Skyfall was nominated for eight Baftafilmawards on Wednesday, including best supporting actress for Dame Judi and best supporting actor for Javier Bardem, who plays the villain Silva.
Searching For Sugar Man has also been nominated for a best documentary Bafta and won the audience awards at both the Sundance and Los Angeles film festivals.
Rosenthal, who died in 2004, won three Bafta TV Awards in the 1970s, penned 129 classic episodes of Coronation Street and co-wrote the feature film Yentl with Barbra Streisand.