In a night of glitz, glamour and royal appearances, atomic bomb epic Oppenheimer won seven awards at the 77th British Academy Film Awards, including best picture, best director, and best actor. Christopher Nolan’s direction and Cillian Murphy’s gripping performance of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb, clinched the respective honours. During his acceptance speech, Nolan expressed gratitude to Donna Langley, the head of Universal Pictures, for “letting us take on something quite dark and seeing the potential in that”, whilst Murphy commended Nolan for “seeing something in me …