The Hobbit: AUJ Receives Three BAFTA Nominations

Today the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) announced its nominees for the best in film for 2013. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey received three nominations in the categories of Make Up & Hair, Sound, and Special Visual Effects. The award is sort of the United Kingdom equivalent of the Oscar so a prestigious honor but not quite at the same level as an Academy Award nomination. The award ceremony will take place on February 10th at London's Royal Opera House. I believe they are televised in the UK but not elsewhere. The full list of nominations in 24 categories can be found here.

Make Up & Hair
Anna Karenina - Ivana Primorac
Hitchcock - Julie Hewett, Martin Samuel, Howard Berger
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Peter Swords King, Richard Taylor, Rick Findlater
Les Miserables - Lisa Westcott
Lincoln - Lois Burwell, Kay Georgiou

Sound
Django Unchained - Mark Ulano, Michael Minkler, Tony Lamberti, Wylie Stateman
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Tony Johnson, Christopher Boyes, Michael Hedges, Michael Semanick, Brent Burge, Chris Ward
Les Miserables - Simon Hayes, Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson, Jonathan Allen, Lee Walpole, John Warhurst
Life of Pi - Drew Kunin, Eugene Gearty, Philip Stockton, Ron Bartlett, D. M. Hemphill
Skyfall - Stuart Wilson, Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell, Per Hallberg, Karen Baker Landers

Special Visual Effects
The Dark Knight Rises - Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Peter Bebb, Andrew Lockley
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton, R. Christopher White
Life of Pi - Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De Boer
The Avengers - Nominees TBC
Prometheus - Richard Stammers, Charley Henley, Trevor Wood, Paul Butterworth