"BAFTA 2012 Nominations: The Artist, Tinker Tailor Lead the Way","datePublished":"2012-01-17T15:06:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-16T06:37:20.250Z","description":"Silence was the watchword at this year's BAFTA nominations, which were announced in London on Tuesday. 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