Monday, February 16, 2015

more guild awards

ASC Awards
  • Theatrical Motion Picture: Birdman, Emmanuel Lubezki
Motion Sound editors Guild
  • Feature English Language – Effects/Foley: “American Sniper”
  • Feature English Language – Dialogue/ADR: “Unbroken”
  • Feature Music: “Birdman”
  • Feature Musical: “Get On Up”
  • Feature Foreign Language – Effects/Foley/Dialogue/ADR: “The Liberator”
  • Feature Animation: “Big Hero 6″

Sunday, February 15, 2015

Guild awards

Writer Guild of America awards 
Best Original Screenplay: Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Best Adapted Screenplay: Graham Moore, The Imitation Game
Best Documentary: Brian Knappenberger, The Internet’s Own Boy

Makeup and Hair Guild Awards 
Best Contemporary Make-Up: “Guardians Of The Galaxy”; Make-Up Artist: Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou
Best Contemporary Hair Styling: “Birdman”; Hair Stylists: Jerry Popolis and Kat Drazen
Best Period and/Or Character Make-Up: “The Grand Budapest Hotel”; Make-Up Artists: Frances Hannon & Julie Dartnell
Best Period and/Or Character Hair Styling: “The Grand Budapest Hotel”; Hair Stylists: Frances Hannon & Julie Dartnell
Best Special Make-Up Effects: “Guardians Of The Galaxy”; Make-Up Artist: David White
Cinema Audio Society 
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Motion Picture – Live Action: “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)”; Production Mixer Thomas Varga; Re-recording Mixer Jon Taylor; CAS, Re-recording Mixer Frank A. Montaño; Scoring Mixer Gustavo Borner; ADR Mixer Jason Oliver; and Foley Mixer John Sanacore, CAS

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Motion Picture – Animated: “Big Hero 6″; Original Dialogue Mixer  Gabriel Guy, CAS; Re-recording Mixer David E. Fluhr, CAS; Re-recording Mixer Gabriel Guy, CAS; Scoring Mixer Alan Meyerson, CAS; and Foley Mixer Mary Jo Lang, CAS
EDDIE Awards
  • BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (DRAMATIC) – Boyhood, Sandra Adair.
  • BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (COMEDY OR MUSICAL) – The Grand Budapest Hotel, Barney Pilling
  • BEST EDITED ANIMATED FEATURE FILM – The Lego Movie, David Burrows & Chris McKay
  • BEST EDITED DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)
 – Citizenfour, Mathilde Bonnefoy
Art Directors Guild 
Best Period Film: Adam Stockhausen, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Best Fantasy Film: Christopher Wood, Guardians of the Galaxy.
Best Contemporary Film: Kevin Thompson, Birdman

USC Scripter
The Imitation Game 

Sunday, February 8, 2015

Boyhood wins the BAFTA

BEST FILM
  • BOYHOOD Richard Linklater, Cathleen Sutherland
DIRECTOR
  • BOYHOOD Richard Linklater
LEADING ACTRESS
  • JULIANNE MOORE Still Alice
LEADING ACTOR
  • EDDIE REDMAYNE The Theory of Everything
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
  • PATRICIA ARQUETTE Boyhood
SUPPORTING ACTOR
  • J.K. SIMMONS Whiplash
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
  • THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING Anthony McCarten
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
  • THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL Wes Anderson
EDITING
  • WHIPLASH Tom Cross
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
  • THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING James Marsh, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce, Anthony McCarten
OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
  • STEPHEN BERESFORD (Writer), DAVID LIVINGSTONE (Producer) Pride
CINEMATOGRAPHY
  • BIRDMAN Emmanuel Lubezki
PRODUCTION DESIGN
  • THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL Adam Stockhausen, Anna Pinnock
COSTUME DESIGN
  • THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL Milena Canonero
ORIGINAL MUSIC
  • THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL Alexandre Desplat
SOUND
  • WHIPLASH Thomas Curley, Ben Wilkins, Craig Mann
MAKE UP & HAIR
  • THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL Frances Hannon
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
  • INTERSTELLAR Paul Franklin, Scott Fisher, Andrew Lockley
ANIMATED FILM
  • THE LEGO MOVIE Phil Lord, Christopher Miller
DOCUMENTARY
  • CITIZENFOUR Laura Poitras
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
  • IDA Pawel Pawlikowski, Eric Abraham, Piotr Dzieciol, Ewa Puszczynska
BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION
  • THE BIGGER PICTURE Chris Hees, Daisy Jacobs, Jennifer Majka
BRITISH SHORT FILM
  • BOOGALOO AND GRAHAM Brian J. Falconer, Michael Lennox, Ronan Blaney
THE EE RISING STAR AWARD (voted for by the public)
  • JACK O’CONNELL

Birdman wins the DGA

Feature Film
ALEJANDRO G. IÑÁRRITU 
(Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Mr. Iñárritu's Directorial Team:
  • Unit Production Managers: James W. Skotchdopole, Robert Graf
  • First Assistant Director: Peter Kohn
  • Second Assistant Director: Amy Lauritsen
  • Second Second Assistant Director: Catherine Feeny
  • Location Manager: Joaquin Prange
Documentary
LAURA POITRAS
Citizenfour
RADiUS
Praxis Films
Participant Media
HBO Documentary Films
Bertha Foundation | BRITDOC Circle | Channel 4
Norddeutscher Rundfunk NDR

Monday, January 26, 2015

Birdman Wins SAG Awards

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A CAST IN A MOTION PICTURE:
Birdman
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE:
Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything)
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE:
Julianne Moore (Still Alice)
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
J.K Simmons (Whiplash)
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
Patricia Arquette (Boyhood)

Sunday, January 25, 2015

Birdman wins Producers Guild

Picture: Birdman
TV Drama: Breaking Bad
Documentary Film: Life Itself
Longform TV Series: Fargo
Non-fiction: Cosmos A Spacetime Odyssey
TV Comedy Award – Orange is the New Black
The Voice wins reality
Live Entertainment in Talk TV to THE TONIGHT SHOW
Best Animated Feature: The Lego Movie

Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Boyhood wins the Gay and Lesbian Film Critics

FILM OF THE YEAR
Birdman – Fox Searchlight
Boyhood – Sundance Selects/IFC
The Grand Budapest Hotel – Fox Searchlight
The Imitation Game – The Weinstein Company
Pride – CBS Films
FILM PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR – ACTOR
Steve Carell, Foxcatcher – Sony Pictures Classics
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game – The Weinstein Company
Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler – Open Road
Michael Keaton, Birdman – Fox Searchlight
Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything – Focus Features/Universal
FILM PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR – ACTRESS
Essie Davis, The Babadook – Sundance Selects/IFC
Anne Dorval, Mommy – Roadside Attractions
Julianne Moore, Still Alice – Sony Pictures Classics
Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl – 20th Century Fox
Reese Witherspoon, Wild – Fox Searchlight
FILM DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel – Fox Searchlight
Ava DuVernay, Selma – Paramount
David Fincher, Gone Girl – 20th Century Fox
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Birdman – Fox Searchight
Richard Linklater, Boyhood – Sundance Selects/IFC
LGBTQ FILM OF THE YEAR
The Imitation Game – The Weinstein Company
Love is Strange – Sony Pictures Classics
Pride – CBS Films
Stranger by the Lake – Strand Releasing
The Way He Looks – Strand Releasing
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR
Force Majeure – Magnolia Pictures
Ida – Music Box Films
Mommy – Roadside Attractions
Stranger by the Lake – Strand Releasing
Two Days, One Night – Sundance Selects/IFC
UNSUNG FILM OF THE YEAR
Obvious Child – A24
Love is Strange – Sony Pictures Classics
Pride – CBS Films
The Skeleton Twins – Roadside Attractions
Snowpiercer – Radius/TWC
DOCUMENTARY FILM OF THE YEAR
(theatrical release, TV airing or DVD release)
The Case Against 8 – HBO
CitizenFour – Radius/TWC
Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me – Sundance Selects
Life Itself – Magnolia Pictures
Regarding Susan Sontag – HBO
VISUALLY STRIKING FILM OF THE YEAR
(honoring a production of stunning beauty, from art direction to cinematography)
Birdman – Fox Searchlight
The Grand Budapest Hotel – Fox Searchlight
Interstellar – Paramount
Snowpiercer – Radius/TWC
Under the Skin – A24
CAMPY FLICK OF THE YEAR
Annie
Gone Girl
Into the Woods
Maleficent
Tammy

Boyhood Wins London Film critics

35th LONDON CRITICS’ CIRCLE FILM AWARDS WINNERS
FILM OF THE YEAR
Boyhood (Universal)
FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR
Leviathan (Curzon Artificial Eye)
BRITISH FILM OF THE YEAR
Under the Skin (StudioCanal)
DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR
Citizenfour (Curzon Artificial Eye)
ACTOR OF THE YEAR
Michael Keaton – Birdman (Fox)
ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
Julianne Moore – Still Alice (Curzon Artificial Eye)
SUPPORTING ACTOR OF THE YEAR
JK Simmons – Whiplash (Sony)
SUPPORTING ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
Patricia Arquette – Boyhood (Universal)
BRITISH ACTOR OF THE YEAR
Timothy Spall – Mr Turner (eOne)
BRITISH ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
Rosamund Pike – Gone Girl (Fox) & What We Did on Our Holiday (Lionsgate)
YOUNG BRITISH PERFORMER OF THE YEAR
Alex Lawther – The Imitation Game (StudioCanal)
DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
Richard Linklater – Boyhood (Universal)
SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR
Wes Anderson – The Grand Budapest Hotel (Fox)
BREAKTHROUGH BRITISH FILMMAKER
Yann Demange – ’71 (StudioCanal)
TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Under the Skin – Mica Levi, score (StudioCanal)
DILYS POWELL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN FILM
Miranda Richardson
TOP 10 FILMS of 2014
1. Boyhood
2. Birdman
3. Under the Skin
4. Whiplash
5. Mr Turner
6. Leviathan
7. The Grand Budapest Hotel
8. Ida
9. Nightcrawler
10. The Theory of Everything

Thursday, January 15, 2015

Critics Choice Awards

Best Picture: Boyhood
Best Director: Richard Linklater-Boyhood
Best Actor: Michael Keaton-Birdman
Best Actress: Julainne Moore-Still Alice
Best Supporting Actress: Patricia Arquette-Boyhood
Best Supporting Actor: J.K. Simmons-Whiplash
Best Foreign Film: Force Majeure
Best Animated Feature: The Lego Movie
Best Original Screenplay-Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Nicolas Giacabone, Armando Bo-Birdman
Best Adapted Screenplay-Gillian Flynn-Gone Girl
Best Cinematography-Emanuel Lubezki-Birdman
Best Editing-Douglas Crise, Stephen Mirrone-Birdman
Best Production Design-Adam Stockhausen-The Grand Budapest Hotel
Best Costume Design-Milena Canonero-The Grand Budapest Hotel
Best Hair and Makeup-Guardians of the Galaxy
Best Visual Effects-Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Best Song: Glory-Selma
Best Score: Antonio Sanchez-Birdman
Best Ensemble: Birdman
Best Young Actor : Ellar Coltrane-Boyhood
Best Sci-Fi/Horror Film-Interstellar
Best Comedy: The Grand Budapest Hotel
Best Actor in a Comedy: Michael Keaton-Birdman
Best Actress in a Comedy: Jenny Slate-Obvious Child
Best Action Movie: Guardians of the Galaxy
Best Actor in an Action Movie: Bradley Cooper-American Cooper
Best Actress in an Action Movie: Emily Blunt-Edge of Tomorrow
Critics Choice MVP Award: Jessica Chastain
Genius Award: Ron Howard
Lifetime Achievement Award: Kevin Costner

Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Boyhood wins the Golden Globe

MOTION PICTURES
Best Drama
  • WINNER: "Boyhood"
  • "Foxcatcher"
  • "The Imitation Game"
  • "Selma"
  • "The Theory of Everything"
Best Comedy
  • "Birdman"
  • WINNER: "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
  • "Into the Woods"
  • "Pride"
  • "St. Vincent"
Best Director
  • Wes Anderson, "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
  • Ava Duvernay, "Selma"
  • David Fincher, "Gone Girl"
  • Alejandro González Iñárritu, "Birdman"
  • WINNER: Richard Linklater, "Boyhood"
Best Actress in a Drama
  • Jennifer Aniston, "Cake"
  • Felicity Jones, "The Theory of Everything"
  • WINNER: Julianne Moore, "Still Alice"
  • Rosamund Pike, "Gone Girl"
  • Reese Witherspoon, "Wild"
Best Actor in a Drama
  • Steve Carell, "Foxcatcher"
  • Benedict Cumberbatch, "The Imitation Game"
  • Jake Gyllenhaal, "Nightcrawler"
  • David Oyelowo, "Selma"
  • WINNER: Eddie Redmayne, "The Theory of Everything"
Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy
  • Ralph Fiennes, "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
  • WINNER: Michael Keaton, "Birdman"
  • Bill Murray, "St. Vincent"
  • Joaquin Phoenix, "Inherent Vice"
  • Christoph Waltz, "Big Eyes"
Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy
  • WINNER: Amy Adams, "Big Eyes"
  • Emily Blunt, "Into the Woods"
  • Helen Mirren, "The Hundred-Foot Journey"
  • Julianne Moore, "Map to the Stars"
  • Quvenzhané Wallis, "Annie"
Best Supporting Actress
  • WINNER: Patricia Arquette, "Boyhood"
  • Jessica Chastain, "A Most Violent Year"
  • Keira Knightley, "The Imitation Game"
  • Emma Stone, "Birdman"
  • Meryl Streep, "Into the Woods"
Best Supporting Actor
  • Robert Duvall, "The Judge"
  • Ethan Hawke, "Boyhood"
  • Edward Norton, "Birdman"
  • Mark Ruffalo, "Foxcatcher"
  • WINNER: J.K. Simmons, "Whiplash"
Best Screenplay
  • Wes Anderson, "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
  • Gillian Flynn, "Gone Girl"
  • WINNER: Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, and Armando Bo, "Birdman"
  • Richard Linklater, "Boyhood"
  • Graham Moore, "The Imitation Game"
Best Foreign Language Film
  • "Force Majeure Turist," Sweden
  • "Gett: The Trial of Viviane Ansalem Gett," Israel
  • "Ida," Poland/Denmark
  • WINNER: "Leviathan," Russia
  • "Tangerines Mandariinid," Estonia
Best Animated Feature
  • "Big Hero 6"
  • "The Book of Life"
  • "The Boxtrolls"
  • WINNER: "How to Train Your Dragon 2"
  • "The Lego Movie"
Best Original Song
  • "Big Eyes" from "Big Eyes" music and lyrics by Lana Del Rey
  • WINNER: "Glory" from "Selma," Music and lyrics by John Legend and Common
  • "Mercy Is" from "Noah," Music and lyrics by Patti Smith and Lenny Kaye
  • "Opportunity" from "Annie," Music and lyrics by Greg Kurstin, Sia Furler, Will Gluck
  • "Yellow Flicker Beat" from "The Hunger Games Mockingjay Part 1," Music and lyrics by Lorde
Best Score
  • "The Imitation Game"
  • WINNER: "The Theory of Everything"
  • "Gone Girl"
  • "Birdman"
  • "Interstellar"

Boyhood wins the Houston Film Critics

  • Best Picture - "Boyhood"
  • Best Director - Richard Linklater, "Boyhood"
  • Best Actor - Jake Gyllenhaal, "Nightcrawler"
  • Best Actress - Julianne Moore, "Still Alice"
  • Best Supporting Actor - J.K. Simmons, "Whiplash"
  • Best Supporting Actress - Patricia Arquette, "Boyhood"
  • Best Screenplay - Richard Linklater, "Boyhood"
  • Best Animated Film - "The LEGO Movie"
  • Best Cinematography - Emmanuel Lubezki, "Birdman"
  • Best Documentary - "Citizenfour"
  • Best Foreign Film - "Force Majeure"
  • Best Original Score - Alexandre Desplat, "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
  • Best Original Song - "Everything is Awesome" by Shawn Patterson and Joshua Bartholomew & Lisa Harriton and The Lonely Island, for "The LEGO Movie"
  • Best Poster Design - Annie Atkins for "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
  • Worst Picture - "The Identical"
  • Texas Independent Film Award - "Boyhood"
  • Humanitarian Award - Joe Hall, Ghetto Film School
  • Lifetime Achievement Award - Larry McMurtry
  • Outstanding Achievement - Rick Ferguson and the Houston Film Commission
  • Technical Achievement - "Boyhood"

Boyhood wins the EDA Awards

Best Film
BOYHOOD
Best Director (Female or Male)
Richard Linklater for BOYHOOD
Best Screenplay, Original
BIRDMAN – Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu, Nicholas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Armando Bo
Best Screenplay, Adapted
GONE GIRL – Gillian Flynn
Best Documentary
CITIZENFOUR – Laura Poitras
Best Animated Film
LEGO – Phil Lord, Christopher Miller
Best Actress
Julianne Moore for STILL ALICE
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Tilda Swinton for SNOWPIERCER
Best Actor
Michael Keaton for BIRDMAN
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
J.K. Simmons for WHIPLASH
Best Ensemble Cast (tie)
BIRDMAN – Francine Maisler, Casting Director
and
GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL – Douglas Aibel (US), Antoinette Boulat (France), Simone Bar, Alexandra Montag (Germany), Debra Maxwell Dion (LA), Jina Jay (UK)
Best Editing
BIRDMAN – Douglas Crise, Stephen Mirrione
Best Cinematography
BIRDMAN – Emmanuel Lubezki
Best Film Music Or Score
BIRDMAN – Antonio Sanchez
Best Non-English-Language Film
IDA – Pavel Pawlikowski (Poland)
EDA FEMALE FOCUS AWARDS
These awards honor WOMEN only.
Best Woman Director
Ava DuVernay for SELMA
Best Woman Screenwriter
Gillian Flynn for GONE GIRL
Best Female Action Star
Emily Blunt for EDGE OF TOMORROW
Best Breakthrough Performance
Gugu Mbatha-Raw for BELLE
Female Icon of the Year (tie)
(a woman whose work in film and/or in life made a difference)
Ava DuVernay
and
Laura Poitras
EDA SPECIAL MENTION AWARDS
Best Depiction Of Nudity, Sexuality, or Seduction
UNDER THE SKIN – Scarlett Johansson
Actress Defying Age and Ageism
Tilda Swinton
Most Egregious Age Difference Between The Leading Man and The Love Interest
MAGIC IN THE MOONLIGHT – Colin Firth (b. 1960) and Emma Stone (b. 1988)
Actress Most in Need Of A New Agent
Cameron Diaz for SEX TAPE
Movie You Wanted To Love, But Just Couldn’t
INHERENT VICE