Nominations for 88th Academy Awards Unveiled

Nominees for Best Animated Feature are ‘Anomalisa,’ ‘Boy and the World,’ ‘Inside Out,’ ‘Shaun the Sheep Movie,’ and ‘When Marnie Was There.’

LOS ANGELES -- Academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs, filmmakers Guillermo del Toro and Ang Lee, and actor John Krasinski were on hand to announce the 88th Academy Awards nominations at a special two-part live news conference Thursday morning at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.

Nominees for Best Animated Feature are Starburns Industries’ Anomalisa directed by Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson and produced by Rosa Tran; Brazilian independent feature Boy and the World directed by Alê Abreu; Pixar’s Inside Out directed by Pete Docter and produced by Jonas Rivera; Aardman’s Shaun the Sheep Movie directed by Mark Burton and Richard Starzak; and Studio Ghibli’s When Marnie Was There, directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi and produced by Yoshiaki Nishimura.

Nominees for short animation are Bear Story by Gabriel Osorio and Pato Escala; Prologue by Richard Williams and Imogen Sutton; Sanjay’s Super Team by Sanjay Patel and Nicole Grindle; We Can’t Live without Cosmos by Konstantin Bronzit and World of Tomorrow by Don Hertzfeldt.

On the visual effects side, nominees are Ex Machina (Andrew Whitehurst, Paul Norris, Mark Ardington and Sara Bennett), Mad Max: Fury Road (Andrew Jackson, Tom Wood, Dan Oliver and Andy Williams), The Martian (Richard Stammers, Anders Langlands, Chris Lawrence and Steven Warner), The Revenant (Rich McBride, Matthew Shumway, Jason Smith and Cameron Waldbauer), and Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Neal Scanlan and Chris Corbould).

Congratulations to all the nominees!

See the full list of nominations for the 88th Academy Awards below:

Performance by an actor in a leading role

Bryan Cranston in Trumbo
Matt Damon in The Martian
Leonardo DiCaprio in The Revenant
Michael Fassbender in Steve Jobs
Eddie Redmayne in The Danish Girl

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

Christian Bale in The Big Short
Tom Hardy in The Revenant
Mark Ruffalo in Spotlight
Mark Rylance in Bridge of Spies
Sylvester Stallone in Creed

Performance by an actress in a leading role

Cate Blanchett in Carol
Brie Larson in Room
Jennifer Lawrence in Joy
Charlotte Rampling in 45 Years
Saoirse Ronan in Brooklyn

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

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

Best animated feature film of the year

Anomalisa -- Charlie Kaufman, Duke Johnson and Rosa Tran
Boy and the World -- Alê Abreu
Inside Out -- Pete Docter and Jonas Rivera
Shaun the Sheep Movie -- Mark Burton and Richard Starzak
When Marnie Was There -- Hiromasa Yonebayashi and Yoshiaki Nishimur

Achievement in cinematography

Carol -- Ed Lachman
The Hateful Eight -- Robert Richardson
Mad Max: Fury Road -- John Seale
The Revenant -- Emmanuel Lubezki
Sicario -- Roger Deakins

Achievement in costume design

Carol -- Sandy Powell
Cinderella -- Sandy Powell
The Danish Girl -- Paco Delgado
Mad Max: Fury Road -- Jenny Beavan
The Revenant -- Jacqueline West

Achievement in directing

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

Best documentary feature

Amy -- Asif Kapadia and James Gay-Rees
Cartel Land -- Matthew Heineman and Tom Yellin
The Look of Silence -- Joshua Oppenheimer and Signe Byrge Sørensen
What Happened, Miss Simone? -- Liz Garbus, Amy Hobby and Justin Wilkes
Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom -- Evgeny Afineevsky and Den Tolmor

Best documentary short subject

Body Team 12 -- David Darg and Bryn Mooser
Chau, beyond the Lines -- Courtney Marsh and Jerry Franck
Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah -- Adam Benzine
A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness -- Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
Last Day of Freedom -- Dee Hibbert-Jones and Nomi Talisman

Achievement in film editing

The Big Short -- Hank Corwin
Mad Max: Fury Road -- Margaret Sixel
The Revenant -- Stephen Mirrione
Spotlight -- Tom McArdle
Star Wars: The Force Awakens -- Maryann Brandon and Mary Jo Markey

Best foreign language film of the year

Embrace of the Serpent -- Colombia
Mustang -- France
Son of Saul -- Hungary
Theeb -- Jordan
A War -- Denmark

Achievement in makeup and hairstyling

Mad Max: Fury Road -- Lesley Vanderwalt, Elka Wardega and Damian Martin
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared -- Love Larson and Eva von Bahr
The Revenant -- Siân Grigg, Duncan Jarman and Robert Pandini

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

Bridge of Spies -- Thomas Newman
Carol -- Carter Burwell
The Hateful Eight -- Ennio Morricone
Sicario -- Jóhann Jóhannsson
Star Wars: The Force Awakens -- John Williams

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)

“Earned It” from Fifty Shades of Grey
Music and Lyric by Abel Tesfaye, Ahmad Balshe, Jason Daheala Quenneville and Stephan Moccio
“Manta Ray” from Racing Extinction
Music by J. Ralph and Lyric by Antony Hegarty
“Simple Song #3” from Youth
Music and Lyric by David Lang
“Til It Happens To You” from The Hunting Ground
Music and Lyric by Diane Warren and Lady Gaga
“Writing’s On The Wall” From Spectre
Music and Lyric by Jimmy Napes and Sam Smith

Best motion picture of the year

The Big Short -- Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner, Producers
Bridge of Spies -- Steven Spielberg, Marc Platt and Kristie Macosko Krieger, Producers
Brooklyn -- Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey, Producers
Mad Max: Fury Road -- Doug Mitchell and George Miller, Producers
The Martian -- Simon Kinberg, Ridley Scott, Michael Schaefer and Mark Huffam, Producers
The Revenant -- Arnon Milchan, Steve Golin, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Mary Parent and Keith Redmon, Producers
Room -- Ed Guiney, Producer
Spotlight -- Michael Sugar, Steve Golin, Nicole Rocklin and Blye Pagon Faust, Producers

Achievement in production design

Bridge of Spies -- Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Rena DeAngelo and Bernhard Henrich
The Danish Girl -- Production Design: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Michael Standish
Mad Max: Fury Road -- Production Design: Colin Gibson; Set Decoration: Lisa Thompson
The Martian -- Production Design: Arthur Max; Set Decoration: Celia Bobak
The Revenant -- Production Design: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Hamish Purdy

Best animated short film

Bear Story -- Gabriel Osorio and Pato Escala
Prologue -- Richard Williams and Imogen Sutton
Sanjay’s Super Team -- Sanjay Patel and Nicole Grindle
We Can’t Live without Cosmos -- Konstantin Bronzit
World of Tomorrow -- Don Hertzfeldt

Best live action short film

Ave Maria -- Basil Khalil and Eric Dupont
Day One -- Henry Hughes
Everything Will Be Okay (Alles Wird Gut) -- Patrick Vollrath
Shok -- Jamie Donoughue
Stutterer -- Benjamin Cleary and Serena Armitage

Achievement in sound editing

Mad Max: Fury Road -- Mark Mangini and David White
The Martian -- Oliver Tarney
The Revenant -- Martin Hernandez and Lon Bender
Sicario -- Alan Robert Murray
Star Wars: The Force Awakens -- Matthew Wood and David Acord

Achievement in sound mixing

Bridge of Spies -- Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom and Drew Kunin
Mad Max: Fury Road -- Chris Jenkins, Gregg Rudloff and Ben Osmo
The Martian -- Paul Massey, Mark Taylor and Mac Ruth
The Revenant -- Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño, Randy Thom and Chris Duesterdiek
Star Wars: The Force Awakens -- Andy Nelson, Christopher Scarabosio and Stuart Wilson

Achievement in visual effects

Ex Machina -- Andrew Whitehurst, Paul Norris, Mark Ardington and Sara Bennett
Mad Max: Fury Road -- Andrew Jackson, Tom Wood, Dan Oliver and Andy Williams
The Martian -- Richard Stammers, Anders Langlands, Chris Lawrence and Steven Warner
The Revenant -- Rich McBride, Matthew Shumway, Jason Smith and Cameron Waldbauer
Star Wars: The Force Awakens -- Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Neal Scanlan and Chris Corbould

Adapted screenplay

The Big Short -- Screenplay by Charles Randolph and Adam McKay
Brooklyn -- Screenplay by Nick Hornby
Carol -- Screenplay by Phyllis Nagy
The Martian -- Screenplay by Drew Goddard
Room -- Screenplay by Emma Donoghue

Original screenplay

Bridge of Spies -- Written by Matt Charman and Ethan Coen & Joel Coen
Ex Machina -- Written by Alex Garland
Inside Out -- Screenplay by Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley; Original story by Pete Docter, Ronnie del Carmen
Spotlight -- Written by Josh Singer & Tom McCarthy
Straight Outta Compton -- Screenplay by Jonathan Herman and Andrea Berloff; Story by S. Leigh Savidge & Alan Wenkus and Andrea Berloff

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.

Official screenings of all motion pictures with one or more nominations will begin for members on Saturday, January 23, at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater. Screenings also will be held at the Academy’s Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood and in London, New York and the San Francisco Bay Area. Active members of the Academy are eligible to vote for the winners in all 24 categories.

The 88th Oscars will be held on Sunday, February 28, 2016, at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood, and will be televised live by the ABC Television Network at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.

Source: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences