Nominees for the 87th Academy Awards

"Birdman" was nominated for nine Academy Awards.  Photo courtesy of Fox Searchlight

“Birdman” was nominated for nine Academy Awards.
Photo courtesy of Fox Searchlight

Following is a list of all nominees for the 87th Academy Awards. The show will be held Feb. 22 at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.

BEST PICTURE
“AMERICAN SNIPER”
“BIRDMAN OR (THE UNEXPECTED VIRTUE OF IGNORANCE)”
“BOYHOOD”
“THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL”
“THE IMITATION GAME”
“SELMA”
“THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING”
“WHIPLASH”

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
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”

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
MARION COTILLARD, “Two Days, One Night”
FELICITY JONES, “The Theory of Everything”
JULIANNE MOORE, “Still Alice”
ROSAMUND PIKE, “Gone Girl”
REESE WITHERSPOON, “Wild”

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
ETHAN HAWKE, “Boyhood”
EDWARD NORTON, “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)”
MARK RUFFALO, “Foxcatcher”
J.K. SIMMONS, “Whiplash”
ROBERT DUVALL, “The Judge”

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
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”

DIRECTING
“BIRDMAN OR (THE UNEXPECTED VIRTUE OF IGNORANCE),” Alejandro G. Iñárritu
“BOYHOOD,” Richard Linklater
“FOXCATCHER,” Bennett Miller
“THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL,” Wes Anderson
“THE IMITATION GAME,” Morten Tyldum

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
“HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2”
“SONG OF THE SEA”
“THE TALE OF THE PRINCESS KAGUYA”
“BIG HERO 6”
“THE BOXTROLLS”

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
“LEVIATHAN,” Russia
“TANGERINES,” Estonia
“TIMBUKTU,” Mauritania
“WILD TALES,” Argentina
“IDA,” Poland

DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)
“CITIZENFOUR”
“FINDING VIVIAN MAIER”
“LAST DAYS IN VIETNAM”
“THE SALT OF THE EARTH”
“VIRUNGA”

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
“BIRDMAN OR (THE UNEXPECTED VIRTUE OF IGNORANCE),” Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. & Armando Bo
“BOYHOOD,” Richard Linklater
“FOXCATCHER,” E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman
“THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL,” Wes Anderson & Hugo Guinness
“NIGHTCRAWLER,” Dan Gilroy

WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
“INHERENT VICE,” Paul Thomas Anderson
“THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING,” Anthony McCarten
“WHIPLASH,” Damien Chazelle
“AMERICAN SNIPER,” Jason Hall
“THE IMITATION GAME,” Graham Moore

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)
“THE LEGO MOVIE”:  “Everything Is Awesome” f
“SELMA”: “Glory”
“BEYOND THE LIGHTS”: “Grateful”
“GLEN CAMPBELL…I’LL BE ME”: “I’m Not Gonna Miss You”
“BEGIN AGAIN”: “Lost Stars”

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)
“THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL,” Alexandre Desplat
“THE IMITATION GAME,” Alexandre Desplat
“INTERSTELLAR,” Hans Zimmer
“MR. TURNER,” Gary Yershon
“THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING,” Jóhann Jóhannsson

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

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

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

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

PRODUCTION DESIGN
“THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL,” Adam Stockhausen and Anna Pinnock
“THE IMITATION GAME,” Maria Djurkovic and Tatiana Macdonald
“INTERSTELLAR,” Nathan Crowley and Gary Fettis
“INTO THE WOODS,” Dennis Gassner and  Anna Pinnock
“MR. TURNER,” Suzie Davies and Charlotte Watts

SOUND EDITING
“UNBROKEN,” Becky Sullivan and Andrew DeCristofaro
“AMERICAN SNIPER,” Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman
“BIRDMAN OR (THE UNEXPECTED VIRTUE OF IGNORANCE),” Martín Hernández and Aaron Glascock
“THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES,” Brent Burge and Jason Canovas
“INTERSTELLAR,” Richard King

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

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

DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT)
“CRISIS HOTLINE: VETERANS PRESS 1”
“JOANNA”
“OUR CURSE”
“THE REAPER (LA PARKA)”
“WHITE EARTH”

SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
“THE DAM KEEPER”
“FEAST”
“ME AND MY MOULTON”
“A SINGLE LIFE”
“THE BIGGER PICTURE”

SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
“AYA”
“BOOGALOO AND GRAHAM”
“BUTTER LAMP (LA LAMPE AU BEURRE DE YAK)”
“PARVANEH”
“THE PHONE CALL”

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2 responses to “Nominees for the 87th Academy Awards

  1. smilingldsgirl

    No Lego Movie. I’m sad. Stupid awards.

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  2. Per my last response, I’m not as high on “Lego Movie” as many folks, but I was shocked that it didn’t receive a nomination.

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