Best Picture & Directing
Best Picture
Winner
Birdman
Alejandro González Iñárritu, dir. — Fox Searchlight
Acting
Best Actor
Winner
Eddie Redmayne
The Theory of Everything — as Stephen Hawking
Steve Carell— Foxcatcher
Benedict Cumberbatch— The Imitation Game
Bradley Cooper— American Sniper
Michael Keaton— Birdman
Best Actress
Winner
Julianne Moore
Still Alice — as early-onset Alzheimer’s patient; swept the season
Marion Cotillard— Two Days, One Night
Felicity Jones— The Theory of Everything
Rosamund Pike— Gone Girl
Reese Witherspoon— Wild
Best Supporting Actor
Winner
J.K. Simmons
Whiplash — as Terence Fletcher; swept the entire awards season
Robert Duvall— The Judge
Ethan Hawke— Boyhood
Edward Norton— Birdman
Mark Ruffalo— Foxcatcher
Best Supporting Actress
Winner
Patricia Arquette
Boyhood — filmed over 12 years
Laura Dern— Wild
Keira Knightley— The Imitation Game
Emma Stone— Birdman
Meryl Streep— Into the Woods
Writing
Best Original Screenplay
Winner
Birdman
Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr. & Armando Bo
Best Adapted Screenplay
Technical Awards
Best Animated Feature
Best Foreign Language Film
Best Original Score
Best Cinematography
Best Film Editing
Best Visual Effects