2015 (88th Annual Awards)
Nominations and Winners

Listed below are the Academy Award nominations and winners for the year 2015. The symbol appears next to the winner in each category. Click on the name of a film, person or song in the list to display more information about that film, person or song. Or, click on a year in the column on the right to display the nominations and winners from that year.

Best Picture

The Big Short, a Paramount Pictures Production; Paramount. Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner, Producers.

Bridge of Spies, a DreamWorks Pictures/Fox 2000 Pictures/Participant Media Production; Walt Disney/20th Century Fox. (Germany, India, USA) Steven Spielberg, Marc Platt and Kristie Macosko Krieger, Producers.

Brooklyn, a Wildgaze Films Production; Fox Searchlight. (UK, Canada, Ireland) Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey, Producers.

Mad Max: Fury Road, a Village Roadshow/Kennedy Miller Mitchell Production; Warner Bros. (Australia, USA, South Africa) Doug Mitchell and George Miller, Producers.

The Martian, a 20th Century Fox Production; 20th Century Fox. (UK, USA, Hungary) Simon Kinberg, Ridley Scott, Michael Schaefer and Mark Huffam, Producers.

The Revenant, a Regency Enterprises Production; 20th Century Fox. (USA, Hong Kong, Taiwan) Arnon Milchan, Steve Golin, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Mary Parent and Keith Redmon, Producers.

Room, an Element Pictures Production; A24. (Ireland, Canada, UK, USA) Ed Guiney, Producer.

Spotlight, an Anonymous Content/Participant Media/Rocklin/Faust/First Look Media Production; Open Road Films. Michael Sugar, Steve Golin, Nicole Rocklin and Blye Pagon Faust, Producers.

Actor in a Leading Role

Bryan Cranston in Trumbo, a ShivHans Pictures/Groundswell Production; Bleecker Street.

Matt Damon in The Martian, a 20th Century Fox Production; 20th Century Fox. (UK, USA, Hungary)

Leonardo DiCaprio in The Revenant, a Regency Enterprises Production; 20th Century Fox. (USA, Hong Kong, Taiwan)

Michael Fassbender in Steve Jobs, a Legendary Pictures/Scott Rudin Productions/The Mark Gordon Company/Entertainment 360/Decibel Films/Cloud Eight Films Production; Universal. (UK, USA)

Eddie Redmayne in The Danish Girl, a Working Title Films Production; Focus Features. (UK, USA, Germany, Denmark, Belgium, Japan)

Actress in a Leading Role

Cate Blanchett in Carol, a Number 9 Films/Film4/Killer Films Production; The Weinstein Company. (UK, USA)

Brie Larson in Room, an Element Pictures Production; A24. (Ireland, Canada, UK, USA)

Jennifer Lawrence in Joy, a Fox 2000 Pictures Production; 20th Century Fox.

Charlotte Rampling in 45 Years, a The Bureau Production; Sundance Selects. (UK)

Saoirse Ronan in Brooklyn, a Wildgaze Films Production; Fox Searchlight. (UK, Canada, Ireland)

Actor in a Supporting Role

Christian Bale in The Big Short, a Paramount Pictures Production; Paramount.

Tom Hardy in The Revenant, a Regency Enterprises Production; 20th Century Fox. (USA, Hong Kong, Taiwan)

Mark Ruffalo in Spotlight, an Anonymous Content/Participant Media/Rocklin/Faust/First Look Media Production; Open Road Films.

Mark Rylance in Bridge of Spies, a DreamWorks Pictures/Fox 2000 Pictures/Participant Media Production; Walt Disney/20th Century Fox. (Germany, India, USA)

Sylvester Stallone in Creed, a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures and New Line Production; Warner Bros.

Actress in a Supporting Role

Jennifer Jason Leigh in The Hateful Eight, a Weinstein Company Production; The Weinstein Company.

Rooney Mara in Carol, a Number 9 Films/Film4/Killer Films Production; The Weinstein Company. (UK, USA)

Rachel McAdams in Spotlight, an Anonymous Content/Participant Media/Rocklin/Faust/First Look Media Production; Open Road Films.

Alicia Vikander in The Danish Girl, a Working Title Films Production; Focus Features. (UK, USA, Germany, Denmark, Belgium, Japan)

Kate Winslet in Steve Jobs, a Legendary Pictures/Scott Rudin Productions/The Mark Gordon Company/Entertainment 360/Decibel Films/Cloud Eight Films Production; Universal. (UK, USA)

Directing

The Big Short, a Paramount Pictures Production; Paramount. Adam McKay.

Mad Max: Fury Road, a Village Roadshow/Kennedy Miller Mitchell Production; Warner Bros. (Australia, USA, South Africa) George Miller.

The Revenant, a Regency Enterprises Production; 20th Century Fox. (USA, Hong Kong, Taiwan) Alejandro G. Iñárritu.

Room, an Element Pictures Production; A24. (Ireland, Canada, UK, USA) Lenny Abrahamson.

Spotlight, an Anonymous Content/Participant Media/Rocklin/Faust/First Look Media Production; Open Road Films. Tom McCarthy.

Animated Feature Film

Anomalisa, a Paramount Pictures Production; Paramount. (USA, UK) Charlie Kaufman, Duke Johnson and Rosa Tran.

Boy and the World, a Filme de Papel Production; GKIDS. (Brazil) Alê Abreu.

Inside Out, a Pixar Animation Studios Production; Walt Disney. Pete Docter and Jonas Rivera.

Shaun the Sheep Movie, an Aardman Production; Lionsgate. (UK, France, USA) Mark Burton and Richard Starzak.

When Marnie Was There, a Studio Ghibli Production; GKIDS. (Japan) Hiromasa Yonebayashi and Yoshiaki Nishimura.

Cinematography

Carol, a Number 9 Films/Film4/Killer Films Production; The Weinstein Company. (UK, USA) Ed Lachman.

The Hateful Eight, a Weinstein Company Production; The Weinstein Company. Robert Richardson.

Mad Max: Fury Road, a Village Roadshow/Kennedy Miller Mitchell Production; Warner Bros. (Australia, USA, South Africa) John Seale.

The Revenant, a Regency Enterprises Production; 20th Century Fox. (USA, Hong Kong, Taiwan) Emmanuel Lubezki.

Sicario, a Thunder Road Production; Lionsgate. (USA, Mexico) Roger Deakins.

Costume Design

Carol, a Number 9 Films/Film4/Killer Films Production; The Weinstein Company. (UK, USA) Sandy Powell.

Cinderella, a Walt Disney Pictures Production; Walt Disney. (USA, UK) Sandy Powell.

The Danish Girl, a Working Title Films Production; Focus Features. (UK, USA, Germany, Denmark, Belgium, Japan) Paco Delgado.

Mad Max: Fury Road, a Village Roadshow/Kennedy Miller Mitchell Production; Warner Bros. (Australia, USA, South Africa) Jenny Beavan.

The Revenant, a Regency Enterprises Production; 20th Century Fox. (USA, Hong Kong, Taiwan) Jacqueline West.

Documentary

(Feature)

Amy, an On the Corner Films Production; A24. (UK) Asif Kapadia and James Gay-Rees.

Cartel Land, an Our Time Projects/The Documentary Group Production; The Orchard. Matthew Heineman and Tom Yellin.

The Look of Silence, a Final Cut for Real Production; Drafthouse Films/Participant Media. (Denmark, Indonesia, Finland, Norway, UK, Israel, France, USA, Germany, Netherlands) Joshua Oppenheimer and Signe Byrge Sørensen.

What Happened, Miss Simone?, a RadicalMedia/Moxie Firecracker Production; Netflix. Liz Garbus, Amy Hobby and Justin Wilkes.

Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom, a Pray for Ukraine Production; Netflix. (UK, Ukraine, USA) Evgeny Afineevsky and Den Tolmor.

(Short Subject)

Body Team 12, a RYOT Films and Vulcan Production. (Liberia) David Darg and Bryn Mooser.

Chau, Beyond the Lines, a Cynasty Films Production; 7th Art Releasing. (USA, Vietnam) Courtney Marsh and Jerry Franck.

Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah, a Jet Black Iris America Production. (USA, Germany, UK) Adam Benzine.

A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness, an SOC Films Production. (USA, Pakistan) Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy.

Last Day of Freedom, a Living Condition Production. Dee Hibbert-Jones and Nomi Talisman.

Film Editing

The Big Short, a Paramount Pictures Production; Paramount. Hank Corwin.

Mad Max: Fury Road, a Village Roadshow/Kennedy Miller Mitchell Production; Warner Bros. (Australia, USA, South Africa) Margaret Sixel.

The Revenant, a Regency Enterprises Production; 20th Century Fox. (USA, Hong Kong, Taiwan) Stephen Mirrione.

Spotlight, an Anonymous Content/Participant Media/Rocklin/Faust/First Look Media Production; Open Road Films. Tom McArdle.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens, a Lucasfilm Production; Walt Disney. Maryann Brandon and Mary Jo Markey.

Foreign Language Film

Embrace of the Serpent, a Ciudad Lunar Producciones Production; Oscilloscope Laboratories. (Colombia, Venezuela, Argentina)

Mustang, a CG Cinema Production; Cohen Media Group. (Turkey, France, Germany, Qatar)

Son of Saul, a Laokoon Filmgroup Production; Sony Pictures Classic. (Hungary)

Theeb, a Bayt Al Shawareb Production; Film Movement. (United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Jordan, UK)

A War, a Nordisk Film Production; Magnolia Pictures. (Denmark, France)

Makeup and Hairstyling

Mad Max: Fury Road, a Village Roadshow/Kennedy Miller Mitchell Production; Warner Bros. (Australia, USA, South Africa) Lesley Vanderwalt, Elka Wardega and Damian Martin.

The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out a Window and Disappeared, a Nice FLX Pictures/Nice Drama/FLX Comedy/Buena Vista International (Sweden)/Embassy Films/FLX/Film i Väst/Nordsvensk Filmunderhållning/TV4 Sweden Production; Music Box Films. (Sweden, Russia, UK, France, Spain, Germany) Love Larson and Eva von Bahr.

The Revenant, a Regency Enterprises Production; 20th Century Fox. (USA, Hong Kong, Taiwan) Siân Grigg, Duncan Jarman and Robert Pandini.

Music

(Original Score)

Bridge of Spies, a DreamWorks Pictures/Fox 2000 Pictures/Participant Media Production; Walt Disney/20th Century Fox. (Germany, India, USA) Thomas Newman.

Carol, a Number 9 Films/Film4/Killer Films Production; The Weinstein Company. (UK, USA) Carter Burwell.

The Hateful Eight, a Weinstein Company Production; The Weinstein Company. Ennio Morricone.

Sicario, a Thunder Road Production; Lionsgate. (USA, Mexico) Jóhann Jóhannsson.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens, a Lucasfilm Production; Walt Disney. John Williams.

(Original Song)

Earned It from Fifty Shades of Grey, a Universal Pictures/Focus Features Production; Universal. Music and lyric by Abel Tesfaye, Ahmad Balshe, Jason Daheala Quenneville and Stephan Moccio.

Manta Ray from Racing Extinction, a Ripple Effect Production; Abramorama. (USA, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Mexico, UK, Japan) Music by J. Ralph; lyric by Antony Hegarty.

Simple Song #3 from Youth, an Indigo Films Production (Fox Searchlight); Fox Searchlight. (Italy, France, UK, Switzerland) Music and lyric by David Lang.

Til It Happens to You from The Hunting Ground, a Chain Camera Pictures Production; Radius. Music and lyric by Diane Warren and Lady Gaga.

Writing’s on the Wall from Spectre, an Eon Productions and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures/Columbia Pictures Production; Sony Pictures Releasing. (UK, USA) Music and lyric by Jimmy Napes and Sam Smith.

Production Design

Bridge of Spies, a DreamWorks Pictures/Fox 2000 Pictures/Participant Media Production; Walt Disney/20th Century Fox. (Germany, India, USA) Production design by Adam Stockhausen; set decoration by Rena DeAngelo and Bernhard Henrich.

The Danish Girl, a Working Title Films Production; Focus Features. (UK, USA, Germany, Denmark, Belgium, Japan) Production design by Eve Stewart; set decoration by Michael Standish.

Mad Max: Fury Road, a Village Roadshow/Kennedy Miller Mitchell Production; Warner Bros. (Australia, USA, South Africa) Production design by Colin Gibson; set decoration by Lisa Thompson.

The Martian, a 20th Century Fox Production; 20th Century Fox. (UK, USA, Hungary) Production design by Arthur Max; set decoration by Celia Bobak.

The Revenant, a Regency Enterprises Production; 20th Century Fox. (USA, Hong Kong, Taiwan) Production design by Jack Fisk; set decoration by Hamish Purdy.

Short Films

(Animated)

Bear Story, a Punkrobot Animation Studio Production. (Chile) Gabriel Osorio and Pato Escala.

Prologue, an Animation Masterclass Production. (UK) Richard Williams and Imogen Sutton.

Sanjay’s Super Team, a Pixar Animation Studios Production; Walt Disney. Sanjay Patel and Nicole Grindle.

We Can’t Live Without Cosmos, a Melnitsa Animation Studio Production. (Russia) Konstantin Bronzit.

World of Tomorrow, a Bitter Films Production. Don Hertzfeldt.

(Live Action)

Ave Maria, an Incognito Films Production. (Palestine, France, Germany) Basil Khalil and Eric Dupont.

Day One, an American Film Institute Production. Henry Hughes.

Everything Will Be Okay (Alles wird gut), a Filmakademie Wien Production. (Germany, Austria) Patrick Vollrath.

Shok, an Eagle Eye Films Production. (UK, Kosovo) Jamie Donoughue.

Stutterer, a Bare Golly Films Production. (UK) Benjamin Cleary and Serena Armitage.

Sound Editing

Mad Max: Fury Road, a Village Roadshow/Kennedy Miller Mitchell Production; Warner Bros. (Australia, USA, South Africa) Mark Mangini and David White.

The Martian, a 20th Century Fox Production; 20th Century Fox. (UK, USA, Hungary) Oliver Tarney.

The Revenant, a Regency Enterprises Production; 20th Century Fox. (USA, Hong Kong, Taiwan) Martin Hernandez and Lon Bender.

Sicario, a Thunder Road Production; Lionsgate. (USA, Mexico) Alan Robert Murray.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens, a Lucasfilm Production; Walt Disney. Matthew Wood and David Acord.

Sound Mixing

Bridge of Spies, a DreamWorks Pictures/Fox 2000 Pictures/Participant Media Production; Walt Disney/20th Century Fox. (Germany, India, USA) Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom and Drew Kunin.

Mad Max: Fury Road, a Village Roadshow/Kennedy Miller Mitchell Production; Warner Bros. (Australia, USA, South Africa) Chris Jenkins, Gregg Rudloff and Ben Osmo.

The Martian, a 20th Century Fox Production; 20th Century Fox. (UK, USA, Hungary) Paul Massey, Mark Taylor and Mac Ruth.

The Revenant, a Regency Enterprises Production; 20th Century Fox. (USA, Hong Kong, Taiwan) Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño, Randy Thom and Chris Duesterdiek.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens, a Lucasfilm Production; Walt Disney. Andy Nelson, Christopher Scarabosio and Stuart Wilson.

Visual Effects

Ex Machina, a DNA Films Production; A24. (UK) Andrew Whitehurst, Paul Norris, Mark Ardington and Sara Bennett.

Mad Max: Fury Road, a Village Roadshow/Kennedy Miller Mitchell Production; Warner Bros. (Australia, USA, South Africa) Andrew Jackson, Tom Wood, Dan Oliver and Andy Williams.

The Martian, a 20th Century Fox Production; 20th Century Fox. (UK, USA, Hungary) Richard Stammers, Anders Langlands, Chris Lawrence and Steven Warner.

The Revenant, a Regency Enterprises Production; 20th Century Fox. (USA, Hong Kong, Taiwan) Rich McBride, Matthew Shumway, Jason Smith and Cameron Waldbauer.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens, a Lucasfilm Production; Walt Disney. Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Neal Scanlan and Chris Corbould.

Writing

(Adapted Screenplay)

The Big Short, a Paramount Pictures Production; Paramount. Screenplay by Charles Randolph and Adam McKay.

Brooklyn, a Wildgaze Films Production; Fox Searchlight. (UK, Canada, Ireland) Screenplay by Nick Hornby.

Carol, a Number 9 Films/Film4/Killer Films Production; The Weinstein Company. (UK, USA) Screenplay by Phyllis Nagy.

The Martian, a 20th Century Fox Production; 20th Century Fox. (UK, USA, Hungary) Screenplay by Drew Goddard.

Room, an Element Pictures Production; A24. (Ireland, Canada, UK, USA) Screenplay by Emma Donoghue.

(Original Screenplay)

Bridge of Spies, a DreamWorks Pictures/Fox 2000 Pictures/Participant Media Production; Walt Disney/20th Century Fox. (Germany, India, USA) Written by Matt Charman and Ethan Coen & Joel Coen.

Ex Machina, a DNA Films Production; A24. (UK) Written by Alex Garland.

Inside Out, a Pixar Animation Studios Production; Walt Disney. Screenplay by Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, and Josh Cooley; original story by Pete Docter and Ronnie del Carmen.

Spotlight, an Anonymous Content/Participant Media/Rocklin/Faust/First Look Media Production; Open Road Films. Written by Josh Singer & Tom McCarthy.

Straight Outta Compton, a Legendary Pictures/CubeVision/Crucial Films/New Line Cinema Production; Universal. Screenplay by Jonathan Herman and Andrea Berloff; story by S. Leigh Savidge & Alan Wenkus and Andrea Berloff.

Honorary Award

To Spike Lee, filmmaker, educator, motivator, iconoclast, artist. [ [Statuette]]

To Gena Rowlands, who has illuminated the human experience through her brilliant, passionate and fearless performances. [ [Statuette]]

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

To Debbie Reynolds, for the irresistible optimism and unflagging support she has brought to the lives of those in need.

Scientific and Technical Award

(Scientific and Engineering Award)

To Brian McLean and Martin Meunier for pioneering the use of rapid prototyping for character animation in stop-motion film production. LAIKA’s inventive use of rapid prototyping has enabled artistic leaps in character expressiveness, facial animation, motion blur and effects animation. Through highly specialized pipelines and techniques, 3D printing capabilities have been harnessed with color uniformity, mechanical repeatability, and the scale required to significantly enhance stop-motion animated feature films.

To Jack Greasley, Kiyoyuki Nakagaki, Duncan Hopkins and Carl Rand for the design and engineering of the MARI 3D texture painting system. Combining powerful, multilayer painting tools and a unique texture-management system, MARI simplifies working with large, high-resolution texture sets. It has achieved broad adoption in the visual effects industry, often supplanting long-term in-house systems.

(Technical Achievement Award)

To Michael John Keesling for the design and development of Image Shaker, an optical system that convincingly creates the illusion of the camera shaking in a variable and repeatable manner. The Image Shaker was unique and superior to alternatives in use when it was invented two decades ago, and it continues to be used today.

To David McIntosh, Steve Marshall Smith, Mike Branham and Mike Kirilenko for the engineering and development of the Aircover Inflatables Airwall. This system of modular inflatable panels can be erected on location, at lengths reaching hundreds of feet, with exceptional speed and safety. When used to support blue or green screens, the Airwall permits composite shots of unprecedented scale.

To Trevor Davies, Thomas Wan, Jon Scott Miller, Jared Smith and Matthew Robinson for the development of the Dolby Laboratories PRM Series Reference Color Monitors. The PRM’s pioneering and innovative design allows the stable, accurate representation of images with the entire luminance range and color gamut used in contemporary theatrical feature presentation.

To Ronald Mallet and Christoph Bregler for the design and engineering of the Industrial Light & Magic Geometry Tracker, a novel, general-purpose tracker and solver. Geometry Tracker facilitates convincing interaction of digital and live-action elements within a scene. Its precise results and tight integration with other ILM animation technologies solve a wider range of match-animation challenges than was previously possible.

To Jim Hourihan, Alan Trombla and Seth Rosenthal for the design and development of the Tweak Software RV system, a highly extensible media player system. RV’s multi-platform toolset for review and playback, with comprehensive APIs, has allowed studios of all sizes to take advantage of a state-of-the-art workflow and has achieved widespread adoption in the motion picture industry.

To Richard Chuang and Rahul Thakkar for the groundbreaking design, and to Andrew Pilgrim, Stewart Birnam and Mark Kirk for the review workflows and advanced playback features, of the DreamWorks Animation Media Review System. Over its nearly two decades of development, this pioneering system enabled desktop and digital theater review. It continues to provide artist-driven, integrated, consistent and highly scalable studio-wide playback and interactive reviews.

To Keith Goldfarb, Steve Linn, Brian Green and Raymond Chih for the development of the Rhythm & Hues Global DDR System. This consistent, integrated, production database-backed review system enables a recordable workflow and an efficient, collaborative content review process across multiple sites and time zones.

To J Robert Ray, Cottalango Leon and Sam Richards for the design, engineering and continuous development of Sony Pictures Imageworks Itview. With an extensive plugin API and comprehensive facility integration including editorial functions, Itview provides an intuitive and flexible creative review environment that can be deployed globally for highly efficient collaboration.

(Special Award)

To the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers: For one hundred years, the Society’s members have nurtured technology, provided essential standards, and offered the expertise, support, tools and infrastructure for the creation and post-production of motion pictures.