The 17th Empire Awards ceremony (officially known as the Jameson Empire Awards), presented by the British film magazine Empire, honoured the best films of 2011 and took place on 25 March 2012 at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London, England. During the ceremony, the Empire presented Empire Awards in 13 categories as well as three honorary awards. The awards for The Art of 3D, the new Best Male Newcomer and Best Female Newcomer (replacing the Best Newcomer award) and the honorary Empire Legend Award were first introduced this year. English Radio DJ Lauren Laverne and Empire magazine's news editor Chris Hewitt co-hosted the show, marking the first time for each and the first time the show was co-hosted. The awards were sponsored by Jameson Irish Whiskey for the fourth consecutive year.
In related events, Empire and Jameson Irish Whiskey held the 3rd Done In 60 Seconds Competition Global Final 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.
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy won the most awards with three, including Best British Film. Other winners included Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 and Thor with two awards and Kill List, Like Crazy, The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn, The Inbetweeners Movie, and Tyrannosaur with one. Michael Fassbender received the Empire Hero Award, Ron Howard received the Empire Inspiration Award and Tim Burton received the Empire Legend Award. Indira Suleimenova from Kazakhstan won the Done In 60 Seconds Award for her 60-second film version of Black Swan.
Winners and nominees Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 Drive Rise of the Planet of the Apes The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Attack the Block Submarine The Inbetweeners Movie Tyrannosaur David Yates — Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 Nicolas Winding Refn — Drive Rupert Wyatt — Rise of the Planet of the Apes Steven Spielberg — War Horse Tomas Alfredson — Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Gary Oldman — Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Andy Serkis — Rise of the Planet of the Apes Daniel Craig — The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Daniel Radcliffe — Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 Ryan Gosling — Drive Olivia Colman — Tyrannosaur Carey Mulligan — Drive Meryl Streep — The Iron Lady Michelle Williams — My Week with Marilyn Rooney Mara — The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Tom Hiddleston — Thor Asa Butterfield — Hugo Craig Roberts — Submarine Jeremy Irvine — War Horse John Boyega — Attack the Block Sam Claflin — Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Felicity Jones — Like Crazy Bonnie Wright — Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 Céline Buckens — War Horse Elle Fanning — Super 8 Hailee Steinfeld — True Grit Laura Haddock — The Inbetweeners Movie The Inbetweeners Movie Attack the Block Bridesmaids Crazy, Stupid, Love Midnight in Paris Kill List Attack the Block Insidious Paranormal Activity 3 Trollhunter Thor Captain America: The First Avenger Rise of the Planet of the Apes Super 8 X-Men: First Class Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Drive Hanna Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 Hugo Thor Transformers: Dark of the Moon Kazakhstan: Black Swan by Indira Suleimenova Finalists: Bulgaria: Edward Scissorhands by Rosen Lliev Chile: Spider-Man by Gonzalo Ruiz & Joaquin Vergara Ireland: District 9 by Andrew Norton United Kingdom: Hergé's Raiders of the Lost Ark (The Adventures of Tintin and Raiders of the Lost Ark) by Philip Askins The other shortlisted films: Belgium: Titanic by Marie Hologne Belgium: The Jetty by Alexis Berthelot & Anouchka Czech Republic: Forrest Gump by Unknown Director Germany: Buried by Ferenc Horváth India: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind by Arati Kadav India: Fight Club by Mayank Shethiya Israel: Limitless by Boris Shurp Latvia: Fantastic Mr Fox by Jānis Ābele Netherlands: Drive by Stephane Kaas Portugal: The King's Speech by Nuno Gervásio Romania: The Birds by Vlad Andrei Ghinea Russia: Commando by Роман Бубнов Russia: In Time by Ilya Subbotin Russia: Pirates of the Caribbean by Andrey Kilin Russia: TransfomeRUS (Transformers) by Potapov Sergey Russia: The Godfather by Yaroslav Denisov Serbia: Psycho by Marko Kovac̈ Sweden: Free Willy by Stefan Lundaahl, Samuel Heiligers & Frej Bengtsson Ukraine: Se7en by Nataliya Shevchenko United Kingdom: The Thing (Prequel) by Simon Jago United Kingdom: War Horse by David Smith United Kingdom: The King's Speech by Jack Kendall United Kingdom: The Star Wars Prequel Trilogy by Michael Whaite Unknown: The Birds by Nikolaus Suchentrunk Empire Hero Award: Michael Fassbender Empire Inspiration Award: Ron Howard Empire Legend Award: Tim Burton
Multiple awards The following three films received multiple awards:
Awards Film 3 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy 2 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 Thor
Multiple nominations The following 13 films received multiple nominations:
Nominations Film 5 Drive Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy 4 Attack the Block Rise of the Planet of the Apes The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 3 The Inbetweeners Movie Thor War Horse 2 Hugo Submarine Super 8 Tyrannosaur
Done In 60 Seconds films
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