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- American Sniper [2014]
- Aya [2013]
- Begin Again [2014]
- Beyond the Lights [2014]
- Big Hero 6 [2014]
- Birdman [2014]
- The Boxtrolls [2014]
- Boyhood [2014]
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier [2014]
- Citizenfour [2014]
- Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1 [2013]
- Dawn of the Planet of the Apes [2014]
- Finding Vivian Maier [2014]
- Foxcatcher [2014]
- Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me [2014]
- Gone Girl [2014]
- The Grand Budapest Hotel [2014]
- Guardians of the Galaxy [2014]
- The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies [2014]
- How to Train Your Dragon 2 [2014]
- Ida [2014]
- The Imitation Game [2014]
- Inherent Vice [2014]
- Interstellar [2014]
- Into the Woods [2014]
- The Judge [2014]
- Last Days in Vietnam [2014]
- The LEGO Movie [2014]
- Leviathan [2014]
- Maleficent [2014]
- Me and My Moulton [2014]
- Mr. Turner [2014]
- Nightcrawler [2014]
- The Salt of the Earth (Le Sel de la terre) [2015]
- Selma [2015]
- Song of the Sea [2014]
- Still Alice [2015]
- The Tale of The Princess Kaguya [2014]
- Tangerines (Mandariinid) [2014]
- The Theory of Everything [2014]
- Timbuktu [2015]
- Two Days, One Night [2014]
- Unbroken [2014]
- Virunga [2014]
- Whiplash [2014]
- Wild [2014]
- Wild Tales (Relatos salvajes) [2015]
- X-Men: Days of Future Past [2014]

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The nominations for the 87th annual Academy Awards were announced early Thursday, January 15, 2015 by director J.J. Abrams, director Alfonso Cuarón, actor Chris Pine, and Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs.
The announcements were broadcast live on YouTube this morning, and the two segments are included below if you are interested in watching them.
Academy Award Nominations
Performance by an actor in a leading role
- Steve Carell in Foxcatcher
- Bradley Cooper in American Sniper
- Benedict Cumberbatch in The Imitation Game
- Michael Keaton in Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
- Eddie Redmayne in The Theory of Everything
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
- Robert Duvall in The Judge
- Ethan Hawke in Boyhood
- Edward Norton in Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
- Mark Ruffalo in Foxcatcher
- J.K. Simmons in Whiplash
Performance by an actress in a leading role
- Marion Cotillard in Two Days, One Night
- Felicity Jones in The Theory of Everything
- Julianne Moore in Still Alice
- Rosamund Pike in Gone Girl
- Reese Witherspoon in Wild
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
- Patricia Arquette in Boyhood
- Laura Dern in Wild
- Keira Knightley in The Imitation Game
- Emma Stone in Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
- Meryl Streep in Into the Woods
Best animated feature film of the year
- Big Hero 6 - Don Hall, Chris Williams and Roy Conli
- The Boxtrolls - Anthony Stacchi, Graham Annable and Travis Knight
- How to Train Your Dragon 2 - Dean DeBlois and Bonnie Arnold
- Song of the Sea - Tomm Moore and Paul Young
- The Tale of the Princess Kaguya - Isao Takahata and Yoshiaki Nishimura
Achievement in 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
Achievement in 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
Achievement in 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
Best documentary feature
- CitizenFour - Laura Poitras, Mathilde Bonnefoy and Dirk Wilutzky
- Finding Vivian Maier - John Maloof and Charlie Siskel
- Last Days in Vietnam - Rory Kennedy and Keven McAlester
- The Salt of the Earth - Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado and David Rosier
- Virunga - Orlando von Einsiedel and Joanna Natasegara
Best documentary short subject
- Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1 - Ellen Goosenberg Kent and Dana Perry
- Joanna - Aneta Kopacz
- Our Curse - Tomasz Śliwiński and Maciej Ślesicki
- The Reaper (La Parka) - Gabriel Serra Arguello
- White Earth - J. Christian Jensen
Achievement in 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
Best foreign language film of the year
- Ida - Poland; Directed by Pawel Pawlikowski
- Leviathan - Russia; Directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev
- Tangerines - Estonia; Directed by Zaza Urushadze
- Timbuktu - Mauritania; Directed by Abderrahmane Sissako
- Wild Tales - Argentina; Directed by Damián Szifron
Achievement in 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
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (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
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (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
Best motion picture of the year
- American Sniper - Clint Eastwood, Robert Lorenz, Andrew Lazar, Bradley Cooper and Peter Morgan
- Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) - Alejandro G. Iñárritu, John Lesher and James W. Skotchdopole
- Boyhood - Richard Linklater and Cathleen Sutherland
- The Grand Budapest Hotel - Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales and Jeremy Dawson
- The Imitation Game - Nora Grossman, Ido Ostrowsky and Teddy Schwarzman
- Selma - Christian Colson, Oprah Winfrey, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner
- The Theory of Everything - Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce and Anthony McCarten
- Whiplash - Jason Blum, Helen Estabrook and David Lancaster
Achievement in production design
- The Grand Budapest Hotel - Adam Stockhausen (Production Design); Anna Pinnock (Set Decoration)
- The Imitation Game - Maria Djurkovic (Production Design); Tatiana Macdonald (Set Decoration)
- Interstellar - Nathan Crowley (Production Design); Gary Fettis (Set Decoration)
- Into the Woods - Dennis Gassner (Production Design); Anna Pinnock (Set Decoration)
- Mr. Turner - Suzie Davies (Production Design); Charlotte Watts (Set Decoration)
Best animated short film
- The Bigger Picture - Daisy Jacobs and Christopher Hees
- The Dam Keeper - Robert Kondo and Dice Tsutsumi
- Feast - Patrick Osborne and Kristina Reed
- Me and My Moulton - Torill Kove
- A Single Life - Joris Oprins
Best live action short film
- Aya - Oded Binnun and Mihal Brezis
- Boogaloo and Graham - Michael Lennox and Ronan Blaney
- Butter Lamp (La Lampe au Beurre de Yak) - Hu Wei and Julien Féret
- Parvaneh - Talkhon Hamzavi and Stefan Eichenberger
- The Phone Call - Mat Kirkby and James Lucas
Achievement in sound editing
- American Sniper - Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman
- Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) - Martin Hernández and Aaron Glascock
- The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies - Brent Burge and Jason Canovas
- Interstellar - Richard King
- Unbroken - Becky Sullivan and Andrew DeCristofaro
Achievement in 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
Achievement in 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
Adapted screenplay
- American Sniper - Written by Jason Hall
- The Imitation Game - Written by Graham Moore
- Inherent Vice - Written for the screen by Paul Thomas Anderson
- The Theory of Everything - Screenplay by Anthony McCarten
- Whiplash - Written by Damien Chazelle
Original screenplay
- Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) - Written by Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. & Armando Bo
- Boyhood - Written by Richard Linklater
- Foxcatcher - Written by E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman
- The Grand Budapest Hotel - Screenplay by Wes Anderson; Story by Wes Anderson & Hugo Guinness
- Nightcrawler - Written by Dan Gilroy
Announcement Videos
The awards will be presented on Sunday, February 22, 2015 at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center. The ceremony will be broadcast on ABC starting at 4pm Pacific Time (6pm Central Time). Actor Neil Patrick Harris will be hosting the ceremony.
Source: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Press Release.
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- American Sniper [2014]
- Aya [2013]
- Begin Again [2014]
- Beyond the Lights [2014]
- Big Hero 6 [2014]
- Birdman [2014]
- The Boxtrolls [2014]
- Boyhood [2014]
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier [2014]
- Citizenfour [2014]
- Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1 [2013]
- Dawn of the Planet of the Apes [2014]
- Finding Vivian Maier [2014]
- Foxcatcher [2014]
- Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me [2014]
- Gone Girl [2014]
- The Grand Budapest Hotel [2014]
- Guardians of the Galaxy [2014]
- The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies [2014]
- How to Train Your Dragon 2 [2014]
- Ida [2014]
- The Imitation Game [2014]
- Inherent Vice [2014]
- Interstellar [2014]
- Into the Woods [2014]
- The Judge [2014]
- Last Days in Vietnam [2014]
- The LEGO Movie [2014]
- Leviathan [2014]
- Maleficent [2014]
- Me and My Moulton [2014]
- Mr. Turner [2014]
- Nightcrawler [2014]
- The Salt of the Earth (Le Sel de la terre) [2015]
- Selma [2015]
- Song of the Sea [2014]
- Still Alice [2015]
- The Tale of The Princess Kaguya [2014]
- Tangerines (Mandariinid) [2014]
- The Theory of Everything [2014]
- Timbuktu [2015]
- Two Days, One Night [2014]
- Unbroken [2014]
- Virunga [2014]
- Whiplash [2014]
- Wild [2014]
- Wild Tales (Relatos salvajes) [2015]
- X-Men: Days of Future Past [2014]

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