Here are the nominees for the 88th Academy Awards, which
will take place on February 28th:
Best Picture
The Big Short
Bridge of Spies
Brooklyn
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Room
Spotlight
Performance by an actor in a leading role
Bryan Cranston, Trumbo
Matt Damon, The Martian
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs
Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl
Performance by an actress in a leading role
Cate Blanchett, Carol
Brie Larson, Room
Jennifer Lawrence, Joy
Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years
Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn
Best director
Adam McKay, The Big Short
George Miller, Mad Max
Alejandro G. Iñárritu The Revenant
Lenny Abrahamson Room
Tom McCarthy Spotlight
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Christian Bale, The Big Short
Tom Hardy, The Revenant
Mark Ruffalo, Spotlight
Mark Rylance, The Bridge of Spies
Sylvester Stallone, Creed
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
Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs
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 Lyrics by Abel Tesfaye, Ahmad Balshe, Jason
Daheala Quenneville and Stephan Moccio
“Manta Ray” from “Racing Extinction”
Music by J. Ralph and Lyrics by Antony Hegarty
“Simple Song #3” from “Youth”
Music and Lyrics by David Lang
“Til It Happens To You” from “The Hunting Ground”
Music and Lyrics by Diane Warren and Lady Gaga
“Writing’s On The Wall” from “Spectre”
Music and Lyrics 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 and
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 and Tom McCarthy
“Straight Outta Compton” Screenplay by Jonathan Herman and
Andrea Berloff; Story by S. Leigh Savidge and Alan Wenkus and Andrea Berloff
