BAFTA Award for Best Direction

High school (ages 12+)
Art & Creativity

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/bafta-award-for-best-direction

1. What is the awarding body?
2. What is the award category?
3. When was the BAFTA Award for Best Direction created?
4. Why was it originally called the 'David Lean Award for Achievement in Direction'?

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the awarding body?British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)
2. What is the award category?Best Direction for a feature film
3. When was the BAFTA Award for Best Direction created?It was started in 1968 by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.
4. Why was it originally called the 'David Lean Award for Achievement in Direction'?It was named after David Lean to honor his epic filmmaking and directorial mastery.

BAFTA: The British Academy of Film and Television Arts, a prestigious organization that awards excellence in film, television, and games.
Director: The principal creative force behind a film, responsible for artistic vision, performance direction, and technical execution.
Feature Film: A full-length motion picture intended as the main attraction in a cinema program.
Cinematographer: The director of photography, responsible for the visual artistry and technical aspects of camera work.