Fox Searchlight’s The Grand Budapest Hotel earned corresponding honours in the comedy or musical section on an occasion completely lacking in surprises — even Prince’s hush-hush role as an awards presenter was leaked beforehand — and reinforced the notion that awards season continues to be a place where independent cinema comes into its own.

Eddie Redmayne was named best dramatic actor for his portrayal of Stephen Hawking in Focus Features’ The Theory Of Everything after the Hollywood Foreign Press Association bestowed best comedy or musical honours on a highly emotional Michael Keaton for his role as an actor on the comeback trail in Searchlight/New Regency’s Birdman.

Richard Linklater was named best director for Boyhood, whose campaign strategists will use the publicity to add fuel to an Academy Awards campaign that was further buoyed by Patricia Arquette’s triumph in the supporting actress section.

Boyhood emerged as the biggest winner with three prizes, followed by Birdman and The Theory Of Everything on two apiece. IFC Films, Fox Searchlight and Sony Pictures Classics (SPC) each earned three awards. There were shut-outs for The Imitation Game and Foxcatcher, while Selma earned a single honour for best original song.

Oscar front-runner Julianne Moore claimed the best actress in a drama prize for SPC’s Still Alice for her role as an academic in the grip of early onset Alzheimer’s.

Earlier in the evening Amy Adams collected the best actress in a comedy or musical award for her role as artist Margaret Keane in TWC’s Big Eyes. JK Simmons won best supporting actor for his performance in SPC’s Whiplash.

Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris and Armando Bo earned best screenplay honours for Birdman.

Andrey Zvyagintsev’s Russian tale Leviathan took the best foreign language film (SPC releases in the US) and DreamWorks Animation’s How To Train Your Dragon 2, released in the US through Fox, won the best animation prize.

Johann Johannsson earned the best score prize for The Theory of Everything, while Common and John Legend collected the best original song award for Glory from Selma, which Paramount distributes in the US.

The television awards were punctuated by high profile wins for streaming platforms Netflix and Amazon, whose House Of Cards and Transparent earned awards.

Kevin Spacey delivered one of the highlights of the night when he accepted his best performance by an actor in a television series, drama prize — his first Golden Globe win in eight nominations — in character as Francis Underwood from House Of Cards.

George Clooney accepted the previously announced Cecil B DeMille Award.

For the full list of winners including television honourees see below:

MOTION PICTURES

BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

Boyhood

Foxcatcher

The Imitation Game

Selma

The Theory Of Everything

BEST MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

Birdman

The Grand Budapest Hotel

Into The Woods

Pride

St. Vincent

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA

Steve Carell - Foxcatcher

Benedict Cumberbatch - The Imitation Game

Jake Gyllenhaal - Nightcrawler

David Oyelowo - Selma

Eddie Redmayne - The Theory Of Everything

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA

Jennifer Aniston, Cake

Felicity Jones, The Theory Of Everything

Julianne Moore, Still Alice

Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl

Reese Witherspoon, Wild

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE - COMEDY OR MUSICAL

Ralph Fiennes - The Grand Budapest Hotel

Michael Keaton - Birdman

Bill Murray - St. Vincent

Joaquin Pheonix - Inherent Vice

Christoph Waltz - Big Eyes

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE - COMEDY OR MUSICAL

Amy Adams - Big Eyes

Emily Blunt - Into The Woods

Helen Mirren - The Hundred-Foot Journey

Julianne Moore - Maps To The Stars

Quvenzhané Wallis - Annie

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE

Robert Duvall - The Judge

Ethan Hawke - Boyhood

Edward Norton - Birdman

Mark Ruffalo - Foxcatcher

JK Simmons - Whiplash

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE

Patricia Arquette - Boyhood

Jessica Chastain - A Most Violent Year

Keira Knightley - The Imitation Game

Emma Stone - Birdman

Meryl Streep - Into The Woods

BEST DIRECTOR – MOTION PICTURE

Wes Anderson - The Grand Budapest Hotel

Ava Duvernay - Selma

David Fincher - Gone Girl

Alejandro González Iñárritu - Birdman

Richard Linklater - Boyhood

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – MOTION PICTURE

Alexandre Desplat - The Imitation Game

Johann Johannsson – The Theory Of Everything

Trent Reznor – Gone Girl

Antonio Sanchez - Birdman

Hans Zimmer – Interstellar

BEST ORIGINAL SONG – MOTION PICTURE

‘Big Eyes’, Big Eyes (Lana Del Ray)

‘Glory’, Selma (John Legend, Common)

‘Mercy Is’, Noah (Patty Smith, Lenny Kaye)

‘Opportunity’, Annie

‘Yellow Flicker Beat’, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 (Lorde)

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

Big Hero 6

The Book Of Life

The Boxtrolls

How To Train Your Dragon 2

The LEGO Movie

BEST SCREENPLAY

Wes Anderson - The Grand Budapest Hotel

Gillian Flynn - Gone Girl

Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris and Armando Bo - Birdman

Richard Linklater - Boyhood

Graham Moore - The Imitation Game

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

Force Majeure

Gett: The Trial Of Viviane Amsalem

Ida

Leviathan

Tangerine

TELEVISION

BEST TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA

The Affair

Downton Abbey

Game Of Thrones

The Good Wife

House Of Cards

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA

Claire Danes – Homeland

Viola Davis – How To Get Away With Murder

Julianna Margulies – The Good Wife

Ruth Wilson – The Affair

Robin Wright – House Of Cards

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA

Clive Owen - The Knick

Liev Schreiber - Ray Donovan

Kevin Spacey - House Of Cards

James Spader - The Black List

Dominic West - The Affair

BEST TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

Girls

Jane The Virgin

Orange Is The New Black

Silicon Valley

Transparent

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

Lena Dunham – Girls

Edie Falco – Nurse Jackie

Gina Rodriguez – Jane The Virgin

Julia Louis Dreyfuss – Veep

Taylor Schilling – Orange Is The New Black

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

Don Cheadle – House Of Lies

Ricky Gervais – Derek

Jeffrey Tambor – Transparent

Louis CK – Louie

William H Macy – Shameless

BEST MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

Fargo

The Missing

True Detective

The Normal Heart

Olive Kitteridge

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

Maggie Gyllenhaal - The Honorable Woman

Jessica Lange - American Horror Story: Freak Show

Frances McDormand - Olive Kitteridge

Frances O’Connor - The Missing

Allison Tolman - Fargo

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

Martin Freeman - Fargo

Woody Harrelson - True Detective

Matthew McConaughey - True Detective

Mark Ruffalo - The Normal Heart

Billy Bob Thornton - Fargo

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

Uzo Aduba – Orange Is The New Black

Kathy Bates – American Horror Story: Freak Show

Joanne Froggatt – Downton Abbey

Allison Janney – Mom

Michelle Monaghan – True Detective

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

Matt Bomer - The Normal Heart

Alan Cumming - The Good Wife

Colin Hanks - Fargo

Bill Murray - Olive Kitteridge

Jon Voight - Ray Donovan