Steven Spielberg's political drama "Lincoln" scored an unprecedented 10 BAFTA nominations, the most of any other movies this year. The announcement of the nominees was made by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts on Wednesday. The ten nominations include a Best Film, Best Actor for Daniel Day-Lewis, Best Supporting Actor for Tommy Lee Jones and Best Supporting Actrss for Sally Field. But Spielberg's personal setback is that he was left out of the Best Director race category. Life of Pi and Les Miserables scored themselves with nine, followed by Skyfall with eight and Argo with seven.
BEST PICTURE
Joining Lincoln on the mix are Ben Affleck's thriller Argo, Tom Hooper's musical adaptation of Les Miserables, Life of Pi and the greatest manhunt in entire history, Zero Dark Thirty.
BEST DIRECTOR
Hooper and Spielberg both missed out from this category. The unexpected nominee comes in the form of Quentin Tarantino via Django Unchained, which will be joining Ben Affleck – Argo, Kathryn Bigelow – Zero Dark Thirty, Michael Haneke – Amour and Ang Lee – Life of Pi for the race.
BEST ACTOR
Ben Affleck – Argo is the surprising nominee who joins the list along with fellow competitors like Bradley Cooper – Silver Linings Playbook, Daniel Day-Lewis – Lincoln, Hugh Jackman – Les Misérables and Joaquin Phoenix – The Master. Finally, some love for The Master.
BEST ACTRESS
Jessica Chastain – Zero Dark Thirty
Marion Cotillard – Rust and Bone
Jennifer Lawrence – Silver Linings Playbook
Helen Mirren – Hitchcock
Emmanuelle Riva – Amour
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Alan Arkin – Argo
Javier Bardem – Skyfall
Philip Seymour Hoffman – The Master
Tommy Lee Jones – Lincoln
Christoph Waltz – Django Unchained
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams – The Master
Judi Dench – Skyfall
Sally Field – Lincoln
Anne Hathaway – Les Misérables
Helen Hunt – The Sessions
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Amour – Michael Haneke
Django Unchained – Quentin Tarantino
The Master – Paul Thomas Anderson
Moonrise Kingdom – Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola
Zero Dark Thirty – Mark Boal
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Argo – Chris Terrio
Beasts of the Southern Wild – Lucy Alibar, Benh Zeitlin
Life of Pi – David Magee
Lincoln – Tony Kushner
Silver Linings Playbook – David O. Russell
Any nominee here that surprises or goes expected for you?
BEST PICTURE
Joining Lincoln on the mix are Ben Affleck's thriller Argo, Tom Hooper's musical adaptation of Les Miserables, Life of Pi and the greatest manhunt in entire history, Zero Dark Thirty.
BEST DIRECTOR
Hooper and Spielberg both missed out from this category. The unexpected nominee comes in the form of Quentin Tarantino via Django Unchained, which will be joining Ben Affleck – Argo, Kathryn Bigelow – Zero Dark Thirty, Michael Haneke – Amour and Ang Lee – Life of Pi for the race.
BEST ACTOR
Ben Affleck – Argo is the surprising nominee who joins the list along with fellow competitors like Bradley Cooper – Silver Linings Playbook, Daniel Day-Lewis – Lincoln, Hugh Jackman – Les Misérables and Joaquin Phoenix – The Master. Finally, some love for The Master.
BEST ACTRESS
Jessica Chastain – Zero Dark Thirty
Marion Cotillard – Rust and Bone
Jennifer Lawrence – Silver Linings Playbook
Helen Mirren – Hitchcock
Emmanuelle Riva – Amour
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Alan Arkin – Argo
Javier Bardem – Skyfall
Philip Seymour Hoffman – The Master
Tommy Lee Jones – Lincoln
Christoph Waltz – Django Unchained
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams – The Master
Judi Dench – Skyfall
Sally Field – Lincoln
Anne Hathaway – Les Misérables
Helen Hunt – The Sessions
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Amour – Michael Haneke
Django Unchained – Quentin Tarantino
The Master – Paul Thomas Anderson
Moonrise Kingdom – Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola
Zero Dark Thirty – Mark Boal
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Argo – Chris Terrio
Beasts of the Southern Wild – Lucy Alibar, Benh Zeitlin
Life of Pi – David Magee
Lincoln – Tony Kushner
Silver Linings Playbook – David O. Russell
Any nominee here that surprises or goes expected for you?
