After eight nominations for Hollywood’s top prize, French born musical composer Alexandre Desplat won his first Oscar— but not before giving a shout out to his Greek mother from the stage. "My mother is Greek, and ever since I was a baby, I heard Greek, Middle Eastern music. In fact, I wrote this type of music in the first film I scored. But I have a long relationship with Gypsy music and Balkan music," Desplat told Deadline.

Desplat, who won the golden statuette for Best Original Score for The Grand Budapest Hotel, was impressively up against himself in the same category for his score of The Imitation Game. His work also includes film scores for The Girl with the Pearl Earring, Syriana, The Queen, The Golden Compass, The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, The King’s Speech, Philomena, The Monuments Men, Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows – Part 1 and Part 2, and many more.

Greek-American make-up artist Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou was also nominated for her work on the Hollywood blockbuster Guardians of the Galaxy.