In a night where there could have been many surprises, there ended up being very few. Maybe the biggest shocker was in the Animated Short Film category. Just think about that for a second. Or else maybe it was The Great Gatsby winning both awards for which it was nominated. But then they were both for the flashy design in costume and sets, the one place where that film definitively excelled. Or else maybe it was American Hustle getting completely shut out. But then, it faced stiff competition in every category where it was nominated.
It’s not to say that the tension was lacking, but ultimately tonight’s was an Oscar ceremony which felt like it went very according to script. 12 Years A Slave continued its Best Picture dominance from the lead up to the Academy Awards, with Gravity just about sweeping the technical awards en route to seven Oscars, Ellen DeGeneres was a wonderful host.
Here is the full list of winners:
Best Picture
Winner: 12 Years A Slave
Other Nominees:
- American Hustle
- Captain Phillips
- Dallas Buyers Club
- Gravity
- Her
- Nebraska
- Philomena
- The Wolf of Wall Street
Best Director
Winner: Alfonso Cuaron – Gravity
Other Nominees:
- David O Russell – American Hustle
- Alexander Payne – Nebraska
- Steve McQueen – 12 Years A Slave
- Martin Scorsese – The Wolf of Wall Street
Best Actor
Winner: Matthew McConaughey – Dallas Buyers Club
Other Nominees:
- Christian Bale – American Hustle
- Bruce Dern – Nebraska
- Leonardo DiCaprio – The Wolf of Wall Street
- Chiwetel Ejiofor – 12 Years A Slave
Best Actress
Winner: Cate Blanchett – Blue Jasmine
Other Nominees:
- Amy Adams – American Hustle
- Sandra Bullock – Gravity
- Judi Dench – Philomena
- Meryl Streep – August: Osage County
Supporting Actor
Winner: Jared Leto – Dallas Buyers Club
Other Nominees:
- Barkhad Abdi – Captain Phillips
- Bradley Cooper – American Hustle
- Michael Fassbender – 12 Years A Slave
- Jonah Hill – The Wolf of Wall Street
Supporting Actress
Winner: Lupita Nyong’o – 12 Years A Slave
Other Nominees:
- Sally Hawkins – Blue Jasmine
- Jennifer Lawrence – American Hustle
- Julia Roberts – August: Osage County
- June Squibb – Nebraska
Adapted Screenplay
Winner: 12 Years A Slave – John Ridley
Other Nominees:
- Before Midnight – Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, and Ethan Hawke
- Captain Phillips – Billy Ray
- Philomena – Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope
- The Wolf of Wall Street – Terence Winter
Original Screenplay
Winner: Her – Spike Jonze
Other Nominees:
- 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 Animated Feature
Winner: Frozen
Other Nominees:
- The Croods
- Despicable Me 2
- Ernest & Celestine
- The Wind Rises
Best Documentary Feature
Winner: 20 Feet from Stardom
Other Nominees:
- The Act of Killing
- Cutie and the Boxer
- Dirty Wars
- The Square
Best Foreign Language Film
Winner: The Great Beauty – Italy
Other Nominees:
- The Broken Circle Breakdown – Belgium
- The Hunt – Denmark
- The Missing Picture – Cambodia
- Omar – Palestine
Cinematography
Winner: Gravity – Emmanuel Lubezki
Other Nominees:
- The Grandmaster – Phillipe Le Sourd
- Inside Llewyn Davis – Bruno Delbonnel
- Nebraska – Phedon Papamichael
- Prisoners – Roger Deakins
Original Song
Winner: “Let it Go” – Frozen, Music and Lyric by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez
Other Nominees:
- “Alone Yet Not Alone” – Alone Yet Not Alone, Music by Bruce Broughton, Lyric by Dennis Spiegel
- “Happy” – Despicable Me 2, Music and Lyric by Pharrell Williams
- “The Moon Song” – Her, Music by Karen O, Lyric by Karen O and Spike Jonze
- “Ordinary Love” – Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, Music by Paul Hewson, Dave Evans, Adam Clayton, and Larry Mullen Lyric by Paul Hewson
Original Score
Winner: Gravity – Steven Price
Other Nominees:
- The Book Thief – John Williams
- Her – William Butler and Owen Pallett
- Philomena – Alexandre Desplat
- Saving Mr. Banks – Thomas Newman
Editing
Winner: Gravity – Alfonso Cuarón and Mark Sanger
Other Nominees:
- American Hustle – Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers and Alan Baumgarten
- Captain Phillips – Christopher Rouse
- Dallas Buyers Club – John Mac McMurphy and Martin Pensa
- 12 Years A Slave – Joe Walker
Sound Editing
Winner: Gravity – Glenn Freemantle
Other Nominees:
- All Is Lost – Steve Boeddeker and Richard Hymns
- Captain Phillips – Oliver Tarney
- The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug – Brent Burge
- Lone Survivor – Wylie Stateman
Sound Mixing
Winner: Gravity – Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead, and Chris Munro
Other Nominees:
- 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
Visual Effects
Winner: Gravity
Other Nominees:
- The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
- Iron Man 3
- The Lone Ranger
- Star Trek Into Darkness
Production Design
Winner: The Great Gatsby – Production Design: Catherine Martin, Set Decoration: Beverley Dunn
Other Nominees:
- 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
Costume Design
Winner: The Great Gatsby – Catherine Martin
Other Nominees:
- American Hustle – Michael Wilkinson
- The Grandmaster – William Chang Suk Ping
- The Invisible Woman – Michael O’Connor
- 12 Years A Slave – Patricia Norris
Makeup & Hair
Winner: Dallas Buyers Club – Adruitha Lee and Robin Mathews
Other Nominees:
- Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa – Stephen Prouty
- The Lone Ranger – Joel Harlow and Gloria Pasqua-Casny
Documentary Short
Winner: The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life
Other Nominees:
- Cavedigger
- Facing Fear
- Karma Has No Walls
- Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall
Animated Short
Winner: Mr. Hublot
Other Nominees:
- Feral
- Get A Horse!
- Possessions
- Room on the Broom
Live Action Short
Winner: Helium
Other Nominees:
- Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn’t Me)
- Avant Que De Tout Perdre (Just Before Losing Everything)
- Pitaako Mun Kaikki Hoitaa (Do I Have to Take Care of Everything)
- The Voorman Problem