The yearly meaninglessness of the Academy Awards has rolled around again as the nominations for 2015 are here. The reveals and awards are set to be done on February 22nd, 2015. The list this year is pretty much something familiar for most that follow, and for those that don’t it’s important to understand that when it comes to the majority of the categories and the titles nominated, most voters within the Academy don’t even watch the films and a lot of secondary categories aren’t even voted in. With the nominees, this year has the usual kinds of glaring omissions, particularly with The LEGO Movie only getting a soundtrack nod. Most of the movies in the big categories come from the last couple of months, and for some of the films they haven’t even opened in most of the country yet as they only got qualifying runs in December in order to be in contention.
Anime once again gets its representation with The Princess Kaguya getting the nod as most Studio Ghibli movies do at this point. It’s easy to expect that Big Hero 6 will take that category since it’s mostly by name recognition for the voters that will actually check something off on that box.
Best Actor
- Steve Carell, “Foxcatcher”
- Bradley Cooper, “American Sniper”
- Benedict Cumberbatch, “The Imitation Game”
- Michael Keaton, “Birdman”
- Eddie Redmayne, “The Theory of Everything”
Best Actress
- Marion Cotillard, “Two Days, One Night”
- Felicity Jones, “The Theory of Everything”
- Julianne Moore, “Still Alice”
- Rosamund Pike, “Gone Girl”
- Reese Witherspoon, “Wild”
Best Supporting Actor
- Robert Duvall, “The Judge”
- Ethan Hawke, “Boyhood”
- Edward Norton, “Birdman”
- Mark Ruffalo, “Foxcatcher”
- J.K. Simmons, “Whiplash”
Best Supporting Actress
- Patricia Arquette, “Boyhood”
- Laura Dern, “Wild”
- Keira Knightley, “The Imitation Game”
- Emma Stone, “Birdman”
- Meryl Streep, “Into the Woods”
Cinematography
- “Birdman”
- “The Grand Budapest Hotel”
- “Ida”
- “Mr. Turner”
- “Unbroken”
Costume Design
- “The Grand Budapest Hotel”
- “Inherent Vice”
- “Into the Woods”
- “Maleficent”
- “Mr. Turner”
Directing
- Alejandro González Iñárritu, “Birdman”
- Richard Linklater, “Boyhood”
- Bennett Miller, “Foxcatcher”
- Wes Anderson, “The Grand Budapest Hotel”
- Morten Tyldum, “The Imitation Game”
Foreign Language Film
- “Ida,” Poland
- “Leviathan,” Russia
- “Tangerines,” Estonia
- “Timbuktu,” Mauritania
- “Wild Tales,” Argentina
Makeup and Hairstyling
- “Foxcatcher”
- “The Grand Budapest Hotel”
- “Guardians of the Galaxy”
Original Score
- “The Grand Budapest Hotel”
- “The Imitation Game”
- “Interstellar”
- “Mr. Turner”
- “The Theory of Everything”
Adapted Screenplay
- “American Sniper”
- “The Imitation Game”
- “Inherent Vice”
- “The Theory of Everything”
- “Whiplash”
Original Screenplay
- “Birdman”
- “Boyhood”
- “Foxcatcher”
- “The Grand Budapest Hotel”
- “Nightcrawler”
Best Picture
- “American Sniper”
- “Birdman”
- “Boyhood”
- “The Grand Budapest Hotel”
- “The Imitation Game”
- “Selma”
- “The Theory of Everything”
- “Whiplash”
Animated Feature Film
- “Big Hero 6”
- “The Boxtrolls”
- “How to Train Your Dragon 2”
- “Song of the Sea”
- “The Tale of the Princess Kaguya”
Documentary Feature
- “Citizenfour”
- “Finding Vivian Maier”
- “Last Days in Vietnam”
- “The Salt of the Earth”
- “Virunga”
Documentary Short Subject
- “Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1”
- “Joanna”
- “Our Curse”
- “The Reaper (La Parka)”
- “White Earth”
Film Editing
- “American Sniper”
- “Boyhood”
- “The Grand Budapest Hotel”
- “The Imitation Game”
- “Whiplash”
Original Song
- “Everything Is Awesome,” “The Lego Movie”
- “Glory,” “Selma”
- “Grateful, “Beyond the Lights”
- “I”m Not Gonna Miss You,” “Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me”
- “Lost Stars,” “Begin Again”
Production Design
- “The Grand Budapest Hotel”
- “The Imitation Game”
- “Interstellar”
- “Into the Woods”
- “Mr. Turner”
Animated Short Film
- “The Bigger Picture”
- “The Dam Keeper”
- “Feast”
- “Me and My Moulton”
- “A Single Life”
Live Action Short Film
- “Aya”
- “Boogaloo and Graham”
- “Butter Lamp”
- “Parvaneh”
- “The Phone Call”
Sound Editing
- “American Sniper”
- “Birdman”
- “The Hobbitt: The Battle of the Five Armies”
- “Interstellar”
Sound Mixing
- “American Sniper”
- “Birdman”
- “Interstellar”
- “Unbroken”
- “Whiplash”
Visual Effects
- “Captain America: The Winter Soldier”
- “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes”
- “Guardians of the Galaxy”
- “Interstellar”
- “X-Men: Days of Future Past”
