# 2014-2015 Awards Season **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 28, 2014, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-2015-awards-season/705802 "2014-11-28T03:03:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2015, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-2015-awards-season/705802/81 "2015-01-13T19:07:12Z")
The DGA just announced their nominees: Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel Clint Eastwood, American Sniper Alejandro Inarritu, Birdman Richard Linklater, Boyhood Morten Tyldum, The Imitation Game Now, it’s very rare that the Academy matches with the DGA perfectly (5-for-5). It last happened in 2009 & 2005, but in the last 10 years, 6 of them went 4-for-5 with matching (in 2006, it was 3-for-5, and in 2012, the truly bizarre 2-for-5). So my guess would be that the two most vulnerable are Eastwood and Tyldum, and the director in the best position to replace one of them is Ana DuVernay (Selma)–though Damien Chazelle (Whiplash), David Fincher (Gone Girl), James Marsh (The Theory of Everything), Bennett Miller (Foxcatcher), and Mike Leigh (Mr. Turner) shouldn’t be ruled out. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2015, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-2015-awards-season/705802/82 "2015-01-13T20:36:08Z")
> [@MovieMogul](#): > > The DGA just announced their nominees: > > Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel > Clint Eastwood, American Sniper > Alejandro Inarritu, Birdman > Richard Linklater, Boyhood > Morten Tyldum, The Imitation Game > > Now, it’s very rare that the Academy matches with the DGA perfectly (5-for-5). It last happened in 2009 & 2005, but in the last 10 years, 6 of them went 4-for-5 with matching (in 2006, it was 3-for-5, and in 2012, the truly bizarre 2-for-5). > > So my guess would be that the two most vulnerable are Eastwood and Tyldum, and the director in the best position to replace one of them is Ana DuVernay (Selma)–though Damien Chazelle (Whiplash), David Fincher (Gone Girl), James Marsh (The Theory of Everything), Bennett Miller (Foxcatcher), and Mike Leigh (Mr. Turner) shouldn’t be ruled out. Selma was a little bit of a surprise, but apparently a lot of DGA members had little opportunity to see the final form of the film: > **[DGA Noms: The Story Behind the Snub Everyone’s Talking About (Analysis)](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/dga-noms-story-behind-snub-763334/)** > > Was 'Selma' director Ava DuVernay excluded because she's black, because she's a woman or because Paramount never mailed DGA members screeners of the film? THR's awards analyst suggests the answer may be none of the above. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2015, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-2015-awards-season/705802/83 "2015-01-13T21:55:09Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > Selma was a little bit of a surprise, but apparently a lot of DGA members had little opportunity to see the final form of the film: > > [DGA Noms: The Story Behind the Snub Everyone’s Talking About (Analysis)](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/dga-noms-story-behind-snub-763334) Yes, SELMA has been MIA from virtually all the guilds (their Golden Globe showing has been their most substantial presence in the awards run). But screeners did go out to all the Academy members, so they’re hoping the name recognition and buzz will be enough to get the members to pop that DVD in. The rest is out of their control. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-2015-awards-season/705802/84 "2015-01-14T00:40:18Z")
Thanks for the DGA nominations MovieMogul. I’m killing time waiting for Inherent Vice to start, so here’s another Guild. **Cinema Audio Society (CAS)** nominations Motion Picture - Live Action “American Sniper” Production Mixer: Walt Martin, CAS Re-recording Mixer: Gregg Rudloff Re-recording Mixer: John Reitz Scoring Mixer: Robert Fernandez ADR Mixer: Thomas J. O’Connell Foley Mixer: James Ashwell “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)” Production Mixer: Thomas Varga Re-recording Mixer: Jon Taylor, CAS Re-recording Mixer: Frank A. Montaño Scoring Mixer: Gustavo Borner ADR Mixer: Jason Oliver Foley Mixer: John Sanacore, CAS “Guardians of the Galaxy” Production Mixer: Simon Hayes, CAS Re-recording Mixer: Lora Hirschberg Re-recording Mixer: Christopher Boyes Scoring Mixer: Gustavo Borner ADR Mixer: Doc Kane Foley Mixer: Chris Manning “Interstellar” Production Mixer: Mark Weingarten, CAS Re-recording Mixer: Gary A. Rizzo, CAS Re-recording Mixer: Gregg Landaker Scoring Mixer: Alan Meyerson, CAS ADR Mixer: Thomas J. O’Connell Foley Mixer: Mary Jo Lang, CAS “Unbroken” Production Mixer: David Lee Re-recording Mixer: Jon Taylor, CAS Re-recording Mixer: Frank A. Montaño Scoring Mixer: Jonathan Allen ADR Mixer: Paul Drenning, CAS Foley Mixer: John Guentner Motion Picture - Animated “Big Hero 6” Original Dialogue Mixer: Gabriel Guy, CAS Re-recording Mixer: David E. Fluhr, CAS Re-recording Mixer: Gabriel Guy, CAS Scoring Mixer: Alan Meyerson, CAS Foley Mixer: Mary Jo Lang, CAS “The Boxtrolls” Original Dialogue Mixer – Carlos Sotolongo Re-recording Mixer: Tom Myers Re-recording Mixer: Ren Klyce Re-recording Mixer: Nathan Nance Scoring Mixer: Nick Wollage Foley Mixer: Mary Jo Lang, CAS “How to Train Your Dragon 2” Original Dialogue Mixer: Tighe Sheldon Re-recording Mixer: Randy Thom, CAS Re-recording Mixer: Shawn Murphy Re-recording Mixer: Brandon Proctor Scoring Mixer: Shawn Murphy Foley Mixer: Corey Tyler “The LEGO Movie” Original Dialogue Mixer: Thomas J. O’Connell Re-recording Mixer: Michael Semanick, CAS Re-recording Mixer: Gregg Rudloff Re-recording Mixer: Wayne Pashley Scoring Mixer: Brad Haehnel Foley Mixer: John Simpson “Penguins of Madagascar” Original Dialogue Mixer: Tighe Sheldon Re-recording Mixer: Paul N.J. Ottosson, CAS Scoring Mixer: Dennis Sands, CAS Foley Mixer: Randy K. Singer, CAS Read more at [http://m.hitfix.com/in-contention/cinema-audio-society-nominees-include-birdman-guardians-and-interstellar#wlkM6Ug1Kxf3jjzV.99](http://m.hitfix.com/in-contention/cinema-audio-society-nominees-include-birdman-guardians-and-interstellar#wlkM6Ug1Kxf3jjzV.99) ---
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**Visual Effects Society (VES)** nominations They have a shitton of categories, so I’m putting the whole bunch in spoilers. Please forgive any mistakes or dups. I did all this copying and pasting on my mobile, and it was not easy. Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Joe Letteri Ryan Stafford Matt Kutcher Dan Lemmon Hannah Blanchini Guardians of the Galaxy Stephane Ceretti Susan Pickett Jonathan Fawkner Nicolas Aithadi Paul Corbould Interstellar Paul Franklin Kevin Elam Ann Podlozny Andrew Lockley Scott Fisher Maleficent Carey Villegas Barrie Hemsley Adam Valdez Kelly Port Michael Dawson The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Joe Letteri David Conley Eric Saindon Kevin Sherwood Steve Ingram X-Men: Days of Future Past Richard Stammers Blondel Aidoo Lou Pecora Anders Langlands Cameron Waldbauer Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Ara Khanikian Ivy Agregan Sebastien Moreau Isabelle Langlois Divergent Jim Berney Greg Baxter Matt Dessero The Grand Budapest Hotel Gabriel Sanchez Jenny Foster Simon Weisse Jan Burda The Imitation Game Stuart Bullen Lucy Ainsworth-Taylor Simon Rowe Unbroken Bill George Steve Gaub Erin Dusseault Dave Morley Brian Cox Outstanding Animation in an Animated Feature Motion Picture Big Hero 6 Don Hall Chris Williams Roy Conli Zach Parrish How to Train Your Dragon 2 Bonnie Arnold Dean DeBlois Dave Walvoord Simon Otto Rio 2 Carlos Saldanha Bruce Anderson John C. Donkin Kirk Garfield The Boxtrolls Travis Knight Anthony Stacchi Graham Annable Brad Schiff The Lego Movie Chris McKay Amber Naismith Jim Dodd David Williams Outstanding Performance of an Animated Character in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture Dawn of the Planet of the Apes; Caesar Paul Story Eteuati Tema Andrea Merlo Emiliano Padovani Dawn of the Planet of the Apes; Koba Daniel Barrett Alessandro Bonora Mark Edward Allen Masaya Suzuki Guardians of the Galaxy; Rocket Kevin Spruce Rachel Williams Laurie Brugger Mark Wilson Maleficent; Thistlewit Darren Hendler Matthias Wittmann Jeremy Buttell Elliot Rosenstein Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature Motion Picture Big Hero 6; Baymax Colin Eckart John Kahwaty Zach Parrish Zack Petroc How to Train Your Dragon 2; Hiccup Jakob Hjort Jensen Fabio Lignini Stephen Candell Hongseo Park Rio 2; Gabi Jason Sadler Ignacio Barrios Drew Winey Diana Diriwaechter The Boxtrolls; Archibald Snatcher Travis Knight Jason Stalman Michael Laubach Kyle Williams Outstanding Created Environment in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture Captain America: The Winter Soldier; Triskelion Headquarters Johan Thorngren Greg Kegel Quentin Marmier Luis Calero Interstellar; Tesseract Tom Bracht Graham Page Thomas Døhlen Kirsty Clark Lucy; Times Square Richard Bluff Steve Bevins Steve DeLuca Tiffany Yung Noah; Antediluvian Earth Grady Cofer Dan Wheaton Susumu Yukuhiro Ben O’Brien Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature Motion Picture Big Hero 6; Into the Portal Ralf Habel David Hutchins Michael Kaschalk Olun Riley How to Train Your Dragon 2; Oasis Sun Yoon Liang-Yuan Wang Ted Davis Shannon Thomas The Book of Life; Magical Land of the Remembered Glo Minaya Amy Chen Sean McEwan Jeff Masters The Boxtrolls; Boxtroll Cavern Curt Enderle Rob DeSue Emily Greene Jesse Gregg Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a Photoreal/Live Action Motion Media Project Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Keith Miller Jonathan Paquin Alessandro Saponi David Houghton Williams Edge of Tomorrow; Beach and Paris Attacks Albert Cheng Jose Enrique Astacio Jr. Michael Havart Dion Beebe Interstellar; Tesseract Faraz Hameed Stephen Painter Hoyte van Hoytema Dorian Knapp X-Men: Days of Future Past; Kitchen Scene Austin Bonang Casey Schatz Dennis Jones Newton Thomas Sigel Outstanding Models in any Motion Media Project Big Hero 6; City of San Fransokyo Brett Achorn Minh Duong Scott Watanabe Larry Wu The Boxtrolls; Mecha-Drill Tom McClure Oliver Jones Raul Martinez The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies; Laketown Leslie Chan Alastair Mayer Niklas Preston Justin Stockton Transformers: Age of Extinction; Knightship Landis Fields John Goodson Anthony Rispoli Dae Han Outstanding Effects Simulations in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture Captain America: The Winter Soldier; Helicarrier Broadside and Crash Dan Pearson Sheldon Serrao Jose Burgos Eric Jennings Edge of Tomorrow; Destruction and Sand Steve Avoujageli Pawel Grochola Atsushi Ikarashi Paul Waggoner The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Jon Allitt David Caeiro Ronnie Menahem X-Men: Days of Future Past; Quicksilver Pentagon Kitchen Adam Paschke Premamurti Paetsch Sam Hancock Timmy Lundin Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Animated Feature Motion Picture Big Hero 6 Henrik Falt David Hutchins Michael Kaschalk John Kosnik How to Train Your Dragon 2; The Battle Spencer Knapp Baptiste Van Opstal Lucas Janin Jason Mayer The Boxtrolls Kent Estep Peter Stuart Ralph Procida Timur Khodzhaev The Lego Movie Carsten Kolve Jayandera Danappal Matt Ebb Miles Green Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Christoph Salzmann Florian Schroeder Quentin Hema Simone Riginelli Edge of Tomorrow; Beach Craig Wentworth Matthew Welford Marie Victoria Denoga Frank Fieser Interstellar; Water Raphael Hamm Isaac Layish Sebastian Von Overheidt Tristan Myles The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Simon Jung Ben Roberts Matthew Adams Jordan Schilling ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-2015-awards-season/705802/86 "2015-01-14T01:30:07Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > **Visual Effects Society (VES)** nominations > > They have a shitton of categories, so I’m putting the whole bunch in spoilers. Please forgive any mistakes or dups. I did all this copying and pasting on my mobile, and it was not easy. > > Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture > > Dawn of the Planet of the Apes > Joe Letteri > Ryan Stafford > Matt Kutcher > Dan Lemmon > Hannah Blanchini > > Guardians of the Galaxy > Stephane Ceretti > Susan Pickett > Jonathan Fawkner > Nicolas Aithadi > Paul Corbould > > Interstellar > Paul Franklin > Kevin Elam > Ann Podlozny > Andrew Lockley > Scott Fisher > > Maleficent > Carey Villegas > Barrie Hemsley > Adam Valdez > Kelly Port > Michael Dawson > > The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies > Joe Letteri > David Conley > Eric Saindon > Kevin Sherwood > Steve Ingram > > X-Men: Days of Future Past > Richard Stammers > Blondel Aidoo > Lou Pecora > Anders Langlands > Cameron Waldbauer > Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture > > Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) > Ara Khanikian > Ivy Agregan > Sebastien Moreau > Isabelle Langlois > > Divergent > Jim Berney > Greg Baxter > Matt Dessero > > The Grand Budapest Hotel > Gabriel Sanchez > Jenny Foster > Simon Weisse > Jan Burda > > The Imitation Game > Stuart Bullen > Lucy Ainsworth-Taylor > Simon Rowe > > Unbroken > Bill George > Steve Gaub > Erin Dusseault > Dave Morley > Brian Cox > Outstanding Animation in an Animated Feature Motion Picture > > Big Hero 6 > Don Hall > Chris Williams > Roy Conli > Zach Parrish > > How to Train Your Dragon 2 > Bonnie Arnold > Dean DeBlois > Dave Walvoord > Simon Otto > > Rio 2 > Carlos Saldanha > Bruce Anderson > John C. Donkin > Kirk Garfield > > The Boxtrolls > Travis Knight > Anthony Stacchi > Graham Annable > Brad Schiff > > The Lego Movie > Chris McKay > Amber Naismith > Jim Dodd > David Williams > > Outstanding Performance of an Animated Character in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture > > Dawn of the Planet of the Apes; Caesar > Paul Story > Eteuati Tema > Andrea Merlo > Emiliano Padovani > > Dawn of the Planet of the Apes; Koba > Daniel Barrett > Alessandro Bonora > Mark Edward Allen > Masaya Suzuki > > Guardians of the Galaxy; Rocket > Kevin Spruce > Rachel Williams > Laurie Brugger > Mark Wilson > > Maleficent; Thistlewit > Darren Hendler > Matthias Wittmann > Jeremy Buttell > Elliot Rosenstein > Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature Motion Picture > > Big Hero 6; Baymax > Colin Eckart > John Kahwaty > Zach Parrish > Zack Petroc > > How to Train Your Dragon 2; Hiccup > Jakob Hjort Jensen > Fabio Lignini > Stephen Candell > Hongseo Park > > Rio 2; Gabi > Jason Sadler > Ignacio Barrios > Drew Winey > Diana Diriwaechter > > The Boxtrolls; Archibald Snatcher > Travis Knight > Jason Stalman > Michael Laubach > Kyle Williams > Outstanding Created Environment in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture > > Captain America: The Winter Soldier; Triskelion Headquarters > Johan Thorngren > Greg Kegel > Quentin Marmier > Luis Calero > > Interstellar; Tesseract > Tom Bracht > Graham Page > Thomas Døhlen > Kirsty Clark > > Lucy; Times Square > Richard Bluff > Steve Bevins > Steve DeLuca > Tiffany Yung > > Noah; Antediluvian Earth > Grady Cofer > Dan Wheaton > Susumu Yukuhiro > Ben O’Brien > Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature Motion Picture > > Big Hero 6; Into the Portal > Ralf Habel > David Hutchins > Michael Kaschalk > Olun Riley > > How to Train Your Dragon 2; Oasis > Sun Yoon > Liang-Yuan Wang > Ted Davis > Shannon Thomas > > The Book of Life; Magical Land of the Remembered > Glo Minaya > Amy Chen > Sean McEwan > Jeff Masters > > The Boxtrolls; Boxtroll Cavern > Curt Enderle > Rob DeSue > Emily Greene > Jesse Gregg > Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a Photoreal/Live Action Motion Media Project > > Dawn of the Planet of the Apes > Keith Miller > Jonathan Paquin > Alessandro Saponi > David Houghton Williams > > Edge of Tomorrow; Beach and Paris Attacks > Albert Cheng > Jose Enrique Astacio Jr. > Michael Havart > Dion Beebe > > Interstellar; Tesseract > Faraz Hameed > Stephen Painter > Hoyte van Hoytema > Dorian Knapp > > X-Men: Days of Future Past; Kitchen Scene > Austin Bonang > Casey Schatz > Dennis Jones > Newton Thomas Sigel > Outstanding Models in any Motion Media Project > > Big Hero 6; City of San Fransokyo > Brett Achorn > Minh Duong > Scott Watanabe > Larry Wu > > The Boxtrolls; Mecha-Drill > Tom McClure > Oliver Jones > Raul Martinez > > The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies; Laketown > Leslie Chan > Alastair Mayer > Niklas Preston > Justin Stockton > > Transformers: Age of Extinction; Knightship > Landis Fields > John Goodson > Anthony Rispoli > Dae Han > Outstanding Effects Simulations in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture > > Captain America: The Winter Soldier; Helicarrier Broadside and Crash > Dan Pearson > Sheldon Serrao > Jose Burgos > Eric Jennings > > Edge of Tomorrow; Destruction and Sand > Steve Avoujageli > Pawel Grochola > Atsushi Ikarashi > Paul Waggoner > > The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies > Jon Allitt > David Caeiro > Ronnie Menahem > > X-Men: Days of Future Past; Quicksilver Pentagon Kitchen > Adam Paschke > Premamurti Paetsch > Sam Hancock > Timmy Lundin > Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Animated Feature Motion Picture > > Big Hero 6 > Henrik Falt > David Hutchins > Michael Kaschalk > John Kosnik > > How to Train Your Dragon 2; The Battle > Spencer Knapp > Baptiste Van Opstal > Lucas Janin > Jason Mayer > > The Boxtrolls > Kent Estep > Peter Stuart > Ralph Procida > Timur Khodzhaev > > The Lego Movie > Carsten Kolve > Jayandera Danappal > Matt Ebb > Miles Green > Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture > > Dawn of the Planet of the Apes > Christoph Salzmann > Florian Schroeder > Quentin Hema > Simone Riginelli > > Edge of Tomorrow; Beach > Craig Wentworth > Matthew Welford > Marie Victoria Denoga > Frank Fieser > > Interstellar; Water > Raphael Hamm > Isaac Layish > Sebastian Von Overheidt > Tristan Myles > > The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies > Simon Jung > Ben Roberts > Matthew Adams > Jordan Schilling Essentially, the Oscar is between _Interstellar_ and _Apes_, and just like its predecessor _Rise_ lost to the inferior _Hugo_, the deserving _Dawn_ is likely to lose to its more high-minded competition. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2015, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-2015-awards-season/705802/87 "2015-01-15T03:43:36Z")
Reminder: Tomorrow morning 5:30am PST is the Oscar announcements. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2015, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-2015-awards-season/705802/88 "2015-01-16T18:22:22Z")
Critics Choice Awards. Winners in Bold are also nominated for an Oscar **Best Picture – “Boyhood” Best Actor – Michael Keaton, “Birdman” Best Actress – Julianne Moore, “Still Alice” Best Supporting Actor – J.K. Simmons, “Whiplash” Best Supporting Actress – Patricia Arquette, “Boyhood”** Best Young Actor/Actress – Ellar Coltrane, “Boyhood” Best Acting Ensemble – “Birdman” **Best Director – Richard Linklater, “Boyhood” Best Original Screenplay – Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr., Armando Bo, “Birdman”** Best Adapted Screenplay – Gillian Flynn, “Gone Girl” **Best Cinematography – Emmanuel Lubezki, “Birdman” Best Art Direction – Adam Stockhausen (Production Designer), Anna Pinnock (Set Decorator), “The Grand Budapest Hotel”** Best Editing – Douglas Crise, Stephen Mirrione, “Birdman” **Best Costume Design – Milena Canonero, “The Grand Budapest Hotel” Best Hair & Makeup – “Guardians of the Galaxy” Best Visual Effects – “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes”** Best Animated Feature – “The Lego Movie” Best Action Movie – “Guardians of the Galaxy” **Best Actor in an Action Movie – Bradley Cooper, “American Sniper”** Best Actress in an Action Movie – Emily Blunt, “Edge of Tomorrow” **Best Comedy – “The Grand Budapest Hotel”** \*\*Best Actor in a Comedy – Michael Keaton, “Birdman” \*\*Best Actress in a Comedy – Jenny Slate, “Obvious Child” Best Sci-Fi/Horror Movie – “Interstellar” Best Foreign Language Film – “Force Majeure” Best Documentary Feature – “Life Itself” **Best Song – “Glory”, Common and John Legend, “Selma”** Best Score – Antonio Sanchez, “Birdman” ---
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I can’t find it online (huh, I wonder why…), but the SJ Merc had as a front page headline today: “And the Oscar for Best Caucasian goes to…” and then a list of all the best actor/supporting actor and best actress/supporting actress nominees. Did I just say “actress”? I actually thought it was kind of funny, but I guess it created a bit of a stir. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2015, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-2015-awards-season/705802/90 "2015-01-23T18:16:51Z")
Bump for a big awards weekend. Tomorrow is the Producers Guild awards–the winner of this the last 7 years went on to win the Best Picture Oscar. Then Sunday, the Screen Actors Guild awards, which can usually be counted on to accurately predict at least 3 of the 4 individual acting categories as well. ---
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We have a race! The Producers Guild went for Birdman. Their Documentary award went to the Roger Ebert doc Life Itself. The Animated went to The LEGO Movie. Neither of those were nominated for Oscaars. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2015, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-2015-awards-season/705802/92 "2015-01-26T05:47:51Z")
Screen Actors Guild WINNERS: Birdman: Ensemble Julianne Moore - Actress (Still Alice) Eddie Redmayne - Actor (The Theory of Everything) Patricia Arquette - Supporting Actress (Boyhood) J.K. Simmons - Supporting Actor (Whiplash) I believe I need to re-think my Oscar predictions. ---
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I am loving this surge for Birdman! I like when it’s an actual race for the top awards and not one picture dominating all the pre-Oscar awards. (Plus Birdman is my favorite of the nominees, though I have yet to see Boyhood.) ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2015, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-2015-awards-season/705802/94 "2015-01-27T17:42:29Z")
It’s interesting because the Oscars usually play it safe and the two front-runners are definitely not safe choices. BOYHOOD is a 12-year experiment with a movie that’s almost 3 hours long and essentially plotless (though that doesn’t mean it’s not rich in character and incident). BIRDMAN is an audacious technical experiment, translating the one-take conceit into a psychological motif that is gimmicky or gutsy (YMMV) but a genuine production marvel that also sings the praises of the misanthropic artist. Neither falls into any easy category of Awards Bait and both fall well outside the typical Oscar template. Which of the two will AMPAS choose? Or will they go with the safe fallback, THE IMITATION GAME (which, with acting, directing, writing, and editing nods, has all the standard prerequisite for a win while following a more traditional storyline)? The DGA is the last remaining significant precursor so that may either seal the deal (if Inarritu wins) or mix it up more (if Linklater takes it). Either way, it should be interesting, even if most of the acting awards are foregone conclusions. ---
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Most recent Guild winners plus the Scripters. **Art Directors Guild (ADG)** WINNERS (and nominations) [spoiler] NOMINEES FOR EXCELLENCE IN PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR A FEATURE FILM IN 2014: **Period Film** INHERENT VICE Production Designer: DAVID CRANK WINNER: THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL Production Designer: ADAM STOCKHAUSEN THE IMITATION GAME Production Designer: MARIA DJURKOVIC THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING Production Designer: JOHN PAUL KELLY UNBROKEN Production Designer: JON HUTMAN **Fantasy Film** CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER Production Designer: PETER WENHAM DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES Production Designer: JAMES CHINLUND WINNER: GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY Production Designer: CHARLES WOOD INTERSTELLAR Production Designer: NATHAN CROWLEY INTO THE WOODS Production Designer: DENNIS GASSNER **Contemporary Film** AMERICAN SNIPER Production Designers: JAMES J. MURAKAMI, CHARISSE CARDENAS WINNER: BIRDMAN Production Designer: KEVIN THOMPSON FOXCATCHER Production Designer: JESS GONCHOR GONE GIRL Production Designer: DONALD GRAHAM BURT NIGHTCRAWLER Production Designer: KEVIN KAVANAUGH[/spoiler] \*\*American Cinema Editors (ACE) Eddie \*\* WINNERS (and nominations) [spoiler]**BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (DRAMATIC)**: American Sniper Joel Cox, ACE & Gary Roach, ACE WINNER: Boyhood Sandra Adair, ACE Gone Girl Kirk Baxter, ACE The Imitation Game William Goldenberg, ACE Nightcrawler John Gilroy, ACE Whiplash Tom Cross There are 6 nominees because there was a tie. No one’s saying who tied what. **BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (COMEDY OR MUSICAL)**: Birdman Douglas Crise & Stephen Mirrione, ACE Guardians of the Galaxy Fred Raskin, Hughes Winborne, ACE & Craig Wood, ACE Into the Woods Wyatt Smith Inherent Vice Leslie Jones, ACE WINNER: The Grand Budapest Hotel Barney Pilling **BEST EDITED ANIMATED FEATURE FILM** : Big Hero 6 Tim Mertens The Boxtrolls Edie Ichioka, ACE 

 WINNER: The Lego Movie David Burrows & Chris McKay **BEST EDITED DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)**: WINNER: Citizenfour Mathilde Bonnefoy Finding Vivian Maier Aaron Wickenden Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me Elisa Bonora

[/spoiler] **USC Scripter Awards** WINNER (and nominees-they only honor Adapted screenplays) [spoiler] Gone Girl, adapted by Gillian Flynn from her novel of the same name WINNER: The Imitation Game, adapted by Graham Moore from Andrew Hodges’ book Alan Turing: The Enigma Inherent Vice, adapted by Paul Thomas Anderson from Thomas Pynchon’s novel of the same name The Theory of Everything, adapted by Andrew McCarten from Jane Hawking’s Traveling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen Wild, adapted by Nick Hornby from Cheryl Strayed’s memoir of the same name[/spoiler] ---
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Just so we have them in this thread, here were the Golden Globes winners, using Maserschmidt’s original list. **2015 Golden Globes** WINNERS (and nominees, feature film) [spoiler] BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA WINNER: BOYHOOD FOXCATCHER THE IMITATION GAME SELMA THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA JENNIFER ANISTON - CAKE FELICITY JONES - THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING WINNER: JULIANNE MOORE - STILL ALICE ROSAMUND PIKE - GONE GIRL REESE WITHERSPOON - WILD BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA STEVE CARELL - FOXCATCHER BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH - THE IMITATION GAME JAKE GYLLENHAAL - NIGHTCRAWLER DAVID OYELOWO - SELMA WINNER: EDDIE REDMAYNE - THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING BEST MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL BIRDMAN WINNER: THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL INTO THE WOODS PRIDE ST. VINCENT BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL WINNER: AMY ADAMS - BIG EYES EMILY BLUNT - INTO THE WOODS HELEN MIRREN - THE HUNDRED-FOOT JOURNEY JULIANNE MOORE - MAPS TO THE STARS QUVENZHANÉ WALLIS - ANNIE BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL RALPH FIENNES THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL WINNER: MICHAEL KEATON BIRDMAN BILL MURRAY ST. VINCENT JOAQUIN PHOENIX INHERENT VICE CHRISTOPH WALTZ BIG EYES BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM BIG HERO 6 THE BOOK OF LIFE THE BOXTROLLS WINNER: HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2 THE LEGO MOVIE BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM FORCE MAJEURE TURIST (SWEDEN) GETT: THE TRIAL OF VIVIANE (ISRAEL) AMSALEM GETT IDA (POLAND/DENMARK) WINNER: LEVIATHAN (RUSSIA) TANGERINES MANDARIINID (ESTONIA) BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE WINNER: PATRICIA ARQUETTE BOYHOOD JESSICA CHASTAIN A MOST VIOLENT YEAR KEIRA KNIGHTLEY THE IMITATION GAME EMMA STONE BIRDMAN MERYL STREEP INTO THE WOODS BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE ROBERT DUVALL THE JUDGE ETHAN HAWKE BOYHOOD EDWARD NORTON BIRDMAN MARK RUFFALO FOXCATCHER WINNER: J.K. SIMMONS WHIPLASH BEST DIRECTOR – MOTION PICTURE WES ANDERSON THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL AVA DUVERNAY SELMA DAVID FINCHER GONE GIRL ALEJANDRO GONZÁLEZ IÑÁRRITU BIRDMAN WINNER: RICHARD LINKLATER BOYHOOD BEST SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE WES ANDERSON THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL GILLIAN FLYNN GONE GIRL WINNER: ALEJANDRO GONZÁLEZ IÑÁRRITU BIRDMAN RICHARD LINKLATER BOYHOOD GRAHAM MOORE THE IMITATION GAME BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – MOTION PICTURE ALEXANDRE DESPLAT THE IMITATION GAME WINNER: JÓHANN JÓHANNSSON THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING TRENT REZNOR, GONE GIRL ANTONIO SANCHEZ BIRDMAN HANS ZIMMER INTERSTELLAR BEST ORIGINAL SONG – MOTION PICTURE “BIG EYES” — BIG EYES WINNER: “GLORY” — SELMA “MERCY IS” — NOAH “OPPORTUNITY” — ANNIE “YELLOW FLICKER BEAT” — THE HUNGER GAMES [/spoiler] ---
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Bumping because both the DGA and the BAFTAs are this weekend. While the former is an important precursor (none has been a more reliable predictor of its category in the last 70 years), the BAFTAs you have to take with a grain of salt because the memberships overlap a little but don’t necessarily represent momentum. Still, it’s always nice when awards get to spread the wealth a little. ---
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Also, the Visual Effects Society awards came out. Again, not a great precursor (VFX professionals have very different standards than regular Academy membership) but still interesting: Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture: **Dawn of the Planet of the Apes** Outstanding Animation in an Animated Feature Motion Picture: **Big Hero 6** Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture: **Birdman** Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture: **Dawn of the Planet of the Apes** Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a Photoreal/Live Action Motion Media Project: **X-Men: Days of Future Past** ; Kitchen Scene Outstanding Models in any Motion Media Project: **Big Hero 6** ; City of San Fransokyo Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature Motion Picture: **Big Hero 6** ; Into the Portal Outstanding Created Environment in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture: **Interstellar** ; Tesseract Outstanding Effects Simulations in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture: **X-Men: Days of Future Past** ; Quicksilver Pentagon Kitchen Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Animated Feature Motion Picture: **Big Hero 6** Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature Motion Picture: **Big Hero 6** ; Baymax Outstanding Performance of an Animated Character in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture: **Dawn of the Planet of the Apes** ; Caesar ---
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Thanks for the VES winners Movie Mogul. The Directors Guild (DGA) chose Alejandro González Iñárritu for Birdman. The BAFTAS were today though it’s only now airing so I won’t list the winners. Here’s a blog with the winners. [BAFTAs Offer Oscar Clues as ‘Boyhood’ Scores 3 Big Wins UPDATED – IndieWire](http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/baftas-offer-oscar-clues-20150208) ---
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BAFTA winners (films marked with \* are NOT up for the Oscar in that category) BEST FILM: BOYHOOD Richard Linklater, Cathleen Sutherland DIRECTOR: BOYHOOD Richard Linklater LEADING ACTRESS: JULIANNE MOORE Still Alice LEADING ACTOR: EDDIE REDMAYNE The Theory of Everything SUPPORTING ACTRESS: PATRICIA ARQUETTE Boyhood SUPPORTING ACTOR: J.K. SIMMONS Whiplash ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING Anthony McCarten ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL Wes Anderson EDITING: WHIPLASH Tom Cross CINEMATOGRAPHY: BIRDMAN Emmanuel Lubezki PRODUCTION DESIGN: THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL Adam Stockhausen, Anna Pinnock COSTUME DESIGN: THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL Milena Canonero ORIGINAL MUSIC: THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL Alexandre Desplat SOUND: WHIPLASH Thomas Curley, Ben Wilkins, Craig Mann MAKE UP & HAIR: THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL Frances Hannon SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS: INTERSTELLAR Paul Franklin, Scott Fisher, Andrew Lockley - ANIMATED FILM: THE LEGO MOVIE Phil Lord, Christopher Miller DOCUMENTARY: CITIZENFOUR Laura Poitras FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE: IDA Pawel Pawlikowski, Eric Abraham, Piotr Dzieciol, Ewa Puszczynska BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION: THE BIGGER PICTURE Chris Hees, Daisy Jacobs, Jennifer Majka BRITISH SHORT FILM: BOOGALOO AND GRAHAM Brian J. Falconer, Michael Lennox, Ronan Blaney [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-2015-awards-season/705802.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-2015-awards-season/705802.md?page=6)