Big Hero 6 (Directed by Don Hall and Chris Williams)
How to Train Your Dragon 2 (Directed by Dean DeBlois)
The Lego Movie (Directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller)
Song of the Sea (Directed by Tomm Moore)
The Tale of Princess Kaguya (Directed by Isao Takahata)
AND THE WINNER IS:
THE TALE OF PRINCESS KAGUYA (DIRECTED BY ISAO TAKAHATA)
This is the first win and nomination for Isao Takahata.
From Studio Ghibli The Tale of Princess Kaguya is my winning choice for the year’s best animated feature film. It should be always be said that while we live in an age of 3D animation that whenever a 2D animated film is as great as this one is it deserves to be said how much more impacting 2D animation will always be. The story is quite fascinating of how riches never always makes those who achieve it happy and with the title Princess Kaguya experiencing this hr story is deeply satisfying and brilliant to watch.
Birdman (Lindsay Duncan, Zach Galifinakis, Michael Keaton, Edward Norton, Andrea Riseborough, Amy Ryan, Emma Stone, Naomi Watts, Merritt Wever)
Gone Girl (Ben Affleck, Lisa Banes, David Clennon, Carrie Coon, Kim Dickens, Patrick Fugit, Neil Patrick Harris, Boyd Holbrook, Lola Kirke, Scoot McNairy, Kathleen Rose Perkins, Tyler Perry, Rosamund Pike, Missi Pyle, Emily Ratajkowski, Sela Ward, Casey Wilson)
The Grand Budapest Hotel (F. Murray Abraham, Mathieu Amalric, Adrien Brody, Willem Dafoe, Ralph Fiennes, Jeff Goldblum, Harvey Keitel, Jude Law, Bill Murray, Edward Norton, Tony Revolori, Saoirse Ronan, Jason Schwartzman, Léa Seydoux, Tilda Swinton, Tom Wilkinson, Owen Wilson)
*Into the Woods (Christine Baranski, Tammy Blanchard, Emily Blunt, James Corden, Lila Crawford, Johnny Depp, Daniel Huttlestone, Anna Kendrick, Billy Magnussen, MacKenzie Mauzy, Chris Pine, Lucy Punch, Meryl Streep, Tracey Ullman)
Selma (Common, Colman Domingo, Omar Dorsey, Carmen Ejogo, Cuba Gooding Jr., Andre Holland, Niecy Nash, Alessandro Nivola, David Oyelowo, Wendell Pierce, Giovanni Ribisi, Tim Roth, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Keith Stanfield, Tessa Thompson, Lorraine Toussaint, Tom Wilkinson, Oprah Winfrey, Ledisi Young)
AND THE WINNER IS:
INTO THE WOODS (CHRISTINE BARANSKI, TAMMY BLANCHARD, EMILY BLUNT, JAMES CORDEN, LILA CRAWFORD, JOHNNY DEPP, DANIEL HUTTLESTONE, ANNA KENDRICK, BILLY MAGNUSSEN, MACKENZIE MAUZY, CHRIS PINE, LUCY PUNCH, MERYL STREEP, TRACEY ULLMAN)
The ensemble element of Into the Woods is strong because of the greatly written characters in the film by James Lapine. From The Witch to The Baker’s Wife to Cinderella and every other character in between it is such a great example of how a film can be an ensemble effort with no clear leads and while some of the story strands might go off into a bad place non of this is the problem of the ensemble which is the year’s most impressive film ensemble.
Frances Hannon & Mark Coulier for The Grand Budapest Hotel
Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou & David White for Guardians of the Galaxy
Peter King & J. Roy Helland for Into the Woods
Rick Baker, Toni G & Arjen Tuiten for Maleficent
Jeremy Woodhead for Snowpiercer
AND THE WINNER IS:
FRANCES HANNON & MARK COULIER FOR THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
This is the first win and nomination for Frances Hannon. This is third win and fourth nomination for Mark Coulier having previously been nominated for The Fifth Element (1997) & The Iron Lady (2011). His other nomination was for Rush (2013).
A visually striking film from minute one has some beautifully created makeup on top of some other beautiful production elements. The standout look shown above is the creation of character Madame D. who while featured briefly at the beginning of the film is striking when on screen shows the impressive work done by the makeup artists working on the film. Other makeup looks throughout the film include Gustave H., J.G. Jopling and Ludwig.
This is the second consecutive win and nomination for Patricia Norris. She previously won for 12 Years a Slave (2013).
In the end my winning pick was Patricia Norris’ work on The Immigrant which was a great callback to the 1920’s look of the immigrants coming to america. Norris in her great costuming shows both the great suiting of the men of the time and also the depressing look of women who would perform for the men in the small nightclubs of New York City. Norris is legendary in the costume design industry and her work again is quite exciting to see. A standout piece by Patricia Norris is the above photo of Ewa and Bruno with her particular attention for detail being shown in this photo period specific costuming very much present.
Josh Brolin as Det. Christian F. “Bigfoot” Bjornsen in “INHERENT VICE”
Michael Fassbender as Frank in “FRANK”
Ethan Hawke as Mason Evans Sr. in “BOYHOOD”
Ben Mendelsohn as Neville Love as in “STARRED UP”
Edward Norton as Mike Shiner in “BIRDMAN”
AND THE WINNER IS:
EDWARD NORTON AS MIKE SHINER IN “BIRDMAN”
This is the first win and second nomination for Edward Norton. He was previously nominated alongside the ensemble of Moonrise Kingdom (2012).
Edward Norton works with director Alejandro G. Inarritu on Birdman. Norton for years over a decade now has been either starring failed oscar films, failed blockbuster films or small critical films and it has been upsetting seeing an actor like Norton who showed such promise towards the end of the 90’s be so overlooked. As Mike Shiner in Birdman finally Norton is able give his heart and perform so well. Although he plays an unlikeable actor (maybe similar to Norton in real life) in scenes opposite Emma Stone we are able to see the character of Mike actually show some depth and throughout the entire film Norton is just brillIant making in exciting to see him finally be given the chance to show his greatness. This is Edward Norton’s first win and nomination.
01. Black Swan (Produced by Ari Handel, Scott Franklin, Mike Medavoy, Arnold Messer & Brian Oliver)
02. The Kids Are All Right (Produced by Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte, Celine Rattray, Jordan Horowitz, Daniela Taplin Lundberg, Philippe Hellmann & Joel Newton)
03. Blue Valentine (Produced by Lynette Howell, Alex Orlovsky & Jamie Patricof)
04. Fish Tank (Produced by Nick Laws & Kees Kasander)
05. I Am Love (Produced by Luca Guadagnino, Tilda Swinton, Francesco Melzi d’Eril, Marco Morabito, Alessandro Usai & Massimiliano Violante)
06. Another Year
07. A Prophet
08. Inception
09. How to Train Your Dragon
10. Exit Through the Gift Shop
OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR:
Andrea Arnold for Fish Tank
Darren Aronofsky for Black Swan
Derek Cianfrance for Blue Valentine
David Fincher for The Social Network
Luca Guadagnino for I Am Love
OUTSTANDING LEADING ACTOR:
Christian Bale as Dick “Dicky” Eklund in “THE FIGHTER”
Aaron Eckhart as Howie Corbett in “RABBIT HOLE”
Jesse Eisenberg as Mark Suckerberg in “THE SOCIAL NETWORK”
Ryan Gosling as Dean in “BLUE VALENTINE”
Taran Rahim as Malik El Djebena in “A PROPHET”
OUTSTANDING LEADING ACTRESS:
Kim Hye-ja as Mother in “MOTHER”
Nicole Kidman as Becca Corbett in “RABBIT HOLE”
Lesley Manville as Mary Smith in “ANOTHER YEAR”
Natalie Portman as Nina Sayers/The Swan Queen in “BLACK SWAN”
Michelle Williams as Cindy in “BLUE VALENTINE”
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Niels Arestrup as César Luciani in “A PROPHET”
Michael Fassbender as Connor O’Reily in “FISH TANK”
Andrew Garfield as Eduardo Saverin in “THE SOCIAL NETWORK”
Mark Ruffalo as Paul Hatfield in “THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT”
Miles Teller as Jason in “RABBIT HOLE”
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Amy Adams as Charlene Fleming in “THE FIGHTER”
Barbara Hershey as Erica Sayers / The Queen in “BLACK SWAN”
Rooney Mara as Erica Albright in “THE SOCIAL NETWORK”
Mia Wasikwoska as Joni Allgood in “THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT”
Olivia Williams as Ruth Lang in “THE GHOST WRITER”
OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
Mark Heyman, Andres Heinz & John McLaughlin for Black Swan
Barbara Alberti, Ivan Cotroneo, Walter Fasano & Luca Guadagnino for I Am Love
Christopher Nolan for Inception
Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg for The Kids Are All Right
Park Eun-kyo & Boon Jong-ho for Mother
OUTSTANDING ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
Screenplay by Roman Polanski & Robert Harris; Based on The Ghost by Robert Harris, The Ghost Writer
Screenplay by David Lindsay-Abaire; Based on Rabbit Hole by David Lindsay-Abaire, Rabbit Hole
Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin; Based on The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook, A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius, and Betrayal by Ben Mezrich, The Social Network
Screenplay by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen; Based on True Grit by Charles Portis, True Grit
Screenplay by Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini; Based on Winter’s Bone by Daniel Woodrell, Winter’s Bone
OUTSTANDING ANIMATED FEATURE FILM:
How to Train Your Dragon (Directed by Chris Sanders & Dean DeBlois)
The Illusionist (Directed by Sylvain Chomet)
The Secret of Kells (Directed by Tomm Moore)
Tangled (Directed by Nathan Greno & Byron Howard)
Toy Story 3 (Directed by Lee Unkrich)
OUTSTANDING ART DIRECTION:
Production Design by Thérèse DePrez; Set Design by Tora Peterson for Black Swan
Production Design by Albrecht Konrad; Set Design by Bernhard Henrich & Ulli Isfort for The Ghost Writer
Production Design by Francesca Balestra Di Mottola; Set Design by Monica Sironi for I Am Love
Production Design by Guy Hendrix Dyas; Set Design by Larry Dias & Douglas A. Mowat for Inception
Production Design by Dante Ferretti; Set Design by Francesca Lo Schiavo for Shutter Island
OUTSTANDING BREAKTHROUGH/DEBUT:
Katie Jarvis (Fish Tank)
Jennifer Lawrence (Winter’s Bone)
Rooney Mara (The Social Network)
Hailee Steinfeld (True Grit)
Mia Wasikowska (Alice in Wonderland/The Kids Are All Right)
OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Matthew Lipatique for Black Swan
Yorick Le Saux for I Am Love
Hyong Pyung-Ko for Mother
Stephane Fontaine for A Prophet
Roger Deakins for True Grit
OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN:
Amy Westcott for Black Swan
Michael Kaplan for Burlesque
Antonella Cannarozzi for I Am Love
Louise Stjernsward for Made in Dagenham
Mary Zophres for True Grit
OUTSTANDING DOCUMENTARY:
Exit Through the Gift Shop (Directed by Banksy)
Gasland (Directed by Josh Cox)
Insider Job (Directed by Charles Ferguson)
Marwencol (Directed by Jeff Malmberg)
The Oath (Directed by Laura Poitras)
OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE OF THE YEAR:
Animal Kingdom (James Frecheville, Ben Mendelsohn, Guy Pearce, Jacki Weaver, Joel Edgerton, Sullivan Stapleton, Luke Ford, Dan Wyllie, Anthony Hayes, Laura Wheelwright, Mirrah Foulkes, Justin Rosniak, Susan Prior, Clayton Jacobson, Anna Lise Phillips)
Another Year (Jim Broadbent, Ruth Sheen, Lesley Manville, Peter Wight, Oliver Maltman, David Bradley, Karina Fernandez, Martin Savage, Michele Austin, Philip Davis, Stuart McQuarrie, Imelda Staunton)
The Fighter (Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Melissa Leo, Jack McGee)
The Kids Are All Right (Annette Bening, Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Mia Wasikowska, Josh Hutcherson, Yaya DaCosta, Eddie Hassell, Zosia Mamet, Kunal Sharma)
Please Give (Catherine Keener, Oliver Platt, Ann Guilbert, Amanda Peet, Rebecca Hall, Elizabeth Keener, Sarah Steele)
OUTSTANDING FILM EDITING:
Andrew Weisblum for Black Swan
Walter Fasano for I Am Love
Lee Smith for Inception
Jonathan Amos & Paul Machliss for Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
Angus Wall & Kirk Baxter for The Social Network
OUTSTANDING FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:
Air Doll (Directed by Horolazu Koreeda)
I Am Love (Directed by Luca Guadagnino)
Mother (Directed by Bong Joon-Ho)
A Prophet (Directed by Jacques Audiard)
Secret Sunshine (Directed by Lee Joon-dong)
OUTSTANDING MAKEUP:
Valli O’Reilly & Paul Gooch for Alice in Wonderland
Judy Chin, Marjorie Durand & Geordie Sheffer for Black Swan
Frédérique Ney & Alice Robert for A Prophet
Tanya Cookingham, Robin Matthews, Yesmin ‘Shimmy’ Osman & Terrie Velazquez Owen for The Runaways
Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk & Yolanda Toussieng for The Way Back
OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SCORE:
Clint Mansell for Black Swan
Alexandre Desplat for The Ghost Writer
John Powell for How to Train Your Dragon
Hans Zimmer for Inception
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross for The Social Network
OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SONG:
“If I Rise”, 127 Hours (Music by A. R. Rahman, Lyrics by Rollo Armstrong, and Dido)
“You Haven’t Seen the Last of Me”, Burlesque (Music and Lyrics by Diane Warren)
“I See the Light”, Tangled (Music by Alan Menken, Lyrics by Glenn Slater)
“Mother Knows Best”, Tangled (Music by Alan Menken, Lyrics by Glenn Slater)
“Shine”, Waiting for ‘Superman’ (Music and Lyrics John Legend)
OUTSTANDING PERFORMER OF THE YEAR:
Helena Bonham Carter (Alice in Wonderland, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1, The King’s Speech)
Matt Damon (Green Zone, Hereafter, True Grit)
Mark Wahlberg (Date Night, The Fighter, The Other Guys)
Kerry Washington (For Colored Girls, Mother and Child, Night Catches Us)
Naomi Watts (Fair Game, Mother and Child, You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger)
OUTSTANDING SOUND EDITING:
Craig Henighan, Brian Emrich & Wayne Lemmer for Black Swan
Jonathan Null, Randy Thom, Colette D. Dahanne, Josh Gold & Pete Horner for How To Train Your Dragon
Richard King for Inception
Jeremy Price & Julian Slater for Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Addison Teague & Gwendolyn Yates Whittle for Tron: Legacy
OUTSTANDING SOUND MIXING:
Brian Emrich, Craig Henighan & Dominick Tavella for Black Swan
Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo & Ed Novick for Inception
Jeffrey J. Haboush, William Sarokin, Scott Millan & Greg P. Russell for Salt
Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick & Mark Weingarten for The Social Network
Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff & Peter Kurland for True Grit
OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS:
Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas & Sean Phillips for Alice in Wonderland
Dan Schrecker, Brad Kalinoski, Michael Capton & Collen Bachman for Black Swan
Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley & Peter Bebb for Inception
Arthur Langevin, Dennis Berardi & Frazer Churchill for Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Karl Denham, Steve Preeg, Eric Barba & Nikos Kalaitzidis for Tron Legacy
01. Where the Wild Things Are (Produced by Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman, Maurice Sendak, John Carls & Vincent Landay)
02. The White Ribbon (Produced by Stefan Arndt, Veit Heiduschka, Michael Katz, Margaret Ménégoz & Andrea Occhipinti)
03. Fantastic Mr. Fox (Produced by Allison Abbate, Scott Rudin, Wes Anderson & Jeremy Dawson)
04. Still Walking (Produced by Yoshihiro Kato, Satoshi Kōno, Hijiri Taguchi & Masahiro Yasuda)
05. Bright Star (Produced by Jan Chapman & Caroline Hewitt)
06. Precious
07. Julia
08. District 9
09. The Hurt Locker
10. Up
OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR:
Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker
Jane Campion for Bright Star
Lee Daniels for Precious
Michael Haneke for The White Ribbon
Spike Jonze for Where the Wild Things Are
OUTSTANDING LEADING ACTOR:
Sharlto Copley as Wikus van de Merwe in “DISTRICT 9”
Colin Firth as George in “A SINGLE MAN”
Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Tom in “(500) DAYS OF SUMMER”
Joaquin Phoneix as Leonard Kraditor in “TWO LOVERS”
Sam Rockwell as Sam Bell in “MOON”
OUTSTANDING LEADING ACTRESS:
Carey Mulligan as Jenny Mellor in “AN EDUCATION”
Kim Ok-bin as Tae-ju in “THIRST”
Catalina Saavedra as Raquel in “THE MAID”
Gabourey Sidibe as Precious in “PRECIOUS”
Tilda Swinton as Julia in “JULIA”
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR:
James Gandolfini as Carol in “WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE”
Anthony Mackie as Sergeant J. T. Sanborn in “THE HURT LOCKER”
Paul Schneider as Charles Armitage Brown in “BRIGHT STAR”
Stanley Tucci as Paul Child in “JULIE & JULIA”
Christoph Waltz as Col. Hans Landa in “INGLORIOUS BASTERDS”
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Marion Cotillard as Luisa Contini in “NINE”
Mimi Kennedy as Karen Clark in “IN THE LOOP”
Juliette Lewis as Iron Maven in “WHIP IT”
Julianne Moore as Charley in “A SINGLE MAN”
Mo’Nique as Mary in “PRECIOUS”
OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber for (500) Days of Summer
Jane Campion for Bright Star
Quentin Tarantino for Inglourious Basterds
Sebastián Silva & Pedro Peirano for The Maid
Michael Haneke for The White Ribbon
OUTSTANDING ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
Screenplay by Nick Hornby; Based on An Education by Lynn Barber, An Education
Screenplay by Wes Anderson & Noah Baumbach; Based on Fantastic Mr Fox by Roald Dahl, Fantastic Mr. Fox
Screenplay by Geoffrey S. Fletcher; Based on Push by Sapphire, Precious
Screenplay by Spike Jonze & Dave Eggers; Based on Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak, Where the Wild Things Are
Screenplay by Shauna Cross; Based on Derby Girl by Shauna Cross, Whip It
OUTSTANDING ANIMATED FEATURE FILM:
Coraline (Directed by Henry Selick)
Fantastic Mr. Fox (Directed by Wes Anderson)
Mary and Max (Directed by Adam Elliot)
Sita Sings the Blues (Directed by Nina Paley)
Up (Directed by Pete Docter & Bob Peterson)
OUTSTANDING ART DIRECTION:
Production Design by Rick Carter & Robert Stromberg; Set Design by Kim Sinclair for Avatar
Production Design by Nelson Lowry for Fantastic Mr. Fox
Production Design by Tony Noble for Moon
Production Design by Dan Bishop; Set Design by Amy Wells for A Single Man
Production Design by K.K. Barrett; Set Design by Lisa Thompson for Where the Wild Things Are
OUTSTANDING BREAKTHROUGH/DEBUT:
Tom Hardy (Bronson)
Chris Hemsworth (Star Trek)
Max Records (Where the Wild Things Are)
Gabourey Sidibe (Precious)
Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds)
OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Greig Fraser for Bright Star
Eduard Grau for A Single Man
Jeong Jeong-hun for Thirst
Lance Acord for Where the Wild Things Are
Christian Berger for The White Ribbon
OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN:
Odile Dicks-Mireaux for An Education
Janet Patterson for Bright Star
Colleen Atwood for Nine
Arianne Phillips for A Single Man
Sandy Powell for The Young Victoria
OUTSTANDING DOCUMENTARY:
Anvil! The Story of Anvil (Directed by Sacha Gervasi)
Capitalism: A Love Story (Directed by Michael Moore)
The Cove (Directed by Louie Psihoyos)
Good Hair (Directed by Jeff Stilson)
Of Time and the City (Directed by Terence Davies)
OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE OF THE YEAR:
An Education (Carey Mulligan, Peter Sarsgaard, Dominic Cooper, Rosamund Pike, Alfred Molina, Cara Seymour, Emma Thompson, Olivia Williams)
In the Loop (Peter Capaldi, Tom Hollander, Chris Addison, Gina McKee, Mimi Kennedy, Anna Chlumsky, James Gandolfini, David Rasche, Enzo Cilenti, Paul Higgins, James Smith, Olivia Poulet, Steve Coogan, Zach Woods, Alex MacQueen)
Inglourious Basterds (Brad Pitt, Christoph Waltz, Mélanie Laurent , Eli Roth, Michael Fassbender, Diane Kruger, Daniel Brühl, Til Schweiger, Gedeon Burkhard, Jacky Ido, B. J. Novak, Omar Doom, August Diehl, Denis Menochet, Léa Seydoux, Sylvester Groth, Martin Wuttke, Mike Myers, Julie Dreyfus, Richard Sammel, Alexander Fehling, Rod Taylor, Christian Berkel, Sönke Möhring, Samm Levine, Paul Rust, Michael Bacall, Rainer Bock, Bo Svenson, Enzo G. Castellari)
