19th Empire Awards

19th Empire Awards
The logo for the 19th Empire Awards
Date	30 March 2014[1]
Site	Grosvenor House Hotel, London, England[2]
Host	James Nesbitt[1]
Highlights
Best Film	Gravity
Best British Film	The World's End
Most awards	Gravity and The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2)
Most nominations	The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (7)

The 19th Empire Awards ceremony (officially known as the Jameson Empire Awards), presented by the British film magazine Empire, honored the best films of 2013 and took place on 30 March 2014^[1] at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London, England.^[2] During the ceremony, Empire presented Empire Awards in 14 categories as well as five honorary awards. The awards for Best Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress were first introduced this year. To celebrate the 25th year anniversary of Empire magazine two special honorary awards were presented, the Action Hero of our Lifetime and the Legend of our Lifetime awards. Irish actor James Nesbitt hosted the show for the first time.^[1][3] The awards were sponsored by Jameson Irish Whiskey for the sixth consecutive year.^[1]

In related events, Empire and Jameson Irish Whiskey held the 5th Done In 60 Seconds Competition Global Final on March 29, 2014^[4] at The Brewery, London, England.^[5] The team of judges consisted of Empire editor-in-chief Mark Dinning,^[4] Sky Movies Premiere English presenter Alex Zane,^[4] Scottish radio DJ Edith Bowman,^[4] Scottish director Jon S. Baird^[5] and English director Ben Wheatley,^[4] which selected from a shortlist of 24 nominees^[5] the five Done In 60 Seconds Award finalists that were invited to the Empire Awards where the winner was announced.^[4][5]

Gravity won two awards including Best Film and Best Director for Alfonso Cuarón. Other winners included The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug also with two awards and 12 Years a Slave, Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa, Blue Jasmine, Filth, Saving Mr. Banks, The Conjuring, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, The Wolf of Wall Street and The World's End with one. Simon Pegg received the Empire Hero Award, Hugh Jackman received the Empire Icon Award, Paul Greengrass received the Empire Inspiration Award, Arnold Schwarzenegger received the special honorary 25th anniversary Action Hero of our Lifetime award and Tom Cruise received the special honorary 25th anniversary Legend of our Lifetime award. David Smith from the United Kingdom won the Done In 60 Seconds Award for There Will Be Blood (Milk), his 60-second film version of There Will Be Blood.

Winners and nominees

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Best Film[8] Gravity 12 Years a Slave Captain Phillips The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug The Hunger Games: Catching Fire	Best British Film[9] The World's End Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa Filth Rush Sunshine on Leith
Best Director[10] Alfonso Cuarón — Gravity Edgar Wright — The World's End Paul Greengrass — Captain Phillips Peter Jackson — The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Steve McQueen — 12 Years a Slave
Best Actor[11] James McAvoy — Filth Chiwetel Ejiofor — 12 Years a Slave Leonardo DiCaprio — The Wolf of Wall Street Martin Freeman — The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Tom Hanks — Captain Phillips	Best Actress[12] Emma Thompson — Saving Mr. Banks Amy Adams — American Hustle Cate Blanchett — Blue Jasmine Jennifer Lawrence — The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Sandra Bullock — Gravity
Best Supporting Actor[13] Michael Fassbender — 12 Years a Slave Daniel Brühl — Rush Richard Armitage — The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Sam Claflin — The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Tom Hiddleston — Thor: The Dark World	Best Supporting Actress[14] Sally Hawkins — Blue Jasmine Evangeline Lilly — The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Jennifer Lawrence — American Hustle Lupita Nyong'o — 12 Years a Slave Mia Wasikowska — Stoker
Best Male Newcomer[15] Aidan Turner — The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Barkhad Abdi — Captain Phillips George MacKay — Sunshine on Leith Oscar Isaac — Inside Llewyn Davis Tye Sheridan — Mud Will Poulter — We're the Millers	Best Female Newcomer[16] Margot Robbie — The Wolf of Wall Street Adèle Exarchopoulos — Blue Is the Warmest Colour Antonia Thomas — Sunshine on Leith Elizabeth Debicki — The Great Gatsby Freya Mavor — Sunshine on Leith Lupita Nyong'o — 12 Years a Slave
Best Comedy[17] Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues The World's End This Is 40 This Is the End	Best Horror[18] The Conjuring A Field in England Evil Dead World War Z You're Next
Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy[19] The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Gravity Pacific Rim Star Trek Into Darkness The Hunger Games: Catching Fire	Best Thriller[20] The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Captain Phillips Now You See Me Prisoners Trance
Done In 60 Seconds[21] United Kingdom: There Will Be Blood (Milk) (There Will Be Blood) by David Smith[2014 DISS 1] Finalists:[5] Israel: Gravity by Leigh Lahav[2014 DISS 2] Portugal: Vertigo by João Carrilho[2014 DISS 3] Russia: Paranormal Activity: Bad Realtor (Paranormal Activity) by Ramil Karipov[2014 DISS 4] United Kingdom: Gravity in 2D (Gravity) by Michael Hall[2014 DISS 5] The other shortlisted films:[22] Armenia: The Artist by Arsen Avdalyan[2014 DISS 6] Bosnia: The Prestige by Jasmin Pivić[2014 DISS 7] Brazil: Finding Nemo by Fernanda Caruso & Tuca Zorzetto[2014 DISS 8] Bulgaria: BU Star Wars Episode IV (Star Wars) by Dimitar Stafidov[2014 DISS 9] Croatia: Memento by Dinka Radonić[2014 DISS 10] Czech Republic: American Beauty by Taťána Rubášová[2014 DISS 11] Greece: Cast Away by Ιoanna Sotiriou[2014 DISS 12] India: Modern Times by Ritesh Varma[2014 DISS 13] Kazakhstan: Sherlock Holmes by Diana Bimakhimova[2014 DISS 14] Romania: The Wolverine by Catalin Palavescu[2014 DISS 15] Russia: 1+1 Intouchables (The Intouchables) by Alex Knyazeva[2014 DISS 16] Russia: Baking Bread (Breaking Bad) by Lena Bubnova[2014 DISS 17] Russia: Gone in 60 Seconds by Sofia Anchugina[2014 DISS 18] Russia: Slumdog Millionaire by Maria Vdovenko[2014 DISS 19] Serbia: Pulp Fiction aka Pulp Fixed (Pulp Fiction) by Dragomir Leko[2014 DISS 20] Ukraine: Leon Killer (Léon: The Professional) by Liliana Tymoshenko[2014 DISS 21] United Kingdom: Dead Poets Society by Tony Byrnes[2014 DISS 22] United Kingdom: Manhattan by Jonathan Farrelly & Alice Toner[2014 DISS 23] United Kingdom: The (con) Artist (The Artist) by Claire Carter[2014 DISS 24]	Honorary Awards Empire Hero Award: Simon Pegg[23] Empire Icon Award: Hugh Jackman[24] Empire Inspiration Award: Paul Greengrass[25] Empire 25th Award: Action Hero of our Lifetime: Arnold Schwarzenegger[26][27] Empire 25th Award: Legend of our Lifetime: Tom Cruise[2][28]

Multiple awards

The following two films received multiple awards:

Awards	Film
2	Gravity
	The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Multiple nominations

The following 13 films received multiple nominations:

Nominations	Film
7	The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
6	12 Years a Slave
5	Captain Phillips
	The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
4	Gravity
	Sunshine on Leith
3	The World's End
2	Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa
	American Hustle
	Blue Jasmine
	Filth
	Rush
	The Wolf of Wall Street

Done In 60 Seconds films

1. Done In 60 Seconds: There Will Be Blood (Milk) by David Smith on YouTube
2. Done In 60 Seconds: Gravity by Leigh Lahav on YouTube
3. Done In 60 Seconds: Vertigo by João Carrilho on YouTube
4. Done In 60 Seconds: Paranormal Activity: Bad Realtor by Ramil Karipov on YouTube
5. Done In 60 Seconds: Gravity in 2D by Michael Hall on YouTube
6. Done In 60 Seconds: The Artist by Arsen Avdalyan on YouTube
7. Done In 60 Seconds: The Prestige by Jasmin Pivić on YouTube
8. Done In 60 Seconds: Finding Nemo by Fernanda Caruso & Tuca Zorzetto on YouTube
9. Done In 60 Seconds: BU Star Wars Episode IV by Dimitar Stafidov on YouTube
10. Done In 60 Seconds: Memento by Dinka Radonić on YouTube
11. Done In 60 Seconds: American Beauty by Taťána Rubášová on YouTube
12. Done In 60 Seconds: Cast Away by Ιoanna Sotiriou on YouTube
13. Done In 60 Seconds: Modern Times by Ritesh Varma on YouTube
14. Done In 60 Seconds: Sherlock Holmes by Diana Bimakhimova on YouTube
15. Done In 60 Seconds: The Wolverine by Catalin Palavescu on YouTube
16. Done In 60 Seconds: 1+1 Intouchables by Alex Knyazeva on YouTube
17. Done In 60 Seconds: Baking Bread by Lena Bubnova on YouTube
18. Done In 60 Seconds: Gone in 60 Seconds by Sofia Anchugina on YouTube
19. Done In 60 Seconds: Slumdog Millionaire by Maria Vdovenko on YouTube
20. Done In 60 Seconds: Pulp Fiction aka Pulp Fixed by Dragomir Leko on YouTube
21. Done In 60 Seconds: Leon Killer by Liliana Tymoshenko on YouTube
22. Done In 60 Seconds: Dead Poets Society by Tony Byrnes on YouTube
23. Done In 60 Seconds: Manhattan by Jonathan Farrelly & Alice Toner on YouTube
24. Done In 60 Seconds: The (con) Artist by Claire Carter on YouTube

References

1. "James Nesbitt to host the Jameson Empire Awards 2014" (PDF) (Press release). Bauer Consumer Media. Premier. March 25, 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 6, 2014. Retrieved October 2, 2014.
2. Ojomu, Nola; Leyfield, James (March 30, 2014). "Tom Cruise cuts a dapper figure in an immaculate navy suit as he is named Legend Of Our Lifetime at the 2014 Empire Film awards". Mail Online (Associated Newspapers Ltd). Retrieved April 1, 2014.
3. White, James (March 31, 2014). "Jameson Empire Awards 2014: The Winners. Schwarzenegger! Cruise! McAvoy! Jackman! More!". Empireonline.com (Bauer Consumer Media). Retrieved April 1, 2014.
4. Grobler, Craig (March 28, 2014). "Klaxon: Jameson Empire Done In 60 Seconds UK finalists announced! See the UK finalists short films here!! #JamesonEmpire60Secs - Film Awards News". Theestablishingshot.com. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
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10. "Best Director". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2014. Retrieved August 18, 2014.
11. "Best Actor". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2014. Retrieved August 18, 2014.
12. "Best Actress". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2014. Retrieved August 18, 2014.
13. "Best Supporting Actor". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2014. Retrieved August 18, 2014.
14. "Best Supporting Actress". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2014. Retrieved August 18, 2014.
15. "Best Male Newcomer". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2014. Retrieved August 18, 2014.
16. "Best Female Newcomer". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2014. Retrieved August 18, 2014.
17. "Best Comedy". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2014. Retrieved August 18, 2014.
18. "Best Horror". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2014. Retrieved August 18, 2014.
19. "Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2014. Retrieved August 18, 2014.
20. "Best Thriller". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2014. Retrieved August 18, 2014.
21. "Done In 60 Seconds Award". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2014. Retrieved August 18, 2014.
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23. "Empire Hero Award". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2014. Retrieved August 18, 2014.
24. "Empire Icon Award". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2014. Retrieved August 18, 2014.
25. "Empire Inspiration Award". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2014. Retrieved August 18, 2014.
26. "She'll be back! Twenty years after they first worked together, footloose Emma Thompson embraces Arnold Schwarzenegger at Empire Film Awards". Mail Online (Associated Newspapers Ltd). March 31, 2014. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
27. "Empire 25th Award: Action Hero of our Lifetime Award". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2014. Retrieved August 18, 2014.
28. "Empire 25th Award: Legend of our Lifetime Award". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2014. Retrieved August 18, 2014.

External links

• The 19th Jameson Empire Awards official website
• 2014 Done in 60 Seconds official website
• The 19th Empire Awards at the Internet Movie Database
• Live blog at Empire Online