17th Empire Awards


The 17th Empire Awards ceremony, presented by the British film magazine Empire, honored the best films of 2011 and took place on 25 March 2012 at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London, England. During the ceremony, Empire presented Empire Awards in 13 categories as well as three honorary awards. The awards for The Art of 3D, the new Best Male Newcomer and Best Female Newcomer and the honorary Empire Legend Award were first introduced this year. English Radio DJ Lauren Laverne and Empire magazine's news editor Chris Hewitt co-hosted the show, marking the first time for each and the first time the show was co-hosted. The awards were sponsored by Jameson Irish Whiskey for the fourth consecutive year.
In related events, Empire and Jameson Irish Whiskey held the 3rd Done In 60 Seconds Competition Global Final on March 23, 2012 at the London Film Museum, London, England. The team of judges consisted of Empire editor-in-chief Mark Dinning, Sky Movies Premiere English presenter Alex Zane, Irish actor and comedian Chris O'Dowd and English director Gareth Edwards, which selected from a shortlist of 28 nominees the five Done In 60 Seconds Award finalists that were invited to the Empire Awards where the winner was announced.
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy won the most awards with three including Best British Film. Other winners included Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 and Thor with two awards and Kill List, Like Crazy, , The Inbetweeners Movie, and Tyrannosaur with one. Michael Fassbender received the Empire Hero Award, Ron Howard received the Empire Inspiration Award and Tim Burton received the Empire Legend Award. Indira Suleimenova from Kazakhstan won the Done In 60 Seconds Award for her 60-second film version of Black Swan.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

  • Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
  • * Attack the Block
  • * Submarine
  • * The Inbetweeners Movie
  • * Tyrannosaur
  • David Yates — Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
  • * Nicolas Winding Refn — Drive
  • * Rupert Wyatt — Rise of the Planet of the Apes
  • * Steven Spielberg — War Horse
  • * Tomas Alfredson — Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
  • Gary Oldman — Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
  • * Andy Serkis — Rise of the Planet of the Apes
  • * Daniel Craig — The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
  • * Daniel Radcliffe — Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
  • * Ryan Gosling — Drive
  • Olivia Colman — Tyrannosaur
  • * Carey Mulligan — Drive
  • * Meryl Streep — The Iron Lady
  • * Michelle Williams — My Week with Marilyn
  • * Rooney Mara — The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
  • Tom Hiddleston — Thor
  • * Asa Butterfield — Hugo
  • * Craig Roberts — Submarine
  • * Jeremy Irvine — War Horse
  • * John Boyega — Attack the Block
  • * Sam Claflin — '
  • Felicity Jones — Like Crazy
  • * Bonnie Wright — Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
  • * Céline Buckens — War Horse
  • * Elle Fanning — Super 8
  • * Hailee Steinfeld — True Grit
  • * Laura Haddock — The Inbetweeners Movie
  • The Inbetweeners Movie
  • * Attack the Block
  • * Bridesmaids
  • * Crazy, Stupid, Love
  • * Midnight in Paris
  • Kill List
  • * Attack the Block
  • * Insidious
  • * Paranormal Activity 3
  • * Trollhunter
  • Thor
  • * '
  • * Rise of the Planet of the Apes
  • * Super 8
  • * '
  • Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
  • * Drive
  • * Hanna
  • * '
  • * The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
  • * Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
  • * Hugo
  • * Thor
  • * '
  • Kazakhstan: Black Swan by Indira Suleimenova
    • Finalists:
    • * Bulgaria: Edward Scissorhands by Rosen Lliev
    • * Chile: Spider-Man by Gonzalo Ruiz & Joaquin Vergara
    • * Ireland: District 9 by Andrew Norton
    • * United Kingdom: Hergé's Raiders of the Lost Ark by Philip Askins
    The other shortlisted films:
    • * Belgium: Titanic by Marie Hologne
    • * Belgium: The Jetty by Alexis Berthelot & Anouchka
    • * Czech Republic: Forrest Gump by Unknown Director
    • * Germany: Buried by Ferenc Horváth
    • * India: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind by Arati Kadav
    • * India: Fight Club by Mayank Shethiya
    • * Israel: Limitless by Boris Shurp
    • * Latvia: Fantastic Mr Fox by Jānis Ābele
    • * Netherlands: Drive by Stephane Kaas
    • * Portugal: The King's Speech by Nuno Gervásio
    • * Romania: The Birds by Vlad Andrei Ghinea
    • * Russia: Commando by Роман Бубнов
    • * Russia: In Time by Ilya Subbotin
    • * Russia: Pirates of the Caribbean by Andrey Kilin
    • * Russia: TransfomeRUS by Potapov Sergey
    • * Russia: The Godfather by Yaroslav Denisov
    • * Serbia: Psycho by Marko Kovac̈
    • * Sweden: Free Willy by Stefan Lundaahl, Samuel Heiligers & Frej Bengtsson
    • * Ukraine: Se7en by Nataliya Shevchenko
    • * United Kingdom: The Thing by Simon Jago
    • * United Kingdom: War Horse by David Smith
    • * United Kingdom: The King's Speech by Jack Kendall
    • * United Kingdom: The Star Wars Prequel Trilogy by Michael Whaite
    • * Unknown: The Birds by Nikolaus Suchentrunk
  • Empire Hero Award: Michael Fassbender
  • Empire Inspiration Award: Ron Howard
  • Empire Legend Award: Tim Burton'''
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    Multiple awards

    The following three films received multiple awards:
    AwardsFilm
    3Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
    2Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
    2Thor

    Multiple nominations

    The following 13 films received multiple nominations:
    NominationsFilm
    5Drive
    5Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
    5Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
    4Attack the Block
    4Rise of the Planet of the Apes
    4The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
    3The Inbetweeners Movie
    3Thor
    3War Horse
    2Hugo
    2Submarine
    2Super 8
    2Tyrannosaur
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    Done In 60 Seconds films