Sanchez Wins Critics’ Choice Movie Award for “Birdman”

Antonio Sanchez is a critics’ choice…

The 43-year-old Mexican jazz drummer has won his first-ever CriticsChoice Movie Award from the Broadcast Film Critics Association.

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Sanchez collected the trophy for Best Score during the 20th annual awards show, which was held at the Hollywood Palladium, for his acclaimed work on Alejandro González Iñárritu‘s Birdman.

González Iñárritu, meantime, took home the prize for Best Original Screenplay for co-penning his dark comedy with Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. and Armando Bo.

Emmanuel Lubezki picked up his second consecutive Critics’ Choice Movie Award for Best Cinematography. The Mexican cinematographer, who won the award last year for his work on Gravity, picked up the award this time around for his acclaimed work on Birdman.

In all, González Iñárritu’s Birdman won seven awards.

The Broadcast Film Critics Association honored cinematic achievement in 28 categories.

Here’s the complete list of winners of the 20th annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards:

BEST PICTURE: Boyhood
BEST ACTOR: Michael Keaton, Birdman
BEST ACTRESS: Julianne Moore, Still Alice
BEST DIRECTOR: Richard Linklater, Boyhood
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
: Birdman
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Gone Girl
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Birdman
BEST COMEDY: The Grand Budapest Hotel
BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY: Jenny Slate, Obvious Child
BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY: Michael Keaton, Birdman
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
: Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: J.K. Simmons, Whiplash
BEST SONG: “Glory,” Common/John Legend, Selma
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: The Lego Movie
BEST ACTION MOVIE: Guardians of the Galaxy
BEST ACTRESS IN AN ACTION MOVIE: Emily Blunt, Edge of Tomorrow
BEST ACTOR IN AN ACTION MOVIE: Bradley Cooper, American Sniper
BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS: Ellar Coltrane, Boyhood
BEST SCI FI/HORROR MOVIE
: Interstellar
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: Life Itself
BEST CINEMATOGRAPY: Birdman, Emmanuel Lubezki
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
BEST EDITING: Birdman, Douglas Crise, Stephen Mirrione
BEST ART DIRECTION: The Grand Budapest Hotel, Adam Stockhausen/Production Designer, Anna Pinnock/Set Decorator
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
: The Grand Budapest Hotel, Milena Canonero
BEST HAIR & MAKEUP: Guardians of the Galaxy
BEST SCORE: Antonio Sanchez, Birdman
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: Force Majeure (Sweden)

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