15th Empire Awards


The 15th Empire Awards ceremony, 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. 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. Irish comedian Dara Ó Briain hosted the show for the second consecutive year. The awards were sponsored by Jameson Irish Whiskey for the second consecutive year.
In related events, Empire and Jameson Irish Whiskey held the 1st Done In 60 Seconds Competition Global Final on 26 March 2010 at 24 Club, London, England. The team of judges consisted of Empire editor-in-chief Mark Dinning, English actor Jason Issacs and English film director and television director Edgar Wright, which selected from a shortlist of 20 nominees the five Done In 60 Seconds Award finalists that were invited to the Empire Awards where the winner was announced.
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

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

  • Avatar
  • * District 9
  • * Inglourious Basterds
  • * Star Trek
  • * The Hurt Locker
  • Harry Brown
  • * An Education
  • * In the Loop
  • * Nowhere Boy
  • * The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
  • James Cameron — Avatar
  • * J. J. Abrams — Star Trek
  • * Kathryn Bigelow — The Hurt Locker
  • * Neill Blomkamp — District 9
  • * Quentin Tarantino — Inglourious Basterds
  • Christoph Waltz — Inglourious Basterds
  • * Michael Caine — Harry Brown
  • * Robert Downey Jr. — Sherlock Holmes
  • * Robert Pattinson — '
  • * Sam Worthington — Avatar
  • Zoe Saldana — Avatar
  • * Anne-Marie Duff — Nowhere Boy
  • * Carey Mulligan — An Education
  • * Emily Blunt — The Young Victoria
  • * Mélanie Laurent — Inglourious Basterds
  • In the Loop
  • * A Serious Man
  • * The Hangover
  • * The Men Who Stare at Goats
  • * Up in the Air
  • Let the Right One In
  • * Drag Me to Hell
  • * Paranormal Activity
  • * Thirst
  • * Zombieland
  • Star Trek
  • * Avatar
  • * District 9
  • * Moon
  • * The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
  • Sherlock Holmes
  • * Harry Brown
  • * Inglourious Basterds
  • * Public Enemies
  • * The Hurt Locker
  • Aaron Taylor-Johnson — Nowhere Boy
  • * Anna Kendrick — ' and Up in the Air
  • * Carey Mulligan — An Education
  • * Katie Jarvis — Fish Tank
  • * Sharlto Copley — District 9
  • United Kingdom: Top Gun by Mark Wong & Christopher Slaughter
    • Finalists:
    • * Ireland: There Will Be Less Blood by Tom Rowley
    • * Russia: True Lies by Andrew Akulina
    • * United Kingdom: The Evil Dead by Lee Hardcastle
    • * United Kingdom: Who Framed Roger Rabbit by Michael Whaite
  • Empire Hero Award: Jude Law
  • Empire Icon Award: Ian McKellen
  • Empire Inspiration Award: Andy Serkis
  • Outstanding Contribution to British Film: Ray Winstone

    • Multiple awards

    The following film received multiple awards:
    AwardsFilm
    3Avatar

    Multiple nominations

    The following 13 films received multiple nominations:
    NominationsFilm
    5Avatar
    5Inglourious Basterds
    4District 9
    3An Education
    3Harry Brown
    3Nowhere Boy
    3Star Trek
    3The Hurt Locker
    2In the Loop
    2Sherlock Holmes
    2The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
    2
    2Up in the Air

    Done In 60 Seconds films