On 15 January 2015, directors Alfonso Cuaron and J.J. Abrams, actor Chris Pine and Academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs announced the nominations for the 87th Academy Awards – taking place on 22 February at the Dolby Theatre. Academy members from each of the 17 branches vote to decide the nominees in their respective categories.
The following is a complete list of nominations.
Performance by an 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)
• Eddie Redmayne in The Theory of Everything
Performance by an 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
• J.K. Simmons in Whiplash
Performance by an actress in a leading role:
• Marion Cotillard in Two Days, One Night
• Felicity Jones in The Theory of Everything
• Julianne Moore in Still Alice
• Rosamund Pike in Gone Girl
• Reese Witherspoon in Wild
Performance by an actress in a supporting role:
• 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
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
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
Achievement in directing:
• Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) – Alejandro G. Inarritu
• Boyhood – Richard Linklater
• Foxcatcher – Bennett Miller
• The Grand Budapest Hotel – Wes Anderson
• The Imitation Game – Morten Tyldum
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 Ribeiro 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
Best foreign language film of the year:
• Ida – Poland
• Leviathan – Russia
• Tangerines – Estonia
• Timbuktu – Mauritania
• Wild Tales – Argentina
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):
• “Everything Is Awesome’ from The Lego Movie. Music and Lyric by Shawn Patterson
• “Glory’ from Selma. Music and Lyric by John Stephens and Lonnie Lynn
• “Grateful’ from Beyond the Lights. Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
• “I’m Not Gonna Miss You’ from Glen Campbell…I’ll Be Me. Music and Lyric by Glen Campbell and Julian Raymond
• “Lost Stars’ from Begin Again. Music and Lyric by Gregg Alexander and Danielle Brisebois
Best motion picture of the year:
• American Sniper. Clint Eastwood, Robert Lorenz, Andrew Lazar, Bradley Cooper and Peter Morgan, Producers
• Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance). Alejandro G. Inarritu, John Lesher and James W. Skotchdopole, Producers
• Boyhood. Richard Linklater and Cathleen Sutherland, Producers
• The Grand Budapest Hotel. Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales and Jeremy Dawson, Producers
• The Imitation Game. Nora Grossman, Ido Ostrowsky and Teddy Schwarzman, Producers
• Selma. Christian Colson, Oprah Winfrey, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner, Producers
• The Theory of Everything. Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce and Anthony McCarten, Producers
• Whiplash. Jason Blum, Helen Estabrook and David Lancaster, Producers
Achievement in production design:
• The Grand Budapest Hotel. Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
• The Imitation Game. Production Design: Maria Djurkovic; Set Decoration: Tatiana Macdonald
• Interstellar. Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Gary Fettis
• Into the Woods. Production Design: Dennis Gassner; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
• Mr. Turner. Production Design: Suzie Davies; Set Decoration: Charlotte Watts
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 Feret
• Parvaneh. Talkhon Hamzavi and Stefan Eichenberger
• The Phone Call. Mat Kirkby and James Lucas
Achievement in sound editing:
• American Sniper. Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman
• Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance). Martin Hernandez 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. Montano and Thomas Varga
• Interstellar. Gary A. Rizzo, Gregg Landaker and Mark Weingarten
• Unbroken. Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montano 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. Written by Jason Hall
• The Imitation Game. Written by Graham Moore
• Inherent Vice. Written for the screen by Paul Thomas Anderson
• The Theory of Everything. Screenplay by Anthony McCarten
• Whiplash. Written by Damien Chazelle
Original screenplay:
• Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance). Written by Alejandro G. Inarritu, Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. & Armando Bo
• Boyhood. Written by Richard Linklater
• Foxcatcher. Written by E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman
• The Grand Budapest Hotel. Screenplay by Wes Anderson; Story by Wes Anderson & Hugo Guinness
• Nightcrawler. Written by Dan Gilroy
