10th Empire Awards

{{Infobox film awards

| number = 10

| award = Empire Awards

| image = 10th Empire Awards logo.gif

| caption = The logo for the 10th Empire Awards

| date = {{Start date|2005|3|13|df=y}}

| site = Guildhall, London, England

| host = Johnny Vaughan

| director =

| best_film = The Bourne Supremacy

| best_british = Shaun of the Dead

| most_awards = The Bourne Supremacy (2)

| most_nominations = Enduring Love, Layer Cake, Shaun of the Dead and Spider-Man 2 (5)

| channel = Channel 5

| duration =

| last = 9th

| next = 11th

}}

The 10th Empire Awards ceremony (officially known as the Sony Ericsson Empire Awards), presented by the British film magazine Empire, honored the best films of 2004 and took place on 13 March 2005 at the Guildhall in London, England.{{Cite news |last= |title=Sienna In Running For Empire Awards |url=http://skyliving.sky.com/celebrity/Sienna-In-Running-For-Empire-Awards |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120531120902/http://skyliving.sky.com/celebrity/Sienna-In-Running-For-Empire-Awards |archive-date=31 May 2012 |access-date=15 September 2011 |work=Skyliving.sky.com |publisher=BSkyB}}{{Cite web |year=2005 |title=10th Annual Sony Ericsson Empire Awards Report |url=http://www.empireonline.com/awards2005/report/ |access-date=15 September 2011 |website=Empireonline.com |publisher=Bauer Consumer Media}}{{Cite news |last=Farey-Jones |first=Daniel |date=3 March 2005 |title=Empire Awards secures Vaughan and TV highlights deal with Five |url=http://www.brandrepublic.com/news/463943/Empire-Awards-secures-Vaughan-TV-highlights-deal-Five/ |access-date=3 October 2014 |work=Brand Republic |publisher=Haymarket Media Group}} During the ceremony, Empire presented Empire Awards in 10 categories as well as four honorary awards. The honorary Outstanding Contribution to British Cinema award was first introduced this year. To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the award ceremonies a special honorary award was presented, the Icon of the Decade award. The awards for Best British Actor, Best British Actress and Best British Director as well as the honorary Independent Spirit award were presented for the last time. This was the first year the Lifetime Achievement Award was not presented. The ceremony was televised in the United Kingdom by Channel 5 on 15 March.{{Cite news |last= |date=1 March 2005 |title=The Empire Awards Has A Host! And the lucky person is... |url=http://www.empireonline.com/News/story.asp?nid=16597 |access-date=29 September 2014 |work=Empireonline.com |publisher=Bauer Consumer Media}} English television presenter and radio presenter Johnny Vaughan hosted the show for the first time. The awards were sponsored by Sony Ericsson for the third consecutive year.{{Cite news |last=Matthew |first=Sam |date=10 December 2004 |title=Sony Ericsson pushes camera phones at Empire Awards |url=http://www.brandrepublic.com/news/230076/Sony-Ericsson-pushes-camera-phones-Empire-Awards/ |access-date=17 September 2011 |work=Brand Republic |publisher=Haymarket Media Group}}

The Bourne Supremacy won the most awards with two including Best Film. Other winners included Before Sunset, Dead Man's Shoes, Enduring Love, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Finding Neverland, Layer Cake, Spider-Man 2 and Shaun of the Dead with one. Pixar received the Empire Inspiration Award, Kevin Smith received the Independent Spirit Award, Working Title Films received the Outstanding Contribution to British Cinema Award and Quentin Tarantino received the special honorary 10th anniversary Icon of the Decade award.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

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