Alfonso Cuaron dominates Empire Awards
Gravity director Alfonso Cuaron picked up two major prizes at the Jameson Empire Awards 2014 in London on Sunday (20Mar14), including trophies for Best Director and Best Film.
The Mexican filmmaker added even more statues to his awards haul during the star-studded ceremony at Grosvenor House, just weeks after earning his first Best Director prize at the Academy Awards.
Cuaron was unable to attend the event, but accepted his awards via
video messages.
The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug also tied for two wins,
including Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy and Best Male Newcomer for Aidan
Turner.
Meanwhile, other acting honors went to Margot Robbie in Best Female
Newcomer (The Wolf of Wall Street), Emma Thompson for Best Actress
(Saving Mr. Banks), James McAvoy for Best Actor (Filth), and
Michael Fassbender (12 Years A Slave) and Sally Hawkins (Blue
Jasmine) for Best Supporting Actor and Actress, respectively.
Earning top genre prizes were Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa (Best
Comedy), The Conjuring (Best Horror), The Hunger Games: Catching
Fire
(Best Thriller), and The World's End (Best British Film).
Special honors were also handed out to a number of Hollywood
A-listers, including Tom Cruise (Legend of Our Lifetime), Arnold
Schwarzenegger (Action Hero of Our Lifetime), Hugh Jackman (Empire
Icon), Simon Pegg (Empire Hero) and Captain Phillips director Paul
Greengrass (Empire Inspiration).