20th Critics' Choice Awards

20th Critics' Choice Awards
20th Critics' Choice Awards
Date	January 15, 2015
Hosted by	Michael Strahan
Official website	www.criticschoice.com
Highlights
Best Film	Boyhood
Most awards	Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (7)
Most nominations	Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (13)
Television coverage
Network	A&E
	← 19th; Critics' Choice Awards; 21st →;

The 20th Critics' Choice Awards were presented on January 15, 2015 at the Hollywood Palladium, honoring the finest achievements of 2014 filmmaking. The ceremony was broadcast on A&E and hosted by Michael Strahan.^[1]^[2] The nominees were announced on December 15, 2014.

Winners and nominees

Best Picture Boyhood Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Gone Girl The Grand Budapest Hotel The Imitation Game Nightcrawler Selma The Theory of Everything Unbroken Whiplash	Best Director Richard Linklater – Boyhood Wes Anderson – The Grand Budapest Hotel Ava DuVernay – Selma David Fincher – Gone Girl Alejandro G. Iñárritu – Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Angelina Jolie – Unbroken
Best Actor *Michael Keaton – Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)* as Riggan Thomson** Benedict Cumberbatch – The Imitation Game as Alan Turing Ralph Fiennes – The Grand Budapest Hotel as Monsieur Gustave H. Jake Gyllenhaal – Nightcrawler as Louis "Lou" Bloom David Oyelowo – Selma as Martin Luther King Jr. Eddie Redmayne – The Theory of Everything as Stephen Hawking	Best Actress *Julianne Moore – Still Alice* as Dr. Alice Howland** Jennifer Aniston – Cake as Claire Bennett Marion Cotillard – Two Days, One Night as Sandra Bya Felicity Jones – The Theory of Everything as Jane Hawking Rosamund Pike – Gone Girl as Amy Elliott-Dunne Reese Witherspoon – Wild as Cheryl Strayed
Best Supporting Actor *J. K. Simmons – Whiplash* as Terence Fletcher** Josh Brolin – Inherent Vice as Lt. Det. Christian F. "Bigfoot" Bjornsen Robert Duvall – The Judge as Judge Joseph Palmer Ethan Hawke – Boyhood as Mason Evans Sr. Edward Norton – Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) as Mike Shiner Mark Ruffalo – Foxcatcher as Dave Schultz	Best Supporting Actress *Patricia Arquette – Boyhood* as Olivia Evans** Jessica Chastain – A Most Violent Year as Anna Morales Keira Knightley – The Imitation Game as Joan Clarke Emma Stone – Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) as Sam Thomson Meryl Streep – Into the Woods as The Witch Tilda Swinton – Snowpiercer as Minister Mason
Best Young Actor/Actress *Ellar Coltrane – Boyhood* as Mason Evans Jr.** Ansel Elgort – The Fault in Our Stars as Augustus Waters Mackenzie Foy – Interstellar as Murphy "Murph" Cooper Jaeden Lieberher – St. Vincent as Oliver Bronstein Tony Revolori – The Grand Budapest Hotel as Zero Quvenzhané Wallis – Annie as Annie Bennett Noah Wiseman – The Babadook as Samuel	Best Acting Ensemble Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Boyhood The Grand Budapest Hotel The Imitation Game Into the Woods Selma
Best Original Screenplay Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr., and Armando Bo – Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Richard Linklater – Boyhood Wes Anderson and Hugo Guinness – The Grand Budapest Hotel Dan Gilroy – Nightcrawler Damien Chazelle – Whiplash	Best Adapted Screenplay Gillian Flynn – Gone Girl Graham Moore – The Imitation Game Paul Thomas Anderson – Inherent Vice Anthony McCarten – The Theory of Everything Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, Richard LaGravenese, and William Nicholson – Unbroken Nick Hornby – Wild
Best Animated Feature The Lego Movie Big Hero 6 The Book of Life The Boxtrolls How to Train Your Dragon 2	Best Action Movie Guardians of the Galaxy American Sniper Captain America: The Winter Soldier Edge of Tomorrow Fury
Best Actor in an Action Movie *Bradley Cooper – American Sniper* as Chris Kyle** Tom Cruise – Edge of Tomorrow as Major William "Bill" Cage Chris Evans – Captain America: The Winter Soldier as Steve Rogers / Captain America Brad Pitt – Fury as US Army S/Sgt. Don "Wardaddy" Collier Chris Pratt – Guardians of the Galaxy as Peter Quill / Star-Lord	Best Actress in an Action Movie *Emily Blunt – Edge of Tomorrow* as Sergeant Rita Rose Vrataski** Scarlett Johansson – Lucy as Lucy Jennifer Lawrence – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 as Katniss Everdeen Zoe Saldana – Guardians of the Galaxy as Gamora Shailene Woodley – Divergent as Beatrice "Tris" Prior
Best Sci-Fi/Horror Movie Interstellar The Babadook Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Snowpiercer Under the Skin	Best Comedy The Grand Budapest Hotel 22 Jump Street Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) St. Vincent Top Five
Best Actor in a Comedy *Michael Keaton – Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)* as Riggan Thomson** Jon Favreau – Chef as Carl Casper Ralph Fiennes – The Grand Budapest Hotel as Monsieur Gustave H. Bill Murray – St. Vincent as Vincent MacKenna Chris Rock – Top Five as Andre Allen Channing Tatum – 22 Jump Street as Greg Jenko	Best Actress in a Comedy *Jenny Slate – Obvious Child* as Donna Stern** Rose Byrne – Neighbors as Kelly Radner Rosario Dawson – Top Five as Chelsea Brown Melissa McCarthy – St. Vincent as Maggie Bronstein Kristen Wiig – The Skeleton Twins as Maggie Dean
Best Foreign Language Film Force Majeure (Turist) • Sweden Ida • Denmark / France / Poland / UK Leviathan (Leviafan) • Russia Two Days, One Night (Deux jours, une nuit) • Belgium / France / Italy Wild Tales (Relatos salvajes) • Argentina / Spain	Best Documentary Feature Life Itself Citizenfour Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me Jodorowsky's Dune Last Days in Vietnam The Overnighters
Best Art Direction Adam Stockhausen (Production Designer), Anna Pinnock (Set Decorator) – The Grand Budapest Hotel Kevin Thompson (Production Designer), George DeTitta Jr. (Set Decorator) – Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) David Crank (Production Designer), Amy Wells (Set Decorator) – Inherent Vice Nathan Crowley (Production Designer), Gary Fettis (Set Decorator) – Interstellar Dennis Gassner (Production Designer), Anna Pinnock (Set Decorator) – Into the Woods Ondřej Nekvasil (Production Designer), Beatrice Brendtnerovà (Set Decorator) – Snowpiercer	Best Cinematography Emmanuel Lubezki – Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Robert Yeoman – The Grand Budapest Hotel Hoyte van Hoytema – Interstellar Dick Pope – Mr. Turner Roger Deakins – Unbroken
Best Costume Design Milena Canonero – The Grand Budapest Hotel Mark Bridges – Inherent Vice Colleen Atwood – Into the Woods Anna B. Sheppard – Maleficent Jacqueline Durran – Mr. Turner	Best Editing Douglas Crise and Stephen Mirrione – Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Sandra Adair – Boyhood Kirk Baxter – Gone Girl Lee Smith – Interstellar Tom Cross – Whiplash
Best Hair and Makeup Guardians of the Galaxy Foxcatcher The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Into the Woods Maleficent	Best Visual Effects Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Edge of Tomorrow Guardians of the Galaxy The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Interstellar
Best Score Antonio Sánchez – Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Alexandre Desplat – The Imitation Game Jóhann Jóhannsson – The Theory of Everything Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross – Gone Girl Hans Zimmer – Interstellar	Best Song "Glory" (Common and John Legend) – Selma "Big Eyes" (Lana Del Rey) – Big Eyes "Everything Is Awesome" (Jo Li and The Lonely Island) – The Lego Movie "Lost Stars" (Keira Knightley) – Begin Again "Yellow Flicker Beat" (Lorde) – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1

Films by multiple nominations and wins

The following thirty-two films received multiple nominations:

Nominations	Film
13	Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
11	The Grand Budapest Hotel
8	Boyhood
7	Interstellar
6	Gone Girl
6	The Imitation Game
5	Guardians of the Galaxy
	Into the Woods
	Selma
	The Theory of Everything
4	Edge of Tomorrow
	Inherent Vice
	St. Vincent
	Unbroken
	Whiplash
3	Nightcrawler
	Snowpiercer
	Top Five
2	22 Jump Street
	American Sniper
	The Babadook
	Captain America: The Winter Soldier
	Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
	Foxcatcher
	Fury
	The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
	The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1
	The Lego Movie
	Maleficent
	Mr. Turner
	Two Days, One Night
	Wild

The following four films received multiple awards:

Awards	Film
7	Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
4	Boyhood
3	The Grand Budapest Hotel
2	Guardians of the Galaxy

References

^ Critics' Choice Awards: 'Boyhood' Wins Best Picture; 'Birdman' Leads With 7 Nods
^ "Birdman soars with SEVEN gongs, Julianne Moore is named Best Actress as Boyhood takes home prestigious Best Picture at the Critics' Choice Awards". Daily Mail. January 15, 2015. Retrieved January 16, 2015.

[1] Critics' Choice Awards: 'Boyhood' Wins Best Picture; 'Birdman' Leads With 7 Nods

[2] "Birdman soars with SEVEN gongs, Julianne Moore is named Best Actress as Boyhood takes home prestigious Best Picture at the Critics' Choice Awards". Daily Mail. January 15, 2015. Retrieved January 16, 2015.

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Winners and nominees

Louis XIII Genius Award

Critics' Choice MVP Award

Lifetime Achievement Award

Films by multiple nominations and wins

References