No real surprises, at least in the animation-related categories, with ‘Avatar: The Way of Water,’ ‘Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio,’ ‘Puss in Boots: The Last Wish,’ ‘The Sea Beast,’ and ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ among the best animated feature and best visual effects nominees for this year’s 95th Oscars, coming March 12.
No more nail biting, at least for the moment. Let the celebrations and snub grumbling begin! Nominations for the 95th Academy Awards were announced this morning, via a livestream hosted by Alison Williams and Riz Ahmed.
There were no real surprises, at least in the animation-related categories…
Nominees for Best Animated Feature are Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio, directed by Guillermo del Toro and Mark Gustafson and produced by Gary Ungar and Alex Bulkley; Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, directed by Dean Fleischer Camp and produced by Elisabeth Holm, Andrew Goldman, Caroline Kaplan and Paul Mezey; Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, directed by Joel Crawford and produced by Mark Swift; The Sea Beast, directed by Chris Williams and produced by Jed Schlanger; and Turning Red, directed by Domee Shi and produced by Lindsey Collins.
Nominees for Best Animated Short Film are The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse, directed by Charlie Mackesy and produced by Matthew Freud; The Flying Sailor, directed by Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby; Ice Merchants, directed by João Gonzalez and produced by Bruno Caetano; My Year of Dicks, directed by Sara Gunnarsdóttir and produced by Pamela Ribon; and An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It, directed by Lachlan Pendragon.
Over in the VFX category, the nominees for Achievement in Visual Effects are Frank Petzold, Viktor Müller, Markus Frank and Kamil Jafar for All Quiet on the Western Front; Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon and Daniel Barrett for Avatar: The Way of Water; Dan Lemmon, Russell Earl, Anders Langlands and Dominic Tuohy for The Batman; Geoffrey Baumann, Craig Hammack, R. Christopher White and Dan Sudick for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever; and Ryan Tudhope, Seth Hill, Bryan Litson and Scott R. Fisher for Top Gun: Maverick.
Congratulations to all the nominees!
The 95th Oscars will be held on Sunday, March 12, 2023, at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood and will be televised live on ABC and in more than 200 territories worldwide.
See the full list of nominations for the 95th Academy Awards below:
Performance by an actor in a leading role
- Austin Butler in Elvis
- Colin Farrell in The Banshees of Inisherin
- Brendan Fraser in The Whale
- Paul Mescal in Aftersun
- Bill Nighy in Living
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
- Brendan Gleeson in The Banshees of Inisherin
- Brian Tyree Henry in Causeway
- Judd Hirsch in The Fabelmans
- Barry Keoghan in The Banshees of Inisherin
- Ke Huy Quan in Everything Everywhere All at Once
Performance by an actress in a leading role
- Cate Blanchett in Tár
- Ana de Armas in Blonde
- Andrea Riseborough in To Leslie
- Michelle Williams in The Fabelmans
- Michelle Yeoh in Everything Everywhere All at Once
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
- Angela Bassett in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
- Hong Chau in The Whale
- Kerry Condon in The Banshees of Inisherin
- Jamie Lee Curtis in Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Stephanie Hsu in Everything Everywhere All at Once
Best animated feature film of the year
- Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio - Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson, Gary Ungar and Alex Bulkley
- Marcel the Shell with Shoes On - Dean Fleischer Camp, Elisabeth Holm, Andrew Goldman, Caroline Kaplan and Paul Mezey
- Puss in Boots: The Last Wish - Joel Crawford and Mark Swift
- The Sea Beast - Chris Williams and Jed Schlanger
- Turning Red - Domee Shi and Lindsey Collins
Achievement in cinematography
- All Quiet on the Western Front - James Friend
- Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths - Darius Khondji
- Elvis Mandy - Walker
- Empire of Light - Roger Deakins
- Tár - Florian Hoffmeister
Achievement in costume design
- Babylon - Mary Zophres
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - Ruth Carter
- Elvis - Catherine Martin
- Everything Everywhere All at Once - Shirley Kurata
- Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris - Jenny Beavan
Achievement in directing
- The Banshees of Inisherin - Martin McDonagh
- Everything Everywhere All at Once - Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
- The Fabelmans - Steven Spielberg
- Tár - Todd Field
- Triangle of Sadness - Ruben Östlund
Best documentary feature
- All That Breathes - Shaunak Sen, Aman Mann and Teddy Leifer
- All the Beauty and the Bloodshed - Laura Poitras, Howard Gertler, John Lyons, Nan Goldin and Yoni Golijov
- Fire of Love - Sara Dosa, Shane Boris and Ina Fichman
- A House Made of Splinters - Simon Lereng Wilmont and Monica Hellström
- Navalny - Daniel Roher, Odessa Rae, Diane Becker, Melanie Miller and Shane Boris
Best documentary short subject
- The Elephant Whisperers - Kartiki Gonsalves and Guneet Monga
- Haulout - Evgenia Arbugaeva and Maxim Arbugaev
- How Do You Measure a Year? - Jay Rosenblatt
- The Martha Mitchell Effect - Anne Alvergue and Beth Levison
- Stranger at the Gate - Joshua Seftel and Conall Jones
Achievement in film editing
- The Banshees of Inisherin - Mikkel E.G. Nielsen
- Elvis - Matt Villa and Jonathan Redmond
- Everything Everywhere All at Once - Paul Rogers
- Tár - Monika Willi
- Top Gun: Maverick - Eddie Hamilton
Best international feature film of the year
- All Quiet on the Western Front - Germany
- Argentina, 1985 - Argentina
- Close - Belgium
- EO - Poland
- The Quiet Girl - Ireland
Achievement in makeup and hairstyling
- All Quiet on the Western Front - Heike Merker and Linda Eisenhamerová
- The Batman - Naomi Donne, Mike Marino and Mike Fontaine
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - Camille Friend and Joel Harlow
- Elvis - Mark Coulier, Jason Baird and Aldo Signoretti
- The Whale - Adrien Morot, Judy Chin and Anne Marie Bradley
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
- All Quiet on the Western Front - Volker Bertelmann
- Babylon - Justin Hurwitz
- The Banshees of Inisherin - Carter Burwell
- Everything Everywhere All at Once - Son Lux
- The Fabelmans - John Williams
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
- “Applause” from Tell It like a Woman - Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
- “Hold My Hand” from Top Gun: Maverick - Music and Lyric by Lady Gaga and BloodPop
- “Lift Me Up’ from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - Music by Tems, Rihanna, Ryan Coogler and Ludwig Goransson; Lyric by Tems and Ryan Coogler
- “Naatu Naatu” from RRR - Music by M.M. Keeravaani; Lyric by Chandrabose
- “This Is A Life” from Everything Everywhere All at Once - Music by Ryan Lott, David Byrne and Mitski; Lyric by Ryan Lott and David Byrne
Best motion picture of the year
- All Quiet on the Western Front -Malte Grunert, Producer
- Avatar: The Way of Water -James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers
- The Banshees of Inisherin -Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin and Martin McDonagh, Producers
- Elvis - Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Martin, Gail Berman, Patrick McCormick and Schuyler Weiss, Producers
- Everything Everywhere All at Once - Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert and Jonathan Wang, Producers
- The Fabelmans - Kristie Macosko Krieger, Steven Spielberg and Tony Kushner, Producers
- Tár - Todd Field, Alexandra Milchan and Scott Lambert, Producers
- Top Gun: Maverick - Tom Cruise, Christopher McQuarrie, David Ellison and Jerry Bruckheimer, Producers
- Triangle of Sadness - Erik Hemmendorff and Philippe Bober, Producers
- Women Talking Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner and Frances McDormand, Producers
Achievement in production design
- All Quiet on the Western Front - Production Design: Christian M. Goldbeck; Set Decoration: Ernestine Hipper
- Avatar: The Way of Water - Production Design: Dylan Cole and Ben Procter; Set Decoration: Vanessa Cole
- Babylon - Production Design: Florencia Martin; Set Decoration: Anthony Carlino
- Elvis - Production Design: Catherine Martin and Karen Murphy; Set Decoration: Bev Dunn
- The Fabelmans - Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Karen O'Hara
Best animated short film
- The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse - Charlie Mackesy and Matthew Freud
- The Flying Sailor - Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby
- Ice Merchants - João Gonzalez and Bruno Caetano
- My Year of Dicks - Sara Gunnarsdóttir and Pamela Ribon
- An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It - Lachlan Pendragon
Best live action short film
- An Irish Goodbye - Tom Berkeley and Ross White
- Ivalu - Anders Walter and Rebecca Pruzan
- Le Pupille - Alice Rohrwacher and Alfonso Cuarón
- Night Ride - Eirik Tveiten and Gaute Lid Larssen
- The Red Suitcase - Cyrus Neshvad
Achievement in sound
- All Quiet on the Western Front - Viktor Prášil, Frank Kruse, Markus Stemler, Lars Ginzel and Stefan Korte
- Avatar: The Way of Water - Julian Howarth, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Dick Bernstein, Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers and Michael Hedges
- The Batman - Stuart Wilson, William Files, Douglas Murray and Andy Nelson
- Elvis - David Lee, Wayne Pashley, Andy Nelson and Michael Keller
- Top Gun: Maverick - Mark Weingarten, James H. Mather, Al Nelson, Chris Burdon and Mark Taylor
Achievement in visual effects
- All Quiet on the Western Front - Frank Petzold, Viktor Müller, Markus Frank and Kamil Jafar
- Avatar: The Way of Water - Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon and Daniel Barrett
- The Batman - Dan Lemmon, Russell Earl, Anders Langlands and Dominic Tuohy
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - Geoffrey Baumann, Craig Hammack, R. Christopher White and Dan Sudick
- Top Gun: Maverick - Ryan Tudhope, Seth Hill, Bryan Litson and Scott R. Fisher
Adapted screenplay
- All Quiet on the Western Front - Screenplay by Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson & Ian Stokell
- Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery - Written by Rian Johnson
- Living - Written by Kazuo Ishiguro
- Top Gun: Maverick - Screenplay by Ehren Kruger and Eric Warren Singer and Christopher McQuarrie; Story by Peter Craig and Justin Marks
- Women Talking - Screenplay by Sarah Polley
Original screenplay
- The Banshees of Inisherin - Written by Martin McDonagh
- Everything Everywhere All at Once - Written by Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert
- The Fabelmans - Written by Steven Spielberg & Tony Kushner
- Tár - Written by Todd Field
- Triangle of Sadness - Written by Ruben Östlund
Source: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
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