Oscar® Nominations for Writing - Adapted Screenplay and Writing - Original Screenplay

Writing - Adapted Screenplay

American Sniper
by Jason Hall

The Imitation Game
by Graham Moore

Inherent Vice
by Paul Thomas Anderson (for screen)

The Theory of Everything
by Anthony McCarten

Whiplash
by Damien Chazelle

Writing - Original Screenplay

Birdman (also known as The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
by Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. & Armando Bo

Boyhood
by Richard Linklater

Foxcatcher
by E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman

The Grand Budapest Hotel
by Wes Anderson: Wes Anderson and Hugo Guinness (story)

Nightcrawler
by Dan Gilroy