On Monday morning, March 15, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) announced the nominations for the 93rd Academy Awards, the Oscars! Nick Jonas and wife Priyanka Chopra Jonas video-conferenced in from London to announce the nominees. The winners will be handed their Oscars in a live ceremony split between the Dolby Theatre and Union Station in Los Angeles, which will be broadcast on ABC on Sunday, April 25, at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific.
There were eight Best Picture nominations (out of a possible ten) with many films that have been mentioned throughout the extended awards season, but a few obvious omissions: most notably Spike Lee‘s Da 5 Bloods (which received one nomination for Original Score); George C. Wolfe‘s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, which received two acting nominations and multiple craft nods; and Regina King‘s One Night in Miami…, which received a single acting nomination and a nomination for One Night in Miami… There’s nothing nefarious to be said there as there were some extremely competitive categories both above and below the line.
Out of the eight Best Picture nominations, only four received accompanying Best Director nominations: Mank, Minari, Nomadland and Promising Young Woman — David Fincher, Lee Isaac Chung, Chloé Zhao and Emerald Fennell, respectively. The surprise was that Danish filmmaker Thomas Vinterberg, whose latest film, Another Round, was nominated in the International Feature Film category, also received a directing nomination, which seems to put his film ahead in that other category. The Trial of the Chicago 7 did not deliver a directing nomination for Aaron Sorkin for his second film as director, although he was nominated for the screenplay, and Sacha Baron Cohen received a Supporting Actor nomination for that film.
The earlier craft nominations in categories like Editing and Production Design and Screenplay also showed added strength for The Father and Sound of Metal, as well as presumed frontrunner, Nomadland, and a few interesting races have been created. The Father‘s Anthony Hopkins and Sound of Metal‘s Riz Ahmed were always predicted to get Leading Actor nominations, but can either of them best the late Chadwick Boseman for his final role in Ma Rainey‘s?
Some may be scratching their heads at the two craft nominations for Matteo Garone‘s Pinocchio for Make-Up & Hairstyling and Costumes, only because the Italian film barely got a theatrical release last Christmas after a release in Italy a year earlier.
Trust us. Below the Line will have a LOT more about the craft/tech/artisan categories between now and April 25.
You can read the full list of Oscar nominations below and read reactions and quotes from the nominees here:
Best Picture
The Father (Sony Pictures Classics)
David Parfitt, Jean-Louis Livi and Philippe Carcassonne, Producers
Judas and the Black Messiah (Warner Bros.)
Shaka King, Charles D. King and Ryan Coogler, Producers
Mank (Netflix)
Ceán Chaffin, Eric Roth and Douglas Urbanski, Producers
Minari (A24)
Christina Oh, Producer
Nomadland (Searchlight Studios)
Frances McDormand, Peter Spears, Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey and Chloé Zhao, Producers
Promising Young Woman (Focus Features)
Ben Browning, Ashley Fox, Emerald Fennell and Josey McNamara, Producers
Sound of Metal (Amazon Studios)
Bert Hamelinck and Sacha Ben Harroche, Producers
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Netflix)
Marc Platt and Stuart Besser, Producers
Achievement in Directing
Thomas Vinterberg – Another Round
David Fincher – Mank
Lee Isaac Chung – Minari
Chloé Zhao – Nomadland
Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman
Actor in a Leading Role
Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal
Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Anthony Hopkins – The Father
Gary Oldman – Mank
Steven Yeun – Minari
Actress in a Leading Role
Viola Davis – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Andra Day – The United States vs. Billie Holiday
Frances McDormand – Nomadland
Vanessa Kirby – Pieces of a Woman
Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman
Actor in a Supporting Role
Sacha Baron Cohen – The Trial of the Chicago 7
Daniel Kaluuya – Judas and the Black Messiah
Leslie Odom, Jr. – One Night in Miami…
Paul Raci – Sound of Metal
Lakeith Stanfield – Judas and the Black Messiah
Actress in a Supporting Role
Mario Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Glenn Close – Hillbilly Elegy
Olivia Colman – The Father
Amanda Seyfried – Mank
Yuh-Jung Youn – Minari
Achievement in Writing (Original Screenplay)
Judas and the Black Messiah
Screenplay by Will Berson & Shaka King; Story by Will Berson & Shaka King and Kenny Lucas & Keith Lucas
Written by Lee Isaac Chung
Promising Young Woman
Written by Emerald Fennell
Sound of Metal
Screenplay by Darius Marder & Abraham Marder; Story by Darius Marder & Derek Cianfranc
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Written by Aaron Sorkin
Achievement in Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Borat Subsequent Film
Screenplay by Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines & Dan Swimer & Peter Baynham & Erica Rivinoja & Dan Mazer & Jena Friedman & Lee Kern; Story by Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines & Dan Swimer & Nina Pedrad
The Father
Screenplay by Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller
Nomadland
Written for the screen by Chloé Zhao
One Night in Miami…
Screenplay by Kemp Powers
The White Tiger
Written for the screen by Ramin Bahrani
Achievement in Cinematography
Judas and the Black Messiah
Sean Bobbitt
Mank
Erik Messerschmidt
News of the World
Dariusz Wolski
Nomadland
Joshua James Richards
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Phedon Papamichael
Achievement in Film Editing
The Father
Yorgos Lamprinos
Nomadland
Chloé Zhao
Promising Young Woman
Frédéric Thoraval
Sound of Metal
Mikkel E. G. Nielsen
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Alan Baumgarten
Achievement in Production Design
The Father
Production Design: Peter Francis; Set Decoration: Cathy Featherstone
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Production Design: Mark Ricker; Set Decoration: Karen O’Hara and Diana Stoughton
Production Design: Donald Graham Burt; Set Decoration: Jan Pascale
News of the World
Production Design: David Crank; Set Decoration: Elizabeth Keenan
Tenet
Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Kathy Lucas
Achievement in Costume Design
Emma.
Alexandra Byrne
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Ann Roth
Mank
Trish Summerville
Mulan
Bina Daigeler
Pinocchio
Massimo Cantini Parrini
Achievement in Make-Up and Hair Styling
Emma
Marese Langan, Laura Allen and Claudia Stolze
Hillbilly Elegy
Eryn Krueger Mekash, Matthew Mungle and Patricia Dehaney
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Sergio Lopez-Rivera, Mia Neal and Jamika Wilson
Mank
Gigi Williams, Kimberley Spiteri and Colleen LaBaff
Pinocchio
Mark Coulier, Dalia Colli and Francesco Pegoretti
Achievement in Sound
Greyhound
Warren Shaw, Michael Minkler, Beau Borders and David Wyman
Mank
Ren Klyce, Jeremy Molod, David Parker, Nathan Nance and Drew Kunin
News of the World
Oliver Tarney, Mike Prestwood Smith, William Miller and John Pritchett
Soul
Ren Klyce, Coya Elliott and David Parker
Sound of Metal
Nicolas Becker, Jaime Baksht, Michelle Couttolenc, Carlos Cortés and Phillip Bladh
Achievement in Visual Effects
Love and Monsters
Matt Sloan, Genevieve Camilleri, Matt Everitt and Brian Cox
The Midnight Sky
Matthew Kasmir, Christopher Lawrence, Max Solomon and David Watkin
Mulan
Sean Faden, Anders Langlands, Seth Maury and Steve Ingram
The One and Only Ivan
Nick Davis, Greg Fisher, Ben Jones and Santiago Colomo Martinez
Tenet
Andrew Jackson, David Lee, Andrew Lockley and Scott Fisher
Achievement in Music (Original Song)
“Fight For You” from Judas and the Black Messiah
Music by H.E.R. and Dernst Emile II; Lyric by H.E.R. and Tiara Thomas
Music by Daniel Pemberton; Lyric by Daniel Pemberton and Celeste Waite
“Husavik” from Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
Music and Lyric by Savan Kotecha, Fat Max Gsus and Rickard Göransson
“Io Sì (Seen”) from The Life Ahead
Music by Diane Warren; Lyric by Diane Warren and Laura Pausini
“Speak Now” from One Night in Miami…
Music and Lyric by Leslie Odom, Jr. and Sam Ashworth
Achievement in Music (Original Score)
Da 5 Bloods
Terence Blanchard
Mank
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
Minari
Emile Mosseri
News of the World
James Newton Howard
Soul
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste
International Feature Film
Another Round – Denmark
Better Days – Hong Kong
Collective – Romania
The Man who Sold His Skin – Tunisia
Quo Vadia, Aida? – Bosnia and Herzegovina
Animated Feature Film
Onward
Dan Scanlon and Kori Rae
Over the Moon
Glen Keane, Gennie Rim and Peilin Chou
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
Richard Phelan, Will Becher and Paul Kewley
Soul
Pete Docter and Dana Murray
Wolfalkers
Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart, Paul Young and Stéphan Roelants
Documentary Feature Film
Collective
Alexander Nanau and Bianca Oana
Crip Camp
Nicole Newnham, Jim LeBrecht and Sara Bolder
The Mole Agent
Maite Alberdi and Marcela Santibáñez
My Octopus Teacher
Pippa Ehrlich, James Reed and Craig Foster
Time
Garrett Bradley, Lauren Domino and Kellen Quinn
Documentary (Short Subject)
Colette
Anthony Giacchino and Alice Doyard
A Concerto is a Conversation
Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers
Do Not Split
Anders Hammer and Charlotte Cook
Hunger Ward
Skye Fitzgerald and Michael Scheuerman
A Love Song for Latasha
Sophia Nahli Allison and Janice Duncan
Short Film (Animated)
Burrow
Madeline Sharafian and Michael Capbarat
Genius Loci
Adrien Mérigeau and Amaury Ovise
If Anything Happens I Love You
Will McCormack and Michael Govier
Opera
Erick Oh
Yes-People
Gísli Darri Halldórsson and Arnar Gunnarsson
Short Film (Live Action)
Feeling Through
Doug Roland and Susan Ruzenski
The Letter Room
Elvira Lind and Sofia Sondervan
The Present
Farah Nabulsi
Travon Free and Martin Desmond Roe
White Eye
Tomer Shushan and Shira Hochman
