INTERSTELLAR Wins OSCAR for Best Visual Effects

Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter and Scott Fisher have won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects for INTERSTELLAR.

Other nominees in the category were:

Dan DeLeeuw, Russell Earl, Bryan Grill and Dan Sudick, "Captain America: The Winter Soldier'

Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Daniel Barrett and Erik Winquist, "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes'

Stephane Ceretti, Nicolas Aithadi, Jonathan Fawkner and Paul

Corbould, "Guardians of the Galaxy'

Richard Stammers, Lou Pecora, Tim Crosbie and Cameron Waldbauer, "X-Men: Days of Future Past'

The 87th Oscars are taking place tonight, Sunday, February 22, 2015, at the Dolby Theatre® at Hollywood & Highland Center® in Hollywood, and are being televised live on the ABC Television Network. The Oscars, produced by Zadan and Meron, is also being televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.

Neil Patrick Harris serves as host of this year's ceremony which features musical performances by Lady Gaga and Jack Black and an all star list of presenters including Meryl Streep, John Travolta and Kerry Washington.