Fences, Hidden Figures, Moonlight Among 2017 Oscar NomineesPosted by Wilson Morales
January 24, 2017
Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs was joined by Academy members Demian Bichir, Dustin Lance Black, Glenn Close, Guillermo del Toro, Marcia Gay Harden, Terrence Howard, Jennifer Hudson, Brie Larson, Jason Reitman, Gabourey Sidibe and Ken Watanabe for the 89th Academy Awards nominations this morning.
La La Land led the nominations with 14, which ties the record of most nominations ever with 1997’s Titanic and 1950’s All About Eve. Arrival and Moonlight followed with eight nominations each, and Hacksaw Ridge, Lion, and Manchester by the Sea received six each.
After last year’s Oscar nominations, in which no Black actors were nominated for the second consecuitve year, changes were made within the voting system that allowed for new members. Those changes have resulted in the not one, but six Black actors/ actresses receiving nods today, an historic occasion.
With Fences’ Denzel Washington and Loving’s Ruth Negga nominated in the Best Actor/ Actress category, and Mahershala Ali (Moonlight), Viola Davis (Fences), Naomie Harris (Moonlight) and Octavia Spencer (Hidden Figures) getting nods in for Best Supporting Actor/ Actress, it marks the first time Blacks have been nominated in all 4 acting categories.
“Fences,” “Hidden Figures,” and “Moonlight” are all nominated for Best Pictures, marking the first time that 3 Black themed films have ever been nominated in this category.
Also record setting was the amount of Blacks getting nominations (18), surpassing the 7 that came in 2009.
That includes Kimberly Steward, Pharrell Williams, Denzel Washington, Barry Jenkins, Ruth Negga, Mahershala Ali, Viola Davis, Naomie Harris, Octavia Spencer, Tarell A. McCraney, August Wilson, Joi McMillon, Bradford Young, Ava DuVernay, Ezra Edelman, Raoul Peck, Herbert Peck, and Roger Ross Williams.
Viola Davis – most nominated African-American actress with 3 nominations (Best Supporting Actress nom for Doubt, Best Actress nom for The Help).
Viola Davis (“Fences”), Naomie Harris (“Moonlight”) and Octavia Spencer (“Hidden Figures”) – First time three African-American actresses received Best Supporting Actress nominations in same year.
Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer – Second time both actresses have been nominated in same year but first time in same category for different films.
Joi McMillon – Second black person to be nominated for Best Editing and the First Black Female to be nominated
Ezra Edelman, Ava DuVernay, Raoul Peck, Roger Ross Williams – First time four Blacks received Best Documentary Feature nominations in same year.
Bradford Young of Arrival – Second Black person ever to be nominated for Best Cinematography.
Set to be hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, the 89th Academy Awards will be held on Sunday, February 26, 2017, at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood, and will be televised live on the ABC Television Network at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT. The Oscars also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.
Nominations for the 89th Academy Awards:
BEST PICTURE
ARRIVAL
Shawn Levy, Dan Levine, Aaron Ryder and David Linde, Producers
FENCES
Scott Rudin, Denzel Washington and Todd Black, Producers
HACKSAW RIDGE
Bill Mechanic and David Permut, Producers
HELL OR HIGH WATER
Carla Hacken and Julie Yorn, Producers
HIDDEN FIGURES
Donna Gigliotti, Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping, Pharrell Williams and Theodore Melfi, Producers
LA LA LAND
Fred Berger, Jordan Horowitz and Marc Platt, Producers
LION
Emile Sherman, Iain Canning and Angie Fielder, Producers
MANCHESTER BY THE SEA
Matt Damon, Kimberly Steward, Chris Moore, Lauren Beck and Kevin J. Walsh, Producers
MOONLIGHT
Adele Romanski, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner, Producers
ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING
ARRIVAL – Denis Villeneuve
HACKSAW RIDGE – Mel Gibson
LA LA LAND – Damien Chazelle
MANCHESTER BY THE SEA – Kenneth Lonergan
MOONLIGHT – Barry Jenkins
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
CASEY AFFLECK Manchester by the Sea
ANDREW GARFIELD Hacksaw Ridge
RYAN GOSLING La La Land
VIGGO MORTENSEN Captain Fantastic
DENZEL WASHINGTON Fences
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
ISABELLE HUPPERT Elle
RUTH NEGGA Loving
NATALIE PORTMAN Jackie
EMMA STONE La La Land
MERYL STREEP Florence Foster Jenkins
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
MAHERSHALA ALI Moonlight
JEFF BRIDGES Hell or High Water
LUCAS HEDGES Manchester by the Sea
DEV PATEL Lion
MICHAEL SHANNON Nocturnal Animals
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
VIOLA DAVIS Fences
NAOMIE HARRIS Moonlight
NICOLE KIDMAN Lion
OCTAVIA SPENCER Hidden Figures
MICHELLE WILLIAMS Manchester by the Sea
WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
ARRIVAL Screenplay by Eric Heisserer
FENCES Screenplay by August Wilson
HIDDEN FIGURES Screenplay by Allison Schroeder and Theodore Melfi
LION Screenplay by Luke Davies
MOONLIGHT Screenplay by Barry Jenkins; Story by Tarell Alvin McCraney
WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
HELL OR HIGH WATER Written by Taylor Sheridan
LA LA LAND Written by Damien Chazelle
THE LOBSTER Written by Yorgos Lanthimos, Efthimis Filippou
MANCHESTER BY THE SEA Written by Kenneth Lonergan
20TH CENTURY WOMEN Written by Mike Mills
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
LAND OF MINE Denmark
A MAN CALLED OVE Sweden
THE SALESMAN Iran
TANNA Australia
TONI ERDMANN Germany
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS Travis Knight and Arianne Sutner
MOANA John Musker, Ron Clements and Osnat Shurer
MY LIFE AS A ZUCCHINI Claude Barras and Max Karli
THE RED TURTLE Michael Dudok de Wit and Toshio Suzuki
ZOOTOPIA Byron Howard, Rich Moore and Clark Spencer
ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION DESIGN
ARRIVAL
Production Design: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Paul Hotte
FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM
Production Design: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
HAIL, CAESAR!
Production Design: Jess Gonchor; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
LA LA LAND
Production Design: David Wasco; Set Decoration: Sandy Reynolds-Wasco
PASSENGERS
Production Design: Guy Hendrix Dyas; Set Decoration: Gene Serdena
ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY
ARRIVAL Bradford Young
LA LA LAND Linus Sandgren
LION Greig Fraser
MOONLIGHT James Laxton
SILENCE Rodrigo Prieto
ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN
ALLIED Joanna Johnston
FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM Colleen Atwood
FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS Consolata Boyle
JACKIE Madeline Fontaine
LA LA LAND Mary Zophres
ACHIEVEMENT IN FILM EDITING
ARRIVAL Joe Walker
HACKSAW RIDGE John Gilbert
HELL OR HIGH WATER Jake Roberts
LA LA LAND Tom Cross
MOONLIGHT Nat Sanders and Joi McMillon
BEST DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)
FIRE AT SEA Gianfranco Rosi and Donatella Palermo
I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO Raoul Peck, Rémi Grellety and Hébert Peck
LIFE, ANIMATED Roger Ross Williams and Julie Goldman
O.J.: MADE IN AMERICA Ezra Edelman and Caroline Waterlow
13TH Ava DuVernay, Spencer Averick and Howard Barish
ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
A MAN CALLED OVE Eva von Bahr and Love Larson
STAR TREK BEYOND Joel Harlow and Richard Alonzo
SUICIDE SQUAD Alessandro Bertolazzi, Giorgio Gregorini and Christopher Nelson
ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)
JACKIE Mica Levi
LA LA LAND Justin Hurwitz
LION Dustin O’Halloran and Hauschka
MOONLIGHT Nicholas Britell
PASSENGERS Thomas Newman
ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)
AUDITION (THE FOOLS WHO DREAM)
from La La Land; Music by Justin Hurwitz; Lyric by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
CAN’T STOP THE FEELING
from Trolls; Music and Lyric by Justin Timberlake, Max Martin and Karl Johan Schuster
CITY OF STARS
from La La Land; Music by Justin Hurwitz; Lyric by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
THE EMPTY CHAIR
from Jim: The James Foley Story; Music and Lyric by J. Ralph and Sting
HOW FAR I’LL GO
from Moana; Music and Lyric by Lin-Manuel Miranda
ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND MIXING
ARRIVAL Bernard Gariépy Strobl and Claude La Haye
HACKSAW RIDGE Kevin O’Connell, Andy Wright, Robert Mackenzie and Peter Grace
LA LA LAND Andy Nelson, Ai-Ling Lee and Steve A. Morrow
ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY David Parker, Christopher Scarabosio and Stuart Wilson
13 HOURS: THE SECRET SOLDIERS OF BENGHAZI Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Mac Ruth
ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING
ARRIVAL Sylvain Bellemare
DEEPWATER HORIZON Wylie Stateman and Renée Tondelli
HACKSAW RIDGE Robert Mackenzie and Andy Wright
LA LA LAND Ai-Ling Lee and Mildred Iatrou Morgan
SULLY Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman
ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS
DEEPWATER HORIZON
Craig Hammack, Jason Snell, Jason Billington and Burt Dalton
DOCTOR STRANGE
Stephane Ceretti, Richard Bluff, Vincent Cirelli and Paul Corbould
THE JUNGLE BOOK
Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R. Jones and Dan Lemmon
KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS
Steve Emerson, Oliver Jones, Brian McLean and Brad Schiff
ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY
John Knoll, Mohen Leo, Hal Hickel and Neil Corbould
BEST DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT)
EXTREMIS Dan Krauss
4.1 MILES Daphne Matziaraki
JOE’S VIOLIN Kahane Cooperman and Raphaela Neihausen
WATANI: MY HOMELAND Marcel Mettelsiefen and Stephen Ellis
THE WHITE HELMETS Orlando von Einsiedel and Joanna Natasegara
BEST SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
ENNEMIS INTÉRIEURS Sélim Azzazi
LA FEMME ET LE TGV Timo von Gunten and Giacun Caduff
SILENT NIGHTS Aske Bang and Kim Magnusson
SING Kristof Deák and Anna Udvardy
TIMECODE Juanjo Giménez
BEST SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
BLIND VAYSHA Theodore Ushev
BORROWED TIME Andrew Coats and Lou Hamou-Lhadj
PEAR CIDER AND CIGARETTES Robert Valley and Cara Speller
PEARL Patrick Osborne
PIPER Alan Barillaro and Marc Sondheimer
