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Oscars 2015: The Winners!

by The Focus Pull Staff on February 23, 2015

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And the Oscars go to…

BEST PICTURE

  • American Sniper
  • [WINNER] Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
  • Boyhood
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel
  • The Imitation Game
  • Selma
  • The Theory of Everything
  • Whiplash


DIRECTOR

  • [WINNER] Alejandro G. Iñárritu (Birdman or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
  • Richard Linklater (Boyhood)
  • Bennett Miller (Foxcatcher)
  • Wes Anderson (The Grand Budapest Hotel)
  • Morten Tyldum (The Imitation Game)


ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

  • Jason Hall (American Sniper)
  • Graham Moore (The Imitation Game)
  • Paul Thomas Anderson (Inherent Vice)
  • [WINNER] Anthony McCarten (The Theory of Everything)
  • Damien Chazelle (Whiplash)


ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

  • [WINNER] Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. & Armando Bo (Birdman or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
  • Richard Linklater (Boyhood)
  • E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman (Foxcatcher)
  • Wes Anderson (The Grand Budapest Hotel)
  • Dan Gilroy (Nightcrawler)


ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

  • Steve Carell in Foxcatcher
  • Bradley Cooper in American Sniper
  • Benedict Cumberbatch in The Imitation Game
  • Michael Keaton in Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
  • [WINNER] Eddie Redmayne in The Theory of Everything


ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

  • Marion Cotillard in Two Days, One Night
  • Felicity Jones in The Theory of Everything
  • [WINNER] Julianne Moore in Still Alice
  • Rosamund Pike in Gone Girl
  • Reese Witherspoon in Wild


ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

  • Robert Duvall in The Judge
  • Ethan Hawke in Boyhood
  • Edward Norton in Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
  • Mark Ruffalo in Foxcatcher
  • [WINNER] J.K. Simmons in Whiplash


ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

  • [WINNER] Patricia Arquette in Boyhood
  • Laura Dern in Wild
  • Keira Knightley in The Imitation Game
  • Emma Stone in Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
  • Meryl Streep in Into the Woods


FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

  • [WINNER] Ida (Poland)
  • Leviathan (Russia)
  • Tangerines (Estonia)
  • Timbuktu (Mauritania)
  • Wild Tales (Argentina)


DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

  • [WINNER] Citizenfour
  • Finding Vivian Maier
  • Last Days in Vietnam
  • The Salt of the Earth
  • Virunga


ANIMATED FEATURE

  • [WINNER] Big Hero 6
  • The Boxtrolls
  • How to Train Your Dragon 2
  • Song of the Sea
  • The Tale of the Princess Kaguya


SHORT FILM: LIVE ACTION

  • Aya
  • Boogaloo and Graham
  • Butter Lamp (La Lampe au Beurre de Yak)
  • Parvaneh
  • [WINNER] The Phone Call


SHORT FILM: ANIMATED

  • The Bigger Picture
  • The Dam Keeper
  • [WINNER] Feast
  • Me and My Moulton
  • A Single Life


DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT

  • [WINNER] Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1
  • Joanna
  • Our Curse
  • The Reaper (La Parka)
  • White Earth


CINEMATOGRAPHY

  • [WINNER] Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (Emmanuel Lubezki)
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel (Robert Yeoman)
  • Ida (Lukasz Zal and Ryszard Lenczewski)
  • Mr. Turner (Dick Pope)
  • Unbroken (Roger Deakins)


FILM EDITING

  • American Sniper (Joel Cox and Gary D. Roach)
  • Boyhood (Sandra Adair)
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel (Barney Pilling)
  • The Imitation Game (William Goldenberg)
  • [WINNER] Whiplash (Tom Cross)


VISUAL EFFECTS

  • Captain America: The Winter Soldier
  • Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
  • Guardians of the Galaxy
  • [WINNER] Interstellar
  • X-Men: Days of Future Past


COSTUME DESIGN

  • [WINNER] The Grand Budapest Hotel (Milena Canonero)
  • Inherent Vice (Mark Bridges)
  • Into the Woods (Colleen Atwood)
  • Maleficent (Anna B. Sheppard and Jane Clive)
  • Mr. Turner (Jacqueline Durran)


SOUND EDITING

  • [WINNER] American Sniper (Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman)
  • 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)


SOUND MIXING

  • 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 David Lee)
  • [WINNER] Whiplash (Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins, and Thomas Curley)


PRODUCTION DESIGN

  • [WINNER] The Grand Budapest Hotel (Adam Stockhausen; Anna Pinnock)
  • The Imitation Game (Maria Djurkovic; Tatiana Macdonald)
  • Interstellar (Nathan Crowley; Gary Fettis)
  • Into the Woods (Dennis Gassner; Anna Pinnock)
  • Mr. Turner (Suzie Davies; Charlotte Watts)


MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

  • Foxcatcher (Bill Corso and Dennis Liddiard)
  • [WINNER] The Grand Budapest Hotel (Frances Hannon and Mark Coulier)
  • Guardians of the Galaxy (Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou and David White)


ORIGNAL SCORE

  • [WINNER] The Grand Budapest Hotel (Alexandre Desplat)
  • The Imitation Game (Alexandre Desplat)
  • Interstellar (Hans Zimmer)
  • Mr. Turner (Gary Yershon)
  • The Theory of Everything (Jóhann Jóhannsson)


ORIGINAL SONG

  • “Everything is Awesome” from The LEGO Movie
  • [WINNER] “Glory” from Selma
  • “Grateful” from Beyond the Lights
  • “I’m Not Gonna Miss You” from Glen Campbell…I’ll Be Me
  • “Lost Stars” from Begin Again

And for everything that wasn’t nominated, there’s our snubs discussion. 

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