87th Academy Awards Nominations Announced

The nominees are in! Earlier this morning Directors Alfanso Cuaron and J.J. Abrams and Actor Chris Pine announced the nominees for every category for the 87th Annual Academy Awards. While most of the nominees were expected, there were a few surprises. Such as Whiplash getting a best picture nomination, The LEGO Movie NOT getting a nomination for Best Animated Feature and Gone Girl not being nominated for Best Picture.

Read more to see the complete list of nominations. The 87th Academy Awards ceremony will be televised Live on Sunday Februrary 22nd, 2015.

BEST PICTURE

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

BEST DIRECTOR

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

BEST ACTOR

• Steve Carell – Foxcatcher
• Bradley Cooper – American Sniper
• Benedict Cumberbatch – The Imitation Game
• Michael Keaton – Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
• 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 or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
• Mark Ruffalo – Foxcatcher
• J.K. Simmons – Whiplash

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

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

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

• American Sniper – Jason Hall
• The Imitation Game – Graham Moore
• Inherent Vice – Paul Thomas Anderson
• The Theory of Everything – Anthony McCarten
• Whiplash – Damien Chazelle

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

• Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) – Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Armando Bo
• Boyhood – Richard Linklater
• Foxcatcher – E. Max Frye, Dan Futterman
• The Grand Budapest Hotel – Wes Anderson, Hugo Guinness
• Nightcrawler – Dan Gilroy

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

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

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 ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

• 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 Princess Kaguya – Isao Takahata and Yoshiaki Nishimura

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

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

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

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

BEST 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 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

BEST 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 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

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

• Begin Again – “Lost Stars”
• Beyond the Lights – Grateful
• Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me – “I’m Not Gonna Miss You”
• The LEGO Movie – “Everything Is Awesome”
• Glory – “Selma”

 

BEST 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

BEST SOUND EDITING

• 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

BEST 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

BEST SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)

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

BEST SHORT FILM (LIVE-ACTION)

• Aya – Oded Binnun and Mihal Brezis
• Boogalo and Graham – Michael Lennox and Ronan Blaney
• Butter Lamp – Hu Wei and Julien Féret
• Parvaneh – Talkhon Hamzavi and Stefan Eichenberger
• The Phone Call – Mat Kirkby and James Lucas

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT

• Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1 – Ellen Goosenberg Kent and Dana Perry
• Joanna – Aneta Kopacz
• Our Curse – Tomasz Śliwiński and Maciej Ślesicki
• The Reaper – Gabriel Serra Arguello
• White Earth – J. Christian Jensen