87th Annual Academy Awards Nominations (2015)

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  • Date of Ceremony: Sunday, February 22, 2015
  • For films released in: 2014
  • Nominations Announcement: Thursday, January 15, 2015
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Here’s the complete list of nominations for the 87th Annual Academy Awards which were announced on January 15th, 2015.

And the nominees are:

Best Motion Picture of the Year

  • American Sniper
    Clint Eastwood [Producer], Robert Lorenz [Producer], Andrew Lazar [Producer], Bradley Cooper [Producer] and Peter Morgan [Producer]
  • Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
    Alejandro González Iñárritu [Producer], John Lesher [Producer] and James W. Skotchdopole [Producer]
  • Boyhood
    Richard Linklater [Producer] and Cathleen Sutherland [Producer]
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel
    Wes Anderson [Producer], Scott Rudin [Producer], Steven Rales [Producer] and Jeremy Dawson [Producer]
  • The Imitation Game
    Nora Grossman [Producer], Ido Ostrowsky [Producer] and Teddy Schwarzman [Producer]
  • Selma
    Christian Colson [Producer], Oprah Winfrey [Producer], Dede Gardner [Producer] and Jeremy Kleiner [Producer]
  • The Theory of Everything
    Tim Bevan [Producer], Eric Fellner [Producer], Lisa Bruce [Producer] and Anthony McCarten [Producer]
  • Whiplash
    Jason Blum [Producer], Helen Estabrook [Producer] and David Lancaster [Producer]

Achievement in Directing

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

Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

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

Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

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

Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

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

Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

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

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year

  • Big Hero 6
    Don Hall, Chris Williams and Roy Conli
  • 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
  • Leviathan
  • Tangerines Mandariinid
  • Timbuktu
  • Wild Tales

Achievement in Cinematography

  • 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

Achievement in Costume Design

  • 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

Best Documentary Feature

  • CitizenFour
    Laura Poitras, Mathilde Bonnefoy and Dirk Wilutzky
  • 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 Ribiero 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
  • Joanna
    Aneta Kopacz
  • Our Curse
    Tomasz Sliwinski and Maciej Slesicki
  • The Reaper (La Parka)
    Gabriel Serra Arguello
  • White Earth
    J. Christian Jensen

Achievement in Film Editing

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

Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling

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

Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original score)

  • The Grand Budapest Hotel
    Alexandre Desplat
  • The Imitation Game
    Alexandre Desplat
  • Interstellar
    Hans Zimmer
  • Mr. Turner
    Gary Yershon
  • The Theory of Everything
    Johann Johannsson

Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original song)

  • Begin Again "Lost Stars"
    Gregg Alexander [Music and Lyric by] and Danielle Brisebois [Music and Lyric by]
  • Beyond the Lights "Grateful"
    Diane Warren [Music and Lyric by]
  • Glen Campbell…I’ll Be Me "I'm Not Gonna Miss You"
    Glen Campbell [Music and Lyric by] and Julian Raymond [Music and Lyric by]
  • The Lego Movie "Everything Is Awesome"
    Shawn Patterson [Music and Lyric by]
  • Selma "Glory"
    John Stephens [Music and Lyric by] and Lonnie Lynn [Music and Lyric by]

Achievement in Production Design

  • The Grand Budapest Hotel
    Adam Stockhausen [Production Design] and Anna Pinnock [Set Decoration]
  • The Imitation Game
    Maria Djurkovic [Production Design] and Tatiana MacDonald [Set Decoration]
  • Interstellar
    Nathan Crowley [Production Design] and Gary Fettis [Set Decoration]
  • Into the Woods
    Dennis Gassner [Production Design] and Anna Pinnock [Set Decoration]
  • Mr. Turner
    Suzie Davies [Production Design] and Charlotte Watts [Set Decoration]

Best Animated Short Film

  • The Bigger Picture
    Daisy Jacobs and Christopher Hees
  • The Dam Keeper
    Robert Kondo and Dice Tsutsumi
  • Feast
    Patrick Osborne and Kristina Reed
  • Me and My Moulton
    Torill Kove
  • A Single Life
    Joris Oprins

Best Live Action Short Film

  • 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 Féret
  • Parvaneh
    Talkhon Hamzavi and Stefan Eichenberger
  • The Phone Call
    Mat Kirkby and James Lucas

Achievement in Sound Editing

  • American Sniper
    Bub Asman and Alan Robert Murray
  • 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

Achievement in 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
  • Whiplash
    Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins and Thomas Curley

Achievement in Visual Effects

  • 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
  • Interstellar
    Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter and Scott Fisher
  • X-Men: Days of Future Past
    Richard Stammers, Lou Pecora, Tim Crosbie and Cameron Waldbauer

Adapted Screenplay

  • American Sniper
    Jason Hall [Written by]
  • The Imitation Game
    Graham Moore [Written by]
  • Inherent Vice
    Paul Thomas Anderson [Written for the screen by]
  • The Theory of Everything
    Anthony McCarten [Screenplay by]
  • Whiplash
    Damien Chazelle [Written by]

Original Screenplay

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