Edgar Wright Walks Away With 'Best Director' At 2011 Empire Awards!

Edgar Wright Walks Away With 'Best Director' At 2011 Empire Awards!

The Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World director was named 'Best Director' at this years Empire awards, and Kick-Ass did pretty well too! Hit the jump for the full results...

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By JoshWilding - Mar 27, 2011 12:03 PM EST



Best Newcomer

Gareth Edwards (Monsters)
Chloe Moretz (Kick-Ass/Let Me In) - WINNER!
Jaden Smith (The Karate Kid)
Jennifer Lawrence (Winter's Bone)
Mia Wasikowska (Alice In Wonderland)

Best Thriller

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo - WINNER!
Shutter Island
The Town
Black Swan
127 Hours

Best Horror

Let Me In
A Nightmare On Elm Street
The Last Exorcism - WINNER!
Paranormal Activity 2
The Crazies

Best Comedy

Four Lions - WINNER!
Get Him To The Greek
The Other Guys
Easy A
Toy Story 3

Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy

Inception
Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 1 - WINNER!
Kick-Ass
Alice In Wonderland

Best Actor

Leonardo DiCaprio (Inception)
James Franco (127 Hours)
Colin Firth (The King's Speech) - WINNER!
Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network)
Aaron Johnson (Kick-Ass)

Best Actress

Natalie Portman (Black Swan)
Noomi Rapace (The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo) - WINNER!
Emma Watson (Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 1)
Olivia Williams (The Ghost)
Helena Bonham Carter (The King's Speech)

Best Director

David Fincher (The Social Network)
Chris Nolan (Inception)
Edgar Wright (Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World) - WINNER!
Tom Hooper (The King's Speech)
Matthew Vaughn (Kick-Ass)

Best British Film

127 Hours
The King's Speech
Kick-Ass - WINNER!
Four Lions
Monsters

Best Film

Inception - WINNER!
Kick-Ass
The Social Network
Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World
The King's Speech

Empire Icon

Gary Oldman - WINNER!

Empire Hero Award

Keira Knightley - WINNER!

Empire Inspiration Award

Edgar Wright - WINNER!




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marvel72
marvel72 - 3/27/2011, 12:59 PM
well done to the winners.

especially kick ass & scott pilgrim.
Exiles
Exiles - 3/27/2011, 1:11 PM
its great seeing a great british comedy like Four Lions winning, its absolutely hilarious. Most of them are deserved winners
TheNameIsBetty
TheNameIsBetty - 3/27/2011, 1:30 PM
Nice! That picture is misleading -- for a second I had to Google Edgar Wright because I didn't think he was connected to Kick-Ass lol
RacerREX
RacerREX - 3/27/2011, 1:33 PM
I thought Kick-Ass was an American productuon.

WellDrawn
WellDrawn - 3/27/2011, 1:46 PM
Nolan didn't get nearly the amount of recognition he deserved for Inception. Didn't even get nominated for an Oscar - that's some bullsh*t!
LoudLon
LoudLon - 3/27/2011, 1:56 PM
Congrats to Wright, but that was the wrong movie to honor him for. Scott Pilgrim vs The World was horrid.

And how the hell did that crap-fest The Last Exorcism win best horror flick?

Not entirely convinced The Empire Awards' elevator goes all the way up.

RacerREX
RacerREX - 3/27/2011, 2:01 PM
@ WellDrawn And all the Nolanites down in Gotham will all cry BOO-HOO!"



And Colin Firth tells Leonardo DiCaprio what he can do about losing out on the Best Actor awards to him...

GrimeKid
GrimeKid - 3/27/2011, 3:44 PM
I agree with @Darkmatter


HURRY UP EDGAR! (no pressure though)

Also, I can't believe Harry Potter beat Kick-Ass, Scott Pilgrim & Inception in BEST SCI-FI/FANTASY. WTF

Deathly Hallows had a great tone, but that's all it had.
LoudLon
LoudLon - 3/27/2011, 4:21 PM
^^^
Is that a fan-made poster? If it is, it's pretty damn cool!
GrimeKid
GrimeKid - 3/27/2011, 5:01 PM
@LoudLon Yeah, I think a guy named SkinnyGlasses on DeviantArt.com made it. It is cool, I know.
Luigi
Luigi - 3/27/2011, 7:18 PM
Didn't The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo come out a while ago?
Luigi
Luigi - 3/27/2011, 7:24 PM
I love that there's a Best British film category and then a best film category.. which are all British
ComicBandit
ComicBandit - 3/27/2011, 8:21 PM
@GrimeKid That is the most awesome fan made cbm poster I have seen on here! The tag line makes it perfect: THINK BIG! :)
JohnTom88
JohnTom88 - 3/27/2011, 9:30 PM
I hope they do Ant Man movie with Iron Man 3 in 2013
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