LOS ANGELES: The 92nd Academy Awards, most commonly known as the Oscars, are all set to happen on 9th February 2020. This is one of the most important events from the Hollywood Film Industry where some of the best works of the year 2019 will be honoured. The nomination list was released last night with 24 categories.
The dark psychological thriller, ‘Joker’, about the DC Comic villain has led the nominations by 11 mentions. Joaquin Phoenix, who portrayed the role of Joker has become the first individual to have a nomination for the best actor from a comic book film. ‘The Irishman’, ‘1917’ and ‘Once Upon A Time In Hollywood’, got nominated for 10 awards each.
The Korean film, ‘Parasite’ is the only foreign-language film to be nominated for this year. In totality, it is the 12th foreign film to have been nominated in the best picture category. Scarlett Johansson is the first person to have a nomination for ‘Best Actress’(Marriage Story) and ‘Best Supporting Actress’ (Jojo Rabbit) in this year’s awards. See the full list of nominations here:
Best Picture
- Ford v Ferrari – Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping and James Mangold
- The Irishman – Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal, and Emma Tillinger Koskoff
- Jojo Rabbit – Carthew Neal and Taika Waititi
- Joker – Todd Phillips, Bradley Cooper and Emma Tillinger Koskoff
- Little Women – Amy Pascal
- Marriage Story – Noah Baumbach and David Heyman
- 1917 – Sam Mendes, Pippa Harris, Jayne-Ann Tenggren, and Callum McDougal
- Once Upon a Time in Hollywood – David Heyman, Shannon McIntosh and Quentin Tarantino
- Parasite – Kwak Sin-ae and Bong Joon-ho
Best Director
- Martin Scorsese – The Irishman
- Todd Phillips – Joker
- Sam Mendes – 1917
- Quentin Tarantino – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
- Bong Joon-ho – Parasite
Best Actor
- Antonio Banderas – Pain and Glory as Salvador Mallo
- Leonardo DiCaprio – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood as Rick Dalton
- Adam Driver – Marriage Story as Charlie Barber
- Joaquin Phoenix – Joker as Arthur Fleck / The Joker
- Jonathan Pryce – The Two Popes as Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio
Best Actress
- Cynthia Erivo – Harriet as Harriet Tubman
- Scarlett Johansson – Marriage Story as Nicole Barber
- Saoirse Ronan – Little Women as Josephine "Jo" March
- Charlize Theron – Bombshell as Megyn Kelly
- Renée Zellweger – Judy as Judy Garland
Best Supporting Actor
- Tom Hanks – A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood as Fred Rogers
- Anthony Hopkins – The Two Popes as Pope Benedict XVI
- Al Pacino – The Irishman as Jimmy Hoffa
- Joe Pesci – The Irishman as Russell Bufalino
- Brad Pitt – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood as Cliff Booth
Best Original Screenplay
- Knives Out – Rian Johnson
- Marriage Story – Noah Baumbach
- 1917 – Sam Mendes and Krysty Wilson-Cairns
- Once Upon a Time in Hollywood – Quentin Tarantino
- Parasite – Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won
Best Adapted Screenplay
- The Irishman – Steven Zaillian based on the book I Heard You Paint Houses by Charles Brandt
- Jojo Rabbit – Taika Waititi based on the novel Caging Skies by Christine Leunens
- Joker – Todd Phillips and Scott Silver based on the characters created by Bill Finger, Bob Kane, and Jerry Robinson
- Little Women – Greta Gerwig based on the novel by Louisa May Alcott
- The Two Popes – Anthony McCarten based on his play The Pope
Best Animated Feature Film
- How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World – Dean DeBlois, Bonnie Arnold and Brad Lewis
- I Lost My Body – Jeremy Clapin and Marc du Pontavice
- Klaus – Sergio Pablos, Jinko Gotoh and Marisa Román
- Missing Link – Chris Butler, Arianne Sutner and Travis Knight
- Toy Story 4 – Josh Cooley, Jonas Rivera and Mark Nielsen
Best International Feature Film
- Corpus Christi (Poland) in Polish – Directed by Jan Komasa
- Honeyland (North Macedonia) in Turkish[a] – Directed by Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov
- Les Misérables (France) in French – Directed by Ladj Ly
- Pain and Glory (Spain) in Spanish – Directed by Pedro Almodóvar
- Parasite (South Korea) in Korean – Directed by Bong Joon-ho
Best Documentary Feature
- American Factory – Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert and Jeff Reichert
- The Cave – Feras Fayyad, Kirstine Barfod and Sigrid Dyekjær
- The Edge of Democracy – Petra Costa, Joanna Natasegara, Shane Boris and Tiago Pavan
- For Sama – Waad Al-Kateab and Edward Watts
- Honeyland – Ljubomir Stefanov, Tamara Kotevska and Atanas Georgiev
Best Documentary Short Subject
- In the Absence – Yi Seung-Jun and Gary Byung-Seok Kam
- Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You're a Girl) – Carol Dysinger and Elena Andreicheva
- Life Overtakes Me – John Haptas and Kristine Samuelson
- St. Louis Superman – Smriti Mundhra and Sami Khan
- Walk Run Cha-Cha – Laura Nix and Colette Sandstedt
Best Live Action Short Film
- Brotherhood – Meryam Joobeur and Maria Gracia Turgeon
- Nefta Football Club – Yves Piat and Damien Megherbi
- The Neighbors' Window – Marshall Curry
- Saria – Bryan Buckley and Matt Lefebvre
- A Sister – Delphine Girard
Best Animated Short Film
- Dcera (Daughter) – Daria Kashcheeva
- Hair Love – Matthew A. Cherry and Karen Rupert Toliver
- Kitbull – Rosana Sullivan and Kathryn Hendrickson
- Memorable – Bruno Collet and Jean-François Le Corre
- Sister – Siqi Song
Best Original Score
- Joker – Hildur Guðnadóttir
- Little Women – Alexandre Desplat
- Marriage Story – Randy Newman
- 1917 – Thomas Newman
- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker – John Williams
Best Original Song
- "I Can't Let You Throw Yourself Away" from Toy Story 4 – Music and Lyrics by Randy Newman
- "(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again" from Rocketman – Music by Elton John; Lyrics by Bernie Taupin
- "I'm Standing with You" from Breakthrough – Music and Lyrics by Diane Warren
- "Into the Unknown" from Frozen II – Music and Lyrics by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez
- "Stand Up" from Harriet – Music and Lyrics by Joshuah Brian Campbell and Cynthia Erivo
Best Sound Editing
- Ford v Ferrari – Donald Sylvester
- Joker – Alan Robert Murray
- 1917 – Oliver Tarney and Rachael Tate
- Once Upon a Time in Hollywood – Wylie Stateman
- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker – Matthew Wood and David Acord
Best Sound Mixing
- Ad Astra – Gary Rydstrom, Tom Johnson and Mark Ulano
- Ford v Ferrari – Paul Massey, David Giammarco and Steven A. Morrow
- Joker – Tom Ozanich, Dean Zupancic and Tod Maitland
- 1917 – Mark Taylor and Stuart Wilson
- Once Upon a Time in Hollywood – Michael Minkler, Christian P. Minkler and Mark Ulano
Best Production Design
- The Irishman – Production Design: Bob Shaw; Set Decoration: Regina Graves
- Jojo Rabbit – Production Design: Ra Vincent; Set Decoration: Nora Sopková
- 1917 – Production Design: Dennis Gassner; Set Decoration: Lee Sandales
- Once Upon a Time in Hollywood – Production Design: Barbara Ling; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
- Parasite – Production Design: Lee Ha-joon; Set Decoration: Cho Won-woo
Best Cinematography
- The Irishman – Rodrigo Prieto
- Joker – Lawrence Sher
- The Lighthouse – Jarin Blaschke
- 1917 – Roger Deakins
- Once Upon a Time in Hollywood – Robert Richardson
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
- Bombshell – Kazu Hiro, Anne Morgan and Vivian Baker
- Joker – Nicki Ledermann and Kay Georgiou
- Judy – Jeremy Woodhead
- Maleficent: Mistress of Evil – Paul Gooch, Arjen Tuiten and David White
- 1917 – Naomi Donne, Tristan Versluis and Rebecca Cole
Best Costume Design
- The Irishman – Sandy Powell and Christopher Peterson
- Jojo Rabbit – Mayes C. Rubeo
- Joker – Mark Bridges
- Little Women – Jacqueline Durran
- Once Upon a Time in Hollywood – Arianne Phillips
Best Film Editing
- Ford v Ferrari – Andrew Buckland and Michael McCusker
- The Irishman – Thelma Schoonmaker
- Jojo Rabbit – Tom Eagles
- Joker – Jeff Groth
- Parasite – Yang Jin-mo
Best Visual Effects
- Avengers: Endgame – Dan DeLeeuw, Matt Aitken, Russell Earl and Dan Sudick
- The Irishman – Pablo Helman, Leandro Estebecorena, Stephane Grabli, and Nelson Sepulveda
- The Lion King – Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R. Jones and Elliot Newman
- 1917 – Guillaume Rocheron, Greg Butler, and Dominic Tuohy
- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker – Roger Guyett, Neal Scanlan, Patrick Tubach and Dominic Tuohy
53 films were nominated in various categories and they recieved 124 Nominations.
Madhurima
