Behind the Scenes
Director
Alejandro González IñárrituBefore Alejandro Iñárritu was known as the guy who won a Best Director Oscar for The Revenant, he was a humble unknown, waiting tables in New York City.Er—scratch...
Screenwriter
Alejandro Iñárritu, Alex Dinelaris, Armando Bó, Nicolás GiacoboneOkay. Just who, exactly, came up with this one?A washed-up movie star? A guy who hates Broadway? A woman who just really, really...
Production Studio
New Regency, Fox Searchlight Pictures, TSG Entertainment, Worldview EntertainmentYeah—it definitely took more than a few people to push Birdman out of the nest and into the freefall of stardom, s...
Production Design
Colorful CloseupsColorsColor-coding isn't just for stoplights and poisonous frogs; many movie scenes are adjusted to bring certain colors out of the screen to manipulate how the audience feels. Rem...
Music (Score)
Antonio SanchezDespite the whole "ineligible for an Oscar due to use of unoriginal classical music " thing, the score for Birdman made a lot of waves when people first heard it rumbling through the...
Fandoms
You would think that in our highly cultured society there would be an exact correlation between the number of Oscars won, general popularity, and internet fandom. But that's just not the case. Bird...