2014 NAACP IMAGE AWARD NOMINATIONS

• “Belle” (Fox Searchlight Pictures/ DJ Films)
• “Beyond The Lights” (Relativity Media)
• “Dear White People” (Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions)
• “Get On Up” (Universal Pictures)
• “Selma” (Paramount Pictures)Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture

• Chadwick Boseman – “Get On Up” (Universal Pictures)
• David Oyelowo – “Selma” (Paramount Pictures)
• Denzel Washington – “The Equalizer” (Columbia Pictures)
• Idris Elba – “No Good Deed” (Screen Gems)
• Nate Parker – “Beyond The Lights” (Relativity Media)

Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture

• Gugu Mbatha-Raw – “Belle” (Fox Searchlight Pictures/ DJ Films)
• Quvenzhané Wallis – “Annie” (Columbia Pictures)
• Taraji P. Henson – “No Good Deed” (Screen Gems)
• Tessa Thompson – “Dear White People” (Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions)
• Viola Davis – “The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby” (The Weinstein Company)Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture

• André Holland – “Selma” (Paramount Pictures)
• Cedric the Entertainer – “Top Five” (Paramount Pictures)
• Common – “Selma” (Paramount Pictures)
• Danny Glover – “Beyond The Lights” (Relativity Media)
• Wendell Pierce – “Selma” (Paramount Pictures)Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture

• Carmen Ejogo – “Selma” (Paramount Pictures)
• Jill Scott – “Get On Up” (Universal Pictures)
• Octavia Spencer – “Get On Up” (Universal Pictures)
• Oprah Winfrey – “Selma” (Paramount Pictures)
• Viola Davis – “Get On Up” (Universal Pictures)

• Outstanding Independent Motion Picture

• “Belle” (Fox Searchlight Pictures/ DJ Films)
• “Dear White People” (Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions)
• “Half of a Yellow Sun” (monterey media inc.)
• “JIMI: All Is By My Side” (XLrator Media)
• “Life of a King” (Animus Films/Serena Films)DOCUMENTARYOutstanding Documentary – (Film)

• “Documented” (Apo Anak Productions)
• “Finding Fela” (Jigsaw Productions)
• “I Am Ali” (Focus World/Fisheye Films)
• “Keep On Keepin On” (RADiUS)
• “Through A Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of aPeople” (Chimpanzee Productions, Inc.)Outstanding Documentary – (Television)

• “American Experience: Freedom Summer” (PBS)
• “Bad Boys” (ESPN)
• “Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown” (HBO)
• “Rand University” (ESPN)
• “The War Comes Home: Soledad O’Brien Reports” (CNN)

WRITING

Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series

• Aisha Muharrar – “Parks and Recreation” – Ann & Chris (NBC)
• Brigette Munoz-Liebowitz – “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” – Road Trip (FOX)
• Mindy Kaling – “The Mindy Project” – Danny and Mindy (FOX)
• Regina Hicks – “Instant Mom” – A Kids’s Choice (Nickelodeon and Nick@Nite)
• Sara Hess – “Orange is the New Black” – It Was the Change (Netflix)Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series

• Erika Green Swafford – “How to Get Away with Murder” – Let’s Get To Scooping(ABC)
• Mara Brock Akil – “Being Mary Jane” – Uber Love (BET)
• Warren Leight, Julie Martin – “Law & Order: SVU” – American Disgrace (NBC)
• Zahir McGhee – “Scandal” – Mama Said Knock You Out (ABC)
• Zoanne Clack – “Grey’s Anatomy” – You Be Illin’ (ABC)Outstanding Writing in a Television Movie

• Karin Gist, Regina Hicks – “Drumline: A New Beat” (VH1)
• Reggie Bythewood – “Gun Hill” (BET)
• Sharon Brathwaite, Peres Owino – “Seasons of Love” (Lifetime Networks)
• Shernold Edwards – “A Day Late and a Dollar Short” (Lifetime Networks)
• Sterling Anderson, Maria Nation – “The Gabby Douglas Story” (Lifetime Networks)Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture

• Chris Rock – “Top Five” (Paramount Pictures)
• Justin Simien – “Dear White People” (Roadside Attractions and Lionsgate)
• Margaret Nagle – “The Good Lie” (Alcon Entertainment)
• Misan Sagay – “Belle” (Fox Searchlight Pictures/ DJ Films)
• Richard Wenk – “The Equalizer” (Columbia Pictures)DIRECTINGOutstanding Directing in a Comedy Series

• Ken Whittingham – “Parks and Recreation” – Prom (NBC)
• Ken Whittingham – “The Mindy Project” – Think Like a Peter (FOX)
• Linda Mendoza – “Bad Judge” – One Brave Waitress (NBC)
• Reginald Hudlin – “Bad Judge” – Knife to a Gunfight (NBC)
• Stan Lathan – “Real Husbands of Hollywood” – No New Friends (BET)Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series

• Anton Cropper – “Suits” – One-Two-Three Go… (USA)
• Carl Franklin – “House of Cards” – Chapter 14 (Netflix)
• Cary Joji Fukunaga – “True Detective” – Who Goes There (HBO)
• Hanelle Culpepper – “Criminal Minds” – The Edge of Winter (CBS)
• Millicent Shelton – “The Divide” – And the Little Ones Get Caught (WE tv)

Outstanding Directing in a Television Movie

• Bille Woodruff – “Drumline: A New Beat” (VH1)
• Greg Champion – “The Gabby Douglas Story” (Lifetime Networks)
• Michael Wilson – “The Trip to Bountiful” (Lifetime Networks)
• Reggie Bythewood – “Gun Hill” (BET)
• Stephen Tolkin – “A Day Late and a Dollar Short” (Lifetime Networks)Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture

• Amma Asante – “Belle” (Fox Searchlight Pictures/ DJ Films)
• Antoine Fuqua – “The Equalizer” (Columbia Pictures)
• Ava DuVernay – “Selma” (Paramount Pictures)
• Gina Prince-Bythewood – “Beyond The Lights” (Relativity Media)
• John Ridley – “JIMI: All Is By My Side” (XLrator Media)ANIMATED/CGIOutstanding Character Voice-Over Performance – (Television or Film)

• Jamie Foxx – “Rio 2″ (20th Century Fox)
• Loretta Devine – “Doc McStuffins” (Disney Junior)
• Morgan Freeman – “The Lego Movie” (Warner Bros. Pictures/Village Roadshow Pictures/Ratpac-Dune Entertainment/Lego System A/S/VertigoEntertainment/Lin Pictures)
• Tracy Morgan – “The Boxtrolls” (Focus Features)
• Zoe Saldana – “The Book of Life” (20th Century Fox)