Iaphet Elli | 88th Academy Awards® |
LOS ANGELES, CA – Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs, Guillermo del Toro,
John Krasinski and Ang Lee announced the 88th Academy Awards® nominations today
(January 14).
Del Toro and Lee announced the nominees in 11 categories at 5:30 a.m. PT,
followed by Boone Isaacs and Krasinski for the remaining 13 categories at 5:38
a.m. PT, at the live news conference attended by more than 400 international
media representatives. For a complete list of nominees, visit the official
Oscars® website, www.oscar.com.
Academy members from each of the 17 branches vote to determine the nominees
in their respective categories – actors nominate actors, film editors nominate
film editors, etc. In the Animated Feature Film and Foreign Language Film
categories, nominees are selected by a vote of multi-branch screening
committees. All voting members are eligible to select the Best Picture nominees.
Official screenings of all motion pictures with one or more nominations will
begin for members on Saturday, January 23, at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn
Theater. Screenings also will be held at the Academy’s Linwood Dunn Theater in
Hollywood and in London, New York and the San Francisco Bay Area.
Active members of the Academy are eligible to vote for the winners in all 24
categories.
The 88th Oscars will be held on Sunday, February 28, 2016, at the Dolby
Theatre® at Hollywood & Highland Center® in Hollywood, and will be
televised live by the ABC Television Network at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT. The Oscar®
presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and
territories worldwide.
Nominations for the 88th Academy Awards
Performance by an actor in a leading role
- Bryan Cranstonin “Trumbo”
- Matt Damonin “The Martian”
- Leonardo DiCaprioin “The Revenant”
- Michael Fassbenderin “Steve Jobs”
- Eddie Redmaynein “The Danish Girl”
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
- Christian Balein “The Big Short”
- Tom Hardyin
“The Revenant” - Mark Ruffaloin “Spotlight”
- Mark Rylancein “Bridge of Spies”
- Sylvester Stallonein “Creed”
Performance by an actress in a leading role
- Cate Blanchettin “Carol”
- Brie Larsonin “Room”
- Jennifer Lawrencein “Joy”
- Charlotte Ramplingin “45 Years”
- Saoirse Ronanin “Brooklyn”
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
- Jennifer Jason Leighin “The Hateful Eight”
- Rooney Marain
“Carol” - Rachel McAdamsin “Spotlight”
- Alicia Vikanderin “The Danish Girl”
- Kate Winsletin “Steve Jobs”
Best animated feature film of the year
- “Anomalisa”Charlie Kaufman, Duke Johnson and Rosa Tran
- “Boy and the World”Alê Abreu
- “Inside Out”Pete
Docter and Jonas Rivera - “Shaun the Sheep Movie”Mark Burton and Richard Starzak
- “When Marnie Was There”Hiromasa Yonebayashi and Yoshiaki Nishimura
Achievement in cinematography
- “Carol”Ed
Lachman - “The Hateful Eight”Robert Richardson
- “Mad Max: Fury Road”John Seale
- “The Revenant”Emmanuel Lubezki
- “Sicario”Roger Deakins
Achievement in costume design
- “Carol”Sandy
Powell - “Cinderella”Sandy
Powell - “The Danish Girl”Paco Delgado
- “Mad Max: Fury Road”Jenny Beavan
- “The Revenant”Jacqueline
West
Achievement in directing
- “The Big Short”Adam
McKay - “Mad Max: Fury Road”George Miller
- “The Revenant”Alejandro G. Iñárritu
- “Room”Lenny
Abrahamson - “Spotlight”Tom McCarthy
Best documentary feature
- “Amy”Asif
Kapadia and James Gay-Rees - “Cartel Land”Matthew Heineman and Tom Yellin
- “The Look of Silence”Joshua Oppenheimer and Signe Byrge Sørensen
- “What Happened, Miss Simone?”Liz Garbus, Amy Hobby and Justin Wilkes
- “Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom”Evgeny Afineevsky and Den Tolmor
Best documentary short subject
- “Body Team 12”David Darg and Bryn Mooser
- “Chau, beyond the Lines”Courtney Marsh and Jerry Franck
- “Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah”Adam Benzine
- “A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness”Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
- “Last Day of Freedom”Dee Hibbert-Jones and Nomi Talisman
Achievement in film editing
- “The Big Short”Hank
Corwin - “Mad Max: Fury Road”Margaret Sixel
- “The Revenant”Stephen Mirrione
- “Spotlight”Tom McArdle
- “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”Maryann Brandon and Mary Jo Markey
Best foreign language film of the year
- “Embrace of the Serpent”Colombia
- “Mustang”France
- “Son of Saul”Hungary
- “Theeb”Jordan
- “A War”Denmark
Achievement in makeup and hairstyling
- “Mad Max: Fury Road”Lesley Vanderwalt, Elka Wardega and Damian Martin
- “The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed out the Window and
Disappeared”Love Larson and Eva von Bahr - “The Revenant”Siân Grigg, Duncan Jarman and Robert Pandini
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
- “Bridge of Spies”Thomas Newman
- “Carol”Carter
Burwell - “The Hateful Eight”Ennio Morricone
- “Sicario”Jóhann Jóhannsson
- “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”John Williams
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
- “Earned It”from “Fifty Shades of Grey” Music and Lyric by Abel Tesfaye, Ahmad Balshe, Jason Daheala Quenneville
and Stephan Moccio - “Manta Ray”from “Racing Extinction” Music by J. Ralph and Lyric by Antony Hegarty
- “Simple Song #3”from “Youth” Music and Lyric by David Lang
- “Til It Happens To You”from “The Hunting Ground” Music and Lyric by Diane Warren and Lady Gaga
- “Writing’s On The Wall”from “Spectre” Music and Lyric by Jimmy Napes and Sam Smith
Best motion picture of the year
- “The Big Short”Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner, Producers
- “Bridge of Spies”Steven Spielberg, Marc Platt and Kristie Macosko
Krieger, Producers - “Brooklyn”Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey, Producers
- “Mad Max: Fury Road”Doug Mitchell and George Miller, Producers
- “The Martian”Simon Kinberg, Ridley Scott, Michael Schaefer and Mark Huffam, Producers
- “The Revenant”Arnon Milchan, Steve Golin, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Mary Parent and Keith
Redmon, Producers - “Room”Ed Guiney, Producer
- “Spotlight”Michael Sugar, Steve Golin, Nicole Rocklin and Blye Pagon Faust, Producers
Achievement in production design
- “Bridge of Spies”Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration:
Rena DeAngelo and Bernhard Henrich - “The Danish Girl”Production Design: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration:
Michael Standish - “Mad Max: Fury Road”Production Design: Colin Gibson; Set Decoration: Lisa
Thompson - “The Martian”Production Design: Arthur Max; Set Decoration: Celia Bobak
- “The Revenant”Production Design: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Hamish Purdy
Best animated short film
- “Bear Story”Gabriel Osorio and Pato Escala
- “Prologue”Richard Williams and Imogen Sutton
- “Sanjay’s Super Team”Sanjay Patel and Nicole Grindle
- “We Can’t Live without Cosmos”Konstantin Bronzit
- “World of Tomorrow”Don Hertzfeldt
Best live action short film
- “Ave Maria”Basil Khalil and Eric Dupont
- “Day One”Henry Hughes
- “Everything Will Be Okay (Alles Wird Gut)”Patrick Vollrath
- “Shok”Jamie Donoughue
- “Stutterer”Benjamin Cleary and Serena Armitage
Achievement in sound editing
- “Mad Max: Fury Road”Mark Mangini and David White
- “The Martian”Oliver Tarney
- “The Revenant”Martin Hernandez and Lon Bender
- “Sicario”Alan Robert Murray
- “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”Matthew Wood and David Acord
Achievement in sound mixing
- “Bridge of Spies”Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom and Drew Kunin
- “Mad Max: Fury Road”Chris Jenkins, Gregg Rudloff and Ben Osmo
- “The Martian”Paul Massey, Mark Taylor and Mac Ruth
- “The Revenant”Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño, Randy Thom and Chris Duesterdiek
- “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”Andy Nelson, Christopher Scarabosio and Stuart Wilson
Achievement in visual effects
- “Ex Machina”Andrew Whitehurst, Paul Norris, Mark Ardington and Sara Bennett
- “Mad Max: Fury Road”Andrew Jackson, Tom Wood, Dan Oliver and Andy Williams
- “The Martian”Richard Stammers, Anders Langlands, Chris Lawrence and Steven Warner
- “The Revenant”Rich McBride, Matthew Shumway, Jason Smith and Cameron Waldbauer
- “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Neal Scanlan and Chris
Corbould
Adapted screenplay
- “The Big Short”Screenplay by Charles Randolph and Adam McKay
- “Brooklyn”Screenplay by Nick Hornby
- “Carol”Screenplay by Phyllis Nagy
- “The Martian”Screenplay by Drew Goddard
- “Room”Screenplay by Emma Donoghue
Original screenplay
- “Bridge of Spies”Written by Matt Charman and Ethan Coen & Joel Coen
- “Ex Machina”Written by Alex Garland
- “Inside Out”Screenplay by Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley; Original story by
Pete Docter, Ronnie del Carmen - “Spotlight”Written by Josh Singer & Tom McCarthy
- “Straight Outta Compton”Screenplay by Jonathan Herman and Andrea Berloff;
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