In a two-part presentation, Alfonso Cuarón and J.J. Abrams and then Chris Pine and Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs have announced the nominations for the 87th Academy Awards to be presented on Sunday, February 22. Birdman and The Grand Budapest Hotel lead with nine each, followed by The Imitation Game with eight and American Sniper and Boyhood with six each.
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BEST PICTURE
American Sniper.
Birdman.
Boyhood.
The Grand Budapest Hotel.
The Imitation Game.
Selma.
The Theory of Everything.
Whiplash.
DIRECTING
Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Birdman.
Richard Linklater, Boyhood.
Bennett Miller, Foxcatcher.
Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel.
Morten Tyldum, The Imitation Game.
BEST ACTOR
Steve Carell, Foxcatcher.
Bradley Cooper, American Sniper.
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game.
Michael Keaton, Birdman.
Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything.
BEST ACTRESS
Marion Cotillard, Two Days One Night.
Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything.
Julianne Moore, Still Alice.
Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl.
Reese Witherspoon, Wild.
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Robert Duvall, The Judge.
Ethan Hawke, Boyhood.
Edward Norton, Birdman.
Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher.
JK Simmons, Whiplash.
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Patricia Arquette, Boyhood.
Laura Dern, Wild.
Emma Stone, Birdman.
Meryl Streep, Into the Woods.
Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game.
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Richard Linklater, Boyhood.
Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr. and Armando Bo, Birdman.
E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman, Foxcatcher.
Wes Anderson and Hugo Guiness, The Grand Budapest Hotel.
Dan Gilroy, Nightcrawler.
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Jason Hall, American Sniper.
Graham Moore, The Imitation Game.
Paul Thomas Anderson, Inherent Vice.
Anthony McCarten, The Theory of Everything.
Damien Chazelle, Whiplash.
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Emmanuel Lubezki, Birdman.
Robert Yeoman, The Grand Budapest Hotel.
Lukasz Zal and Ryszard Lenczewski, Ida.
Dick Pope, Mr. Turner.
Roger Deakins, Unbroken.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Ida.
Leviathan.
Tangerines.
Timbuktu.
Wild Tales.
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Big Hero 6.
Boxtrolls.
How to Train Your Dragon 2.
Song of the Sea.
The Tale of Princess Kaguya.
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Citizenfour.
Finding Vivian Maier.
Last Days in Vietnam.
The Salt of the Earth.
Virunga.
DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1.
Joanna.
Our Curse.
The Reaper (La Parka).
White Earth.
FILM EDITING
Joel Cox and Gary D. Roach, American Sniper.
Sandra Adair, Boyhood.
Barney Pilling, The Grand Budapest Hotel.
William Godenberg, The Imitation Game.
Tom Cross, Whiplash.
ORIGINAL SCORE
Alexandre Desplat, The Grand Budapest Hotel.
Alexandre Desplat, The Imitation Game.
Hans Zimmer, Interstellar.
Gary Yershon, Mr. Turner.
Jóhann Jóhannsson, The Theory of Everything.
ORIGINAL SONG
“Everything Is Awesome,” The Lego Movie.
“Glory,” Selma.
“Grateful,” Beyond the Lights.
“I’m Not Gonna Miss You,” Glenn Campbell… I’ll Be Me.
“Lost Stars,” Begin Again.
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Adam Stockhausen (Production Design); Anna Pinnock (Set Decoration), The Grand Budapest Hotel.
Maria Djurkovic (Production Design); Tatiana Macdonald (Set Decoration), The Imitation Game.
Nathan Crowley (Production Design); Gary Fettis (Set Decoration), Interstellar.
Dennis Gassner (Production Design); Anna Pinnock (Set Decoration), Into the Woods.
Suzie Davies (Production Design); Charlotte Watts (Set Decoration), Mr. Turner.
COSTUME DESIGN
Milena Canonero, The Grand Budapest Hotel.
Mark Bridges, Inherent Vice.
Colleen Atwood, Into the Woods.
Anna B. Sheppard and Jane Clive, Maleficent.
Jacqueline Durran, Mr. Turner.
MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
Bill Corso and Dennis Liddiard, Foxcatcher.
Frances Hannon and Mark Coulier, The Grand Budapest Hotel.
Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou and David White, Guardians of the Galaxy.
ANIMATED SHORT FILM
The Bigger Picture.
The Dam Keeper.
Feast.
My and My Moulton.
A Single Life.
LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
Aya.
Boogaloo and Graham.
Butter Lamp (La Lampe au Beurre de Yak).
Parvaneh.
The Phone Call.
SOUND EDITING
Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman, American Sniper.
Martin Hernández and Aaron Glascock, Birdman.
Brent Burge and Jason Canovas, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies.
Richard King, Interstellar.
Becky Sullivan and Andrew DeCristofaro, Unbroken.
SOUND MIXING
John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Walt Martin, American Sniper.
Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño and Thomas Varga, Birdman.
Gary A. Rizzo, Gregg Landaker and Mark Weingarten, Interstellar.
Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño and David Lee, Unbroken.
Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins and Thomas Curley, Whiplash.
VISUAL EFFECTS
Dan DeLeeuw, Russell Earl, Bryan Grill and Dan Sudick, Captain America: The Winter Soldier.
Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Daniel Barrett and Erik Winquist, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.
Stephane Ceretti, Nicolas Aithadi, Jonathan Fawkner and Paul Corbould, Guardians of the Galaxy.
Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter and Scott Fisher, Interstellar.
Richard Stammers, Lou Pecora, Tim Crosbie and Cameron Waldbauer, X:Men: Days of Future Past.
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