Who Won 87th Annual Academy Awards?
Feb 22, 2015
The 87th Academy Awards took place at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. Neil Patrick Harris hosted the ceremony for the first time. Birdman was the big winner taking four statues including Best Picture. Alejandro Iñárritu won three Oscars for his roles in directing, writing and producing the film. The Grand Budapest Hotel also won four Oscars including Best Score, Makeup, Costumes and Production Design. Birdman and The Grand Budapest Hotel tied for the most nominations with nine each.
| Best Picture | Birdman Alejandro G. Iñárritu, John Lesher and James W. Skotchdopole, Producers |
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| Best Actor | Eddie Redmayne (The Theory Of Everything) |  |
| Best Actress | Julianne Moore (Still Alice) |  |
| Best Supporting Actor | J.K. Simmons (Whiplash) |  |
| Best Supporting Actress | Patricia Arquette (Boyhood) |  |
| Best Director | Alejandro G. Inarritu (Birdman) | |
| Adapted Screenplay | The Imitation Game Written by Graham Moore |
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| Original Screenplay | Birdman Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. & Armando Bo |
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| Animated Feature Film | Big Hero 6 Don Hall, Chris Williams and Roy Conli |
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| Foreign Language Film | Ida Poland |
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| Documentary Feature | CitizenFour Laura Poitras, Mathilde Bonnefoy and Dirk Wilutzky |
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| Documentary Short | Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1 Ellen Goosenberg Kent and Dana Perry |
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| Short Film (Live Action) | The Phone Call Mat Kirkby and James Lucas |
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| Short Film (Animated) | Feast Patrick Osborne and Kristina Reed |
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| Film Editing | Whiplash Tom Cross |
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| Cinematography | Birdman Emmanuel Lubezki |
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| Costume Design | The Grand Budapest Hotel Milena Canonero |
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| Makeup & Hairstyling | The Grand Budapest Hotel Frances Hannon and Mark Coulier |
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| Production Design | The Grand Budapest Hotel Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock |
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| Sound Editing | American Sniper Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman |
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| Sound Mixing | Whiplash Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins and Thomas Curley |
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| Visual Effects | Interstellar Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter and Scott Fisher |
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| Original Score | The Grand Budapest Hotel Alexandre Desplat, composer |
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| Original Song | "Glory" (Selma) Music and Lyric by John Stephens and Lonnie Lynn |
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