Academy Award Winners 2015

The 87th Academy Award Winners

 

Best Picture: Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

Best Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu - Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

Best Actress: Julianne Moore - Still Alice

Best Actor: Eddie Redmayne - The Theory of Everything

Best Supporting Actress: Patricia Arquette - Boyhood

Best Supporting Actor: J.K. Simmons - Whiplash

Best Adapted Screenplay: Graham Moore - The Imitation Game

Best Original Screenplay: Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris and Armando Bo - Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

Best Foreign Language Film: Ida - Paweł Pawlikowski (Poland)

Best Documentary Feature: CITIZENFOUR - Laura Poitras

Best Animated Feature: Big Hero 6

Best Film Editing: Tom Cross - Whiplash

Best Song: "Glory" from Selma - Music and Lyric by John Stephens & Lonnie Lynn

Best Original Score: Alexandre Desplat - The Grand Budapest Hotel

Best Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki - Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

Best Costume Design: Milena Canonero - The Grand Budapest Hotel

Best Makeup and Hairstyling: The Grand Budapest Hotel

Best Production Design: The Grand Budapest Hotel

Best Sound Editing: American Sniper

Best Sound Mixing: Whiplash

Best Visual Effects: Interstellar

Best Live Action Short: The Phone Call

Best Animation Short:  Feast

Best Documentary Short: Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1

For a complete list of nominated films please visit:
http://cinemaniaquefilms.blogspot.com/2015/01/academy-awards-2015.html

Spirit Award Winners 2015

30th Film Independent Spirit Award Winners

BEST FEATURE: Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Producers: Alejandro G. Iñárritu, John Lesher, Arnon Milchan, James W. Skotchdopole

BEST MALE LEAD: Michael Keaton, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

BEST FEMALE LEAD: Julianne Moore, Still Alice

BEST SUPPORTING MALE: J.K. Simmons, Whiplash

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE: Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
 
BEST DIRECTOR: Richard Linklater, Boyhood

BEST SCREENPLAY: Dan Gilroy, Nightcrawler

BEST FIRST FEATURE: Nightcrawler
Director: Dan Gilroy
Producers: Jennifer Fox, Tony Gilroy, Jake Gyllenhaal, David Lancaster, Michel Litvak

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY: Justin Simien, Dear White People

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM: Ida (Poland), Director: Paweł Pawlikowski

BEST DOCUMENTARY: CITIZENFOUR
Director/Producer: Laura Poitras - Producers: Mathilde Bonnefoy, Dirk Wilutzky

BEST EDITING: Tom Cross, Whiplash

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Emmanuel Lubezki, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

KIEHL’S SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD: H.
Directors: Rania Attieh & Daniel Garcia

20th ANNUAL LENSCRAFTERS TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD: The Kill Team
Director: Dan Krauss

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD (For best feature made under $500,000): Land Ho!
Writers/Directors: Aaron Katz & Martha Stephens; Producers: Christina Jennings, Mynette Louie, Sara Murphy

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD: Inherent Vice
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson, Casting Director: Cassandra Kulukundis, Ensemble Cast: Josh Brolin, Hong Chau, Martin Donovan, Jena Malone, Joanna Newsom, Joaquin Phoenix, Sasha Pieterse, Eric Roberts, Maya Rudolph, Martin Short, Serena Scott Thomas, Benicio del Toro, Katherine Waterston, Owen Wilson, Reese Witherspoon, Michael Kenneth Williams

SPECIAL DISTINCTION AWARD: Foxcatcher 
Director/Producer: Bennett Miller, Producers: Anthony Bregman, Megan Ellison, Jon Kilik, Writers: E. Max Frye, Dan Futterman, Actors: Steve Carell, Mark Ruffalo, Channing Tatum