The Artist won seven awards at the BAFTAs last night, including best film, best director, best cinematography and best screenplay.
Meryl Streep picked up the best actress award for The Iron Lady, which also picked up the award for best hair and make-up.
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy won best British film and best adapted screenplay. The film's co-writer Peter Straughan paid tribute to his co-writer and wife, Bridget O'Connor, who died before Tinker Tailor was made.
Tyrannosaur also picked up outstanding British debut award for director Paddy Considine and producer Diarmid Scrimshaw.
A Morning Stroll landed the BAFTA for best animated short for AKA Studios’ Grant Orchard and Sue Goffe. While special visual effects went to the team on Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – part 2, headed up by Tim Burke, John Richardson, Greg Butler and David Vickery.
Senna won best documentary, beating Martin Scorsese's George Harrison: Living in the Material World and Project Nim. It also landed the award for best editing.
Film 4, which backed The Iron Lady and Tyrannosaur, was also behind the winner for best short film, Pitch Black Heist, directed by John Maclean and producer Gerardine O'Flynn.
Tessa Ross, Controller of Film and Drama at Channel 4 said: "We're thrilled for these truly deserved BAFTA winners. It's fantastic to see their talent being recognised with such a prestigious prize, and we offer our warmest congratulations from all at Film4."
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John Hurt
Outstanding British Contribution Award in 2012
BEST FILM
BAFTA mask WINNER: THE ARTIST - Thomas Langmann
THE DESCENDANTS - Jim Burke, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor
DRIVE - Marc Platt, Adam Siegel
THE HELP - Brunson Green, Chris Columbus, Michael Barnathan
TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY - Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Robyn Slovo
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
BAFTA mask WINNER: TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY - Tomas Alfredson, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Robyn Slovo, Bridget O'Connor, Peter Straughan
MY WEEK WITH MARILYN - Simon Curtis, David Parfitt, Harvey Weinstein, Adrian Hodges
SENNA - Asif Kapadia, James Gay-Rees, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Manish Pandey
SHAME - Steve McQueen, Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Abi Morgan
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN - Lynne Ramsay, Luc Roeg, Jennifer Fox, Robert Salerno, Rory Stewart Kinnear
OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
BAFTA mask WINNER: TYRANNOSAUR - Paddy Considine (Director), Diarmid Scrimshaw (Producer)
ATTACK THE BLOCK - Joe Cornish (Director/Writer)
BLACK POND - Will Sharpe (Director/Writer), Tom Kingsley (Director), Sarah Brocklehurst (Producer)
CORIOLANUS - Ralph Fiennes (Director)
SUBMARINE - Richard Ayoade (Director/Writer)
DIRECTOR
BAFTA mask WINNER: THE ARTIST - Michel Hazanavicius
DRIVE - Nicolas Winding Refn
HUGO - Martin Scorsese
TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY - Tomas Alfredson
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN - Lynne Ramsay
DOCUMENTARY
BAFTA mask WINNER: SENNA - Asif Kapadia, James Gay-Rees, Eric Fellner, Tim Bevan, Manish Pandey
GEORGE HARRISON: LIVING IN THE MATERIAL WORLD - Martin Scorsese, Olivia Harrison, Nigel Sinclair
PROJECT NIM - James Marsh, Simon Chinn
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
BAFTA mask WINNER: THE ARTIST - Michel Hazanavicius
BRIDESMAIDS - Annie Mumolo, Kristen Wiig
THE GUARD - John Michael McDonagh
THE IRON LADY - Abi Morgan
MIDNIGHT IN PARIS - Woody Allen
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
BAFTA mask WINNER: TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY - Bridget O'Connor, Peter Straughan
THE DESCENDANTS - Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash
THE HELP - Tate Taylor
THE IDES OF MARCH - George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon
MONEYBALL - Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
BAFTA mask WINNER: THE SKIN I LIVE IN - Pedro Almodóvar, Agustin Almodóvar
INCENDIES - Denis Villeneuve, Luc Déry, Kim McCraw
PINA - Wim Wenders, Gian-Piero Ringel
POTICHE - François Ozon, Eric Altmayer, Nicolas Altmayer
A SEPARATION - Asghar Farhadi
ANIMATED FILM
BAFTA mask WINNER: RANGO - Gore Verbinski
THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN: THE SECRET OF THE UNICORN - Steven Spielberg
ARTHUR CHRISTMAS - Sarah Smith
LEADING ACTOR
BAFTA mask WINNER: JEAN DUJARDIN - The Artist
BRAD PITT - Moneyball
GARY OLDMAN - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
GEORGE CLOONEY - The Descendants
MICHAEL FASSBENDER - Shame
LEADING ACTRESS
BAFTA mask WINNER: MERYL STREEP - The Iron Lady
BÉRÉNICE BEJO - The Artist
MICHELLE WILLIAMS - My Week with Marilyn
TILDA SWINTON - We Need to Talk About Kevin
VIOLA DAVIS - The Help
SUPPORTING ACTOR
BAFTA mask WINNER: CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER - Beginners
JIM BROADBENT - The Iron Lady
JONAH HILL - Moneyball
KENNETH BRANAGH - My Week with Marilyn
PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN - The Ides of March
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
BAFTA mask WINNER: OCTAVIA SPENCER - The Help
CAREY MULLIGAN - Drive
JESSICA CHASTAIN - The Help
JUDI DENCH - My Week with Marilyn
MELISSA MCCARTHY - Bridesmaids
ORIGINAL MUSIC
BAFTA mask WINNER: THE ARTIST - Ludovic Bource
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO - Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
HUGO - Howard Shore
TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY - Alberto Iglesias
WAR HORSE - John Williams
CINEMATOGRAPHY
BAFTA mask WINNER: THE ARTIST - Guillaume Schiffman
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO - Jeff Cronenweth
HUGO - Robert Richardson
TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY - Hoyte van Hoytema
WAR HORSE - Janusz Kaminski
EDITING
BAFTA mask WINNER: SENNA - Gregers Sall, Chris King
THE ARTIST - Anne-Sophie Bion, Michel Hazanavicius
DRIVE - Mat Newman
HUGO - Thelma Schoonmaker
TINKER TAILOR SOLIDER SPY - Dino Jonsäter
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PRODUCTION DESIGN
BAFTA mask WINNER: HUGO - Dante Ferretti, Francesca Lo Schiavo
THE ARTIST - Laurence Bennett, Robert Gould
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS – PART 2 - Stuart Craig, Stephenie McMillan
TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY - Maria Djurkovic, Tatiana MacDonald
WAR HORSE - Rick Carter, Lee Sandales
COSTUME DESIGN
BAFTA mask WINNER: THE ARTIST - Mark Bridges
HUGO - Sandy Powell
JANE EYRE - Michael O'Connor
MY WEEK WITH MARILYN - Jill Taylor
TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY - Jacqueline Durran
SOUND
BAFTA mask WINNER: HUGO - Philip Stockton, Eugene Gearty, Tom Fleischman, John Midgley
THE ARTIST - Nadine Muse, Gérard Lamps, Michael Krikorian
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS – PART 2 - James Mather, Stuart Wilson, Stuart Hilliker, Mike Dowson, Adam Scrivener
TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY - John Casali, Howard Bargroff, Doug Cooper, Stephen Griffiths, Andy Shelley
WAR HORSE - Stuart Wilson, Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson, Richard Hymns
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
BAFTA maskWINNER: HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS – PART 2 - Tim Burke, John Richardson, Greg Butler, David Vickery
THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN: THE SECRET OF THE UNICORN - Jamie Beard, Joe Letteri, Keith F. Miller, Wayne Stables
HUGO - Alex Henning, Rob Legato, Ben Grossmann, Joss Williams
RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES - Daniel Barrett, Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White
WAR HORSE - Ben Morris, Neil Corbould
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MAKE UP & HAIR
BAFTA mask WINNER: THE IRON LADY - Mark Coulier, J. Roy Helland, Marese Langan
THE ARTIST - Julie Hewett, Cydney Cornell
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS – PART 2 - Nick Dudman, Amanda Knight, Lisa Tomblin
HUGO - Morag Ross, Jan Archibald
MY WEEK WITH MARILYN - Jenny Shircore
SHORT ANIMATION
BAFTA mask WINNER: A MORNING STROLL - Grant Orchard, Sue Goffe
ABUELAS - Afarin Eghbal, Kasia Malipan, Francesca Gardiner
BOBBY YEAH - Robert Morgan
SHORT FILM
BAFTA mask WINNER: PITCH BLACK HEIST - John Maclean, Gerardine O'Flynn
CHALK - Martina Amati, Gavin Emerson, James Bolton, Ilaria Bernardini
MWANSA THE GREAT - Rungano Nyoni, Gabriel Gauchet
ONLY SOUND REMAINS - Arash Ashtiani, Anshu Poddar
TWO AND TWO - Babak Anvari, Kit Fraser, Gavin Cullen
ORANGE WEDNESDAYS RISING STAR AWARD
BAFTA mask WINNER: ADAM DEACON
CHRIS HEMSWORTH
TOM HIDDLESTON
CHRIS O’DOWD
EDDIE REDMAYNE
