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Seeing Stars: 2015 Oscar Nominations

Winners and Nominees for 87th Academy Awards
Nominations announced January 15, 2015
Awards presented on Sunday, February 22, 2015

(Winners names are highlighted in bold type.)

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For the best picture of the year:

American Sniper
Birdman  winner
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Selma
The Theory of Everything
Whiplash.  

For the best performance by an actor in a leading role:

Steve Carell, Foxcatcher
Bradley Cooper, American Sniper
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
Michael Keaton, Birdman
Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything.  winner

 

For the best performance by an actress in a leading role:

Marion Cotillard, Two Days, One Night
Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything
Julianne Moore, Still Alice  winner
Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
Reese Witherspoon, Wild.

 

For the best performance by an actor in a supporting role:

Robert Duvall, The Judge
Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
Edward Norton, Birdman
Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher
J. K. Simmons, Whiplash.  winner

 

For the best performance by an actress in a supporting role:

Patricia Arquette, Boyhood  winner
Laura Dern, Wild
Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game
Emma Stone, Birdman
Meryl Streep, Into the Woods.

For the best achievement in directing:

Alejandro González Iñárritu, Birdman  winner
Richard Linklater, Boyhood
Bennett Miller, Foxcatcher
Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Morten Tydlum, The Imitation Game

For the best screenplay based on material previously produced or published:

American Sniper
The Imitation Game  winner
Inherent Vice
The Theory of Everything
Whiplash.

For the best screenplay written directly for the screen:

Boyhood
Birdman  winner
Foxcatcher
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Nightcrawler.

 

For the best animated film:

Big Hero 6  winner
The Boxtrolls
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Song of the Sea
The Tale of Princess Kaguya.

For the best achievement in production design:

The Grand Budapest Hotel  winner
The Imitation Game
Interstellar
Into the Woods
Mr. Turner.

 

For the best achievement in cinematography:

Birdman
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Ida  winner
Mr. Turner
Unbroken.

 

For the best achievement in costume design:

The Grand Budapest Hotel  winner
Inherent Vice
Into the Woods
Maleficent
Mr. Turner.

For the best achievement in documentary features:

Citizenfour  winner
Finding Vivian Maier
Last Days in Vietnam
Salt of the Earth
Virunga.

 

For the best achievement in documentary short subjects:

Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1.  winner
Joanna
Our Curse
The Reaper
White Earth.

 

For the best achievement in film editing:

American Sniper
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Whiplash.   winner

 

For the best foreign language film of the year:

Ida (Poland)  winner
Leviathan (Russia)
Tangerines (Estonia)
Timbuktu (Mauritania)
Wild Tales (Argentina).

 

For the best achievement in makeup/hairstyling:

Foxcatcher
The Grand Budapest Hotel  winner
Guardians of the Galaxy.

For the best achievement in music (original score): (click links to buy the soundtracks)

The Grand Budapest Hotel  winner
The Imitation Game
Interstellar
Mr. Turner
The Theory of Everything.

 

For the best achievement in music (original song): (click links to buy the soundtracks)

“Lost Stars,” from Begin Again
“Grateful,” from Beyond the Lights
“I’m Not Gonna Miss You,” from Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me
“Everything is Awesome,” from The Lego Movie
“Glory,” from Selma.   winner

 

For the best achievement in animated short films:

The Bigger Picture
The Dam Keeper
Feast  winner
Me and My Moulton
A Single Life.

For the best achievement in live action short films:

Aya
Boogaloo and Graham
Butter Lamp
Paraveneh
The Phone Call.  winner

 

For the best achievement in sound mixing:

American Sniper
Birdman
Interstellar
Unbroken
Whiplash.  winner

 

For the best achievement in sound editing:

American Sniper  winner
Birdman
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Interstellar
Unbroken.

 

For the best achievement in visual effects:

Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Guardians of the Galaxy
Interstellar.  winner
X-Men: Days of Future Past.

 

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