87th Academy Award, popularly called Oscar Awards, was conferred on 22 February 2015. The award ceremony was held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles.
The Oscar Awards for the year 2015 were presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) in 24 categories.
The awards were produced by Neil Meron and Craig Zadan and directed by Hamish Hamilton. Actor Neil Patrick Harris hosted the ceremony for the first time.
The list of winners of 87th Academy Awards
- Best Picture: Birdman
- Best Director: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu for Birdman
- Best Actor: Eddie Redmayne for The Theory of Everything
- Best Actress: Julianne Moore for Still Alice
- Best Supporting Actor: JK Simmons for Whiplash
- Best Supporting Actress: Patricia Arquette for Boyhood
- Achievement in Costume Design: Milena Canonero for The Grand Budapest Hotel
- Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling: Frances Hannon and Mark Coulier for The Grand Budapest Hotel
- Best Foreign Language Film: Ida directed by Pawel Pawlikowski
- Best Live Action Short Film: The Phone Call
- Best Documentary Short Subject: Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1
- Original Screenplay: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Armando Bo for Birdman
- Achievement in Sound Mixing: Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins, Thomas Curley for Whiplash
- Achievement in Sound Editing: Alan Robert Murray Bub Asman for American Sniper
- Achievement in Visual Effects: Ian Hunter, Scott Fisher, Andrew Lockley and Paul Franklin for Interstellar
- Best Animated Short Film: Feast directed by Patrick Osborne and Kristina Reed
- Best Animated Movie: Big Hero Six 6
- Achievement in Production Design: Adam Stockhausen and Anna Pinnock for The Grand Budapest Hotel
- Achievement in Cinematograph: Emannuel Lubezki for Birdman
- Achievement in Film Editing: Tom Cross for Whipalsh
- Best Documentary Feature: Citizen Four directed by Laura Poitras
- Best Original Song: John Stephens and Lonnie Lynn for Glory
- Best Original Score: Alexandre Desplat for The Grand Budapest Hotel
- Best Adapted Screenplay: Graham Moore for The Imitation Game