2014 Film Year: Oscar Winners & Nominees
The AwardWentTo archive contains 121 Academy Award records for the 2014 film year, covering 60 films and including 24 wins.
Years follow the source film eligibility/dataset year, which may differ from the ceremony calendar year. Counts describe film-linked archive records, including historical and special-award context where supplied.
Best Picture result
- ★ Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)Alejandro G. Iñárritu, John Lesher and James W. Skotchdopole, Producers
8 Best Picture award records for this film year. See the full result · Best Picture history
Acting category results
Leading winning films
Ranked by winning records in this film-year selection.
- Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
4 wins from 9 award records
- The Grand Budapest Hotel
4 wins from 9 award records
- Whiplash
3 wins from 5 award records
- The Imitation Game
1 win from 8 award records
- American Sniper
1 win from 6 award records
- Boyhood
1 win from 6 award records
Category winners
Select a category to explore its history, or jump to this year's full records.
- ★ The Theory of Everything — Stephen Hawking
- ★ Whiplash — Fletcher
- ★ Still Alice — Alice Howland
- ★ Boyhood — Mom
- ★ Whiplash
- ★ Ida
- ★ Selma — Glory
- ★ Feast
- ★ Whiplash
Nominations and award records by category
Showing 121 of 121 archive records. Gold stars mark winning records.
Best Picture
- ★ Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) IMDB — Alejandro G. Iñárritu, John Lesher and James W. Skotchdopole, Producers
- American Sniper IMDB — Clint Eastwood, Robert Lorenz, Andrew Lazar, Bradley Cooper and Peter Morgan, Producers
- Boyhood IMDB — Richard Linklater and Cathleen Sutherland, Producers
- The Grand Budapest Hotel IMDB — Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales and Jeremy Dawson, Producers
- The Imitation Game IMDB — Nora Grossman, Ido Ostrowsky and Teddy Schwarzman, Producers
- Selma IMDB — Christian Colson, Oprah Winfrey, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner, Producers
- The Theory of Everything IMDB — Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce and Anthony McCarten, Producers
- Whiplash IMDB — Jason Blum, Helen Estabrook and David Lancaster, Producers
Best Actor
- ★ The Theory of Everything IMDB — Eddie RedmayneStephen Hawking
- Foxcatcher IMDB — Steve CarellJohn du Pont
- American Sniper IMDB — Bradley CooperChris Kyle
- The Imitation Game IMDB — Benedict CumberbatchAlan Turing
- Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) IMDB — Michael KeatonRiggan
Best Supporting Actor
- ★ Whiplash IMDB — J.K. SimmonsFletcher
- The Judge IMDB — Robert DuvallJoseph Palmer
- Boyhood IMDB — Ethan HawkeDad
- Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) IMDB — Edward NortonMike
- Foxcatcher IMDB — Mark RuffaloDavid Schultz
Best Actress
- ★ Still Alice IMDB — Julianne MooreAlice Howland
- Two Days, One Night IMDB — Marion CotillardSandra
- The Theory of Everything IMDB — Felicity JonesJane Hawking
- Gone Girl IMDB — Rosamund PikeAmy Dunne
- Wild IMDB — Reese WitherspoonCheryl
Best Supporting Actress
- ★ Boyhood IMDB — Patricia ArquetteMom
- Wild IMDB — Laura DernBobbi
- The Imitation Game IMDB — Keira KnightleyJoan Clarke
- Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) IMDB — Emma StoneSam
- Into the Woods IMDB — Meryl StreepWitch
Animated Feature Film
- ★ Big Hero 6 IMDB — Don Hall, Chris Williams and Roy Conli
- The Boxtrolls IMDB — Anthony Stacchi, Graham Annable and Travis Knight
- How to Train Your Dragon 2 IMDB — Dean DeBlois and Bonnie Arnold
- Song of the Sea IMDB — Tomm Moore and Paul Young
- The Tale of the Princess Kaguya IMDB — Isao Takahata and Yoshiaki Nishimura
Art Direction
- ★ The Grand Budapest Hotel IMDB — Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
- The Imitation Game IMDB — Production Design: Maria Djurkovic; Set Decoration: Tatiana Macdonald
- Interstellar IMDB — Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Gary Fettis
- Into the Woods IMDB — Production Design: Dennis Gassner; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
- Mr. Turner IMDB — Production Design: Suzie Davies; Set Decoration: Charlotte Watts
Cinematography
- ★ Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) IMDB — Emmanuel Lubezki
- The Grand Budapest Hotel IMDB — Robert Yeoman
- Ida IMDB — Lukasz Zal and Ryszard Lenczewski
- Mr. Turner IMDB — Dick Pope
- Unbroken IMDB — Roger Deakins
Costume Design
Best Director
Documentary Feature
- ★ CitizenFour IMDB — Laura Poitras, Mathilde Bonnefoy and Dirk Wilutzky
- Finding Vivian Maier IMDB — John Maloof and Charlie Siskel
- Last Days in Vietnam IMDB — Rory Kennedy and Keven McAlester
- The Salt of the Earth IMDB — Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado and David Rosier
- Virunga IMDB — Orlando von Einsiedel and Joanna Natasegara
Documentary Short Subject
- ★ Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1 IMDB — Ellen Goosenberg Kent and Dana Perry
- Joanna IMDB — Aneta Kopacz
- Our Curse IMDB — Tomasz Sliwinski and Maciej Slesicki
- The Reaper (La Parka) IMDB — Gabriel Serra Arguello
- White Earth IMDB — J. Christian Jensen
Film Editing
- ★ Whiplash IMDB — Tom Cross
- American Sniper IMDB — Joel Cox and Gary D. Roach
- Boyhood IMDB — Sandra Adair
- The Grand Budapest Hotel IMDB — Barney Pilling
- The Imitation Game IMDB — William Goldenberg
International Feature Film
- ★ Ida IMDB — Poland
- Leviathan IMDB — Russia
- Tangerines IMDB — Estonia
- Timbuktu IMDB — Mauritania
- Wild Tales IMDB — Argentina
Makeup and Hairstyling
- ★ The Grand Budapest Hotel IMDB — Frances Hannon and Mark Coulier
- Foxcatcher IMDB — Bill Corso and Dennis Liddiard
- Guardians of the Galaxy IMDB — Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou and David White
Original Score
Original Song
- ★ Selma IMDB — Music and Lyric by John Stephens and Lonnie LynnGlory
- The Lego Movie IMDB — Music and Lyric by Shawn PattersonEverything Is Awesome
- Beyond the Lights IMDB — Music and Lyric by Diane WarrenGrateful
- Glen Campbell...I'll Be Me IMDB — Music and Lyric by Glen Campbell and Julian RaymondI'm Not Gonna Miss You
- Begin Again IMDB — Music and Lyric by Gregg Alexander and Danielle BriseboisLost Stars
Animated Short Film
- ★ Feast IMDB — Patrick Osborne and Kristina Reed
- The Bigger Picture IMDB — Daisy Jacobs and Christopher Hees
- The Dam Keeper IMDB — Robert Kondo and Dice Tsutsumi
- Me and My Moulton IMDB — Torill Kove
- A Single Life IMDB — Joris Oprins
Live Action Short Film
- ★ The Phone Call IMDB — Mat Kirkby and James Lucas
- Aya IMDB — Oded Binnun and Mihal Brezis
- Boogaloo and Graham IMDB — Michael Lennox and Ronan Blaney
- Butter Lamp (La Lampe Au Beurre De Yak) IMDB — Hu Wei and Julien Féret
- Parvaneh IMDB — Talkhon Hamzavi and Stefan Eichenberger
Sound Editing
- ★ American Sniper IMDB — Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman
- Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) IMDB — Martín Hernández and Aaron Glascock
- The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies IMDB — Brent Burge and Jason Canovas
- Interstellar IMDB — Richard King
- Unbroken IMDB — Becky Sullivan and Andrew DeCristofaro
Sound Mixing
- ★ Whiplash IMDB — Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins and Thomas Curley
- American Sniper IMDB — John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Walt Martin
- Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) IMDB — Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño and Thomas Varga
- Interstellar IMDB — Gary A. Rizzo, Gregg Landaker and Mark Weingarten
- Unbroken IMDB — Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño and David Lee
Visual Effects
- ★ Interstellar IMDB — Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter and Scott Fisher
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier IMDB — Dan DeLeeuw, Russell Earl, Bryan Grill and Dan Sudick
- Dawn of the Planet of the Apes IMDB — Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Daniel Barrett and Erik Winquist
- Guardians of the Galaxy IMDB — Stephane Ceretti, Nicolas Aithadi, Jonathan Fawkner and Paul Corbould
- X-Men: Days of Future Past IMDB — Richard Stammers, Lou Pecora, Tim Crosbie and Cameron Waldbauer
Adapted Screenplay
- ★ The Imitation Game IMDB — Written by Graham Moore
- American Sniper IMDB — Written by Jason Hall
- Inherent Vice IMDB — Written for the screen by Paul Thomas Anderson
- The Theory of Everything IMDB — Screenplay by Anthony McCarten
- Whiplash IMDB — Written by Damien Chazelle
Original Screenplay
- ★ Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) IMDB — Written by Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. & Armando Bo
- Boyhood IMDB — Written by Richard Linklater
- Foxcatcher IMDB — Written by E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman
- The Grand Budapest Hotel IMDB — Screenplay by Wes Anderson; Story by Wes Anderson & Hugo Guinness
- Nightcrawler IMDB — Written by Dan Gilroy
Nominated films and other recorded entries
60 films represented in the 2014 archive selection.
- A Single Life
- American Sniper
- Aya
- Begin Again
- Beyond the Lights
- Big Hero 6
- Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
- Boogaloo and Graham
- Boyhood
- Butter Lamp (La Lampe Au Beurre De Yak)
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier
- CitizenFour
- Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1
- Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
- Feast
- Finding Vivian Maier
- Foxcatcher
- Glen Campbell...I'll Be Me
- Gone Girl
- Guardians of the Galaxy
- How to Train Your Dragon 2
- Ida
- Inherent Vice
- Interstellar
- Into the Woods
- Joanna
- Last Days in Vietnam
- Leviathan
- Maleficent
- Me and My Moulton
- Mr. Turner
- Nightcrawler
- Our Curse
- Parvaneh
- Selma
- Song of the Sea
- Still Alice
- Tangerines
- The Bigger Picture
- The Boxtrolls
- The Dam Keeper
- The Grand Budapest Hotel
- The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
- The Imitation Game
- The Judge
- The Lego Movie
- The Phone Call
- The Reaper (La Parka)
- The Salt of the Earth
- The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
- The Theory of Everything
- Timbuktu
- Two Days, One Night
- Unbroken
- Virunga
- Whiplash
- White Earth
- Wild
- Wild Tales
- X-Men: Days of Future Past
About these award records
This independent archive groups film-linked award records by film, credited name, category and eligibility year. The film year can differ from the year the ceremony took place. Ceremony numbers are shown where supplied by the records.
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