Gravity Top Winner at the 86th Oscars

By Maria Esteves – March 3, 2014

The 86th Academy Awards presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (A.M.P.A.S.) for outstanding film achievements of 2013 hosted by Ellen DeGeneres commenced Sunday, March 2, 2014, 8:00pm ET at the Dolby Theatre, Hollywood, California and aired live with 40 million viewers worldwide. GRAVITY received seven Oscars including Best Director Alfonso Cuaron. Three Oscars went to 12 YEARS A SLAVE including Best Picture and DALLAS BUYERS CLUB including Best Actor Matthew McConaughey.

This year’s Oscars celebrated the 75th Anniversary of award winning film THE WIZARD OF OZ presented by Whoopi Goldberg with an outstanding memorable performance by Pink singing Judy Garland's "Somewhere Over The Rainbow.” The 86th Oscars winners by category are:

Best Picture

12 YEARS A SLAVE, produced by Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen and Anthony Katagas Watch trailer

Best Documentary Feature

20 FEET FROM STARDOM, directed by Morgan Neville Watch trailer

Best Documentary Short

THE LADY IN NUMBER 6: MUSIC SAVED MY LIFE, directed by Malcolm Clarke Watch trailer

Best Foreign Language

THE GREAT BEAUTY, directed by Paolo Sorrentino (Italy) Watch trailer

Best Animated Feature

FROZEN, directed by Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee Watch trailer

Best Animated Short

MR. HUBLOT, directed by Laurent Witz Watch trailer

Best Live Action Short

HELIUM, directed by Anders Walter Watch trailer

Best Director

ALFONSO CUARON for Gravity Watch trailer

Best Actor

MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY in Dallas Buyers Club Watch trailer

Best Actress

CATE BLANCHETT in Blue Jasmine Watch trailer

Best Supporting Actor

JARED LETO in Dallas Buyers Club

Best Supporting Actress

LUPITA NYONG'O in 12 Years a Slave

Best Adapted Screenplay

12 YEARS A SLAVE, written by John Ridley

Best Original Screenplay

HER, written by Spike Jonze Watch trailer

Best Film Editing

GRAVITY, editing by Alfonso Cuarón and Mark Sanger

Best Sound Editing

GRAVITY, sound editing by Glenn Freemantle

Best Sound Mixing

GRAVITY, sound mixing by Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead and Chris Munro

Best Original Score

GRAVITY, composer Steven Price

Best Original Song

LET IT GO from Frozen; music and lyric by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez Watch trailer

Best Visual Effects

GRAVITY, visual effects by Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk and Neil Corbould

Best Cinematography

GRAVITY, cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki

Best Costume Design

THE GREAT GATSBY, costume designer Catherine Martin Watch trailer

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

DALLAS BUYERS CLUB, makeup artist Robin Mathews; hairstyling artist Adruitha Lee