Directors Alfonso Cuarón and J.J. Abrams are announcing the first half of the nominations. This is the first time that ALL nominees will be announced at the podium (not just the celebrity-driven ones).

Cuarón most recently won Oscars for directing and editing “Gravity” and has also been nominated as producer for Best Picture (Gravity), Best Original Screenplay for “Y Tu Mamá También,” and Film Editing and Adapted Screenplay for “Children of Men.”

Animated Feature Film: Big Hero 6 \ The Boxtrolls \ How To Train Your Dragon 2 \ Song of the Sea \ The Tale of the Princess Kaguya

Documentary Feature: Citizenfour \ Finding Vivian Maier \ Last Days in Vietnam \ The Salt of the Earth \ Virunga

Documentary Short Subject: Crisis Hotline: Veterens Press 1 \ Joanna \ Our Curse \ The Reaper \ White Earth

Film Editing: American Sniper \ Boyhood \ The Grand Budapest Hotel \ The Imitation Game \ Whiplash

Original Song: Everything is Awesome, The Lego Movie \ Glory, Selma \ Grateful, Beyond the Lights \ I’m not Gonna Miss You, Glen Campbell…I’ll Be Me \ Lost Stars, Begin Again

Production Design: The Grand Budapest Hotel \ The Imitation Game \ Interstellar \ Into the Woods \ Mr Turner

Animated Short Film: The Bigger Picture \ The Dam Keeper \ Feast \ Me and My Moulton \ A Single Life

Live Action Short Film: Aya \ Boogaloo and Graham \ Butter Lamp \ Parvaneh \ Phone Call

Sound Editing: Birdman\ Unbroken\ American Sniper \ The Hobbit: Battle of the 5 Armies \ Interstellar

Sound Mixing: American Sniper \ Birdman \ Interstellar \ Unbroken \ Whiplash

Visual Effects: Captain America: The Winter Soldier \ Dawn of the Planet of the Apes \ Guardians of the Galaxy \ Interstellar \ X-Men Days of Future Past