16th British Academy Film Awards explained

Number:	16
Award:	British Academy Film Awards
Date:	1963
Best Film:	Lawrence of Arabia
Best British:	Lawrence of Arabia
Most Wins:	Lawrence of Arabia (4)
Most Nominations:	Billy Budd & Lawrence of Arabia (5)
Last:	15th
Next:	17th

The 16th British Academy Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1963, honoured the best films of 1962.

Winners and nominees

Source:^[1]

Best Film

Lawrence of Arabia

• Billy Budd
• A Kind of Loving
• Lola
• The L-Shaped Room
• The Miracle Worker
• The Manchurian Candidate
• Only Two Can Play
• Phaedra
• West Side Story
• Une aussi longue absence
• Tu ne tueras point
• Through a Glass Darkly
• Jules and Jim
• Hadaka no shima
• The Lady with the Dog
• The Elusive Corporal
• Last Year at Marienbad

Best British Film

Lawrence of Arabia

• Billy Budd
• A Kind of Loving
• The L-Shaped Room
• Only Two Can Play

Best Foreign Actor

Burt Lancaster in Birdman of Alcatraz

• Anthony Quinn in Lawrence of Arabia
• Kirk Douglas in Lonely Are the Brave
• Robert Ryan in Billy Budd
• Charles Laughton in Advise and Consent
• Franco Citti in Accattone
• George Hamilton in Light in the Piazza
• Jean-Paul Belmondo in Léon Morin, prêtre
• Georges Wilson in Une aussi longue absence

Best British Actor

Peter O'Toole in Lawrence of Arabia

• Richard Attenborough in The Dock Brief
• Alan Bates in A Kind of Loving
• James Mason in Lolita
• Peter Sellers in Only Two Can Play
• Laurence Olivier in Term of Trial

Best British Actress

Leslie Caron in The L-Shaped Room

• Janet Munro in Life for Ruth
• Virginia Maskell in The Wild and the Willing

Best Foreign Actress

Anne Bancroft in The Miracle Worker

• Jeanne Moreau in Jules and Jim
• Anouk Aimée in Lola
• Melina Mercouri in Phaedra
• Natalie Wood in Splendor in the Grass
• Geraldine Page in Sweet Bird of Youth
• Harriet Anderson in Through a Glass Darkly

Best British Screenplay

Lawrence of Arabia - Robert Bolt

Notes and References

1. Web site: BAFTA Awards Year of Presentation: 1963 . 22 January 2023.