Thursday, January 15, 2015

3rd Annual Filmiest Awards - Nominations


I now present the 3rd Annual Filmiest Awards, a.k.a. my own personal awards for the film year 2014. Another great year full of fascinating performances and unique storytelling. It's been tough, but I've whittled down my list and nominated the best of the best. Here are the Filmiest Award nominees for 2014, presented in 16 categories:

BEST ORIGINAL SONG:

“Lost Stars” from Begin Again
Music and Lyrics: Gregg Alexander, Danielle Brisebois, Nick Lashley and Nick Southwood

“For the Dancing and the Dreaming” from How to Train Your Dragon 2
Music and Lyrics: John Powell and Jónsi

“Everything Is AWESOME!!!” from The Lego Movie
Music and Lyrics: Shawn Patterson, Joshua Bartholomew, Lisa Harriton and The Lonely Island

“Hal” from Only Lovers Left Alive
Music and Lyrics: Yasmine Hamdan

“Glory” from Selma
Music and Lyrics: Common and John Legend

***

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:

Riz Ahmed as Rick Carey in Nightcrawler

Ethan Hawke as Mason Evans, Sr. in Boyhood

Edward Norton as Mike Shiner in Birdman

Chris Pine as Prince Charming in Into the Woods

J.K. Simmons as Terence Fletcher in Whiplash

***

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:

Birdman
Composer: Antonio Sanchez

Gone Girl
Composers: Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

The Grand Budapest Hotel
Composer: Alexandre Desplat

Interstellar
Composer: Hans Zimmer

Under the Skin
Composer: Mica Levi

***

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:

Patricia Arquette as Olivia Evans in Boyhood

Rose Byrne as Kelly Radner in Neighbors

Laura Dern as Barbara "Bobbi" Grey in Wild

Agata Kulesza as Wanda Gruz in Ida

Tilda Swinton as Mason in Snowpiercer

***

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN:

Gone Girl
Production Designer: Donald Graham Burt

The Grand Budapest Hotel
Production Designer: Adam Stockhausen

Into the Woods
Production Designer: Dennis Gassner

Only Lovers Left Alive
Production Designer: Marco Bittner Rosser

Snowpiercer
Production Designer: Ondrej Nekvasil

***

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:

Birdman
Cinematographer: Emmanuel Lubezki

Gone Girl
Cinematographer: Jeff Cronenweth

The Grand Budapest Hotel
Cinematographer: Robert Yeoman

Ida
Cinematographers: Łukasz Żal & Ryszard Lenczewski

The Immigrant
Cinematographer: Darius Khondji

***

BEST COSTUME DESIGN:

The Grand Budapest Hotel
Costume Designer: Milena Canonero

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
Costume Designers: Kurt and Bart

The Immigrant
Costume Designer: Patricia Norris

Into the Woods
Costume Designer: Colleen Atwood

Only Lovers Left Alive
Costume Designer: Bina Daigeler

***

BEST EDITING:

Boyhood
Editor: Sandra Adair

Gone Girl
Editor: Kirk Baxter

Selma
Editor: Spencer Averick

Whiplash
Editor: Tom Cross

Wild
Editors: Martin Pensa and Jean-Marc Vallée

***

BEST SOUND:

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Sound Editor: Will Files

Into the Woods
Sound Editors: Blake Leyh and Renee Tondelli

Snowpiercer
Sound Editor: Tae-young Choi

Under the Skin
Sound Editor: Johnnie Burn

Whiplash
Sound Editors: Craig Mann and Ben Wilkins

***

BEST MAKEUP:

Foxcatcher
Makeup Artists: Bill Corso and Dennis Liddiard

Guardians of the Galaxy
Makeup Artists: Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou and David White

Into the Woods
Makeup Artists: Tamsin Dorling, Paul Gooch and Paula Price

***

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:

Captain America: The Winter Soldier
VFX Artists: Dan DeLeeuw, Russell Earl, Bryan Grill and Dan Sudick

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
VFX Artists: Joe LetteriDan LemmonDaniel Barrett and Erik Winquist

Guardians of the Galaxy
VFX Artists: Stephane Ceretti, Nicolas Aithadi, Jonathan Fawkner and Paul Corbould

Interstellar
VFX Artists: Paul FranklinAndrew Lockley, Ian Hunter and Scott Fisher

Noah
VFX Artists: Lee Briggs, Matthew Eberle, Ryan Flick, Alexis Forni and Tracy McCreary 

***

BEST SCREENPLAY:

Wes Anderson for The Grand Budapest Hotel

Gillian Flynn for Gone Girl

Dan Gilroy for Nightcrawler

Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr., Armando Bo for Birdman

Richard Linklater for Boyhood

***

BEST ACTOR:

Steve Carell as John Eleuthère du Pont in Foxcatcher

Jake Gyllenhaal as Lou Bloom in Nightcrawler

Michael Keaton as Riggan Thomson in Birdman

David Oyelowo as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Selma

Channing Tatum as Mark Schultz in Foxcatcher

***

BEST ACTRESS:

Marion Cotillard as Ewa Cybulska in The Immigrant

Scarlett Johansson as The Woman in Under the Skin

Rosamund Pike as Amy Elliott-Dunne in Gone Girl

Jenny Slate as Donna Stern in Obvious Child

Reese Witherspoon as Cheryl Strayed in Wild

***

BEST DIRECTOR:

Wes Anderson for The Grand Budapest Hotel

David Fincher for Gone Girl

Jonathan Glazer for Under the Skin

Jim Jarmusch for Only Lovers Left Alive

Richard Linklater for Boyhood

***

BEST PICTURE:

Boyhood


Gone Girl


The Grand Budapest Hotel


Only Lovers Left Alive


Under the Skin



NOMINATION TOTALS:

8 - Gone Girl

7 - The Grand Budapest Hotel

6 - Boyhood

5 - Birdman, Into the Woods, Only Lovers Left Alive, Under the Skin

3 - Foxcatcher, The Immigrant, Nightcrawler, Selma, Snowpiercer, Whiplash, Wild

2 - Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Guardians of the Galaxy, Ida, Interstellar

1 - Begin Again, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, How to Train Your Dragon 2, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1, The Lego Movie, Neighbors, Noah, Obvious Child

In one week, Thursday, Jan. 22, I will reveal the winners in each of these categories.

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