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The 87th Academy Awards | 2015
Dolby Theatre at the Hollywood & Highland Center
Sunday, February 22, 2015
Honoring movies released in 2014
Highlights
Best Picture
Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

Alejandro G. Iñárritu, John Lesher, James W. Skotchdopole, producers

Best Supporting Actress
Patricia Arquette

for her performance in "Boyhood"

Best Actor
Eddie Redmayne

for his performance in "The Theory of Everything"

Memorable Moments
"Everything Is Awesome" from The Lego Movie
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Tegan and Sara with the Lonely Island

Lady Gaga sings from "The Sound Of Music"
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To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the film, the singer belted out a rousing medley.

Common and John Legend
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The pair react to their Oscar for "Glory".

WINNERS & NOMINEES
Actor in a Leading Role
Winner
Eddie Redmayne
The Theory of Everything
Nominees
Steve Carell
Foxcatcher
Nominees
Bradley Cooper
American Sniper
Nominees
Benedict Cumberbatch
The Imitation Game
Nominees
Michael Keaton
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Actor in a Supporting Role
Winner
J.K. Simmons
Whiplash
Nominees
Robert Duvall
The Judge
Nominees
Ethan Hawke
Boyhood
Nominees
Edward Norton
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Nominees
Mark Ruffalo
Foxcatcher
Actress in a Leading Role
Winner
Julianne Moore
Still Alice
Nominees
Marion Cotillard
Two Days, One Night
Nominees
Felicity Jones
The Theory of Everything
Nominees
Rosamund Pike
Gone Girl
Nominees
Reese Witherspoon
Wild
Actress in a Supporting Role
Winner
Patricia Arquette
Boyhood
Nominees
Laura Dern
Wild
Nominees
Keira Knightley
The Imitation Game
Nominees
Emma Stone
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Nominees
Meryl Streep
Into the Woods
Animated Feature Film
Winner
Big Hero 6
Don Hall, Chris Williams and Roy Conli
Nominees
The Boxtrolls
Anthony Stacchi, Graham Annable and Travis Knight
Nominees
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Dean DeBlois and Bonnie Arnold
Nominees
Song of the Sea
Tomm Moore and Paul Young
Nominees
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
Isao Takahata and Yoshiaki Nishimura
Cinematography
Winner
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Emmanuel Lubezki
Nominees
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Robert Yeoman
Nominees
Ida
Łukasz Żal and Ryszard Lenczewski
Nominees
Mr. Turner
Dick Pope
Nominees
Unbroken
Roger Deakins
Costume Design
Winner
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Milena Canonero
Nominees
Inherent Vice
Mark Bridges
Nominees
Into the Woods
Colleen Atwood
Nominees
Maleficent
Anna B. Sheppard
Nominees
Mr. Turner
Jacqueline Durran
Directing
Winner
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Nominees
Boyhood
Richard Linklater
Nominees
Foxcatcher
Bennett Miller
Nominees
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Wes Anderson
Nominees
The Imitation Game
Morten Tyldum
Documentary (Feature)
Winner
CitizenFour
Laura Poitras, Mathilde Bonnefoy and Dirk Wilutzky
Nominees
Finding Vivian Maier
John Maloof and Charlie Siskel
Nominees
Last Days in Vietnam
Rory Kennedy and Keven McAlester
Nominees
The Salt of the Earth
Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado and David Rosier
Nominees
Virunga
Orlando von Einsiedel and Joanna Natasegara
Documentary (Short Subject)
Winner
Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1
Ellen Goosenberg Kent and Dana Perry
Nominees
Joanna
Aneta Kopacz
Nominees
Our Curse
Tomasz Śliwiński and Maciej Ślesicki
Nominees
The Reaper (La Parka)
Gabriel Serra Arguello
Nominees
White Earth
J. Christian Jensen
Film Editing
Winner
Whiplash
Tom Cross
Nominees
American Sniper
Joel Cox and Gary D. Roach
Nominees
Boyhood
Sandra Adair
Nominees
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Barney Pilling
Nominees
The Imitation Game
William Goldenberg
Foreign Language Film
Winner
Ida
Poland
Nominees
Leviathan
Russia
Nominees
Tangerines
Estonia
Nominees
Timbuktu
Mauritania
Nominees
Wild Tales
Argentina
Makeup and Hairstyling
Winner
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Frances Hannon and Mark Coulier
Nominees
Foxcatcher
Bill Corso and Dennis Liddiard
Nominees
Guardians of the Galaxy
Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou and David White
Music (Original Score)
Winner
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Alexandre Desplat
Nominees
The Imitation Game
Alexandre Desplat
Nominees
Interstellar
Hans Zimmer
Nominees
Mr. Turner
Gary Yershon
Nominees
The Theory of Everything
Jóhann Jóhannsson
Music (Original Song)
Winner
Selma
“Glory” from Selma; Music and Lyric by John Stephens and Lonnie Lynn
Nominees
The Lego Movie
“Everything Is Awesome” from The Lego Movie; Music and Lyric by Shawn Patterson
Nominees
Beyond the Lights
“Grateful” from Beyond the Lights; Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
Nominees
Glen Campbell…I’ll Be Me
“I’m Not Gonna Miss You” from Glen Campbell…I’ll Be Me; Music and Lyric by Glen Campbell and Julian Raymond
Nominees
Begin Again
“Lost Stars” from Begin Again; Music and Lyric by Gregg Alexander and Danielle Brisebois
Best Picture
Winner
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Alejandro G. Iñárritu, John Lesher and James W. Skotchdopole, Producers
Nominees
American Sniper
Clint Eastwood, Robert Lorenz, Andrew Lazar, Bradley Cooper and Peter Morgan, Producers
Nominees
Boyhood
Richard Linklater and Cathleen Sutherland, Producers
Nominees
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales and Jeremy Dawson, Producers
Nominees
The Imitation Game
Nora Grossman, Ido Ostrowsky and Teddy Schwarzman, Producers
Nominees
Selma
Christian Colson, Oprah Winfrey, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner, Producers
Nominees
The Theory of Everything
Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce and Anthony McCarten, Producers
Nominees
Whiplash
Jason Blum, Helen Estabrook and David Lancaster, Producers
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
Nominees
Interstellar
Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Gary Fettis
Nominees
Into the Woods
Production Design: Dennis Gassner; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
Nominees
Mr. Turner
Production Design: Suzie Davies; Set Decoration: Charlotte Watts
Short Film (Animated)
Winner
Feast
Patrick Osborne and Kristina Reed
Nominees
The Bigger Picture
Daisy Jacobs and Christopher Hees
Nominees
The Dam Keeper
Robert Kondo and Dice Tsutsumi
Nominees
Me and My Moulton
Torill Kove
Nominees
A Single Life
Joris Oprins
Short Film (Live Action)
Winner
The Phone Call
Mat Kirkby and James Lucas
Nominees
Aya
Oded Binnun and Mihal Brezis
Nominees
Boogaloo and Graham
Michael Lennox and Ronan Blaney
Nominees
Butter Lamp (La Lampe Au Beurre De Yak)
Hu Wei and Julien Féret
Nominees
Parvaneh
Talkhon Hamzavi and Stefan Eichenberger
Sound Editing
Winner
American Sniper
Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman
Nominees
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Martín Hernández and Aaron Glascock
Nominees
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Brent Burge and Jason Canovas
Nominees
Interstellar
Richard King
Nominees
Unbroken
Becky Sullivan and Andrew DeCristofaro
Sound Mixing
Winner
Whiplash
Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins and Thomas Curley
Nominees
American Sniper
John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Walt Martin
Nominees
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño and Thomas Varga
Nominees
Interstellar
Gary A. Rizzo, Gregg Landaker and Mark Weingarten
Nominees
Unbroken
Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño and David Lee
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
Nominees
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Daniel Barrett and Erik Winquist
Nominees
Guardians of the Galaxy
Stephane Ceretti, Nicolas Aithadi, Jonathan Fawkner and Paul Corbould
Nominees
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Richard Stammers, Lou Pecora, Tim Crosbie and Cameron Waldbauer
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Winner
The Imitation Game
Written by Graham Moore
Nominees
American Sniper
Written by Jason Hall
Nominees
Inherent Vice
Written for the screen by Paul Thomas Anderson
Nominees
The Theory of Everything
Screenplay by Anthony McCarten
Nominees
Whiplash
Written by Damien Chazelle
Writing (Original Screenplay)
Winner
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Written by Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. & Armando Bo
Nominees
Boyhood
Written by Richard Linklater
Nominees
Foxcatcher
Written by E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman
Nominees
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Screenplay by Wes Anderson; Story by Wes Anderson & Hugo Guinness
Nominees
Nightcrawler
Written by Dan Gilroy

A

American Sniper
6 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
  • * Sound Editing - Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman
  • Actor in a Leading Role - Bradley Cooper
  • Film Editing - Joel Cox and Gary D. Roach
  • Best Picture - Clint Eastwood, Robert Lorenz, Andrew Lazar, Bradley Cooper and Peter Morgan, Producers
  • Sound Mixing - John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Walt Martin
  • Writing (Adapted Screenplay) - Written by Jason Hall
Aya
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Film (Live Action) - Oded Binnun and Mihal Brezis

B

Begin Again
1 NOMINATION
  • Music (Original Song) - “Lost Stars” from Begin Again; Music and Lyric by Gregg Alexander and Danielle Brisebois
Beyond the Lights
1 NOMINATION
  • Music (Original Song) - “Grateful” from Beyond the Lights; Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
Big Hero 6
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Animated Feature Film - Don Hall, Chris Williams and Roy Conli
The Bigger Picture
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Film (Animated) - Daisy Jacobs and Christopher Hees
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
9 NOMINATIONS, 4 WINS
  • * Cinematography - Emmanuel Lubezki
  • * Directing - Alejandro G. Iñárritu
  • * Best Picture - Alejandro G. Iñárritu, John Lesher and James W. Skotchdopole, Producers
  • * Writing (Original Screenplay) - Written by Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. & Armando Bo
  • Actor in a Leading Role - Michael Keaton
  • Actor in a Supporting Role - Edward Norton
  • Actress in a Supporting Role - Emma Stone
  • Sound Editing - Martín Hernández and Aaron Glascock
  • Sound Mixing - Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño and Thomas Varga
Boogaloo and Graham
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Film (Live Action) - Michael Lennox and Ronan Blaney
The Boxtrolls
1 NOMINATION
  • Animated Feature Film - Anthony Stacchi, Graham Annable and Travis Knight
Boyhood
6 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
  • * Actress in a Supporting Role - Patricia Arquette
  • Actor in a Supporting Role - Ethan Hawke
  • Directing - Richard Linklater
  • Film Editing - Sandra Adair
  • Best Picture - Richard Linklater and Cathleen Sutherland, Producers
  • Writing (Original Screenplay) - Written by Richard Linklater
Butter Lamp (La Lampe Au Beurre De Yak)
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Film (Live Action) - Hu Wei and Julien Féret

C

Captain America: The Winter Soldier
1 NOMINATION
  • Visual Effects - Dan DeLeeuw, Russell Earl, Bryan Grill and Dan Sudick
CitizenFour
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Documentary (Feature) - Laura Poitras, Mathilde Bonnefoy and Dirk Wilutzky
Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Documentary (Short Subject) - Ellen Goosenberg Kent and Dana Perry

D

The Dam Keeper
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Film (Animated) - Robert Kondo and Dice Tsutsumi
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
1 NOMINATION
  • Visual Effects - Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Daniel Barrett and Erik Winquist

F

Feast
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Short Film (Animated) - Patrick Osborne and Kristina Reed
Finding Vivian Maier
1 NOMINATION
  • Documentary (Feature) - John Maloof and Charlie Siskel
Foxcatcher
5 NOMINATIONS
  • Actor in a Leading Role - Steve Carell
  • Actor in a Supporting Role - Mark Ruffalo
  • Directing - Bennett Miller
  • Makeup and Hairstyling - Bill Corso and Dennis Liddiard
  • Writing (Original Screenplay) - Written by E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman

G

Glen Campbell…I’ll Be Me
1 NOMINATION
  • Music (Original Song) - “I’m Not Gonna Miss You” from Glen Campbell…I’ll Be Me; Music and Lyric by Glen Campbell and Julian Raymond
Gone Girl
1 NOMINATION
  • Actress in a Leading Role - Rosamund Pike
The Grand Budapest Hotel
9 NOMINATIONS, 4 WINS
  • * Costume Design - Milena Canonero
  • * Makeup and Hairstyling - Frances Hannon and Mark Coulier
  • * Music (Original Score) - Alexandre Desplat
  • * Production Design - Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
  • Cinematography - Robert Yeoman
  • Directing - Wes Anderson
  • Film Editing - Barney Pilling
  • Best Picture - Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales and Jeremy Dawson, Producers
  • Writing (Original Screenplay) - Screenplay by Wes Anderson; Story by Wes Anderson & Hugo Guinness
Guardians of the Galaxy
2 NOMINATIONS
  • Makeup and Hairstyling - Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou and David White
  • Visual Effects - Stephane Ceretti, Nicolas Aithadi, Jonathan Fawkner and Paul Corbould

H

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
1 NOMINATION
  • Sound Editing - Brent Burge and Jason Canovas
How to Train Your Dragon 2
1 NOMINATION
  • Animated Feature Film - Dean DeBlois and Bonnie Arnold

I

Ida
2 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
  • * Foreign Language Film - Poland
  • Cinematography - Łukasz Żal and Ryszard Lenczewski
The Imitation Game
8 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
  • * Writing (Adapted Screenplay) - Written by Graham Moore
  • Actor in a Leading Role - Benedict Cumberbatch
  • Actress in a Supporting Role - Keira Knightley
  • Directing - Morten Tyldum
  • Film Editing - William Goldenberg
  • Music (Original Score) - Alexandre Desplat
  • Best Picture - Nora Grossman, Ido Ostrowsky and Teddy Schwarzman, Producers
  • Production Design - Production Design: Maria Djurkovic; Set Decoration: Tatiana Macdonald
Inherent Vice
2 NOMINATIONS
  • Costume Design - Mark Bridges
  • Writing (Adapted Screenplay) - Written for the screen by Paul Thomas Anderson
Interstellar
5 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
  • * Visual Effects - Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter and Scott Fisher
  • Music (Original Score) - Hans Zimmer
  • Production Design - Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Gary Fettis
  • Sound Editing - Richard King
  • Sound Mixing - Gary A. Rizzo, Gregg Landaker and Mark Weingarten
Into the Woods
3 NOMINATIONS
  • Actress in a Supporting Role - Meryl Streep
  • Costume Design - Colleen Atwood
  • Production Design - Production Design: Dennis Gassner; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock

J

Joanna
1 NOMINATION
  • Documentary (Short Subject) - Aneta Kopacz
The Judge
1 NOMINATION
  • Actor in a Supporting Role - Robert Duvall

L

Last Days in Vietnam
1 NOMINATION
  • Documentary (Feature) - Rory Kennedy and Keven McAlester
The Lego Movie
1 NOMINATION
  • Music (Original Song) - “Everything Is Awesome” from The Lego Movie; Music and Lyric by Shawn Patterson
Leviathan
1 NOMINATION
  • Foreign Language Film - Russia

M

Maleficent
1 NOMINATION
  • Costume Design - Anna B. Sheppard
Me and My Moulton
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Film (Animated) - Torill Kove
Mr. Turner
4 NOMINATIONS
  • Cinematography - Dick Pope
  • Costume Design - Jacqueline Durran
  • Music (Original Score) - Gary Yershon
  • Production Design - Production Design: Suzie Davies; Set Decoration: Charlotte Watts

N

Nightcrawler
1 NOMINATION
  • Writing (Original Screenplay) - Written by Dan Gilroy

O

Our Curse
1 NOMINATION
  • Documentary (Short Subject) - Tomasz Śliwiński and Maciej Ślesicki

P

Parvaneh
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Film (Live Action) - Talkhon Hamzavi and Stefan Eichenberger
The Phone Call
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Short Film (Live Action) - Mat Kirkby and James Lucas

R

The Reaper (La Parka)
1 NOMINATION
  • Documentary (Short Subject) - Gabriel Serra Arguello

S

The Salt of the Earth
1 NOMINATION
  • Documentary (Feature) - Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado and David Rosier
Selma
2 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
  • * Music (Original Song) - “Glory” from Selma; Music and Lyric by John Stephens and Lonnie Lynn
  • Best Picture - Christian Colson, Oprah Winfrey, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner, Producers
A Single Life
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Film (Animated) - Joris Oprins
Song of the Sea
1 NOMINATION
  • Animated Feature Film - Tomm Moore and Paul Young
Still Alice
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Actress in a Leading Role - Julianne Moore

T

The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
1 NOMINATION
  • Animated Feature Film - Isao Takahata and Yoshiaki Nishimura
Tangerines
1 NOMINATION
  • Foreign Language Film - Estonia
The Theory of Everything
5 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
  • * Actor in a Leading Role - Eddie Redmayne
  • Actress in a Leading Role - Felicity Jones
  • Music (Original Score) - Jóhann Jóhannsson
  • Best Picture - Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce and Anthony McCarten, Producers
  • Writing (Adapted Screenplay) - Screenplay by Anthony McCarten
Timbuktu
1 NOMINATION
  • Foreign Language Film - Mauritania
Two Days, One Night
1 NOMINATION
  • Actress in a Leading Role - Marion Cotillard

U

Unbroken
3 NOMINATIONS
  • Cinematography - Roger Deakins
  • Sound Editing - Becky Sullivan and Andrew DeCristofaro
  • Sound Mixing - Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño and David Lee

V

Virunga
1 NOMINATION
  • Documentary (Feature) - Orlando von Einsiedel and Joanna Natasegara

W

Whiplash
5 NOMINATIONS, 3 WINS
  • * Actor in a Supporting Role - J.K. Simmons
  • * Film Editing - Tom Cross
  • * Sound Mixing - Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins and Thomas Curley
  • Best Picture - Jason Blum, Helen Estabrook and David Lancaster, Producers
  • Writing (Adapted Screenplay) - Written by Damien Chazelle
White Earth
1 NOMINATION
  • Documentary (Short Subject) - J. Christian Jensen
Wild
2 NOMINATIONS
  • Actress in a Leading Role - Reese Witherspoon
  • Actress in a Supporting Role - Laura Dern
Wild Tales
1 NOMINATION
  • Foreign Language Film - Argentina

X

X-Men: Days of Future Past
1 NOMINATION
  • Visual Effects - Richard Stammers, Lou Pecora, Tim Crosbie and Cameron Waldbauer
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