Rough Oscar Picks

Best Picture

Birdman

Boyhood

Selma

Best Director

Alexandro G. Iñárritu, Birdman

Richard Linklater, Boyhood

Best Actor

Michael Keaton, Birdman

Eddie Redmayne, Theory

Best Actress

Julianne Moore, Still Alice

Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl

Reese Witherspoon, Wild

Best Supporting Actor

Edward Norton, Birdman

J.K. Simmons, Whiplash

Best Supporting Actress

Patricia Arquette, Boyhood

Emma Stone, Birdman

Best Cinematography

Emmanuel Lubezki, Birdman

Robert Yeoman, The Grand Budapest Hotel

Lukasz Zal and Ryszard Lenczewski, Ida

Best Foreign Language Film

Ida, Poland

Leviathan, Russia

Best Adapted Screenplay

The Imitation Game, Graham Moore

Whiplash, Damien Chazelle

Best Original Screenplay

Birdman, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. & Armando Bo

Boyhood, Richard Linklater

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Bill Corso and Dennis Liddiard, Foxcatcher

Frances Hannon and Mark Coulier, The Grand Budapest Hotel

Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou and David White, Guardians of the Galaxy

Best Original Score

The Grand Budapest Hotel

The Imitation Game

Interstellar

Theory of Everything

Best Original Song

“Everything Is Awesome” from The Lego Movie; Music and Lyric by Shawn Patterson

“Glory” from Selma; Music and Lyric by John Stephens and Lonnie Lynn

Best Animated Feature

Big Hero 6

The Boxtrolls

How to Train Your Dragon 2

Best Documentary—Short

Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1

Joanna

Best Film Editing

Sandra Adair, Boyhood

Barney Pilling, The Grand Budapest Hotel

Tom Cross, Whiplash

Best Production Design

The Grand Budapest Hotel, Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock

Interstellar, Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Gary Fettis

Into the Woods, Production Design: Dennis Gassner; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock

Best Animated Short

The Bigger Picture

Feast

Best Live Action Short

Boogaloo and Graham

The Phone Call

Best Sound Editing

American Sniper, Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman

Birdman, Martín Hernández and Aaron Glascock

Interstellar, Richard King

Best Sound Mixing

Whiplash, Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins and Thomas Curley

Best Visual Effects

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Daniel Barrett and Erik Winquist

Guardians of the Galaxy, Stephane Ceretti, Nicolas Aithadi, Jonathan Fawkner and Paul Corbould

Interstellar, Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter and Scott Fisher

Best Documentary — Feature

Citizenfour

Virunga

Best Costume Design

Milena Canonero, The Grand Budapest Hotel

Colleen Atwood, Into the Woods

Anna B. Sheppard and Jane Clive, Maleficent