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- 12 Years a Slave (2013) became the first film directed and produced by a black filmmaker (Steve McQueen) and also the first to be written by an African-American (John Ridley) to win the Academy Award for Best Motion Picture of the Year.
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- Alfonso Cuarón became the first Hispanic and Mexican to win the Academy Award for Best Director.
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- Catherine Martin(production design)Beverley Dunn(set decoration)
- Judy Becker(production design)Heather Loeffler(set decoration)
- K.K. Barrett(production design)Gene Serdena(set decoration)
- Adam Stockhausen(production design)Alice Baker(set decoration)
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- Kristen Anderson-Lopez(music and lyrics)Robert Lopez(music and lyrics)Song: "Let It Go"
- Bruce Broughton(music)Dennis Spiegel(lyrics)Song: "Alone Yet Not Alone" [NOTE: THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. After the nominations were announced on January 16, 2014, it was determined that Mr. Broughton had taken actions in promoting the song that were inconsistent with the Academy's campaign regulations. The Board of Governors voted to rescind the nomination on January 29, and only four songs were included on the final ballot.]
- Pharrell Williams(music and lyrics)Song: "Happy"
- Karen O(music and lyrics)Spike Jonze(lyrics)Song: "The Moon Song"
- Song: "Ordinary Love"
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- Gil Friesen's win was posthumous.
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- WinnerTo Piero Tosi, a visionary whose incomparable costume designs shaped timeless, living art in motion pictures.
- WinnerTo Steve Martin in recognition of his extraordinary talents and the unique inspiration he has brought to the art of motion pictures.
- WinnerTo Angela Lansbury, an entertainment icon who has created some of cinema's most memorable characters, inspiring generations of actors.
- Winner
- Winner
- For the creation of the ILM Plume system that simulates and renders fire, smoke and explosions for motion picture visual effects.
- For the creation of the spherical harmonics-based efficient lighting system at Weta Digital.
- To Peter Huang and Chris Perry for their architectural contributions to, and to Hans Rijpkema and Joe Mancewicz for the core engineering of, the Voodoo application framework.
- WinnerFor the long-term development and continued advancement of innovative, robust and complete toolsets for deep compositing.
- WinnersFor the continuing development of the Helicam miniature helicopter camera system.
- For the design and development of the Pneumatic Car Flipper.
- For the development of the American Society of Cinematographers Color Decision List technology.
- To Andrew Camenisch, David Cardwell and Tibor Madjar for the concept and design, and to Csaba Kohegyi and Imre Major for the implementation of the Mudbox software.
- For the development, prototyping and promotion of technologies and workflows for deep compositing.
- Winner
- Peter Anderson(visual effects supervisor)
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Event date
March 2, 2014
Event location
Los Angeles, California, USA
