DANNY Boyle's latest film, Steve Jobs, has picked up three nominations at the 2016 British Academy Film Awards.

Radcliffe-born Boyle missed out on a nomination for best director, but the film, which charts the life of the the pioneering founder of Apple, has been shortlisted in three other categories.

The 59-year-old won the best director prize in 2009 for Slumdog Millionaire and was nominated in 2011 for 127 Hours.

Michael Fassbender has been nominated for best actor for his critically-acclaimed portrayal of Jobs, while Kate Winslet is on the shortlist for best supporting actress.

Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin, who also penned The Social Network, is up for best adapted screenplay, and will be up against Room, Carol, The Big Short and Brooklyn.

Fassbender will be up against early favourite Eddie Redmayne, who took the best actor gong last year for his portrayal of Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything and is nominated again for his role in The Danish Girl. Also nominated are Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant), Matt Damon (The Martian), and Bryan Cranston (Trumbo).

Winslet, who played former Macintosh marketing chief Joanna Hoffman, has been nominated alongside Alicia Vikander (Ex Machina), Jennifer Jason Leigh (The Hateful Eight), Rooney Mara (Carol), and Julie Walters (Brooklyn).

Nominated ahead of Boyle in the best director category are Sir Ridley Scott (The Martian), Steven Spielberg (Bridge of Spies), Adam McKay (The Big Short), Todd Haynes (Carol) and Alejandro G Inarritu (The Revenant).

The shortlists were announced last week by TV personality Stephen Fry and actress Gugu Mbatha-Raw at Bafta's central London headquarters in Piccadilly.

Leading the nominations with a total of nine nods each are Bridge of Spies and Carol. Star Wars: The Force Awakens has been nominated in four categories.

The BAFTAs take place on Sunday, February 14, at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London.