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The 87th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2014 and took place on February 22, 2015, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles beginning at 08:30 EST. During the ceremony, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 24 categories. The ceremony, televised in the United States by ABC, was produced by Neil Meron and Craig Zadan and directed by Hamish Hamilton. Actor Neil Patrick Harris hosted the ceremony for the first time.


Best Picture

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) – Alejandro G. Iñárritu, John Lesher, and James W. Skotchdopole

 

Best Directing

Alejandro G. Iñárritu – Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

 

 

Best Actor

Eddie Redmayne – The Theory of Everything as Stephen Hawking

 

 

Best Actress

Julianne Moore – Still Alice as Dr. Alice Howland


Best Supporting Actor

J. K. Simmons – Whiplash as Terence Fletcher

 

 

Best Supporting Actress

Patricia Arquette – Boyhood as Olivia Evans


Best Original Screenplay

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) – Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. and Armando Bó, Jr.


Best Adapted Screenplay

The Imitation Game – Graham Moore from Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges


Best Animated Feature Film

Big Hero 6 – Don Hall, Chris Williams and Roy Conli

 

 

Best Foreign Language Film

Ida (Poland) in Polish – Pawel Pawlikowski

 

Best Documentary – Feature

Citizenfour – Laura Poitras, Mathilde Bonnefoy and Dirk Wilutzky

 

 

Best Documentary – Short Subject

Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1 – Ellen Goosenberg Kent and Dana Perry

 

Best Animated Short Film

Feast – Patrick Osborne and Kristina Reed

 

Best Original Song

"Glory" from Selma – Music and Lyric by John Legend and Common

  

Best Sound Editing

American Sniper – Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman

 

Best Cinematography

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) – Emmanuel Lubezki

 

Best Sound Mixing

Whiplash – Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins and Thomas Curley

Best Costume Design

The Grand Budapest Hotel – Milena Canonero

Best Visual Effects

Interstellar – Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter and Scott Fisher

source:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/87th_Academy_Awards