87th Academy Awards

87th Academy Awards Date February 22, 2015 Site Dolby Theatre Hollywood, Los Angeles,California, U.S. Host Neil Patrick Harris Pre-show Jess Cagle Robin Roberts Lara Spencer Michael Strahan Joe Zee Producer Neil Meron Craig Zadan Director Hamish Hamilton Highlights Best Picture Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Most awards Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) and The Grand Budapest Hotel (4) Most nominations Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) and The Grand Budapest Hotel (9) TV in the United States Network ABC Duration 3 hours, 43 minutes Ratings 37.3 million 25.0% (Nielsen ratings)

 

Best picture

WINNER: Birdman

Boyhood
The Theory of Everything
American Sniper
The Imitation Game

Selma
The Grand Budapest Hotel

Whiplash

Best director

WINNER: Alejandro González Iñárritu for Birdman

Bennett Miller for Foxcatcher  

Morten Tyldum for The Imitation Game

Richard Linklater for Boyhood  

Wes Anderson for The Grand Budapest Hotel

Best actor

WINNER: Eddie Redmayne for The Theory of Everything


Benedict Cumberbatch for The Imitation Game 
Bradley Cooper for American Sniper
Steve Carell for Foxcatcher

Michael Keaton for Birdman

Best actress

WINNER: Julianne Moore for Still Alice
Felicity Jones for The Theory of Everything
Marion Cotillard for Two Days, One Night
Reese Witherspoon for Wild
Rosamund Pike for Gone Girl

Best actor in supporting role

WINNER: JK Simmons for Whiplash
Edward Norton for Birdman
Ethan Hawke for Boyhood
Robert Duvall for The Judge

Mark Ruffalo for Foxcatcher

Best actress in supporting role

WINNER: Patricia Arquette for Boyhood
Meryl Streep for Into the Woods
Keira Knightley for The Imitation Game
Laura Dern for Wild
Emma Stone for Birdman

Best animated short film

WINNER: Feast – Patrick Osborne, Kristina Reed 
A Single Life – Joris Oprins
The Dam Keeper – Robert Kondo, Daisuke “Dice” Tsutsumi
The Bigger Picture – Daisy Jacobs, Chris Hees
Me and My Moulton – Torill Kove

Best animated feature film

WINNER: Big Hero 6 
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya

The Boxtrolls
Song of the Sea
How to Train Your Dragon 2

Best production design

WINNER: The Grand Budapest Hotel: Adam Stockhausen, Anna Pinnock
Into the Woods: Dennis Gassner, Anna Pinnock
Interstellar: Nathan Crowley, Gary Fettis
The Imitation Game: Maria Djurkovic, Tatiana Macdonald

Mr Turner: Suzie Davies, Charlotte Watts

Achievement in cinematography

WINNER: Birdman: Emmanuel Lubezki
Unbroken: Roger Deakins
Ida: Lukasz Zal, Ryszard Lenczewski
The Grand Budapest Hotel: Robert D Yeoman
Mr Turner: Dick Pope

Achievement in film editing

WINNER: Whiplash – Tom Cross
American Sniper – Joel Cox, Gary Roach
The Imitation Game – William Goldenberg
Boyhood – Sandra Adair
The Grand Budapest Hotel – Barney Pilling

Best original song

WINNER: Glory from Selma – Lonnie Lynn (Common), John Stephens (John Legend)
Begin Again – Gregg Alexander, Danielle Brisebois (Lost Stars)
Beyond the Lights – Diane Warren (Grateful)
The Lego Movie – Shawn Patterson (Everything Is Awesome)
Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me – Glen Campbell, Julian Raymond (I’m Not Gonna Miss You)

Best original score

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

Original screenplay

WINNER: Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Armando Bo – Birdman
Dan Gilroy – Nightcrawler
E Max Frye, Dan Futterman – Foxcatcher
Richard Linklater – Boyhood
Wes Anderson, Hugo Guinness – The Grand Budapest Hotel