2013 Academy Awards

Updated November 30, 2022 | Infoplease Staff

The 2013 Academy Awards were presented on March 2, 2014, at the Kodak Theatre. All of the nominees are listed below; the Oscar winners are in bold.

Best Picture

American Hustle

Captain Philips

Dallas Buyers Club

Gravity

Her

Nebraska

Philomena

12 Years a Slave

The Wolf of Wall Street

Best Animated Picture

Frozen

The Croods

Despicable Me 2

Ernest and Celestine

The Wind Rises

Actor in a Leading Role

Christian Bale, American Hustle

Bruce Dern, Nebraska

Leonardo DiCaprio, The Wolf of Wall Street

Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave

Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club

Actress in a Leading Role

Amy Adams, American Hustle

Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine

Sandra Bullock, Gravity

Judi Dench, Philomena

Meryl Streep, August: Osage County

Actor in a Supporting Role

Barkhad Abdi, Captain Phillips

Bradley Cooper, American Hustle

Michael Fassbender, 12 Years a Slave

Jonah Hill, The Wolf of Wall Street

Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club

Actress in a Supporting Role

Sally Hawkins, Blue Jasmine

Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle

Lupita Nyong'o, 12 Years a Slave

Julia Roberts, August: Osage County

June Squibb, Nebraska

Directing

Alfonso Cuarón, Gravity

Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave

Alexander Payne, Nebraska

David O. Russell, American Hustle

Martin Scorsese, The Wolf of Wall Street

Writing

Original Screenplay	Eric Warren Singer & David O. Russell, American Hustle
	Woody Allen, Blue Jasmine
	Craig Borten & Melisa Wallack, Dallas Buyers Club
	Spike Jonze, Her
	Bob Nelson, Nebraska
Adapted Screenplay	Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy & Ethan Hawke Before Midnight
	Billy Ray, Captain Phillips
	Steve Coogan & Jeff Pope, Philomena
	John Ridley, 12 Years a Slave
	Terence Winter, The Wolf of Wall Street

Cinematography

Philippe Le Sound, The Grandmaster

Emmanuel Lubezki, Gravity

Bruno Delbonnel, Inside Llewyn Davis

Phedon Papamichael, Nebraska

Roger A. Deakins, Prisoners

Production Design

American Hustle, Production Design: Judy Becker; Set Decoration: Heather Loeffler

Gravity, Production Design: Andy Nicholson; Set Decoration: Rosie Goodwin & Joanne Woollard

The Great Gatsby, Production Design: Catherine Martin; Set Decoration: Beverley Dunn

Her, Production Design: K.K. Barrett; Set Decoration: Gene Serdena

12 Years a Slave, Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Alice Baker

Sound

Editing	Steve Boeddeker & Richard Hymns, All Is Lost
	Oliver Tarney, Captain Phillips
	Glenn Freemantle, Gravity
	Brent Burge & Chris Ward, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
	Wylie Stateman, Lone Survivor
Mixing	Chris Burdon, Mark Taylor, Mike Prestwood Smith, & Chris Munro, Captain Phillips
	Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead, & Chris Munro, Gravity
	Christopher Boyes, Michael Hedges, Michael Semanick, & Tony Johnson, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
	Skip Lievsay, Greg Orloff, & Peter F. Kurland, Inside Llewyn Davis
	Andy Koyama, Beau Borders, & David Brownlow, Lone Survivor

Music

Song	"Happy" from Despicable Me 2; Music and Lyric by Pharrell Williams
	*"Let It Go" from Frozen; Music & Lyrics by Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez*
	"The Moon Song" from Her; Music by Karen O; Lyrics by Karen O and Spike Jonez
	"Ordinary Love" from Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom; Music by Paul Hewson, Dave Evans, Adam Clayton & Larry Mullen; Lyrics by Paul Hewson
Original Score	John Williams, The Book Thief
	Steven Price, Gravity
	William Butler and Owen Pallett, Her
	Alexandre Desplat, Philomena
	Thomas Newman, Saving Mr. Banks

Film Editing

Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers & Alan Baumgarten, American Hustle

Christopher Rouse, Captain Phillips

John Mac McMurphy & Martin Pensa, Dallas Buyers Club

Alfonso Cuarón & Mark Sanger, Gravity

Joe Walker, 12 Years a Slave

Costume Design

Michael Wilkinson, American Hustle

William Chang Suk Ping, The Grandmaster

Catherine Martin, The Great Gatsby

Michael O'Connor, The Invisible Woman

Patricia Norris, 12 Years a Slave

Makeup

Adruitha Lee & Robin Mathews, Dallas Buyers Club

Stephen Prouty, Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa

Joel Harlow & Gloria Pasqua, The Lone Ranger

Visual Effects

Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, David Shrik, & Neil Corbould, Gravity

Joel Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton, & Eric Reynolds, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Erik Nash, & Dan Sudick, Iron Man 3

Tim Alexandar, Gary Brozenick, Edson Williams, & John Frazier, The Lone Ranger

Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Ben Grossmann, & Burt Dalton, Star Trek Into Darkness

Short Films

Animated	Feral, Daniel Sousa & Dan Golden
	Get a Horse!, Lauren MacMullan & Dorothy McKim
	Mr. Hublot, Laurent Witz & Alexandre Espigares
	Possessions, Shuhei Morita
	Room on the Broom, Max Lang & Jan Lachauer
Live Action	Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn't Me), Esteban Crespo
	Avant Que De Tout Perdre (Just Before Losing Everything), Xavier Legrand & Alexandre Gavras
	Helium, Anders Walter & Kim Magnusson
	Pitääkö Mun Kaikki Hoitaa? (Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?), Selma Vilhunen & Kirsikka Saari
	The Voorman Problem, Mark Gill & Baldwin Li

Documentary

Short Subject	CaveDigger, Jeffrey Karoff
	Facing Fear, Jason Cohen
	Karama Has Now Walls, Sara Ishaq
	The Lady in Number 6: Music Savied My Life, Malcolm Clarke & Nicholas Reed
	Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall, Edgar Barens
Feature	The Act of Killing, Joshua Oppenheimer & Signe Byrge Sørensen
	Cutie and the Boxer, Zachary Heinzerling & Lydia Dean Pilcher
	Dirty Wars, Richard Rowley & Jeremy Scahill
	The Square, Jehane Noujaim & Karim Amer
	20 Feet from Stardom, Morgan Neville, Gil Friesen & Caitrin Rogers