It’s often said that the western film industry’s biggest night is the Oscars, and so it is. Some of the industry’s biggest names have turned out to the 87th Academy Awards, and despite wet conditions in L.A. the night of nights handed out awards for the best films and filmmakers of 2014. Some of the winners include:

• Best Picture – Birdman (or, The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
• Best Director – Alejandro González Iñárritu
• Best Actor in a Leading Role – Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything)
• Best Actress in a Leading Role – Julianne Moore (Still Alice)
• Best Actor in a Supporting Role – J.K. Simmons, Whiplash
• Best Actress in a Supporting Role – Patricia Arquette (Boyhood)
• Animated Feature Film – Big Hero 6
• Cinematography – Birdman (or, The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
• Documentary – Citizen Four (Laura Poitras, Mathilde Bonnefoy and Dirk Wilutzky)
• Documentary Short Subject – Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1
• Short Film – Feast (Patrick Osborne and Kristina Reed)
• Best Supporting Actor – JK Simmons
• Costume Design – The Grand Budapest Hotel (Milena Canonero)
• Production Design – The Grand Budapest Hotel (Milena Canonero)
• Makeup and Hairstyling – The Grand Budapest Hotel (Frances Hannon and Mark Coulier)
• Best Foreign Film – Ida (Poland; Directed by Pawel Pawlikowski)
• Film Editing – Whiplash
• Sound Editing – American Sniper (Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman)
• Visual Effects – Interstellar (Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter and Scott Fisher)
• Best live-action short film – The Phone Call – Mat Kirkby, James Lucas
• Best Screenplay – Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Armando Bo – Birdman

Congratulations to all the winners of the 87th annual Oscars! Click our links below to view some of the winning filmmakers’ profiles and watch their back catalogue films directly.

https://meetthefilmmakers.com/filmmakers/alejandro-gonzalez-inarritu/

https://meetthefilmmakers.com/filmmakers/wes-anderson/

https://meetthefilmmakers.com/filmmakers/laura-poitras/

https://meetthefilmmakers.com/filmmakers/don-hall-chris-williams/