Academy Awards 2014: ’12 Years a Slave’ wins best picture Oscar

Siranush Ghazanchyan March 3, 2014, 11:07

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The slavery drama “12 Years a Slave” won the Academy Award for best picture on Sunday, making history as the first movie from a black director to win the film industry’s highest honor in 86 years of the Oscars.

British director Steve McQueen’s unflinching portrayal of pre-Civil War American slavery won two other Oscars, including best supporting actress for newcomer Lupita Nyong’o and best adapted screenplay based on the memoir of Solomon Northup, a free man tricked and sold into slavery in Louisiana.

List Of Winners:

Best picture: 12 Years A Slave

Actor in a leading role: Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club)

Actress in a leading role: Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)

Actor in a supporting role: Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club)

Actress in a supporting role: Lupita Nyong’o (12 Years A Slave)

Directing: Alfonso Cuarón (Gravity)

Best original screenplay: Spike Jonze (Her)

Best adapted screenplay: John Ridley (12 Years A Slave)

Visual effects: Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, David Shirk and Neil Corbould (Gravity)

Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki (Gravity)

Music — original score: Steven Price (Gravity)