13th Empire Awards


The 13th Empire Awards ceremony, presented by the British film magazine Empire, honored the best films of 2007 and took place on 9 March 2008 at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London, England. During the ceremony, Empire presented Empire Awards in 12 categories as well as three honorary awards. The awards for the Sony Ericsson Soundtrack and the Done In 60 Seconds competition were first introduced this year. The Best Newcomer returned to a single award, having last year been split into "Best Male Newcomer" and "Best Female Newcomer" awards and the honorary Outstanding Contribution to British Cinema was renamed to Outstanding Contribution to British Film. The ceremony was televised in the United Kingdom by ITV2 on March 10. Welsh actor Rob Brydon hosted the show for the first time. The awards were sponsored by Sony Ericsson for the fifth year, having last sponsored the 11th ceremony held in 2006.
Atonement won the most awards with three including Best British Film. Other winners included Control with two awards and 28 Weeks Later, American Gangster, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Hot Fuzz, Stardust and The Bourne Ultimatum with one. Ewan McGregor received the Empire Icon Award, Guillermo del Toro received the Empire Inspiration Award, and Shane Meadows received the Outstanding Contribution to British Film award. Nick Jesper from the United Kingdom won the Done In 60 Seconds Award for his 60-second film version of Titanic.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

  • Atonement
  • * Control
  • * Hot Fuzz
  • * Sunshine
  • * This Is England
  • David Yates — Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
  • * David Fincher — Zodiac
  • * Edgar Wright — Hot Fuzz
  • * Joe Wright — Atonement
  • * Paul Greengrass — The Bourne Ultimatum
  • James McAvoy — Atonement
  • * Daniel Radcliffe — Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
  • * Gerard Butler — 300
  • * Matt Damon — The Bourne Ultimatum
  • * Simon Pegg — Hot Fuzz
  • Keira Knightley — Atonement
  • * Angelina Jolie — A Mighty Heart
  • * Cate Blanchett — '
  • * Emma Watson — Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
  • * Katherine Heigl — Knocked Up
  • Hot Fuzz
  • * Knocked Up
  • * Ratatouille
  • * Run Fatboy Run
  • * Superbad
  • 28 Weeks Later
  • * 30 Days of Night
  • * 1408
  • * Death Proof
  • * Saw IV
  • Stardust
  • * 300
  • * Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
  • * Sunshine
  • * Transformers
  • American Gangster
  • * Disturbia
  • * Eastern Promises
  • * The Bourne Ultimatum
  • * Zodiac
  • Sam Riley — Control
  • * Gemma Arterton — St Trinian's
  • * Saoirse Ronan — Atonement
  • * Shia LaBeouf — Transformers
  • * Thomas Turgoose — This Is England
  • Control
  • * Atonement
  • * Hairspray
  • * Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
  • * Once
  • United Kingdom: Titanic by Nick Jesper
    • Finalists:
    • * United Kingdom: Alien by George Pursall and Thomas Stock
    • * United Kingdom: Atonement by Ellie Rogers
    • * United Kingdom: Close Encounters of the Third Kind by Phil Heeks
    • * United Kingdom: Speed by Mark Wong
    The other shortlisted films:
    • * United Kingdom: Back to the Future by Lynsey Yarnell
    • * United Kingdom: Dino-Empire by Ryhs Owain
    • * United Kingdom: Evil Dead II by Tim Chivers
    • * United Kingdom: Harry Potter by Oliver Hollingdale
    • * United Kingdom: Nosferatu by Liam Johnston
    • * United Kingdom: Rambo: First Blood by Tom Marshall
    • * United Kingdom: Saving Private Ryan by Alison Goldsmith
    • * United Kingdom: The Seventh Seal by Dan Horn
    • * United Kingdom: The Dam Busters by Matt Bigwood
    • * United Kingdom: The Shining by Henry S & Matt D
  • Empire Icon Award: Ewan McGregor
  • Empire Inspiration Award: Guillermo del Toro
  • Outstanding Contribution to British Film: Shane Meadows'''

    • Multiple awards

    The following two films received multiple awards:
    AwardsFilm
    3Atonement
    2Control

    Multiple nominations

    The following 12 films received multiple nominations:
    NominationsFilm
    6Atonement
    6Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
    4Hot Fuzz
    4The Bourne Ultimatum
    3Control
    3Zodiac
    2300
    2Knocked Up
    2Ratatouille
    2Sunshine
    2This Is England
    2Transformers

    Done In 60 Seconds films