March 15, 2021
Note: Nominations press kit available here
® 93RD OSCARS NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED
THE OSCARS SET TO AIR LIVE, APRIL 25, 2021, ON ABC
Actor-producer Priyanka Chopra Jonas and singer, songwriter and actor Nick Jonas announced the ® 93rd Oscars nominations today (March 15), live from London, via a global live stream on Oscar.com, Oscars.org, the Academy’s digital platforms, an international satellite feed and broadcast media.
Chopra Jonas and Jonas announced the nominees in 23 categories at 5:19 a.m. PDT. For a complete list of nominees, visit the official Oscars website, www.oscar.com.
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 International Feature Film categories, nominees are selected by a vote of multi-branch screening committees. All voting members are eligible to select the Best Picture nominees.
Active members of the Academy are eligible to vote for the winners in all 23 categories beginning Thursday, April 15, through Tuesday, April 20.
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® The 93rd Oscars will be held on Sunday, April 25, 2021, at Union Station Los Angeles and the Dolby ® Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood, and will be televised live on ABC at 8 p.m. EDT/5 p.m. PDT. The Oscars also will be televised live in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide.
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FOLLOW THE ACADEMY www.oscars.org www.facebook.com/TheAcademy www.youtube.com/Oscars www.twitter.com/TheAcademy www.instagram.com/TheAcademy NOMINATIONS BY CATEGORY - 93RD AWARDS
Performance by an actor in a leading role
Riz Ahmed in "Sound of Metal" (Amazon Studios)
Chadwick Boseman in "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom"
(Netflix) Anthony Hopkins in "The Father" (Sony
Pictures Classics) Gary Oldman in "Mank" (Netflix)
Steven Yeun in "Minari" (A24)
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Sacha Baron Cohen in "The Trial of the Chicago 7" (Netflix)
Daniel Kaluuya in "Judas and the Black Messiah"
(Warner Bros.) Leslie Odom, Jr. in "One Night in
Miami..." (Amazon Studios) Paul Raci in "Sound of
Metal" (Amazon Studios)
Lakeith Stanfield in "Judas and the Black Messiah" (Warner Bros.)
Performance by an actress in a leading role
Viola Davis in "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" (Netflix)
Andra Day in "The United States vs. Billie Holiday" (Hulu)
Vanessa Kirby in "Pieces of a Woman" (Netflix)
Frances McDormand in "Nomadland" (Searchlight)
Carey Mulligan in "Promising Young Woman" (Focus Features)
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Maria Bakalova in "Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan" (Amazon Studios)
Glenn Close in "Hillbilly Elegy" (Netflix)
Olivia Colman in "The Father" (Sony Pictures Classics)
Amanda Seyfried in "Mank" (Netflix)
Yuh-Jung Youn in "Minari" (A24) Best animated feature film of the year
"Onward" (Walt Disney) Dan Scanlon and Kori Rae
"Over the Moon" (Netflix) Glen Keane, Gennie Rim and Peilin Chou
"A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon" (Netflix) Richard Phelan, Will Becher and Paul Kewley
"Soul" (Walt Disney) Pete Docter and Dana Murray
"Wolfwalkers" (Apple/GKIDS) Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart, Paul Young and Stéphan Roelants
Achievement in cinematography
"Judas and the Black Messiah" (Warner Bros.) Sean Bobbitt
"Mank" (Netflix) Erik Messerschmidt
"News of the World" (Universal) Dariusz Wolski
"Nomadland" (Searchlight) Joshua James Richards
"The Trial of the Chicago 7" (Netflix) Phedon Papamichael
Achievement in costume design
"Emma" (Focus Features) Alexandra Byrne
"Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" (Netflix) Ann Roth
"Mank" (Netflix) Trish Summerville
"Mulan" (Walt Disney) Bina Daigeler
"Pinocchio" (Roadside Attractions) Massimo Cantini Parrini
Achievement in directing
"Another Round" (Samuel Goldwyn Films) Thomas Vinterberg
"Mank" (Netflix) David Fincher
"Minari" (A24) Lee Isaac Chung
"Nomadland" (Searchlight) Chloé Zhao
"Promising Young Woman" (Focus Features) Emerald Fennell Best documentary feature
"Collective" (Magnolia Pictures/Participant) Alexander Nanau and Bianca Oana An Alexander Nanau Production/Samsa Film/HBO Europe Production "Crip Camp" (Netflix) Nicole Newnham, Jim LeBrecht and Sara A Higher Ground and Rusted Spoke in association with Little Bolder Punk, JustFilms, Ford Foundation Production "The Mole Agent" (Gravitas Ventures) Maite Alberdi and Marcela Santibáñez A Micromundo Producciones/Motto Pictures/Sutor Kolonko/Volya Films/Malvalanda Production "My Octopus Teacher" (Netflix) Pippa Ehrlich, James Reed and Craig Foster A Netflix Original Documentary in association with Off the Fence and The Sea Change Project Production Garrett Bradley, Lauren Domino and "Time" (Amazon Studios) Kellen Quinn A Concordia Studio in association with The New York Times, Outer Piece and Hedgehog Films Production
Best documentary short subject
"Colette" Anthony Giacchino and Alice Doyard A Respawn Entertainment/Oculus Studios/Time Travel Unlimited Production "A Concerto Is a Conversation" (New York Times Op-Docs) Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers Anders A Breakwater Studios Production
"Do Not Split" Hammer and Charlotte Cook A Field of Vision Production
"Hunger Ward" (MTV Documentary Films) Skye Fitzgerald and Michael Scheuerman A Spin Film/Vulcan Production
"A Love Song for Latasha" (Netflix) A Sophia Nahli Allison and Janice Duncan Black Dreams LLC Production
Achievement in film editing
"The Father" (Sony Pictures Classics) Yorgos Lamprinos
"Nomadland" (Searchlight) Chloé Zhao
"Promising Young Woman" (Focus Features) Frédéric Thoraval
"Sound of Metal" (Amazon Studios) Mikkel E. G. Nielsen
"The Trial of the Chicago 7" (Netflix) Alan Baumgarten Best international feature film of the year
"Another Round" Denmark A Zentropa Entertainments Production
"Better Days" Hong Kong A Goodfellas Pictures Limited Production
"Collective" Romania An Alexander Nanau Production/Samsa Film/HBO Europe Production
"The Man Who Sold His Skin" Tunisia A Tanit Films Production
"Quo Vadis, Aida?" Bosnia and Herzegovina A Deblokada Production
Achievement in makeup and hairstyling
"Emma" (Focus Features) Marese Langan, Laura Allen and Claudia Stolze
"Hillbilly Elegy" (Netflix) Eryn Krueger Mekash, Matthew Mungle and Patricia Dehaney
"Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" (Netflix) Sergio Lopez-Rivera, Mia Neal and Jamika Wilson
"Mank" (Netflix) Gigi Williams, Kimberley Spiteri and Colleen LaBaff
"Pinocchio" (Roadside Attractions) Mark Coulier, Dalia Colli and Francesco Pegoretti
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
"Da 5 Bloods" (Netflix) Terence Blanchard
"Mank" (Netflix) Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
"Minari" (A24) Emile Mosseri
"News of the World" (Universal) James Newton Howard
"Soul" (Walt Disney) Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
"Fight For You" from "Judas and the Black Messiah" Music by H.E.R. and Dernst Emile II (Warner Bros.) Lyric by H.E.R. and Tiara Thomas
"Hear My Voice" from "The Trial of the Chicago 7" Music by Daniel Pemberton (Netflix) Lyric by Daniel Pemberton and Celeste Waite "Husavik" from "Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga" Music and Lyric by Savan Kotecha, Fat (Netflix) Max Gsus and Rickard Göransson
"Io Sì (Seen)" from "The Life Ahead (La Vita Davanti a Se)" Music by Diane Warren (Netflix) Lyric by Diane Warren and Laura Pausini
"Speak Now" from "One Night in Miami..." Music and Lyric by Leslie Odom, Jr. (Amazon Studios) and Sam Ashworth
Best motion picture of the year
"The Father" (Sony Pictures Classics) David Parfitt, Jean-Louis Livi and A Trademark Films/F Comme Film/Ciné-@ Production Philippe Carcassonne, Producers
"Judas and the Black Messiah" (Warner Bros.) A Shaka King, Charles D. King and Ryan Macros Media/Proximity Media Production Coogler, Producers
"Mank" (Netflix) Ceán Chaffin, Eric Roth and Douglas A Netflix International Pictures Production Urbanski, Producers "Minari" (A24) A Plan B Production Christina Oh, Producer
"Nomadland" (Searchlight) Frances McDormand, Peter Spears, A Highwayman/Hear/Say Productions/Cor Cordium Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey and Chloé Production Zhao, Producers
"Promising Young Woman" (Focus Features) Ben Browning, Ashley Fox, Emerald A LuckyChap Entertainment/FilmNation Fennell and Josey McNamara, Producers Entertainment Production Bert Hamelinck and Sacha Ben Harroche, "Sound of Metal" (Amazon Studios) Producers A Caviar/Flat 7 Production
"The Trial of the Chicago 7" (Netflix) Marc Platt and Stuart Besser, Producers A Netflix in association with Cross Creek Pictures/Marc Platt/DreamWorks Pictures in association with ShivHans Pictures Production Achievement in production design
"The Father" (Sony Pictures Classics) Production Design: Peter Francis Set Decoration: Cathy Featherstone
"Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" (Netflix) Production Design: Mark Ricker Set Decoration: Karen O'Hara and Diana Stoughton "Mank" (Netflix) Production Design: Donald Graham Set Decoration: Burt Jan Pascale
"News of the World" (Universal) Production Design: David Crank Set Decoration: Elizabeth Keenan
"Tenet" (Warner Bros.) Production Design: Nathan Crowley Set Decoration: Kathy Lucas
Best animated short film
"Burrow" (Walt Disney) Madeline Sharafian and Michael Capbarat A Pixar Animation Studios Production
"Genius Loci" Adrien Mérigeau and Amaury Ovise A Kazak Production
"If Anything Happens I Love You" (Netflix) Will McCormack and Michael Govier A Gilbert Films and Oh Good Production
"Opera" Erick Oh A Beasts And Natives Alike Production
"Yes-People" Gísli Darri Halldórsson and Arnar A CAOZ and Hólamói Production Gunnarsson
Best live action short film
"Feeling Through" Doug Roland and Susan Ruzenski Elvira A Doug Roland Films Production
"The Letter Room" Lind and Sofia Sondervan A Dutch Tilt Film, Mad Gene Media and Topic Production
"The Present" Farah Nabulsi A Philistine Films Production
"Two Distant Strangers" Travon Free and Martin Desmond Roe A Dirty Robber Production
"White Eye" Tomer Shushan and Shira Hochman A MINA Films and KM Production Achievement in sound
"Greyhound" (Apple) Warren Shaw, Michael Minkler, Beau Borders and David Wyman
"Mank" (Netflix) Ren Klyce, Jeremy Molod, David Parker, Nathan Nance and Drew Kunin
"News of the World" (Universal) Oliver Tarney, Mike Prestwood Smith, William Miller and John Pritchett
"Soul" (Walt Disney) Ren Klyce, Coya Elliott and David Parker
"Sound of Metal" (Amazon Studios) Nicolas Becker, Jaime Baksht, Michelle Couttolenc, Carlos Cortés and Phillip Bladh
Achievement in visual effects
"Love and Monsters" (Paramount) Matt Sloan, Genevieve Camilleri, Matt Everitt and Brian Cox
"The Midnight Sky" (Netflix) Matthew Kasmir, Christopher Lawrence, Max Solomon and David Watkins
"Mulan" (Walt Disney) Sean Faden, Anders Langlands, Seth Maury and Steve Ingram
"The One and Only Ivan" (Walt Disney) Nick Davis, Greg Fisher, Ben Jones and Santiago Colomo Martinez
"Tenet" (Warner Bros.) Andrew Jackson, David Lee, Andrew Lockley and Scott Fisher
Adapted screenplay
"Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe Screenplay by Sacha Baron Cohen & to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation Anthony Hines & Dan Swimer & Peter of Kazakhstan" (Amazon Studios) Baynham & Erica Rivinoja & Dan Mazer & Jena Friedman & Lee Kern Story by Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines & Dan Swimer & Nina Pedrad
"The Father" (Sony Pictures Classics) Screenplay by Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller
"Nomadland" (Searchlight) Written for the screen by Chloé Zhao
"One Night in Miami..." (Amazon Studios) Screenplay by Kemp Powers
"The White Tiger" (Netflix) Written for the screen by Ramin Bahrani Original screenplay
"Judas and the Black Messiah" (Warner Bros.) Screenplay by Will Berson & Shaka King Story by Will Berson & Shaka King and Kenny Lucas & Keith Lucas
"Minari" (A24) Written by Lee Isaac Chung
"Promising Young Woman" (Focus Features) Written by Emerald Fennell
"Sound of Metal" (Amazon Studios) Screenplay by Darius Marder & Abraham Marder Story by Darius Marder & Derek Cianfrance
"The Trial of the Chicago 7" (Netflix) Written by Aaron Sorkin MOTION PICTURE NOMINATIONS - 93RD AWARDS
NOMINATIONS BY PICTURE
(This list does not include Short Films or Documentary Short Subjects.)
"Another Round," a Zentropa Entertainments Production (Samuel Goldwyn Films) - (2 nominations) Directing Best international feature film (Denmark)
"Better Days," a Goodfellas Pictures Limited Production (Well Go USA) - (1 nomination) Best international feature film (Hong Kong)
"Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan," a Four by Two Films Production (2 nominations) (Amazon Studios) Maria Bakalova - Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Adapted screenplay
"Collective," an Alexander Nanau Production/Samsa Film/HBO Europe Production (Magnolia Pictures/Participant) (2 nominations)
Documentary feature
Best international feature film (Romania)
"Crip Camp," a Higher Ground and Rusted Spoke in association with Little Punk, JustFilms, (1 nomination) Ford Foundation Production (Netflix)
Documentary feature
"Da 5 Bloods," a Netflix/Lloyd Levin/Beatriz Levin/40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks/Rahway (1 nomination) Road Production (Netflix) Original score
"Emma," a Working Title/Blueprint Pictures Production (Focus Features) - (2 nominations) Costume design Makeup and hairstyling
"Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga," a Gary Sanchez Productions/Gloria (1 Sanchez Productions in association with the EBU Production (Netflix) nomination) Original song - "Husavik"
"The Father," a Trademark Films/F Comme Film/Ciné-@ Production (Sony Pictures (6 Classics) nominations) Anthony Hopkins - Performance by an actor in a leading role
Olivia Colman - Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Film editing
Best picture Production design Adapted screenplay
(1 "Greyhound," a Playtone/Sony Pictures Entertainment and Stage 6 Films in association with nomina Bron Creative, Zhengfu Pictures, Sycamore Pictures and FilmNation Entertainment tion) Production (Apple) Sound
"Hillbilly Elegy," a Netflix/Imagine Entertainment Production (Netflix)- (2 nominations) Glenn Close - Performance by an actress in a supporting role Makeup and hairstyling
"Judas and the Black Messiah," a Macros Media/Proximity Media Production (Warner (6 Bros.) nominations) Daniel Kaluuya - Performance by an actor in a supporting role Lakeith Stanfield - Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Cinematography
Original song - "Fight For You"
Best picture Original screenplay
"The Life Ahead (La Vita Davanti a Se)," a Netflix/Palomar in collaboration with Artemis (1 Rising Foundation Production (Netflix) nomination) Original song - "Io Sì (Seen)"
"Love and Monsters," a Paramount Pictures Production (Paramount) - (1 nomination) Visual effects
"Ma Rainey's Black Bottom," a Netflix/Mundy Lane Entertainment/Escape Artists (5 Production (Netflix) nominations) Chadwick Boseman - Performance by an actor in a leading role Viola Davis - Performance by an actress in a leading role Costume design Makeup and hairstyling Production design
"The Man Who Sold His Skin," a Tanit Films Production (Samuel Goldwyn Films) - (1 nomination) Best international feature film (Tunisia)
"Mank," a Netflix International Pictures Production (Netflix) - (10 nominations) Gary Oldman - Performance by an actor in a leading role Amanda Seyfried - Performance by an actress in a supporting role Cinematography Costume design Directing Makeup and hairstyling Original score Best picture Production design Sound "The Midnight Sky," a Smokehouse/Anonymous Content Production (Netflix) - (1 nomination) Visual effects
"Minari," a Plan B Production (A24) - (6 nominations) Steven Yeun - Performance by an actor in a leading role Yuh-Jung Youn - Performance by an actress in a supporting role Directing Original score Best picture Original screenplay
"The Mole Agent," a Micromundo Producciones/Motto Pictures/Sutor Kolonko/Volya (1 Films/Malvalanda Production (Gravitas Ventures) nomination) Documentary feature
"Mulan," a Walt Disney Pictures Production (Walt Disney) - (2 nominations) Costume design Visual effects
"My Octopus Teacher," a Netflix Original Documentary in association with Off the Fence (1 and The Sea Change Project Production (Netflix) nomination) Documentary feature
"News of the World," a Playtone Production (Universal) - (4 nominations) Cinematography Original score Production design Sound
"Nomadland," a Highwayman/Hear/Say Productions/Cor Cordium Production (Searchlight) - (6 nominations) Frances McDormand - Performance by an actress in a leading role Cinematography Directing Film editing Best picture Adapted screenplay
"The One and Only Ivan," a Walt Disney Pictures Production (Walt Disney) - (1 nomination) Visual effects
"One Night in Miami...," an Abkco Films/Snoot Entertainment Production (Amazon Studios) - (3 nominations) Leslie Odom, Jr. - Performance by an actor in a supporting role Original song - "Speak Now" Adapted screenplay
"Onward," a Pixar Animation Studios Production (Walt Disney) - (1 nomination) Best animated feature film "Over the Moon," a Netflix/Pearl Studio/Glen Keane Production (Netflix) - (1 nomination) Best animated feature film
"Pieces of a Woman," a Netflix/Little Lamb/Bron Studios in association with Proton Cinema in (1 association with Creative Wealth Media Production (Netflix) nomination) Vanessa Kirby - Performance by an actress in a leading role
"Pinocchio," an Archimede/Rai Cinema/Le Pacte/Recorded Picture Company Production (2 (Roadside Attractions) nominations) Costume design Makeup and hairstyling
"Promising Young Woman," a LuckyChap Entertainment/FilmNation Entertainment (5 Production (Focus Features) nominations) Carey Mulligan - Performance by an actress in a leading role Directing Film editing Best picture Original screenplay
"Quo Vadis, Aida?," a Deblokada Production (Super LTD) - (1 nomination) Best international feature film (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
"A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon," a Studiocanal and Aardman in association with (1 Anton Capital Entertainment Production (Netflix) nomination) Best animated feature film
"Soul," a Walt Disney Animation Studios Production (Walt Disney) - (3 nominations) Best animated feature film Original score Sound
"Sound of Metal," a Caviar/Flat 7 Production (Amazon Studios) - (6 nominations) Riz Ahmed - Performance by an actor in a leading role Paul Raci - Performance by an actor in a supporting role Film editing Best picture Sound Original screenplay
"Tenet," a Syncopy Films Production (Warner Bros.) - (2 nominations) Production design Visual effects
"Time," a Concordia Studio in association with The New York Times, Outer Piece and (1 Hedgehog Films Production (Amazon Studios) nomination) Documentary feature
"The Trial of the Chicago 7," a Netflix in association with Cross Creek Pictures/Marc (6 Platt/DreamWorks Pictures in association with ShivHans Pictures Production (Netflix) nominations) Sacha Baron Cohen - Performance by an actor in a supporting role Cinematography Film editing Original song - "Hear My Voice" Best picture
Original screenplay
"The United States vs. Billie Holiday," a Hulu Original/New Slate Ventures/Lee Daniels (1 Entertainment/Roth-Krischenbaum Films Production (Hulu) nomination) Andra Day - Performance by an actress in a leading role
"The White Tiger," a Netflix/Lava Media/Noruz Films/Array Filmworks Production (Netflix) - (1 nomination) Adapted screenplay
"Wolfwalkers," a Cartoon Saloon/Melusine Production (Apple/GKIDS) - (1 nomination) Best animated feature film MOTION PICTURE NOMINATIONS - 93RD AWARDS
FEATURE FILMS WITH TWO OR MORE NOMINATIONS
(This list does not include Short Films or Documentary Short Subjects.)
Picture Distribution Company Nomination s "Mank" Netflix 10 "The Father" Sony Pictures Classics 6
"Judas and the Black Messiah" Warner Bros. 6
"Minari" A24 6
"Nomadland" Searchlight 6
"Sound of Metal" Amazon Studios 6
"The Trial of the Chicago 7" Netflix 6
"Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" Netflix 5
"Promising Young Woman" Focus Features 5
"News of the World" Universal 4
"One Night in Miami..." Amazon Studios 3
"Soul" Walt Disney 3
"Another Round" Samuel Goldwyn Films 2
"Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery Amazon Studios 2 of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan" "Collective" Magnolia Pictures/Participant 2
"Emma" Focus Features 2
"Hillbilly Elegy" Netflix 2
"Mulan" Walt Disney 2
"Pinocchio" Roadside Attractions 2
"Tenet" Warner Bros. 2