Academy Award Predictions 2014

As is the norm for this time of year, I'm going to attempt to predict what will win in each category at the Oscars this year. I may have some slightly checkered luck when it comes to stuff like this but here goes...

Best Picture:
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Dallas Buyers Club
Gravity
Her
Nebraska
Philomena 
12 Years A Slave
The Wolf of Wall Street
WINNER: 12 Years A Slave

Director:
David O Russell (American Hustle)
Alfonso Cuarón (Gravity)
Alexander Payne (Nebraska)
Steve McQueen (12 Years A Slave)
Martin Scorsese (The Wolf of Wall Street)
WINNER: Alfonso Cuarón 

Best Actor:
Christian Bale (American Hustle)
Bruce Dern (Nebraska)
Leonardo DiCaprio (The Wolf of Wall Street)
Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years A Slave)
Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club)
WINNER: Leonardo DiCaprio

Best Actress:
Amy Adams (American Hustle)
Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)
Sandra Bullock (Gravity)
Judi Dench (Philomena)
Meryl Streep (August: Osage County)
WINNER: Cate Blanchett

Best Supporting Actor:
Barkhad Abdi (Captain Phillips)
Bradley Cooper (American Hustle)
Michael Fassbender (12 Years A Slave)
Jonah Hill (The Wolf of Wall Street)
Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club)
WINNER: Jared Leto

Best Supporting Actress: 
Sally Hopkins (Blue Jasmine)
Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle)
Lupita Nyong'o (12 Years A Slave)
Julia Roberts (August: Osage County)
June Squibb (Nebraska)
WINNER: Jennifer Lawrence

Adapted Screenplay:
Before Midnight
Captain Phillips
Philomena 
12 Years A Slave
The Wolf of Wall Street
WINNER: Philomena 

Original Screenplay:
American Hustle
Blue Jasmine
Dallas Buyers Club
Her
Nebraska
WINNER: American Hustle

Animated Feature:
The Croods 
Despicable Me 2
Frozen
Ernest & Celestine
The Wind Rises
WINNER: Frozen

Best Foreign Language Film:
The Broken Circle Breakdown
The Great Beauty
The Hunt
The Missing Picture
Omar
WINNER: The Great Beauty

Production Design:
American Hustle
Gravity
The Great Gatsby
Her 
12 Years A Slave
WINNER: Gravity

Cinematography:
The Grandmaster
Gravity
Inside Llewyn Davis
Nebraska
Prisoners
WINNER: Gravity

Costume Design:
American Hustle
The Grandmaster
The Great Gatsby
The Invisible Woman
12 Years A Slave
WINNER: The Great Gatsby

Documentary Feature:
The Act of Killing
Cutie and the Boxer
Dirty Wars 
The Square
20 Feet From Stardom
WINNER: The Act of Killing

Documentary Short:
CaveDigger
Facing Fear
Karma Has No Walls
The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life
Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall
WINNER: CaveDigger

Editing:
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Dallas Buyers Club
Gravity
12 Years A Slave
WINNER: Gravity

Make-up and Hair Styling:
Dallas Buyers Club
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
The Lone Ranger
WINNER: Dallas Buyers Club

Original Score:
The Book Thief
Gravity
Her
Philomena 
Saving Mr Banks
WINNER: Gravity

Original Song:
Alone Yet Not Alone (Alone Yet Not Alone)
Happy (Despicable Me 2)
Let It Go (Frozen)
The Moon song (Her)
Ordinary Love (Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom)
WINNER: Let It Go (Frozen)

Sound Editing:
All Is Lost
Captain Phillips
Gravity
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Lone Survivor
WINNER: Gravity

Sound Mixing:
Captain Phillips
Gravity
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Inside Llewyn Davis
Lone Survivor
WINNER: Gravity

Visual Effects:
Gravity
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Iron man 3
The Lone Ranger
Star Trek Into Darkness
WINNER: Gravity

Animated Short:
Feral
Get A Horse!
Mr Hublot
Possessions
Room on the Broom
WINNER: Room on the Broom

Live Action Short:
Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn't Me)
Avant Que De Toute Perdre (Just Before Losing everything)
Helium
Pitääkö Mun Kaikki Hoitaa (Do I Have To Take Care of Everything?)

The Voorman Problem

WINNER: Helium

So there you have it! Please bare in mind that I haven't actually seen half of these films (especially the shorts) so if I'm waaay off I apologise in advance. Do you agree with my predictions that Gravity will do a Hugo and walk away with all the technical awards? Let me know in the comments below.