15th Empire Awards

The 15th Empire Awards ceremony (officially known as the Jameson Empire Awards), presented by the British film magazine Empire, honored the best films of 2009 and took place on 28 March 2010 at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London, England.^[1] During the ceremony, Empire presented Empire Awards in 11 categories as well as four honorary awards. The Done In 60 Seconds competition was opened for the first time to international entries from this year.^[2] Irish comedian Dara Ó Briain hosted the show for the second consecutive year.^[1] The awards were sponsored by Jameson Irish Whiskey for the second consecutive year.^[1][3]

15th Empire Awards
The logo for the 15th Empire Awards
Date	28 March 2010 (2010-03-28)^[1]
Site	Grosvenor House Hotel, London, England^[1]
Hosted by	Dara Ó Briain^[1]
Highlights
Best Film	Avatar
Best British Film	Harry Brown
Most awards	Avatar (3)
Most nominations	Avatar and Inglourious Basterds (5)
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In related events, Empire and Jameson Irish Whiskey held the 1st Done In 60 Seconds Competition Global Final^[2] on 26 March 2010^[4] at 24 Club, London, England.^[5] The team of judges consisted of Empire editor-in-chief Mark Dinning,^[6] English actor Jason Issacs^[6] and English film director and television director Edgar Wright,^[6] which selected from a shortlist of 20 nominees^[4][5] the five Done In 60 Seconds Award finalists that were invited to the Empire Awards where the winner was announced.^[4][5][6][7]

Avatar won the most awards with three including Best Film and Best Director for James Cameron. Other winners included Harry Brown, In the Loop, Inglourious Basterds, Let the Right One In, Nowhere Boy, Sherlock Holmes and Star Trek with one. Jude Law received the Empire Hero Award, Ian McKellen received the Empire Icon Award, Andy Serkis received the Empire Inspiration Award and Ray Winstone received the Outstanding Contribution to British Film award. Mark Wong from the United Kingdom won the Done In 60 Seconds Award for his 60-second film version of Top Gun.

Empire employee Kat Brown pioneered photolurking in the background of a picture with Rupert Grint.^[8]

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.^[9]

Best Film^[10] Avatar District 9 Inglourious Basterds Star Trek The Hurt Locker	Best British Film^[11] Harry Brown An Education In the Loop Nowhere Boy The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Best Director^[12] James Cameron — Avatar J. J. Abrams — Star Trek Kathryn Bigelow — The Hurt Locker Neill Blomkamp — District 9 Quentin Tarantino — Inglourious Basterds
Best Actor^[13] Christoph Waltz — Inglourious Basterds Michael Caine — Harry Brown Robert Downey Jr. — Sherlock Holmes Robert Pattinson — The Twilight Saga: New Moon Sam Worthington — Avatar	Best Actress^[14] Zoe Saldana — Avatar Anne-Marie Duff — Nowhere Boy Carey Mulligan — An Education Emily Blunt — The Young Victoria Mélanie Laurent — Inglourious Basterds
Best Comedy^[15] In the Loop A Serious Man The Hangover The Men Who Stare at Goats Up in the Air	Best Horror^[16] Let the Right One In Drag Me to Hell Paranormal Activity Thirst Zombieland
Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy^[17] Star Trek Avatar District 9 Moon The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus	Best Thriller^[18] Sherlock Holmes Harry Brown Inglourious Basterds Public Enemies The Hurt Locker
Best Newcomer^[19] Aaron Taylor-Johnson — Nowhere Boy Anna Kendrick — The Twilight Saga: New Moon and Up in the Air Carey Mulligan — An Education Katie Jarvis — Fish Tank Sharlto Copley — District 9	Done In 60 Seconds Award^[20] United Kingdom: Top Gun by Mark Wong & Christopher Slaughter ^[2010 DISS 1] Finalists:^[5]^[a] Ireland: There Will Be Less Blood (There Will Be Blood) by Tom Rowley^[2010 DISS 2] Russia: True Lies by Andrew Akulina^[2010 DISS 3] United Kingdom: The Evil Dead by Lee Hardcastle^[2010 DISS 4] United Kingdom: Who Framed Roger Rabbit by Michael Whaite^[2010 DISS 5]
Honorary Awards Empire Hero Award: Jude Law^[21] Empire Icon Award: Ian McKellen^[22] Empire Inspiration Award: Andy Serkis^[23] Outstanding Contribution to British Film: Ray Winstone^[24]

Notes

1. The official website for the 15th Empire Awards only lists the United Kingdom nominees and finalists and not the global finalist list. The global finalist list was taken from an independent source.^[5]

Multiple awards

The following film received multiple awards:

Awards	Film
3	Avatar

Multiple nominations

The following 13 films received multiple nominations:

Nominations	Film
5	Avatar
	Inglourious Basterds
4	District 9
3	An Education
	Harry Brown
	Nowhere Boy
	Star Trek
	The Hurt Locker
2	In the Loop
	Sherlock Holmes
	The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
	The Twilight Saga: New Moon
	Up in the Air

Done In 60 Seconds films

1. Done In 60 Seconds: Top Gun by Mark Wong on YouTube
2. Done In 60 Seconds: There Will Be Blood by Tom Rowley on YouTube
3. Done In 60 Seconds: True Lies by Andrew Akulina on YouTube
4. Done In 60 Seconds: The Evil Dead by Lee Hardcastle on YouTube
5. Done In 60 Seconds: Who Framed Roger Rabbit by Michael Whaite on YouTube

References

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3. Hall, Tom (April 1, 2010). "Jameson creates Movie Mania Tour for Empire Awards". Eventmagazine.co.uk. Haymarket Media Group. Retrieved October 1, 2014.
4. Sztypuljak, David (November 13, 2009). "Jameson / Empire Awards 2010 – Done in 60 Seconds". HeyUGuys. Retrieved October 5, 2014.
5. Breen, Emily (March 27, 2010). "Exclusive: Done in 60 Seconds Shortlist Party". HeyUGuys. Retrieved October 5, 2014.
6. Sztypuljak, David (February 15, 2010). "Jameson / Empire Film Awards 2010 Nominations Announced". HeyUGuys. Retrieved October 5, 2014.
7. "The Jameson Empire Awards: Done in 60 seconds". independent.co.uk. Independent Print Ltd. November 13, 2009. Archived from the original on May 1, 2022. Retrieved October 5, 2014.
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9. Reynolds, Simon (February 25, 2010). . Digital Spy. Hearst Magazines UK. Archived from the original on May 5, 2010. Retrieved September 27, 2014.
10. "Best Film". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2010. Retrieved September 20, 2011.
11. "Best British Film". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2010. Retrieved September 20, 2011.
12. "Best Director". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2010. Retrieved September 20, 2011.
13. "Best Actor". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2010. Retrieved September 20, 2011.
14. "Best Actress". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2010. Retrieved September 20, 2011.
15. "Best Comedy". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2010. Retrieved September 20, 2011.
16. "Best Horror". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2010. Retrieved September 20, 2011.
17. "Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2010. Retrieved September 20, 2011.
18. "Best Thriller". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2010. Retrieved September 20, 2011.
19. "Best Newcomer". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2010. Retrieved September 20, 2011.
20. "Done In 60 Seconds Award". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2010. Retrieved September 20, 2011.
21. "Empire Hero Award". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2010. Retrieved September 20, 2011.
22. "Empire Icon Award". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2010. Retrieved September 20, 2011.
23. "Empire Inspiration Award". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2010. Retrieved September 20, 2011.
24. "Outstanding Contribution to British Film". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2010. Retrieved September 20, 2011.

External links

• The 15th Jameson Empire Awards official website
• 15th Empire Awards at IMDb