Alexandre Desplat has won his first Academy Award in the Best Original Score category for his music for Wes Anderson’s THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL, a brilliant and creative score, marking a decade of extraordinary artistry and exceptional work.
Desplat, a six-time nominee for films including The Queen, The King’s Speech and Argo, also received another nomintaion this year for his score for The Imitation Game, breaking the norm that a composer nominated twice in the same year in Oscar’s original score category almost never wins.
Accepting the Oscar from presenter Julie Andrews, he said: “Wes, you are a genius!”, “It’s been a beautiful decade in Hollywood for me,” “I’ve worked with great directors and producers and I’m very grateful.” He also paid tribute to his Greek mother and his wife Solre, a violinist who played on his first film session, adding, “You made everything happen for me.”
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL took home four golden statues: original score, production design, costume design, and makeup and hairstyling.
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After a competitive awards season, Alejandro G. Inarritu‘s Birdman won for best picture and best director at the Academy Awards ceremony on Sunday night.
FULL LIST OF WINNERS
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)
WINNER
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL – Alexandre Desplat
NOMINEES
THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING – Jóhann Jóhannsson
THE IMITATION GAME – Alexandre Desplat
INTERSTELLAR – Hans Zimmer
MR. TURNER – Gary Yershon
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)
WINNER
SELMA
“Glory” from Selma; Music and Lyric by John Stephens and Lonnie Lynn
NOMINEES
THE LEGO MOVIE
“Everything Is Awesome” from The Lego Movie; Music and Lyric by Shawn Patterson
BEYOND THE LIGHTS
“Grateful” from Beyond the Lights; Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
GLEN CAMPBELL…I’LL BE ME
“I’m Not Gonna Miss You” from Glen Campbell…I’ll Be Me; Music and Lyric by Glen Campbell and Julian Raymond
BEGIN AGAIN
“Lost Stars” from Begin Again; Music and Lyric by Gregg Alexander and Danielle Brisebois
BEST PICTURE
WINNER
BIRDMAN OR (THE UNEXPECTED VIRTUE OF IGNORANCE) – Alejandro G. Iñárritu, John Lesher and James W. Skotchdopole, Producers
NOMINEES
AMERICAN SNIPER – Clint Eastwood, Robert Lorenz, Andrew Lazar, Bradley Cooper and Peter Morgan, Producers
BOYHOOD – Richard Linklater and Cathleen Sutherland, Producers
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL – Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales and Jeremy Dawson, Producers
THE IMITATION GAME – Nora Grossman, Ido Ostrowsky and Teddy Schwarzman, Producers
SELMA – Christian Colson, Oprah Winfrey, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner, Producers
THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING – Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce and Anthony McCarten, Producers
WHIPLASH – Jason Blum, Helen Estabrook and David Lancaster, Producers
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
WINNER
EDDIE REDMAYNE – The Theory of Everything
NOMINEES
STEVE CARELL – Foxcatcher
BRADLEY COOPER – American Sniper
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH – The Imitation Game
MICHAEL KEATON – Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
WINNER
J.K. SIMMONS – Whiplash
NOMINEES
ROBERT DUVALL – The Judge
ETHAN HAWKE – Boyhood
EDWARD NORTON – Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
MARK RUFFALO – Foxcatcher
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
WINNER
JULIANNE MOORE – Still Alice
NOMINEES
MARION COTILLARD – Two Days, One Night
FELICITY JONES – The Theory of Everything
ROSAMUND PIKE – Gone Girl
REESE WITHERSPOON – Wild
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
WINNER
PATRICIA ARQUETTE – Boyhood
NOMINEES
LAURA DERN – Wild
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY – The Imitation Game
EMMA STONE – Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
MERYL STREEP – Into the Woods
DIRECTING
WINNER
BIRDMAN OR (THE UNEXPECTED VIRTUE OF IGNORANCE) – Alejandro G. Iñárritu
NOMINEES
BOYHOOD – Richard Linklater
FOXCATCHER – Bennett Miller
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL – Wes Anderson
THE IMITATION GAME – Morten Tyldum
FILM EDITING
WINNER
WHIPLASH – Tom Cross
NOMINEES
AMERICAN SNIPER – Joel Cox and Gary D. Roach
BOYHOOD – Sandra Adair
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL – Barney Pilling
THE IMITATION GAME – William Goldenberg
WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
WINNER
BIRDMAN OR (THE UNEXPECTED VIRTUE OF IGNORANCE)
Written by Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. & Armando Bo
NOMINEES
BOYHOOD
Written by Richard Linklater
FOXCATCHER
Written by E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
Screenplay by Wes Anderson; Story by Wes Anderson & Hugo Guinness
NIGHTCRAWLER
Written by Dan Gilroy
WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
WINNER
THE IMITATION GAME – Written by Graham Moore
NOMINEES
INHERENT VICE – Written for the screen by Paul Thomas Anderson
THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING – Screenplay by Anthony McCarten
WHIPLASH – Written by Damien Chazelle
AMERICAN SNIPER – Written by Jason Hall
CINEMATOGRAPHY
WINNER
BIRDMAN OR (THE UNEXPECTED VIRTUE OF IGNORANCE) – Emmanuel Lubezki
NOMINEES
UNBROKEN – Roger Deakins
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL – Robert Yeoman
IDA – Łukasz Żal and Ryszard Lenczewski
MR. TURNER – Dick Pope
COSTUME DESIGN
WINNER
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL – Milena Canonero
NOMINEES
INHERENT VICE – Mark Bridges
INTO THE WOODS – Colleen Atwood
MALEFICENT – Anna B. Sheppar
MR. TURNER – Jacqueline Durran
MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
WINNER
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL – Frances Hannon and Mark Coulier
NOMINEES
FOXCATCHER – Bill Corso and Dennis Liddiard
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY – Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou and David White
PRODUCTION DESIGN
WINNER
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
NOMINEES
THE IMITATION GAME
Production Design: Maria Djurkovic; Set Decoration: Tatiana Macdonald
INTERSTELLAR
Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Gary Fettis
INTO THE WOODS
Production Design: Dennis Gassner; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
MR. TURNER
Production Design: Suzie Davies; Set Decoration: Charlotte Watts
SOUND EDITING
WINNER
AMERICAN SNIPER – Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman
NOMINEES
INTERSTELLAR – Richard King
UNBROKEN – Becky Sullivan and Andrew DeCristofaro
BIRDMAN OR (THE UNEXPECTED VIRTUE OF IGNORANCE) – Martín Hernández and Aaron Glascock
THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES – Brent Burge and Jason Canovas
SOUND MIXING
WINNER
WHIPLASH – Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins and Thomas Curley
NOMINEES
AMERICAN SNIPER – John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Walt Martin
BIRDMAN OR (THE UNEXPECTED VIRTUE OF IGNORANCE) – Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño and Thomas Varga
INTERSTELLAR – Gary A. Rizzo, Gregg Landaker and Mark Weingarten
UNBROKEN – Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño and David Lee
VISUAL EFFECTS
WINNER
INTERSTELLAR – Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter and Scott Fisher
NOMINEES
CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER – Dan DeLeeuw, Russell Earl, Bryan Grill and Dan Sudick
DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES – Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Daniel Barrett and Erik Winquist
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY – Stephane Ceretti, Nicolas Aithadi, Jonathan Fawkner and Paul Corbould
X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST – Richard Stammers, Lou Pecora, Tim Crosbie and Cameron Waldbauer
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
WINNER
IDA – Poland
NOMINEES
LEVIATHAN – Russia
TANGERINES – Estonia
TIMBUKTU – Mauritania
WILD TALES – Argentina
DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT)
WINNER
CRISIS HOTLINE: VETERANS PRESS 1 – Ellen Goosenberg Kent and Dana Perry
NOMINEES
JOANNA – Aneta Kopacz
OUR CURSE – Tomasz Śliwiński and Maciej Ślesicki
THE REAPER (LA PARKA) – Gabriel Serra Arguello
WHITE EARTH – J. Christian Jensen
DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)
WINNER
CITIZENFOUR – Laura Poitras, Mathilde Bonnefoy and Dirk Wilutzky
NOMINEES
FINDING VIVIAN MAIER – John Maloof and Charlie Siskel
LAST DAYS IN VIETNAM – Rory Kennedy and Keven McAlester
THE SALT OF THE EARTH – Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado and David Rosier
VIRUNGA – Orlando von Einsiedel and Joanna Natasegara
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
WINNER
BIG HERO 6 – Don Hall, Chris Williams and Roy Conli
NOMINEES
THE BOXTROLLS – Anthony Stacchi, Graham Annable and Travis Knight
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2 – Dean DeBlois and Bonnie Arnold
SONG OF THE SEA – Tomm Moore and Paul Young
THE TALE OF THE PRINCESS KAGUYA – Isao Takahata and Yoshiaki Nishimura
SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
WINNER
FEAST – Patrick Osborne and Kristina Reed
NOMINEES
THE BIGGER PICTURE – Daisy Jacobs and Christopher Hees
THE DAM KEEPER -Robert Kondo and Dice Tsutsumi
ME AND MY MOULTON – Torill Kove
A SINGLE LIFE – Joris Oprins
SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
WINNER
THE PHONE CALL – Mat Kirkby and James Lucas
NOMINEES
AYA – Oded Binnun and Mihal Brezis
BOOGALOO AND GRAHAM – Michael Lennox and Ronan Blaney
BUTTER LAMP (LA LAMPE AU BEURRE DE YAK) – Hu Wei and Julien Féret
PARVANEH – Talkhon Hamzavi and Stefan Eichenberger
