Seeing Stars: 2016 Oscar Nominations

Winners and Nominees for 88th Academy Awards
Nominations announced January 14 , 2016
Awards will be presented on Sunday, February 28, 2016

(Winners' names will be highlighted in bold type.)


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For the best picture of the year:

The Big Short"
"Bridge of Spies"
"Brooklyn"
"Mad Max: Fury Road"
"The Martian"
"The Revenant"
"Room"
"Spotlight".
  winner

For the best performance by an actor in a leading role:

Bryan Cranston, "Trumbo"
Matt Damon, "The Martian"
Leonardo DiCaprio, "The Revenant"  winner
Michael Fassbender, "Steve Jobs"
Eddie Redmayne, "The Danish Girl".

For the best performance by an actress in a leading role:

Cate Blanchett, "Carol"
Brie Larson, "Room"
  winner
Jennifer Lawrence, "Joy"
Charlotte Rampling, "45 Years"
Saoirse Ronan, "Brooklyn".

For the best performance by an actor in a supporting role:

Christian Bale, "The Big Short"
Tom Hardy, "The Revenant"
Mark Ruffalo, "Spotlight"
Mark Rylance, "Bridge of Spies"
winner
Sylvester Stallone, "Creed".

For the best performance by an actress in a supporting role:

Jennifer Jason Leigh, "The Hateful Eight"
Rooney Mara, "Carol"
Rachel McAdams, "Spotlight"
Alicia Vikander, "The Danish Girl"
  winner
Kate Winslet, "Steve Jobs".

For the best achievement in directing:

Adam McKay, "The Big Short"
George Miller, "Mad Max: Fury Road"
Alejandro G. Iñárritu, "The Revenant"  winner
Lenny Abrahamson, "Room"
Tom McCarthy, "Spotlight".

For the best adapted screenplay (based on material previously produced or published):

"The Big Short"  winner
"Brooklyn"
"Carol"

"The Martian"
"Room" .

For the best original screenplay written directly for the screen:

"Bridge of Spies"
"Ex Machina"
"Inside Out"
"Spotlight"
  winner
"Straight Outta Compton".

For the best animated feature film:

"Anomalisa"
"The Boy and the World"
"Inside Out"
winner
"Shaun the Sheep Movie"
"When Marnie Was There".

For the best achievement in cinematography:

"Carol
"The Hateful Eight"
"Mad Max: Fury Road"
"The Revenant"
  winner
"Sicario".

For the best achievement in Production design:

"Bridge of Spies"
"The Danish Girl"
"Mad Max: Fury Road"  winner
"The Martian"
"The Revenant".

For the best achievement in costume design:

"Carol"
"Cinderella"
"The Danish Girl"
"Mad Max: Fury Road"
  winner
"The Revenant".

For the best achievement in documentary features:

"Amy" winner
"Cartel Land"
"The Look of Silence"
"What Happened, Miss Simone?"
"Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom".

For the best achievement in documentary short subjects:

"A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness" winner
"Body Team 12"
"Chau, Beyond the Lines"
"Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah"
"Last Day of Freedom".

For the best achievement in film editing:

"The Big Short"
"Mad Max: Fury Road"
  winner
"The Revenant"
"Spotlight"
"Star Wars: The Force Awakens".

For the best foreign language film of the year:

"Embrace of the Serpent" (Colombia)
"A War" (Denmark)
"Mustang" (France)
"Son Of Saul" (Hungary)
  winner
"Theeb" (Jordan).

For the best achievement in makeup & hairstyling:

"Mad Max: Fury Road"  winner
"The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared"
"The Revenant".

For the best achievement in music (original score):

"Bridge of Spies"
"Carol"
"The Hateful Eight"
  winner
"Sicario"
"Star Wars: The Force Awakens".

For the best achievement in music (original song):

"Earned It", from "50 Shades of Grey"
"Manta Ray", from "Racing Extinction"
"Simple Song #3", from Youth
"Til It Happens To You", from "The Hunting Ground"
"Writing's On The Wall", from Spectre.
  winner

For the best achievement in animated short films:

"Bear Story" winner
"Prologue"
"Sanjay’s Super Team"
"We Can’t Live without Cosmos"
"World of Tomorrow".

For the best achievement in live action short films:

"Ave Maria"
"Day One"
"Everything Will Be Okay (Alles Wird Gut)"
"Shok"
"Stutterer"
  winner.

For the best achievement in sound editing:

"Mad Max: Fury Road"  winner
"The Martian"
"The Revenant"
"Sicario"
"Star Wars: The Force Awakens".

For the best achievement in sound mixing:

"Bridge of Spies"
"Mad Max: Fury Road"
  winner
"The Martian"
"The Revenant"
"Star Wars: The Force Awakens".

For the best achievement in visual effects:

"Ex Machina"  winner
"Mad Max: Fury Road"
"The Martian"
"The Revenant"
"Star Wars: The Force Awakens".

     

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