Famous Faces

Discover some of the well-known figures - many of whom were spotted by BAFTA in the early days of their careers - who helped develop BAFTA into the internationally known champion of excellence that it is today.

1953
Spotlight On New Talent: Most Promising Newcomer introdu...
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1953
Class Act: Performance categories introduced
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1969
One Vision: Film direction gets its own category
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1971
The Fellowship: BAFTA’s top prize
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1988
High Praise: Dirk Bogarde receives first BAFTA Tribute
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2001
Lean On: First David Lean Lecture takes place
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Who Is She?

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