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91ST ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS® OSCAR® NOMINATIONS FACT SHEET Best Motion Picture of the Year: Black Panther (Walt Disney) - Kevin Feige, producer - This is his first nomination. BlacKkKlansman (Focus Features) - Sean McKittrick, Jason Blum, Raymond Mansfield, Jordan Peele and Spike Lee, producers - This is the second Best Picture nomination for both Sean McKittrick and Jordan Peele, who were nominated last year for Get Out. This is the third Best Picture nomination for Jason Blum, who was nominated for Whiplash (2014) and last year's Get Out. This is the first Best Picture nomination for both Raymond Mansfield and Spike Lee. Bohemian Rhapsody (20th Century Fox) - Graham King, producer - This is his fourth Best Picture nomination. He was previously nominated for The Aviator (2004) and Hugo (2011), and won the award in 2006 for The Departed. The Favourite (Fox Searchlight) - Ceci Dempsey, Ed Guiney, Lee Magiday and Yorgos Lanthimos, producers - This is the first Best Picture nomination for Ceci Dempsey, Lee Magiday and Yorgos Lanthimos. This is the second Best Picture nomination for Ed Guiney, who was nominated in 2015 for Room. Green Book (Universal) - Jim Burke, Charles B. Wessler, Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly and Nick Vallelonga, producers - This is the second Best Picture nomination for Jim Burke, who was previously nominated for The Descendants (2011). This is the first Best Picture nomination for Charles B. Wessler, Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly and Nick Vallelonga. Roma (Netflix) - Gabriela Rodríguez and Alfonso Cuarón, producers - This is the first nomination for Gabriela Rodríguez. This is the second Best Picture nomination for Alfonso Cuarón, who was nominated in 2013 for Gravity. A Star Is Born (Warner Bros.) - Bill Gerber, Bradley Cooper and Lynette Howell Taylor, producers - This is the first nomination for both Bill Gerber and Lynette Howell Taylor. This is the second Best Picture nomination for Bradley Cooper, who was nominated in 2014 for American Sniper. Vice (Annapurna Pictures) - Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Adam McKay and Kevin Messick, producers - This is the sixth Best Picture nomination for Dede Gardner and the fifth for Jeremy Kleiner. Together, they won the award for 12 Years a Slave (2013) and Moonlight (2016), and shared nominations for Selma (2014) and The Big Short (2015). Gardner was previously nominated for The Tree of Life (2011). This is the first Best Picture nomination for both Adam McKay and Kevin Messick. Achievement in Directing: BlacKkKlansman - Spike Lee - This is his first nomination in this category and his fifth overall, including his Best Picture and Adapted Screenplay nominations this year. He was previously nominated for his original screenplay for Do the Right Thing (1989) and for the documentary feature 4 Little Girls (1997). Lee was the recipient of an Honorary Award in 2015. Cold War - Paweł Pawlikowski - This is his first nomination. The Favourite - Yorgos Lanthimos - This is his first nomination in this category and his third overall, including his Best Picture nomination this year. He was previously nominated for the original screenplay for The Lobster (2016). Roma - Alfonso Cuarón - This is his second nomination in this category and his tenth overall, including his Best Picture, Cinematography and Original Screenplay nominations this year. He was nominated for the original screenplay for Y Tu Mamá También (2002) and in the Film Editing and Adapted Screenplay categories for Children of Men (2006). In 2013 he won Oscars in the Directing and Film Editing categories for Gravity, for which he also received a Best Picture nomination. Vice - Adam McKay - This is his second nomination in this category and his fifth overall, including his Best Picture and Original Screenplay nominations this year. He won for the adapted screenplay for The Big Short (2015), for which he was also nominated for Directing. Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role: Christian Bale ("Dick Cheney" in Vice) - This is his fourth nomination and second in this category. He won the award in 2010 for his supporting role in The Fighter, and was nominated for his leading role in American Hustle (2013) and his supporting role in The Big Short (2015). Bradley Cooper ("Jack" in A Star Is Born) - This is his third nomination in this category and his seventh overall, including his Best Picture and Adapted Screenplay nominations this year. He was nominated for his leading roles in Silver Linings Playbook (2012) and American Sniper (2014) and for his supporting role in American Hustle (2013). He was also nominated in the Best Picture category for American Sniper. Willem Dafoe ("Vincent Van Gogh" in At Eternity's Gate) - This is his fourth nomination and first in this category. He was nominated for his supporting roles in Platoon (1986), Shadow of the Vampire (2000) and last year's The Florida Project. Rami Malek ("Freddie Mercury" in Bohemian Rhapsody) - This is his first nomination. Viggo Mortensen ("Tony Lip" in Green Book) - This is his third nomination in this category. He was previously nominated for Eastern Promises (2007) and Captain Fantastic (2016). Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role: Mahershala Ali ("Dr. Donald Shirley" in Green Book) - This is his second nomination in this category. He won the award in 2016 for his performance in Moonlight. Adam Driver ("Flip Zimmerman" in BlacKkKlansman) - This is his first nomination. Sam Elliott ("Bobby" in A Star Is Born) - This is his first nomination. Richard E. Grant ("Jack Hock" in Can You Ever Forgive Me?) - This is his first nomination. Sam Rockwell ("George W. Bush" in Vice) - This is his second nomination in this category. He won the award last year for his performance in Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri. Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role: Yalitza Aparicio ("Cleo" in Roma) - This is her first nomination. Glenn Close ("Joan Castleman" in The Wife) - This is her seventh nomination and fourth in this category. She was nominated for her supporting roles in The World According to Garp (1982), The Big Chill (1983) and The Natural (1984), and for her leading roles in Fatal Attraction (1987), Dangerous Liaisons (1988) and Albert Nobbs (2011). Olivia Colman ("Queen Anne" in The Favourite) - This is her first nomination. Lady Gaga ("Ally" in A Star Is Born) - This is her first nomination in this category and her third overall, including her Original Song nomination this year. She was nominated in the Original Song category for The Hunting Ground (2015). Melissa McCarthy ("Lee Israel" in Can You Ever Forgive Me?) - This is her second nomination and first in this category. She was nominated for her supporting role in Bridesmaids (2011). Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role: Amy Adams ("Lynne Cheney" in Vice) - This is her sixth nomination and fifth in this category. She was nominated for her supporting roles in Junebug (2005), Doubt (2008), The Fighter (2010) and The Master (2012), and for her leading role in American Hustle (2013). Marina de Tavira ("Sra. Sofia" in Roma) - This is her first nomination. Regina King ("Sharon Rivers" in If Beale Street Could Talk) - This is her first nomination. Emma Stone ("Abigail" in The Favourite) - This is her third nomination and second in this category. She won the award in 2016 for her leading role in La La Land. She was also nominated for her supporting role in Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014). Rachel Weisz ("Lady Sarah" in The Favourite) - This is her second nomination in this category. She won the award in 2005 for The Constant Gardener. Adapted Screenplay The Ballad of Buster Scruggs - Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen ("All Gold Canyon" is based on a story by Jack London; "The Gal Who Got Rattled" is inspired by a story by Stewart Edward White). - This is the seventh Writing nomination for both Joel Coen and Ethan Coen. They received Best Picture, Directing and Adapted Screenplay nominations for True Grit (2010), and were nominated in the Best Picture and Original Screenplay categories for A Serious Man (2009) and in the Original Screenplay category for Bridge of Spies (2015). In 2007, they won Oscars in the Best Picture, Directing and Adapted Screenplay categories for No Country for Old Men. They previously won Oscars for writing Fargo (1996), and were also nominated for their screenplay for O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000). Joel Coen received a Directing nomination for Fargo, and Ethan Coen received a Best Picture nomination for that film. Joel and Ethan Coen have also been nominated for Film Editing under the pseudonym Roderick Jaynes, for Fargo and No Country for Old Men. BlacKkKlansman - Written by Charlie Wachtel & David Rabinowitz and Kevin Willmott & Spike Lee (based on the book by Ron Stallworth). - This is the first nomination for Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz and Kevin Willmott. This is the second Writing nomination for Spike Lee and his fifth overall, including his Best Picture and Directing nominations this year. He was previously nominated for his original screenplay for Do the Right Thing (1989) and for the documentary feature 4 Little Girls (1997). Lee was the recipient of an Honorary Award in 2015. Can You Ever Forgive Me? - Screenplay by Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty (based on the book by Lee Israel). - This is the first nomination for both. If Beale Street Could Talk - Written for the screen by Barry Jenkins (based on the book by James Baldwin). - This is his third nomination and second in this category. He won the award in 2016 for the adapted screenplay for Moonlight, for which he also received a Directing nomination. A Star Is Born - Screenplay by Eric Roth and Bradley Cooper & Will Fetters (based on the 1954 screenplay by Moss Hart and the 1976 screenplay by John Gregory Dunne & Joan Didion and Frank Pierson; based on a story by William Wellman and Robert Carson).
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