Oscars 2015 nominees
There were few surprises in Thursday's release of the 2015 Oscar nominations, with favourites like Birdman, Boyhood and Grand Budapest Hotel snagging multiple nominations. Read a roundup of the nominees in some of the top categories.
A list of some of this year's nominees for the film industry's top awards
The 2015 Oscar nominations were announced Thursday. Below is a roundup of the nominees in some of the top categories.
Best picture
- American Sniper
- Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
- Boyhood
- The Grand Budapest Hotel
- The Imitation Game
- Selma
- The Theory of Everything
- Whiplash
Best actor in a leading role
- Steve Carell, Foxcatcher
- Bradley Cooper, American Sniper
- Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
- Michael Keaton, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
- Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything
Best actress in a leading role
- Marion Cotillard, Two Days, One Night
- Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything
- Julianne Moore, Still Alice
- Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
- Reese Witherspoon, Wild
Best actor in a supporting role
- Robert Duvall, The Judge
- Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
- Edward Norton, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
- Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher
- J.K. Simmons, Whiplash
Best actress in a supporting role
- Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
- Laura Dern, Wild
- Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game
- Emma Stone, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
- Meryl Streep, Into the Woods
Best director
- Alejandro G. Inarritu, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
- Richard Linklater, Boyhood
- Bennett Miller, Foxcatcher
- Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
- Morten Tyldum, The Imitation Game
Best foreign film
- 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
Best original screenplay
- Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), written by Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. and 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 and Hugo Guinness
- Nightcrawler, written by Dan Gilroy