U.K. Directors Call Out BAFTA Over TV Awards Omissions

variety.com:

K.J. Yossman U.K television directors say they are consistently being snubbed at the BAFTA TV awards, which took place in London on Sunday.“Congratulations to all the fantastic directors at the helm of last night’s BAFTA-winning programs,” tweeted Andy Harrower, CEO of professional screen directors association Directors U.K. “So much work goes on behind the scenes, but at the moment, this is work for which directors are not consistently recognized.”Harrower went on to tweet that despite BAFTA’s own rules regarding candidates for nominations, which state that directors should be nominated ahead of executive producers, directors regularly find themselves left off the list.“BAFTA rules state that you may list up to six people in your submission from ‘the core creative team and those who had lead creative contribution to the program,'” Harrower continued. “Directors are the beating heart of any production.

The rules also state that BAFTA expects directors to be credited in submissions for both scripted and non-scripted programs.

Too often, this simply doesn’t happen.” “When accepting awards submissions and listing nominees on their website, BAFTA must ensure that their own crediting rules are enforced.

They must ensure that directors are mentioned. Every time.”In a review of last night’s awards, Variety found that at least three of the shows nominated left out directors from the production team: “Moneybags,” which was nominated for best daytime; “RuPaul’s Drag Race U.K.,” which was nominated for best reality and constructed factual; and “An Audience with Adele,” which was nominated for best entertainment program.“Moneybags” nominated four executive producers, a producer and a production manager while director Ollie Bartlett.