J.K. Simmons in “Whiplash”
Nate von Zumwalt
Director Damien Chazelle’s fruitful year has finally come full circle. Almost a year to the day since it first premiered for rapt audiences at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, the Grand Jury Prize winner Whiplash received Oscar nominations this morning for Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Sound Mixing. Also earning an Oscar nod for the film was J.K. Simmons, whose portrayal of a demanding drumming mentor garnered a Best Supporting Actor nomination. Other Sundance-supported projects collecting recognition from the Academy include Richard Linklater’s Golden Globe winner Boyhood and Pawel Pawlikowski’s Ida.
See below for the full list of Sundance-supported projects and artists receving Oscar nods.
BEST PICTURE
Boyhood
Whiplash
BEST DIRECTOR
Richard Linklater (Boyhood)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Ethan Hawke (Boyhood)
J.K. Simmons (Whiplash)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Patricia Arquette (Boyhood)
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Damien Chazelle (Whiplash)
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Richard Linklater (Boyhood)
DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)
CitizenFour
FILM EDITING
Sandra Adair (Boyhood)
Tom Cross (Whiplash)
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Ryszard Lenczewski and Lukasz Zal (Ida)
SOUND MIXING
Whiplash
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Ida