The 2015 Oscar nominations have arrived! See a complete list of noms across all categories.
For the first time, the 2015 Oscar nominations were unveiled in their entirety on television. Previously, only a handful of categories were announced on TV.
The nominations were unveiled in two parts. The first half were announced by directors J.J. Abrams and Alfonso Cuaron:
The second half were unveiled by actor Chris Pine and Academy President Cheryl Boone:
The Grand Budapest Hotel and Birman lead the nominees with nine nominations each. The Imitation Game follows closely behind with eight nominations.
The 2015 Oscar nominees are…
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 Sliwinski and Maciej Slesicki
– 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
– Leviathan Russia
– Tangerines Estonia
– Timbuktu Mauritania
– Wild Tales Argentina
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
Related: Nine facts that The Imitation Game got wrong
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
– Everything Is Awesome from The Lego Movie
– Glory from Selma
– Grateful from Beyond the Lights
– I’m Not Gonna Miss You from Glen Campbell…I’ll Be Me
– Lost Stars from Begin Again
Best motion picture of the year
– American Sniper
– Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
– Boyhood
– The Grand Budapest Hotel
– The Imitation Game
– Selma
– The Theory of Everything
– Whiplash
Achievement in production design
– The Grand Budapest Hotel
– The Imitation Game
– Interstellar
– Into the Woods
– Mr. Turner
Best animated short film
– The Bigger Picture
– The Dam Keeper
– Feast
– Me and My Moulton
– A Single Life
Best live action short film
– Aya
– Boogaloo and Graham
– Butter Lamp (La Lampe Au Beurre De Yak)
– Parvaneh
– The Phone Call
Achievement in sound editing
– American Sniper
– Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
– The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
– Interstellar
– Unbroken
Achievement in sound mixing
– American Sniper
– Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
– Interstellar
– Unbroken
– Whiplash
Achievement in visual effects
– Captain America: The Winter Soldier
– Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
– Guardians of the Galaxy
– Interstellar
– X-Men: Days of Future Past
Adapted screenplay
– American Sniper
– The Imitation Game
– Inherent Vice
– The Theory of Everything
– Whiplash
Original screenplay
– Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
– Boyhood
– Foxcatcher
– The Grand Budapest Hotel
– Nightcrawler
The most entertaining moment of the event was when Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs announced nominee Dick Pope as “Dick Poop,” a funny flub that gave us the first laugh of the morning.
Related: Join Hype for a live episode today at 3:30 p.m. eastern / 12:30 p.m. pacific to discuss the Oscar noms with Hypable’s writers!
The 87th Annual Academy Awards take place on Sunday, February 22. If you can’t wait until then, check out the list of 2015 Golden Globe winners and what those wins mean for the Oscar race.
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