Done In 60 Seconds Award | |
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Awarded for | Best 60-second remake of the year |
Country | United Kingdom |
Presented by | Empire magazine |
First awarded | 2008 |
Currently held by | David Smith (United Kingdom) - There Will Be Blood (Milk) (2014) |
Website | http://www.jamesonempirediss.com/ |
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 .
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. [1] The competition was first opened to international entries at the 15th Empire Awards in 2010 [1] 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 [2] at 24 Club, London, England. [3] The team of judges consisted of Empire editor-in-chief Mark Dinning, [4] English actor Jason Issacs [4] and English director Edgar Wright, [4] which selected from a shortlist of 20 nominees [2] [3] the five Done In 60 Seconds Award finalists that were invited to the Empire Awards where the winner was announced. [2] [3] [4] [5]
The 2nd Done In 60 Seconds Competition Global Final was held on March 25, 2011 [6] at the London Film Museum, London, England. [6] The team of judges consisted of Empire editor-in-chief Mark Dinning, [6] Irish actor and comedian Chris O'Dowd [6] and English director Neil Marshall, [6] which selected from a shortlist of 24 nominees [6] the five Done In 60 Seconds Award finalists that were invited to the Empire Awards where the winner was announced. [6] [7]
The 3rd Done In 60 Seconds Competition Global Final was held on March 23, 2012 [8] at the London Film Museum, London, England. [8] The team of judges consisted of Empire editor-in-chief Mark Dinning, [9] Sky Movies Premiere English presenter Alex Zane, [9] Irish actor and comedian Chris O'Dowd [9] and English director Gareth Edwards, [9] which selected from a shortlist of 28 nominees [9] the five Done In 60 Seconds Award finalists that were invited to the Empire Awards where the winner was announced. [8] [9] [10]
The 4th Done In 60 Seconds Competition Global Final was held on March 22, 2013 [11] [12] [13] at the Google Campus, London, England. [12] The team of judges consisted of Empire editor-in-chief Mark Dinning, [12] [13] Bauer Media CEO Paul Keenan, [11] Sky Movies Premiere, English presenter Alex Zane, [12] Scottish radio DJ Edith Bowman [12] [13] and English actors Joanne Froggatt [11] and Tom Hiddleston, [11] [13] which selected from a shortlist of 23 nominees [12] the five Done In 60 Seconds Award finalists that were invited to the Empire Awards where the winner was announced. [11] [12] [13]
The 5th Done In 60 Seconds Competition Global Final was held on March 29, 2014 [14] at The Brewery, London, England. [15] The team of judges consisted of Empire editor-in-chief Mark Dinning, [14] Sky Movies Premiere English presenter Alex Zane, [14] Scottish radio DJ Edith Bowman, [14] Scottish director Jon S. Baird [15] and English director Ben Wheatley, [14] which selected from a shortlist of 24 nominees [15] the five Done In 60 Seconds Award finalists that were invited to the Empire Awards where the winner was announced. [14] [15]
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. [14] [16]
The 2015 competition will be running in the following countries: Armenia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Greece, Kazakhstan, Poland, Russia, Serbia and the United Kingdom. [17] 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. [18] 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. [18] 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. [18] 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. [18]
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.
Year | Country | Director | Film | Link | Ref. |
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2008 (13th) | United Kingdom | Nick Jesper | Titanic | [2008 DISS 1] | [19] |
Finalists | |||||
United Kingdom | George Pursall & Thomas Stock | Alien | [2008 DISS 2] | [20] | |
United Kingdom | Ellie Rogers | Atonement | [2008 DISS 3] | ||
United Kingdom | Phil Heeks | Close Encounters of the Third Kind | [2008 DISS 4] | ||
United Kingdom | Mark Hampton | Speed | [2008 DISS 5] | ||
The other shortlisted films | |||||
United Kingdom | Lynsey Yarnell | Back to the Future | [2008 DISS 6] | [20] | |
United Kingdom | Ryhs Owain | Dino-Empire ( Jurassic Park ) | [2008 DISS 7] | ||
United Kingdom | Tim Chivers | Evil Dead II | [2008 DISS 8] | ||
United Kingdom | Oliver Hollingdale | Harry Potter | [2008 DISS 9] | ||
United Kingdom | Liam Johnston | Nosferatu | [2008 DISS 10] | ||
United Kingdom | Tom Marshall | Rambo: First Blood | [2008 DISS 11] | ||
United Kingdom | Alison Goldsmith | Saving Private Ryan | [2008 DISS 12] | ||
United Kingdom | Dan Horn | The Seventh Seal | [2008 DISS 13] | ||
United Kingdom | Matt Bigwood | The Dam Busters | [2008 DISS 14] | ||
United Kingdom | Henry S & Matt D | The Shining | [2008 DISS 15] | ||
2009 (14th) | United Kingdom | Stephen Power & Conal O'Meara | Jerry Maguire | [2009 DISS 1] | [21] |
Finalists | |||||
United Kingdom | Ewan Smith | Cloverfield | [2009 DISS 2] | [22] | |
United Kingdom | Mark Hampton | Pearl Harbor | [2009 DISS 3] | ||
United Kingdom | Ewan Warburton | Se7en | [2009 DISS 4] | ||
United Kingdom | Steven Seller | The Dark Knight | [2009 DISS 5] | ||
The other shortlisted films | |||||
United Kingdom | Mike Doxford | American Psycho | [2009 DISS 6] | [22] | |
United Kingdom | Will Tribble | Forrest Gump | [2009 DISS 7] | ||
United Kingdom | Charlie Lyne | Requiem for a Dream | [2009 DISS 8] | ||
United Kingdom | Harry Lindley | Reservoir Dogs | [2009 DISS 9] | ||
United Kingdom | Katie Child | Terminator 2: Judgment Minute ( Terminator 2: Judgment Day ) | [2009 DISS 10] | ||
United Kingdom | Martin Selby & Tom Marshall | The Fugitive | [2009 DISS 11] | ||
United Kingdom | Melanie Keyzor | WALL-E | [2009 DISS 12] |
Year | Country | Director | Film | Link | Ref. |
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2010 (15th) | United Kingdom | Mark Hampton | Top Gun | [2010 DISS 1] | [23] |
Finalists | |||||
Ireland | Tom Rowley | There Will Be Less Blood ( There Will Be Blood ) | [2010 DISS 2] | [3] | |
Russia | Andrew Akulina | True Lies | [2010 DISS 3] | ||
United Kingdom | Lee Hardcastle | The Evil Dead | [2010 DISS 4] | ||
United Kingdom | Michael Whaite | Who Framed Roger Rabbit | [2010 DISS 5] | ||
The other shortlisted films | |||||
Ireland | Kevin de la Isla O'Neill | The Departed | |||
2011 (16th) | Netherlands | Maeve Stam | 127 Hours | [2011 DISS 1] | [24] |
Finalists | |||||
Russia | Valentina Kurochkina & Sergey Potapov | Avatar | [2011 DISS 2] | [25] | |
Sweden | Samuel Heiligers, Frej Bengtsson & Stefan Lundaahl | Indiana Jones (Raiders of the Lost Ark) | [2011 DISS 3] | ||
United Kingdom | Lee Hardcastle | The Exorcist | [2011 DISS 4] | ||
United Kingdom | Michael Whaite | The Lion King | [2011 DISS 5] | ||
The other shortlisted films | |||||
Bulgaria | Marian Georgiev | Valkyrie | [2011 DISS 6] | [25] | |
Chile | Rodrigo Reyes Santander | Aliens | [2011 DISS 7] | ||
Germany | Negian Haddad Kaveh | Léon: The Professional | [2011 DISS 8] | ||
Ireland | Chris Lodge | The Expendables | [2011 DISS 9] | ||
Ireland | Kevin De La Isla | Shadow of the Vampire | [2011 DISS 10] | ||
Kazakhstan | Andrey Manuilov | The Dark Knight | [2011 DISS 11] | ||
Poland | Michael Mank & Jacek Wlodarczyk | James Bond | [2011 DISS 12] | ||
Russia | Petr Lisovisky & Artur Ostapenko | Inception | [2011 DISS 13] | ||
Russia | Dmitry Vasiyev & Zhanna Boyarintseva | Jaws | [2011 DISS 14] | ||
Russia | Olga Busorgina & Andrey Kilin | Transformers Grindhouse ( Transformers ) | [2011 DISS 15] | ||
Russia | Vadi Talanov & Dmitry Korobeynikov | Charlie Chaplin | [2011 DISS 16] | ||
Sweden | Joshua Petsonk & Hanni Serag | Psycho | [2011 DISS 17] | ||
Turkey | Çagil Ivak | Dr. Strangelove | [2011 DISS 18] | ||
Turkey | Esat Can | 12 Angry Men | [2011 DISS 19] | ||
Ukraine | Mykhailo Orlov | 2001: A Space Odyssey | [2011 DISS 20] | ||
Ukraine | Vladyslav Trifinov | Inglourious Basterds | Missing link | ||
United Kingdom | Jack Kendall | The Social Network | [2011 DISS 21] | ||
United Kingdom | Simon Jago, Ryan Casey & Clark Brady | 300 | [2011 DISS 22] | ||
United Kingdom | Gareth Soens Hughes | Predator | [2011 DISS 23] | ||
2012 (17th) | Kazakhstan | Indira Suleimenova | Black Swan | [2012 DISS 1] | [26] |
Finalists | |||||
Bulgaria | Rosen Lliev | Edward Scissorhands | [2012 DISS 2] | [27] | |
Chile | Gonzalo Ruiz & Joaquin Vergara | Spider-Man | [2012 DISS 3] | ||
Ireland | Andrew Norton | District 9 | [2012 DISS 4] | ||
United Kingdom | Philip Askins | Herge's Raiders of the Lost Ark ( The Adventures of Tintin and Raiders of the Lost Ark ) | [2012 DISS 5] | ||
The other shortlisted films | |||||
Belgium | Marie Hologne | Titanic | [2012 DISS 6] | [28] | |
Belgium | Alexis Berthelot & Anouchka | The Jetty | [2012 DISS 7] | ||
Czech Republic | Unknown Director | Forrest Gump | [2012 DISS 8] | ||
Germany | Ferenc Horváth | Buried | [2012 DISS 9] | ||
India | Arati Kadav | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | [2012 DISS 10] | ||
India | Mayank Shethiya | Fight Club | [2012 DISS 11] | ||
Israel | Boris Shurp | Limitless | [2012 DISS 12] | ||
Latvia | Jānis Ābele | Fantastic Mr Fox | [2012 DISS 13] | ||
Netherlands | Stephane Kaas | Drive | [2012 DISS 14] | ||
Portugal | Nuno Gervásio | The King's Speech | [2012 DISS 15] | ||
Romania | Vlad Andrei Ghinea | The Birds | [2012 DISS 16] | ||
Russia | Роман Бубнов | Commando | [2012 DISS 17] | ||
Russia | Ilya Subbotin | In Time | [2012 DISS 18] | ||
Russia | Andrey Kilin | Pirates of the Caribbean | [2012 DISS 19] | ||
Russia | Potapov Sergey | TransfomeRUS ( Transformers ) | [2012 DISS 20] | ||
Russia | Yaroslav Denisov | The Godfather | [2012 DISS 21] | ||
Serbia | Marko Kovac̈ | Psycho | [2012 DISS 22] | ||
Sweden | Stefan Lundaahl, Samuel Heiligers & Frej Bengtsson | Free Willy | [2012 DISS 23] | ||
Ukraine | Nataliya Shevchenko | Se7en | [2012 DISS 24] | ||
United Kingdom | Simon Jago | The Thing (Prequel) | [2012 DISS 25] | ||
United Kingdom | David Smith | War Horse | [2012 DISS 26] | ||
United Kingdom | Jack Kendall | The King's Speech | [2012 DISS 27] | ||
United Kingdom | Michael Whaite | The Star Wars Prequel Trilogy | [2012 DISS 28] | ||
Unknown | Nikolaus Suchentrunk | The Birds | [2012 DISS 29] | ||
2013 (18th) | United Kingdom | Philip Askins | Blade Runner | [2013 DISS 1] | [29] |
Finalists | |||||
Kazakhstan | Sergey Litovchenko | Twilight | [2013 DISS 2] | [29] | |
Russia | Olga Goldfarb | Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas | [2013 DISS 3] | ||
Russia | Andrei Dzhunkovsky | Red H. ( Memento ) | [2013 DISS 4] | ||
United Kingdom | Mark Hampton | Argo | [2013 DISS 5] | ||
The other shortlisted films | |||||
Japan | Naomi Nemoto | Reservoir Dogs | [2013 DISS 6] | [30] | |
Romania | Razvan Mera | Skyfall | [2013 DISS 7] | ||
United Kingdom | Michael Hall | RoboCop | [2013 DISS 8] | ||
United Kingdom | Oliver Graves & Matthew Brackenbury | The Italian Job | [2013 DISS 9] | ||
United Kingdom | Charlie Hall | You Only Live Twice | [2013 DISS 10] | ||
Unknown | Curro Guerrero | Forrest Gulp ( Forrest Gump ) | [2013 DISS 11] | ||
Unknown | Esmir Prlja & Damir Ruvić | Mad Max | [2013 DISS 12] | ||
Unknown | João Alves | xXx | [2013 DISS 13] | ||
Unknown | Ben Oringer | Inception | [2013 DISS 14] | ||
Unknown | Milos Ljubomirović | The Usual Suspects | [2013 DISS 15] | ||
Unknown | Petr Černý | Scream | [2013 DISS 16] | ||
Unknown | Irina Kolotova | Atlas Cloud ( Cloud Atlas ) | [2013 DISS 17] | ||
Unknown | Eugene Zhukov | Untouchable ( The Intouchables ) | [2013 DISS 18] | ||
Unknown | Tsakoumi Aliki, Margaritidou Dimitra & Arapis Menippos | Amadeus | [2013 DISS 19] | ||
Unknown | Oleksandr Shevchenko | The Expendables | [2013 DISS 20] | ||
Unknown | Svetlana Gubanova | Broccoliman | [2013 DISS 21] | ||
Unknown | Nikolay Ivanov | Ted | [2013 DISS 22] | ||
Unknown | Elisabeth Wanzenböck | Jaws | [2013 DISS 23] | ||
2014 (19th) | United Kingdom | David Smith | There Will Be Blood (Milk) ( There Will Be Blood ) | [2014 DISS 1] | [31] |
Finalists | |||||
Israel | Leigh Lahav | Gravity | [2014 DISS 2] | [15] | |
Portugal | João Carrilho | Vertigo | [2014 DISS 3] | ||
Russia | Ramil Karipov | Paranormal Activity: Bad Realtor ( Paranormal Activity ) | [2014 DISS 4] | ||
United Kingdom | Michael Hall | Gravity in 2D ( Gravity ) | [2014 DISS 5] | ||
The other shortlisted films | |||||
Armenia | Arsen Avdalyan | The Artist | [2014 DISS 6] | [32] | |
Bosnia | Jasmin Pivić | The Prestige | [2014 DISS 7] | ||
Brazil | Fernanda Caruso & Tuca Zorzetto | Finding Nemo | [2014 DISS 8] | ||
Bulgaria | Dimitar Stafidov | BU Star Wars Episode IV ( Star Wars ) | [2014 DISS 9] | ||
Croatia | Dinka Radonić | Memento | [2014 DISS 10] | ||
Czech Republic | Taťána Rubášová | American Beauty | [2014 DISS 11] | ||
Greece | Ιoanna Sotiriou | Cast Away | [2014 DISS 12] | ||
India | Ritesh Varma | Modern Times | [2014 DISS 13] | ||
Kazakhstan | Diana Bimakhimova | Sherlock Holmes | [2014 DISS 14] | ||
Romania | Catalin Palavescu | The Wolverine | [2014 DISS 15] | ||
Russia | Alex Knyazeva | 1+1 Intouchables ( The Intouchables ) | [2014 DISS 16] | ||
Russia | Lena Bubnova | Baking Bread ( Breaking Bad ) | [2014 DISS 17] | ||
Russia | Sofia Anchugina | Gone in 60 Seconds | [2014 DISS 18] | ||
Russia | Maria Vdovenko | Slumdog Millionaire | [2014 DISS 19] | ||
Serbia | Dragomir Leko | Pulp Fiction aka Pulp Fixed ( Pulp Fiction ) | [2014 DISS 20] | ||
Ukraine | Liliana Tymoshenko | Leon Killer ( Léon: The Professional ) | [2014 DISS 21] | ||
United Kingdom | Tony Byrnes | Dead Poets Society | [2014 DISS 22] | ||
United Kingdom | Jonathan Farrelly & Alice Toner | Manhattan | [2014 DISS 23] | ||
United Kingdom | Claire Carter | The (con) Artist ( The Artist ) | [2014 DISS 24] |
The following countries received the Global Done In 60 Seconds award:
Awards | Country |
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5 | United Kingdom |
1 | Kazakhstan |
Netherlands |
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