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91ST ANNUAL ®

OSCAR® NOMINATIONS FACT SHEET

Best Motion Picture of the Year:

Black Panther (Walt Disney) - , producer - This is his first nomination.

BlacKkKlansman () - Sean McKittrick, , Raymond Mansfield, and , producers - This is the second Best Picture nomination for both Sean McKittrick and Jordan Peele, who were nominated last year for .

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 ( Fox) - , 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 Favourite (Fox Searchlight) - Ceci Dempsey, Ed Guiney, Lee Magiday and , 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, and , producers - This is the second Best Picture nomination for Jim Burke, who was previously nominated for (2011).

This is the first Best Picture nomination for Charles B. Wessler, Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly and Nick Vallelonga.

Roma () - 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 Is Born (Warner Bros.) - Bill Gerber, 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 .

Vice () - , 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 (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 (1989) and for the documentary feature (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 (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 in a Leading Role:

Christian Bale ("" in Vice) - This is his fourth nomination and second in this category. He won the award in 2010 for his supporting role in , and was nominated for his leading role in (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 (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 Project.

Rami Malek ("Freddie Mercury" in Bohemian Rhapsody) - This is his first nomination.

Viggo Mortensen ("" in Green Book) - This is his third nomination in this category. He was previously nominated for (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, .

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), (1988) and Albert Nobbs (2011).

Olivia Colman ("" 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 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 . 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 ; "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 & Spike Lee (based on the book by ). - 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 and (based on the book by Lee Israel). - This is the first nomination for both.

If Beale Street Could Talk - Written for the screen by (based on the book by ). - 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 and Bradley Cooper & Will Fetters (based on the 1954 screenplay by Moss Hart and the 1976 screenplay by John Gregory Dunne & Joan Didion and ; based on a story by William Wellman and Robert Carson). - This is the fifth nomination for Eric Roth. He won the award for his adapted screenplay for (1994), and was nominated for the adapted screenplays for The Insider (1999), (2005) and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008).

This is the first nomination in this category for Bradley Cooper and his seventh overall. He is also nominated for his leading role and in the Best Picture category 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.

This is the first nomination for Will Fetters.

Original Screenplay:

The Favourite - Written by Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara. - This is the first nomination for both.

First Reformed - Written by . - This is his first nomination.

Green Book - Written by Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly. - This is the first nomination in this category for all three. They are also nominated in the Best Picture category this year

Roma - Written by Alfonso Cuarón. - This is his third nomination for Writing and his tenth overall, including his Best Picture, Cinematography and Directing 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 - Written by Adam McKay. - This is his second nomination for Writing and his fifth overall, including his Best Picture and Directing nominations this year. He won for the adapted screenplay for The Big Short (2015), for which he was also nominated for Directing.

Best Foreign Language Film:

Capernaum (Lebanon) [Directed by Nadine Labaki.] - This is the second nomination for Lebanon. Its previous nomination was for last year's The Insult.

Cold War (Poland) [Directed by Paweł Pawlikowski.] - This is the eleventh nomination for Poland. Previous nominations were for Knife in the Water (1963), Pharaoh (1966), The Deluge (1974), Land of Promise (1975), Nights and Days (1976), The Maids of Wilko (1979), (1981), Katyń (2007), In Darkness (2011) and Ida, which won the award for 2014.

Never Look Away () [Directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck.] - This is the eleventh nomination for Germany. Previous nominations were for (1990), Schtonk! (1992), Beyond Silence (1997), , which won the Oscar for 2002, Downfall (2004), Sophie Scholl - The Final Days (2005), , which won the Oscar for 2006, The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008), (2009) and (2016). Prior to reunification in 1990, the Federal Republic of Germany received a total of eight nominations. They were for The Captain of Kopenick (1956), The Devil Came at Night (1957), Arms and the Man (1958), The Bridge (1959), The Pedestrian (1973), The Glass Cell (1978), The Tin Drum (1979), which won the Oscar, and (1985). Also prior to reunification, the German Democratic Republic received one nomination, for Jacob, the Liar (1976).

Roma () [Directed by Alfonso Cuarón.] - This is the ninth nomination for Mexico. Previous nominations were for Macario (1960), The Important Man (1961), Tlayucan (1962), Letters from Marusia (1975), (2000), El Crimen del Padre Amaro (2002), Pan's Labyrinth (2006) and Biutiful (2010).

Shoplifters () [Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda.] - This is the thirteenth nomination for Japan. Previous nominations were for Harp of Burma (1956), Immortal Love (1961), Twin Sisters of (1963), (1964), Kwaidan (1965), Portrait of Chieko (1967), Dodes'ka-Den (1971), Sandakan No. 8 (1975), (The Shadow Warrior) (1980), Muddy River (1981), The Twilight (2003) and Departures, which won the award for 2008. Prior to the establishment of the award category, Japan received three Honorary Foreign Language Film Awards for (1951), Gate of Hell (1954) and Samurai, The Legend of Musashi (1955).

Best Animated Feature Film:

Incredibles 2 (Walt Disney) - , John Walker and Nicole Paradis Grindle - This is the fifth nomination and third in this category for Brad Bird. He won Oscars for the animated feature films (2004) and Ratatouille (2007), and was also nominated for the original screenplays for both films.

This is the first nomination for John Walker.

This is the second nomination and first in this category for Nicole Paradis Grindle. She was nominated for the animated Sanjay's Super Team (2015).

Isle of Dogs (Fox Searchlight) - , , Steven Rales and - This is the seventh nomination and second in this category for Wes Anderson. He was nominated for the original screenplays for (2001), (2012) and The Grand Hotel (2014), for which he also received Directing and Best Picture nominations. In 2009 he was nominated for the animated feature film Fantastic Mr. Fox.

This is the second nomination and first in this category for both Steven Rales and Jeremy Dawson, who were nominated in the Best Picture category for (2014).

This is the tenth nomination and first in this category for Scott Rudin, who won the Best Picture award in 2007 for No Country for Old Men. His other Best Picture nominations are for The Hours (2002), (2010), True Grit (2010), Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011), Captain Phillips (2013), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), Fences (2016), and last year's Lady Bird.

Mirai (GKIDS) - Mamoru Hosoda and Yuichiro Saito - This is the first nomination for both.

Ralph Breaks the Internet (Walt Disney) - , Phil Johnston and - This is the third nomination in this category for Rich Moore and the second for Clark Spencer. Together, they won the award in 2016 for the animated feature film . Moore was also nominated in 2012 for Wreck-It Ralph.

This is the first nomination for Phil Johnston.

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse ( Releasing) - , , , Phil Lord and Christopher Miller - This is the first nomination for all five.