Lincoln Lead 2013 BAFTA Nominations—But What Happened to Steven Spielberg?

If Lincoln's on its way to making BAFTA history, it'll have to do it without Steven Spielberg.
The director's historical biopic on the 16^th president garnered 10 nominations for the 2013 edition of the EE British Academy Film Awards, otherwise known as the British Oscars, including Best Film, Best Actor for Daniel Day-Lewis and Best Actress for Sally Field.
In perhaps the biggest snub so far in the awards season, Spielberg however was not nominated in the Best Director category.
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Nipping at Lincoln's heels are Les Misérables and Life of Pi, tied with nine nominations apiece including Best Picture. For their emotionally tuneful roles as Jean Valjean and Fantine respectively in the musical adapted from the beloved Broadway production, Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway collected nods for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress. While Ang Lee took home a Best Director nomination for his adaptation of Yann Martel's fantasy adventure novel.
Her Majesty and the rest of her British subjects along with 007 fans the world over can take pride over Skyfall capturing a whopping eight nominations—unheard for a James Bond adventure. Javier Bardem also snagged a nom for Best Supporting Actor.
Argo and Anna Karenina meanwhile notched six, Django Unchained and Zero Dark Thirty picked up five noms, The Master and Amour held their own with four, while Silver Linings Playbook earned three.
But the man with the top hat is clearly the one to beat this year.
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Aside from Day-Lewis being a frontrunner for his landmark performance as the Commander-in-Chief, Lincoln also earned nods for Best Supporting Actor for Tommy Lee Jones, Adapted Screenplay, Original Music, Cinematography, Production Design, Costume Design, and Make Up and Hair.
As for Best Director, with Spielberg sidelined, this year may well mark the rise of Ben Affleck as one of Hollywood's most acclaimed filmmakers.
The thesp nabbed not only a Best Actor nom but one for Best Director as well and will compete against Amour's Michael Haneke, Django's Quentin Tarantino, Life of Pi's Lee and Zero Dark Thirty's Kathryn Bigelow.
Other notable acting noms include Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper for Silver Linings Playbook, which scored three nominations, Helen Mirren for Hitchcock and Jessica Chastain for Zero Dark Thirty.
On the animation side, Pixar's Brave will face off against Tim Burton's Frankenweenie and Universal's Paranorman. While Searching for Sugarman, Marley, and West of Memphis reaped nominations in the Best Documentary category.
The 2013 BAFTA Awards ceremony, hosted once again by Stephen Fry, is set to take place on Feb. 10 at London's Royal Opera House.