87th Academy Awards | ||||
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Date | February 22, 2015 | |||
Site | Dolby Theatre Hollywood, California | |||
Host | Neil Patrick Harris | |||
Highlights | ||||
Best Picture | Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) | |||
Most wins | Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (4) and The Grand Budapest Hotel (4) | |||
Most nominations | Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (9), The Grand Budapest Hotel (9) | |||
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The 87th Academy Awards will be held on February 22, 2015 at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California. The ceremony will be televised in the United States by ABC and hosted by actor Neil Patrick Harris for the first time.
In November 2014, the Academy announced the three nominees that were later honored with an Academy Honorary Award: the actor, director and screenwriter Jean-Claude Carrière, the diretor Hayao Miyazaki, and the actress Maureen O'Hara. Harry Belafonte was honored with the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award for his charity work. For the Academy Award for Best Picture, 289 films were eligible. In an official press release, it was announced the 87th Academy Awards would honor past Best Picture winners.
Nominations & Winners[]
On January 15, 2015, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced its nominees for the 87th Academy Awards. The winners will be announced on February 22, 2015, from the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California.
Best Picture[]
See also: Best Picture
- Winner
- Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) — Alejandro González Iñárritu, John Lesher and James W. Skotchdopole
- Nominees
- American Sniper — Clint Eastwood, Robert Lorenz, Andrew Lazar, Bradley Cooper and Peter Morgan
- Boyhood — Richard Linklater and Cathleen Sutherland
- The Grand Budapest Hotel — Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales and Jeremy Dawson
- The Imitation Game — Nora Grossman, Ido Ostrowsky and Teddy Schwarzman
- Selma — Christian Colson, Oprah Winfrey, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner
- The Theory of Everything — Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce and Anthony McCarten
- Whiplash — Jason Blum, Helen Estabrook and David Lancaster
Best Director[]
See also: Best Director
- Winner
- Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) — Alejandro González Iñárritu
- Nominees
- Boyhood — Richard Linklater
- Foxcatcher — Bennett Miller
- The Grand Budapest Hotel — Wes Anderson
- The Imitation Game — Morten Tyldum
Best Actor[]
See also: Best Actor
- Winner
- Eddie Redmayne — The Theory of Everything
- Nominees
- Steve Carell — Foxcatcher
- Bradley Cooper — American Sniper
- Benedict Cumberbatch — The Imitation Game
- Michael Keaton — Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Best Actress[]
See also: Best Actress
- Winner
- Julianne Moore — Still Alice
- Nominees
- Marion Cotillard — Two Days, One Night
- Felicity Jones — The Theory of Everything
- Rosamund Pike — Gone Girl
- Reese Witherspoon — Wild
Best Supporting Actor[]
See also: Best Supporting Actor
- Winner
- J.K. Simmons — Whiplash
- Nominees
- Robert Duvall — The Judge
- Ethan Hawke — Boyhood
- Edward Norton — Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
- Mark Ruffalo — Foxcatcher
Best Supporting Actress[]
See also: Best Supporting Actress
- Winner
- Patricia Arquette — Boyhood
- Nominees
- Laura Dern — Wild
- Keira Knightley — The Imitation Game
- Emma Stone — Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
- Meryl Streep — Into the Woods
Best Original Screenplay[]
See also: Best Original Screenplay
- Winner
- Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) — Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. and Armando Bo
- Nominees
- Boyhood — Richard Linklater
- Foxcatcher — E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman
- The Grand Budapest Hotel — Screenplay by Wes Anderson; Story by Wes Anderson and Hugo Guinness
- Nighcrawler — Dan Gilroy
Best Adapted Screenplay[]
See also: Best Adapted Screenplay
- Winner
- The Imitation Game — Graham Moore
- Nominees
- American Sniper — Jason Hall
- Inherent Vice — Paul Thomas Anderson
- The Theory of Everything — Anthony McCarten
- Whiplash — Damien Chazelle
Best Animated Feature[]
See also: Best Animated Feature
- Winner
- Big Hero 6 — Don Hall, Chris Williams and Roy Conli
- Nominees
- The Boxtrolls — Anthony Stacchi, Graham Annable and Travis Knight
- How to Train Your Dragon 2 — Dean DeBlois and Bonnie Arnold
- Song of the Sea — Tomm Moore and Paul Young
- The Tale of the Princess Kaguya — Isao Takahata and Yoshiaki Nishimura
Best Foreign Language Film[]
See also: Best Foreign Language Film
- Winner
- Ida from Poland — Pawel Pawlikowski
- Nominees
- Leviathan from Russia — Andrey Zvyagintsev
- Tangerines from Estonia — Zaza Urushadze
- Timbuktu from Mauritania — Abderrahmane Sissako
- Wild Tales from Argentina — Damián Szifrón
Best Documentary Feature[]
See also: Best Documentary Feature
- Winner
- CitizenFour — Laura Poitras, Mathilde Bonnefoy and Dirk Wilutzky
- Nominees
- Finding Vivian Maier — John Maloof and Charlie Siskel
- Last Days in Vietnam — Rory Kennedy and Keven McAlester
- The Salt of the Earth — Wim Wenders and Juliano Ribeiro Salgado, David Rosier
- Virunga — Orlando von Einsiedel and Joanna Natasegara
Best Documentary Short[]
See also: Best Documentary Short
- Winner
- Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1 — Ellen Goosenberg Kent and Dana Perry
- Nominees
- Joanna — Aneta Kopacz
- Our Curse — Tomasz Sliwinski and Maciej Slesicki
- The Reaper (La Parka) — Gabriel Serra Arguello
- White Earth — J. Christian Jensen
Best Live Action Short[]
See also: Best Live Action Short
- Winner
- The Phone Call — Mat Kirkby and James Lucas
- Nominees
- Aya — Oded Binnun and Mihal Brezis
- Boogaloo and Graham — Michael Lennox and Ronan Blaney
- Butter Lamp (La Lampe au Beurre de Yak) — Hu Wei and Julien Feret
- Parvaneh — Talkhon Hamzavi and Stefan Eichenberger
Best Animated Short[]
See also: Best Animated Short
- Winner
- Feast — Patrick Osborne and Kristina Reed
- Nominees
- The Bigger Picture — Daisy Jacobs and Christopher Hees
- The Dam Keeper — Robert Kondo and Dice Tsutsumi
- Me and My Moulton — Torill Kove
- A Single Life — Joris Oprins
Best Original Score[]
See also: Best Original Score
- Winner
- The Grand Budapest Hotel — Alexandre Desplat
- Nominees
- The Imitation Game — Alexandre Desplat
- Interstellar — Hans Zimmer
- Mr. Turner — Gary Yershon
- The Theory of Everything — Jóhann Jóhannsson
Best Original Song[]
See also: Best Original Song
- Winner
- Selma — "Glory" -- Music and Lyrics by John Legend and Common
- Nominees
- The Lego Movie — “Everything is Awesome” -- Music and Lyrics by Shawn Patterson
- Beyond the Lights — "Grateful" -- Music and Lyrics by Diane Warren
- Glen Campbell...I'll Be Me — "I'm Not Gonna Miss You" -- Music and Lyrics by Glen Campbell and Julian Raymond
- Begin Again — "Lost Stars" -- Music and Lyrics by Gregg Alexander and Danielle Brisebois
Best Cinematography[]
See also: Best Cinematography
- Winner
- Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) — Emmanuel Lubezki
- Nominees
- The Grand Budapest Hotel — Robert Yeoman
- Ida — Lukasz Zal, Ryszard Lenczewski
- Mr. Turner — Dick Pope
- Unbroken — Roger Deakins
Best Costume Design[]
See also: Best Costume Design
- Winner
- The Grand Budapest Hotel — Milena Canonero
- Nominees
- Inherent Vice — Mark Bridges
- Into the Woods — Colleen Atwood
- Maleficent — Anna B. Sheppard and Jane Clive
- Mr. Turner — Jacqueline Durran
Best Film Editing[]
See also: Best Film Editing
- Winner
- Whiplash — Tom Cross
- Nominees
- American Sniper — Joel Cox and Gary D. Roach
- Boyhood — Sandra Adair
- The Grand Budapest Hotel — Barney Pilling
- The Imitation Game — William Goldenberg
Best Makeup and Hairstyling[]
See also: Best Makeup and Hairstyling
- Winner
- The Grand Budapest Hotel — Frances Hannon and Mark Coulier
- Nominees
- Foxcatcher — Bill Corso and Dennis Liddiard
- Guardians of the Galaxy — Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou and David White
Best Production Design[]
See also: Best Production Design
- Winner
- The Grand Budapest Hotel — Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
- Nominees
- The Imitation Game— Production Design: Maria Djurkovic; Set Decoration: Tatiana Macdonald
- Interstellar — Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Gary Fettis
- Into the Woods — Production Design: Dennis Gassner; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
- Mr. Turner — Production Design: Suzie Davies; Set Decoration: Charlotte Watts
Best Sound Editing[]
See also: Best Sound Editing
- Winner
- American Sniper — Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman
- Nominees
- Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) — Martin Hernández and Aaron Glascock
- The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies — Brent Burge and Jason Canovas
- Interstellar — Richard King
- Unbroken — Becky Sullivan and Andrew DeCristofaro
Best Sound Mixing[]
See also: Best Sound Mixing
- Winner
- Whiplash — Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins and Thomas Curley
- Nominees
- American Sniper — John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Walt Martin
- Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) — Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño and Thomas Varga
- Interstellar — Gary A. Rizzo, Gregg Landaker and Mark Weingarten
- Unbroken — Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño and Thomas Varga
Best Visual Effects[]
See also: Best Visual Effects
- Winner
- Interstellar — Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter and Scott Fisher
- Nominees
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier — Dan DeLeeuw, Russell Earl, Bryan Grill and Dan Sudick
- Dawn of the Planet of the Apes — Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Daniel Barrett and Erik Winquist
- Guardians of the Galaxy — Stephane Ceretti, Nicolas Aithadi, Jonathan Fawkner and Paul Corbould
- X-Men: Days of Future Past — Richard Stammers, Lou Pecora, Tim Crosbie and Cameron Waldbauer