Watch trailers and find out more about the Original Screenplay nominees in 2015.
BIRDMAN
- Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu
- Starring: Michael Keaton, Emma Stone, Zach Galifianakis, Naomi Watts, Edward Norton, Andrea Riseborough, Amy Adams
- A washed-up actor who once played an iconic superhero (Birdman) must overcome his ego and family trouble as he mounts a Broadway play in a bid to reclaim his past glory.
- Find out about Emma Stone's EE Rising Star nomination in 2011 >
- See all BAFTA wins and nominations for director Alejandro G. Iñárritu >
BOYHOOD
- Director: Richard Linklater
- Starring: Ellar Coltrane, Lorelei Linklater, Patricia Arquette, Ethan Hawk.
- The film was shot intermittently over a 12-year period from May 2002 to October 2013.
- Ellar Coltrane (Mason) joined the project aged 7 and grew a total of 27 inches during filming.
- Watch BAFTA's Interview with Ethan Hawke on BAFTA Guru >
- See the full BAFTA feature, Ethan Hawke: A Life In Pictures >
- See all BAFTA wins and nominations for director Richard Linklater >
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
- Director: Wes Anderson
- Starring: Ralph Fiennes, F. Murray Abraham, Mathieu Amalric
- The film follows the adventures of Gustave H, a legendary concierge at a famous hotel from the fictional Republic of Zubrowka, between the first and second World Wars, and Zero Moustafa, the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend.
- Watch BAFTA's Interview with Wes Anderson on BAFTA Guru >
- See the full BAFTA feature, Ralph Fiennes: A Life In Pictures >
- See all BAFTA wins and nominations for director Wes Anderson >
NIGHTCRAWLER
- Director: Dan Gilroy
- Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Bill Paxton
- When Lou Bloom, a driven man desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story.
- Nightcrawler is Dan Gilroy’s directorial debut.
- Watch the full BAFTA feature, Jake Gyllenhaal: On Acting >
- See all BAFTA wins and nominations for director Dan Gilroy >
WHIPLASH
- Director: Damien Chazelle
- Starring: Miles Teller, J.K. Simmons, Melissa Benoist
- A promising young drummer enrols at a cutthroat music conservatory where his dreams of greatness are mentored by an instructor who will stop at nothing to realize a student's potential.
- Find out more about EE Rising Star nominee in 2015, Miles Teller >
- See all BAFTA wins and nominations for director Damien Chazelle >
