The nominations for the 86th annual Academy Awards were announced early Thursday, January 16, 2014 by actor Chris Hemsworth and Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs. Hemsworth starred in Rush and Thor: The Dark World in 2013.

Academy members from each of the branches vote to determine the nominees in their respective categories (actors nominate actors, directors nominate directors, etc.). Nominees in the Animated Feature Film and Foreign Language Film categories are selected by a vote of multi-branch screening committees. All voting members are eligible to select the Best Picture nominees.

The ceremony for the Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements will be held on Sunday, March 2, 2014, at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood, California. It will be televised live on ABC. This year's ceremony will be hosted by Ellen DeGeneres.

Below is a list of all the categories and the nominations for each.

Academy Award Nominations

Performance by an actor in a leading role

• Christian Bale in American Hustle
• Bruce Dern in Nebraska
• Leonardo DiCaprio in The Wolf of Wall Street
• Chiwetel Ejiofor in 12 Years a Slave
• Matthew McConaughey in Dallas Buyers Club

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

• Barkhad Abdi in Captain Phillips
• Bradley Cooper in American Hustle
• Michael Fassbender in 12 Years a Slave
• Jonah Hill in The Wolf of Wall Street
• Jared Leto in Dallas Buyers Club

Performance by an actress in a leading role

• Amy Adams in American Hustle
• Cate Blanchett in Blue Jasmine
• Sandra Bullock in Gravity
• Judi Dench in Philomena
• Meryl Streep in August: Osage County

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

• Sally Hawkins in Blue Jasmine
• Jennifer Lawrence in American Hustle
• Lupita Nyong’o in 12 Years a Slave
• Julia Roberts in August: Osage County
• June Squibb in Nebraska

Best animated feature film of the year

• The Croods - Chris Sanders, Kirk DeMicco and Kristine Belson
• Despicable Me 2 - Chris Renaud, Pierre Coffin and Chris Meledandri
• Ernest & Celestine (Ernest et Celestine) - Benjamin Renner and Didier Brunner
• Frozen - Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee and Peter Del Vecho
• The Wind Rises - Hayao Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki

Achievement in cinematography

• The Grandmaster (Yi dai zong shi) - Philippe Le Sourd
• Gravity - Emmanuel Lubezki
• Inside Llewyn Davis - Bruno Delbonnel
• Nebraska - Phedon Papamichael
• Prisoners - Roger A. Deakins

Achievement in costume design

• American Hustle - Michael Wilkinson
• The Grandmaster (Yi dai zong shi) - William Chang Suk Ping
• The Great Gatsby - Catherine Martin
• The Invisible Woman - Michael O’Connor
• 12 Years a Slave - Patricia Norris

Achievement in directing

• American Hustle - David O. Russell
• Gravity - Alfonso Cuarón
• Nebraska - Alexander Payne
• 12 Years a Slave - Steve McQueen
• The Wolf of Wall Street - Martin Scorsese

Best documentary feature

• The Act of Killing - Joshua Oppenheimer and Signe Byrge Sørensen
• Cutie and the Boxer -  Zachary Heinzerling and Lydia Dean Pilcher
• Dirty Wars - Richard Rowley and Jeremy Scahill
• The Square - Jehane Noujaim and Karim Amer
• 20 Feet from Stardom - Nominees to be determined

Best documentary short subject

• CaveDigger - Jeffrey Karoff
• Facing Fear - Jason Cohen
• Karama Has No Walls - Sara Ishaq
• The Lady In Number 6: Music Saved My Life - Malcolm Clarke and Nicholas Reed
• Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall - Edgar Barens

Achievement in film editing

• American Hustle - Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers and Alan Baumgarten
• Captain Phillips - Christopher Rouse
• Dallas Buyers Club - John Mac McMurphy and Martin Pensa
• Gravity - Alfonso Cuarón and Mark Sanger
• 12 Years a Slave - Joe Walker

Best foreign language film of the year

• The Broken Circle Breakdown - Belgium
• The Great Beauty (La Grande Bellezza) - Italy
• The Hunt (Jagten) - Denmark
• The Missing Picture (L'image manquante) - Cambodia
• Omar - Palestine

Achievement in makeup and hairstyling

• Dallas Buyers Club - Adruitha Lee and Robin Mathews
• Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa - Stephen Prouty
• The Lone Ranger - Joel Harlow and Gloria Pasqua-Casny

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

• The Book Thief - John Williams
• Gravity - Steven Price
• Her - William Butler and Owen Pallett
• Philomena - Alexandre Desplat
• Saving Mr. Banks - Thomas Newman

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)

• “Alone Yet Not Alone” from Alone Yet Not Alone
  Music by Bruce Broughton; Lyric by Dennis Spiegel
• “Happy” from Despicable Me 2
  Music and Lyric by Pharrell Williams
• “Let It Go” from Frozen
  Music and Lyric by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez
• “The Moon Song” from Her
  Music by Karen O; Lyric by Karen O and Spike Jonze
• “Ordinary Love” from Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
  Music by Paul Hewson, Dave Evans, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen; Lyric by Paul Hewson

Best motion picture of the year

• American Hustle - Charles Roven, Richard Suckle, Megan Ellison and Jonathan Gordon, Producers
• Captain Phillips - Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti and Michael De Luca, Producers
• Dallas Buyers Club - Robbie Brenner and Rachel Winter, Producers
• Gravity - Alfonso Cuarón and David Heyman, Producers
• Her - Megan Ellison, Spike Jonze and Vincent Landay, Producers
• Nebraska - Albert Berger and Ron Yerxa, Producers
• Philomena - Gabrielle Tana, Steve Coogan and Tracey Seaward, Producers
• 12 Years a Slave - Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen and Anthony Katagas, Producers
• The Wolf of Wall Street - Nominees to be determined

Achievement in production design

• American Hustle - Production Design: Judy Becker; Set Decoration: Heather Loeffler
• Gravity - Production Design: Andy Nicholson; Set Decoration: Rosie Goodwin and Joanne Woollard
• The Great Gatsby - Production Design: Catherine Martin; Set Decoration: Beverley Dunn
• Her - Production Design: K.K. Barrett; Set Decoration: Gene Serdena
• 12 Years a Slave - Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Alice Baker

Best animated short film

• Feral - Daniel Sousa and Dan Golden
• Get a Horse! - Lauren MacMullan and Dorothy McKim
• Mr. Hublot - Laurent Witz and Alexandre Espigares
• Possessions - Shuhei Morita
• Room on the Broom - Max Lang and Jan Lachauer

Best live action short film

• Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn’t Me) - Esteban Crespo
• Avant Que De Tout Perdre (Just before Losing Everything) - Xavier Legrand and Alexandre Gavras
• Helium - Anders Walter and Kim Magnusson
• Pitääkö Mun Kaikki Hoitaa? (Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?) - Selma Vilhunen and Kirsikka Saari
• The Voorman Problem - Mark Gill and Baldwin Li

Achievement in sound editing

• All Is Lost - Steve Boeddeker and Richard Hymns
• Captain Phillips - Oliver Tarney
• Gravity - Glenn Freemantle
• The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - Brent Burge
• Lone Survivor - Wylie Stateman

Achievement in sound mixing

• Captain Phillips - Chris Burdon, Mark Taylor, Mike Prestwood Smith and Chris Munro
• Gravity - Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead and Chris Munro
• The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - Christopher Boyes, Michael Hedges, Michael Semanick and Tony Johnson
• Inside Llewyn Davis - Skip Lievsay, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland
• Lone Survivor - Andy Koyama, Beau Borders and David Brownlow

Achievement in visual effects

• Gravity - Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk and Neil Corbould
• The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug- Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and Eric Reynolds
• Iron Man 3 - Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Erik Nash and Dan Sudick
• The Lone Ranger - Tim Alexander, Gary Brozenich, Edson Williams and John Frazier
• Star Trek Into Darkness - Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Ben Grossmann and Burt Dalton

Adapted screenplay

• Before Midnight - Written by Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke
• Captain Phillips - Screenplay by Billy Ray
• Philomena - Screenplay by Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope
• 12 Years a Slave - Screenplay by John Ridley
• The Wolf of Wall Street - Screenplay by Terence Winter

Original screenplay

• American Hustle - Written by Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell
• Blue Jasmine - Written by Woody Allen
• Dallas Buyers Club - Written by Craig Borten & Melisa Wallack
• Her - Written by Spike Jonze
• Nebraska - Written by Bob Nelson

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