BAFTA Nominations Announced

Gravity leads with 11 nominations.

And that's why I don't usually predict the BAFTA nominees. Many of my last-minute predictions were wrong, but I did get a few categories right.

Best Film:
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Gravity
Philomena
12 Years a Slave

How I did: 5/5

Best Director:

Alfonso Cuaron, Gravity
Paul Greengrass, Captain Phillips
Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave
David O. Russell, American Hustle
Martin Scorsese, The Wolf of Wall Street

How I did: 5/5

Best Actor:

Christian Bale, American Hustle
Bruce Dern, Nebraska
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Wolf of Wall Street
Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave
Tom Hanks, Captain Phillips

How I did: 3/5; Missed Dern and had Bale as an alternate

Best Actress:

Amy Adams, American Hustle
Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
Sandra Bullock, Gravity
Judi Dench, Philomena
Emma Thompson, Saving Mr. Banks

How I did: 4/5; Had Adams as an alternate

Best Supporting Actor:

Barkhad Abdi, Captain Phillips
Daniel Brühl, Rush
Bradley Cooper, American Hustle
Matt Damon, Behind the Candelabra
Michael Fassbender, 12 Years a Slave 

How I did: 3/5; Missed Cooper and Damon

Best Supporting Actress:

Sally Hawkins, Blue Jasmine
Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle
Lupita Nyong'o, 12 Years a Slave
Julia Roberts, August: Osage County
Oprah Winfrey, Lee Daniels' The Butler

How I did: 3/5; Missed Roberts and Winfrey

Best Adapted Screenplay:

Behind the Candelabra
Captain Phillips
Philomena
12 Years a Slave
The Wolf of Wall Street

How I did: 4/5; Missed Behind the Candelabra

Best Original Screenplay:

American Hustle
Blue Jasmine
Gravity
Inside Llewyn Davis
Nebraska

How I did: 4/5; Missed Gravity

Best Production Design:

American Hustle
Behind the Candelabra
Gravity
The Great Gatsby
12 Years a Slave

How I did: 4/5; Missed Behind the Candelabra

Best Cinematography:

Captain Phillips
Gravity
Inside Llewyn Davis
Nebraska
12 Years a Slave

How I did: 4/5; Missed Nebraska

Best Costume Design:

American Hustle
Behind the Candelabra
The Great Gatsby
The Invisible Woman
Saving Mr. Banks

How I did: 4/5; Missed Saving Mr. Banks

Best Film Editing:

Captain Phillips
Gravity
Rush
12 Years a Slave
The Wolf of Wall Street

How I did: 4/5; Had The Wolf of Wall Street as an alternate

Best Music:

The Book Thief
Captain Phillips
Gravity
Saving Mr. Banks
12 Years a Slave

How I did: 2/5; Missed The Book Thief, Captain Phillips and Saving Mr. Banks

Best Makeup and Hair:
American Hustle
Behind the Candelabra
The Great Gatsby
Lee Daniels' The Butler
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

How I did: 3/5; Missed Behind the Candelabra and Lee Daniels' The Butler

Best Sound:
All is Lost
Captain Phillips
Gravity
Inside Llewyn Davis
Rush

How I did: 3/5; Missed All is Lost and had Inside Llewyn Davis as an alternate

Best Visual Effects:

Gravity
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Iron Man 3
Pacific Rim
Star Trek Into Darkness

How I did: 3/5; Missed Iron Man 3 and Star Trek Into Darkness

Best British Film:

Gravity

Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Philomena

Rush
Saving Mr. Banks

The Selfish Giant

How I did: 3/6 (including alternate); Missed Gravity, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom and Saving Mr. Banks

Best Animated Film: 
Despicable Me 2
Frozen
Monsters University

How I did: 3/3

Best Documentary Film:

The Act of Killing

The Armstrong Lie
Blackfish
Tim's Vermeer

We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks

How I did: 2/5; Missed The Armstrong Lie and Tim's Vermeer and had Blackfish as an alternate

Best Foreign Language Film:

The Act of Killing
Blue is the Warmest Color
The Great Beauty
Metro Manila
Wadjda

How I did: 3/5; Missed The Act of Killing and Metro Manila

Best Debut by British Writer, Director or Producer:

Colin Carberry and Glenn Patterson, Good Vibrations
Kieran Evans, Kelly + Victor
Scott Graham, Shell
Kelly Marcel, Saving Mr. Banks
Paul Wright and Polly Stokes, For Those in Peril

How I did: 2/5; Missed Carberry/Patterson, Evans and Marcel

How I did overall: 71/104, or 68%