7th Empire Awards

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7th Empire Awards
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The logo for the 7th Empire Awards
Date5 February 2002 (2002-02-05) [1]
Site The Dorchester Hotel, London, England [1] [2]
Hosted by Phill Jupitus [1] [3]
Empire issue#154 (April 2002)
Highlights
Best Film The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Best British Film Bridget Jones's Diary
Most awards Moulin Rouge! and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (3)
Most nominations The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (8)
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The 7th Empire Awards ceremony, presented by the British film magazine Empire, honored the best films of 2001 and took place on 5 February 2002 at The Dorchester Hotel in London, England. [1] [2] [4] During the ceremony, Empire presented Empire Awards in eight categories as well as three honorary awards. The honorary Independent Spirit Award was first introduced this year. English comedian Phill Jupitus hosted the show for the first time. [1] [3]

Contents

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring and Moulin Rouge! were tied for most awards won with three awards apiece. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring won the award for Best Film, while Moulin Rouge! won the award for Best Director for Baz Luhrmann. Other winners included Bridget Jones's Diary who won the award for Best British Film and Enigma with one award apiece. Michael Mann received the Empire Inspiration Award, Christopher Lee received the Lifetime Achievement Award and Alejandro Amenábar received the Independent Spirit Award for The Others .

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface. [5]

Honorary Awards

Multiple awards

The following two films received multiple awards:

AwardsFilm
3 Moulin Rouge!
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Multiple nominations

The following 11 films received multiple nominations:

NominationsFilm
8 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
4 A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Bridget Jones's Diary
Moulin Rouge!
3 The Others
Traffic
2 Amélie
Enigma
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Lucky Break
Planet of the Apes

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