title: London Film Critics Circle Awards 2007
text: # London Film Critics Circle Awards 2007
  
  28th London Film Critics Circle Awards
  
  8 February 2008
  
  Film of the Year:
  
  No Country for Old Men
  
  British Film of the Year:
  
  Control
  
  The 28th London Film Critics Circle Awards, honouring the best in film for 2007, were announced by the London Film Critics Circle on 8 February 2008.
  
  ## Winners and nominees
  
  ### Film of the Year
  
  No Country for Old Men
  
  * The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
  * The Bourne Ultimatum
  * There Will Be Blood
  * Zodiac
  
  ### British Film of the Year
  
  Control
  
  * Atonement
  * Eastern Promises
  * Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
  * This Is England
  
  ### Foreign Language Film of the Year
  
  The Lives of Others • Germany
  
  * 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days • Romania
  * The Diving Bell and the Butterfly • France
  * Letters from Iwo Jima • United States
  * Tell No One • France
  
  ### Director of the Year
  
  Paul Thomas Anderson – There Will Be Blood
  
  * Joel Coen & Ethan Coen – No Country for Old Men
  * David Fincher – Zodiac
  * Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck – The Lives of Others
  * Cristian Mungiu – 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
  
  ### British Director of the Year
  
  Paul Greengrass – The Bourne Ultimatum
  
  * Danny Boyle – Sunshine
  * Anton Corbijn – Control
  * Shane Meadows – This Is England
  * Joe Wright – Atonement
  
  ### Screenwriter of the Year
  
  Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck – The Lives of Others
  
  * Christopher Hampton – Atonement
  * Ronald Harwood – The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
  * Joel Coen & Ethan Coen – No Country for Old Men
  * Paul Thomas Anderson – There Will Be Blood
  
  ### British Breakthrough – Filmmaking
  
  Anton Corbijn, director – Control
  
  * John Carney, writer and director – Once
  * Sarah Gavron, director – Brick Lane
  * Matt Greenhalgh, writer – Control
  * Stevan Riley, writer, director, producer – Blue Blood
  
  ### Actor of the Year
  
  Daniel Day-Lewis – There Will Be Blood
  
  * Casey Affleck – The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
  * George Clooney – Michael Clayton
  * Tommy Lee Jones – In the Valley of Elah
  * Ulrich Mühe – The Lives of Others
  
  ### Actress of the Year
  
  Marion Cotillard – La Vie en Rose
  
  * Maggie Gyllenhaal – Sherrybaby
  * Angelina Jolie – A Mighty Heart
  * Laura Linney – The Savages
  * Anamaria Marinca – 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
  
  ### British Actor of the Year
  
  James McAvoy – Atonement
  
  * Christian Bale – 3:10 to Yuma
  * Jim Broadbent – And When Did You Last See Your Father?
  * Jonny Lee Miller – The Flying Scotsman
  * Sam Riley – Control
  
  ### British Actress of the Year
  
  Julie Christie – Away from Her
  
  * Helena Bonham Carter – Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
  * Keira Knightley – Atonement
  * Sienna Miller – Interview
  * Samantha Morton – Control
  
  ### British Supporting Actor of the Year
  
  Tom Wilkinson – Michael Clayton
  
  * Albert Finney – Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
  * Toby Jones – The Painted Veil
  * Toby Kebbell – Control
  * Alfred Molina – The Hoax
  
  ### British Supporting Actress of the Year
  
  Kelly Macdonald – No Country for Old Men
  
  Vanessa Redgrave – Atonement
  
  * Saoirse Ronan – Atonement
  * Imelda Staunton – Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
  * Tilda Swinton – Michael Clayton
  
  ### British Breakthrough – Acting
  
  Sam Riley – Control
  
  * Benedict Cumberbatch – Amazing Grace
  * Dakota Blue Richards – The Golden Compass
  * Saoirse Ronan – Atonement
  * Thomas Turgoose – This Is England
  
  ### Dilys Powell Award
  
  * Julie Walters
  