The Amy Winehouse film 'Amy' won the BAFTA for best documentary. Amy premiered at the Cannes Film Festival last summer.
Director Asif Kapadia paid tribute to the tragic star while accepting the award, saying "in the end it was all about Amy".
"We really fell in love with her when making the film. And our aim and mission was really to try and tell the truth about her," said Asif Kapadia.
"To show the world what an amazing person she was, how intelligent, how witty, how beautiful she was, before it all kind of got out of control and went a bit crazy."
Amy received 33 nominations and has won a total of 23 film awards, including Best European Documentary at the 2015 European Film Award, two BAFTA's & upcoming nominations for Best Music Film at the 2016 GRAMMY Awards and Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary Feature.
Amy Winehouse's career, though meteoric, was unfortunately cut short by tragedy. Born in North London, Winehouse's vocal abilities were apparent from an early age, and she began writing after picking up a guitar at 14.
Amy Winehouse is best known for her album "Back to Black," which came out in 2006. The "Back to Black" album included the hit singles "Rehab," "You Know I'm No Good" and "Love Is a Losing Game."
Amy Winehouse died on July 23, 2011 at the age of 27. Amy Winehouse had been suffering health issues that were reported to be emphysema and other ailments. Years of drug use and alcohol abuse ravaged Amy Winehouse. Amy Winehouse's death was ruled the result of accidental alcohol poisoning.
After writing for the World Entertainment News Network as a music journalist and singing for a local group, Amy was the featured vocalist with the National Youth Jazz Orchestra when she was 16 in 2000. By 2003, she was signed to Simon Fuller's 19 Management, which developed her while she sang jazz standards at clubs in and around London.
Amy Winehouse also received a posthumous nomination at the 2016 BRIT Awards for "Best British Female Solo Artist."
