2014 Oscar Nominations Announced

The 2014 Oscar nominations were announced this morning by Chris Hemsworth and Academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. No surprise here…G...
2014 Oscar Nominations Announced
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  • The 2014 Oscar nominations were announced this morning by Chris Hemsworth and Academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.

    No surprise here…Gravity and American Hustle tied with 12 nominations each, with 12 Years a Slave tailing right behind them with 9 nominations. Some familiar names popped up this year including Jennifer Lawrence, Leonardo DiCaprio, Bradley Cooper, Amy Adams, and Jonah Hill.

    Below is a complete list of this year’s nominations:

    PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
    Christian Bale in “American Hustle” (Sony Pictures Releasing)
    Bruce Dern in “Nebraska” (Paramount)
    Leonardo DiCaprio in “The Wolf of Wall Street” (Paramount)
    Chiwetel Ejiofor in “12 Years a Slave” (Fox Searchlight)
    Matthew McConaughey in “Dallas Buyers Club” (Focus Features)

    PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
    Barkhad Abdi in “Captain Phillips” (Sony Pictures Releasing)
    Bradley Cooper in “American Hustle” (Sony Pictures Releasing)
    Michael Fassbender in “12 Years a Slave” (Fox Searchlight)
    Jonah Hill in “The Wolf of Wall Street” (Paramount)
    Jared Leto in “Dallas Buyers Club” (Focus Features)

    PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
    Amy Adams in “American Hustle” (Sony Pictures Releasing)
    Cate Blanchett in “Blue Jasmine” (Sony Pictures Classics)
    Sandra Bullock in “Gravity” (Warner Bros.)
    Judi Dench in “Philomena” (The Weinstein Company)
    Meryl Streep in “August: Osage County” (The Weinstein Company)

    PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
    Sally Hawkins in “Blue Jasmine” (Sony Pictures Classics)
    Jennifer Lawrence in “American Hustle” (Sony Pictures Releasing)
    Lupita Nyong’o in “12 Years a Slave” (Fox Searchlight)
    Julia Roberts in “August: Osage County” (The Weinstein Company)
    June Squibb in “Nebraska” (Paramount)

    BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM OF THE YEAR
    “The Croods” (20th Century Fox)
    Chris Sanders, Kirk DeMicco and Kristine Belson
    “Despicable Me 2” (Universal)
    Chris Renaud, Pierre Coffin and Chris Meledandri
    “Ernest & Celestine” (GKIDS)
    Benjamin Renner and Didier Brunner
    “Frozen” (Walt Disney)
    Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee and Peter Del Vecho
    “The Wind Rises” (Walt Disney)
    Hayao Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki

    ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY
    “The Grandmaster” (The Weinstein Company) Philippe Le Sourd
    “Gravity” (Warner Bros.) Emmanuel Lubezki
    “Inside Llewyn Davis” (CBS Films) Bruno Delbonnel
    “Nebraska” (Paramount) Phedon Papamichael
    “Prisoners” (Warner Bros.) Roger A. Deakins

    ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN
    “American Hustle” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Michael Wilkinson
    “The Grandmaster” (The Weinstein Company) William Chang Suk Ping
    “The Great Gatsby” (Warner Bros.) Catherine Martin
    “The Invisible Woman” (Sony Pictures Classics) Michael O’Connor
    “12 Years a Slave” (Fox Searchlight) Patricia Norris

    ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING
    “American Hustle” (Sony Pictures Releasing) David O. Russell
    “Gravity” (Warner Bros.) Alfonso Cuarón
    “Nebraska” (Paramount) Alexander Payne
    “12 Years a Slave” (Fox Searchlight) Steve McQueen
    “The Wolf of Wall Street” (Paramount) Martin Scorsese

    BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
    “The Act of Killing” (Drafthouse Films)
    A Final Cut for Real Production
    “Cutie and the Boxer” (RADiUS-TWC)
    An Ex Lion Tamer and Cine Mosaic Production
    “Dirty Wars” (IFC Films)
    A Civic Bakery Production
    “The Square” (Netflix in association with Worldview
    Entertainment and Participant Media)
    A Noujaim Films and Maktube Production
    “20 Feet from Stardom” (RADiUS-TWC)
    A Gil Friesen Productions and Tremolo Production

    BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
    “CaveDigger”
    A Karoffilms Production
    “Facing Fear”
    A Jason Cohen Production
    “Karama Has No Walls” (Mudhouse Films)
    A Hot Spot Films Production
    “The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life”
    A Reed Entertainment Production
    “Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall”
    A Prison Terminal LLC Production

    ACHIEVEMENT IN FILM EDITING
    “American Hustle” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers and Alan Baumgarten
    “Captain Phillips” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Christopher Rouse
    “Dallas Buyers Club” (Focus Features) John Mac McMurphy and Martin Pensa
    “Gravity” (Warner Bros.) Alfonso Cuarón and Mark Sanger
    “12 Years a Slave” (Fox Searchlight) Joe Walker

    BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR
    “The Broken Circle Breakdown” (Tribeca Film)
    A Menuet Production
    “The Great Beauty” (Janus Films)
    An Indigo Film Production
    “The Hunt” (Magnolia Pictures)
    A Zentropa Entertainments 19 Production
    “The Missing Picture” (Strand Releasing)
    A Bophana Production
    “Omar” (Adopt Films)
    An Omar Production Company Production

    ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
    “Dallas Buyers Club” (Focus Features) Adruitha Lee and Robin Mathews
    “Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa” (Paramount) Stephen Prouty
    “The Lone Ranger” (Walt Disney) Joel Harlow and Gloria Pasqua-Casny

    ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES (ORIGINAL SCORE)
    “The Book Thief” (20th Century Fox) John Williams
    “Gravity” (Warner Bros.) Steven Price
    “Her” (Warner Bros.) William Butler and Owen Pallett
    “Philomena” (The Weinstein Company) Alexandre Desplat
    “Saving Mr. Banks” (Walt Disney) Thomas Newman

    ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES (ORIGINAL SONG)
    “Alone Yet Not Alone” from “Alone Yet Not Alone” (Enthuse Entertainment)
    “Happy” from “Despicable Me 2” (Universal)
    “Let It Go” from “Frozen” (Walt Disney)
    “The Moon Song” from “Her” (Warner Bros.)
    “Ordinary Love” from “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom” (The Weinstein Company)

    BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR
    “American Hustle” (Sony Pictures Releasing)
    A Columbia Pictures and Annapurna Pictures Production
    “Captain Phillips” (Sony Pictures Releasing)
    A Columbia Pictures Production
    “Dallas Buyers Club” (Focus Features)
    A Voltage Pictures, R2 Films, Evolution Independent Production
    “Gravity” (Warner Bros.)
    A Warner Bros. UK Services Limited Production
    “Her” (Warner Bros.)
    An Annapurna Production
    “Nebraska” (Paramount)
    A Paramount Vantage Production
    “Philomena” (The Weinstein Company)
    A Pathé, BBC Films, BFI, Canal+, Cine+ and Baby Cow/Magnolia Mae Production
    “12 Years a Slave” (Fox Searchlight)
    A River Road, Plan B, New Regency Production
    “The Wolf of Wall Street” (Paramount)
    A Red Granite Production

    ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION DESIGN
    “American Hustle” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Production Design:
    “Gravity” (Warner Bros.) Production Design:
    “The Great Gatsby” (Warner Bros.) Production Design:
    “Her” (Warner Bros.) Production Design:
    “12 Years a Slave” (Fox Searchlight) Production Design:

    BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
    “Feral”
    A Daniel Sousa Production
    “Get a Horse!” (Walt Disney)
    A Walt Disney Animation Production
    “Mr. Hublot”
    A Zeilt Production
    “Possessions”
    A Sunrise Production
    “Room on the Broom”
    A Magic Light Pictures Production

    BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
    “Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn’t Me)” (FREAK Independent Film Agency)
    A Producciones Africanauan Production
    “Avant Que De Tout Perdre (Just before Losing Everything)”
    A KG Production
    “Helium”
    An M & M Production
    “Pitääkö Mun Kaikki Hoitaa? (Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?)”
    A Tuffi Films Production
    “The Voorman Problem”
    A Honlodge Production

    ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING
    “All Is Lost” (Lionsgate & Roadside Attractions) Steve Boeddeker and Richard Hymns
    “Captain Phillips” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Oliver Tarney
    “Gravity” (Warner Bros.) Glenn Freemantle
    “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” (Warner Bros.) Brent Burge
    “Lone Survivor” (Universal) Wylie Stateman

    ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND MIXING
    “Captain Phillips” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Chris Burdon, Mark Taylor, Mike Prestwood Smith
    “Gravity” (Warner Bros.) Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead and
    “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” (Warner Bros.) Christopher Boyes, Michael Hedges,
    “Inside Llewyn Davis” (CBS Films) Skip Lievsay, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland
    “Lone Survivor” (Universal) Andy Koyama, Beau Borders and David Brownlow

    ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS
    “Gravity” (Warner Bros.) Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk and
    “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” (Warner Bros.) Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and
    “Iron Man 3” (Walt Disney)
    “The Lone Ranger” (Walt Disney) Tim Alexander, Gary Brozenich, Edson Williams and
    “Star Trek Into Darkness” (Paramount) Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Ben Grossmann and

    ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
    “Before Midnight” (Sony Pictures Classics) Written by Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy,
    “Captain Phillips” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Screenplay by Billy Ray
    “Philomena” (The Weinstein Company) Screenplay by Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope
    “12 Years a Slave” (Fox Searchlight) Screenplay by John Ridley
    “The Wolf of Wall Street” (Paramount) Screenplay by Terence Winter

    ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
    “American Hustle” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Written by Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell
    “Blue Jasmine” (Sony Pictures Classics) Written by Woody Allen
    “Dallas Buyers Club” (Focus Features) Written by Craig Borten & Melisa Wallack
    “Her” (Warner Bros.) Written by Spike Jonze
    “Nebraska” (Paramount) Written by Bob Nelson

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