# 20th Empire Awards

The 20th Empire Awards ceremony (officially known as the Jameson Empire Awards), 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 Kingsman: The Secret Service 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 X-Men: Days of Future Past 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.
| Best Film Interstellar Boyhood Dawn of the Planet of the Apes The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies The Imitation Game | Best British Film Kingsman: The Secret Service Paddington The Imitation Game The Theory of Everything Under the Skin |
| Best Director Christopher Nolan — Interstellar Matt Reeves — Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Morten Tyldum — The Imitation Game Peter Jackson — The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Richard Linklater — Boyhood | |
| Best Actor 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 — The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | Best Actress Rosamund Pike — Gone Girl Alicia Vikander — Ex Machina Emily Blunt — Edge of Tomorrow Felicity Jones — The Theory of Everything Keira Knightley — The Imitation Game |
| Best Male Newcomer Taron Egerton — Kingsman: The Secret Service Dan Stevens — The Guest Daniel Huttlestone — Into the Woods Ellar Coltrane — Boyhood Jack O'Connell — Unbroken | Best Female Newcomer Karen Gillan — Oculus and Guardians of the Galaxy Carrie Coon — Gone Girl Essie Davis — The Babadook Gugu Mbatha-Raw — Belle Sophie Cookson — Kingsman: The Secret Service |
| Best Comedy Paddington 22 Jump Street The Grand Budapest Hotel The Inbetweeners 2 The Lego Movie | Best Horror The Babadook Annabelle Oculus The Guest Under the Skin |
| Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy X-Men: Days of Future Past Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Guardians of the Galaxy Interstellar The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | Best Thriller The Imitation Game Captain America: The Winter Soldier Gone Girl Kingsman: The Secret Service Locke |
| Done In 60 Seconds United Kingdom: Ghostbusters by Oliver Jones & Robert Kenyon | Honorary Awards 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:
| Awards | Film |
| 2 | Interstellar |
| 2 | Kingsman: The Secret Service |

### Multiple nominations

The following 14 films received multiple nominations:
| Nominations | Film |
| 6 | The Imitation Game |
| 4 | Dawn of the Planet of the Apes |
| 4 | Kingsman: The Secret Service |
| 4 | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies |
| 3 | Boyhood |
| 3 | Gone Girl |
| 3 | Interstellar |
| 3 | The Theory of Everything |
| 2 | Guardians of the Galaxy |
| 2 | Oculus |
| 2 | Paddington |
| 2 | The Babadook |
| 2 | The Guest |
| 2 | Under the Skin |

## Done In 60 Seconds films

* ↑ Done In 60 Seconds: Ghostbusters by Oliver Jones & Robert Kenyon on YouTube