87th Annual Academy Awards Nominees
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The nominees for the 87th Annual Academy Awards have been revealed.


The ceremony will are on February 22, 2015.

Best Picture

  • American Sniper (Warner Bros. Pictures)
  • Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
  • Boyhood (IFC Films)
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
  • The Imitation Game (The Weinstein Company)
  • Selma (Paramount Pictures)
  • The Theory of Everything (Focus Features)
  • Whiplash (Sony Pictures Classics)

Directing

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

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

  • Robert Duvall – The Judge
  • Ethan Hawke – Boyhood
  • Edward Norton – Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
  • Mark Ruffalo – Foxcatcher
  • J.K. Simmons – Whiplash

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

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

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

Writing (Original Screenplay)

  • Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), Written by Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Alexander
  • Dinelaris, Nicolas Giacobone, Armando Bo
  • Boyhood, Written by Richard Linklater
  • Foxcatcher, Written by Dan Futterman and E. Max Frye
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel, Written by Wes Anderson
  • Nightcrawler, Written by Dan Gilroy

Animated Feature Film

  • Big Hero 6 (Walt Disney Pictures)
  • The Boxtrolls (Focus Features)
  • How to Train a Dragon 2 (DreamWorks Animation)
  • Song of the Sea (GKIDS)
  • The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (GKIDS)

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

Music (Original Score)

  • Alexandre Desplat – The Grand Budapest Hotel
  • Alexandre Desplat – The Imitation Game
  • Hans Zimmer – Interstellar
  • Gary Yershon – Mr. Turner
  • Jóhann Jóhannsson – The Theory of Everything

Music (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

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