Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs, Guillermo del Toro, John Krasinski and Ang Lee will announce the 88th Academy Awards nominations in all 24 Oscar categories at a special two-part live news conference on Thursday, January 14, at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
WAMG will again be there for the announcement and will be reporting from the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
At 5:30 a.m. PT, del Toro and Lee will announce the nominees in the following categories: Animated Feature Film, Cinematography, Costume Design, Documentary Feature, Documentary Short Subject, Makeup and Hairstyling, Original Song, Animated Short Film, Live Action Short Film, Sound Editing and Sound Mixing.
At 5:38 a.m. PT, Krasinski and Boone Isaacs will take the stage to unveil the nominations for Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Directing, Film Editing, Foreign Language Film, Original Score, Best Picture, Production Design, Visual Effects, Adapted Screenplay and Original Screenplay.
The Nominations Announcement is a live news conference where more than 400 media representatives from around the world will be gathered. The event will be broadcast and streamed live on www.oscars.org/live.
Nominations information for all categories will be distributed simultaneously to news media in attendance and via the official Oscars website, www.oscar.com.
A director, writer and producer, del Toro may be best known for “The Devil’s Backbone,” the “Hellboy” films, “Pan’s Labyrinth,” which earned him an Oscar nomination for Original Screenplay, and “Crimson Peak.” He also is the creator of the television series “The Strain.”
Krasinski’s role in the Emmy®-winning series “The Office” catapulted him into the public eye in 2005. His feature credits include Paramount’s “13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi” and “Promised Land,” which he also co-wrote and produced. He directed and stars in “The Hollars,” premiering at Sundance this month.
Lee, a two-time Oscar winner, directed and produced the 2000 Best Foreign Language Film “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” and earned Directing Oscars for “Brokeback Mountain” and “Life of Pi.” His latest film, “Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk,” is currently in post-production.
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.
WAMG was in the thick of nomination morning fever at the home of the Oscars – the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences.
Prior to the announcement, A.M.P.A.S. and the show’s producing team, Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, gave the press assembled in the Samuel Goldwyn Theatre a first look at the new Oscar promo featuring host Neil Patrick Harris, titled “Anything Can Happen,” and given what went down this morning, that’s certainly the case.
Let’s get right to the big shockers – No LEGO MOVIE for Best Animated Feature or LIFE ITSELF in Best Documentary Feature.
Also missing among the presumed nominees were Ava DuVernay (SELMA, directing), Clint Eastwood (AMERICAN SNIPER, directing), Jennifer Aniston (CAKE, best actress), David Oyelowo (SELMA, best actor), Jake Gyllenhaal (NIGHTCRAWLER, best actor), Ralph Fiennes (THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL, best actor), Gillian Flynn (GONE GIRL, adapted screenplay), along with best picture hopefuls INTERSTELLAR, FOXCATCHER and UNBROKEN.
The wonderful surprises of the day were SELMA (Best Picture), Glen Campbell (Best Song – “I’m Not Gonna Miss You”, I’LL BE ME ), Bradley Cooper (Best Actor – AMERICAN SNIPER), Marion Cotillard (Best Actress – TWO DAYS, ONE NIGHT), Laura Dern (Best Supporting Actress – WILD), and Paul Thomas Anderson (Best Adapted Screenplay – INHERENT VICE).
Independent films had a strong showing this morning, with feature films made outside of the major six Hollywood studios capturing many nominations.
Most Oscars nominations, by film: Birdman 9 Grand Budapest Hotel 9 Imitation Game 8 American Sniper 6 Boyhood 6
Directors Alfonso Cuarón and J.J. Abrams, actor Chris Pine and Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs announced the nominations for the 87th Academy Awards today (January 15). For the first time, nominees in all 24 categories were announced live.
Cuarón and Abrams announced the nominees in 11 categories at 5:30 a.m. PT, followed by Pine and Boone Isaacs for the remaining 13 categories at 5:38 a.m. PT, at the live news conference attended by more than 400 international media representatives. Watch HERE and HERE.
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 24, 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 categories.
Nominations for the 87th Academy Awards
Performance by an actor in a leading role
Steve Carell in “Foxcatcher”
Bradley Cooper in “American Sniper” – “This is a tribute to Chris Kyle, his family and all of the service men and women who sacrifice their lives for their countries and their families. It is a privilege and an honor to play Chris and I share this with Sienna, Clint, Jason Hall, the rest of SEAL team three and everyone involved with the film.”
Benedict Cumberbatch in “The Imitation Game” – “I am knocked for six by this. So excited and honoured to receive this recognition. It’s wonderful to be included by the Academy in this exceptional year of performances. To ring my parents who are both actors and tell them that their only son has been nominated for an Oscar is one of the proudest moments of my life.”
Michael Keaton in “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)”
Eddie Redmayne in “The Theory of Everything” – “I’m so incredibly honored to be recognized by the Academy, and even more thrilled to share this honor with the entire family of filmmakers, cast, and crew of “The Theory of Everything.” This role was a once in a lifetime experience. Congratulations to my fellow nominees, thank you to the Academy, and thank you most of all to Stephen and Jane Hawking.”
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Robert Duvall in “The Judge” – “Playing a challenging role like Joseph Palmer was a reward in itself, but getting recognition for the work from the Academy is a real honor. And we all know that we don’t work alone—my performance is really just part of a very collaborative process, so I have to thank everyone I worked with on “The Judge,” especially David Dobkin and Robert Downey Jr., for giving me the chance, and the freedom, to bring the character to life.”
Ethan Hawke in “Boyhood”
Edward Norton in “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)”
Mark Ruffalo in “Foxcatcher”
J.K. Simmons in “Whiplash”
Performance by an actress in a leading role
Marion Cotillard in “Two Days, One Night”
Felicity Jones in “The Theory of Everything” – “I’m overwhelmed at this incredible news. This is a huge, huge honor. My deepest gratitude to the members of the Academy. I’ll look forward to celebrating this with everyone involved in THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING. Thank you so much.”
Julianne Moore in “Still Alice”
Rosamund Pike in “Gone Girl”
Reese Witherspoon in “Wild”
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Patricia Arquette in “Boyhood”
Laura Dern in “Wild”
Keira Knightley in “The Imitation Game”
Emma Stone in “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)”
Meryl Streep in “Into the Woods”
Best animated feature film of the year
“Big Hero 6” Don Hall, Chris Williams and Roy Conli
“The Boxtrolls” Anthony Stacchi, Graham Annable and Travis Knight –
“One word – HONORED! We are honored and humbled to accept this nomination in recognition of our amazingly talented cast and crew – the artists, actors, craftspeople, and freaks who brought The Boxtrolls to life. We are eternally grateful to them and to our fearless leaders, producers Travis Knight and David Bleiman Ichioka, for making it all possible. Thank you so much, Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, for including us in this great list of nominees! We would be thrilled to sit in the dark and clap for any one of them.” — Anthony Stacchi and Graham Annable, directors.
“What an odd and lovely way to greet the day. I’m overjoyed that the Academy has honored us with this nomination. Cobbled together over well-nigh a decade, THE BOXTROLLS was a labor of unwavering love crafted one frame at a time by a superb community of actors, artists, mad geniuses, steely-eyed pragmatists, and starry-eyed dreamers. I’m so pleased with the recognition of their artistry. It shows that original stories are valued, along with the weird people who make them.” — Travis Knight, producer of THE BOXTROLLS.
“How to Train Your Dragon 2” Dean DeBlois and Bonnie Arnold
“Song of the Sea” Tomm Moore and Paul Young
“The Tale of the Princess Kaguya” Isao Takahata and Yoshiaki Nishimura
Achievement in cinematography
“Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)” Emmanuel Lubezki
“The Grand Budapest Hotel” Robert Yeoman
“Ida” Lukasz Zal and Ryszard Lenczewski
“Mr. Turner” Dick Pope
“Unbroken” Roger Deakins
Achievement in costume design
“The Grand Budapest Hotel” Milena Canonero
“Inherent Vice” Mark Bridges
“Into the Woods” Colleen Atwood
“Maleficent” Anna B. Sheppard and Jane Clive
“Mr. Turner” Jacqueline Durran
Achievement in directing
“Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)” Alejandro G. Iñárritu
“Boyhood” Richard Linklater
“Foxcatcher” Bennett Miller
“The Grand Budapest Hotel” Wes Anderson
“The Imitation Game” Morten Tyldum – “I’m honored and thrilled beyond my wildest dreams to be recognized today alongside four other filmmakers who I respect immeasurably. Being a part of THE IMITATION GAME and paying homage to the exquisite genius, Alan Turing, has been quite simply the experience of a lifetime. My immense gratitude goes to the Academy and my congratulations to the rest of the team on this film, who to me is second to none.”
Best documentary feature
“CitizenFour” Laura Poitras, Mathilde Bonnefoy and Dirk Wilutzky
“Finding Vivian Maier” John Maloof and Charlie Siskel
“Last Days in Vietnam” Rory Kennedy and Keven McAlester
“The Salt of the Earth” Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado and David Rosier
“Virunga” Orlando von Einsiedel and Joanna Natasegara
Best documentary short subject
“Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1” Ellen Goosenberg Kent and Dana Perry
“Joanna” Aneta Kopacz
“Our Curse” Tomasz Sliwinski and Maciej Slesicki
“The Reaper (La Parka)” Gabriel Serra Arguello
“White Earth” J. Christian Jensen
Achievement in film editing
“American Sniper” Joel Cox and Gary D. Roach
“Boyhood” Sandra Adair
“The Grand Budapest Hotel” Barney Pilling
“The Imitation Game” William Goldenberg
“Whiplash” Tom Cross
Best foreign language film of the year
“Ida” Poland
“Leviathan” Russia
“Tangerines” Estonia
“Timbuktu” Mauritania
“Wild Tales” Argentina
Achievement in makeup and hairstyling
“Foxcatcher” Bill Corso and Dennis Liddiard
“The Grand Budapest Hotel” Frances Hannon and Mark Coulier
“Guardians of the Galaxy” Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou and David White
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
“The Grand Budapest Hotel” Alexandre Desplat
“The Imitation Game” Alexandre Desplat
“Interstellar” Hans Zimmer
“Mr. Turner” Gary Yershon
“The Theory of Everything” Jóhann Jóhannsson – “I’m deeply honored to be nominated for composing this score. Filmmaking is a collaborative medium, and I was lucky to work with artists of amazing caliber on THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING: the actors, the screenwriter, and the director, James Marsh — who has my gratitude for inviting me to be a part of his team and for being a brilliant, inspiring and generous collaborator. My thanks to the AMPAS members for this recognition.”
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
“Everything Is Awesome” from “The Lego Movie”
Music and Lyric by Shawn Patterson
“Glory” from “Selma”
Music and Lyric by John Stephens and Lonnie Lynn
“Grateful” from “Beyond the Lights”
Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
“I’m Not Gonna Miss You” from “Glen Campbell…I’ll Be Me”
Music and Lyric by Glen Campbell and Julian Raymond
“Lost Stars” from “Begin Again”
Music and Lyric by Gregg Alexander and Danielle Brisebois – “I was snoozing when Danielle woke me up with a phone call. I could tell she was surprised and excited because her voice was two octaves higher, saying, ‘You’re not going to believe it – we’re nominated for best song! We’re very grateful and very happy. It was an amazing first journey making music for a film, especially a film that has so much to say about the changes in the music and cultural landscape we’ve all witnessed. We are thankful to director John Carney for bringing us on to write songs for the film as well as Keira Knightley and Adam Levine who both gave amazing performances. ‘Lost Stars’ is a song about all of us…everyone’s relationships and mortality…where we and they stand in the universe. We hope that message continues to resonate.” – Gregg Alexander
Best motion picture of the year
“American Sniper” Clint Eastwood, Robert Lorenz, Andrew Lazar, Bradley Cooper and Peter Morgan, Producers
“Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)” Alejandro G. Iñárritu, John Lesher and James W. Skotchdopole, Producers
“Boyhood” Richard Linklater and Cathleen Sutherland, Producers
“The Grand Budapest Hotel” Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales and Jeremy Dawson, Producers
“The Imitation Game” Nora Grossman, Ido Ostrowsky and Teddy Schwarzman, Producers
“Selma” Christian Colson, Oprah Winfrey, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner, Producers
“The Theory of Everything” Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce and Anthony McCarten, Producers
“Whiplash” Jason Blum, Helen Estabrook and David Lancaster, Producers
Achievement in production design
“The Grand Budapest Hotel” Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
“The Imitation Game” Production Design: Maria Djurkovic; Set Decoration: Tatiana Macdonald
“Interstellar” Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Gary Fettis
“Into the Woods” Production Design: Dennis Gassner; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
“Mr. Turner” Production Design: Suzie Davies; Set Decoration: Charlotte Watts
Best animated short film
“The Bigger Picture” Daisy Jacobs and Christopher Hees
“The Dam Keeper” Robert Kondo and Dice Tsutsumi
“Feast” Patrick Osborne and Kristina Reed
“Me and My Moulton” Torill Kove
“A Single Life” Joris Oprins
Best live action short film
“Aya” Oded Binnun and Mihal Brezis
“Boogaloo and Graham” Michael Lennox and Ronan Blaney
“Butter Lamp (La Lampe Au Beurre De Yak)” Hu Wei and Julien Féret
“Parvaneh” Talkhon Hamzavi and Stefan Eichenberger
“The Phone Call” Mat Kirkby and James Lucas
Achievement in sound editing
“American Sniper” Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman
“Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)” Martín Hernández and Aaron Glascock
“The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies” Brent Burge and Jason Canovas
“Interstellar” Richard King
“Unbroken” Becky Sullivan and Andrew DeCristofaro
Achievement in sound mixing
“American Sniper” John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Walt Martin
“Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)” Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño and Thomas Varga
“Interstellar” Gary A. Rizzo, Gregg Landaker and Mark Weingarten
“Unbroken” Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño and David Lee
“Whiplash” Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins and Thomas Curley
Achievement in visual effects
“Captain America: The Winter Soldier” Dan DeLeeuw, Russell Earl, Bryan Grill and Dan Sudick
“Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Daniel Barrett and Erik Winquist
“Guardians of the Galaxy” Stephane Ceretti, Nicolas Aithadi, Jonathan Fawkner and Paul Corbould
“Interstellar” Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter and Scott Fisher
“X-Men: Days of Future Past” Richard Stammers, Lou Pecora, Tim Crosbie and Cameron Waldbauer
Adapted screenplay
“American Sniper” Written by Jason Hall – “I am so honored to be nominated and working with Clint Eastwood was just a dream come true. I wrote this film for Taya Kyle and all the military families out there and my great hope is that by shining a light on what they go through, it can inspire us to do more for those who served, and sacrificed so much…”
“The Imitation Game” Written by Graham Moore – “I am so proud of our whole Imitation Game family this morning. To receive a response like this from the Academy is the most thrilling professional honor of my life, and getting to be involved in telling Alan Turing’s story on screen has been the most fulfilling personal honor imaginable. This was Alan’s life; I’m so proud to have gotten to help make a film about it.”
“Inherent Vice” Written for the screen by Paul Thomas Anderson
“The Theory of Everything” Screenplay by Anthony McCarten – “Thank you, members of the Academy! I am humbled to learn of our most prestigious nominations. To be in the company of such great writers and producers and artists is a tribute to our film, to our talented team who worked so hard to bring this story to life, and, most importantly, to the extraordinary example provided us all by Jane and Stephen Hawking.”
“Whiplash” Written by Damien Chazelle
Original screenplay
“Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)” Written by Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. & Armando Bo
“Boyhood” Written by Richard Linklater
“Foxcatcher” Written by E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman
“The Grand Budapest Hotel” Screenplay by Wes Anderson; Story by Wes Anderson & Hugo Guinness
“Nightcrawler” Written by Dan Gilroy
For the first time since 2011, when the balloting rules first allowed for the possibility of between five and ten nominees for Best Picture, eight films have been nominated in the category. For the 84th, 85th and 86th Academy Awards, there were nine Best Picture nominees.
In the acting categories, nine individuals are first-time nominees (Steve Carell, Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Keaton, Eddie Redmayne, J.K. Simmons, Felicity Jones, Rosamund Pike, Patricia Arquette and Emma Stone). Four of the nominees are previous acting winners (Robert Duvall, Marion Cotillard, Reese Witherspoon and Meryl Streep).
Bradley Cooper’s nomination for his leading role in American Sniper is his third consecutive acting nomination, following his nominations for his supporting role in American Hustle last year and his leading role in Silver Linings Playbook in 2012. The last performers to receive three consecutive nominations were Renée Zellweger (2001-2003) and Russell Crowe (1999-2001).
Marion Cotillard has received her second nomination for a performance in a language other than English. She won for her performance in La Vie en Rose (2007). She is the fifth performer to receive two or more acting nominations for a foreign-language performance. Marcello Mastroianni had three such nominations; Sophia Loren, Liv Ullmann and Isabelle Adjani each had two.
Meryl Streep extends her lead as the most nominated performer with her 19th nomination.
Roger Deakins now has the most nominations for Cinematography of any living person with 12. Charles B. Lang, Jr. and Leon Shamroy share the all-time record with 18 nominations each.
Colleen Atwood has the most nominations for Costume Design of any living person with 11. The overall record in the category belongs to Edith Head with 35 nominations.
Ida is the 11th predominantly black-and-white film to be nominated for Cinematography since 1967, when the separate category for black-and-white cinematography was eliminated. Previously nominated films were In Cold Blood (1967), The Last Picture Show (1971), Lenny (1974), Raging Bull (1981), Zelig (1983), Schindler’s List (1993), The Man Who Wasn’t There (2001), Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005), The White Ribbon (2009) and The Artist (2011).
Contributed by Michelle McCue, Gary Salem and Melissa Thompson
The countdown to the Oscars is less than 24 hours away.
While some of the presumed nominees, and the precursors, seemed like a done deal in the fall, Oscar watchers will know for sure on Thursday morning when the nominations for the 87th Academy Awards are announced.
Will the guilds inclusion of AMERICAN SNIPER and perceived snubs that came with the lack of BAFTA, Directors Guild and Producers Guild nominations for SELMA make any difference? What nominations will come out of left field?
The Academy expanded the Best Picture category for a possible 10 nominees with the intention of including big box-office hits that would help the show’s TV ratings. However, this year the race is dominated by specialty and independent labels with Gone Girl being the only contender with blockbuster status.
One thing is sure, this year’s race will have awards season fans biting their nails right up to Oscar Sunday, February 22.
For you die-hards getting up Thursday morning before dawn, Oscar producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron announced last week that actor Chris Pine, Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs, and directors Alfonso Cuarón and J.J. Abrams will announce the nominations in all 24 Oscar categories at a special two-part live news conference at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
The Nominations Announcement is a live news conference where more than 400 media representatives, including WAMG, from around the world will be gathered.
At 5:30 a.m. PT, Cuarón and Abrams will announce the nominees in the following categories: Animated Feature Film, Documentary Feature, Documentary Short Subject, Film Editing, Original Song, Production Design, Animated Short Film, Live Action Short Film, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing and Visual Effects.
At 5:38 a.m.PT, Pine and Boone Isaacs will take the stage to unveil the nominations for Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Cinematography, Costume Design, Directing, Foreign Language Film, Makeup and Hairstyling, Original Score, Adapted Screenplay, Original Screenplay and Best Picture.
AMERICAN SNIPER (gaining traction with all the guild noms – PGA, WGA, DGA) BIRDMAN (PGA) BOYHOOD (PGA) FOXCATCHER (PGA) GONE GIRL (PGA) THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL (PGA) THE IMITATION GAME (PGA) THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING (PGA) WHIPLASH (PGA)
If AMPAS voters go to 10, look for SELMA to make it in. Watch out for the 10th Producers Guild nominee, NIGHTCRAWLER.
BEST DIRECTOR – All line up with the Directors Guild nominees Wes Anderson – THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL Clint Eastwood – AMERICAN SNIPER Alejandro G. Inarritu – BIRDMAN Richard Linklater – BOYHOOD Morten Tyldum – THE IMITATION GAME
Spoiler: Ava DuVernay – SELMA. Watch out for WHIPLASH’s Damien Chazelle.
BEST ACTOR Benedict Cumberbatch – THE IMITIATION GAME (SAG) Ralph Fiennes – THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL (BAFTA) Michael Keaton – BIRDMAN (SAG) David Oyelowo – SELMA Eddie Redmayne – THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING (SAG)
Spoiler: Jake Gyllenhaal – NIGHTCRAWLER (SAG). Watch for a last minute surge for Bradley Cooper in AMERICAN SNIPER.
BEST ACTRESS Jennifer Aniston – CAKE (SAG) Felicity Jones – THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING (SAG) Julianne Moore – STILL ALICE (SAG) Rosamund Pike – GONE GIRL (SAG) Reese Witherspoon – WILD (SAG)
Spoiler: Marion Cotillard – TWO DAYS, ONE NIGHT. Watch out of BAFTA nominee Amy Adams, BIG EYES.
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Robert Duvall – THE JUDGE (SAG) Ethan Hawke – BOYHOOD (SAG) Edward Norton – BIRDMAN (SAG) Mark Ruffalo – FOXCATCHER (SAG) J.K. Simmons – WHIPLASH (SAG)
Spoiler: Miyavi – UNBROKEN
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Patricia Arquette – BOYHOOD (SAG) Keira Knightley – THE IMITATION GAME (SAG) Emma Stone – BIRDMAN (SAG) Meryl Streep – INTO THE WOODS (SAG) Naomi Watts – ST. VINCENT (SAG)
Spoiler: BAFTA nominee Imelda Staunton, PRIDE. Watch out for Tilda Swinton, SNOWPIERCER.
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Richard Linklater – BOYHOOD Wes Anderson and Hugo Guinness – THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman – FOXCATCHER Mike Leigh – MR. TURNER Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Armando Bo – BIRDMAN
Spoiler: Dan Gilroy – NIGHTCRAWLER
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Damien Chazelle – WHIPLASH Gillian Flynn – GONE GIRL Jason Hall – AMERICAN SNIPER Anthony McCarten – THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING Graham Moore – THE IMITATION GAME
Spoiler: Paul Thomas Anderson – INHERENT VICE
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Hoyte van Hoytema – INTERSTELLAR Roger Deakins – UNBROKEN Robert Yeoman – THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL Dick Pope – MR. TURNER Emmanuel Lubezki – BIRDMAN
Spoiler: The Tale of The Princess KAGUYA (GKIDS/Studio Ghibli) or THE BOOK OF LIFE
BEST COSTUME Collen Atwood – INTO THE WOODS Mark Bridges – INHERENT VICE Milena Canonero – THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL Ruth Carter – SELMA Milena Canonero – THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
Spoiler: THE IMITATION GAME Sammy Sheldon Differ or MR. TURNER Jacqueline Durran
BEST MAKE UP & HAIR THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL FOXCATCHER GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY MALEFICENT THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING
Spoiler: NOAH
BEST SCORE Alexandre Desplat – THE IMITATION GAME John Powell – HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2 Hans Zimmer – INTERSTELLAR Marco Beltrami – THE HOMESMAN Jóhann Jóhannsson – THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING
Spoiler: UNDER THE SKIN – Mica Levi
BEST DOCUMENTARY CITIZENFOUR FINDING VIVIAN MAIER JODOROWSKY’S DUNE KEEP ON KEEPIN’ ON LIFE ITSELF
Spoiler: VIRUNGA
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM IDA – Poland FORCE MAJEURE – Sweden LEVIATHAN – Russia TIMBUKTU – Mauritania WILD TALES – Argentina
Spoiler: THE LIBERATOR – Venezuela
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES GODZILLA GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY INTERSTELLAR X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST
Spoiler: THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN BIRDMAN INTERSTELLAR INTO THE WOODS THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL THE IMITATION GAME
Spoiler: MR. TURNER
The Academy Awards presentation will air live on ABC on Oscar Sunday, February 22, 2015.
Follow the Academy, Oscar’s producers, and host Neil Patrick Harris for the latest updates throughout Oscar season.
Contributed by Michelle McCue and Melissa Thompson
For many, Christmas morning came today in the form of the annual Oscar nominations announcement.
Actor Chris Hemsworth and Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs announced the nominations for the 86th Academy Awards today (January 16) at a 5:38 a.m. PT live news conference attended by more than 400 international media representatives. WAMG was once again invited to the big event.
AMERICAN HUSTLE and GRAVITY were the films of the day with 10 nominations, followed by a great showing for Steve McQueen’s 12 YEARS A SLAVE with 9 nods.
CAPTAIN PHILLIPS, NEBRASKA and DALLAS BUYERS CLUB saw 6 each, while Spike Jonze’s HER and Martin Scorsese’s THE WOLF OF WALL STREET garnered 5 a piece.
Of note, all the 9 Best Picture nominees were released in the last part of the 2013.
Gravity – October 3, 2013 Captain Phillips – October 10, 2013 12 Years a Slave – October 17, 2013 Dallas Buyers Club – November 1, 2013 Nebraska – November 15, 2013 Philomena – November 22, 2013 American Hustle – December 12, 2013 Her – December 18, 2013 The Wolf of Wall Street – December 25, 2013
With this being such a great year in film, there were bound to be some films and names missing.
No Oprah, Forest Whitaker or LEE DANIELS’ THE BUTLER, no Tom Hanks, Emma Thompson or SAVING MR. BANKS, no INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS in any of the big categories, no Robert Redford in Best Actor category for ALL IS LOST, no Paul Greengrass or Tom Hanks for CAPTAIN PHILLIPS. Even with it’s nomination for Cinematography and Costume design, THE GRANDMASTER failed to garner a nomination in the Best Foreign Language category, while sadly there was no posthumous nomination for James Gandolfini in ENOUGH SAID. Especially glaring was BLACKFISH missing from Best Documentary.
Even with the snubs, the morning did come with a few delightful surprises. LONE SURVIVOR got in with 2 nominations in the Sound editing and Sound mixing categories, composer Steven Price saw his first Oscar nomination for his score for GRAVITY, Jonah Hill’s name in the Best Supporting Actor category and PHILOMENA was a triumph with 4 nominations including Best Picture, Best Actress – Judi Dench, Best Score – Alexandre Desplat and Adapted Screenplay – Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope.
One thing is for sure. With nominations spread all over the place, nothing is a sure bet this year.
Academy members from each of the 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 25, 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 categories.
Hollywood will roll out the red carpet when the Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2013 are presented on Oscar® Sunday, March 2, 2014, at the Dolby Theatre® at Hollywood & Highland Center® and televised live on the ABC. The Oscars are produced by Craig Zadan and Neil Meron.
Nominations for the 86th Academy Awards
Performance by an actor in a leading role
Christian Bale in “American Hustle”
Bruce Dern in “Nebraska”
Leonardo DiCaprio in “The Wolf of Wall Street”
Chiwetel Ejiofor in “12 Years a Slave”
Matthew McConaughey in “Dallas Buyers Club”
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Barkhad Abdi in “Captain Phillips”
Bradley Cooper in “American Hustle”
Michael Fassbender in “12 Years a Slave”
Jonah Hill in “The Wolf of Wall Street”
Jared Leto in “Dallas Buyers Club”
Performance by an actress in a leading role
Amy Adams in “American Hustle”
Cate Blanchett in “Blue Jasmine”
Sandra Bullock in “Gravity”
Judi Dench in “Philomena”
Meryl Streep in “August: Osage County”
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Sally Hawkins in “Blue Jasmine”
Jennifer Lawrence in “American Hustle”
Lupita Nyong’o in “12 Years a Slave”
Julia Roberts in “August: Osage County”
June Squibb in “Nebraska”
Best animated feature film of the year
“The Croods” Chris Sanders, Kirk DeMicco and Kristine Belson
“Despicable Me 2” Chris Renaud, Pierre Coffin and Chris Meledandri
“Ernest & Celestine” Benjamin Renner and Didier Brunner
“Frozen” Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee and Peter Del Vecho
“The Wind Rises” Hayao Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki
Achievement in cinematography
“The Grandmaster” Philippe Le Sourd
“Gravity” Emmanuel Lubezki
“Inside Llewyn Davis” Bruno Delbonnel
“Nebraska” Phedon Papamichael
“Prisoners” Roger A. Deakins
Achievement in costume design
“American Hustle” Michael Wilkinson
“The Grandmaster” William Chang Suk Ping
“The Great Gatsby” Catherine Martin
“The Invisible Woman” Michael O’Connor
“12 Years a Slave” Patricia Norris
Achievement in directing
“American Hustle” David O. Russell
“Gravity” Alfonso Cuarón
“Nebraska” Alexander Payne
“12 Years a Slave” Steve McQueen
“The Wolf of Wall Street” Martin Scorsese
Best documentary feature
“The Act of Killing”Joshua Oppenheimer and Signe Byrge Sørensen
“Cutie and the Boxer” Zachary Heinzerling and Lydia Dean Pilcher
“Dirty Wars” Richard Rowley and Jeremy Scahill
“The Square” Jehane Noujaim and Karim Amer
“20 Feet from Stardom” Nominees to be determined
Best documentary short subject
“CaveDigger” Jeffrey Karoff
“Facing Fear” Jason Cohen
“Karama Has No Walls” Sara Ishaq
“The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life” Malcolm Clarke and Nicholas Reed
“Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall” Edgar Barens
Achievement in film editing
“American Hustle” Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers and Alan Baumgarten
“Captain Phillips” Christopher Rouse
“Dallas Buyers Club” John Mac McMurphy and Martin Pensa
“Gravity” Alfonso Cuarón and Mark Sanger
“12 Years a Slave” Joe Walker
Best foreign language film of the year
“The Broken Circle Breakdown” Belgium
“The Great Beauty” Italy
“The Hunt” Denmark
“The Missing Picture” Cambodia
“Omar” Palestine
Achievement in makeup and hairstyling
“Dallas Buyers Club” Adruitha Lee and Robin Mathews
“Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa” Stephen Prouty
“The Lone Ranger” Joel Harlow and Gloria Pasqua-Casny
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
“The Book Thief” John Williams
“Gravity” Steven Price
“Her” William Butler and Owen Pallett
“Philomena” Alexandre Desplat
“Saving Mr. Banks” Thomas Newman
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
“Alone Yet Not Alone” from “Alone Yet Not Alone”
Music by Bruce Broughton; Lyric by Dennis Spiegel
“Happy” from “Despicable Me 2”
Music and Lyric by Pharrell Williams
“Let It Go” from “Frozen”
Music and Lyric by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez
“The Moon Song” from “Her”
Music by Karen O; Lyric by Karen O and Spike Jonze
“Ordinary Love” from “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom”
Music by Paul Hewson, Dave Evans, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen; Lyric by Paul Hewson
Best motion picture of the year
“American Hustle” Charles Roven, Richard Suckle, Megan Ellison and Jonathan Gordon, Producers
“Captain Phillips” Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti and Michael De Luca, Producers
“Dallas Buyers Club” Robbie Brenner and Rachel Winter, Producers
“Gravity” Alfonso Cuarón and David Heyman, Producers
“Her” Megan Ellison, Spike Jonze and Vincent Landay, Producers
“Nebraska” Albert Berger and Ron Yerxa, Producers
“Philomena” Gabrielle Tana, Steve Coogan and Tracey Seaward, Producers
“12 Years a Slave” Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen and Anthony Katagas, Producers
“The Wolf of Wall Street” Nominees to be determined
Achievement in production design
“American Hustle” Production Design: Judy Becker; Set Decoration: Heather Loeffler
“Gravity” Production Design: Andy Nicholson; Set Decoration: Rosie Goodwin and Joanne Woollard
“The Great Gatsby” Production Design: Catherine Martin; Set Decoration: Beverley Dunn
“Her” Production Design: K.K. Barrett; Set Decoration: Gene Serdena
“12 Years a Slave” Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Alice Baker
Best animated short film
“Feral” Daniel Sousa and Dan Golden
“Get a Horse!” Lauren MacMullan and Dorothy McKim
“Mr. Hublot” Laurent Witz and Alexandre Espigares
“Possessions” Shuhei Morita
“Room on the Broom” Max Lang and Jan Lachauer
Best live action short film
“Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn’t Me)” Esteban Crespo
“Avant Que De Tout Perdre (Just before Losing Everything)” Xavier Legrand and Alexandre Gavras
“Helium” Anders Walter and Kim Magnusson
“Pitääkö Mun Kaikki Hoitaa? (Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?)” Selma Vilhunen and Kirsikka Saari
“The Voorman Problem” Mark Gill and Baldwin Li
Achievement in sound editing
“All Is Lost” Steve Boeddeker and Richard Hymns
“Captain Phillips” Oliver Tarney
“Gravity” Glenn Freemantle
“The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” Brent Burge
“Lone Survivor” Wylie Stateman
Achievement in sound mixing
“Captain Phillips” Chris Burdon, Mark Taylor, Mike Prestwood Smith and Chris Munro
“Gravity” Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead and Chris Munro
“The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” Christopher Boyes, Michael Hedges, Michael Semanick and Tony Johnson
“Inside Llewyn Davis” Skip Lievsay, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland
“Lone Survivor” Andy Koyama, Beau Borders and David Brownlow
Achievement in visual effects
“Gravity” Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk and Neil Corbould
“The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and Eric Reynolds
“Iron Man 3” Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Erik Nash and Dan Sudick
“The Lone Ranger” Tim Alexander, Gary Brozenich, Edson Williams and John Frazier
“Star Trek Into Darkness” Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Ben Grossmann and Burt Dalton
Adapted screenplay
“Before Midnight” Written by Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke
“Captain Phillips” Screenplay by Billy Ray
“Philomena” Screenplay by Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope
“12 Years a Slave” Screenplay by John Ridley
“The Wolf of Wall Street” Screenplay by Terence Winter
Original screenplay
“American Hustle” Written by Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell
“Blue Jasmine” Written by Woody Allen
“Dallas Buyers Club” Written by Craig Borten & Melisa Wallack
“Her” Written by Spike Jonze
“Nebraska” Written by Bob Nelson
Some fun facts about the nominees.
In the acting categories, eight individuals are first-time nominees (Chiwetel Ejiofor, Matthew McConaughey, Barkhad Abdi, Michael Fassbender, Jared Leto, Sally Hawkins, Lupita Nyong’o, June Squibb). Seven of the nominees are previous acting winners (Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Sandra Bullock, Judi Dench, Meryl Streep, Jennifer Lawrence, Julia Roberts).
Among this year’s acting nominees, Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence and Amy Adams were also nominated last year.
Jennifer Lawrence is the youngest three-time acting nominee at 23 years old. Teresa Wright was 24 years old when she received her third nomination in 1942.
Last year, Silver Linings Playbook became the first film to receive nominations for Best Picture, Directing, Writing and all four acting categories since Reds (1981). American Hustle repeats that feat.
With her Best Picture nominations for American Hustle and Her, Megan Ellison becomes the first woman and only the fourth person to receive two Best Picture nominations in the same year (since 1951, when individual producers were first cited in the nomination).
Previous producers to have done so are Francis Ford Coppola and Fred Roos (The Godfather Part II and The Conversation, 1974) and Scott Rudin (The Social Network and True Grit, 2010). For both Rudin and Ellison, the Best Picture category allowed for more than five nominees.
David O. Russell has received back-to-back nominations for directing and writing a single film (Silver Linings Playbook, 2012, and American Hustle, 2013), placing him in the company of six other filmmakers: Billy Wilder, David Lean, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, John Huston, Richard Brooks and most recently, Woody Allen (in 1977 and 1978).
Meryl Streep extends her lead as the most nominated performer with her eighteenth nomination.
Woody Allen adds to his record number of Writing nominations with his sixteenth.
Hayao Miyazaki now has three nominations for Animated Feature Film, the most in the category that was established in 2001.
With her Production Design and Costume Design nominations for The Great Gatsby, Catherine Martin becomes only the second person to be nominated in those two categories for the same film on more than one occasion. In 2001 she was nominated and won Oscars® in those categories for Moulin Rouge. The only other person to receive nominations in those two categories more than once was Piero Gherardi, who did so for three films directed by Federico Fellini (in 1961, 1963 and 1966).
John Williams has more nominations than any other living person, extending his lead with 49 (the only person with more is Walt Disney at 59). Woody Allen has the second-highest number of nominations among living persons at 24. Williams also extends his record for the most music scoring nominations with 44.
Thomas Newman’s nomination for Original Score for Saving Mr. Banks is his twelfth and brings the total for members of the Newman family (Alfred, Lionel, Emil, Thomas, David and Randy) to 88, more than any other family.
The Missing Picture, Cambodia’s first Foreign Language Film nominee, would be the second documentary nominated in the category. Waltz with Bashir, a nominee from Israel in 2008, was an animated documentary.
Nominations by the Numbers (FEATURE FILMS WITH TWO OR MORE NOMINATIONS)
“American Hustle” – 10
“Gravity” – 10
“12 Years a Slave” – 9
“Captain Phillips” – 6
“Dallas Buyers Club” – 6
“Nebraska” – 6
“Her” – 5
“The Wolf of Wall Street” – 5
“Philomena” – 4
“Blue Jasmine” – 3
“The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” – 3
“August: Osage County” – 2
“Despicable Me 2” – 2
“Frozen” – 2
“The Grandmaster” – 2
“The Great Gatsby” – 2
“Inside Llewyn Davis” – 2
“The Lone Ranger” – 2
“Lone Survivor” – 2
While we were in the thick of it waiting to go up to the Samuel Goldwyn Theater for the nominations announcement, we grabbed a few shots inside the Academy’s Headquarters.
Earlier this week Oscar producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron announced that the 86th Academy Awards will be a celebration of movie heroes. The show will honor big-screen real-life heroes, super heroes, popular heroes and animated heroes, both past and present, as well as the bold filmmakers who bring them to life
To coincide with the Oscar telecast theme, the Academy will present “The Oscars Celebrates Movie Heroes,” an exhibition in the Grand Lobby Gallery of its Beverly Hills headquarters. On display Friday, January 17 through Wednesday, March 5, the show will feature still photographs and posters from 70 titles spanning nine decades, as well as video montages comprised of excerpts from classic and contemporary films.
The exhibit will include films centered on real-life heroes (“Gandhi,” “Silkwood”), super heroes (“Superman,” “The Dark Knight”), animated heroes (“Shrek,” “The Incredibles”), action heroes (“Seven Samurai,” “Gladiator”), literary heroes (“To Kill a Mockingbird,” “Grapes of Wrath”) and more.
