Best Picture Winner
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Best Picture
Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Studio: Fox Searchlight
A washed-up superhero actor attempts to mount a Broadway play to revive his career and his sense of relevance.
All Categories (30)
Animated Feature Film
Big Hero 6— Don Hall, Chris Williams and Roy Conli
Winner
How to Train Your Dragon 2— Dean DeBlois and Bonnie Arnold
Song of the Sea— Tomm Moore and Paul Young
The Boxtrolls— Anthony Stacchi, Graham Annable and Travis Knight
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya— Isao Takahata and Yoshiaki Nishimura
Best Picture
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)— Alejandro G. Iñárritu, John Lesher and James W. Skotchdopole, Producers
Winner
American Sniper— Clint Eastwood, Robert Lorenz, Andrew Lazar, Bradley Cooper and Peter Morgan, Producers
Boyhood— Richard Linklater and Cathleen Sutherland, Producers
Selma— Christian Colson, Oprah Winfrey, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner, 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
The Theory of Everything— Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce and Anthony McCarten, Producers
Whiplash— Jason Blum, Helen Estabrook and David Lancaster, Producers
Actor In A Leading Role
Benedict Cumberbatch— The Imitation Game {"Alan Turing"}
Bradley Cooper— American Sniper {"Chris Kyle"}
Michael Keaton— Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) {"Riggan"}
Steve Carell— Foxcatcher {"John du Pont"}
Actor In A Supporting Role
Edward Norton— Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) {"Mike"}
Ethan Hawke— Boyhood {"Dad"}
Mark Ruffalo— Foxcatcher {"David Schultz"}
Robert Duvall— The Judge {"Joseph Palmer"}
Actress In A Leading Role
Felicity Jones— The Theory of Everything {"Jane Hawking"}
Marion Cotillard— Two Days, One Night {"Sandra"}
Reese Witherspoon— Wild {"Cheryl"}
Rosamund Pike— Gone Girl {"Amy Dunne"}
Actress In A Supporting Role
Emma Stone— Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) {"Sam"}
Keira Knightley— The Imitation Game {"Joan Clarke"}
Laura Dern— Wild {"Bobbi"}
Meryl Streep— Into the Woods {"Witch"}
Directing
Boyhood— Richard Linklater
Foxcatcher— Bennett Miller
The Grand Budapest Hotel— Wes Anderson
The Imitation Game— Morten Tyldum
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
The Imitation Game— Written by Graham Moore
Winner
American Sniper— Written by Jason Hall
Inherent Vice— Written for the screen by Paul Thomas Anderson
The Theory of Everything— Screenplay by Anthony McCarten
Whiplash— Written by Damien Chazelle
Writing (Original Screenplay)
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)— Written by Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. & Armando Bo
Winner
Boyhood— Written by Richard Linklater
Foxcatcher— Written by E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman
Nightcrawler— Written by Dan Gilroy
The Grand Budapest Hotel— Screenplay by Wes Anderson; Story by Wes Anderson & Hugo Guinness
Cinematography
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)— Emmanuel Lubezki
Winner
Ida— Lukasz Zal and Ryszard Lenczewski
Mr. Turner— Dick Pope
The Grand Budapest Hotel— Robert Yeoman
Unbroken— Roger Deakins
Music (Original Score)
The Grand Budapest Hotel— Alexandre Desplat
Winner
Interstellar— Hans Zimmer
Mr. Turner— Gary Yershon
The Imitation Game— Alexandre Desplat
The Theory of Everything— Jóhann Jóhannsson
Music (Original Song)
"Glory" from Selma— Music and Lyric by John Stephens and Lonnie Lynn
Winner
"Everything Is Awesome" from The Lego Movie— Music and Lyric by Shawn Patterson
"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
Production Design
The Grand Budapest Hotel— Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
Winner
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
The Imitation Game— Production Design: Maria Djurkovic; Set Decoration: Tatiana Macdonald
Visual Effects
Interstellar— Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter and Scott Fisher
Winner
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
X-Men: Days of Future Past— Richard Stammers, Lou Pecora, Tim Crosbie and Cameron Waldbauer
Film Editing
Whiplash— Tom Cross
Winner
American Sniper— Joel Cox and Gary D. Roach
Boyhood— Sandra Adair
The Grand Budapest Hotel— Barney Pilling
The Imitation Game— William Goldenberg
Sound Editing
American Sniper— Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman
Winner
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)— Martín Hernández and Aaron Glascock
Interstellar— Richard King
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies— Brent Burge and Jason Canovas
Unbroken— Becky Sullivan and Andrew DeCristofaro
Sound Mixing
Whiplash— Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins and Thomas Curley
Winner
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
Costume Design
The Grand Budapest Hotel— Milena Canonero
Winner
Inherent Vice— Mark Bridges
Into the Woods— Colleen Atwood
Maleficent— Anna B. Sheppard
Mr. Turner— Jacqueline Durran
Makeup And Hairstyling
The Grand Budapest Hotel— Frances Hannon and Mark Coulier
Winner
Foxcatcher— Bill Corso and Dennis Liddiard
Guardians of the Galaxy— Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou and David White
Documentary (Feature)
CitizenFour— Laura Poitras, Mathilde Bonnefoy and Dirk Wilutzky
Winner
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
Documentary (Short Subject)
Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1— Ellen Goosenberg Kent and Dana Perry
Winner
Joanna— Aneta Kopacz
Our Curse— Tomasz Sliwinski and Maciej Slesicki
The Reaper (La Parka)— Gabriel Serra Arguello
White Earth— J. Christian Jensen
Short Film (Animated)
Feast— Patrick Osborne and Kristina Reed
Winner
A Single Life— Joris Oprins
Me and My Moulton— Torill Kove
The Bigger Picture— Daisy Jacobs and Christopher Hees
The Dam Keeper— Robert Kondo and Dice Tsutsumi
Short Film (Live Action)
The Phone Call— Mat Kirkby and James Lucas
Winner
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
Foreign Language Film
Ida— Poland
Winner
Leviathan— Russia
Tangerines— Estonia
Timbuktu— Mauritania
Wild Tales— Argentina
Award Of Commendation
To Steven Tiffen, Jeff Cohen and Michael Fecik for their pioneering work in developing dye-based filters that reduce IR contamination when neutral density filters are used with digital cameras. The Tiffen Company identified the problem and rapidly engineered a series of absorptive filters that ameliorated infrared artifacts with lenses of all focal lengths. These widely adopted filters allow cinematographers to work as they have done with film-based technology.
Winner
Honorary Award
To Jean-Claude Carrière, whose elegantly crafted screenplays elevate the art of screenwriting to the level of literature.
Winner
David Winchester Gray
GORDON E. SAWYER AWARD
To Hayao Miyazaki, a master storyteller whose animated artistry has inspired filmmakers and audiences around the world.
To Maureen O'Hara, one of Hollywood's brightest stars, whose inspiring performances glowed with passion, warmth and strength.
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Harry Belafonte
Winner
Scientific And Technical Award (Academy Award Of Merit)
To DR. LARRY HORNBECK for the invention of digital micromirror technology as used in DLP Cinema projection. The Digital Micromirror Device (DMD) is the core technology that has enabled Texas Instruments' DLP Cinema projection to become the standard of the motion picture industry. [Digital Apparatuses Technology]
Winner
Scientific And Technical Award (Scientific And Engineering Award)
To IAIN NEIL for the optical design, and to ANDRÉ DE WINTER for the mechanical design, of the Leica Summilux-C series of lenses. Incorporating novel telecentric multi-element aspherical optics, these camera lenses have delivered unprecedented optical and mechanical performance. [Lenses and Filters]
Winner
To BRAD WALKER, D. SCOTT DEWALD, BILL WERNER, GREG PETTITT and FRANK PORADISH for their contributions furthering the design and refinement of the Texas Instruments DLP Cinema projection technology, whose high level of performance enabled color-accurate digital intermediate preview and motion picture theatrical presentation. Working in conjunction with the film industry, Texas Instruments created a high-resolution, high-quality digital projection system that has replaced most film-based projection systems in the theatrical environment. [Digital Apparatuses Technology]
To ICHIRO TSUTSUI, MASAHIRO TAKE, MITSUYASU TAMURA and MITSURU ASANO for the development of the Sony BVM-E Series Professional OLED Master Monitor. These precise, wide-gamut monitors allow creative image decisions to be made on set with confidence that the desired images can be accurately reproduced in post-production. [Digital Apparatuses Technology]
To JOHN FREDERICK, BOB MYERS, KARL RASCHE and TOM LIANZA for the development of the HP DreamColor LP2480zx Professional Display. This cost-effective display offered a stable, wide color gamut, allowing facility-wide adoption in feature animation and visual effects studios. [Digital Apparatuses Technology]
Scientific And Technical Award (Technical Achievement Award)
To PETER BRAUN for the concept and development of the MAT-Towercam Twin Peek, a portable, remote-controlled, telescoping column that smoothly positions a camera up to 24 feet vertically. This small cross-section system from Mad About Technology can operate from above or below the camera, achieving nearly impossible shots with repeatable movements through openings no larger than the camera itself. [Camera Cranes]
Winner
To BEN COLE for the design of the Kali Destruction System, to ERIC PARKER for the development of the Digital Molecular Matter toolkit, and to JAMES O'BRIEN for his influential research on the finite element methods that served as a foundation for these tools. The combined innovations in Kali and DMM provide artists with an intuitive, art-directable system for the creation of scalable and realistic fracture and deformation simulations. These tools established finite element methods as a new reference point for believable on-screen destruction. [Digital Imaging Technology]
To BRICE CRISWELL and RON FEDKIW for the development of the ILM PhysBAM Destruction System. This system incorporates innovative research on many algorithms that provide accurate methods for resolving contact, collision and stacking into a mature, robust and extensible production toolset. The PhysBAM Destruction System was one of the earliest toolsets capable of depicting large-scale destruction with a high degree of design control. [Digital Imaging Technology]
To CARY PHILLIPS, NICOLAS POPRAVKA, PHILIP PETERSON and COLETTE MULLENHOFF for the architecture, development and creation of the artist-driven interface of the ILM Shape Sculpting System. This comprehensive system allows artists to quickly enhance and modify character animation and simulation performances. It has become a crucial part of ILM's production workflow over the past decade. [Digital Imaging Technology]
To DAN PIPONI, KIM LIBRERI and GEORGE BORSHUKOV for their pioneering work in the development of Universal Capture at ESC Entertainment. The Universal Capture system broke new ground in the creation of realistic human facial animation. This technology produced an animated, high-resolution, textured mesh driven by an actor's performance. [Digital Imaging Technology]
To ERWIN COUMANS for the development of the Bullet physics library, and to NAFEES BIN ZAFAR and STEPHEN MARSHALL for the separate development of two large-scale destruction simulation systems based on Bullet. These pioneering systems demonstrated that large numbers of constrained rigid bodies could be used to animate visually complex, believable destruction effects with minimal simulation time. [Digital Imaging Technology]
To HAROLD MILLIGAN, STEVEN KRYCHO and REINER DOETZKIES for the implementation engineering in the development of the Texas Instruments DLP Cinema digital projection technology. Texas Instruments' color-accurate, high-resolution, high-quality digital projection system has replaced most film-based projection systems in the theatrical environment. [Digital Apparatuses Technology]
To KEN MUSETH, PETER CUCKA and MIHAI ALDÉN for the creation of OpenVDB. OpenVDB is a widely adopted, sparse hierarchical data structure that provides a fast and efficient mechanism for storing and manipulating voxels. [Digital Imaging Technology]
To MAGNUS WRENNINGE for leading the design and development of Field3D. Field3D provides a flexible and open framework for storing and accessing voxel data efficiently. This allows interchange between previously incompatible modeling, simulation and rendering software. [Digital Imaging Technology]
To MARCO REVELANT for the original concepts and artistic vision, and to ALASDAIR COULL and SHANE COOPER for the original architectural and engineering design, of the Barbershop hair grooming system at Weta Digital. Barbershop's unique architecture allows direct manipulation of full-density hair using an intuitive, interactive and procedural toolset, resulting in greatly enhanced productivity with finer-grained artistic control than is possible with other existing systems. [Digital Imaging Technology]
To MICHAEL SECHREST for the modeling design and implementation, CHRIS KING for the real-time interactive engineering, and GREG CROFT for the user interface design and implementation of SpeedTree Cinema. This software substantially improves an artist's ability to create specifically designed trees and vegetation by combining a procedural building process with the flexibility of intuitive, direct manipulation of every detail. [Digital Imaging Technology]
To ROBERT BRIDSON for early conceptualization of sparse-tiled voxel data structures and their application to modeling and simulation. Robert Bridson's pioneering work on voxel data structures and its subsequent validation in fluid simulation tools have had a significant impact on the design of volumetric tools throughout the visual effects industry. [Digital Imaging Technology]
To ROBERT NAGLE and ALLAN PADELFORD for The Biscuit Jr. self-propelled, high-performance, drivable camera and vehicle platform. The Biscuit Jr.'s unique chassis and portable driver pod enables traveling photography from a greater range of camera positions than previously possible, while keeping actors safe and the rig out of frame. [Camera Cranes]
To SCOTT PETERSON, JEFF BUDSBERG and JONATHAN GIBBS for the design and implementation of the DreamWorks Animation Foliage System. This toolset has a hierarchical spline system, a core data format and an artist-driven modeling tool, which have been instrumental in creating art-directed vegetation in animated films for nearly two decades. [Digital Imaging Technology]
To TIM COTTER, ROGER VAN DER LAAN, KEN PEARCE and GREG LaSALLE for the innovative design and development of the MOVA Facial Performance Capture system. The MOVA system provides a robust way to capture highly detailed, topologically consistent, animated meshes of a deforming object. This technology is fundamental to the facial pipeline at many visual effects companies. It allows artists to create character animation of extremely high quality. [Digital Imaging Technology]