Oscars: Nominees announced for 88th annual Academy Awards
January 14, 2016

Oscars: Nominees announced for 88th annual Academy Awards

LOS ANGELES — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) announced the nominees for the 88th Academy Awards ceremony, which will take place on February 28, 2016, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. The Revenant and  Mad Max: Fury Road are two of the top films with multiple nominations.

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE NOMINEES
BRYAN CRANSTON
Trumbo
MATT DAMON
The Martian
LEONARDO DICAPRIO
The Revenant
MICHAEL FASSBENDER
Steve Jobs
EDDIE REDMAYNE
The Danish Girl

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE NOMINEES
TOM HARDY
The Revenant
MARK RUFFALO
Spotlight
MARK RYLANCE
Bridge of Spies
SYLVESTER STALLONE
Creed
CHRISTIAN BALE
The Big Short

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE NOMINEES
CATE BLANCHETT
Carol
BRIE LARSON
Room
JENNIFER LAWRENCE
Joy
CHARLOTTE RAMPLING
45 Years
SAOIRSE RONAN
Brooklyn

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE NOMINEES
JENNIFER JASON LEIGH
The Hateful Eight
ROONEY MARA
Carol
RACHEL MCADAMS
Spotlight
ALICIA VIKANDER
The Danish Girl
KATE WINSLET
Steve Jobs

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM NOMINEES
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
ANOMALISA
Charlie Kaufman, Duke Johnson and Rosa Tran
BOY AND THE WORLD
Alê Abreu

BEST PICTURE NOMINEES
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

CINEMATOGRAPHY NOMINEES
CAROL
Ed Lachman
THE HATEFUL EIGHT
Robert Richardson
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
John Seale
THE REVENANT
Emmanuel Lubezki
SICARIO
Roger Deakins

COSTUME DESIGN NOMINEES
CAROL
Sandy Powell
CINDERELLA
Sandy Powell
THE DANISH GIRL
Paco Delgado
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
Jenny Beavan
THE REVENANT
Jacqueline West

DIRECTING NOMINEES
THE BIG SHORT
Adam McKay
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
George Miller
THE REVENANT
Alejandro G. Iñárritu
ROOM
Lenny Abrahamson
SPOTLIGHT
Tom McCarthy

FILM EDITING NOMINEES
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

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM NOMINEES
MUSTANG
France
SON OF SAUL
Hungary
THEEB
Jordan
A WAR
Denmark
EMBRACE OF THE SERPENT
Colombia

MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING NOMINEES
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

PRODUCTION DESIGN NOMINEES
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

SOUND EDITING NOMINEES
STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS
Matthew Wood and David Acord
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
Mark Mangini and David White
THE MARTIAN
Oliver Tarney
THE REVENANT
Martin Hernandez and Lon Bender
SICARIO
Alan Robert Murray

SOUND MIXING NOMINEES
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

VISUAL EFFECTS NOMINEES
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

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE) NOMINEES
BRIDGE OF SPIES
Thomas Newman
CAROL
Carter Burwell
THE HATEFUL EIGHT
Ennio Morricone
SICARIO
Jóhann Jóhannsson
STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS
John Williams

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY) NOMINEES
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; Story by S. Leigh Savidge & Alan Wenkus and Andrea Berloff

DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT) NOMINEES
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

DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE) NOMINEES
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
SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
NOMINEES
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
BEAR STORY
Gabriel Osorio and Pato Escala

SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION) NOMINEES
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

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG) NOMINEES
FIFTY SHADES OF GREY
“Earned It” from Fifty Shades of Grey; Music and Lyric by Abel Tesfaye, Ahmad Balshe, Jason Daheala Quenneville and Stephan Moccio
RACING EXTINCTION
“Manta Ray” from Racing Extinction; Music by J. Ralph, Lyric by Antony Hegarty
YOUTH
“Simple Song #3” from Youth; Music and Lyric by David Lang
THE HUNTING GROUND
“Til It Happens To You” from The Hunting Ground; Music and Lyric by Diane Warren and Lady Gaga
SPECTRE
“Writing’s On The Wall” from Spectre; Music and Lyric by Jimmy Napes and Sam Smith

WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY) NOMINEES
CAROL
Screenplay by Phyllis Nagy
THE MARTIAN
Screenplay by Drew Goddard
ROOM
Screenplay by Emma Donoghue
THE BIG SHORT
Screenplay by Charles Randolph and Adam McKay
BROOKLYN
Screenplay by Nick Hornby