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	...Best Film
	...Best British Actor
	...Best Actor
	...Best Actress
	...Best British Actress
	...Best Director
	...Best British Director
	...Best British Film
	...Best Debut
	Inspiration Award
	Lifetime Achievement...



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Empire Awards, UK: 2001

Empire Award

Best Film


Winner:
	Gladiator (2000)
Other Nominees:
	American Beauty (1999) High Fidelity (2000) Magnolia (1999) Wo hu cang long (2000)

Best British Actor


Winner:
	Snatch. (2000) - Vinnie Jones
Other Nominees:
	American Psycho (2000) - Christian Bale Angela's Ashes (1999) - Robert Carlyle (I) The Cider House Rules (1999) - Michael Caine (I) The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) - Jude Law

Best Actor


Winner:
	Gladiator (2000) - Russell Crowe
Other Nominees:
	American Beauty (1999) - Kevin Spacey High Fidelity (2000) - John Cusack How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) - Jim Carrey O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) - George Clooney

Best Actress


Winner:
	Gladiator (2000) - Connie Nielsen (I)
Other Nominees:
	Boys Don't Cry (1999) - Hilary Swank Erin Brockovich (2000) - Julia Roberts (I) Girl, Interrupted (1999) - Angelina Jolie Quills (2000) - Kate Winslet

Best British Actress


Winner:
	Billy Elliot (2000) - Julie Walters (I)
Other Nominees:
	Kevin & Perry Go Large (2000) - Kathy Burke Mission: Impossible II (2000) - Thandie Newton Saving Grace (2000) - Brenda Blethyn Sweet and Lowdown (1999) - Samantha Morton

Best Director


Winner:
	X-Men (2000) - Bryan Singer
Other Nominees:
	Magnolia (1999) - Paul Thomas Anderson Memento (2000) - Christopher Nolan (I) The Insider (1999) - Michael Mann (I) Wo hu cang long (2000) - Ang Lee

Best British Director


Winner:
	Snatch. (2000) - Guy Ritchie
Other Nominees:
	American Beauty (1999) - Sam Mendes (I) Billy Elliot (2000) - Stephen Daldry Chicken Run (2000) - Nick Park (I); Peter Lord (I) Gladiator (2000) - Ridley Scott

Best British Film


Winner:
	Billy Elliot (2000)
Other Nominees:
	Angela's Ashes (1999) Chicken Run (2000) Snatch. (2000) Topsy-Turvy (1999)

Best Debut


Winner:
	Billy Elliot (2000) - Jamie Bell (I)
Other Nominees:
	American Beauty (1999) - Sam Mendes (I) Being John Malkovich (1999) - Spike Jonze Chicken Run (2000) - Nick Park (I); Peter Lord (I) The Virgin Suicides (1999) - Sofia Coppola

Inspiration Award


Awarded to:
	Aardman Animation

Lifetime Achievement Award


Awarded to:
	Richard Harris (I)