Bafta Awards 2012: Full Winners List [PHOTOS]

The Artist, a French film, was a big winner at the 2012 Bafta Awards, receiving gongs for best film, best director and best actor.

Jean Dujardin, who played the lead role in The Artist, won best actor, while veteran American actress Meryl Streep was chosen as best actress, for her portrayal of Dame Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady. Martin Scorsese received the Academy Fellowship Award for his outstanding and exceptional contribution to films.

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (Bafta) awards, which honour the highest achievers in film, television and games distributed in the UK, took place over the weekend at the Royal Opera House in Convent Garden. High-profile Hollywood celebrities like George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe and Penelope Cruz were all present for the occasion.

Here is the list of winners:

Academy Fellowship - Martin Scorsese

Best Actor - Jean Dujardin - The Artist

Best Actress - Meryl Streep - The Iron Lady

Best Director - Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist

Outstanding British Film - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Best Supporting Actor - Christopher Plummer - Beginners

Best Supporting Actress - Octavia Spencer - The Help

Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer - Tyrannosaur - Paddy Considine (director) and Diarmid Scrimshaw (producer)

Outstanding Contribution to British Cinema - John Hurt

Orange Rising Star Award - Adam Deacon

Best Documentary - Senna

Best Film Not in the English Language - The Skin I Live In (Spain)

Best Animated Feature Film - Rango

Best Original Screenplay - The Artist - Michel Hazanavicius

Best Adapted Screenplay - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan

Best Cinematography - The Artist - Guillaume Schiffman

Best Original Score - The Artist - Ludovic Bource

Best Editing - Senna - Gregers Sall and Chris King

Best Production Design - Hugo

Best Costume Design - The Artist

Best Sound - Hugo

Best Special Visual Effects - Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows - Part 2

Best Makeup and Hair - The Iron Lady

Best Short Animation - A Morning Stroll

Best Short Film - Pitch Black Heist

Martin Scorsese with his Bafta Fellowship award

Meryl Streep named Best Actress for her role as Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady

Jean Dujardin won Best Actor for his turn as George Valentin in The Artist

Peter Straughan collected award for Best Adapted Screenplay for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Jean Dujardin, Thomas Langmann and Michel Hazanavicius flanked by Russell Crowe and Hugh Jackman after receiving Best Picture award for The Artist

John Hurt's talent recognised with award for Outstanding Contribution to British Cinema

Michel Hazanavicius with award for Best Original Screenplay for The Artist

Adam Deacon with Orange Rising Star award

Graham King collected Best Animated Feature Film award on behalf of Gore Verbinski for Rango

Jean Dujardin joined by Penlope Cruz after picking up award for Best Actor for role as George Valentin in The Artist

Gillian Anderson attended star-studded event at Royal Opera House

James Gay-Rees, Tim Bevan, Asif Kapandia, Eric Fellner, Manish Pandey, Gregers Sall and Chris King with Best Documentary award for Senna

Octavia Spencer walked away with Best Supporting Actress award for role as Minny Jackson in The Help

Viola Davis and Francesca Lo Schiavo with award for Best Production Design for Hugo

Ludovic Bource with award for Best Original Score for The Artist

Paddy Considine and Diarmid Scrimshaw with award for Outstanding Debut by British Director, Writer or Producer for Tyrannosaur

J Roy Helland, Marese Langan and Mark Coulier pose with award for Best Makeup and Hair for The Iron Lady

Mark Bridges with award for Best Costume Design for The Artist

David Vickery, Tim Burke, John Richardson, Joe Letteri alongside Cuba Gooding Jr with Best Special Visual Effects award for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2

Bollywood actor Anil Kapoor presented award for Best Film Not in the English Language to Spanish film The Skin I Live In

Helena Bonham Carter attended event at Royal Opera House

Chris Hemsworth and Hayley Atwell at the Royal Opera House