Oscars 2016: And The Nominees Are...

The nominations for the 88th Academy Awards were announced and with it came some heat that for a less than ideal ratio of diversity of amongst nominees (if any). One of the most critically-talked about popular movies of the last year, Straight Outta Compton, didn’t make the cut for “Best Picture” despite an increased push for new diversity initiatives by those in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) and broader motion picture community. It at least garnered a nod in the original screenplay category and didn’t come up empty-handed. The big nominees this year are The Revenant, directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu, with a total of 12 nominations, the most of any nominees, Fury Road, directed by George Miller, with 10 nominations, The Martian, which has seven nominations and was directed by Ridley Scott and Spotlight and Carol, both of which received six nominations. The annual Oscars ceremony will be held on February 28, 2016 at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California.

And the nominees are...

BEST PICTURE

The Big Short

Producers: Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner

Bridge of Spies

Producers: Steven Spielberg, Marc Platt and Kristie Macosko Krieger

Brooklyn

Producers: Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey

Mad Max: Fury Road

Producers: Doug Mitchell and George Miller

The Martian

Producers: Simon Kinberg, Ridley Scott, Michael Schaefer and Mark Huffam

The Revenant

Producers: Arnon Milchan, Steve Golin, Alejandro G. Inarritu, Mary Parent and Keith Redmon

Room

Producer: Ed Guiney

Spotlight

Producers: Michael Sugar, Steve Golin, Nicole Rocklin and Blye Pagon Faust

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

Bryan Cranston, Trumbo

Matt Damon, The Martian

Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant

Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs

Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Christian Bale, The Big Short

Tom Hardy, The Revenant

Mark Ruffalo, Spotlight

Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies

Sylvester Stallone, Creed

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

Cate Blanchett, Carol

Brie Larson, Room

Jennifer Lawrence, Joy

Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years

Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight

Rooney Mara, Carol

Rachel McAdams, Spotlight

Alicia Vikander. The Danish Girl

Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

Anomalisa

Producers: Charlie Kaufman, Duke Johnson and Rosa Tran

Boy and the World

Producer: Ale Abreu

Inside Out

Producers: Pete Docter and Jonas Rivera

Shaun the Sheep Movie

Producers: Mark Burton and Richard Starzak

When Marnie Was There

Producers: Hiromasa Yonebayashi and Yoshiaki Nishimura

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Carol, Ed Lachman

The Hateful Eight, Robert Richardson

Mad Max: Fury Road, John Seale

The Revenant, Emmanuel Lubezki

Sicario, Roger Deakins

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Carol, Sandy Powell

Cinderella, Sandy Powell

The Danish Girl, Paco Delgado

Mad Max: Fury Road, Jenny Beavan

The Revenant, Jacqueline West

BEST DIRECTING

Adam McKay, The Big Short

George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road

Alejandro G. Inarritu, The Revenant

Lenny Abrahamson, Room

Tom McCarthy, Spotlight

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

Amy

Producers: Asif Kapadia and James Gay-Rees

Cartel Land

Producers: Matthew Heineman and Tom Yellin

The Look of Silence

Producers: Joshua Oppenheimer and Signe Byrge Sørensen

What Happened, Miss Simone?

Producers: Liz Garbus, Amy Hobby and Justin Wilkes

Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom

Producers: Evgeny Afineevsky and Den Tolmor

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT

Body Team 12

Producers: David Darg and Bryn Mooser

Chau, Beyond the Lines

Producers: Courtney Marsh and Jerry Franck

Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah

Producer: Adam Benzine

A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness

Producer: Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

Last Day of Freedom

Producers: Dee Hibbert-Jones and Nomi Talisman

BEST 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

Embrace of the Serpent, Colombia

Mustang, France

Son of Saul, Hungary

Theeb, Jordan

A War, Denmark

BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

Mad Max: Fury Road, Lesley Vanderwalt, Elka Wardega and Damian Martin

The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out a Window and Disappeared, Love Larson and Eva von Bahr

The Revenant, Sian Grigg, Duncan Jarman and Robert Pandini

BEST MUSIC - ORIGINAL SONG

“Earned It” from Fifty Shades of Grey

Music and lyrics by Abel Tesfaye, Ahmad Balshe, Jason Daheala Quenneville and Stephan Moccio

“Manta Ray” from Racing Extinction

Music by J. Ralph and lyrics by Antony Hegarty

“Simple Song #3” from Youth

Music and lyrics 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 lyrics by Jimmy Napes and Sam Smith

BEST MUSIC - ORIGINAL SCORE

Bridge of Spies, Thomas Newman

Carol, Carter Burwell

The Hateful Eight, Ennio Morricone

Sicario, Johann Johannsson

Star Wars: The Force Awakens, John Williams

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

Bridge of Spies

Production design: Adam Stockhausen; set decoration: Rena DeAngeloand 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 SHORT FILM - LIVE ACTION

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

BEST SHORT FILM - ANIMATED

Bear Story

Producers: Gabriel Osorio and Pato Escala

Prologue

Producers: Richard Williams and Imogen Sutton

Sanjay's Super Team

Producers: Sanjay Patel and Nicole Grindle

We Can't Live Without Cosmos

Producer: Konstantin Bronzit

World of Tomorrow

Producer: Don Hertzfeldt

BEST 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

BEST 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. Montano, Randy Thom and ChrisDuesterdiek

Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Andy Nelson, Christopher Scarabosio and Stuart Wilson

BEST 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 Scanlanand Chris Corbould

BEST WRITING - ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

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 Scanlanand Chris Corbould

BEST WRITING - ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Bridge of Spies

Written by Matt Charman, Ethan Coen and 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 and Tom McCarthy

Straight Outta Compton

Screenplay by Jonathan Herman and Andrea Berloff; story by S. Leigh Savidge, Alan Wenkus and Andrea Berloff

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