93rd Annual Academy Awards Nominations (2021)

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  • Date of Ceremony: Sunday, April 25, 2021
  • For films released in: 2020
  • Nominations Announcement: Monday, March 15, 2021
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This page will hold the complete list of nominations for the 93rd Annual Academy Awards. We’ll have more information here shortly.

And the nominees are:

Best Picture

  • The Father
    David Parfitt [Producer], Jean-Louis Livi [Producer] and Philippe Carcassonne [Producer]
  • Judas and the Black Messiah
    Shaka King [Producer], Charles D. King [Producer] and Ryan Coogler [Producer]
  • Mank
    Ceán Chaffin [Producer], Eric Roth [Producer] and Douglas Urbanski [Producer]
  • Minari
    Christina Oh
  • Nomadland
    Frances McDormand [Producer], Peter Spears [Producer], Mollye Asher [Producer], Dan Janvey [Producer] and Chloé Zhao [Producer]
  • Promising Young Woman
    Ben Browning [Producer], Ashley Fox [Producer], Emerald Fennell [Producer] and Josey McNamara [Producer]
  • Sound of Metal
    Bert Hamelinck [Producer] and Sacha Ben Harroche [Producer]
  • The Trial of the Chicago 7
    Marc Platt [Producer] and Stuart Besser [Producer]

Actor in a Leading Role

  • The Father
    Anthony Hopkins
  • Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
    Chadwick Boseman
  • Mank
    Gary Oldman
  • Minari
    Steven Yeun
  • Sound of Metal
    Riz Ahmed

Actress in a Leading Role

  • Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
    Viola Davis
  • Nomadland
    Frances McDormand
  • Pieces of a Woman
    Vanessa Kirby
  • Promising Young Woman
    Carey Mulligan
    Note:
  • The United States vs. Billie Holiday
    Andra Day

Directing

  • Another Round
    Thomas Vinterberg
  • Mank
    David Fincher
  • Minari
    Lee Isaac Chung
  • Nomadland
    Chloé Zhao
  • Promising Young Woman
    Emerald Fennell

Actor in a Supporting Role

  • Judas and the Black Messiah
    Daniel Kaluuya
  • Judas and the Black Messiah
    Lakeith Stanfield
  • One Night in Miami...
    Leslie Odom Jr.
  • Sound of Metal
    Paul Raci
  • The Trial of the Chicago 7
    Sacha Baron Cohen

Actress in a Supporting Role

  • Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
    Maria Bakalova
  • The Father
    Olivia Colman
  • Hillbilly Elegy
    Glenn Close
  • Mank
    Amanda Seyfried
  • Minari
    Yuh-Jung Youn

Animated Feature Film

  • Onward
    Dan Scanlon and Kori Rae
  • Over the Moon
    Glen Keane, Gennie Rim and Peilin Chou
  • A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
    Richard Phelan, Will Becher and Paul Kewley
  • Soul
    Pete Docter and Dana Murray
  • Wolfwalkers
    Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart, Paul Young and Stephan Roelants

Cinematography

  • Judas and the Black Messiah
    Sean Bobbitt
  • Mank
    Erik Messerschmidt
  • News of the World
    Dariusz Wolski
  • Nomadland
    Joshua James Richards
  • The Trial of the Chicago 7
    Phedon Papamichael

Costume Design

  • Emma
    Alexandra Byrne
  • Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
    Ann Roth
  • Mank
    Trish Summerville
  • Mulan
    Bina Daigeler
  • Pinocchio
    Massimo Cantini Parrini

Documentary (Feature)

  • Collective
    Alexander Nanau and Bianca Oana
  • Crip Camp
    Nicole Newnham, Jim LeBrecht and Sara Bolder
  • The Mole Agent
    Maite Alberdi and Marcela Santibáñez
  • My Octopus Teacher
    Pippa Ehrlich, James Reed and Craig Foster
  • Time
    Garrett Bradley, Lauren Domino and Kellen Quinn

Documentary (Short Subject)

  • Colette
    Anthony Giacchino and Alice Doyard
  • A Concerto Is a Conversation
    Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers
  • Do Not Split
    Anders Hammer and Charlotte Cook
  • Hunger Ward
    Skye Fitzgerald and Michael Scheuerman
  • A Love Song for Latasha
    Sophia Nahli Allison and Janice Duncan

Film Editing

  • The Father
    Yorgos Lamprinos
  • Nomadland
    Chloé Zhao
  • Promising Young Woman
    Frédéric Thoraval
  • Sound of Metal
    Mikkel E.G. Nielsen
  • The Trial of the Chicago 7
    Alan Baumgarten

International Feature Film

  • Another Round
  • Better Days
  • Collective
  • The Man Who Sold His Skin
  • Quo Vadis, Aida?
    Note:

Makeup and Hairstyling

  • Emma
    Marese Langan, Laura Allen and Claudia Stolze
  • Hillbilly Elegy
    Eryn Krueger Mekash, Matthew Mungle and Patricia Dehaney
  • Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
    Sergio Lopez-Rivera, Mia Neal and Jamika Wilson
  • Mank
    Gigi Williams, Kimberley Spiteri and Colleen LaBaff
  • Pinocchio
    Mark Coulier, Dalia Colli and Francesco Pegoretti

Music (Original Score)

  • Da 5 Bloods
    Terence Blanchard
  • Mank
    Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
  • Minari
    Emile Mosseri
  • News of the World
    James Newton Howard
  • Soul
    Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste

Music (Original Song)

  • Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga "Husavik"
    Savan Kotecha [Music and Lyric by], Fat Max Gsus [Music and Lyric by] and Rickard Göransson [Music and Lyric by]
  • Judas and the Black Messiah "Fight for You"
    H.E.R. [Music and Lyric by], Dernst Emile II [Music by] and Tiara Thomas [Lyric by]
  • The Life Ahead "Io sì (Seen)"
    Diane Warren [Music and Lyric by] and Laura Pausini [Lyric by]
  • One Night in Miami... "Speak Now"
    Leslie Odom Jr. [Music and Lyric by] and Sam Ashworth [Music and Lyric by]
  • The Trial of the Chicago 7 "Hear My Voice"
    Daniel Pemberton [Music and Lyric by] and Celeste Waite [Lyric by]

Production Design

  • The Father
    Peter Francis [Production Design] and Cathy Featherstone [Set Decoration]
  • Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
    Mark Ricker [Production Design], Karen O'Hara [Set Decoration] and Diana Stoughton [Set Decoration]
  • Mank
    Donald Graham Burt [Production Design] and Jan Pascale [Set Decoration]
  • News of the World
    David Crank [Production Design] and Elizabeth Keenan [Set Decoration]
  • Tenet
    Nathan Crowley [Production Design] and Kathy Lucas [Set Decoration]

Short Film (Animated)

  • Burrow
    Madeline Sharafian and Michael Capbarat
  • Genius Loci
    Adrien Mérigeau and Amaury Ovise
  • If Anything Happens I Love You
    Will McCormack and Michael Govier
  • Opera
    Erick Oh
  • Yes-People
    Gisli Darri Halldórsson and Arnar Gunnarsson

Short Film (Live Action)

  • Feeling Through
    Doug Roland and Susan Ruzenski
  • The Letter Room
    Elvira Lind and Sofia Sondervan
  • The Present
    Farah Nabulsi
  • Two Distant Strangers
    Travon Free and Martin Desmond Roe
  • White Eye
    Tomer Shushan and Shira Hochman

Sound

  • Greyhound
    Warren Shaw, Michael Minkler, Beau Borders and David Wyman
  • Mank
    Ren Klyce, Jeremy Molod, David Parker, Nathan Nance and Drew Kunin
  • News of the World
    Oliver Tarney, Mike Prestwood Smith, William Miller and John Pritchett
  • Soul
    Ren Klyce, Coya Elliott and David Parker
  • Sound of Metal
    Nicolas Becker, Jaime Baksht, Michelle Couttolenc, Carlos Cortés and Phillip Bladh

Visual Effects

  • Love and Monsters
    Matt Sloan, Genevieve Camilleri, Matt Everitt and Brian Cox
  • The Midnight Sky
    Matthew Kasmir, Christopher Lawrence, Max Solomon and David Watkins
  • Mulan
    Sean Faden, Anders Langlands, Seth Maury and Steve Ingram
  • The One and Only Ivan
    Nick Davis, Greg Fisher, Ben Jones and Santiago Colomo Martinez
  • Tenet
    Andrew Jackson, David Lee, Andrew Lockley and Scott Fisher

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

  • Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
    Sacha Baron Cohen [Screenplay by], Anthony Hines [Screenplay by], Dan Swimer [Screenplay by], Peter Baynham [Screenplay by], Erica Rivinoja [Screenplay by], Dan Mazer [Screenplay by], Jena Friedman [Screenplay by], Lee Kern [Screenplay by], Sacha Baron Cohen [Story by], Anthony Hines [Story by], Dan Swimer [Story by] and Nina Pedrad [Story by]
  • The Father
    Christopher Hampton [Screenplay by] and Florian Zeller [Screenplay by]
  • Nomadland
    Chloé Zhao [Written for the screen by]
  • One Night in Miami...
    Kemp Powers [Screenplay by]
  • The White Tigers
    Ramin Bahrani [Written for the screen by]

Writing (Original Screenplay)

  • Judas and the Black Messiah
    Will Berson [Screenplay by], Shaka King [Screenplay by], Will Berson [Story by], Shaka King [Story by], Kenny Lucas [Story by] and Keith Lucas [Story by]
  • Minari
    Lee Isaac Chung [Written by]
  • Promising Young Woman
    Emerald Fennell [Written by]
  • Sound of Metal
    Darius Marder [Screenplay by], Abraham Marder [Screenplay by], Darius Marder [Story by] and Derek Cianfrance [Story by]
  • The Trial of the Chicago 7
    Aaron Sorkin [Written by]
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