86th Academy Awards

The nominees for the 86th Academy Awards were announced on January 16, 2014, at 5:38 a.m. PST (13:38 UTC), at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California, by Cheryl Boone Isaacs, president of the academy, and actor Chris Hemsworth.[14] American Hustle and Gravity tied for the most nominations with ten each.[15]

The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on March 2, 2014. American Hustle became David O. Russell's second consecutive film to earn nominations in all acting categories and the fifteenth film overall in Oscar history to achieve this distinction.[16] It also was the third film after Gangs of New York and True Grit to lose all ten of its nominations.[17] Steve McQueen became the first black director to direct a Best Picture winner and the third such person to receive a nomination for directing.[18] Alfonso Cuarón became the first person of Mexican descent to win Best Director. With Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto's respective wins in the Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor categories, Dallas Buyers Club was the fifth film to win both male acting awards.[19] Additionally, 3 other films (American Hustle, 12 Years a Slave, and The Wolf of Wall Street) also received nominations for both Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor. Cate Blanchett became the sixth actress to have won both female acting awards in her career.[19] Lupita Nyong'o was the sixteenth Oscar acting winner to win for a debut film performance and the ninth Best Supporting Actress recipient to achieve this feat.[19] Best Original Song co-winner Robert Lopez became the youngest individual to win an Academy, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Award and the twelfth person overall to earn these accolades.[20]

Awards

Steve McQueen, Best Picture co-winner

Alfonso Cuarón, Best Director winner and Best Film Editing co-winner

Matthew McConaughey, Best Actor winner

Cate Blanchett, Best Actress winner

Jared Leto, Best Supporting Actor winner

Lupita Nyong'o, Best Supporting Actress winner

Spike Jonze, Best Original Screenplay winner

Jennifer Lee, Best Animated Feature co-winner

Paolo Sorrentino, Best Foreign Language Film winner

Catherine Martin, Best Production Design co-winner and Best Costume Design winner

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger ().[21]

Best Picture 12 Years a Slave – Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen, and Anthony Katagas, producers American Hustle – Charles Roven, Richard Suckle, Megan Ellison, and Jonathan Gordon, producers Captain Phillips – Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, and Michael De Luca, producers Dallas Buyers Club – Robbie Brenner and Rachel Winter, producers Gravity – Alfonso Cuarón and David Heyman, producers Her – Megan Ellison, Spike Jonze and Vincent Landay, producers Nebraska – Albert Berger and Ron Yerxa, producers Philomena – Gabrielle Tana, Steve Coogan, and Tracey Seaward, producers The Wolf of Wall Street – Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio, Joey McFarland, and Emma Tillinger Koskoff, producers	Best Director Alfonso Cuarón – Gravity David O. Russell – American Hustle Alexander Payne – Nebraska Steve McQueen – 12 Years a Slave Martin Scorsese – The Wolf of Wall Street
Best Actor Matthew McConaughey – Dallas Buyers Club as Ron Woodroof Christian Bale – American Hustle as Irving Rosenfeld Bruce Dern – Nebraska as Woodrow "Woody" Grant Leonardo DiCaprio – The Wolf of Wall Street as Jordan Belfort Chiwetel Ejiofor – 12 Years a Slave as Solomon Northup	Best Actress Cate Blanchett – Blue Jasmine as Jeanette "Jasmine" Francis Amy Adams – American Hustle as Edith Greensly / Sydney Prosser Sandra Bullock – Gravity as Dr. Ryan Stone Judi Dench – Philomena as Philomena Lee Meryl Streep – August: Osage County as Violet Weston
Best Supporting Actor Jared Leto – Dallas Buyers Club as Rayon Barkhad Abdi – Captain Phillips as Abduwali Muse Bradley Cooper – American Hustle as Richard "Richie" DiMaso Michael Fassbender – 12 Years a Slave as Edwin Epps Jonah Hill – The Wolf of Wall Street as Donnie Azoff	Best Supporting Actress Lupita Nyong'o – 12 Years a Slave as Patsey Sally Hawkins – Blue Jasmine as Ginger Jennifer Lawrence – American Hustle as Rosalyn Rosenfeld Julia Roberts – August: Osage County as Barbara Weston-Fordham June Squibb – Nebraska as Kate Grant
Best Original Screenplay Her – Spike Jonze American Hustle – Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell Blue Jasmine – Woody Allen Dallas Buyers Club – Craig Borten and Melisa Wallack Nebraska – Bob Nelson	Best Adapted Screenplay 12 Years a Slave – John Ridley; based on the book Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup Before Midnight – Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, and Ethan Hawke; based on characters created by Richard Linklater and Kim Krizan Captain Phillips – Billy Ray; based on the book A Captain's Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALs, and Dangerous Days at Sea by Richard Phillips with Stephan Talty Philomena – Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope; based on the book The Lost Child of Philomena Lee by Martin Sixsmith The Wolf of Wall Street – Terence Winter; based on the book by Jordan Belfort
Best Animated Feature Film Frozen – Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee, and Peter Del Vecho The Croods – Chris Sanders, Kirk DeMicco, and Kristine Belson Despicable Me 2 – Chris Renaud, Pierre Coffin, and Chris Meledandri Ernest & Celestine – Benjamin Renner and Didier Brunner The Wind Rises – Hayao Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki	Best Foreign Language Film The Great Beauty (Italy) in Italian – Directed by Paolo Sorrentino The Broken Circle Breakdown (Belgium) in Dutch – Directed by Felix Van Groeningen The Hunt (Denmark) in Danish – Directed by Thomas Vinterberg The Missing Picture (Cambodia) in French – Directed by Rithy Panh Omar (Palestine) in Arabic – Directed by Hany Abu-Assad
Best Documentary – Feature 20 Feet from Stardom – Morgan Neville, Caitrin Rogers, and Gil Friesen (posthumous award) The Act of Killing – Joshua Oppenheimer and Signe Byrge Sørensen Cutie and the Boxer – Zachary Heinzerling and Lydia Dean Pilcher Dirty Wars – Richard Rowley and Jeremy Scahill The Square – Jehane Noujaim and Karim Amer	Best Documentary – Short Subject The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life – Malcolm Clarke and Nicholas Reed CaveDigger – Jeffrey Karoff Facing Fear – Jason Cohen Karama Has No Walls – Sara Ishaq Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall – Edgar Barens
Best Live Action Short Film Helium – Anders Walter and Kim Magnusson Aquél no era yo (That Wasn't Me) – Esteban Crespo Avant que de tout perdre (Just Before Losing Everything) – Xavier Legrand and Alexandre Gavras Pitääkö mun kaikki hoitaa? (Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?) – Selma Vilhunen and Kirsikka Saari The Voorman Problem – Mark Gill and Baldwin Li	Best Animated Short Film Mr Hublot – Laurent Witz and Alexandre Espigares Feral – Daniel Sousa and Dan Golden Get a Horse! – Lauren MacMullan and Dorothy McKim Possessions – Shuhei Morita Room on the Broom – Max Lang and Jan Lachauer
Best Original Score Gravity – Steven Price The Book Thief – John Williams Her – William Butler and Owen Pallett Philomena – Alexandre Desplat Saving Mr. Banks – Thomas Newman	Best Original Song "Let It Go" from Frozen – Music and Lyrics by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez "Happy" from Despicable Me 2 – Music and Lyrics by Pharrell Williams "The Moon Song" from Her – Music by Karen Orzolek; Lyrics by Karen Orzolek and Spike Jonze "Ordinary Love" from Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom – Music by Paul Hewson, The Edge, Adam Clayton, and Larry Mullen (U2); Lyrics by Paul Hewson "Alone Yet Not Alone" from Alone Yet Not Alone – Music by Bruce Broughton; Lyrics by Dennis Spiegel (nomination revoked)[a]
Best Sound Editing Gravity – Glenn Freemantle All Is Lost – Steve Boeddeker and Richard Hymns Captain Phillips – Oliver Tarney The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug – Brent Burge and Chris Ward Lone Survivor – Wylie Stateman	Best Sound Mixing Gravity – Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead, and Chris Munro Captain Phillips – Chris Burdon, Mark Taylor, Mike Prestwood Smith, and Chris Munro The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug – Christopher Boyes, Michael Hedges, Michael Semanick, and Tony Johnson Inside Llewyn Davis – Skip Lievsay, Greg Orloff, and Peter F. Kurland Lone Survivor – Andy Koyama, Beau Borders, and David Brownlow
Best Production Design The Great Gatsby – Production Design: Catherine Martin; Set Decoration: Beverley Dunn American Hustle – Production Design: Judy Becker; Set Decoration: Heather Loeffler Gravity – Production Design: Andy Nicholson; Set Decoration: Rosie Goodwin and Joanne Woollard Her – Production Design: K. K. Barrett; Set Decoration: Gene Serdena 12 Years a Slave – Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Alice Baker	Best Cinematography Gravity – Emmanuel Lubezki The Grandmaster – Philippe Le Sourd Inside Llewyn Davis – Bruno Delbonnel Nebraska – Phedon Papamichael Prisoners – Roger Deakins
Best Makeup and Hairstyling Dallas Buyers Club – Adruitha Lee and Robin Mathews Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa – Stephen Prouty The Lone Ranger – Joel Harlow and Gloria Pasqua-Casny	Best Costume Design The Great Gatsby – Catherine Martin American Hustle – Michael Wilkinson The Grandmaster – William Chang Suk Ping The Invisible Woman – Michael O'Connor 12 Years a Slave – Patricia Norris
Best Film Editing Gravity – Alfonso Cuarón and Mark Sanger American Hustle – Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers, and Alan Baumgarten Captain Phillips – Christopher Rouse Dallas Buyers Club – John Mac McMurphy and Martin Pensa[b] 12 Years a Slave – Joe Walker	Best Visual Effects Gravity – Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk, and Neil Corbould The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug – Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and Eric Reynolds Iron Man 3 – Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Erik Nash, and Dan Sudick The Lone Ranger – Tim Alexander, Gary Brozenich, Edson Williams, and John Frazier Star Trek Into Darkness – Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Ben Grossmann, and Burt Dalton

The following individuals and groups, listed in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers.[25][26][27]

Ellen DeGeneres hosted the 86th Academy Awards

Despite the mixed reception received from the preceding year's ceremony, the academy rehired Neil Meron and Craig Zadan as producers for the second consecutive year.[28] However, actor Seth MacFarlane announced that he would not host the Oscars for a second time. In a statement released through Twitter, he wrote "Traumatized critics exhale: I'm unable to do the Oscars again. Tried to make it work schedule-wise, but I need sleep."[29] Furthermore, actress and comedian Tina Fey, who co-hosted the 70th Golden Globe Awards more than a month earlier with fellow Saturday Night Live alumnus Amy Poehler, told Huffington Post columnist Mike Ryan that she would reject any offer to host an Oscar telecast commenting, "I just feel like that gig is so hard. Especially for, like, a woman – the amount of months that would be spent trying on dresses alone – no way."[30]

Shortly after the election of AMPAS president Cheryl Boone Isaacs in August 2013, Meron and Zadan announced that comedian and talk show host Ellen DeGeneres would host the 2014 ceremony.[31] They explained their decision to bring back DeGeneres as host saying, "As a longtime friend, we had always hoped to find a project for us to do together and nothing could be more exciting than teaming up to do the Oscars. There are few stars today who have Ellen's gift for comedy, with her great warmth and humanity. She is beloved everywhere and we expect that the audience at the Dolby Theatre and in homes around the globe will be as excited by this news as we are."[32] DeGeneres expressed that she was thrilled to be selected to emcee the gala again, commenting, "I am so excited to be hosting the Oscars for the second time. You know what they say – the third time's the charm."[33]

As with last year's theme of music and the movies, Meron and Zadan centered the show around a theme. This year, they christened the show with a theme of saluting movie heroes commenting, "By celebrating the gamut of heroes who have enriched our movie-going experience, we hope to create an evening of fun and joy. And that includes the filmmakers and actors who take risks and stimulate us with provocative subjects and daring characters. They are all heroes in the cinematic landscape."[34] To coincide with the theme, AMPAS presented an exhibition in the lobby of its Beverly Hills headquarters titled "The Oscars Celebrate Movie Heroes". The exhibit featured posters, photographs, and artifacts from 70 different films featuring literary, comic book, and real life heroes.[35] Furthermore, actor Andrew Garfield, who portrayed the titular character in The Amazing Spider-Man, was scheduled to appear onstage with five-year-old cancer survivor Miles Scott with Garfield christening Scott as an "official superhero". The segment was scrapped, however, due to time constraints.[36]

Several other people were involved with the telecast and its promotion. Tony Award-winning art director Derek McLane designed a new set and stage design for the show.[37] Filmmaker Paul Feig produced and directed a one-minute trailer promoting the event featuring DeGeneres and 250 dancers dancing and lip-synching to the song "The Walker" by rock band Fitz and the Tantrums.[38] During the ceremony, actor Channing Tatum introduced a group called "Team Oscar". The team consisted of six young film students from colleges across the country selected by AMPAS whose role was to deliver Oscar statuettes to the presenters during the gala.[39] Television personality and former Miss USA titleholder Rachel Smith hosted "Inside the Oscars", a behind-the-scenes video blog on the Oscar ceremony website.[40]

The annual In Memoriam tribute was presented by actress Glenn Close.[63] The montage featured an excerpt of the main title from Somewhere in Time by composer John Barry.[64] At the conclusion of the tribute, singer Bette Midler performed her song "Wind Beneath My Wings" from the film Beaches.[65] Before "In Memoriam" and while co-presenting Best Cinematography, Bill Murray paid an additional tribute to Harold Ramis. After co-presenter Amy Adams presented the nominees, Murray says "Oh, we forgot one. Harold Ramis for Caddyshack, Ghostbusters and Groundhog Day."

Shortly after Midler finished singing, camera assistant Sarah Jones, who died more than a week prior to the ceremony, was briefly mentioned before the commercial break.[65]

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• 34th Golden Raspberry Awards
• 56th Grammy Awards
• 66th Primetime Emmy Awards
• 67th British Academy Film Awards
• 68th Tony Awards
• 71st Golden Globe Awards
• List of submissions to the 86th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

a^ :The Academy revoked the Best Original Song nomination for Alone yet Not Alone's title song after determining that composer Bruce Broughton violated the Academy's promotional regulations. Broughton, a former Academy governor and member of the music branch's executive committee, had emailed other music branch members to inform them of his submission.[66]

b^ :"John Mac McMurphy" is a pseudonym for Jean-Marc Vallée.[67]

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Official websites

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• Oscars 2014 BBC News
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Analysis

• 2013 Academy Awards Winners and History Filmsite
• Academy Awards, USA: 2014 Internet Movie Database

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• The Oscars (2014) at IMDb