10th Empire Awards

The 10th Empire Awards ceremony (officially known as the Sony Ericsson Empire Awards), presented by the British film magazine Empire, honored the best films of 2004 and took place on 13 March 2005 at the Guildhall in London, England.[1][2][4] During the ceremony, Empire presented Empire Awards in 10 categories as well as four honorary awards. The honorary Outstanding Contribution to British Cinema award was first introduced this year. To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the award ceremonies a special honorary award was presented, the Icon of the Decade award. The awards for Best British Actor, Best British Actress and Best British Director as well as the honorary Independent Spirit award were presented for the last time. This was the first year the Lifetime Achievement Award was not presented. The ceremony was televised in the United Kingdom by Channel 5 on 15 March.[3][4] English television presenter and radio presenter Johnny Vaughan hosted the show for the first time.[1][3][4] The awards were sponsored by Sony Ericsson for the third consecutive year.[5]

10th Empire Awards
The logo for the 10th Empire Awards
Date13 March 2005 (2005-03-13) [1]
SiteGuildhall, London, England[1][2]
Hosted byJohnny Vaughan[1][3]
Highlights
Best FilmThe Bourne Supremacy
Best British FilmShaun of the Dead
Most awardsThe Bourne Supremacy (2)
Most nominationsEnduring Love, Layer Cake, Shaun of the Dead and Spider-Man 2 (5)
Television coverage
ChannelChannel 5[3]

The Bourne Supremacy won the most awards with two including Best Film. Other winners included Before Sunset, Dead Man's Shoes, Enduring Love, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Finding Neverland, Layer Cake, Spider-Man 2 and Shaun of the Dead with one. Pixar received the Empire Inspiration Award, Kevin Smith received the Independent Spirit Award, Working Title Films received the Outstanding Contribution to British Cinema Award and Quentin Tarantino received the special honorary 10th anniversary Icon of the Decade award.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Honorary Awards

Multiple awards

The following film received multiple awards:

Awards Film
2 The Bourne Supremacy

Multiple nominations

The following 11 films received multiple nominations:

Nominations Film
5 Enduring Love
Layer Cake
Shaun of the Dead
Spider-Man 2
4 Kill Bill: Volume 2
The Bourne Supremacy
3 Collateral
Dead Man's Shoes
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
The Village
2 Finding Neverland

References

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  3. "The Empire Awards Has A Host! And the lucky person is..." Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. March 1, 2005. Retrieved September 29, 2014.
  4. Farey-Jones, Daniel (March 3, 2005). "Empire Awards secures Vaughan and TV highlights deal with Five". Brand Republic. Haymarket Media Group. Retrieved October 3, 2014.
  5. Matthew, Sam (December 10, 2004). "Sony Ericsson pushes camera phones at Empire Awards". Brand Republic. Haymarket Media Group. Retrieved September 17, 2011.
  6. "Best Film". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2005. Retrieved September 15, 2011.
  7. "Best British Film". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2005. Retrieved September 15, 2011.
  8. "Best Director". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2005. Retrieved September 15, 2011.
  9. "Best British Director". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2005. Retrieved September 15, 2011.
  10. "Best Actor". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2005. Retrieved September 15, 2011.
  11. "Best British Actor". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2005. Retrieved September 15, 2011.
  12. "Best Actress". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2005. Retrieved September 15, 2011.
  13. "Best British Actress". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2005. Retrieved September 15, 2011.
  14. "Best Newcomer". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2005. Retrieved September 15, 2011.
  15. "Sony Ericsson Scene of the Year". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2005. Retrieved September 15, 2011.
  16. "Empire Inspiration Award". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2005. Retrieved September 15, 2011.
  17. "Independent Spirit Award". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2005. Retrieved September 15, 2011.
  18. "Icon of the Decade". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2005. Retrieved September 15, 2011.
  19. "Outstanding Contribution To British Film". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2005. Retrieved September 15, 2011.
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