72nd Golden Globe Awards — 2015 film and television award ceremony, on the 11th of January in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, honoring achievements in 2014 filmmaking and televisionmaking
Annual ceremony recognizing the best in film and television of 2014, broadcast live on NBC from Beverly Hills.
Key Facts
- Ceremony number
- 72nd Golden Globe Awards
- Date
- January 11, 2015
- Hosts
- Tina Fey and Amy Poehler (third consecutive time)
- Broadcast network
- NBC
- Lifetime Achievement honoree
- George Clooney (Cecil B. DeMille Award)
- Notable winners
- Birdman, Boyhood, Fargo, Transparent, The Affair
Location
Cause → Event → Consequence
Each year, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association recognizes outstanding achievements in film and American television from the prior calendar year. Nominations for the 72nd ceremony were announced on December 11, 2014, by Kate Beckinsale, Peter Krause, Paula Patton, and Jeremy Piven, with George Clooney named as the Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award recipient in September 2014.
The 72nd Golden Globe Awards were held on January 11, 2015, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, and broadcast live on NBC. Produced by Dick Clark Productions in association with the HFPA, the ceremony was co-hosted by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler for the third consecutive time, with awards distributed across film and television categories.
The ceremony elevated multiple projects in public and industry awareness. Birdman, Boyhood, Fargo, The Affair, The Theory of Everything, and Transparent each received multiple awards, boosting their profiles ahead of subsequent awards seasons, including the Academy Awards. The event continued to establish the Golden Globes as a key bellwether for the broader awards season.