2015 DFCS Awards by DFC January 5, 2015 · 2015 / News Here are the 2015 Denver Film Critics Society nominees and winners. Best Actor Winner Bradley Cooper American Sniper Tied with Ralph Fiennes for The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014). Winner Ralph Fiennes The Grand Budapest Hotel Tied with Bradley Cooper for American Sniper (2014). Eddie Redmayne The Theory of Everything Jake Gyllenhaal Nightcrawler Michael Keaton Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Best Actress Winner Rosamund Pike Gone Girl Felicity Jones The Theory of Everything Marion Cotillard Two Days, One Night Deux jours, une nuit (original title) Reese Witherspoon Wild Scarlett Johansson Under the Skin Best Adapted Screenplay Winner Inherent Vice Paul Thomas Anderson American Sniper Jason Hall Gone Girl Gillian Flynn The Theory of Everything Anthony McCarten Wild Nick Hornby Best Animated Film Winner The Lego Movie Big Hero 6 How to Train Your Dragon 2 The Boxtrolls The Tale of the Princess Kaguya Kaguya-hime no monogatari (original title) Best Cinematography Winner Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Emmanuel Lubezki American Sniper Tom Stern Interstellar Hoyte Van Hoytema The Theory of Everything Benoît Delhomme Under the Skin Daniel Landin Best Comedy Film Winner Guardians of the Galaxy 22 Jump Street Bad Neighbours Neighbors (original title) The Grand Budapest Hotel Top Five Best Director Winner Richard Linklater Boyhood Alejandro G. Iñárritu Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Christopher Nolan Interstellar Clint Eastwood American Sniper Paul Thomas Anderson Inherent Vice Best Documentary Film Winner The Overnighters Citizenfour Jodorowsky’s Dune Keep on Keepin’ On Life Itself Best Foreign Language Film Winner Two Days, One Night Deux jours, une nuit (original title) Belgium Force Majeure Turist (original title) Sweden Ida Poland The Tale of the Princess Kaguya Kaguya-hime no monogatari (original title) Japan Winter Sleep Kis Uykusu (original title) Turkey Best Original Score Winner Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Antonio Sanchez Inherent Vice Jonny Greenwood The Grand Budapest Hotel Alexandre Desplat The Theory of Everything Adam Johannsson Under the Skin Mica Levi Best Original Screenplay Winner Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Armando Bo Blue Ruin Jeremy Saulnier Boyhood Richard Linklater The Grand Budapest Hotel Wes Anderson (screenplay/screen story), Hugo Guinness (screen story) Whiplash Damien Chazelle Best Original Song Winner The Lego Movie Song: “Everything Is Awesome!!!” Begin Again Song: “Lost Stars” Selma Song: “Glory” The Giver Song: “Ordinary Human” The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Song: “The Last Goodbye” Best Picture Winner American Sniper Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Boyhood Inherent Vice Whiplash Best Science-Fiction/Horror Film Winner Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Edge of Tomorrow Interstellar The Babadook Under the Skin Best Supporting Actor Winner J.K. Simmons Whiplash Edward Norton Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Ethan Hawke Boyhood Josh Brolin Inherent Vice Mark Ruffalo Foxcatcher Best Supporting Actress Winner Patricia Arquette Boyhood Emma Stone Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Katherine Waterston Inherent Vice Rene Russo Nightcrawler Sienna Miller American Sniper Disclaimer: The following selections are reviewed and selected by DFCS members, who may or may not be a reviewer on this website.
