10th Empire Awards


The 10th Empire Awards ceremony, 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. 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. English television presenter and radio presenter Johnny Vaughan hosted the show for the first time. The awards were sponsored by Sony Ericsson for the third consecutive year.
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.

  • Shaun of the Dead
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  • * Dead Man's Shoes
  • * Enduring Love
  • * Layer Cake
  • Sam Raimi — Spider-Man 2
  • * M. Night Shyamalan — The Village
  • * Michael Mann — Collateral
  • * Michel Gondry — Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
  • * Quentin Tarantino — '
  • Matthew Vaughn — Layer Cake
  • * Edgar Wright — Shaun of the Dead
  • * Paul Greengrass — The Bourne Supremacy
  • * Roger Michell — Enduring Love
  • * Shane Meadows — Dead Man's Shoes
  • Matt Damon — The Bourne Supremacy
  • * Jim Carrey — Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
  • * Johnny Depp — Finding Neverland
  • * Tobey Maguire — Spider-Man 2
  • * Tom Cruise — Collateral
  • Paddy Considine — Dead Man's Shoes
  • * Daniel Craig — Layer Cake
  • * Paul Bettany — Wimbledon
  • * Rhys Ifans — Enduring Love
  • * Simon Pegg — Shaun of the Dead
  • Julie Delpy — Before Sunset
  • * Bryce Dallas Howard — The Village
  • * Cate Blanchett — The Aviator
  • * Kirsten Dunst — Spider-Man 2
  • * Uma Thurman — '
  • Kate Winslet — Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
  • * Imelda Staunton — Vera Drake
  • * Kate Ashfield — Shaun of the Dead
  • * Keira Knightley — King Arthur
  • * Samantha Morton — Enduring Love
  • Freddie Highmore — Finding Neverland
  • * Bryce Dallas Howard — The Village
  • * Matthew Vaughn — Layer Cake
  • * Sienna Miller — Alfie and Layer Cake
  • * Zach Braff — Garden State
  • Enduring Love: The balloon sequence
  • * ': "The Bride" versus "Elle" sequence
  • * Shaun of the Dead: The records and zombies scene
  • * Spider-Man 2: Spider-Man battles Dr. Octopus on the train
  • * The Bourne Supremacy: The Moscow car chase sequence
  • Empire Inspiration Award: Pixar
  • Independent Spirit Award: Kevin Smith
  • Icon of the Decade: Quentin Tarantino
  • Outstanding Contribution to British Cinema: Working Title Films'''

    • Multiple awards

    The following film received multiple awards:
    AwardsFilm
    2The Bourne Supremacy

    Multiple nominations

    The following 11 films received multiple nominations:
    NominationsFilm
    5Enduring Love
    5Layer Cake
    5Shaun of the Dead
    5Spider-Man 2
    4
    4The Bourne Supremacy
    3Collateral
    3Dead Man's Shoes
    3Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
    3The Village
    2Finding Neverland