Oscar Releases Nomination List

The Nominees for the 88th Academy Awards were announced Thursday morning at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills,The Award will be hosted by Chris Rock and will take place at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywoood on Sunday February 28. The nominees are

Best 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

Best Picture

The Big Short
Producers: Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner
Bridge of Spies
Producers: Steven Spielberg, Marc Platt and Kristie Macosko Krieger
Brooklyn
Producers: Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey
Mad Max: Fury Road
Producers: Doug Mitchell and George Miller
The Martian
Producers: Simon Kinberg, Ridley Scott, Michael Schaefer and Mark Huffam
The Revenant
Producers: Arnon Milchan, Steve Golin, Alejandro G. Inarritu, Mary Parent and Keith Redmon
Room
Producer: Ed Guiney
Spotlight
Producers: Michael Sugar, Steve Golin, Nicole Rocklin and Blye Pagon Faust

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Christian Bale, The Big Short
Tom Hardy, The Revenant
Mark Ruffalo, Spotlight
Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies
Sylvester Stallone, Creed 

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Cate Blanchett, Carol
Brie Larson, Room
Jennifer Lawrence, Joy
Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years
Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn

Best 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 Animated Feature Film

Anomalisa
Producers: Charlie Kaufman, Duke Johnson and Rosa Tran
Boy and the World
Producer: Ale Abreu
Inside Out
Producers: Pete Docter and Jonas Rivera
Shaun the Sheep Movie
Producers: Mark Burton and Richard Starzak
When Marnie Was There
Producers: Hiromasa Yonebayashi and Yoshiaki Nishimura

Best Cinematography

Carol, Ed Lachman The Hateful Eight, Robert Richardson Mad Max: Fury Road, John Seale The Revenant, Emmanuel Lubezki Sicario, Roger Deakins

Best Costume Design

Carol, Sandy Powell
Cinderella, Sandy Powell
The Danish Girl, Paco Delgado
Mad Max: Fury Road, Jenny Beavan
The Revenant, Jacqueline West

Best Directing

Adam McKay, The Big Short
George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road
Alejandro G. Inarritu, The Revenant
Lenny Abrahamson, Room
Tom McCarthy, Spotlight

Best Documentary Feature

Amy
Producers: Asif Kapadia and James Gay-Rees
Cartel Land
Producers: Matthew Heineman and Tom Yellin
The Look of Silence
Producers: Joshua Oppenheimer and Signe Byrge Sørensen
What Happened, Miss Simone?
Producers: Liz Garbus, Amy Hobby and Justin Wilkes
Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom
Producers: Evgeny Afineevsky and Den Tolmor

Best Documentary Short

Body Team 12
Producers: David Darg and Bryn Mooser
Chau, Beyond the Lines
Producers: Courtney Marsh and Jerry Franck
Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah
Producer: Adam Benzine
A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness
Producer: Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
Last Day of Freedom
Producers: Dee Hibbert-Jones and Nomi Talisman

Best 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

Embrace of the Serpent, Colombia Mustang, France Son of Saul, Hungary Theeb, Jordan A War, Denmark

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Mad Max: Fury Road, Lesley Vanderwalt, Elka Wardega and Damian Martin The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out a Window and Disappeared, Love Larson and Eva von Bahr The Revenant, Sian Grigg, Duncan Jarman and Robert Pandini

Best Music - 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 lyric by Diane Warren and Lady Gaga
“Writing’s on the Wall” from Spectre
Music and lyrics by Jimmy Napes and Sam Smith

Best Music - Original Score

Bridge of Spies, Thomas Newman Carol, Carter Burwell The Hateful Eight, Ennio Morricone Sicario, Johann Johannsson Star Wars: The Force Awakens, John Williams

Best 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 Short Film - Live Action

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

Best Short Film - Animated

Bear Story
Producers: Gabriel Osorio and Pato Escala
Prologue
Producers: Richard Williams and Imogen Sutton
Sanjay's Super Team
Producers: Sanjay Patel and Nicole Grindle
We Can't Live Without Cosmos
Producer: Konstantin Bronzit
World of Tomorrow
Producer: Don Hertzfeldt

Best 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

Best 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. Montano, Randy Thom and Chris Duesterdiek Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Andy Nelson, Christopher Scarabosio and Stuart Wilson

Best 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

Best Writing - 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

Best Writing - Original Screenplay

Bridge of Spies
Written by Matt Charman, 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, Alan Wenkus and Andrea Berloff