For his Best Director win, Cameron had a pre-recorded acceptance speech, taped in Los Angeles:
"Well, I’ve just received this award, for which I am very grateful. Clearly the Empire magazine readership are more discerning than the British or American academies. Of course, we know that the director just takes credit for the work of others, and we had a hugely talented group of people working on this film, but I’m very happy to take the credit for them. I just want to say that I’m a huge fan of the magazine, not just for the award but for all the coverage, for breaking the story on Avatar beforehand. I’m a geek as well, and I’d love the magazine even had it not been so great for us on Avatar, so thanks very much."
In addition to its Best Picture and Best Director victory, Avatar also earned Zoe Saldana the Best Actress Empire Award. Among the losers was widely acclaimed Academy Award nominee Carey Mulligan, whose An Education grossed about 1/zillionth of Avatar’s 3,000 trillion dollars.
The Best Actor was Inglourious Basterds‘ Christoph Waltz, who also took home the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his star-making turn as a sadistic Nazi.
Among the other Jameson Empire winners were the political satire In the Loop (Best British Comedy), the vampire drama Let the Right One In (Best Horror Movie), Aaron Johnson for Nowhere Boy (Best Newcomer), and Ian McKellen, who received the Empire Icon Award.
In addition to Carey Mulligan, Jameson Empire Award losers included Anne-Marie Duff, Michael Caine, Robert Pattinson, Kathryn Bigelow, Zombieland, and The Men Who Stare at Goats.
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