2015 Oscar Nominations
Actor Chris Pine, Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs, and directors Alfonso Cuarón and J.J. Abrams announced today the nominations for all 24 Oscar categories at a live news conference at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. Read through for the full list of nominees.
BEST PICTURE
American Sniper
Birdman
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Selma
The Theory of Everything
Whiplash
DIRECTING
ACTOR in a Leading Role
ACTRESS in a Leading Role
ACTOR in a Supporting Role
ACTRESS in a Supporting Role
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Ida
Poland
Leviathan
Russia
Tangerines
Estonia
Timbuktu
Mauritania
Wild Tales
Argentina
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
CINEMATOGRAPHY
- Emmanuel Lubezki for Birdman
- Robert Yeoman for The Grand Budapest Hotel
- Lukasz Zal and Ryszard Lenczewski for Ida
- Dick Pope for Mr. Turner
- Roger Deakins for Unbroken
COSTUME DESIGN
- Milena Canonero for The Grand Budapest Hotel
- Mark Bridges for Inherent Vice
- Colleen Atwood for Into the Woods
- Anna B. Sheppard and Jane Clive for Maleficent
- Jacqueline Durran for Mr. Turner
FILM EDITING
- Joel Cox and Gary D. Roach for American Sniper
- Sandra Adair for Boyhood
- Barney Pilling for The Grand Budapest Hotel
- William Goldenberg for The Imitation Game
- Tom Cross for Whiplash
MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
- Bill Corso and Dennis Liddiard for Foxcatcher
- Frances Hannon and Mark Coulier for The Grand Budapest Hotel
- Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou and David White for Guardians of the Galaxy
MUSIC – Original Score
- Alexandre Desplat for The Grand Budapest Hotel
- Alexandre Desplat for The Imitation Game
- Hans Zimmer for Interstellar
- Gary Yershon for Mr. Turner
- Jóhann Jóhannsson for The Theory of Everything
MUSIC – Original Song
- “Everything Is Awesome”; Music and Lyric by Shawn Patterson from The Lego Movie
- “Glory”; Music and Lyric by John Stephens and Lonnie Lynn from Selma
- “Grateful”; Music and Lyric by Diane Warren from Beyond the Lights
- “I’m Not Gonna Miss You”; Music and Lyric by Glen Campbell and Julian Raymond from Glen Campbell… I’ll Be Me
- “Lost Stars”; Music and Lyric by Gregg Alexander and Danielle Brisebois from Begin Again
PRODUCTION DESIGN
- Adam Stockhausen (Production Design); Anna Pinnock (Set Decoration) for The Grand Budapest Hotel
- Maria Djurkovic (Production Design); Tatiana Macdonald (Set Decoration) for The Imitation Game
- Nathan Crowley (Production Design); Gary Fettis (Set Decoration) for Interstellar
- Dennis Gassner (Production Design); Anna Pinnock (Set Decoration) for Into the Woods
- Suzie Davies (Production Design); Charlotte Watts (Set Decoration) for Mr. Turner
SOUND EDITING
- Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman for American Sniper
- Martin Hernández and Aaron Glascock for Birdman
- Brent Burge and Jason Canovas for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
- Richard King for Interstellar
- Becky Sullivan and Andrew DeCristofaro for Unbroken
SOUND MIXING
- John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Walt Martin for American Sniper
- Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño and Thomas Varga for Birdman
- Gary A. Rizzo, Gregg Landaker and Mark Weingarten for Interstellar
- Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño and David Lee for Unbroken
- Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins and Thomas Curley for Whiplash
VISUAL EFFECTS
- Dan DeLeeuw, Russell Earl, Bryan Grill and Dan Sudick for Captain America: The Winter Soldier
- Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Daniel Barrett and Erik Winquist for Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
- Stephane Ceretti, Nicolas Aithadi, Jonathan Fawkner and Paul Corbould for Guardians of the Galaxy
- Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter and Scott Fisher for Interstellar
- Richard Stammers, Lou Pecora, Tim Crosbie and Cameron Waldbauer for X-Men: Days of Future Past
WRITING – Adapted Screenplay
- Written by Jason Hall for American Sniper
- Written by Graham Moore for The Imitation Game
- Written for the screen by Paul Thomas Anderson for Inherent Vice
- Screenplay by Anthony McCarten for The Theory of Everything
- Written by Damien Chazelle for Whiplash
WRITING – Original Screenplay
- Written by Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. & Armando Bo for Birdman
- Written by Richard Linklater for Boyhood
- Written by E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman for Foxcatcher
- Screenplay by Wes Anderson; Story by Wes Anderson & Hugo Guinness for The Grand Budapest Hotel
- Written by Dan Gilroy
for Nightcrawler
DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
- Ellen Goosenberg Kent and Dana Perry for Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1
- Aneta Kopacz for Joanna
- Tomasz Sliwinski and Maciej Slesicki for Our Curse
- Gabriel Serra Arguello for The Reaper (La Parka)
- J. Christian Jensen for White Earth
SHORT FILM – Animated
- Daisy Jacobs and Christopher Hees for The Bigger Picture
- Robert Kondo and Dice Tsutsumi for The Dam Keeper
- Patrick Osborne and Kristina Reed for Feast
- Torill Kove for Me and My Moulton
- Joris Oprins for A Single Life
SHORT FILM – Live Action
- Oded Binnun and Mihal Brezis for Aya
- Michael Lennox and Ronan Blaney for Boogaloo and Graham
- Hu Wei and Julien Féret for Butter Lamp (La Lampe au Beurre de Yak)
- Talkhon Hamzavi and Stefan Eichenberger for Parvaneh
- Mat Kirkby and James Lucas for The Phone Call



