2015 Oscars 87th Academy Awards |
| Winners Announced: February 22, 2015 Held at: Dolby Theatre, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S. Host: Neil Patrick Harris Eligibility Year: 2014 |
2015 Oscar Nominees and Winners |
| Best Picture: Birdman (or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) – Alejandro G. Iñárritu, John Lesher, and James W. Skotchdopole (WINNER) 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 M. 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: Alejandro G. Iñárritu – Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (WINNER) Richard Linklater – Boyhood Bennett Miller – Foxcatcher Wes Anderson – The Grand Budapest Hotel Morten Tyldum – The Imitation Game |
| Best Actor: Eddie Redmayne – The Theory of Everything as Stephen Hawking (WINNER) Steve Carell – Foxcatcher as John Eleuthère du Pont Bradley Cooper – American Sniper as Chris Kyle Benedict Cumberbatch – The Imitation Game as Alan Turing Michael Keaton – Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) as Riggan Thomson |
| Best Actress: Julianne Moore – Still Alice as Alice Howland (WINNER) Marion Cotillard – Two Days, One Night as Sandra Bya Felicity Jones – The Theory of Everything as Jane Wilde Hawking Rosamund Pike – Gone Girl as Amy Elliott-Dunne Reese Witherspoon – Wild as Cheryl Strayed |
| Best Supporting Actor: J. K. Simmons – Whiplash as Terence Fletcher (WINNER) Robert Duvall – The Judge as Judge Joseph Palmer Ethan Hawke – Boyhood as Mason Evans, Sr. Edward Norton – Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) as Mike Shiner Mark Ruffalo – Foxcatcher as Dave Schultz |
| Best Supporting Actress: Patricia Arquette – Boyhood as Olivia Evans (WINNER) Laura Dern – Wild as Bobbi Grey Keira Knightley – The Imitation Game as Joan Clarke Emma Stone – Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) as Sam Thomson Meryl Streep – Into the Woods as The Witch |
| Best Original Screenplay: Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) – Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr., and Armando Bo (WINNER) Boyhood – Richard Linklater Foxcatcher – E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman The Grand Budapest Hotel – Wes Anderson and Hugo Guinness Nightcrawler – Dan Gilroy |
| Best Adapted Screenplay: The Imitation Game – Graham Moore based on the book Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges (WINNER) American Sniper – Jason Hall based on the book by Chris Kyle with Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice Inherent Vice – Paul Thomas Anderson based on the novel by Thomas Pynchon The Theory of Everything – Anthony McCarten based on the book Travelling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen by Jane Wilde Hawking Whiplash – Damien Chazelle based on his short film |
| Best Animated Feature Film: Big Hero 6 – Don Hall, Chris Williams, and Roy Conli (WINNER) 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: Ida (Poland) in Polish – Directed by Pawel Pawlikowski (WINNER) Leviathan (Russia) in Russian – Directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev Tangerines (Estonia) in Estonian and Russian – Directed by Zaza Urushadze Timbuktu (Mauritania) in French – Directed by Abderrahmane Sissako Wild Tales (Argentina) in Spanish – Directed by Damián Szifron |
| Best Documentary – Feature: Citizenfour – Laura Poitras, Mathilde Bonnefoy, and Dirk Wilutzky (WINNER) Finding Vivian Maier – John Maloof and Charlie Siskel Last Days in Vietnam – Rory Kennedy and Keven McAlester The Salt of the Earth – Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado and David Rosier Virunga – Orlando von Einsiedel and Joanna Natasegara |
| Best Documentary – Short Subject: Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1 – Ellen Goosenberg Kent and Dana Perry (WINNER) Joanna – Aneta Kopacz Our Curse – Tomasz Sliwinski and Maciej Slesicki The Reaper – Gabriel Serra Arguello White Earth – J. Christian Jensen |
| Best Live Action Short Film: The Phone Call – Mat Kirkby and James Lucas (WINNER) Aya – Oded Binnun and Mihal Brezis Boogaloo and Graham – Michael Lennox and Ronan Blaney Butter Lamp – Hu Wei and Julien Féret Parvaneh – Talkhon Hamzavi and Stefan Eichenberger |
| Best Animated Short Film: Feast – Patrick Osborne and Kristina Reed (WINNER) The Bigger Picture – Daisy Jacobs and Christopher Hees The Dam Keeper – Robert Kondo and Daisuke Tsutsumi Me and My Moulton – Torill Kove A Single Life – Joris Oprins |
| Best Original Score: The Grand Budapest Hotel – Alexandre Desplat (WINNER) The Imitation Game – Alexandre Desplat Interstellar – Hans Zimmer Mr. Turner – Gary Yershon The Theory of Everything – Jóhann Jóhannsson |
| Best Original Song: “Glory” from Selma – Music and Lyrics by John Stephens and Lonnie Lynn (WINNER) “Everything Is Awesome” from The Lego Movie – Music and Lyrics by Shawn Patterson “Grateful” from Beyond the Lights – Music and Lyrics by Diane Warren “I’m Not Gonna Miss You” from Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me – Music and Lyrics by Glen Campbell and Julian Raymond “Lost Stars” from Begin Again – Music and Lyrics by Gregg Alexander and Danielle Brisebois |
| Best Sound Editing: American Sniper – Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman (WINNER) 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: Whiplash – Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins, and Thomas Curley (WINNER) American Sniper – John T. Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, and Walt Martin (posthumous nomination) 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 David Lee |
| Best Production Design: The Grand Budapest Hotel – Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock (WINNER) 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 Cinematography: Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) – Emmanuel Lubezki (WINNER) The Grand Budapest Hotel – Robert Yeoman Ida – Lukasz Zal and Ryszard Lenczewski Mr. Turner – Dick Pope Unbroken – Roger Deakins Best Makeup: and Hairstyling: The Grand Budapest Hotel – Frances Hannon and Mark Coulier (WINNER) Foxcatcher – Bill Corso and Dennis Liddiard Guardians of the Galaxy – Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou and David White |
| Best Costume Design: The Grand Budapest Hotel – Milena Canonero (WINNER) Inherent Vice – Mark Bridges Into the Woods – Colleen Atwood Maleficent – Anna B. Sheppard Mr. Turner – Jacqueline Durran |
| Best Film Editing: Whiplash – Tom Cross (WINNER) American Sniper – Joel Cox and Gary D. Roach Boyhood – Sandra Adair The Grand Budapest Hotel – Barney Pilling The Imitation Game – William Goldenberg |
| Best Visual Effects: Interstellar – Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter, and Scott Fisher (WINNER) 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 |
| Honorary Academy Awards: Jean-Claude Carrière Hayao Miyazaki Maureen O’Hara |
| Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award: Harry Belafonte |
