Sunday, February 22, 2015

Alejandro G. Iñárritu Wins Directing Oscar for "Birdman"

Achievement in Directing:

“Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)” Alejandro G. Iñárritu WINNER

“Boyhood” Richard Linklater
“Foxcatcher” Bennett Miller
“The Grand Budapest Hotel” Wes Anderson
“The Imitation Game” Morten Tyldum


"The Imitation Game" Wins Adapted Screenplay Oscar

Best Adapted Screenplay:

“American Sniper” Written by Jason Hall
“The Imitation Game” Written by Graham Moore WINNER
“Inherent Vice” Written for the screen by Paul Thomas Anderson
“The Theory of Everything” Screenplay by Anthony McCarten
“Whiplash” Written by Damien Chazelle


"Birdman" Wins Original Screenplay Oscar

Best Original Screenplay:

“Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)” Written by Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. & Armando Bo WINNER
“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


"The Grand Budapest Hotel" Wins Original Score Oscar

Best Original Score:

“The Grand Budapest Hotel” Alexandre Desplat WINNER

“The Imitation Game” Alexandre Desplat
“Interstellar” Hans Zimmer
“Mr. Turner” Gary Yershon
“The Theory of Everything” Jóhann Jóhannsson


"Glory" Wins Original Song Oscar

Best 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 WINNER

“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


"CitizenFour" Wins Documentary Feature Oscar

Best Documentary Feature:

“CitizenFour” Laura Poitras, Mathilde Bonnefoy and Dirk Wilutzky WINNER

“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


"Whiplash" Wins Film Editing Oscar

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 WINNER