Birdman swept the 2015 Oscars winning top honours including Best Film, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best Cinematography. Birdman and The Grand Budapest Hotel tied with four wins each. The Grand Budapest Hotel wins came mostly in the technical categories winning Best Make-Up, Best Production Design, Best Costume and Best Original Score. They were closely followed by Whiplash with bagged three award with expected wins in Best supporting actor for JK Simmons, Best sound mixing and Best editing.

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Following is a list of Oscars 2015 nominees and winners in leading categories-

BEST PICTUREAmerican SniperBoyhoodThe Grand Budapest HotelThe Imitation GameSelmaThe Theory of EverythingWhiplash

Birdman - Winner

BEST ACTORSteve Carell, FoxcatcherBradley Cooper, American SniperBenedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation GameMichael Keaton, BirdmanEddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything  - Winner

BEST ACTRESSMarion Cotillard, Two Days, One NightFelicity Jones, The Theory of EverythingRosamund Pike, Gone GirlReese Witherspoon, Wild

Julianne Moore, Still Alice  - Winner

BEST DIRECTORRichard Linklater, BoyhoodBennett Miller, FoxcatcherWes Anderson, The Grand Budapest HotelMorten Tyldum, The Imitation Game

Alejandro G. Inarritu, Birdman  - Winner

BEST SUPPORTING ACTORRobert Duvall, The JudgeEthan Hawke, BoyhoodEdward Norton, Birdman Mark Ruffalo, FoxcatcherJ.K. Simmons, Whiplash  - Winner

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Laura Dern, WildKeira Knightley, The Imitation GameEmma Stone, BirdmanMeryl Streep, Into The Woods

Patricia Arquette, Boyhood  - Winner

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Jason Hall, American SniperPaul Thomas Anderson, Inherent ViceAnthony McCarten, The Theory of EverythingDamien Chazelle, Whiplash

Graham Moore, The Imitation Game  - Winner

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAYRichard Linklater, BoyhoodE. Max Frye, Dan Futterman, FoxcatcherWes Anderson, Hugo Guinness, The Grand Budapest HotelDan Gilroy, Nightcrawler

Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris and Jr Armando Bo  - Winner

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILMLeviathan (Russia)Tangerines (Estonia)Timbuktu (Mauritania)Wild Tales (Argentina)

Ida (Poland)  - Winner

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILMThe BoxtrollsHow to Train Your Dragon 2Song of the SeaThe Tale of the Princess Kaguya

Big Hero 6  - Winner

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATUREFinding Vivian MaierLast Days in VietnamThe Salt of the EarthVirunga

CitizenFour  - Winner

BEST ORIGINAL SONG"Everything is Awesome," The Lego Movie"Grateful," Beyond the Lights"I'm Not Gonna Miss You,"  Glen Campbell...I'll Be Me"Lost Stars," Begin Again

"Glory," Selma  - Winner

BEST ORIGINAL SCOREAlexandre Desplat, The Imitation GameHans Zimmer, InterstellarGary Yershon, Mr. TurnerJohann Johannsson, The Theory of Everything

Alexandre Desplat, The Grand Budapest Hotel  - Winner

BEST COSTUME DESIGNMark Bridges, Inherent ViceColleen Atwood, Into The WoodsAnna B. Sheppard and Jane Clive, MaleficentJacqueline Durran, Mr. Turner

Milena Canonero, The Grand Budapest Hotel  - Winner

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHYRobert Yeoman, The Grand Budapest HotelLukasz Zal, Ryszard Lenczewski, IdaDick Pope, Mr. TurnerRoger Deakins, Unbroken

Emmanuel Lubezki, Birdman  - Winner

BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLINGBill Corso, Dennis Liddiard, FoxcatcherElizabeth Yianni-Georgiou, David White, Guardians of the Galaxy

Frances Hannon, Mark Coulier, The Grand Budapest Hotel  - Winner

BEST VISUAL EFFECTSCaptain America: The Winter SoldierDawn of the Planet of the ApesGuardians of the GalaxyX-Men: Days of Future Past

Interstellar  - Winner