Empire Award for Best Film Empire Award for Best Film The Empire Award for Best Film is an Empire Award presented annually by the British film magazine "Empire" to honor the best film of the previous year. The Empire Award for Best Film is one of five ongoing awards which were first introduced at the 1st Empire Awards ceremony in 1996 (the others being Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director and Best British Film) with "Braveheart" receiving the award. "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" is the most recent winner in this category. Winners are voted by the readers of "Empire" magazine. In the list
Empire Award for Best British Director the article (if any) on that ceremony. No individual received more than one Best British Director award. The following individuals received two or more Best British Director nominations: Empire Award for Best British Director The Empire Award for Best British Director was an Empire Award presented annually by the British film magazine "Empire" to honor a British director working within the film industry. The Empire Award for Best British Director was first introduced at the 2nd Empire Awards ceremony in 1997 with Danny Boyle receiving the award for his direction of "Trainspotting" and last presented as an annual award at