The Oscars 2014: The Winners

The Oscars 2014: The Winners

'The Oscars'.

      2014 Academy Awards ceremony brought us many predictable results but also surprise results to a certain extent.
      'Gravity' was the biggest winner of the evening getting 7 wins out of 10 nominations including Best Director for "Alfosno Cuaron"(First Latin American to win the award) and Best Visual Effects. '12 Years A Slave' won Best Picture(First Black American Director to win this category), after a tight race with  'Gravity'. The movie also won "Lupita Nyong'o" the Best Supporting Actress award and Best Writing - Adapted Screenplay. The biggest loser of the night has to be 'American Hustle' after going out empty handed failing to win a single award after being nominated for 10 categories. "Cate Blanchett" as expected won the only award for 'Blue Jasmine', while 'Dallas Buyers Club' was represented by "Mathew McConaughey" and "Jared Leto", winning Best Actor in a Leading and Supporting Role respectively, and won Best Make-up and Hairstyling . 'Captain Phillips'(6 nominations), 'The Wolf of Wall Street'(5 nominations) and 'Nebraska'(6 nominations) also went out empty handed. Surprise wins for 'The Great Gatsby' for Production Design and Costume Design was nice to see

      Here is a full list of the nominees and winners of the 86th Academy Awards:


Best Picture:

'12 Years a Slave'.

• Winner: 12 Years a Slave
• American Hustle.
• Captain Phillips.
• Dallas Buyers Club.
• Gravity.
• Her.
• Nebraska.
• Philomena.
• The Wolf of Wall Street.

Best Director:

"Alfonso Cuaron".

• Winner: Alfonso Cuaron - Gravity.
• David O'Russell - American Hustle.
• Alexander Payne - Nebraska.
• Steve McQueen - 12 Years a Slave.
• Martin Scorsese - The Wolf of Wall Street.

Best Actor:- in a Leading Role.

"Mathew McCounaughey".

• Winner: Mathew McCounaughey - Dallas Buyers Club.
• Christian Bale - American Hustle.
• Bruce Dern - Nebraska.
• Leonardo DiCaprio - The Wolf of Wall Street.
• Chiwetel Ejiofor - 12 Years A Slave.

Best Actress:- in a Leading Role.

"Cate Blanchett".

• Winner: Cate Blanchett - Blue Jasmine.
• Amy Adams - American Hustle.
• Sandra Bullock - Gravity.
• Judi Dench - Philomena.
• Meryl Streep - August Osage County.

Best Actor:- in a Supporting Role.

"Jared Leto".

• Winner: Jared Leto - Dallas Buyers Club.
• Barkhad Abdi - Captain Phillips.
• Bradley Cooper - American Hustle.
• Michael Fassbender - 12 Years a Slave.
• Jonah Hill - The Wolf of Wall Street.

Best Actress:- in a Supporting Role.

"Lupita Nyong'o".

• Winner: Lupita Nyong'o - 12 Years a Slave.
• Sally Hawkins - Blue Jasmine.
• Jennifer Lawrence - American Hustle.
• Julia Roberts - August: Osage County.
• June Squibb - Nebraska.

Best Writing :- Original Screenplay.

'Her'.

• Winner: Her - Spike Jonze.
• American Hustle - Eric Warren Singer and David O'Russel.
• Blue Jasmine - Woody Allen.
• Dallas Buyers Club - Craig Borten and Melisa Wallack.
• Nebraska - Bob Nelson.

Best Writing :- Adapted Screenplay.

'12 Years a Slave'.

• Winner: 12 Years a Slave - John Ridley.
• Before Midnight - Richard Linklater, Julie Deply and Ethan Hawke.
• Captain Phillips - Billy Ray.
• Philomena - Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope.
• The Wolf of Wall Street - Terence Winter.

Best Visual Effects:

'Gravity'.

• Winner: Gravity - Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk and Neil Corbould.
• The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and Eric Reynolds.
• Iron Man 3 - Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Erik Nash and Dan Sudick.
• The Lone Ranger - Tim Alexander, Gary Brozenich, Edson Williams and John Frazier.
• Star Trek: Into Darkness - Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Ben Grossmann and Burt Dalton.

Best Animated Feature Film:

'Frozen'.

• Winner: Frozen.
• The Croods.
• Despicable Me 2.
• Ernest and Celestine.
• The Wind Rises.

Best Foreign Language Film:

'The Great Beauty'. 

• Winner: The Great Beauty - Italy.
• The Broken Circle Breakdown - Belgium.
• The Hunt - Denmark.
• The Missing Picture - Cambodia.
• Omar - Palestine.

Best Documentary :- Feature.

'20 Feet from Stardom'.

• Winner: 20 Feet from Stardom.
• The Act of Killing.
• Cutie and the Boxer.
• Dirty Wars.
• The Square.

Best Documentary :- Short Subject.

'The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life'.

• Winner: The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life - Malcolm Clarke and Nicholas Reed.
• CaveDigger - Jeffrey Karroff.
• Facing Fear - Jason Cohen.
• Karam Has No Walls - Sarah Ishaq.
• Prison Terminal: The Days of Private Jack Hall - Edgar Barens.

Best Music:- Original Song.

'Frozen'.

• Winner: 'Let it Go' - from Frozen.
• 'Happy' - from Despicable Me 2.
• 'The Moon Song' - from Her.
• 'Ordinary Love' - from Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom.

Best Music:- Original Score.

'Gravity'.

• Winner: Gravity - Steven Price.
• The Book Thief - John Williams.
• Her - William Butler and Owen Pallet.
• Philomena - Alexander Desplat.
• Saving Mr. Banks - Thomas Newman.

Best Sound Editing:

'Gravity'.

• Winner: Gravity - Glenn Freemantle.
• All Is Lost - Steve Boedekker and Richard Hymns.
• Captain Phillips - Oliver Tarney.
• The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - Brent Burge and Chris Ward.
• Lone Survivor - Wylie Stateman.

Best Sound Mixing:

'Gravity'.

• Winner: Gravity - Skip Livesay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead and Chris Munro.
• Captain Phillips - Chris Burdon, Mark Taylor, Mike Prestwood and Chris Munro.
• The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - Christopher Boyes, Michael Hedges, Michael Semanick and Tony Johnson.
• Inside Llewyn Davis - Skip Livesay, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland.
• Lone Survivor - Andy Koyama, Beau Borders and David Brownlow.

Best Production Design :

'The Great Gatsby'.

• Winner: The Great Gatsby - Catherine Martin and Beverly Dunn.
• American Hustle - Judy Becker and Heather Loeffler.
• Gravity - Andy Nicholson, Rosie Goodwin and Joanne Woollard.
• Her - K.K. Barrett and Gene Serdena.
• 12 Years a Slave - Adam Stockhausen and Alice Baker.

Best Film Editing :

'Gravity'.

• Winner: Gravity - Alfonso Cuaron and Mark Sanger.
• American Hustle - Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers and Alan Baumgarten.
• Captain Phillips - Christopher Rouse.
• Dallas Buyers Club - John Mac McMurphy and Martin Pensa.
• 12 Years a Slave - Jon Walker.

Best Costume Design :

'The Great Gatsby'.

• Winner: The Great Gatsby - Catherine Martin.
• American Hustle - Michael Wilkinson.
• The Grandmaster - William Chang Suk Ping.
• The Invisible Woman - Michael O'Connor.
• 12 Years a Slave - Patricia Norris.

Best Cinematography :

'Gravity'.

• Winner: Gravity - Emmanuel Lubezki.
• The Grandmaster - Philippe Le Sourd.
• Inside Llewyn Davis - Bruno Delbonnel.
• Nebraska - Phedon Papamichael.
• Prisoners - Roger Deakins.

Best Make-up and Hairstyling :

'Dallas Buyers Club'.

• Winner: Dallas Buyers Club - Adruitha Lee and Robin Mathews.
• Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa - Stephen Prouty.
• The Lone Ranger - Joel Harlow and Gloria Pasqua-Casny.

Summary:

Movie	Nominations	Wins
Gravity	10	7
12 Years a Slave	9	3
Dallas Buyers Club	6	3
Frozen	2	2
The Great Gatsby	2	2
Blue Jasmine	3	1
Her	5	1
American Hustle	10	0
Nebraska	6	0
Captain Phillips	6	0
The Wolf of Wall Street	5	0
Philomena	4	0
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug	3	0
August: Osage County	2	0
Despicable Me 2	2	0