It is that time of year again. It’s not rabbit season or duck season, it’s Oscar season. Early this morning Thor a.k.a. Chris Hemsworth helped announce the nominees for the 86th Academy Awards. The nominees this year are not thunderous surprises but rather clear picks with a sprinkling of snubbing. Check out the full list of nominees below to see if you notice anyone missing from the list. Then click here to check out Matt Marshall’s article on what we can learn from this list about the upcoming Oscars.
BEST PICTURE
- American Hustle
- Captain Phillips
- Dallas Buyers Club
- Gravity
- Her
- Nebraska
- Philomena
- 12 Years a Slave
- The Wolf of Wall Street
BEST DIRECTOR
- David O. Russell – American Hustle
- Alfonso Cuarón – Gravity
- Alexander Payne – Nebraska
- Steve McQueen – 12 Years a Slave
- Martin Scorsese- The Wolf of Wall Street
BEST ACTOR
- Christian Bale – American Hustle
- Chiwetel Ejiofor–12 Years a Slave
- Bruce Dern – Nebraska
- Matthew McConaughey – Dallas Buyers Club
- Leonardo DiCaprio – The Wolf of Wall Street
BEST ACTRESS
- Amy Adams – American Hustle
- Judi Dench – Philomena
- Cate Blanchett – Blue Jasmine
- Meryl Streep – August: Osage County
- Sandra Bullock – Gravity
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
- Sally Hawkins – Blue Jasmine
- Julia Roberts – August: Osage County
- Jennifer Lawrence – American Hustle
- June Squibb – Nebraska
- Lupita Nyong’o – 12 Years a Slave
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
- Barkhad Abdi – Captain Phillips
- Bradley Cooper – American Hustle
- Michael Fassbender – 12 Years a Slave
- Jared Leto – Dallas Buyers Club
- Jonah Hill – The Wolf of Wall Street
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
- The Croods
- Frozen
- Despicable Me 2
- Ernest & Celestine
- The Wind Rises
CINEMATOGRAPHY
- The Grandmaster – Philippe Le Sourd
- Gravity – Emmanuel Lubezki
- Inside Llewyn Davis – Bruno Delbonnel
- Nebraska – Phedon Papmichael
- Prisoners – Roger A. Deakins
COSTUME DESIGN
- American Hustle – Michael Wilkinson
- The Grandmaster – William Chang Suk Ping
- The Great Gatsby – Catherine Martin
- The Invisible Woman – Michael O’Connor
- 12 Years a Slave – Patricia Norris
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
- The Act of Killing
- Cutie and the Boxer
- Dirty Wars
- The Square
- 20 Feet from Stardom
DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
- CaveDigger
- Facing Fear
- Karama Has No Walls
- The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life
- Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall
FILM EDITING
- American Hustle – Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers and Alan Baumgarten
- Captain Phillips – Christopher Rouse
- Dallas Buyers Club – John Mac McMurphy and Martin Pensa
- Gravity – Alfonso Cuarón and Mark Sanger
- 12 Years a Slave – Joe Walker
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
- The Broken Circle Breakdown – Belgium
- The Great Beauty – Italy
- The Hunt – Denmark
- The Missing Picture – Cambodia
- Omar – Palestine
MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
- Dallas Buyers Club – Adruitha Lee and Robin Mathews
- Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa – Stephen Prouty
- The Lone Ranger – Joel Harlow and Gloria Pasqua-Casny
ORIGINAL SCORE
- The Book Thief – John Williams
- Gravity – Steven Price
- Her – William Butler and Owen Pallett
- Philomena – Alexandre Desplat
- Saving Mr. Banks– Thomas Newman
ORIGINAL SONG
- “Alone Yet Not Alone” from ALONE YET NOT ALONE – Music by Bruce Broughton; Lyric by Dennis Spiegel
- “Happy” from DESPICABLE ME 2 – Music and Lyric by Pharrell Williams
- “Let It Go” from FROZEN – Music and Lyric by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez
- “The Moon Song” from HER – Music by Karen O; Lyric by Karen O and Spike Jonze
- “Ordinary Love” from MANDELA: LONG WALK TO FREEDOM – Music by Paul Hewson, Dave Evans, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen; Lyric by Paul Hewson
PRODUCTION DESIGN
- American Hustle – Judy Becker (Production Design); Heather Loeffler (Set Decoration)
- Gravity – Andy Nicholson (Production Design); Rosie Goodwin and Joanne Woollard (Set Decoration)
- The Great Gatsby – Catherine Martin (Production Design); Beverley Dunn (Set Decoration)
- Her – K.K. Barrett (Production Design); Gene Serdena (Set Decoration)
- 12 Years a Slave – Adam Stockhausen (Production Design); Alice Baker (Set Decoration)
SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
- Feral
- Get a Horse!
- Mr. Hublot
- Possessions
- Room on the Broom
SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
- Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn’t Me)
- Avant Que De Tout Perdre (Just Before Losing Everything)
- Helium
- Pitääkö Mun Kaikki Hoitaa? (Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?)
- The Voorman Problem
SOUND EDITING
- All Is Lost – Steve Boeddeker and Richard Hymns
- Captain Phillips – Oliver Tarney
- Gravity – Glenn Freemantle
- The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug – Brent Burge
- Lone Survivor – Wylie Stateman
SOUND MIXING
- Captain Phillips – Chris Burdon, Mark Taylor, Mike Prestwood Smith and Chris Munro
- Gravity – Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead and Chris Munro
- The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug – Christopher Boyes, Michael Hedges, Michael Semanick and Tony Johnson
- Inside Llewyn Davis – Skip Lievsay, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland
- Lone Survivor – Andy Koyama, Beau Borders and David Brownlow
VISUAL EFFECTS
- Gravity – Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk and Neil Corbould
- The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug – Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and Eric Reynolds
- Iron Man 3 – Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Erik Nash and Dan Sudick
- The Lone Ranger – Tim Alexander, Gary Brozenich, Edson Williams and John Frazier
- Star Trek Into Darkness – Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Ben Grossmann and Burt Dalton
WRITING (Adapted Screenplay)
- Before Midnight – Written by Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke
- Captain Phillips – Screenplay by Billy Ray
- Philomena – Screenplay by Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope
- 12 Years a Slave – Screenplay by John Ridley
- The Wolf of Wall Street – Screenplay by Terence Winter
WRITING (Original Screenplay)
- American Hustle – Written by Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell
- Blue Jasmine – Written by Woody Allen
- Dallas Buyers Club – Written by Craig Borten & Melisa Wallack
- Her – Written by Spike Jonze
- Nebraska – Written by Bob Nelson
Anyone you feel should be on here but are missing? Leave a comment and let us know what you think of this years picks.
