Oscar Winners 2014

Oscar award is one of the most prestigious awards in the entertainment industry around the world. The Oscar Awards or Academy Awards are given annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The first Oscar awards were given on 16th May 1929. Winners are chosen from 24 different categories in the entertainment industry. The design for the award statuette is credited to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) art director Cedric Gibbons. This year the 86th Academy Awards ceremony honored the best films of 2013 and took place at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood in Los Angeles.

• Best actress ------------------------- Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine

• Best actor ------------------------- Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club

• Best picture ------------------------- 12 Years a Slave

• Best supporting actor ------------------------- Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club

• Best costume design ------------------------- Catherine Martin, The Great Gatsby

• Best makeup and hairstyling ------------------------- Adruitha Lee and Robin Mathews, Dallas Buyers Club

• Best short film (animated) ------------------------- Mr Hublot

• Best animation ------------------------- Frozen

• Best visual effects ------------------------- Gravity

• Best short ------------------------- Helium

• Best documentary short ------------------------- The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life

• Best documentary ------------------------- 20 Feet from Stardom

• Best foreign film ------------------------- The Great Beauty (Italy)

• Best sound mixing ------------------------- Gravity

• Best sound editing ------------------------- Gravity

• Best supporting actress ------------------------- Lupita Nyong'o, 12 Years a Slave

• Best cinematography ------------------------- Emmanuel Lubezki, Gravity

• Best editing ------------------------- Gravity

• Best production design ------------------------- Catherine Martin, Beverley Dunn, The Great Gatsby

• Best original score ------------------------- Steven Price, Gravity

• Best original song ------------------------- Let It Go, Frozen

• Best adapted screenplay ------------------------- John Ridley, 12 Years a Slave

• Best original screenplay ------------------------- Spike Jonze, Her

• Best director ------------------------- Alfonso Cuarón, Gravity

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