The 20th Empire Awards ceremony (officially known as the Jameson Empire Awards ), presented by the British film magazine Empire , honored the best films of 2014 and took place on 29 March 2015 at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London , England .[ 1] [ 2] During the ceremony, Empire presented Empire Awards in 12 categories as well as three honorary awards. Irish actor James Nesbitt hosted the show for the second consecutive year.[ 1] The awards were sponsored by Jameson Irish Whiskey for the seventh consecutive year.[ 2]
Interstellar won two awards including Best Film and Best Director for Christopher Nolan . Other winners included Kingsman: The Secret Service also with two awards and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes , Gone Girl , Guardians of the Galaxy , Oculus , Paddington , The Babadook , The Imitation Game and X-Men: Days of Future Past with one. The cast of Game of Thrones received the Empire Hero Award , Christopher Nolan received the Empire Inspiration Award and Ralph Fiennes received the Empire Legend Award . Oliver Jones & Robert Kenyon from the United Kingdom won the Done In 60 Seconds Award for their 60-second film version of Ghostbusters .
Winners and nominees
Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface .[ 3] [ 4]
Multiple awards
The following two films received multiple awards:
Multiple nominations
The following 14 films received multiple nominations:
Done In 60 Seconds films
References
^ a b c d e O'Hara, Helen (March 29, 2015). "The Jameson Empire Awards 2015 Live Blog" . Empireonline.com . Bauer Consumer Media . Retrieved March 30, 2015 .
^ a b "Voting now open for the Jameson Empire Awards 2015" (Press release). Bauer Consumer Media . November 27, 2014. Archived from the original on March 17, 2015. Retrieved March 11, 2015 .
^ Barraclough, Leo (March 30, 2015). " 'Interstellar' wins Film, Director at Empire Awards" . Variety.com . Penske Business Media . Retrieved March 30, 2015 .
^ de Semlyen, Phil (March 29, 2015). "Interstellar Wins Best Film At The Empire Awards" . Empireonline.com . Bauer Consumer Media . Retrieved March 30, 2015 .
^ "Best Film" . Empireonline.com . Bauer Consumer Media . 2015. Retrieved April 1, 2015 .
^ "Best British Film" . Empireonline.com . Bauer Consumer Media . 2015. Retrieved April 1, 2015 .
^ "Best Director" . Empireonline.com . Bauer Consumer Media . 2015. Retrieved April 1, 2015 .
^ "Best Actor" . Empireonline.com . Bauer Consumer Media . 2015. Retrieved April 1, 2015 .
^ "Best Actress" . Empireonline.com . Bauer Consumer Media . 2015. Retrieved April 1, 2015 .
^ "Best Male Newcomer" . Empireonline.com . Bauer Consumer Media . 2015. Retrieved April 1, 2015 .
^ "Best Female Newcomer" . Empireonline.com . Bauer Consumer Media . 2015. Retrieved April 1, 2015 .
^ "Best Comedy" . Empireonline.com . Bauer Consumer Media . 2015. Retrieved April 1, 2015 .
^ "Best Horror" . Empireonline.com . Bauer Consumer Media . 2015. Retrieved April 1, 2015 .
^ "Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy" . Empireonline.com . Bauer Consumer Media . 2015. Retrieved April 1, 2015 .
^ "Best Thriller" . Empireonline.com . Bauer Consumer Media . 2015. Retrieved April 1, 2015 .
^ "Done In 60 Seconds Award" . Empireonline.com . Bauer Consumer Media . 2015. Retrieved June 1, 2015 .
^ "Empire Hero Award" . Empireonline.com . Bauer Consumer Media . 2015. Archived from the original on July 14, 2015. Retrieved April 1, 2015 .
^ "Empire Inspiration Award" . Empireonline.com . Bauer Consumer Media . 2015. Retrieved April 1, 2015 .
^ "Empire Legend of our Lifetime Award" . Empireonline.com . Bauer Consumer Media . 2015. Retrieved April 1, 2015 .
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