Rich Picks
20132015

Awards & Top Films

2014

Rich Picks for Film Excellence

WonNominee

Top 10 Films of 2014

1
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The Grand Budapest Hotel6 Wins · 9 Nominations
2
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Song of the Sea2 Wins · 7 Nominations
3
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Whiplash3 Wins · 7 Nominations
4
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Under the Skin3 Wins · 7 Nominations
5
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Mr. Turner8 Nominations
6
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Birdman1 Win · 3 Nominations
7
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The Imitation Game1 Win · 3 Nominations
8
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Wild1 Win · 3 Nominations
9
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American Sniper1 Win · 1 Nomination
10
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Still Alice1 Win · 1 Nomination

Film

Animated Feature

Song of the Sea
Producers: Tomm Moore and Paul Young
Oscar

Animated Short

The Bigger Picture
Producers: Christopher Hees and Daisy Jacobs
Oscar
Feast
Producers: Kristina Reed and Patrick Osborne
Oscar
A Single Life
Producer: Joris Oprins
Oscar

Documentary

Finding Vivian Maier
Producers: John Maloof and Charlie Siskel
BAFTA

Live-Action Feature

The Grand Budapest Hotel
Producers: Wes Anderson, Steven M. Rales, Scott Rudin, and Jeremy Dawson
OscarGlobeBAFTASAG
Mr. Turner
Producer: Georgina Lowe
NBR
Song of the Sea
Producers: Claus Toksvig Kjaer, Clément Calvet, Ross Murray, and Jérémie Fajner
Whiplash
Producers: David Lancaster, Helen Estabrook, and Jason Blum
OscarSpirit
Under the Skin
Producers: Nick Wechsler and James Wilson
BAFTA

Directing & Editing

Directing

Wes Anderson
The Grand Budapest Hotel
OscarGlobeDGA
Damien Chazelle
Whiplash
Spirit
Alejandro González Iñárritu
Birdman
OscarGlobeSpiritDGA
Jonathan Glazer
Under the Skin
Lasse Hallström
The Hundred-Foot Journey

Editing

Paul Watts
Under the Skin
John Gilroy
Nightcrawler
BAFTASpirit
Tom Cross
Whiplash
OscarBAFTASpirit
William Goldenberg
The Imitation Game
OscarBAFTA
Kirk Baxter
Gone Girl

Acting

Actor in a Leading Role

Benedict Cumberbatch
as Alan Turing in
The Imitation Game
OscarGlobeBAFTA
Timothy Spall
as JMW Turner in
Mr. Turner
Michael Keaton
as Riggan in
Birdman
OscarNBRBAFTASpirit
Eddie Redmayne
as Stephen Hawking in
The Theory of Everything
OscarGlobeBAFTA
Jake Gyllenhaal
as Louis Bloom in
Nightcrawler
GlobeBAFTASpirit

Actor in a Supporting Role

J. K. Simmons
as Terence Fletcher in
Whiplash
OscarBAFTASpirit
Henry G. Sanders
as Cager Lee in
Selma

Actress in a Leading Role

Julianne Moore
as Alice Howland in
Still Alice
OscarNBRBAFTASpirit
Essie Davis
as Amelia Vanek in
The Babadook
Reese Witherspoon
as Cheryl Strayed in
Wild
OscarBAFTA
Jennifer Aniston
as Claire Bennett in
Cake
Rosamund Pike
as Amy Elliott-Dunne / Nancy in
Gone Girl
OscarBAFTA

Actress in a Supporting Role

Laura Dern
as Bobbi Grey in
Wild
Oscar
Rene Russo
as Nina Romina in
Nightcrawler
BAFTA
Keira Knightley
as Joan Clarke in
The Imitation Game
OscarBAFTA
Lesley Manville
as Mary Somerville in
Mr. Turner
Adriana Barrazza
as Silvana in
Cake

Writing

Screenplay (Adapted)

Damien Chazelle
Whiplash
based on the short film by Chazelle
Oscar
Water Campbell and Jonathan Glazer
Under the Skin
based on the 2000 novel of the same name by Michel Faber
James Lapine
Into the Woods
based on Lapine and Stephen Sondheim's 1987 Broadway musical of the same name
Nick Hornby
Wild
based on the 2012 memoir Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed
WGA

Screenplay (Original)

Hugo Guinness and Wes Anderson
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Story: Hugo Guinness
Story and Screenplay: Wes Anderson
OscarGlobeBAFTAWGA
Christopher Miller and Phil Lord
The Lego Movie
NBR
Mike Leigh
Mr. Turner
Will Collins
Song of the Sea
Richard Linklater
Boyhood
OscarGlobeBAFTAWGA

Visual

Art Direction

Adam Stockhausen and Anna Pinnock
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Production design: Adam Stockhausen
Set decoration: Anna Pinnock
OscarBAFTAADG
Dennis Gassner and Anna Pinnock
Into the Woods
Production design: Dennis Gassner
Set decoration: Anna Pinnock
OscarADG
Simon Bowles and Liz Griffiths
Pride
Production design: Simon Bowles and Liz Griffiths
Adrien Merigeau
Song of the Sea
Production design: Adrien Merigeau
Suzie Davies and Charlotte Watts
Mr. Turner
Production design: Suzie Davies
Set decoration: Charlotte Watts
OscarBAFTA

Cinematography

Daniel Landin
Under the Skin
Robert D. Yeoman
The Grand Budapest Hotel
OscarBAFTAASC
Dick Pope
Mr. Turner
OscarBAFTAASC
Tomm Moore
Song of the Sea
Hoyte van Hoytema
Interstellar
BAFTA

Costuming

Milena Canonero
The Grand Budapest Hotel
OscarBAFTACDG
Anna Maskrey, Lesley Burkes-Harding, and Bob Buck
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Charlotte Walter
Pride
Colleen Atwood
Into the Woods
OscarBAFTA
Jacqueline Durran
Mr. Turner
OscarBAFTA

Effects

Daniel Barrett, Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, and Erik Winquist
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
OscarBAFTA
Stephane Ceretti, Nicolas Aithadi, Paul Corbould, and Jonathan Fawkner
Guardians of the Galaxy
OscarBAFTA
Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter, Paul J. Franklin, and Scott R. Fisher
Interstellar
OscarBAFTA

Make-Up & Hairstyling

Frances Hannon
The Grand Budapest Hotel
BAFTA
David White and Paul Gooch
Maleficent
Peter King
Into the Woods
BAFTA
Christine Blundell
Mr. Turner
BAFTA

Sound & Music

Original Score

Justin Hurwitz
Whiplash
Alexandre Desplat
The Grand Budapest Hotel
BAFTA
Bruno Coulais and Kila
Song of the Sea
Mica Levi
Under the Skin
BAFTA
Hans Zimmer
Interstellar
GlobeBAFTA

Original Song

"Song of the Sea"
Song of the Sea
Music & lyrics: Lisa Hannigan

Sound Editing

Bub Asman and Alan Robert Murray
American Sniper
Sound Effects Editors: Roland N. Thai, Jason King, and Mark Larry
Foley editors: Michael Dressel and Christopher Flick
Sound editors: Bub Asman and Alan Robert Murray
Sound Designer: Tom Ozanich
Foley Artists: Dan O'Connell and John T. Cucci
BAFTA
Christopher Scarabosio, Rich Quinn, and Wayne Lemmer
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Sound editors: Christopher Scarabosio and Wayne Lemmer
Dialogue Editor: Rich Quinn
BAFTA
Brent Burge and Jason Canovas
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Jim Brookshire, Goro Koyama, Scott Guitteau, and Kim Foscato
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
ADR editors: Jim Brookshire, Kim Foscato, and Mildred Iatrou Morgan
Foley Artists: Goro Koyama, John T. Cucci, Dan O'Connell, and Andy Malcolm
Sound Effects Editors: Scott Guitteau, Mac Smith, Jack Whittaker, David Grimaldi, John Morris, and Doug Jackson
Music Editor: Paul Apelgren
Foley editors: Scott Curtis, John Murray, Thomas W. Small, and Matthew Harrison
Dialogue Editors: Christopher Barnett and Michael Magill
Sound editors: Douglas Murray and Will Files

Sound Mixing

Johnnie Burn
Under the Skin
Gary Rizzo, Mark Weingarten, Alan Meyerson, and Thomas J. O’Connell
Interstellar
Re-recording mixers: Gary Rizzo and Gregg Landaker
Production mixer: Mark Weingarten
Scoring mixer: Alan Meyerson
ADR mixer: Thomas J. O’Connell
Foley mixer: Mary Jo Lang
Simon Hayes, Gustavo Borner, Chris Manning, and Doc Kane
Guardians of the Galaxy
Production mixer: Simon Hayes
Scoring mixer: Gustavo Borner
Foley mixer: Chris Manning
ADR mixer: Doc Kane
Re-recording mixers: Lora Hirschberg and Christopher Boyes
Michael Keller and Mike Prestwood Smith
Into the Woods
Craig Mann and Ben Wilkins
Whiplash
BAFTA