7th Empire Awards

7th Empire Awards
The logo for the 7th Empire Awards
Date	February 5, 2002[1]
Site	The Dorchester Hotel, London, England[1][2]
Host	Phill Jupitus[1][3]
Empire issue	#154 (April 2002)
Highlights
Best Film	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Best British Film	Bridget Jones's Diary
Most awards	Moulin Rouge! and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (3)
Most nominations	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (8)

The 7th Empire Awards ceremony, presented by the British film magazine Empire, honored the best films of 2001 and took place on February 5, 2002 at The Dorchester Hotel in London, England.^[1][2][4] During the ceremony, Empire presented Empire Awards in eight categories as well as three honorary awards. The honorary Independent Spirit Award was first introduced this year. English comedian Phill Jupitus hosted the show for the first time.^[1][3]

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring won three awards including Best Film. Other winners included Moulin Rouge! also with three awards including Best Director for Baz Luhrmann and Bridget Jones's Diary and Enigma with one. Michael Mann received the Empire Inspiration Award, Christopher Lee received the Lifetime Achievement Award and Alejandro Amenábar received the Independent Spirit Award for The Others.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.^[5]

Best Film[6][7] The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring A.I. Artificial Intelligence Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Moulin Rouge! The Others	Best British Film[8][9] Bridget Jones's Diary Enigma Lucky Break Mike Bassett: England Manager The Parole Officer
Best Director[10][11] Baz Luhrmann — Moulin Rouge! Cameron Crowe — Almost Famous Peter Jackson — The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Steven Soderbergh — Traffic Steven Spielberg — A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Best Actor[12][13] Elijah Wood — The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Benicio del Toro — Traffic Billy Bob Thornton — The Man Who Wasn't There Haley Joel Osment — A.I. Artificial Intelligence Viggo Mortensen — The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Best British Actor[9][14] Ewan McGregor — Moulin Rouge! Hugh Grant — Bridget Jones's Diary Ian McKellen — The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Sean Bean — The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Tim Roth — Planet of the Apes
Best Actress[13][15] Nicole Kidman — Moulin Rouge! Audrey Tautou — Amélie Frances O'Connor — A.I. Artificial Intelligence Nicole Kidman — The Others Renée Zellweger — Bridget Jones's Diary	Best British Actress[2][16] Kate Winslet — Enigma Catherine Zeta-Jones — Traffic Helena Bonham Carter — Planet of the Apes Olivia Williams — Lucky Break Rachel Weisz — The Mummy Returns
Best Debut[2][17] Orlando Bloom — The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Billy Boyd and Dominic Monaghan — The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson — Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Keira Knightley — The Hole Sharon Maguire — Bridget Jones's Diary	Honorary Awards Empire Inspiration Award: Michael Mann[3][18] Lifetime Achievement Award: Christopher Lee[3][19] Independent Spirit Award: Alejandro Amenábar — The Others[11][20] Alejandro González Iñárritu — Amores perros Jean-Pierre Jeunet — Amélie Terry Zwigoff — Ghost World

Multiple awards

The following two films received multiple awards:

Awards	Film
3	Moulin Rouge!
	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Multiple nominations

The following 11 films received multiple nominations:

Nominations	Film
8	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
4	A.I. Artificial Intelligence
	Bridget Jones's Diary
	Moulin Rouge!
3	The Others
	Traffic
2	Amélie
	Enigma
	Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
	Lucky Break
	Planet of the Apes

References

1. "Empire Awards: Nominations Announced. Lord of The Rings takes the lead". Empireonline.com (Bauer Consumer Media). January 25, 2002. Retrieved September 29, 2014.
2. "Empire Magazine reports on the 2002 Empire Awards: Best British Actress/Best Debut". Empire (United Kingdom: Bauer Consumer Media) (154): 50. April 2002. Retrieved September 18, 2011.
3. "Empire Magazine reports on the 2002 Empire Awards: Inspiration Award/Lifetime Achievement Award". Empire (United Kingdom: Bauer Consumer Media) (154): 59. April 2002. Retrieved September 18, 2011.
4. "The 2002 Empire Awards: Exclusive. The results are in". Empireonline.com (Bauer Consumer Media). February 5, 2002. Retrieved September 29, 2014.
5. "2002 Awards Winners". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2013. Retrieved September 26, 2014.
6. "Best Film". Empireonline.co.uk. 2001. Archived from the original on August 17, 2002.
7. "Empire Magazine reports on the 2002 Empire Awards: Best Film". Empire (United Kingdom: Bauer Consumer Media) (154): 56. April 2002. Retrieved September 18, 2011.
8. "Best British Film". Empireonline.co.uk. 2001. Archived from the original on August 17, 2002.
9. "Empire Magazine reports on the 2002 Empire Awards: Best British Film/Best British Actor". Empire (United Kingdom: Bauer Consumer Media) (154): 51. April 2002. Retrieved September 18, 2011.
10. "Best Director". Empireonline.co.uk. 2001. Archived from the original on August 17, 2002.
11. "Empire Magazine reports on the 2002 Empire Awards: Best Director/Independent Spirit Award". Empire (United Kingdom: Bauer Consumer Media) (154): ??. April 2002. Retrieved September 18, 2011.
12. "Best Actor". Empireonline.co.uk. 2001. Archived from the original on June 12, 2002.
13. "Empire Magazine reports on the 2002 Empire Awards: Best Actor/Best Actress". Empire (United Kingdom: Bauer Consumer Media) (154): 54. April 2002. Retrieved September 18, 2011.
14. "Best Actor". Empireonline.co.uk. 2001. Archived from the original on June 12, 2002.
15. "Best Actress". Empireonline.co.uk. 2001. Archived from the original on June 12, 2002.
16. "Best British Actress". Empireonline.co.uk. 2001. Archived from the original on August 17, 2002.
17. "Best Debut". Empireonline.co.uk. 2001. Archived from the original on February 2, 2003.
18. "Empire Inspiration Award". Empireonline.co.uk. 2001. Archived from the original on February 2, 2003.
19. "Lifetime Achievement Award". Empireonline.co.uk. 2001. Archived from the original on February 2, 2003.
20. "Independent Spirit Award". Empireonline.co.uk. 2001. Archived from the original on February 2, 2003.

External links

• The 7th Empire Awards official website at the Wayback Machine (archived February 2, 2003)
• The 7th Empire Awards at the Internet Movie Database