Ben Affleck Named Best Director At British Academy Film Awards
First Published: February 10, 2013 4:34 PM EST Credit: Getty Premium
Caption Ben Affleck poses in the press room at The EE British Academy Film Awards 2013 at The Royal Opera House on February 10, 2013 in LondonLONDON, England -- Ben Affleck has won the best-director prize at the British Academy Film Awards for his Iran-hostage drama “Argo.”
Emmanuelle Riva, the 85-year-old French film legend, was named best actress Sunday for “Amour.”
The directing win gives Affleck’s crowd-pleaser more momentum heading into the Hollywood Oscars on Feb. 24.
The British Academy Film Awards, known as BAFTAs, are ever-more scrutinized as an indicator of likely success at the Hollywood Academy Awards. In recent years they have prefigured Academy Awards triumph for word-of-mouth hits including “Slumdog Millionaire,” “The King’s Speech” and “The Artist.”
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