But my formation and my love reside in the world of cinema. I studied to be a screenwriter and that’s what I am, first and foremost.
So today I embrace a yearly tradition I have of predicting the nominees for the Academy Awards, as I’ve done for many years. Hope you like movies too and let’s see how I do tomorrow morning.
Nominations will be announced tomorrow at 5:30 AM (LA time). Let me know what you think of my predictions. Which movies did you like most in 2014?
Oscar Nominations Predictions
(Categories in alphabetical order)
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Benedict Cumberbatch (The Imitation Game)
Jake Gyllenhaal (Nightcrawler)
Michael Keaton (Birdman)
David Oyelowo (Selma)
Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything)
Runner-up: Steve Carrell (Foxcatcher)
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Josh Brolin (Inherent Vice)
Ethan Hawke (Boyhood)
Edward Norton (Birdman)
Mark Ruffalo (Foxcatcher)
J.K. Simmons (Whiplash)
Runner-up: Christoph Waltz (Big Eyes)
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Jennifer Aniston (Cake)
Felicity Jones (The Theory of Everything)
Julianne Moore (Still Alice)
Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl)
Reese Witherspoon (Wild)
Runner-up: Marion Cotillard: Deux jours, une nuit (Two Days, One Night)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Patricia Arquette (Boyhood)
Jessica Chastain (A Most Violent Year)
Keira Knightley (The Imitation Game)
Emma Stone (Birdman)
Meryl Streep (Into the Woods)
Runner-up: René Russo (Nightcrawler)
Best Animated Feature Film
Big Hero 6
The Boxtrolls
How To Train Your Dragon 2
The Lego Movie
The Tale of Princess Kaguya
Runner-up: Cheatin’
Best Animated Short Film
The Bigger Picture
Coda
Feast
Me and My Moulton
The Numberlys
Runner-up: The Damkeeper
Best Cinematography
Birdman
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Interstellar
The Theory of Everything
Unbroken
Runner-up: Mr. Turner
Best Costume Design
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Into the Woods
Mr. Turner
Selma
Runner-up: The Theory of Everything
Best Director
Alejandro González Iñárritu (Birdman)
Richard Linklater (Boyhood)
David Fincher (Gone Girl)
Morten Tyldum (The Imitation Game)
Ava DuVernay (Selma)
Runner-up: Wes Anderson (The Grand Budapest Hotel)
Best Documentary (Feature)
Citizenfour
Last Days in Vietnam
Life Itself
The Overnighters
Virunga
Runner-up: Jodorowsky’s Dune
Best Documentary (Short)
Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1
Joanna
The Lion’s Mouth
The Reaper
White Earth
Runner-up: Klatwa
Best Film Editing
Birdman
Boyhood
Gone Girl
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Runner-up: Whiplash
Best Foreign Language Film
Wild Tales (Argentina)
Timbuktu (Mauritania)
Ida (Poland)
Leviathan (Russia)
Force Majeure (Sweden)
Runner-up: Tangerines (Estonia)
Best Make Up & Hairstyling
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Guardians of the Galaxy
The Theory of Everything
Runner-up: Foxcatcher
Best Original Score
Gone Girl
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Interstellar
The Theory of Everything
Runner-up: The Homesman
Best Original Song
“Everything is Awesome” from The Lego Movie
“Glory” from Selma
“Lost Stars” from Begin Again
“Mercy is” from Noah
“Yellow Flicker Beat” from The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
Runner-up: “Split the difference” from Boyhood
Best Picture
Birdman
Boyhood
Gone Girl
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Nightcrawler
Selma
The Theory of Everything
Runner-up: Whiplash
Best Production Design
Big Eyes
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Into the Woods
Mr. Turner
Runner-up: Maleficent
Best Screenplay (Adapted)
Gone Girl
The Imitation Game
Inherent Vice
The Theory of Everything
Wild
Runner-up: Whiplash
Best Screenplay (Original)
A Most Violent Year
Birdman
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Nightcrawler
Runner-up: Selma
Best Short Film
Aya
Boogaloo and Graham
Butter Lamp
The Phone Call
SLR
Runner-up: Baghdad Messi
Best Sound Editing
American Sniper
Fury
Godzilla
Guardians of the Galaxy
Interstellar
Runner-up: Birdman
Best Sound Mixing
American Sniper
Birdman
Get On Up
Into the Woods
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Runner-up: Interstellar
Best Visual Effects
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Godzilla
Guardians of the Galaxy
The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies
Interstellar
Runner-up: X-Men: Days of Future Past
TOTAL
Birdman / The Imitation Game = 9
The Grand Budapest Hotel = 8
The Theory of Everything = 7
Boyhood / Gone Girl = 6
Selma = 5
Interstellar / Into the Woods = 4
Guardians of the Galaxy = 3 / Nightcrawler = 3
American Sniper / A Most Violent Year / Godzilla / Inherent Vice / The Lego Movie /
Mr. Turner / Wild = 2
All other films mentioned would get one nomination each.
