20th Empire Awards


The 20th Empire Awards ceremony, presented by the British film magazine Empire, honored the best films of 2014 and took place on 29 March 2015 at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London, England. During the ceremony, Empire presented Empire Awards in 12 categories as well as three honorary awards. Irish actor James Nesbitt hosted the show for the second consecutive year. The awards were sponsored by Jameson Irish Whiskey for the seventh consecutive year.
Interstellar won two awards including Best Film and Best Director for Christopher Nolan. Other winners included ' also with two awards and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Gone Girl, Guardians of the Galaxy, Oculus, Paddington, The Babadook, The Imitation Game and ' with one. The cast of Game of Thrones received the Empire Hero Award, Christopher Nolan received the Empire Inspiration Award and Ralph Fiennes received the Empire Legend Award. Oliver Jones & Robert Kenyon from the United Kingdom won the Done In 60 Seconds Award for their 60-second film version of Ghostbusters.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

  • Interstellar
  • * Boyhood
  • * Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
  • * '
  • * The Imitation Game
  • * Paddington
  • * The Imitation Game
  • * The Theory of Everything
  • * Under the Skin
  • Christopher Nolan — Interstellar
  • * Matt Reeves — Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
  • * Morten Tyldum — The Imitation Game
  • * Peter Jackson — '
  • * Richard Linklater — Boyhood
  • Andy Serkis — Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
  • * Benedict Cumberbatch — The Imitation Game
  • * Bradley Cooper — American Sniper
  • * Eddie Redmayne — The Theory of Everything
  • * Richard Armitage — '
  • Rosamund Pike — Gone Girl
  • * Alicia Vikander — Ex Machina
  • * Emily Blunt — Edge of Tomorrow
  • * Felicity Jones — The Theory of Everything
  • * Keira Knightley — The Imitation Game
  • Taron Egerton —
  • * Dan Stevens — The Guest
  • * Daniel Huttlestone — Into the Woods
  • * Ellar Coltrane — Boyhood
  • * Jack O'Connell — Unbroken
  • Karen Gillan — Oculus and Guardians of the Galaxy
  • * Carrie Coon — Gone Girl
  • * Essie Davis — The Babadook
  • * Gugu Mbatha-Raw — Belle
  • * Sophie Cookson — '
  • Paddington
  • * 22 Jump Street
  • * The Grand Budapest Hotel
  • * The Inbetweeners 2
  • * The Lego Movie
  • The Babadook
  • * Annabelle
  • * Oculus
  • * The Guest
  • * Under the Skin
  • * Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
  • * Guardians of the Galaxy
  • * Interstellar
  • * '
  • The Imitation Game
  • * '
  • * Gone Girl
  • * '
  • * Locke
  • United Kingdom: Ghostbusters by Oliver Jones & Robert Kenyon
  • Empire Hero Award: The cast of Game of Thrones
  • Empire Inspiration Award: Christopher Nolan
  • Empire Legend Award: Ralph Fiennes'''

    • Multiple awards

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

    Multiple nominations

    The following 14 films received multiple nominations:
    NominationsFilm
    6The Imitation Game
    4Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
    4'
    4'
    3Boyhood
    3Gone Girl
    3Interstellar
    3The Theory of Everything
    2Guardians of the Galaxy
    2Oculus
    2Paddington
    2The Babadook
    2The Guest
    2Under the Skin

    Done In 60 Seconds films