2016 Oscar Nominations
But
Minority Thespians Snubbed for Second Year in a Row
The
frontier survival epic The Revenant landed a dozen Oscar nominations,
establishing Leonardo DiCaprio as the early favorite to finally win
his first Oscar. The movie with the next most nominations was Mad
Max: Fury Road with 10, followed by The Martian with 7, and Bridge of
Spies, Carol and Spotlight with 6 each.
While
the members of the Academy have nominated a fine slate of actors and
actresses, it has failed to include any minorities for the second
year in a row. The omission is glaring since a number of laudable
performances were ignored, such as Will Smith's in Concussion, the
sort of character-driven drama Oscar ordinarily tends to reward.
Also
overlooked was Michael B. Jordan for his impressive turn in the title
role of Creed, although his co-star Sly Stallone was nominated in the
Best Supporting category. Curiously, the critically-acclaimed
Straight Outta Compton garnered only one nomination for its
screenplay which was written by four white scriptwriters.
These
embarrassing oversights ostensibly reflect the lack of diversity in
the Academy's ranks, despite the fact that its President, Cheryl
Boone, happens to be African-American. Why do not only blacks, but
Asians, Latinos and Native-Americans have such a hard time making the
grade?
Well,
the voters are reportedly 93% white and 76% male with an average age
of 63, which helps explain why a tour de force on the part of a
minority might fail to register a blip on the radar. Given the
demographic trend toward an increasingly ethnically-mixed populace,
it is incumbent upon the Academy to figure a way to seriously
consider every color of the country's wonderful rainbow, if it wants
to ensure that the Oscars remain relevant in the 21st Century.
Complete
List of Academy Award Nominations
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
Best Actor
Bryan Cranston, Trumbo
Matt Damon, The Martian
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs
Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl
Best Actress
Cate Blanchett, Carol
Brie Larson, Room
Jennifer Lawrence, Joy
Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years
Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn
Best Supporting Actor
Christian Bale, The Big Short
Tom Hardy, The Revenant
Mark Ruffalo, Spotlight
Mark Rylance, Bridge Of Spies
Sylvester Stallone, Creed
Best Supporting Actress
Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight
Rooney Mara, Carol
Rachel McAdams, Spotlight
Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl
Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs
Directing
The Big Short, Adam McKay
Mad Max: Fury Road, George Miller
The Revenant, Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Room, Lenny Abrahamson
Tom McCarthy, Spotlight
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
Foreign Language Film
Embrace of the Serpent (Colombia)
Mustang (France)
Son of Saul (Hungary)
Theeb (Jordan)
A War (Denmark)
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
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
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
Animated Feature Film
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 Nishimura
Cinematography
Carol
Ed Lachman
The Hateful Eight
Robert Richardson
Mad Max: Fury Road
John Seale
The Revenant
Emmanuel Lubezki
Sicario
Roger Deakins
Costume Design
Carol
Sandy Powell
Cinderella
Sandy Powell
The Danish Girl
Paco Delgado
Mad Max: Fury Road
Jenny Beavan
The Revenant
Jacqueline West
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
Documentary Short Subject
Body Team 12
David Darg and Bryn Mooser
Chau, Bbeyond 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
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
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
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
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
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
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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
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