American Beauty – Bruce Cohen and Dan Jinks

• East Is East – Leslee Udwin
• The End of the Affair – Stephen Woolley and Neil Jordan
• The Sixth Sense – Frank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy and Barry Mendel
• The Talented Mr. Ripley – William Horberg and Tom Sternberg

Pedro Almodóvar – All About My Mother

• Anthony Minghella – The Talented Mr. Ripley
• M. Night Shyamalan – The Sixth Sense
• Neil Jordan – The End of the Affair
• Sam Mendes – American Beauty

Kevin Spacey – American Beauty as Lester Burnham

• Jim Broadbent – Topsy-Turvy as W. S. Gilbert
• Om Puri – East Is East as George Khan
• Ralph Fiennes – The End of the Affair as Maurice Bendrix
• Russell Crowe – The Insider as Jeffrey Wigand

Annette Bening – American Beauty as Carolyn Burnham

• Emily Watson – Angela's Ashes as Angela McCourt
• Julianne Moore – The End of the Affair as Sarah Miles
• Linda Bassett – East Is East as Ella Khan

Jude Law – The Talented Mr. Ripley as Dickie Greenleaf

• Michael Caine – The Cider House Rules as Dr. Wilbur Larch
• Rhys Ifans – Notting Hill as Spike
• Timothy Spall – Topsy-Turvy as Richard Temple
• Wes Bentley – American Beauty as Ricky Fitts

Maggie Smith – Tea with Mussolini as Lady Hester Random

• Cameron Diaz – Being John Malkovich as Lotte Schwartz
• Cate Blanchett – The Talented Mr. Ripley as Meredith Logue
• Mena Suvari – American Beauty as Angela Hayes
• Thora Birch – American Beauty as Jane Burnham

Being John Malkovich – Charlie Kaufman

• All About My Mother – Pedro Almodóvar
• American Beauty – Alan Ball
• The Sixth Sense – M. Night Shyamalan
• Topsy-Turvy – Mike Leigh

The End of the Affair – Neil Jordan

• East Is East – Ayub Khan Din
• An Ideal Husband – Oliver Parker
• The Talented Mr. Ripley – Anthony Minghella

American Beauty – Conrad Hall

• Angela's Ashes – Michael Seresin
• The End of the Affair – Roger Pratt
• The Matrix – Bill Pope
• The Talented Mr. Ripley – John Seale

Sleepy Hollow – Colleen Atwood

• The End of the Affair – Sandy Powell
• An Ideal Husband – Caroline Harris
• Tea with Mussolini – Jenny Beavan, Anna Anni and Alberto Spiazzi

American Beauty – Tariq Anwar and Christopher Greenbury

• Being John Malkovich – Eric Zumbrunnen
• The Matrix – Zach Staenberg
• The Sixth Sense – Andrew Mondshein

Topsy-Turvy – Christine Blundell

• American Beauty – Tania McComas and Carol O'Connell
• The End of the Affair – Christine Beveridge
• An Ideal Husband – Peter King

American Beauty – Thomas Newman

• Buena Vista Social Club – Ry Cooder and Nick Gold
• The End of the Affair – Michael Nyman
• The Talented Mr. Ripley – Gabriel Yared

Sleepy Hollow – Rick Heinrichs

• American Beauty – Naomi Shohan
• Angela's Ashes – Geoffrey Kirkland
• The End of the Affair – Anthony D. G. Pratt
• The Matrix – Owen Paterson

The Matrix – David Lee, John T. Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, David E. Campbell and Dane Davis

• American Beauty – Scott Martin Gershin, Scott Millan, Bob Beemer and Richard Van Dyke
• Buena Vista Social Club – Martin Müller and Jerry Boys
• Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace – Ben Burtt, Tom Bellfort, John Midgley, Gary Rydstrom, Tom Johnson and Shawn Murphy

The Matrix – John Gaeta, Steve Courtley, Janek Sirrs and Jon Thum

• A Bug's Life – William Reeves, Eben Fiske Ostby, Rick Sayre and Sharon Calahan
• The Mummy – John Berton, Daniel Jeannette, Ben Snow and Chris Corbould
• Sleepy Hollow – Jimmy Mitchell, Kevin Yagher, Joss Williams and Paddy Eason
• Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace – John Knoll, Dennis Muren, Scott Squires and Rob Coleman

East Is East – Leslee Udwin and Damien O'Donnell

• Notting Hill – Duncan Kenworthy and Roger Michell
• Onegin – Ileen Maisel, Simon Bosanquet and Martha Fiennes
• Ratcatcher – Gavin Emerson and Lynne Ramsay
• Topsy-Turvy – Simon Channing Williams and Mike Leigh
• Wonderland – Michele Camarda, Andrew Eaton and Michael Winterbottom

Ratcatcher – Lynne Ramsay (Writer/Director)

• East Is East – Ayub Khan Din (Writer)
• Human Traffic – Justin Kerrigan (Writer/Director)
• Waking Ned – Kirk Jones (Writer/Director)

The Man with the Beautiful Eyes – Jonathan Bairstow and Jonathan Hodgson

• Jolly Roger – Claire Jennings, Mark Baker and Neville Astley
• The Old Man and the Sea – Bernard Lajoie, Tatsuo Shimamura and Aleksandr Petrov
• Periwig Maker – Annette Schäffler and Steffen Schäffler

Who's My Favourite Girl? – Joern Utkilen, Kara Johnston and Adrian J. McDowall

• Bait – Soledad Gatti-Pascual, Tom Shankland and Jane Harris
• Perdie – Rachel Shadick and Faye Gilbert
• The Tale of the Rat That Wrote – Ruth Kenley-Letts, Lisa-Marie Russo, Billy O'Brien and Murilo Pasta

All About My Mother – Agustín Almodóvar and Pedro Almodóvar

• Buena Vista Social Club – Ulrich Felsberg, Deepak Nayar and Wim Wenders
• Festen – Birgitte Hald and Thomas Vinterberg
• Run Lola Run – Stefan Arndt and Tom Tykwer