Gravity soars with 7 Oscars, but 12 Years a Slave wins best film
- Italy's The Great Beauty wins Foreign Language Film
Oscar voters stayed true to this year’s awards pattern and therefore Alfonso Cuarón’s Gravity [+see also:
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Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave [+see also:
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Paolo Sorrentino’s The Great Beauty [+see also:
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Full list of winners
Best Picture
12 Years a Slave - Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen and Anthony Katagas, Producers
Foreign Language Film
The Great Beauty - Italy
Directing
Gravity - Alfonso Cuarón
Actor in a Leading Role
Matthew McConaughey - Dallas Buyers Club
Actor in a Supporting Role
Jared Leto - Dallas Buyers Club
Actress in a Leading Role
Cate Blanchett in Blue Jasmine
Actress in a Supporting Role
Lupita Nyong’o - 12 Years a Slave
Animated Feature Film
Frozen - Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee and Peter Del Vecho
Cinematography
Gravity - Emmanuel Lubezki
Costume Design
The Great Gatsby - Catherine Martin
Documentary Feature
20 Feet From Stardom - Morgan Neville, Gil Friesen and Caitrin Rogers
Documentary Short Subject
The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life - Malcolm Clarke and Nicholas Reed
Film Editing
Gravity - Alfonso Cuarón and Mark Sanger
Makeup and Hairstyling
Dallas Buyers Club - Adruitha Lee and Robin Mathews
Music (Original Score)
Gravity - Steven Price
Music (Original Song)
Let It Go from Frozen - Music and Lyric by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez
Production Design
The Great Gatsby - Production Design: Catherine Martin; Set Decoration: Beverley Dunn
Short Film (Animated)
Mr. Hublot - Laurent Witz and Alexandre Espigares
Short Film (Live Action)
Helium - Anders Walter and Kim Magnusson
Sound Editing
Gravity - Glenn Freemantle
Sound Mixing
Gravity - Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead and Chris Munro
Visual Effects
Gravity - Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, David Shirk and Neil Corbould
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
12 Years a Slave - Screenplay by John Ridley
Writing (Original Screenplay)
Her - Written by Spike Jonze
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