19th Empire Awards


The 19th Empire Awards ceremony, presented by the British film magazine Empire, honored the best films of 2013 and took place on 30 March 2014 at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London, England. During the ceremony, Empire presented Empire Awards in 14 categories as well as five honorary awards. The awards for Best Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress were first introduced this year. To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Empire magazine two special honorary awards were presented, the Action Hero of our Lifetime and the Legend of our Lifetime awards. Irish actor James Nesbitt hosted the show for the first time. The awards were sponsored by Jameson Irish Whiskey for the sixth consecutive year.
In related events, Empire and Jameson Irish Whiskey held the 5th Done In 60 Seconds Competition Global Final on March 29, 2014 at The Brewery, London, England. The team of judges consisted of Empire editor-in-chief Mark Dinning, Sky Movies Premiere English presenter Alex Zane, Scottish radio DJ Edith Bowman, Scottish director Jon S. Baird and English director Ben Wheatley, which selected from a shortlist of 24 nominees the five Done In 60 Seconds Award finalists that were invited to the Empire Awards where the winner was announced.
Gravity won two awards including Best Film and Best Director for Alfonso Cuarón. Other winners included ' also with two awards and 12 Years a Slave, ', Blue Jasmine, Filth, Saving Mr. Banks, The Conjuring, , The Wolf of Wall Street and The World's End with one. Simon Pegg received the Empire Hero Award, Hugh Jackman received the Empire Icon Award, Paul Greengrass received the Empire Inspiration Award, Arnold Schwarzenegger received the special honorary 25th anniversary Action Hero of our Lifetime award and Tom Cruise received the special honorary 25th anniversary Legend of our Lifetime award. David Smith from the United Kingdom won the Done In 60 Seconds Award for There Will Be Blood , his 60-second film version of There Will Be Blood.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

  • Gravity
  • * 12 Years a Slave
  • * Captain Phillips
  • * '
  • * '
  • The World's End
  • * '
  • * Filth
  • * Rush
  • * Sunshine on Leith
  • Alfonso Cuarón — Gravity
  • * Edgar Wright — The World's End
  • * Paul Greengrass — Captain Phillips
  • * Peter Jackson — '
  • * Steve McQueen — 12 Years a Slave
  • James McAvoy — Filth
  • * Chiwetel Ejiofor — 12 Years a Slave
  • * Leonardo DiCaprio — The Wolf of Wall Street
  • * Martin Freeman — '
  • * Tom Hanks — Captain Phillips
  • Emma Thompson — Saving Mr. Banks
  • * Amy Adams — American Hustle
  • * Cate Blanchett — Blue Jasmine
  • * Jennifer Lawrence — '
  • * Sandra Bullock — Gravity
  • Michael Fassbender — 12 Years a Slave
  • * Daniel Brühl — Rush
  • * Richard Armitage — '
  • * Sam Claflin — '
  • * Tom Hiddleston — '
  • Sally Hawkins — Blue Jasmine
  • * Evangeline Lilly — '
  • * Jennifer Lawrence — American Hustle
  • * Lupita Nyong'o — 12 Years a Slave
  • * Mia Wasikowska — Stoker
  • Aidan Turner —
  • * Barkhad Abdi — Captain Phillips
  • * George MacKay — Sunshine on Leith
  • * Oscar Isaac — Inside Llewyn Davis
  • * Tye Sheridan — Mud
  • * Will Poulter — We're the Millers
  • Margot Robbie — The Wolf of Wall Street
  • * Adèle Exarchopoulos — Blue Is the Warmest Colour
  • * Antonia Thomas — Sunshine on Leith
  • * Elizabeth Debicki — The Great Gatsby
  • * Freya Mavor — Sunshine on Leith
  • * Lupita Nyong'o — 12 Years a Slave
  • * '
  • * The World's End
  • * This Is 40
  • * This Is the End
  • The Conjuring
  • * A Field in England
  • * Evil Dead
  • * World War Z
  • * You're Next
  • * Gravity
  • * Pacific Rim
  • * Star Trek Into Darkness
  • * '
  • * Captain Phillips
  • * Now You See Me
  • * Prisoners
  • * Trance
  • United Kingdom: There Will Be Blood by David Smith
    • Finalists:
    • * Israel: Gravity by Leigh Lahav
    • * Portugal: Vertigo by João Carrilho
    • * Russia: Paranormal Activity: Bad Realtor by Ramil Karipov
    • * United Kingdom: Gravity in 2D by Michael Hall
    The other shortlisted films:
    • * Armenia: The Artist by Arsen Avdalyan
    • * Bosnia: The Prestige by Jasmin Pivić
    • * Brazil: Finding Nemo by Fernanda Caruso & Tuca Zorzetto
    • * Bulgaria: BU Star Wars Episode IV by Dimitar Stafidov
    • * Croatia: Memento by Dinka Radonić
    • * Czech Republic: American Beauty by Taťána Rubášová
    • * Greece: Cast Away by Ιoanna Sotiriou
    • * India: Modern Times by Ritesh Varma
    • * Kazakhstan: Sherlock Holmes by Diana Bimakhimova
    • * Romania: The Wolverine by Catalin Palavescu
    • * Russia: 1+1 Intouchables by Alex Knyazeva
    • * Russia: Baking Bread by Lena Bubnova
    • * Russia: Gone in 60 Seconds by Sofia Anchugina
    • * Russia: Slumdog Millionaire by Maria Vdovenko
    • * Serbia: Pulp Fiction aka Pulp Fixed by Dragomir Leko
    • * Ukraine: Leon Killer by Liliana Tymoshenko
    • * United Kingdom: Dead Poets Society by Tony Byrnes
    • * United Kingdom: Manhattan by Jonathan Farrelly & Alice Toner
    • * United Kingdom: The Artist by Claire Carter
  • Empire Hero Award: Simon Pegg
  • Empire Icon Award: Hugh Jackman
  • Empire Inspiration Award: Paul Greengrass
  • Empire 25th Award: Action Hero of our Lifetime: Arnold Schwarzenegger
  • Empire 25th Award: Legend of our Lifetime: Tom Cruise

    • Multiple awards

    The following two films received multiple awards:
    AwardsFilm
    2Gravity
    2

    Multiple nominations

    The following 13 films received multiple nominations:
    NominationsFilm
    7'
    612 Years a Slave
    5Captain Phillips
    5'
    4Gravity
    4Sunshine on Leith
    3The World's End
    2
    2American Hustle
    2Blue Jasmine
    2Filth
    2Rush
    2The Wolf of Wall Street

    Done In 60 Seconds films