Bright and early Tuesday, January 23, Jack Quaid and Zazie Beetz announced the nominees for the 96th Academy Awards. As expected, “Oppenheimer” was the showstopper with 13 nominations, including Best Picture and Directing, a favorite in both categories. As has been shaping up all awards season, “Poor Things,” “Killers of the Flower Moon,” “Barbie,” and “Poor Things” were some of the other stalwarts with 11, 10, and 8 nominations, respectively. Films like “May December” missed out, which garnered a single award for Best Adapted Screenplay, despite early acting award projections for Julianne Moore and Charles Melton. Films like “Anatomy Of A Fall” and “The Zone Of Interest” were on the rise and likely helped by voting from 93 countries.
On the acting front, “Nyad” made the same impact it made for the Screen Actors Guild nominees, with Annette Bening pushing out Margot Robbie and her performance in “Barbie,” and Jodie Foster appearing for her “Nyad” supporting role. Robbie may have missed, but America Ferrera surprised in the Best Actress in a Supporting Role category. Her epic speech in “Barbie” and her poise and grace throughout the award ceremonies leading up to Academy voting are likely just some of the reasons why. “American Fiction” overperformed as well, with Sterling K. Brown as the beneficiary of Charles Melton missing in Best Actor in a Supporting Role and Laura Karpman’s score sneaking in, on top of nominations for Jeffrey Wright, Cord Jefferson’s screenplay and Best Picture.
John Williams and Diane Warren were some Academy favorites who received nominations for work arguably not the best of the year, with “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” and “Flamin’ Hot,” respectively. The Animation Branch moved away from the more well-known big-budget fair and nominated “Nimona” and “Robot Dreams” over the likes of “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” and “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem.” Greta Gerwig (“Barbie”) missed out on the Directing category, but Justine Triet (“Anatomy Of A Fall”) made sure to disrupt the male-heavy category.
Some shockers included “Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie” missing out in the Documentary Feature category and getting replaced by “To Kill A Tiger.” Despite grabbing a nomination for Original Song, “American Symphony” also missed out on Documentary Feature. The Walt Disney short “Once Upon A Studio” was left out of the Documentary Short category. And, with France submitting “The Taste Of Things” as their International Feature nominee over “Anatomy Of A Fall,” they missed out entirely. In what is likely the biggest upset of the morning, Jonathan Glazer, who is also a Directing nominee, received the Adapted Screenplay nomination for “The Zone Of Interest,” which got in over Martin Scorsese and Eric Roth’s “Killers of the Flower Moon.”
The 96th Academy Awards will be handed out on Sunday, March 10, at the Dolby Theatre, with a new start time of 7:00 p.m. ET / 4:00 p.m. PT, hosted again by Jimmy Kimmel.
BEST PICTURE
“American Fiction”
Orion Pictures
“ANATOMY OF A FALL”
Neon
“BARBIE”
Warner Bros. Pictures
“THE HOLDOVERS”
Focus Features
“KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON”
Paramount Pictures + Apple Original Films
“MAESTRO”
Netflix
“OPPENHEIMER”
Universal Pictures
“PAST LIVES”
A24
“POOR THINGS”
Searchlight Pictures
“THE ZONE OF INTEREST”
A24
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
BRADLEY COOPER
“Maestro”
Netflix
COLMAN DOMINGO
“Rustin”
Netflix
PAUL GIAMATTI
“The Holdovers”
Focus Features
CILLIAN MURPHY
“Oppenheimer”
Universal Pictures
JEFFREY WRIGHT
“American Fiction”
Orion Pictures
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Annette Bening
“Nyad”
Netflix
LILY GLADSTONE
“Killers of the Flower Moon”
Paramount Pictures + Apple Original Films
Sandra Hüller
“Anatomy of a Fall”
Neon
CAREY MULLIGAN
“Maestro”
Netflix
EMMA STONE
“Poor Things”
Searchlight Pictures
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Sterling K. Brown
“American Fiction”
Orion Pictures
ROBERT DE NIRO
“Killers of the Flower Moon”
Paramount Pictures + Apple Original Films
ROBERT DOWNEY JR.
“Oppenheimer”
Universal Pictures
RYAN GOSLING
“Barbie”
Warner Bros. Pictures
MARK RUFFALO
“Poor Things”
Searchlight Pictures
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
EMILY BLUNT
“Oppenheimer”
Universal Pictures
DANIELLE BROOKS
“The Color Purple”
Warner Bros. Pictures
AMERICA FERRARA
“Barbie”
Warner Bros. Pictures
Jodie Foster
“Nyad”
Netflix
DA’VINE JOY RANDOLPH
“The Holdovers”
Focus Features
ANIMATED FEATURE
“THE BOY AND THE HERON”
Studio Ghibli
“ELEMENTAL”
Pixar Animation + Walt Disney Pictures
“Nimona”
Netflix
“ROBOT DREAMS”
NEON
“SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE”
Sony + Columbia Pictures
CINEMATOGRAPHY
“EL CONDE”
Edward Lachman
Netflix
“KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON”
Rodrigo Prieto
Paramount Pictures + Apple Original Films
“MAESTRO”
Matthew Libatique
Netflix
“OPPENHEIMER”
Hoyte van Hoytema
Universal Pictures
“POOR THINGS”
Robbie Ryan
Searchlight Pictures
COSTUME DESIGN
“BARBIE”
Jacqueline Durran
Warner Bros. Pictures
“KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON”
Jacqueline West
Paramount Pictures + Apple Original Films
“Napoleon”
Janty Yates and Dave Crossman
Columbia Pictures + Apple Original Films
“OPPENHEIMER”
Ellen Mirojnick
Universal Pictures
“POOR THINGS”
Holly Waddington
Searchlight Pictures
DIRECTING
JONATHAN GLAZER
“The Zone Of Interest”
A24
YORGOS LANTHIMOS
“Poor Things”
Searchlight Pictures
CHRISTOPHER NOLAN
“Oppenheimer”
Universal Pictures
MARTIN SCORSESE
“Killers of the Flower Moon”
Paramount Pictures + Apple Original Films
Justine Triet
“Anatomy of a Fall”
Neon
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
“20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL”
PBS Distribution
“BOBI WINE: THE PEOPLE’S PRESIDENT”
National Geographic
“The Eternal Memory”
MTV Documentary Films
“FOUR DAUGHTERS”
Kino Lorber
“To Kill a Tiger”
Notice Pictures
DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
“The ABCs Of Book Banning”
Sheila Nevins and Trish Adlesic
“The Barber of Little Rock”
John Hoffman and Christine Turner
“Island In Between”
S. Leo Chiang and Jean Tsien
“The Last Repair Shop”
Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers
“Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó”
Sean Wang and Sam Davis
FILM EDITING
“Anatomy Of A Fall”
Laurent Sénéchal
Neon
“The Holdovers”
Kevin Tent
Focus Features
“KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON”
Thelma Schoonmaker
Paramount Pictures + Apple Original Films
“OPPENHEIMER”
Jennifer Lame
Universal Pictures
“POOR THINGS”
Yorgos Mavropsaridis
Searchlight Pictures
INTERNATIONAL FEATURE
“Io Capitano”
Italy
Pathe + 01 Distribution
“PERFECT DAYS”
Japan
MUBI
“SOCIETY OF THE SNOW”
Spain
Netflix
“THE TEACHERS’ LOUNGE”
Germany
Sony Pictures Classics
“THE ZONE OF INTEREST”
United Kingdom
A24
MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING
“Golda”
Bleecker Street
“MAESTRO”
Netflix
“Oppenheimer”
Universal Pictures
“POOR THINGS”
Searchlight Pictures
“Society of the Snow”
Netflix
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)
“AMERICAN FICTION”
Laura Karpman
Amazon MGM Studios + Orion Pictures
“INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY”
John Williams
Walt Disney Pictures
“KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON”
Robbie Robertson
Paramount Pictures + Apple Original Films
“OPPENHEIMER”
Ludwig Göransson
Universal Pictures
“POOR THINGS”
Jerskin Fendrix
Searchlight Pictures
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)
“It Never Went Away”
from “American Symphony”
Music and Lyrics by Jon Batiste & Dan Wilson
Netflix
“I’m Just Ken”
from “Barbie”
Music and Lyrics by Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt
Warner Bros. Pictures
“What Was I Made For?”
from “Barbie”
Music and Lyrics by Billie Eilish & Finneas O’Connell
Warner Bros. Pictures
“The Fire Inside”
from “Flamin’ Hot”
Written by Diane Warren
Searchlight Pictures
“Wahzhazhe
(A Song For My People)”
from “Killers of the Flower Moon”
Music and Lyrics by Scott George
Paramount Pictures + Apple Original Films
PRODUCTION DESIGN
“BARBIE”
Warner Bros. Pictures
“KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON”
Paramount Pictures + Apple Original Films
“NAPOLEON”
Columbia Pictures + Apple Original Films
“OPPENHEIMER”
Universal Pictures
“POOR THINGS”
Searchlight Pictures
SHORT FILM (ANIMATION)
“Letter to a Pig”
Tal Kantor and Amit R. Gicelter
“Ninety-Five Senses”
Jerusha Hess and Jared Hess
“Our Uniform”
Yegane Moghaddam
“Pachyderme”
Stéphanie Clément and Marc Rius
“War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko”
Dave Mullins and Brad Booker
SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
“The After”
Misan Harriman and Nicky Bentham
“Invicible”
Vincent René-Lortie and Samuel Caron
“Knight of Fortune”
Lasse Lyskjær Noer and Christian Norlyk
“Red, White, and Blue”
Nazrin Choudhury and Sara McFarlane
“The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar”
Wes Anderson and Steven Rales
SOUND
“THE CREATOR”
20th Century Studios
“MAESTRO”
Netflix
“Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One”
Paramount Pictures
“OPPENHEIMER”
Universal Pictures
“THE ZONE OF INTEREST”
A24
VISUAL EFFECTS
“The Creator”
20th Century Studios
“GODZILLA MINUS ONE”
Toho International
“Guardians Of The Galaxy
Vol. 3″
Marvel + Walt Disney Pictures
“Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One”
Paramount Pictures
“NAPOLEON”
Columbia Pictures + Apple Original Films
WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
“American Fiction”
Written by Cord Jefferson
Based on “Erasure” by Percival Everett
Orion Pictures
“BARBIE”
Written by Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach
Warner Bros. Pictures
“OPPENHEIMER”
Written by Christopher Nolan
Based on “American Prometheus” by Kai Bird & Martin J. Sherwin
Universal Pictures
“POOR THINGS”
Written by Tony McNamara
Based on “Poor Things” by Alasdair Gray
Searchlight Pictures
“THE ZONE OF INTEREST”
Written by Jonathan Glazer
Based on “The Zone of Interest” by Martin Amis
A24
WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
“ANATOMY OF A FALL”
Justine Triet & Arthur Harari
Neon
“THE HOLDOVERS”
David Hemingson
Focus Features
“MAESTRO”
Bradley Cooper & Josh Singer
Netflix
“MAY DECEMBER”
Samy Burch
Story by Samy Burch & Alex Mechanik
Netflix
“PAST LIVES”
Celine Song
A24
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