Boyhood Nominated for Six Oscars
Academy singles out Linklater, Adair, Arquette, Hawke
By Kimberley Jones, 7:58AM, Thu. Jan. 15, 2015
Looks like the Academy has finally caught on to something Austin’s known all along – that Richard Linklater is a pretty terrific filmmaker. He’s just earned his first Oscar nomination for Best Director.
Previously a two-time writing nominee (for his collaborations with Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke on 2014’s Before Midnight and 2004’s Before Sunrise), Linklater had eluded wider notice from the Academy. Not so this year. His Austin-made Boyhood, a deeply personal project about an evolving family filmed over the course of 12 years, earned six Oscar nominations. They include Best Picture (Richard Linklater and Cathleen Sutherland), Best Director (Richard Linklater), Best Original Screenplay (Richard Linklater), Best Editor (Sandra Adair), Best Supporting Actress (Patricia Arquette), and Best Supporting Actor (Ethan Hawke).
A favorite of both critics and general audiences, Boyhood has had an impressive run on the year-end awards circuit (including being named the Austin Chronicle’s Best Film of 2015). Most recently, it won Best Film (Drama), Best Director, and Best Supporting Actress at last Sunday’s Golden Globes Awards.
Another notable native Texan to earn the Academy's favor: University of Texas alum Wes Anderson. His film The Grand Budapest Hotel earned nine nominations, including Best Picture (Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales, and Jeremy Dawson), Best Director (Wes Anderson), Best Cinematography (Robert Yeoman), Best Costume Design (Milena Canonero), Best Production Design (Adam Stockhausen, Production Design; Anna Pinnock, Set Decoration), Best Makeup and Hairstyling (Frances Hannon and Mark Coulier), Best Editing (Barney Pilling), Best Score (Alexandre Desplat), Best Original Screenplay (Screenplay by Wes Anderson; Story by Wes Anderson & Hugo Guinness).
The 2015 Oscars ceremony, hosted by Neil Patrick Harris, will air Sunday, Feb. 22, on ABC. Keep reading for the complete list of nominations.
Best Picture
American Sniper, Clint Eastwood, Robert Lorenz, Andrew Lazar, Bradley Cooper and Peter Morgan
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), Alejandro G. Iñárritu, John Lesher and James W. Skotchdopole
Boyhood, Richard Linklater and Cathleen Sutherland
The Grand Budapest Hotel, Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales and Jeremy Dawson
The Imitation Game, Nora Grossman, Ido Ostrowsky and Teddy Schwarzman
Selma, Christian Colson, Oprah Winfrey, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner
The Theory of Everything, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce and Anthony McCarten
Whiplash, Jason Blum, Helen Estabrook and David Lancaster
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
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
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
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
Animated Feature Film
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
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
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
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
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
Documentary Short Subject
“Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1,” Ellen Goosenberg Kent and Dana Perry
“Joanna,” Aneta Kopacz
“Our Curse,” Tomasz Śliwiński and Maciej Ślesicki
“The Reaper La Parka,” Gabriel Serra Arguello
“White Earth,” J. Christian Jensen
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
Foreign Language Film
Ida (Poland) Directed by Pawel Pawlikowski
Tangerines (Estonia) Directed by Zaza Urushadze
Timbuktu (Mauritania) Directed by Abderrahmane Sissako
Wild Tales (Argentina) Directed by Damián Szifron
Makeup and Hairstyling
Foxcatcher, Bill Corso and Dennis LiddiardThe Grand Budapest Hotel, Frances Hannon and Mark Coulier
Guardians of the Galaxy, Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou and David White
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
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
"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
Production Design
The Grand Budapest Hotel, Adam Stockhausen Production Design; Anna Pinnock Set Decoration
The Imitation Game, Maria Djurkovic Production Design; Tatiana Macdonald Set Decoration
Interstellar, Nathan Crowley Production Design; Gary Fettis Set Decoration
Into the Woods, Dennis Gassner Production Design; Anna Pinnock Set Decoration
Mr. Turner, Suzie Davies Production Design; Charlotte Watts Set Decoration
Short Film, Animated
“The Bigger Picture,” Daisy Jacobs and Christopher Hees
“The Dam Keeper,” Robert Kondo and Dice Tsutsumi
“Feast,” Patrick Osborne and Kristina Reed
“Me and My Moulton,” Torill Kove
“A Single Life,” Joris Oprins
Short Film, Live Action
“Aya,” Oded Binnun and Mihal Brezis
“Boogaloo and Graham,” Michael Lennox and Ronan Blaney
“Butter Lamp La Lampe au Beurre de Yak,” Hu Wei and Julien Féret
“Parvaneh,” Talkhon Hamzavi and Stefan Eichenberger
“The Phone Call,” Mat Kirkby and James Lucas
Sound Editing
American Sniper, Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), Martin Hernández and Aaron Glascock
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, Brent Burge and Jason Canovas
Interstellar, Richard King
Unbroken, Becky Sullivan and Andrew DeCristofaro
Sound Mixing
American Sniper, John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Walt Martin
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño and Thomas Varga
Interstellar, Gary A. Rizzo, Gregg Landaker and Mark Weingarten
Unbroken, Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño and David Lee
Whiplash, Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins and Thomas Curley
Visual Effects
Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Dan DeLeeuw, Russell Earl, Bryan Grill and Dan Sudick
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Daniel Barrett and Erik Winquist
Guardians of the Galaxy, Stephane Ceretti, Nicolas Aithadi, Jonathan Fawkner and Paul Corbould
Interstellar, Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter and Scott Fisher
X-Men: Days of Future Past, Richard Stammers, Lou Pecora, Tim Crosbie and Cameron Waldbauer
Writing, Adapted Screenplay
American Sniper Written by Jason Hall
The Imitation Game Written by Graham Moore
Inherent Vice Written for the screen by Paul Thomas Anderson
The Theory of Everything Screenplay by Anthony McCarten
Whiplash Written by Damien Chazelle
Writing, Original Screenplay
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Written by Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. & 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 & Hugo Guinness
Nightcrawler Written by Dan Gilroy
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