New Zealander Anthony McCarten is a winner at the 2015 British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Awards after scooping the Best Adapted Screenplay honour for The Theory of Everything.
The biopic of physicist Stephen Hawking was a triple winner, also scoring Outstanding British Film and Best Leading Actor for Eddie Redmayne's portrayal of the iconic physicist.
"'Who are we? Why are we here? When we know this, it will be the ultimate triumph of human reason, for then we will know the mind of God.' These were the immortal words of Professor Hawking," said McCarten in his acceptance speech.
"I read this in 1989 along with 10 million others and I was so inspired by him. I thought someone will make a movie about him one day, never thinking I would have any function in it. And then I read Jane Hawking's extraordinarily unflinching, honest, heart-breaking book and I thought we must make a movie about this.
McCarten gave thanks to many of the people who made the film possible, but gave a special thanks to those closest to him.
"I want to thank my family," he said. "My dear family who have allowed me to go off and run into the wild blue and don't complain. I want to thank Eva [Maywald], who doesn't think I'll say this, so I'm going to do it - I love you."
Boyhood scored the coveted Best Film prize, while filmmaker Richard Linklater claimed Best Director and Patricia Arquette was named Best Supporting Actress.
The Grand Budapest Hotel landed the most prizes of the night with five, but its biggest win was in the Best Original Screenplay category for writer/director Wes Anderson, with the remaining accolades coming in the technical categories, including Costume Design, Production Design and Original Music.
Julianne Moore continued her awards season streak with the Leading Actress honour for Still Alice, while J.K. Simmons won Best Supporting Actor for Whiplash and Unbroken's Jack O'Connell was named the EE Rising Star.
Other winners included Citizenfour for Best Documentary and The Lego Movie, which picked up the Best Animated Film prize, despite being snubbed in the Oscar nominations.
The main winners are as follows:
Best Film: Boyhood
Leading Actress: Julianne Moore, Still Alice
Leading Actor: Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything
Director: Boyhood, Richard Linklater
Supporting Actress: Patricia Arquette (Boyhood)
Supporting Actor: J.K. Simmons (Whiplash)
Outstanding British Film: The Theory of Everything
Adapted Screenplay: The Theory of Everything (Anthony McCarten)
Original Screenplay: The Grand Budapest Hotel (Wes Anderson)
Animated Film: The Lego Movie
Film Not In The English Language: Ida (Pawel Pawlikowski, Eric Abraham, Piotr Dzieciol, Ewa Puszczynska)
Documentary: Citizenfour
Cinematography: Birdman (Emmanuel Lubezki)
Sound: Whiplash (Thomas Curley, Ben Wilkins, Craig Mann)
Editing: Whiplash (Tom Cross)
Costume Design: The Grand Budapest Hotel (Milena Canonero)
Special Visual Effects: Interstellar (Paul Franklin, Scott Fisher, Andrew Lockley)
Production Design: The Grand Budapest Hotel (Adam Stockhausen, Anna Pinnock)
Make Up & Hair: The Grand Budapest Hotel (Frances Hannon)
Original Music: The Grand Budapest Hotel (Alexandre Desplat)
EE Rising Star: Jack O'Connell
Outstanding Debut By A British Writer, Director Or Producer: Pride
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