The nominees for the 88th Annual Academy Awards have officially arrived, straight from the Academy’s break-of-dawn press conference in Los Angeles. The nominees were announced this morning by actor John Krasinski, Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs and visionary filmmakers Guillermo del Toro and Ang Lee. The show on Sunday, Feb. 28 will be hosted by comedian Chris Rock.
Some of the results were as expected—Leonaro DiCaprio will continue his quest for an Oscar, for example, as he represents Alejandro Iñárritu’s The Revenant. Also successful was George Miller’s Mad Max: Fury Road, which has been picking up far more nominations than any other “action film” in recent memory, providing hope to we genre fans—even a Best Picture nomination among its 10 in total.
As in previous years, there is sure to be controversy about the lack of racial diversity among the nominees—not a single non-white actor or actress was nominated in any of the four major acting categories, which might well revive some of the anti-Academy hashtags.
Without further ado, here are the nominees.
Best Actor
Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant
Bryan Cranston – Trumbo
Matt Damon – The Martian
Michael Fassbender – Steve Jobs
Eddie Redmayne – The Danish Girl
Best Actress
Cate Blanchett – Carol
Brie Larson – Room
Jennifer Lawrence – Joy
Charlotte Rampling – 45 Years
Saorise Ronan – Brooklyn
Best Supporting Actor
Christian Bale – The Big Short
Tom Hardy – The Revenant
Mark Ruffalo – Spotlight
Mark Rylance – Bridge of Spies
Sylvester Stallone – Creed
Best Supporting Actress
Jennifer Jason Leigh – The Hateful Eight
Rooney Mara – Carol
Rachel McAdams – Spotlight
Alicia Vikander – The Danish Girl
Kate Winslet – Steve Jobs
Directing
Alejandro Iñárritu – The Revenant
Adam McKay – The Big Short
George Miller – Mad Max: Fury Road
Lenny Abrahamson – Room
Tom McCarthy – Spotlight
Film Editing
The Big Short
Spotlight
Mad Max: Fury Road
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
The Revenant
Original Score
Thomas Newman – Bridge of Spies
Carter Burwell – Carol
Ennio Morricone- The Hateful Eight
Jóhann Jóhannsson – Sicario
John Williams – Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Best Picture
Spotlight
The Big Short
Bridge of Spies
Brooklyn
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Room
Production Design
Bridge of Spies
The Danish Girl
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Visual Effects
Ex Machina
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Best Foreign Language Film
Embrace of the Serpent
Mustang
Son of Saul
Theeb
A War
Adapted Screenplay
The Big Short
Brooklyn
Carol
The Martian
Room
Original Screenplay
Bridge of Spies
Ex Machina
Inside Out
Spotlight
Straight Outta Compton
Animated Feature Film
Anomalisa
Boy and the World
Inside Out
Shaun the Sheep Movie
When Marnie Was There
Cinematography
Carol
The Hateful Eight
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Sicario
Costume Design
Carol
Cinderella
The Danish Girl
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Documentary Feature
Amy
Cartel Land
The Look of Silence
What Happened, Miss Simone?
Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom
Documentary Short Subject
Body Team 12
Chau, Beyond the Lines
Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah
A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness
Last Day of Freedom
Makeup and Hairstyling
Mad Max: Fury Road
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
The Revenant
Original Song
“Earned It,” Fifty Shades of Grey
“Manta Ray,” Racing Extinction
“Simple Song No. 3,” Youth
”’Til It Happens to You,” The Haunting Ground
“Writings on the Wall,” Spectre
Animated Short Film
Bear Story
Prologue
Sanjay’s Super Team
We Can’t Live Without Cosmos
World of Tomorrow
Live Action Short Film
Ave Maria
Day One
Everything Will Be Okay (Alles Wird Gut)
Shok
Stutterer
Sound Editing
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Sicario
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Sound Mixing
Bridge of Spies
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens