After two weeks of email and on-line submissions by the staff and readers of Media Mikes.com the winners of the 3rd Annual Media Mikes Awards have been announced.
“Birdman” led all films with four awards, including (2) for director and co-writer Alejandro Gonzalez Innaritu. “The Grand Budapest Hotel” was chosen as the Best Film of the Year. Michael Keaton edged out Jake Gyllenhaal to win the Best Actor Award for his work in “Birdman” while Reese Witherspoon out-dueled Julianne Moore to take the Best Actress prize for “Wild.” Another tight battle saw “Big Hero 6” narrowly out-point “The Lego Movie” for the year’s Best Animated Feature.
In the supporting categories, the races were not even close, with Mark Ruffalo running away with the Best Supporting Actor prize for his work in “Foxcatcher” and Emma Stone doing the same in the Best Supporting Actress category for her role in “Birdman.”
In awards voted on by the staff, “Birdman” took home the Best Original Screenplay Award while “The Imitation Game” was honored as the year’s Best Adapted Screenplay. “Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me” was chosen the year’s Best Documentary Feature. Composer Alexandre Desplat won the Best Original Score Award for his work on “The Imitation Game.”
THE COMPLETE LIST OF WINNERS:
BEST FILM – “The Grand Budapest Hotel”
BEST DIRECTOR – Alejandro Gonzalez Innaritu – “Birdman”
BEST ACTOR – Michael Keaton – “Birdman”
BEST ACTRESS – Reese Witherspoon – “Wild”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR – Mark Ruffalo – “Foxcatcher”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS – Emma Stone – “Birdman”
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE – “Big Hero 6”
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY – Armando Bo, Alexander Dinelaris, Nicolas Giocabone and Alejandro Gonzalez Innaritu – “Birdman”
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY – Graham Moore – “The Imitation Game”
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE – “Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me”
BEST ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SCORE- Alexandre Desplat – “The Imitation Game”