Alums at the Oscars

By Joel Brown | Photo by John Shearer/Invision/AP

Banner image: Disney Producer Roy Conli (’87) (center) won an Oscar for Big Hero 6, the animated hit about a boy and his robot friend.

Two alums accepted the iconic gold statues at the 87th Academy Awards this year: Julianne Moore (’83) won the Oscar for Actress in a Leading Role for her portrayal of a Columbia University linguistics professor diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease in the film Still Alice. This was Moore’s fifth Academy Award nomination—and first win.

Roy Conli (’87) was the producer of Big Hero 6, the winner in the best animated feature category. The film, about a teenage prodigy and his puffy robotic pal, has earned more than $600 million at the box office worldwide. This is the second year in a row that a BU alum has won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature; Peter Del Vecho (’80) picked up last year’s Oscar for Frozen, another Walt Disney Animation Studios film.