{"id":35581,"date":"2015-02-23T00:24:46","date_gmt":"2015-02-23T05:24:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=35581"},"modified":"2018-12-05T20:26:21","modified_gmt":"2018-12-06T01:26:21","slug":"birdman-wins-best-directorpicture-academy-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2015\/02\/23\/birdman-wins-best-directorpicture-academy-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"BIRDMAN Wins Best Director\/Picture Academy Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Birdman\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Birdman<\/strong>, director Alejandro G. I\u00f1\u00e1rritu’s story of an actor betting it all on a career comeback, finished off its sweep of the awards season by taking the Best Picture honors at the Academy Awards. I\u00f1\u00e1rritu also took home the Oscar for Best Director. The film also won prizes for Best Original Screenplay and Cinematography.<\/p>\n

From the moment that the nominations for this year’s Academy Awards were announced, Birdman<\/strong> had been neck and neck in a race with Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel<\/strong> for Oscar gold as the two films each had nine nominations. And Grand Budapest Hotel tied Birdman for the number of wins as well, winning Oscar statues in the Best Costume, Makeup, Production Design and Original Score categories.<\/p>\n

Surprisingly, Birdman lost out in the three acting categories it was nominated in – Best Actor for its star Michael Keaton, Best Supporting Actor for Edward Norton and Best Supporting Actress for Emma Stone. Instead those prizes went to Eddie Redmayne for The Theory Of Everything<\/strong>, J. K. Simmons for Whiplash<\/strong> and Patricia Arquette for Boyhood<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Here is the complete list of winners –<\/p>\n

Best Motion Picture<\/span>
\n Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Performance By An Actor In A Leading Role<\/span>
\nEddie Redmayne in \u201cThe Theory of Everything\u201d<\/p>\n

Performance By An Actor In A Supporting Role<\/span>
\nJ.K. Simmons in \u201cWhiplash\u201d<\/p>\n

Performance By An Actress In A Leading Role<\/span>
\nJulianne Moore in \u201cStill Alice\u201d<\/p>\n

Performance By An Actress In A Supporting Role<\/span>
\nPatricia Arquette in \u201cBoyhood\u201d<\/p>\n

Best Animated Feature Film Of The Year<\/span>
\nBig Hero 6<\/p>\n

Achievement in Cinematography<\/span>
\n\u201cBirdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)\u201d Emmanuel Lubezki<\/p>\n

Achievement in Costume Design<\/span>
\n\u201cThe Grand Budapest Hotel\u201d Milena Canonero<\/p>\n

Achievement in Directing<\/span>
\n\u201cBirdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)\u201d Alejandro G. I\u00f1\u00e1rritu<\/p>\n

Best Documentary Feature<\/span>
\n\u201cCitizenFour\u201d Laura Poitras, Mathilde Bonnefoy and Dirk Wilutzky<\/p>\n

Best Documentary Short Subject<\/span>
\n\u201cCrisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1\u201d Ellen Goosenberg Kent and Dana Perry<\/p>\n

Achievement in Film Editing<\/span>
\n\u201cWhiplash\u201d Tom Cross<\/p>\n

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year<\/span>
\n\u201cIda\u201d Poland<\/p>\n

Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling<\/span>
\n\u201cThe Grand Budapest Hotel\u201d Frances Hannon and Mark Coulier<\/p>\n

Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score)<\/span>
\n\u201cThe Grand Budapest Hotel\u201d Alexandre Desplat<\/p>\n

Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song)<\/span>
\n\u201cGlory\u201d from \u201cSelma\u201d<\/p>\n

Achievement in Production Design<\/span>
\n\u201cThe Grand Budapest Hotel\u201d Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock<\/p>\n

Best Animated Short Film<\/span>
\n\u201cFeast\u201d<\/p>\n

Best Live Action Short Film<\/span>
\n\u201cThe Phone Call\u201d<\/p>\n

Achievement in Sound Editing<\/span>
\n\u201cAmerican Sniper\u201d Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman<\/p>\n

Achievement in Sound Mixing<\/span>
\n\u201cWhiplash\u201d Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins and Thomas Curley<\/p>\n

Achievement in Visual Effects<\/span>
\n\u201cInterstellar\u201d<\/p>\n

Adapted Screenplay<\/span>
\n\u201cThe Imitation Game\u201d Written by Graham Moore<\/p>\n

Original Screenplay<\/span>
\n\u201cBirdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)\u201d Written by Alejandro G. I\u00f1\u00e1rritu, Nicol\u00e1s Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. & Armando Bo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The film won four of the nine categories it was nominated in.<\/div>\n

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