Oscars Winners A Minority Gets the Top Awards

By Jose Alberto Hermosillo,

The biggest award in the film industry was entreating and finished on time and big time. Many of the expected won with only a few surprises, the greatest of all was for Birdman as the best picture winner.

History was made. Again!  A Mexican director won for the second year on the row. Last year Alfonso Cuarón got the gold for Gravity, last night Alejandro G. Iñarrítu won best director for Birdman, bring him a total of three personal Oscar statuettes, including best original screenplay and best picture producer.

Cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki won, becoming the first Mexican winning two consecutive years.

Birdman Mural @ Arclight Hollywood. Photo by Jose Alberto Hermosillo.

Best Picture:

• “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)” Alejandro G. Iñárritu

Photo by Jose Alberto Hermosillo.

Achievement in directing

• “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)” Alejandro G. Iñárritu

Performance by an actor in a leading role

• Eddie Redmayne in “The Theory of Everything”

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

• J.K. Simmons in “Whiplash”

Performance by an actress in a leading role

• Julianne Moore in “Still Alice”

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

• Patricia Arquette in “Boyhood”

Best animated feature film of the year

• “Big Hero 6” Don Hall, Chris Williams and Roy Conli

Achievemenot in cinematography

• “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)” Emmanuel Lubezki

Achievement in costume design

• “The Grand Budapest Hotel” Milena Canonero

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

Achievement in film editing

• “Whiplash” Tom Cross

Best foreign language film of the year

• “Ida” Poland

The Grand Budapest Hotel display at the Academy. Photo by Jose Alberto Hermosillo

Achievement in makeup and hairstyling

• “The Grand Budapest Hotel” Frances Hannon and Mark Coulier

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

• “The Grand Budapest Hotel” Alexandre Desplat

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)

•  “Glory” from “Selma”
  Music and Lyric by John Stephens and Lonnie Lynn

Achievement in production design

• “The Grand Budapest Hotel” Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration:

Best animated short film

•  “Feast” Patrick Osborne and Kristina Reed

Best live action short film

•  “The Phone Call” Mat Kirkby and James Lucas

Achievement in sound editing

• “American Sniper” Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman

Achievement in sound mixing

• “Whiplash” Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins and Thomas Curley

Achievement in visual effects

• “Interstellar” Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter and Scott Fisher

Screenwriter Graham Moore. Photo by Jose Alberto Hermosillo.   

Adapted screenplay

• “The Imitation Game” Written by Graham Moore    

Original screenplay

• “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)” Written by Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. & Armando Bo.  

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