Nominees for the 86th Oscars®
Is it that time of year again? You bet! The Golden Globes have come and gone and a flurry of guilds will squeeze in beforehand, but it’s ultimately the Oscar that everyone is after. And, yes, there are once again, both predictable choices along with a few surprises here and there.
Actor in a Leading Role
- Christian Bale in “American Hustle”
- Bruce Dern in “Nebraska”
- Leonardo DiCaprio in “The Wolf of Wall Street”
- Chiwetel Ejiofor in “12 Years a Slave”
- Matthew McConaughey in “Dallas Buyers Club”
Actor in a Supporting Role
- Barkhad Abdi in “Captain Phillips”
- Bradley Cooper in “American Hustle”
- Michael Fassbender in “12 Years a Slave”
- Jonah Hill in “The Wolf of Wall Street”
- Jared Leto in “Dallas Buyers Club”
Actress in a Leading Role
- Amy Adams in “American Hustle”
- Cate Blanchett in “Blue Jasmine”
- Sandra Bullock in “Gravity”
- Judi Dench in “Philomena”
- Meryl Streep in “August: Osage County”
Actress in a Supporting Role
- Sally Hawkins in “Blue Jasmine”
- Jennifer Lawrence in “American Hustle”
- Lupita Nyong’o in “12 Years a Slave”
- Julia Roberts in “August: Osage County”
- June Squibb in “Nebraska”
Animated Feature Film
- “The Croods” Chris Sanders, Kirk DeMicco and Kristine Belson
- “Despicable Me 2” Chris Renaud, Pierre Coffin and Chris Meledandri
- “Ernest & Celestine” Benjamin Renner and Didier Brunner
- “Frozen” Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee and Peter Del Vecho
- “The Wind Rises” Hayao Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki
Cinematography
- “The Grandmaster” Philippe Le Sourd
- “Gravity” Emmanuel Lubezki
- “Inside Llewyn Davis” Bruno Delbonnel
- “Nebraska” Phedon Papamichael
- “Prisoners” Roger A. Deakins
Costume Design
- “American Hustle” Michael Wilkinson
- “The Grandmaster” William Chang Suk Ping
- “The Great Gatsby” Catherine Martin
- “The Invisible Woman” Michael O’Connor
- “12 Years a Slave” Patricia Norris
*****
Directing
- “American Hustle” David O. Russell
- “Gravity” Alfonso Cuarón
- “Nebraska” Alexander Payne
- “12 Years a Slave” Steve McQueen
- “The Wolf of Wall Street” Martin Scorsese
Documentary Feature
- “The Act of Killing”Joshua Oppenheimer and Signe Byrge Sørensen
- “Cutie and the Boxer” Zachary Heinzerling and Lydia Dean Pilcher
- “Dirty Wars” Richard Rowley and Jeremy Scahill
- “The Square” Jehane Noujaim and Karim Amer
- “20 Feet from Stardom” Nominees to be determined
Documentary Short Subject
- “CaveDigger” Jeffrey Karoff
- “Facing Fear” Jason Cohen
- “Karama Has No Walls” Sara Ishaq
- “The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life” Malcolm Clarke and Nicholas Reed
- “Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall” Edgar Barens
Film Editing
- “American Hustle” Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers and Alan Baumgarten
- “Captain Phillips” Christopher Rouse
- “Dallas Buyers Club” John Mac McMurphy and Martin Pensa
- “Gravity” Alfonso Cuarón and Mark Sanger
- “12 Years a Slave” Joe Walker
Foreign Language Film
- “The Broken Circle Breakdown” Belgium
- “The Great Beauty” Italy
- “The Hunt” Denmark
- “The Missing Picture” Cambodia
- “Omar” Palestine
Makeup and Hairstyling
- “Dallas Buyers Club” Adruitha Lee and Robin Mathews
- “Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa” Stephen Prouty
- “The Lone Ranger” Joel Harlow and Gloria Pasqua-Casny
Music (Original Score)
- “The Book Thief” John Williams
- “Gravity” Steven Price
- “Her” William Butler and Owen Pallett
- “Philomena” Alexandre Desplat
- “Saving Mr. Banks” Thomas Newman
Music (Original Song)
- “Alone Yet Not Alone” from “Alone Yet Not Alone”
Music by Bruce Broughton; Lyric by Dennis Spiegel - “Happy” from “Despicable Me 2”
Music and Lyric by Pharrell Williams - “Let It Go” from “Frozen”
Music and Lyric by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez - “The Moon Song” from “Her”
Music by Karen O; Lyric by Karen O and Spike Jonze - “Ordinary Love” from “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom”
Music by Paul Hewson, Dave Evans, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen; Lyric by Paul Hewson
Best Picture
- “American Hustle” Charles Roven, Richard Suckle, Megan Ellison and Jonathan Gordon, Producers
- “Captain Phillips” Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti and Michael De Luca, Producers
- “Dallas Buyers Club” Robbie Brenner and Rachel Winter, Producers
- “Gravity” Alfonso Cuarón and David Heyman, Producers
- “Her” Megan Ellison, Spike Jonze and Vincent Landay, Producers
- “Nebraska” Albert Berger and Ron Yerxa, Producers
- “Philomena” Gabrielle Tana, Steve Coogan and Tracey Seaward, Producers
- “12 Years a Slave” Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen and Anthony Katagas, Producers
- “The Wolf of Wall Street” Nominees to be determined
*****
Production Design
- “American Hustle” Production Design: Judy Becker; Set Decoration: Heather Loeffler
- “Gravity” Production Design: Andy Nicholson; Set Decoration: Rosie Goodwin and Joanne Woollard
- “The Great Gatsby” Production Design: Catherine Martin; Set Decoration: Beverley Dunn
- “Her” Production Design: K.K. Barrett; Set Decoration: Gene Serdena
- “12 Years a Slave” Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Alice Baker
Short Film (Animated)
- “Feral” Daniel Sousa and Dan Golden
- “Get a Horse!” Lauren MacMullan and Dorothy McKim
- “Mr. Hublot” Laurent Witz and Alexandre Espigares
- “Possessions” Shuhei Morita
- “Room on the Broom” Max Lang and Jan Lachauer
Short Film (Live Action)
- “Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn’t Me)” Esteban Crespo
- “Avant Que De Tout Perdre (Just before Losing Everything)” Xavier Legrand and Alexandre Gavras
- “Helium” Anders Walter and Kim Magnusson
- “Pitääkö Mun Kaikki Hoitaa? (Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?)” Selma Vilhunen and Kirsikka Saari
- “The Voorman Problem” Mark Gill and Baldwin Li
Sound Editing
- “All Is Lost” Steve Boeddeker and Richard Hymns
- “Captain Phillips” Oliver Tarney
- “Gravity” Glenn Freemantle
- “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” Brent Burge
- “Lone Survivor” Wylie Stateman
Sound Mixing
- “Captain Phillips” Chris Burdon, Mark Taylor, Mike Prestwood Smith and Chris Munro
- “Gravity” Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead and Chris Munro
- “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” Christopher Boyes, Michael Hedges, Michael Semanick and Tony Johnson
- “Inside Llewyn Davis” Skip Lievsay, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland
- “Lone Survivor” Andy Koyama, Beau Borders and David Brownlow
Visual Effects
- “Gravity” Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk and Neil Corbould
- “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and Eric Reynolds
- “Iron Man 3” Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Erik Nash and Dan Sudick
- “The Lone Ranger” Tim Alexander, Gary Brozenich, Edson Williams and John Frazier
- “Star Trek Into Darkness” Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Ben Grossmann and Burt Dalton
*****
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
- “Before Midnight” Written by Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke
- “Captain Phillips” Screenplay by Billy Ray
- “Philomena” Screenplay by Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope
- “12 Years a Slave” Screenplay by John Ridley
- “The Wolf of Wall Street” Screenplay by Terence Winter
Writing (Original Screenplay)
- “American Hustle” Written by Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell
- “Blue Jasmine” Written by Woody Allen
- “Dallas Buyers Club” Written by Craig Borten & Melisa Wallack
- “Her” Written by Spike Jonze
- “Nebraska” Written by Bob Nelson