Oscars 2014: the winners in full

Gravity pulls in seven Oscars, but 12 Years a Slave takes best picture at this year’s Academy Awards.

3 March 2014

By Sam Wigley

12 Years a Slave (2013)

British director Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave has been named best picture at this year’s Oscars, also winning best adapted screenplay and best supporting actress for newcomer Lupita Nyong’o. But Alfonso Cuarón’s space thriller Gravity was the night’s biggest winner, taking home seven statuettes. Cuarón’s prize for best director made him the first Latino filmmaker ever to win the award.

The British-made Gravity also won the awards for cinematography, music, editing, sound mixing, sound editing and visual effects.

As expected, Cate Blanchett was named best actress for the title role in Woody Allen’s Blue Jasmine, with Dallas Buyers Club nabbing both best actor for Matthew McConaughey and best supporting actor for Jared Leto.

Despite tying with Gravity’s 10 as this year’s most nominated film, American Hustle came away empty handed, becoming the first film to be nominated but lose out in all four acting categories since Billy Wilder’s Sunset Blvd. in 1951.

The Great Beauty, Paolo Sorrentino’s vivid portrait of life in modern Rome, was named best foreign language film, though The Act of Killing did not take best documentary feature as anticipated. That award was reserved for the US documentary 20 Feet from Stardom, a look at the world of the backing singer.

Amanda Nevill, CEO of the BFI says: 

The UK has much to celebrate at this year’s Oscars, and we join the whole British film industry in congratulating Steve McQueen on the awards for his remarkable and important film 12 Years a Slave, and Alfonso Cuarón, whose astonishing Gravity was made right here in the UK.

She adds: 

Our industry continues to punch above its weight, with exceptional creative talent and world-leading practitioners, infrastructure and facilities that prove a draw to filmmakers from around the world, creating jobs and driving inward investment to the UK economy. The success of our filmmaking talent working both in front of and behind the camera is an international validation of how creatively and technically British filmmaking is at the top of its game, and I am so pleased for all the talented people involved in making these wonderful films which have captivated audiences around the world.

12 Years a Slave, Gravity and 20 Feet from Stardom all received their UK premieres at the 57th BFI London Film Festival in partnership with American Express®.

The winners were announced at a ceremony hosted by Ellen DeGeneres at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.

Best Picture

Winner: 12 Years a Slave – Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen and Anthony Katagas, Producers

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
The Wolf of Wall Street – Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio, Joey McFarland and Emma Tillinger Koskoff, Producers

Directing

Winner: Alfonso Cuarón – Gravity

American Hustle – David O. Russell
Nebraska – Alexander Payne
12 Years a Slave – Steve McQueen
The Wolf of Wall Street – Martin Scorsese

Actor in a Leading Role

Winner: Matthew McConaughey in Dallas Buyers Club

Christian Bale in American Hustle
Bruce Dern in Nebraska
Leonardo DiCaprio in The Wolf of Wall Street
Chiwetel Ejiofor in 12 Years a Slave

Actress in a Leading Role

Winner: Cate Blanchett in Blue Jasmine

Amy Adams in American Hustle
Sandra Bullock in Gravity
Judi Dench in Philomena
Meryl Streep in August: Osage County

Actor in a Supporting Role

Winner: Jared Leto in Dallas Buyers Club

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

Actress in a Supporting Role

Winner: Lupita Nyong’o in 12 Years a Slave

Sally Hawkins in Blue Jasmine
Jennifer Lawrence in American Hustle
Julia Roberts in August: Osage County
June Squibb in Nebraska

Writing – Adapted Screenplay

Winner: 12 Years a Slave – Screenplay by John Ridley

Before Midnight – Written by Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke
Captain Phillips – Screenplay by Billy Ray
Philomena – Screenplay by Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope
The Wolf of Wall Street – Screenplay by Terence Winter

Writing – Original Screenplay

Winner: Her – Written by Spike Jonze

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
Nebraska – Written by Bob Nelson

Animated Feature Film

Winner: Frozen – Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee and Peter Del Vecho

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
The Wind Rises – Hayao Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki

Cinematography

Winner: Gravity – Emmanuel Lubezki

The Grandmaster – Philippe Le Sourd
Inside Llewyn Davis – Bruno Delbonnel
Nebraska – Phedon Papamichael
Prisoners – Roger A. Deakins

Production Design

Winner: The Great Gatsby – Catherine Martin (Production Design); Beverley Dunn (Set Decoration)

American Hustle – Judy Becker (Production Design); Heather Loeffler (Set Decoration)
Gravity – Andy Nicholson (Production Design); Rosie Goodwin and Joanne Woollard (Set Decoration)
Her – K.K. Barrett (Production Design); Gene Serdena (Set Decoration)
12 Years a Slave – Adam Stockhausen (Production Design); Alice Baker (Set Decoration)

Costume Design

Winner: The Great Gatsby – Catherine Martin

American Hustle – Michael Wilkinson
The Grandmaster – William Chang Suk Ping
The Invisible Woman – Michael O’Connor
12 Years a Slave – Patricia Norris

Film Editing

Winner: Gravity – Alfonso Cuarón and Mark Sanger

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

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

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 – 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

Foreign Language Film

Winner: The Great Beauty (Italy)

The Broken Circle Breakdown (Belgium)
The Hunt (Denmark)
The Missing Picture (Cambodia)
Omar (Palestine)

Makeup and Hairstyling

Winner: Dallas Buyers Club – Adruitha Lee and Robin Mathews

Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa – Stephen Prouty
The Lone Ranger – Joel Harlow and Gloria Pasqua-Casny

Music – Original Score

Winner: Gravity – Steven Price

The Book Thief – John Williams
Her – William Butler and Owen Pallett
Philomena – Alexandre Desplat
Saving Mr. Banks – Thomas Newman

Music – Original Song

Winner: “Let it Go” from Frozen – Music and Lyric by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez

“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
“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

Documentary Feature

Winner: 20 Feet from Stardom – Morgan Neville, Gil Friesen and Caitrin Rogers

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

Documentary Short Subject

Winner: The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life – Malcolm Clarke and Nicholas Reed

CaveDigger – Jeffrey Karoff
Facing Fear – Jason Cohen
Karama Has No Walls – Sara Ishaq
Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall – Edgar Barens

Short Film – Animated

Winner: Mr. Hublot – Laurent Witz and Alexandre Espigares

Feral – Daniel Sousa and Dan Golden
Get a Horse! – Lauren MacMullan and Dorothy McKim
Possessions – Shuhei Morita
Room on the Broom – Max Lang and Jan Lachauer

Short Film – Live Action

Winner: Helium – Anders Walter and Kim Magnusson

Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn’t Me) – Esteban Crespo
Avant Que De Tout Perdre (Just Before Losing Everything) – Xavier Legrand and Alexandre Gavras
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

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