The 2023 Academy Awards: Full List of Nominations and Major Takeaways

 



    After much anticipation all across the film industry, the nominees for the 95th Academy Awards were finally announced this morning. As with any nominations announcement, it was a roller coaster of highs and lows. For anyone who is looking for a gateway into the awards race so far, here are some key takeaways from today's livestream: 
  • After a sudden surge of online support from celebrities like Edward Norton and Charlize Theron, Andrea Riseborough has earned a nomination for Best Actress for her performance in "To Leslie". The film was a quiet independent production, which has made this nomination one of the first in history to come about specifically as a result of social media campaigning. This is a big deal because in the past, campaigns mainly just centered around in-person events or parties. 
  • Paul Mescal earned himself a surprise nomination for Best Actor in a Lead Role for his role in "Aftersun". Although this was another independent film, it garnered a strong reputation due in part to Mescal's memorable and vulnerable performance. He is shaping up to be a major star in the making! 
  • Although his time in the film is short, Judd Hirsch is nominated in the Best Supporting Actor category for his role in Steven Spielberg's "The Fabelmans". This marks the longest amount of time that an actor has gone between Oscar nominations (42 years). Hirsch is also the second oldest actor to ever be nominated in an acting category, at 87 years old. 
  • "Everything Everywhere All At Once" accumulated 11 total nominations across all categories. This is the most of any film this year. This includes representation in 3/4 acting categories, that being Michelle Yeoh as the current front-runner in Best Actress in a Leading Role, Jamie Lee Curtis AND Stephanie Hsu in Best Supporting Actress, and the current front-runner in Best Supporting Actor, Ke Huy Quan. 
  • After two consecutive years of women winning the Best Director award, all of the nominees this year are male. There were many strong female voices in contention for the award this year, with the favorites being Sarah Polley ("Women Talking"), Gina-Prince Bythewood ("Woman King") and Charlotte Wells ("Aftersun"). Their omission from the category is the most important snub of the year. 
    With all of that being said, here is the full list of Academy Award nominations: 


BEST PICTURE NOMINEES

ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT

AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER

THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN

ELVIS

EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE

THE FABELMANS

TÁR

TOP GUN: MAVERICK

TRIANGLE OF SADNESS

WOMEN TALKING


ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE NOMINEES

AUSTIN BUTLER - Elvis

COLIN FARRELL - The Banshees of Inisherin

BRENDAN FRASER - The Whale

PAUL MESCAL - Aftersun

BILL NIGHY - Living


ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE NOMINEES

BRENDAN GLEESON - The Banshees of Inisherin

BRIAN TYREE HENRY - Causeway

JUDD HIRSCH - The Fabelmans

BARRY KEOGHAN - The Banshees of Inisherin

KE HUY QUAN - Everything Everywhere All at Once


ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE NOMINEES

CATE BLANCHETT - Tár

ANA DE ARMAS - Blonde

ANDREA RISEBOROUGH - To Leslie

MICHELLE WILLIAMS - The Fabelmans

MICHELLE YEOH - Everything Everywhere All at Once


ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE NOMINEES

ANGELA BASSETT - Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

HONG CHAU - The Whale

KERRY CONDON - The Banshees of Inisherin

JAMIE LEE CURTIS - Everything Everywhere All at Once

STEPHANIE HSU - Everything Everywhere All at Once


ANIMATED FEATURE FILM NOMINEES

GUILLERMO DEL TORO'S PINOCCHIO

MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON

PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH

THE SEA BEAST

TURNING RED


DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM NOMINEES

ALL THAT BREATHES

ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED

FIRE OF LOVE

A HOUSE MADE OF SPLINTERS

NAVALNY


INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM NOMINEES

ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT - Germany

ARGENTINA, 1985 - Argentina

CLOSE - Belgium

EO - Poland

THE QUIET GIRL - Ireland


DIRECTING NOMINEES

THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN - Martin McDonagh

EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE - Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert

THE FABELMANS - Steven Spielberg

TÁR - Todd Field

TRIANGLE OF SADNESS - Ruben Östlund


WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY) NOMINEES

THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN - Written by Martin McDonagh

EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE - Written by Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert

THE FABELMANS - Written by Steven Spielberg & Tony Kushner

TÁR - Written by Todd Field

TRIANGLE OF SADNESS - Written by Ruben Östlund


WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY) NOMINEES

ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT - Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson & Ian Stokell

GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY - Rian Johnson

LIVING - Kazuo Ishiguro

TOP GUN: MAVERICK - Ehren Kruger and Eric Warren Singer and Christopher McQuarrie

WOMEN TALKING - Sarah Polley


CINEMATOGRAPHY NOMINEES

ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT - James Friend

BARDO, FALSE CHRONICLE OF A HANDFUL OF TRUTHS - Darius Khondji

ELVIS - Mandy Walker

EMPIRE OF LIGHT - Roger Deakins

TÁR - Florian Hoffmeister


FILM EDITING NOMINEES

THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN - Mikkel E.G. Nielsen

ELVIS - Matt Villa and Jonathan Redmond

EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE - Paul Rogers

TÁR - Monika Willi

TOP GUN: MAVERICK - Eddie Hamilton


COSTUME DESIGN NOMINEES

BABYLON - Mary Zophres

BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER - Ruth Carter

ELVIS - Catherine Martin

EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE - Shirley Kurata

MRS. HARRIS GOES TO PARIS - Jenny Beavan


MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING NOMINEES

ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT - Heike Merker and Linda Eisenhamerová

THE BATMAN - Naomi Donne, Mike Marino and Mike Fontaine

BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER - Camille Friend and Joel Harlow

ELVIS - Mark Coulier, Jason Baird and Aldo Signoretti

THE WHALE - Adrien Morot, Judy Chin and Anne Marie Bradley


PRODUCTION DESIGN NOMINEES

ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT - Christian M. Goldbeck

AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER - Dylan Cole and Ben Procter

BABYLON - Florencia Martin

ELVIS - Catherine Martin and Karen Murphy

THE FABELMANS - Rick Carter


MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE) NOMINEES

ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT - Volker Bertelmann

BABYLON - Justin Hurwitz

THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN - Carter Burwell

EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE - Son Lux

THE FABELMANS - John Williams


VISUAL EFFECTS NOMINEES

ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT - Frank Petzold, Viktor Müller, Markus Frank and Kamil Jafar

AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER - Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon and Daniel Barrett

THE BATMAN - Dan Lemmon, Russell Earl, Anders Langlands and Dominic Tuohy

BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER - Geoffrey Baumann, Craig Hammack, R. Christopher White and Dan Sudick

TOP GUN: MAVERICK - Ryan Tudhope, Seth Hill, Bryan Litson and Scott R. Fisher


SOUND NOMINEES

ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT - Viktor Prášil, Frank Kruse, Markus Stemler, Lars Ginzel and Stefan Korte

AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER - Julian Howarth, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Dick Bernstein, Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers and Michael Hedges

THE BATMAN - Stuart Wilson, William Files, Douglas Murray and Andy Nelson

ELVIS - David Lee, Wayne Pashley, Andy Nelson and Michael Keller

TOP GUN: MAVERICK - Mark Weingarten, James H. Mather, Al Nelson, Chris Burdon and Mark Taylor


MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG) NOMINEES

APPLAUSE - from Tell It like a Woman; Music and Lyric by Diane Warren

HOLD MY HAND - from Top Gun: Maverick; Music and Lyric by Lady Gaga and BloodPop

LIFT ME UP - from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever; Music by Tems, Rihanna, Ryan Coogler and Ludwig Goransson; Lyric by Tems and Ryan Coogler

NAATU NAATU - from RRR; Music by M.M. Keeravaani; Lyric by Chandrabose

THIS IS A LIFE - from Everything Everywhere All at Once; Music by Ryan Lott, David Byrne and Mitski; Lyric by Ryan Lott and David Byrne


SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION) NOMINEES

AN IRISH GOODBYE - Tom Berkeley and Ross White

IVALU - Anders Walter and Rebecca Pruzan

LE PUPILLE - Alice Rohrwacher and Alfonso Cuarón

NIGHT RIDE - Eirik Tveiten and Gaute Lid Larssen

THE RED SUITCASE - Cyrus Neshvad


SHORT FILM (ANIMATED) NOMINEES

THE BOY, THE MOLE, THE FOX AND THE HORSE - Charlie Mackesy and Matthew Freud

THE FLYING SAILOR - Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby

ICE MERCHANTS - João Gonzalez and Bruno Caetano

MY YEAR OF DICKS - Sara Gunnarsdóttir and Pamela Ribon

AN OSTRICH TOLD ME THE WORLD IS FAKE AND I THINK I BELIEVE IT - Lachlan Pendragon


DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM NOMINEES

THE ELEPHANT WHISPERERS - Kartiki Gonsalves and Guneet Monga

HAULOUT - Evgenia Arbugaeva and Maxim Arbugaev

HOW DO YOU MEASURE A YEAR? - Jay Rosenblatt

THE MARTHA MITCHELL EFFECT - Anne Alvergue and Beth Levison

STRANGER AT THE GATE - Joshua Seftel and Conall Jones

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