jason hall for "american sniper" based on the book by chris kyle with scott mcewen and jim defelice. graham moore for "the imitation game" based on the book "alan turing: the enigma" by andrew hodges. paul thomas anderson for "inherent vice" based on the novel by thomas pynchon. anthony mccarten for "the theory of everything" based on the book "travelling to infinity: my life with stephen" by jane hawking. damien chazelle for "whiplash" based on the short film "whiplash." and the oscar goes to -- graham moore, "the imitation game." >> this is the first oscar and nomination for graham moore. >> thank you so much to the academy and to oprah for this. i need to shower my love and kisses on everyone who is apart of this family. norton keira, benedict, our entire cast. maria, i love you guys so much. thank you for this film. i'm so indebted to you for it. here's the thing. alan never got to look out at these faces, and i do. and that's the most unfair thing i think i've ever heard. so in this brief time here what i want to use it to do is to say this. when i was 16 years old, i tried to kill myself. because i felt weird and i felt different and i felt like i did not belong. and now i'm standing her