The 2014 Academy Awards, and the list of winners, are forever enshrined in movie history. Who achieved film’s version of immortality Sunday night?
It was a big night for Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave, which was named Best Picture at the ceremony, and also for Gravity, which won seven awards in all.
12 Years a Slave, which earned nine total Oscar nominations, also won for Best Supporting Actress (Lupita Nyong’o, pictured) and Best Screenplay (John Ridley).
In addition to Nyong’o, acting winners included Best Actor Matthew McConaughey (for Dallas Buyers Club) and Cate Blanchett, Best Actress for Blue Jasmine.
She received a standing ovation upon accepting, thanking her competitors in the film category as well as Woody Allen, her controversial writer-director.
Finally, Jared Leto took home the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for Dallas Buyers Club, in which he played Rayon, a transgender woman suffering from AIDS.
Here’s the list of winners from the 2014 Academy Awards …
BEST PICTURE
“12 Years a Slave”
BEST ACTOR
Matthew McConaughey, “Dallas Buyers Club”
BEST ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett, “Blue Jasmine”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Jared Leto, “Dallas Buyers Club”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Lupita Nyong’o, “12 Years a Slave”
BEST DIRECTOR
Alfonso Cuaron, “Gravity”
Best Animated Feature
“Frozen”
Best Foreign Language Film
“The Great Beauty” (Italy)
Best Documentary
“20 Feet From Stardom”
Best Original Screenplay
“Her,” written by Spike Jonze
Best Adapted Screenplay
“12 Years a Slave,” screenplay by John Ridley
Best Original Score
“Gravity,” Steven Price
Best Original Song
“Let It Go” from “Frozen,” music and lyric by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez
Best Editing
“Gravity,” Alfonso Cuarón and Mark Sanger
Best Cinematography
Emmanuel Lubezki, “Gravity”
Best Production Design
“The Great Gatsby,” Catherine Martin (Production Design); Beverley Dunn (Set Decoration)
Best Costume Design
Catherine Martin, “The Great Gatsby”
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Adruitha Lee and Robin Mathews, “Dallas Buyers Club”
Best Sound Editing
Glenn Freemantle, “Gravity”
Best Sound Mixing
Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead and Chris Munro, “Gravity”
Best Visual Effects
Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk and Neil Corbould, “Gravity”
Best Live-Action Short
“Helium,” Anders Walter and Kim Magnusson
Best Animated Short
“Mr. Hublot,” Laurent Witz and Alexandre Espigares
Best Documentary Short
“The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life,” Malcolm Clarke and Nicholas Reed
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