21st Empire Awards

21st Empire Awards
Date	20 March 2016 (2016-03-20)
Site	London, England
Host	David Walliams
Director	J. J. Abrams
Highlights
Best Film	The Revenant
Best British Film	Spectre
Most awards	Star Wars: The Force Awakens (5)
Most nominations	Mad Max: Fury Road (10)

The 21st Empire Awards ceremony (officially known as the Jameson Empire Awards), presented by the British film magazine Empire, honored the best films of 2015 and took place on 20 March 2016 in London, England.^[1]^[2]^[3] Star Wars: The Force Awakens was the most awarded film with five winnings, including Best Director. Other winners included Mad Max: Fury Road, with four awards, and the two times winner Spectre. The honorary awards were given to Alan Rickman, Stanley Tucci and Paddy Considine.^[4]^[5]

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Best Film The Revenant The Hateful Eight Mad Max: Fury Road The Martian Star Wars: The Force Awakens	Best British Film Spectre 45 Years Legend Macbeth Suffragette
Best Director J. J. Abrams — Star Wars: The Force Awakens Ryan Coogler — Creed Alejandro G. Iñárritu — The Revenant George Miller — Mad Max: Fury Road Ridley Scott — The Martian	Best Screenplay Adam McKay, Charles Randolph — The Big Short Quentin Tarantino — The Hateful Eight Tom McCarthy, Josh Singer — Spotlight Aaron Sorkin — Steve Jobs Amy Schumer — Trainwreck
Best Actor Matt Damon — The Martian Leonardo DiCaprio — The Revenant Michael Fassbender — Macbeth & Steve Jobs Tom Hardy — Legend & Mad Max: Fury Road Michael B. Jordan — Creed	Best Actress Alicia Vikander — The Danish Girl Emily Blunt — Sicario Brie Larson — Room Jennifer Lawrence — The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 Charlize Theron — Mad Max: Fury Road
Best Male Newcomer John Boyega — Star Wars: The Force Awakens Abraham Attah — Beasts of No Nation Thomas Mann — Me and Earl and the Dying Girl Jason Mitchell — Straight Outta Compton Jacob Tremblay — Room	Best Female Newcomer Daisy Ridley — Star Wars: The Force Awakens Olivia Cooke — Me and Earl and the Dying Girl Rebecca Ferguson — Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation Maika Monroe — It Follows Bel Powley — The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Best Comedy Spy Ant-Man Me and Earl and the Dying Girl Trainwreck Inside Out	Best Horror The Hallow Crimson Peak Insidious: Chapter 3 It Follows Krampus
Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy Star Wars: The Force Awakens The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 Jurassic World Mad Max: Fury Road The Martian	Best Thriller Spectre Bridge Of Spies The Gift Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation Sicario
Best Animated Film Inside Out Minions Shaun the Sheep Movie Song of the Sea The Tale of the Princess Kaguya	Best Documentary Amy Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief He Named Me Malala The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst Making a Murderer
Best Short Film World of Tomorrow Kung Fury Lava Sanjay's Super Team Stutterer	Best Soundtrack Mad Max: Fury Road The Hateful Eight The Martian Sicario Straight Outta Compton
Best Production Design Mad Max: Fury Road Crimson Peak The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 The Martian Star Wars: The Force Awakens	Best Costume Design Mad Max: Fury Road Carol Cinderella Crimson Peak Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Best Makeup and Hair Styling Mad Max: Fury Road Crimson Peak The Danish Girl The Revenant Star Wars: The Force Awakens	Best Visual Effects Star Wars: The Force Awakens Ant-Man Jurassic World Mad Max: Fury Road The Revenant
Best TV Series This Is England '90 Marvel's Daredevil Fargo Game of Thrones Marvel's Jessica Jones	Best Game Batman: Arkham Knight Bloodborne Fallout 4 Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Honorary Awards Empire Hero Award: Stanley Tucci Empire Inspiration Award: Paddy Considine Empire Legend Award: Alan Rickman

Multiple awards

The following films received multiple awards:

Awards	Film
5	Star Wars: The Force Awakens
4	Mad Max: Fury Road
2	Spectre

Multiple nominations

The following films received multiple nominations:

Awards	Film
10	Mad Max: Fury Road
9	Star Wars: The Force Awakens
6	The Martian
5	The Revenant
4	Crimson Peak
3	Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
	Sicario
	The Hateful Eight
	The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2
2	Ant-Man
	Creed
	Inside Out
	It Follows
	Jurassic World
	Legend
	Macbeth
	Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
	Room
	Spectre
	Steve Jobs
	Straight Outta Compton
	The Danish Girl
	Trainwreck

References

↑ Nugent, John. "Jameson Empire Awards 2016: Star Wars and Mad Max lead the nominations". Empire. Retrieved 2016-03-15.
↑ Metro.co.uk, Rebecca Lewis for. "Mad Max: Fury Road leads the pack at the 2016 Jameson Empire Awards". Metro. Retrieved 2016-03-15.
↑ "The 2016 Jameson Empire Awards Nominees Are Everything The Oscars Should've Been". MTV UK. Retrieved 2016-03-15.
↑ Nugent, John. "Star Wars and Mad Max win big at the 2016 Jameson Empire Awards". Empire. Retrieved 2016-03-20.
↑ "Star Wars beats Mad Max at Empire awards". BBC News. 20 March 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2016.

External links

Official website

Empire Awards

Current Awards	Best Actor Best Actress Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress Best Director Best Male Newcomer Best Female Newcomer Best Film Best British Film Best Comedy Best Horror Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy Best Thriller Done In 60 Seconds

Honorary Awards	Empire Hero Award Empire Icon Award Empire Inspiration Award Empire Legend Award Special Honorary Awards

Retired awards	Best British Actor Best British Actress Best British Director Best Newcomer Scene of the Year Best Soundtrack The Art of 3D

Ceremonies	1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Miscellaneous	Empire (film magazine)

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