The 87th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2014 and took place on February 22, 2015, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST.
During the ceremony, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 24 categories. The ceremony, televised in the United States by ABC, was produced by Neil Meron and Craig Zadan and directed byHamish Hamilton. Actor Neil Patrick Harris hosted the ceremony for the first time.
| Category | Winner Name/Film |
| Best Picture | Birdman |
| Best Director | Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Birdman |
| Best Actress in a Leading Role | Julianne Moore, Still Alice |
| Best Actor in a Leading Role | Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything |
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Patricia Arquette, Boyhood |
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role | JK Simmons, Whiplash |
| Best Foreign Language Film | Ida |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Graham Moore, The Imitation Game |
| Best Original Screenplay | Alejandro G Inarritu, Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr & Armando Bo, Birdman |
| Best Cinematography | Emmanuel Lubezki, Birdman |
| Best Music – Original Score | Alexandre Desplat, The Grand Budapest Hotel |
| Best Makeup and Hairstyling | Frances Hannon and Mark Coulier, The Grand Budapest Hotel |
| Best Costume Design | Milena Canonero, The Grand Budapest Hotel |
| Best Music – Original Song | John Stephens and Lonnie Lynn for ‘Glory’ from Selma |
| Best Visual Effects | Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter and Scott Fisher, Interstellar |
| Best Documentary Short Subject | Ellen Goosenberg Kent and Dana Perry, Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1 |
| Best Documentary Feature | Citizen Four |
| Best Film Editing | Tom Cross, Whiplash |
| Best Sound Editing | Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman, American Sniper |
| Best Sound Mixing | Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins and Thomas Curley, Whiplash |
| Best Production Design | Adam Stockhausen (Production Design); Anna Pinnock (Set Decoration), The Grand Budapest Hotel |
| Best Short Film – Live Action | The Phone Call |
| Best Short Film “ Animated | Feast |
| Best Animated Feature Film | Big Hero 6 |
