2016 Academy Award Nominations Announced

Academy Award Nominations
(ABC/Andrew Eccles)
Academy Award Nominations
(ABC/Andrew Eccles)

On Thursday, Jan. 14, The 88th Academy Award Nominations were announced by directors Guillermo Del Torro and Ang Lee, actor John Krasinski and Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Cheryl Boone Isaacs. The Renevant leads the Oscar race, with 12 nominations.

Chris Rock will host the 88th Academy Awards. The Actor/Comedian/Filmmaker is returning to host the 2016 Oscars for the second time live Sunday, February 28th 2016 on ABC. Rock also hosted the Academy Awards broadcast in 2005.

“I’m so glad to be hosting the Oscars. It’s great to be back.”
— Chris Rock, Host of the 88th Oscars

Best Picture
The Big Short
Bridge of Spies
Brooklyn
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Room
Spotlight

Best Actor
Bryan Cranston, Trumbo
Matt Damon, The Martian
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs
Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl

Best Actress
Cate Blanchett, Carol
Brie Larson, Room
Jennifer Lawrence, Joy
Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years
Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn

Best Supporting Actor
Christian Bale, The Big Short
Tom Hardy, The Revenant
Mark Ruffalo, Spotlight
Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies
Sylvester Stallone, Creed

Best Supporting Actress
Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight
Rooney Mara, Carol
Rachel McAdams, Spotlight
Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl
Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs

Directing
Adam McKay, The Big Short
George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road
Alejandro G. Iñárritu, The Revenant
Lenny Abrahamson, Room
Tom McCarthy, Spotlight

Animated Feature Film
Anomalisa
Boy and the World
Inside Out
Shaun the Sheep Movie
When Marnie Was There

Cinematography
Ed Lachman, Carol
Robert Richardson, The Hateful Eight
John Seale, Mad Mad: Fury Road
Emmanuel Lubezki, The Renevant
Roger Deakins, Sicaro

Costume Design
Sandy Powell, Carol
Sandy Powell, Cinderella
Paco Delgado, The Danish Girl
Jenny Beavan, Mad Max: Fury Road
Jacqueline West, The Revenant

Documentary Feature
Amy
Cartel Land
The Look of Silence
What Happened, Miss Simone?
Winter on Fire

Documentary Short
Body Team
Chau, Beyond the Lines
Claude Lanzmann
A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness
Last Day of Freedom

Film Editing
The Big Short
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Spotlight
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Foreign Language Film
Embrace of the Serpent
Mustang
Son of Saul
Theeb
A War

Makeup and Hairstyling
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
The Revenant

Music — Original Song
“Earned It,” Music and Lyric by Abel Tesfaye, Ahmad Balshe, Jason Daheala Quenneville and Stephan Moccio — Fifty Shades of Grey
“Manta Ray” Music by J. Ralph; Lyric by Antony Hegarty — Racing Extinction
“Simple Song #3” Music and Lyric by David Lang — Youth
“Til It Happens to You” Music and Lyric by Diane Warren and Lady Gaga — The Hunting Ground
“Writing’s on the Wall” Music and Lyric by Jimmy Napes and Sam Smith — Spectre

Music — Original Score
Thomas Newman, Bridge of Spies
Carter Burwell, Carol
Ennio Morricone, The Hateful Eight
Jóhann Jóhannsson, Sicario
John Williams, Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Production Design
Bridge of Spies
The Danish Girl
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant

Short Film (Animated)
Bear Story
Prologue
Sanjay’s Super Team
We Can’t Live Without Cosmos
World of Tomorrow

Short Film (Live Action)
Ave Maria
Day One
Everything Will Be Okay (Alles Wird Gut)
Shok
Stutterer

Sound Editing
Mad Max: Fury Road
Sicario
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
The Martian
The Revenant

Sound Mixing
Bridge of Spies
Mad Max_ Fury Road
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
The Martian
The Renevant

Visual Effects
Ex Machina
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Writing — Adapted Screenplay
The Big Short
Brooklyn
Carol
The Martian
Room

Writing — Original Screenplay
Bridge of Spies
Ex Machina
Inside Out
Spotlight
Straight Outta Compton

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