‘The Revenant’ & ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ Top 2016 Academy Award Nominations

Jan 14, 2016

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Intense films took the most 2016 Academy Award nominations this morning as “The Revenant” and George Miller’s “Mad Max: Fury Road” took the most Oscar slots. “Revenant” director Alejandro Inarritu is following up his 2015 Oscar win with another nomination, and George Miller’s long road to make his film has proven a worthy one.

One documentary that was a pleasure to see up for nomination was “What Happened, Miss Simone?” which easily deserves the win.

The brutal frontier saga “The Revenant” leads the 88th annual Academy Awards with 12 nominations, while the acting categories were again filled entirely by white performers.

The strong showing for “The Revenant,” including a best actor nod for Leonardo DiCaprio, follows its win at the Golden Globes. It sets director Alejandro Inarritu for a possible back-to-back win following his best-picture winning “Birdman.”

George Miller’s “Mad Max: Fury Road” followed with 10 nominations, including best picture. Ridley Scott’s sci-fi epic “The Martian” landed 7 nominations, including best picture, but no best director nod for Scott.

Data curated by PrettyFamous

Best Picture

The Big Short
Bridge of Spies
Brooklyn
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Room
Spotlight

Performance an actor in a leading role

Bryan Cranston in Trumbo
Matt Damon in The Martian
Leonardo DiCaprio in The Revenant
Michael Fassbender in Steve Jobs
Eddie Redmayne in The Danish Girl

Performance an actor in a supporting role

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

Performance an actress in a leading role

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

Performance an actress in a supporting role

Jennifer Jason Leigh in The Hateful Eight
Rooney Mara in Carol
Rachel McAdams in Spotlight
Alicia Vikander in The Danish Girl
Kate Winslet in Steve Jobs

Adapted screenplay

The Big Short Charles Randolph and Adam McKay
Brooklyn Nick Hornby
Carol Phyllis Nagy
The Martian Drew Goddard
Room Emma Donoghue

Original screenplay

Bridge of Spies Matt Charman and Ethan Coen & Joel Coen
Ex Machina Alex Garland
Inside Out Screenplay Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley; Original story Pete Docter, Ronnie del Carmen
Spotlight Josh Singer & Tom McCarthy
Straight Outta Compton Screenplay Jonathan Herman and Andrea Berloff; Story S. Leigh Savidge & Alan Wenkus and Andrea Berloff

Best animated feature

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

Achievement in cinematography

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

Achievement in costume design

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

Achievement in directing

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

Best documentary

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

Best documentary short

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

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

Achievement in makeup and hair

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

Best 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

Best original song

Earned It from Fifty Shades of Grey
Music and Lyric Abel Tesfaye, Ahmad Balshe, Jason Daheala Quenneville and Stephan Moccio
Manta Ray from Racing Extinction Music J. Ralph and Lyric Antony Hegarty
Simple Song #3 from Youth Music and Lyric David Lang
Til It Happens To You from The Hunting Ground Music and Lyric Diane Warren and Lady Gaga
Writing’s On The Wall from Spectre Music and Lyric Jimmy Napes and Sam Smith

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

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

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