89th Oscars® Nominations Announced

Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs, joined by Oscar®-winning and nominated Academy members Demian Bichir, Dustin Lance Black, Glenn Close, Guillermo del Toro, Marcia Gay Harden, Terrence Howard, Jennifer Hudson, Brie Larson, Jason Reitman, Gabourey Sidibe and Ken Watanabe, announced the 89th Academy Awards® nominations today (January 24).

This year’s nominations were announced in a pre-taped video package at 5:18 a.m. PT via a global live stream on Oscar.com, Oscars.org and the Academy’s digital platforms; a satellite feed and broadcast media. In keeping with tradition, PwC delivered the Oscars nominations list to the Academy on the evening of January 23.

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 Foreign Language 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 24 categories beginning Monday, February 13 through Tuesday, February 21.

The 89th Oscars will be held on Sunday, February 26, 2017, at the Dolby Theatre® at Hollywood & Highland Center® in Hollywood, and will be televised live on the ABC Television Network at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT. The Oscars also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.

The 89th Oscar Nominees

Best picture

Best actress in a leading role
  • Natalie Portman, “Jackie”
  • Emma Stone, “La La Land
  • Isabelle Huppert, “Elle”
  • Meryl Streep, “Florence Foster Jenkins”
  • Ruth Negga, “Loving”

Best actor in a leading role
  • Ryan Gosling, “La La Land
  • Casey Affleck, “Manchester by the Sea”
  • Denzel Washington, “Fences”
  • Andrew Garfield, “Hacksaw Ridge
  • Viggo Mortensen, “Captain Fantastic”

Best director
  • Damien Chazelle, “La La Land
  • Barry Jenkins, “Moonlight”
  • Denis Villeneuve, “Arrival
  • Kenneth Lonergan, “Manchester by the Sea”
  • Mel Gibson, “Hacksaw Ridge

Actress in a supporting role
  • Viola Davis, “Fences”
  • Michelle Williams, “Manchester by the Sea”
  • Octavia Spencer, “Hidden Figures”
  • Naomie Harris, “Moonlight”
  • Nicole Kidman, “Lion”

Actor in a supporting role
  • Mahershala Ali, “Moonlight”
  • Jeff Bridges, “Hell or High Water
  • Lucas Hedges, “Manchester by the Sea”
  • Dev Patel, “Lion”
  • Michael Shannon, “Nocturnal Animals”

Best documentary
  • “O.J.: Made in America”
  • “13th”
  • “I Am Not Your Negro”
  • “Fire at Sea”
  • “Life Animate”

Best foreign language film
  • “Toni Erdmann”
  • “The Salesman”
  • “Land of Mine”
  • “A Man Called Ove”
  • “Tanna”

Best animated feature film
  • Zootopia
  • “Kubo and the Two Strings”
  • Moana
  • “The Red Turtle”
  • “My Life as a Zucchini”

Best adapted screenplay
  • “Moonlight,” Barry Jenkins
  • Arrival,” Eric Heisserer
  • “Lion,” Luke Davies
  • “Fences,” August Wilson
  • “Hidden Figures,” Allison Schroeder and Theodore Melfi

Best original screenplay
  • La La Land,” Damien Chazelle
  • Hell or High Water,” Taylor Sheridan
  • “Manchester by the Sea,” Kenneth Lonergan
  • “The Lobster,” Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthymis Filippou
  • “20th Century Women,” Mike Mills

Best original song
  • “How Far I’ll Go,” “Moana
  • “City of Stars,” “La La Land
  • “Audition (The Fools Who Dream),” “La La Land
  • “Can’t Stop the Feeling!” “Trolls
  • “The Empty Chair,” “Jim: The James Foley Story”

Best original score
  • La La Land,” Justin Hurwitz
  • “Moonlight,” Nicholas Britell
  • “Lion,” Dustin O’Halloran and Hauschka
  • “Jackie,” Mica Levi
  • Passengers,” Thomas Newman

Best cinematography
  • “Moonlight,” James Laxton
  • La La Land,” Linus Sandgren
  • Arrival,” Bradford Young
  • “Silence,” Rodrigo Prieto
  • “Lion,” Greig Fraser

Best production design

Best visual effects
  • The Jungle Book,” Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R. Jones and Dan Lemmon
  • Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” John Knoll, Mohen Leo, Hal Hickel and Neil Corbould
  • Doctor Strange,” Stephane Ceretti, Richard Bluff, Vincent Cirelli and Paul Corbould
  • Deepwater Horizon,” Craig Hammack, Jason Snell, Jason Billington and Burt Dalton
  • “Kubo and the Two Strings,” Steve Emerson, Oliver Jones, Brian McLean and Brad Schiff

Best costume design

Best makeup and hair styling
  • Star Trek Beyond,” Joel Harlow and Richard Alonzo
  • Suicide Squad,” Alessandro Bertolazzi, Giorgio Gregorini and Christopher Nelson
  • “A Man Called Ove,” Eva von Bahr and Love Larson

Best animated short film
  • “Piper”
  • “Pearl”
  • “Borrowed Time”
  • “Pear Cider and Cigarettes”
  • “Blind Vaysha”

Best live action short film
  • “Timecode”
  • “Sing (Mindenki)
  • “Silent Nights”
  • “Ennemis Interieurs”
  • “La Femme et le TGV”

Best documentary short subject
  • “The White Helmets”
  • “Extremis”
  • “Watani: My Homeland”
  • “4.1 Miles”
  • “Joe’s Violin”

Best film editing

Best sound editing

Best sound mixing

 

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