ACADEMY ANNOUNCES KEY DATES FOR THE OSCARS®

BEVERLY HILLS, CA – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the ABC Television Network today announced the dates for the 87th Oscars.  The Academy Awards® presentation will air live on ABC on Oscar® Sunday, February 22, 2015.

Key dates for the Awards season are:
Saturday, November 8, 2014 The Governors Awards
Wednesday, December 3, 2014 Official Screen Credits and music submissions due
Monday, December 29, 2014 Nominations voting begins 8 a.m. PT
Thursday, January 8, 2015 Nominations voting ends 5 p.m. PT
Thursday, January 15, 2015 Oscar nominations announced
Monday, February 2, 2015 Oscar Nominees Luncheon
Friday, February 6, 2015 Final voting begins 8 a.m. PT
Saturday, February 7, 2015 Scientific and Technical Awards
Tuesday, February 17, 2015 Final voting ends 5 p.m. PT
Oscar Sunday, February 22, 2015 87th Academy Awards begins 7 p.m. ET/ 4 p.m. PT

The Oscars will be held at the Dolby Theatre® at Hollywood & Highland Center® in Hollywood, and will be televised live by the ABC Television Network.  The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.

86TH OSCARS® NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED

BEVERLY HILLS, CA — Actor Chris Hemsworth and Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs announced the nominations for the 86th Academy Awards® today (January 16).

Hemsworth and Boone Isaacs announced the nominees at a 5:38 a.m. PT live news conference attended by more than 400 international media representatives.  For a complete list of nominees, visit the official Academy Awards website, www.oscar.com.

Academy members from each of the branches vote to determine the nominees in their respective categories – actors nominate actors, film editors nominate film editors, etc.  In the Animated Feature Film and Foreign Language Film categories, nominees are selected by a vote of multi-branch screening committees.  All voting members are eligible to select the Best Picture nominees.

Official screenings of all motion pictures with one or more nominations will begin for members on Saturday, January 25, at the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater.  Screenings also will be held at the Academy’s Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood and in London, New York and the San Francisco Bay Area.

Active members of the Academy are eligible to vote for the winners in all categories.
Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2013 will be presented on Oscar® Sunday, March 2, 2014, at the Dolby Theatre® at Hollywood & Highland Center® and televised live on the ABC Television Network.  The Oscars, produced by Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.

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Nominations for the 86th Academy Awards

Performance by an actor in a leading role
•Christian Bale in “American Hustle”
•Bruce Dern in “Nebraska”
•Leonardo DiCaprio in “The Wolf of Wall Street”
•Chiwetel Ejiofor in “12 Years a Slave”
•Matthew McConaughey in “Dallas Buyers Club”

Performance by an actor in a supporting role
•Barkhad Abdi in “Captain Phillips”
•Bradley Cooper in “American Hustle”
•Michael Fassbender in “12 Years a Slave”
•Jonah Hill in “The Wolf of Wall Street”
•Jared Leto in “Dallas Buyers Club”

Performance by an actress in a leading role
•Amy Adams in “American Hustle”
•Cate Blanchett in “Blue Jasmine”
•Sandra Bullock in “Gravity”
•Judi Dench in “Philomena”
•Meryl Streep in “August: Osage County”

Performance by an actress in a supporting role
•Sally Hawkins in “Blue Jasmine”
•Jennifer Lawrence in “American Hustle”
•Lupita Nyong’o in “12 Years a Slave”
•Julia Roberts in “August: Osage County”
•June Squibb in “Nebraska”

Best animated feature film of the year
•“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
•“Frozen” Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee and Peter Del Vecho
•“The Wind Rises” Hayao Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki

Achievement in cinematography
•“The Grandmaster” Philippe Le Sourd
•“Gravity” Emmanuel Lubezki
•“Inside Llewyn Davis” Bruno Delbonnel
•“Nebraska” Phedon Papamichael
•“Prisoners” Roger A. Deakins

Achievement in costume design
•“American Hustle” Michael Wilkinson
•“The Grandmaster” William Chang Suk Ping
•“The Great Gatsby” Catherine Martin
•“The Invisible Woman” Michael O’Connor
•“12 Years a Slave” Patricia Norris

Achievement in directing
•“American Hustle” David O. Russell
•“Gravity” Alfonso Cuarón
•“Nebraska” Alexander Payne
•“12 Years a Slave” Steve McQueen
•“The Wolf of Wall Street” Martin Scorsese

Best documentary feature
•“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
•“20 Feet from Stardom” Nominees to be determined

Best documentary short subject
•“CaveDigger” Jeffrey Karoff
•“Facing Fear” Jason Cohen
•“Karama Has No Walls” Sara Ishaq
•“The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life” Malcolm Clarke and Nicholas Reed
•“Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall” Edgar Barens

Achievement in film editing
•“American Hustle” Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers and Alan Baumgarten
•“Captain Phillips” Christopher Rouse
•“Dallas Buyers Club” John Mac McMurphy and Martin Pensa
•“Gravity” Alfonso Cuarón and Mark Sanger
•“12 Years a Slave” Joe Walker

Best foreign language film of the year
•“The Broken Circle Breakdown” Belgium
•“The Great Beauty” Italy
•“The Hunt” Denmark
•“The Missing Picture” Cambodia
•“Omar” Palestine

Achievement in 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

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
•“The Book Thief” John Williams
•“Gravity” Steven Price
•“Her” William Butler and Owen Pallett
•“Philomena” Alexandre Desplat
•“Saving Mr. Banks” Thomas Newman

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
•“Alone Yet Not Alone” from “Alone Yet Not Alone”
Music by Bruce Broughton; Lyric by Dennis Spiegel
•“Happy” from “Despicable Me 2”
Music and Lyric by Pharrell Williams
•“Let It Go” from “Frozen”
Music and Lyric by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez
•“The Moon Song” from “Her”
Music by Karen O; Lyric by Karen O and Spike Jonze
•“Ordinary Love” from “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom”
Music by Paul Hewson, Dave Evans, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen; Lyric by Paul Hewson

Best motion picture of the year
•“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
•“12 Years a Slave” Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen and Anthony Katagas, Producers
•“The Wolf of Wall Street” Nominees to be determined

Achievement in production design
•“American Hustle” Production Design: Judy Becker; Set Decoration: Heather Loeffler
•“Gravity” Production Design: Andy Nicholson; Set Decoration: Rosie Goodwin and Joanne Woollard
•“The Great Gatsby” Production Design: Catherine Martin; Set Decoration: Beverley Dunn
•“Her” Production Design: K.K. Barrett; Set Decoration: Gene Serdena
•“12 Years a Slave” Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Alice Baker

Best animated short film
•“Feral” Daniel Sousa and Dan Golden
•“Get a Horse!” Lauren MacMullan and Dorothy McKim
•“Mr. Hublot” Laurent Witz and Alexandre Espigares
•“Possessions” Shuhei Morita
•“Room on the Broom” Max Lang and Jan Lachauer

Best live action short film
•“Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn’t Me)” Esteban Crespo
•“Avant Que De Tout Perdre (Just before Losing Everything)” Xavier Legrand and Alexandre Gavras
•“Helium” Anders Walter and Kim Magnusson
•“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

Achievement in sound editing
•“All Is Lost” Steve Boeddeker and Richard Hymns
•“Captain Phillips” Oliver Tarney
•“Gravity” Glenn Freemantle
•“The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” Brent Burge
•“Lone Survivor” Wylie Stateman

Achievement in sound mixing
•“Captain Phillips” Chris Burdon, Mark Taylor, Mike Prestwood Smith and Chris Munro
•“Gravity” Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead 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

Achievement in 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

Adapted screenplay
•“Before Midnight” Written by Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke
•“Captain Phillips” Screenplay by Billy Ray
•“Philomena” Screenplay by Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope
•“12 Years a Slave” Screenplay by John Ridley
•“The Wolf of Wall Street” Screenplay by Terence Winter

Original screenplay
•“American Hustle” Written by Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell
•“Blue Jasmine” Written by Woody Allen
•“Dallas Buyers Club” Written by Craig Borten & Melisa Wallack
•“Her” Written by Spike Jonze
•“Nebraska” Written by Bob Nelson

Academy Shines New Light on "It's a Wonderful Life" in LA and NYC

Beverly Hills, CA – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will examine the technology behind "It's a Wonderful Life" at Los Angeles and New York City screenings on Friday, December 9, and Monday, December 12, respectively. Hosted by Oscar®-winning visual effects supervisor Craig Barron and Oscar-winning sound designer Ben Burtt, the programs will explore studio production methods of the era, the use of matte paintings in key scenes, and the origins of the film's sound effects. Both programs will begin at 7 p.m.

"It's a Wonderful Life" (1946) is one of only two motion pictures produced by Liberty Films, the independent company Frank Capra and Samuel J. Briskin created in 1945. Although the film performed only modestly at the box office when it was first released, it went on to earn five Oscar nominations, including Best Motion Picture, Best Actor (James Stewart), Directing (Capra), Film Editing (William Hornbeck) and Sound Recording (RKO Radio Studio Sound Department, John Aalberg, sound director).

The inventors of the snow machine that made its debut with the film won an Academy Technical Achievement Award in 1948. Synthetic snow replaced bleached cornflakes, the previous method of simulating falling snow in movies.

The Los Angeles screening of "It's a Wonderful Life" will be held at the Academy's Linwood Dunn Theater and will present a newly struck print by the Academy Film Archive. Although advance tickets are sold out, a standby line will form on the day of the event, and standby numbers will be assigned starting at approximately 5:30 p.m. Any available tickets will be distributed shortly before the program begins. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Ticket holders should plan to arrive at least 15 minutes before the start of the event to ensure a seat in the theater.

The Linwood Dunn Theater is located at 1313 Vine Street in Hollywood. For more information, visit www.oscars.org or call (310) 247-3600.

The New York screening will be held at the Academy Theater in New York City. Tickets are $5 for the general public and $3 for Academy members and students with a valid ID. Tickets may be purchased online at www.oscars.org or by mail (a printable order form is available in the Events & Exhibitions section of the website). Tickets may also be purchased at the box office prior to the event (subject to availability).

The Academy Theater in New York City is located at 111 East 59th Street (between Park and Lexington avenues). Doors open at 6:30 p.m. For more information, visit www.oscars.org or call (212) 821-9251.

2012 Student Academy Awards® Competition Now Underway

Beverly Hills, CA – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is now accepting entries for its 2012 Student Academy Awards competition. Gold, Silver and Bronze Medal awards, along with cash prizes, may be presented to student filmmakers in the following categories: Alternative, Animation, Narrative, Documentary and Foreign Student Film.

The rules and online application forms are available at: http://www.oscars.org/saa.

The U.S. competition is open to all full-time college and university students at accredited institutions, whose films are made within the curricular structure of a film program or class at their respective schools. For 2012, the Academy has limited the list of accepted accreditation agencies for U.S. institutions to the following: Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools; New England Association of Schools and Colleges; North Central Association of Colleges and Schools; Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities; Western Association of Schools and Colleges; and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. U.S. entries must be submitted by Monday, April 2, 2012.

In the Foreign Student Film category entries are accepted only from full-time college and university students attending schools that are members of the international film school organization known as CILECT (cilect.org), and located outside the borders of the United States. The deadline to submit a foreign student film for consideration is Friday, March 23, 2012.


The 39th Annual Student Academy Awards presentation will be held on Saturday, June 9, 2012, at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.

The Academy established the Student Academy Awards in 1972 to support and encourage excellence in filmmaking at the collegiate level. Past Student Academy Award winners have gone on to receive 43 Oscar® nominations and have won or shared eight awards. At the 83rd Academy Awards earlier this year, 2010 Student Academy Award winner Luke Matheny took home the Oscar for his Live Action Short Film "God of Love." Tanel Toom, another 2010 Student Academy Award winner, also was nominated in the Live Action Short Film category for "The Confession," and John Lasseter, a 1979 and 1980 Student Academy Award winner, was a nominee in the Adapted Screenplay category for "Toy Story 3."