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2/20/2015 Oscars 2015 Ballot - NYTimes.com Oscar Ballot Best Picture Director Actor in a Supporting Role Actress in a Leading Role American Sniper Wes Anderson , 'The Grand Robert Duvall , 'The Judge' Marion Cotillard , 'Two Days, One Budapest Hotel' Night' Birdman Ethan Hawke , 'Boyhood' Alejandro G. Iñárritu , 'Birdman' Felicity Jones , 'The Theory of Boyhood Edward Norton , 'Birdman' Everything' The Grand Budapest Hotel Richard Linklater , 'Boyhood' Mark Ruffalo , 'Foxcatcher' Julianne Moore , 'Still Alice' The Imitation Game Bennett Miller , 'Foxcatcher' J.K. Simmons , 'Whiplash' Rosamund Pike , 'Gone Girl' Selma Morten Tyldum , 'The Imitation Game' Reese Witherspoon , 'Wild' The Theory of Everything Actress in a Supporting Role Whiplash Actor in a Leading Role Patricia Arquette , 'Boyhood' Laura Dern , 'Wild' Steve Carell , 'Foxcatcher' Keira Knightley , 'The Imitation Bradley Cooper , 'American Game' Sniper' Emma Stone , 'Birdman' Benedict Cumberbatch , 'The Imitation Game' Meryl Streep , 'Into the Woods' Michael Keaton , 'Birdman' Eddie Redmayne , 'The Theory of Everything' Original Screenplay Animated Feature Film Editing Documentary Short Subject Birdman Big Hero 6 American Sniper Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1 Boyhood The Boxtrolls Boyhood Joanna Foxcatcher How to Train Your Dragon 2 The Grand Budapest Hotel Our Curse The Grand Budapest Hotel Song of the Sea The Imitation Game The Reaper (La Parka) Nightcrawler The Tale of Princess Kaguya Whiplash White Earth Adapted Screenplay Sound Editing Short Film, Animated Original Score American Sniper American Sniper A Single Life The Grand Budapest Hotel The Imitation Game Birdman The Bigger Picture The Imitation Game Inherent Vice The Hobbit: The Battle of the The Dam Keeper Interstellar The Theory of Everything Five Armies Feast Mr. Turner Whiplash Interstellar Me and My Moulton The Theory of Everything Unbroken Foreign Language Film Short Film, Live Action Original Song Visual Effects Ida Aya Begin Again Leviathan Captain America: The Winter Boogaloo and Graham Beyond the Lights Soldier Tangerines Butter Lamp (La Lampe Au Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Timbuktu Beurre De Yak) The Lego Movie Guardians of the Galaxy Wild Tales Parvaneh Selma Interstellar The Phone Call XMen: Days of Future Past Production Design Cinematography Costume Design The Grand Budapest Hotel Birdman The Grand Budapest Hotel The Imitation Game The Grand Budapest Hotel Inherent Vice Interstellar Ida Into the Woods Into the Woods Mr. Turner Maleficent Mr. Turner Unbroken Mr. Turner Makeup Documentary Feature Sound Mixing Foxcatcher Citizenfour American Sniper The Grand Budapest Hotel Finding Vivian Maier Birdman Guardians of the Galaxy Last Days in Vietnam Interstellar The Salt of the Earth Unbroken Virunga Whiplash http://oscars.nytimes.com/2015/ballot 1/1.

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EE British Academy Film Awards Sunday 8 February 2015
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