# Done In 60 Seconds Award

The Done In 60 Seconds Award (abbreviated DISS) is an award presented annually by the British film magazine Empire to the winner of that year's Done In 60 Seconds Competition, in which participants recreate a known film in 60-seconds. The Done In 60 Seconds Award was first introduced at the 13th Empire Awards in 2008, with Nick Jesper from the United Kingdom receiving the award for his 60-second version of Titanic. The competition was open for its first two years only to entries from the United Kingdom and has since become an international competition with each participating country selecting its own local winner (or number of finalists) which then joins the global shortlist of films, from which a panel of judges selects the global winner.
The 2015 competition will be running in the following countries: Armenia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Greece, Kazakhstan, Poland, Russia, Serbia and the United Kingdom. The start date for the 2015 entries was October 29, 2014 at 12:00 and the closing date for entries will be January 31, 2015 at 23:59. The local winners will be showcased at the 20th Empire Awards on March 29, 2015 where a panel of judges will choose the Global Done In 60 Seconds winner.
Since its inception, the award has been given to five United Kingdom winners. Other winners include Kazakhstan and the Netherlands with one award each. David Smith from the United Kingdom is the most recent winner in this category for There Will Be Blood (Milk), his 60-second film version of There Will Be Blood.

## Done In 60 Seconds competition

The Done In 60 Seconds competition was first introduced at the 13th Empire Awards in 2008, then open only to entries from the United Kingdom and it continued to be a United Kingdom only competition for its second appearance at the 14th Empire Awards in 2009. The competition was first opened to international entries at the 15th Empire Awards in 2010 and has since remained an international competition with eligible countries changing each year. The 15th Empire Awards also introduced The Global Final ceremony, where the shortlisted directors were invited to London where a group of judges chose the five finalist films. The Global Final was held for 5 consecutive award ceremonies between the 15th to 19th Empire Awards in 2014 and was discontinued at the 20th Empire Awards in 2015.
The 1st Done In 60 Seconds Competition Global Final was held on March 26, 2010 at 24 Club, London, England. The team of judges consisted of Empire editor-in-chief Mark Dinning, English actor Jason Issacs and English 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.
The 2nd Done In 60 Seconds Competition Global Final was held on March 25, 2011 at the London Film Museum, London, England. The team of judges consisted of Empire editor-in-chief Mark Dinning, Irish actor and comedian Chris O'Dowd and English director Neil Marshall, 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.
The 3rd Done In 60 Seconds Competition Global Final was held on March 23, 2012 at the London Film Museum, London, England. The team of judges consisted of Empire editor-in-chief Mark Dinning, Sky Movies Premiere English presenter Alex Zane, Irish actor and comedian Chris O'Dowd and English director Gareth Edwards, which selected from a shortlist of 28 nominees the five Done In 60 Seconds Award finalists that were invited to the Empire Awards where the winner was announced.
The 4th Done In 60 Seconds Competition Global Final was held on March 22, 2013 at the Google Campus, London, England. The team of judges consisted of Empire editor-in-chief Mark Dinning, Bauer Media CEO Paul Keenan, Sky Movies Premiere, English presenter Alex Zane, Scottish radio DJ Edith Bowman and English actors Joanne Froggatt and Tom Hiddleston, which selected from a shortlist of 23 nominees the five Done In 60 Seconds Award finalists that were invited to the Empire Awards where the winner was announced.
The 5th Done In 60 Seconds Competition Global Final was held 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.
The 2014 competition was open to entries from 22 countries, including: Armenia, Bosnia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Greece, India, Israel, Kazakhstan, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Ukraine and the United Kingdom.

## Current competition

The 2015 competition will be running in the following countries: Armenia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Greece, Kazakhstan, Poland, Russia, Serbia and the United Kingdom. The start date for the 2015 United Kingdom entries was October 29, 2014 at 12:00 and the closing date for entries will be January 31, 2015 at 23:59. On February 20, 2015 a shortlist of 20 United Kingdom entries that the judging panel consider to be the most entertaining and technically competent entries will be published on the competition website with members of the public voting for their favorite film. The voting will close on March 6, 2015 and on March 13, 2015 the name of the most popular United Kingdom shortlist entry, based on the number of votes, will be chosen. As a change from previous years, there will not be a Global Final held where a panel of judges choose the 5 finalist films, instead the United Kingdom winner will join the other winners from the other participating countries and will be showcased at the 20th Empire Awards on March 29, 2015 where a panel of judges will choose the Global Done In 60 Seconds winner.

## Winners and nominees

In the list below, winners are listed first in boldface, followed by the other nominees. The number of the ceremony (1st, 2nd, etc.) appears in parentheses after the awards year, linked to the article (if any) on that ceremony.

### 2000s

| Year | Country | Director | Film |
| 2008 (13th) | United Kingdom | Nick Jesper | Titanic |
| Finalists |||||
| 2008 (13th) | United Kingdom | George Pursall & Thomas Stock | Alien |
| 2008 (13th) | United Kingdom | Ellie Rogers | Atonement |
| 2008 (13th) | United Kingdom | Phil Heeks | Close Encounters of the Third Kind |
| 2008 (13th) | United Kingdom | Mark Hampton | Speed |
| The other shortlisted films |||||
| 2008 (13th) | United Kingdom | Lynsey Yarnell | Back to the Future |
| 2008 (13th) | United Kingdom | Ryhs Owain | Dino-Empire (Jurassic Park) |
| 2008 (13th) | United Kingdom | Tim Chivers | Evil Dead II |
| 2008 (13th) | United Kingdom | Oliver Hollingdale | Harry Potter |
| 2008 (13th) | United Kingdom | Liam Johnston | Nosferatu |
| 2008 (13th) | United Kingdom | Tom Marshall | Rambo: First Blood |
| 2008 (13th) | United Kingdom | Alison Goldsmith | Saving Private Ryan |
| 2008 (13th) | United Kingdom | Dan Horn | The Seventh Seal |
| 2008 (13th) | United Kingdom | Matt Bigwood | The Dam Busters |
| 2008 (13th) | United Kingdom | Henry S & Matt D | The Shining |
| 2009 (14th) | United Kingdom | Stephen Power & Conal O'Meara | Jerry Maguire |
| Finalists |||||
| 2009 (14th) | United Kingdom | Ewan Smith | Cloverfield |
| 2009 (14th) | United Kingdom | Mark Hampton | Pearl Harbor |
| 2009 (14th) | United Kingdom | Ewan Warburton | Se7en |
| 2009 (14th) | United Kingdom | Steven Seller | The Dark Knight |
| The other shortlisted films |||||
| 2009 (14th) | United Kingdom | Mike Doxford | American Psycho |
| 2009 (14th) | United Kingdom | Will Tribble | Forrest Gump |
| 2009 (14th) | United Kingdom | Charlie Lyne | Requiem for a Dream |
| 2009 (14th) | United Kingdom | Harry Lindley | Reservoir Dogs |
| 2009 (14th) | United Kingdom | Katie Child | Terminator 2: Judgment Minute (Terminator 2: Judgment Day) |
| 2009 (14th) | United Kingdom | Martin Selby & Tom Marshall | The Fugitive |
| 2009 (14th) | United Kingdom | Melanie Keyzor | WALL-E |

### 2010s

| Year | Country | Director | Film | Link | Ref. |
| 2010 (15th) | United Kingdom | Mark Hampton | Top Gun | | |
| Finalists |||||
| 2010 (15th) | Ireland | Tom Rowley | There Will Be Less Blood (There Will Be Blood) | | |
| 2010 (15th) | Russia | Andrew Akulina | True Lies | | |
| 2010 (15th) | United Kingdom | Lee Hardcastle | The Evil Dead | | |
| 2010 (15th) | United Kingdom | Michael Whaite | Who Framed Roger Rabbit | | |
| | The other shortlisted films | The other shortlisted films | The other shortlisted films | The other shortlisted films | The other shortlisted films |
| | Ireland | Kevin de la Isla O'Neill | The Departed | | |
| 2011 (16th) | Netherlands | Maeve Stam | 127 Hours | | |
| Finalists |||||
| 2011 (16th) | Russia | Valentina Kurochkina & Sergey Potapov | Avatar | | |
| 2011 (16th) | Sweden | Samuel Heiligers, Frej Bengtsson & Stefan Lundaahl | Indiana Jones (Raiders of the Lost Ark) | | |
| 2011 (16th) | United Kingdom | Lee Hardcastle | The Exorcist | | |
| 2011 (16th) | United Kingdom | Michael Whaite | The Lion King | | |
| The other shortlisted films |||||
| 2011 (16th) | Bulgaria | Marian Georgiev | Valkyrie | | |
| 2011 (16th) | Chile | Rodrigo Reyes Santander | Aliens | | |
| 2011 (16th) | Germany | Negian Haddad Kaveh | Léon: The Professional | | |
| 2011 (16th) | Ireland | Chris Lodge | The Expendables | | |
| 2011 (16th) | Ireland | Kevin De La Isla | Shadow of the Vampire | | |
| 2011 (16th) | Kazakhstan | Andrey Manuilov | The Dark Knight | | |
| 2011 (16th) | Poland | Michael Mank & Jacek Wlodarczyk | James Bond | | |
| 2011 (16th) | Russia | Petr Lisovisky & Artur Ostapenko | Inception | | |
| 2011 (16th) | Russia | Dmitry Vasiyev & Zhanna Boyarintseva | Jaws | | |
| 2011 (16th) | Russia | Olga Busorgina & Andrey Kilin | Transformers Grindhouse (Transformers) | | |
| 2011 (16th) | Russia | Vadi Talanov & Dmitry Korobeynikov | Charlie Chaplin | | |
| 2011 (16th) | Sweden | Joshua Petsonk & Hanni Serag | Psycho | | |
| 2011 (16th) | Turkey | Çagil Ivak | Dr. Strangelove | | |
| 2011 (16th) | Turkey | Esat Can | 12 Angry Men | | |
| 2011 (16th) | Ukraine | Mykhailo Orlov | 2001: A Space Odyssey | | |
| 2011 (16th) | Ukraine | Vladyslav Trifinov | Inglourious Basterds | Missing link | |
| 2011 (16th) | United Kingdom | Jack Kendall | The Social Network | | |
| 2011 (16th) | United Kingdom | Simon Jago, Ryan Casey & Clark Brady | 300 | | |
| 2011 (16th) | United Kingdom | Gareth Soens Hughes | Predator | | |
| 2012 (17th) | Kazakhstan | Indira Suleimenova | Black Swan | | |
| Finalists |||||
| 2012 (17th) | Bulgaria | Rosen Lliev | Edward Scissorhands | | |
| 2012 (17th) | Chile | Gonzalo Ruiz & Joaquin Vergara | Spider-Man | | |
| 2012 (17th) | Ireland | Andrew Norton | District 9 | | |
| 2012 (17th) | United Kingdom | Philip Askins | Herge's Raiders of the Lost Ark (The Adventures of Tintin and Raiders of the Lost Ark) | | |
| The other shortlisted films |||||
| 2012 (17th) | Belgium | Marie Hologne | Titanic | | |
| 2012 (17th) | Belgium | Alexis Berthelot & Anouchka | The Jetty | | |
| 2012 (17th) | Czech Republic | Unknown Director | Forrest Gump | | |
| 2012 (17th) | Germany | Ferenc Horváth | Buried | | |
| 2012 (17th) | India | Arati Kadav | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | | |
| 2012 (17th) | India | Mayank Shethiya | Fight Club | | |
| 2012 (17th) | Israel | Boris Shurp | Limitless | | |
| 2012 (17th) | Latvia | Jānis Ābele | Fantastic Mr Fox | | |
| 2012 (17th) | Netherlands | Stephane Kaas | Drive | | |
| 2012 (17th) | Portugal | Nuno Gervásio | The King's Speech | | |
| 2012 (17th) | Romania | Vlad Andrei Ghinea | The Birds | | |
| 2012 (17th) | Russia | Роман Бубнов | Commando | | |
| 2012 (17th) | Russia | Ilya Subbotin | In Time | | |
| 2012 (17th) | Russia | Andrey Kilin | Pirates of the Caribbean | | |
| 2012 (17th) | Russia | Potapov Sergey | TransfomeRUS (Transformers) | | |
| 2012 (17th) | Russia | Yaroslav Denisov | The Godfather | | |
| 2012 (17th) | Serbia | Marko Kovac̈ | Psycho | | |
| 2012 (17th) | Sweden | Stefan Lundaahl, Samuel Heiligers & Frej Bengtsson | Free Willy | | |
| 2012 (17th) | Ukraine | Nataliya Shevchenko | Se7en | | |
| 2012 (17th) | United Kingdom | Simon Jago | The Thing (Prequel) | | |
| 2012 (17th) | United Kingdom | David Smith | War Horse | | |
| 2012 (17th) | United Kingdom | Jack Kendall | The King's Speech | | |
| 2012 (17th) | United Kingdom | Michael Whaite | The Star Wars Prequel Trilogy | | |
| 2012 (17th) | Unknown | Nikolaus Suchentrunk | The Birds | | |
| 2013 (18th) | United Kingdom | Philip Askins | Blade Runner | | |
| Finalists |||||
| 2013 (18th) | Kazakhstan | Sergey Litovchenko | Twilight | | |
| 2013 (18th) | Russia | Olga Goldfarb | Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas | | |
| 2013 (18th) | Russia | Andrei Dzhunkovsky | Red H. (Memento) | | |
| 2013 (18th) | United Kingdom | Mark Hampton | Argo | | |
| The other shortlisted films |||||
| 2013 (18th) | Japan | Naomi Nemoto | Reservoir Dogs | | |
| 2013 (18th) | Romania | Razvan Mera | Skyfall | | |
| 2013 (18th) | United Kingdom | Michael Hall | RoboCop | | |
| 2013 (18th) | United Kingdom | Oliver Graves & Matthew Brackenbury | The Italian Job | | |
| 2013 (18th) | United Kingdom | Charlie Hall | You Only Live Twice | | |
| 2013 (18th) | Unknown | Curro Guerrero | Forrest Gulp (Forrest Gump) | | |
| 2013 (18th) | Unknown | Esmir Prlja & Damir Ruvić | Mad Max | | |
| 2013 (18th) | Unknown | João Alves | xXx | | |
| 2013 (18th) | Unknown | Ben Oringer | Inception | | |
| 2013 (18th) | Unknown | Milos Ljubomirović | The Usual Suspects | | |
| 2013 (18th) | Unknown | Petr Černý | Scream | | |
| 2013 (18th) | Unknown | Irina Kolotova | Atlas Cloud (Cloud Atlas) | | |
| 2013 (18th) | Unknown | Eugene Zhukov | Untouchable (The Intouchables) | | |
| 2013 (18th) | Unknown | Tsakoumi Aliki, Margaritidou Dimitra & Arapis Menippos | Amadeus | | |
| 2013 (18th) | Unknown | Oleksandr Shevchenko | The Expendables | | |
| 2013 (18th) | Unknown | Svetlana Gubanova | Broccoliman | | |
| 2013 (18th) | Unknown | Nikolay Ivanov | Ted | | |
| 2013 (18th) | Unknown | Elisabeth Wanzenböck | Jaws | | |
| 2014 (19th) | United Kingdom | David Smith | There Will Be Blood (Milk) (There Will Be Blood) | | |
| Finalists |||||
| 2014 (19th) | Israel | Leigh Lahav | Gravity | | |
| 2014 (19th) | Portugal | João Carrilho | Vertigo | | |
| 2014 (19th) | Russia | Ramil Karipov | Paranormal Activity: Bad Realtor (Paranormal Activity) | | |
| 2014 (19th) | United Kingdom | Michael Hall | Gravity in 2D (Gravity) | | |
| The other shortlisted films |||||
| 2014 (19th) | Armenia | Arsen Avdalyan | The Artist | | |
| 2014 (19th) | Bosnia | Jasmin Pivić | The Prestige | | |
| 2014 (19th) | Brazil | Fernanda Caruso & Tuca Zorzetto | Finding Nemo | | |
| 2014 (19th) | Bulgaria | Dimitar Stafidov | BU Star Wars Episode IV (Star Wars) | | |
| 2014 (19th) | Croatia | Dinka Radonić | Memento | | |
| 2014 (19th) | Czech Republic | Taťána Rubášová | American Beauty | | |
| 2014 (19th) | Greece | Ιoanna Sotiriou | Cast Away | | |
| 2014 (19th) | India | Ritesh Varma | Modern Times | | |
| 2014 (19th) | Kazakhstan | Diana Bimakhimova | Sherlock Holmes | | |
| 2014 (19th) | Romania | Catalin Palavescu | The Wolverine | | |
| 2014 (19th) | Russia | Alex Knyazeva | 1+1 Intouchables (The Intouchables) | | |
| 2014 (19th) | Russia | Lena Bubnova | Baking Bread (Breaking Bad) | | |
| 2014 (19th) | Russia | Sofia Anchugina | Gone in 60 Seconds | | |
| 2014 (19th) | Russia | Maria Vdovenko | Slumdog Millionaire | | |
| 2014 (19th) | Serbia | Dragomir Leko | Pulp Fiction aka Pulp Fixed (Pulp Fiction) | | |
| 2014 (19th) | Ukraine | Liliana Tymoshenko | Leon Killer (Léon: The Professional) | | |
| 2014 (19th) | United Kingdom | Tony Byrnes | Dead Poets Society | | |
| 2014 (19th) | United Kingdom | Jonathan Farrelly & Alice Toner | Manhattan | | |
| 2014 (19th) | United Kingdom | Claire Carter | The (con) Artist (The Artist) | | |