2021 (94th Annual Awards)
Nominations and Winners

Listed below are the Academy Award nominations and winners for the year 2021. The symbol appears next to the winner in each category. Click on the name of a film, person or song in the list to display more information about that film, person or song. Or, click on a year in the column on the right to display the nominations and winners from that year.

Best Picture

Belfast, A TKBC Production; Focus Features. (UK) Laura Berwick, Kenneth Branagh, Becca Kovacik and Tamar Thomas, Producers.

CODA, A Vendôme Pictures/Pathé in assoc. with Apple Original Films Production; Apple Original Films. (France, Canada, USA) Philippe Rousselet, Fabrice Gianfermi and Patrick Wachsberger, Producers.

Don’t Look Up, A Netflix/Hyperobject Industries Production; Netflix. Adam Mckay and Kevin Messick, Producers.

Drive My Car, A C&I Entertainment/Culture Entertainment/Bitters End Production; Sideshow and Janus Films. (Japan) Teruhisa Yamamoto, Producer.

Dune, A Legendary Pictures Production; Warner Bros. (Canada, USA) Mary Parent, Denis Villeneuve and Cale Boyter, Producers.

King Richard, A Star Thrower Entertainment/Westbrook Production; Warner Bros. Tim White, Trevor White and Will Smith, Producers.

Licorice Pizza, A Ghoulardi Film Company Production; Metro Goldwyn Mayer/United Artists Releasing. (USA, Canada) Sara Murphy, Adam Somner and Paul Thomas Anderson, Producers.

Nightmare Alley, A Double Dare You Production; Searchlight. (USA, Mexico, Canada) Guillermo Del Toro, J. Miles Dale and Bradley Cooper, Producers.

The Power of the Dog, A See-Saw Films/Bad Girl Creek/Max Films in assoc. with Brightstar/The New Zealand Film Commission/Cross City Films/BBC Film Production; Netflix. (UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, USA) Jane Campion, Tanya Seghatchian, Emile Sherman, Iain Canning and Roger Frappier, Producers.

West Side Story, A 20th Century Studios Production; Walt Disney. Steven Spielberg and Kristie Macosko Krieger, Producers.

Actor in a Leading Role

Javier Bardem in Being the Ricardos, Amazon Studios.

Benedict Cumberbatch in The Power of the Dog, A See-Saw Films/Bad Girl Creek/Max Films in assoc. with Brightstar/The New Zealand Film Commission/Cross City Films/BBC Film Production; Netflix. (UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, USA)

Andrew Garfield in tick, tick . . . BOOM!, Netflix.

Will Smith in King Richard, A Star Thrower Entertainment/Westbrook Production; Warner Bros.

Denzel Washington in The Tragedy of Macbeth, Apple Original Films/A24.

Actress in a Leading Role

Jessica Chastain in The Eyes of Tammy Faye, Searchlight.

Olivia Colman in The Lost Daughter, Netflix/Endeavor Content. (USA, UK, Israel, Greece)

Penélope Cruz in Parallel Mothers, Sony Pictures Classics. (Spain, France)

Nicole Kidman in Being the Ricardos, Amazon Studios.

Kristen Stewart in Spencer, Neon/Topic Studios. (UK, Germany, USA, Chile)

Actor in a Supporting Role

Ciarán Hinds in Belfast, A TKBC Production; Focus Features. (UK)

Troy Kotsur in CODA, A Vendôme Pictures/Pathé in assoc. with Apple Original Films Production; Apple Original Films. (France, Canada, USA)

Jesse Plemons in The Power of the Dog, A See-Saw Films/Bad Girl Creek/Max Films in assoc. with Brightstar/The New Zealand Film Commission/Cross City Films/BBC Film Production; Netflix. (UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, USA)

J. K. Simmons in Being the Ricardos, Amazon Studios.

Kodi Smit-McPhee in The Power of the Dog, A See-Saw Films/Bad Girl Creek/Max Films in assoc. with Brightstar/The New Zealand Film Commission/Cross City Films/BBC Film Production; Netflix. (UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, USA)

Actress in a Supporting Role

Jessie Buckley in The Lost Daughter, Netflix/Endeavor Content. (USA, UK, Israel, Greece)

Ariana DeBose in West Side Story, A 20th Century Studios Production; Walt Disney.

Judi Dench in Belfast, A TKBC Production; Focus Features. (UK)

Kirsten Dunst in The Power of the Dog, A See-Saw Films/Bad Girl Creek/Max Films in assoc. with Brightstar/The New Zealand Film Commission/Cross City Films/BBC Film Production; Netflix. (UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, USA)

Aunjanue Ellis in King Richard, A Star Thrower Entertainment/Westbrook Production; Warner Bros.

Directing

Licorice Pizza, A Ghoulardi Film Company Production; Metro Goldwyn Mayer/United Artists Releasing. (USA, Canada) Paul Thomas Anderson.

Belfast, A TKBC Production; Focus Features. (UK) Kenneth Branagh.

The Power of the Dog, A See-Saw Films/Bad Girl Creek/Max Films in assoc. with Brightstar/The New Zealand Film Commission/Cross City Films/BBC Film Production; Netflix. (UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, USA) Jane Campion.

Drive My Car, A C&I Entertainment/Culture Entertainment/Bitters End Production; Sideshow and Janus Films. (Japan) Ryûsuke Hamaguchi.

West Side Story, A 20th Century Studios Production; Walt Disney. Steven Spielberg.

Animated Feature Film

Encanto, Walt Disney. Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Yvett Merino and Clark Spencer.

Flee, A Final Cut for Real/Sun Creature/Vivement Lundi !/MostFilm/Mer Film/VICE/Left HandFilms Production; Neon. (Denmark, France, Norway, Sweden, Netherlands, UK, USA, Finland, Italy, Spain, Estonia, Slovenia) Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Monica Hellström, Signe Byrge Sørensen and Charlotte De La Gournerie.

Luca, Walt Disney. Enrico Casarosa and Andrea Warren.

The Mitchells vs. the Machines, Netflix. (USA, Hong Kong) Mike Rianda, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Kurt Albrecht.

Raya and the Last Dragon, Walt Disney. Don Hall, Carlos López Estrada, Osnat Shurer and Peter del Vecho.

Cinematography

Dune, A Legendary Pictures Production; Warner Bros. (Canada, USA) Greig Fraser.

Nightmare Alley, A Double Dare You Production; Searchlight. (USA, Mexico, Canada) Dan Laustsen.

The Power of the Dog, A See-Saw Films/Bad Girl Creek/Max Films in assoc. with Brightstar/The New Zealand Film Commission/Cross City Films/BBC Film Production; Netflix. (UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, USA) Ari Wegner.

The Tragedy of Macbeth, Apple Original Films/A24. Bruno Delbonnel.

West Side Story, A 20th Century Studios Production; Walt Disney. Janusz Kaminski.

Costume Design

Cruella, Walt Disney. Jenny Beavan.

Cyrano, Metro Goldwyn Mayer/United Artists Releasing. (UK, Canada, USA) Massimo Cantini Parrini and Jacqueline Durran.

Dune, A Legendary Pictures Production; Warner Bros. (Canada, USA) Jacqueline West and Robert Morgan.

Nightmare Alley, A Double Dare You Production; Searchlight. (USA, Mexico, Canada) Luis Sequeira.

West Side Story, A 20th Century Studios Production; Walt Disney. Paul Tazewell.

Documentary

(Feature)

Ascension, A Mouth Numbing Spicy Crab/XTR/Visit Films Production; MTV Documentary Films. Jessica Kingdon, Kira Simon-Kennedy and Nathan Truesdell.

Attica, A Firelight Films Production; Showtime. Stanley Nelson and Traci A. Curry.

Flee, A Final Cut for Real/Sun Creature/Vivement Lundi !/MostFilm/Mer Film/VICE/Left HandFilms Production; Neon. (Denmark, France, Norway, Sweden, Netherlands, UK, USA, Finland, Italy, Spain, Estonia, Slovenia) Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Monica Hellström, Signe Byrge Sorensen and Charlotte De La Gournerie.

Summer of Soul, A Vulcan Productions/Concordia Studio/Play/Action Pictures/LarryBilly Productions/Mass Distraction; Searchlight/Onyx Collective/Hulu. Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, Joseph Patel, Robert Fyvolent and David Dinerstein.

Writing with Fire, A Black Ticket Films Production; Music Box Films. (India) Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh.

(Short Subject)

Audible, A Film 45 in assoc. with Forager and Vision Film Co. Production; Netflix. Matt Ogens and Geoff McLean.

Lead Me Home, An Actual Films Production; Netflix. Pedro Kos and Jon Shenk.

The Queen of Basketball, A Breakwater Studios Production; The New York Times Op-Docs. Ben Proudfoot.

Three Songs for Benazir, A Mirzaei Films Production; Netflix. (Afghanistan) Elizabeth Mirzaei and Gulistan Mirzaei.

When We Were Bullies, A Jay Rosenblatt Films Production. (Germany, USA) Jay Rosenblatt.

Film Editing

Don’t Look Up, A Netflix/Hyperobject Industries Production; Netflix. Hank Corwin.

Dune, A Legendary Pictures Production; Warner Bros. (Canada, USA) Joe Walker.

King Richard, A Star Thrower Entertainment/Westbrook Production; Warner Bros. Pamela Martin.

The Power of the Dog, A See-Saw Films/Bad Girl Creek/Max Films in assoc. with Brightstar/The New Zealand Film Commission/Cross City Films/BBC Film Production; Netflix. (UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, USA) Peter Sciberras.

tick, tick . . . BOOM!, Netflix. Myron Kerstein and Andrew Weisblum.

International Feature Film

Drive My Car, A C&I Entertainment/Culture Entertainment/Bitters End Production; Sideshow and Janus Films. (Japan)

Flee, A Final Cut for Real/Sun Creature/Vivement Lundi !/MostFilm/Mer Film/VICE/Left HandFilms Production; Neon. (Denmark, France, Norway, Sweden, Netherlands, UK, USA, Finland, Italy, Spain, Estonia, Slovenia)

The Hand of God, The Apartment Production. (Italy, USA)

Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom, Dangphu Dingphu: a 3 pigs Production. (Bhutan, China)

The Worst Person in the World, An Oslo Pictures/MK Productions/Film i Väst/Snowglobe/B-Reel/Arte France Cinéma Production. (Norway, France, Sweden, Denmark)

Makeup and Hairstyling

Coming 2 America, Amazon Studios/Paramount/New Republic Pictures. Mike Marino, Stacey Morris and Carla Farmer.

Cruella, Walt Disney. Nadia Stacey, Naomi Donne and Julia Vernon.

Dune, A Legendary Pictures Production; Warner Bros. (Canada, USA) Donald Mowat, Love Larson and Eva Von Bahr.

The Eyes of Tammy Faye, Searchlight. Linda Dowds, Stephanie Ingram and Justin Raleigh.

House of Gucci, Metro Goldwyn Mayer/United Artists Releasing. (USA, Canada) Göran Lundström, Anna Carin Lock and Frederic Aspiras.

Music

(Original Score)

Don’t Look Up, A Netflix/Hyperobject Industries Production; Netflix. Nicholas Britell.

Dune, A Legendary Pictures Production; Warner Bros. (Canada, USA) Hans Zimmer.

Encanto, Walt Disney. Germaine Franco.

Parallel Mothers, Sony Pictures Classics. (Spain, France) Alberto Iglesias.

The Power of the Dog, A See-Saw Films/Bad Girl Creek/Max Films in assoc. with Brightstar/The New Zealand Film Commission/Cross City Films/BBC Film Production; Netflix. (UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, USA) Jonny Greenwood.

(Original Song)

Be Alive from King Richard, A Star Thrower Entertainment/Westbrook Production; Warner Bros. Music and lyrics by DIXSON and Beyoncé Knowles-Carter.

Dos Oruguitas from Encanto, Walt Disney. Music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda.

Down to Joy from Belfast, A TKBC Production; Focus Features. (UK) Music and lyrics by Van Morrison.

No Time to Die from No Time to Die, Metro Goldwyn Mayer/United Artists Releasing. (UK, USA) Music and lyrics by Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell.

Somehow You Do from Four Good Days, Vertical Entertainment. (Canada, USA) Music and lyrics by Diane Warren.

Production Design

Dune, A Legendary Pictures Production; Warner Bros. (Canada, USA) Production design by Patrice Vermette; set decoration by Zsuzsanna Sipos.

Nightmare Alley, A Double Dare You Production; Searchlight. (USA, Mexico, Canada) Production design by Tamara Deverell; set decoration by Shane Vieau.

The Power of the Dog, A See-Saw Films/Bad Girl Creek/Max Films in assoc. with Brightstar/The New Zealand Film Commission/Cross City Films/BBC Film Production; Netflix. (UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, USA) Production design by Grant Major; set decoration by Amber Richards.

The Tragedy of Macbeth, Apple Original Films/A24. Production design by Stefan Dechant; set decoration by Nancy Haigh.

West Side Story, A 20th Century Studios Production; Walt Disney. Production design by Adam Stockhausen; set decoration by Rena Deangelo.

Short Films

(Animated)

Affairs of the Art, A Beryl Productions International and National Film Board of Canada Production; National Film Board of Canada. (UK, Canada) Joanna Quinn and Les Mills.

Bestia, A Trebol3 and Maleza Estudio Production; Miyu Distribution. (Chile) Hugo Covarrubias and Tevo Díaz.

Boxballet, A Melnitsa Animation Studio Production; CTB Film Company. (Russia) Anton Dyakov.

Robin Robin, An Aardman Animations Production; Netflix. (UK, USA) Dan Ojari and Mikey Please.

The Windshield Wiper, A pinkman.tv and Leo Sanchez Studio Production. (USA, Spain) Alberto Mielgo and Leo Sanchez.

(Live Action)

Ala Kachuu — Take and Run, A Filmgerberei Production; Salaud Morisset. (Switzerland, Kyrgyzstan) Maria Brendle and Nadine Lüchinger.

The Dress, A Warsaw Film School Production; Salaud Morisset. (Poland) Tadeusz Lysiak and Maciej Ślesicki.

The Long Goodbye, A SomeSuch and Left Handed Films Production. (UK, Netherlands) Aneil Karia and Riz Ahmed.

On My Mind, An M&M Productions and Benzona Film Production. (Denmark) Martin Strange-Hansen and Kim Magnusson.

Please Hold, A Scavenger Entertainment Production. K. D. Dávila and Levin Menekse.

Sound

Belfast, A TKBC Production; Focus Features. (UK) Denise Yarde, Simon Chase, James Mather and Niv Adiri.

Dune, A Legendary Pictures Production; Warner Bros. (Canada, USA) Mac Ruth, Mark Mangini, Theo Green, Doug Hemphill and Ron Bartlett.

No Time to Die, Metro Goldwyn Mayer/United Artists Releasing. (UK, USA) Simon Hayes, Oliver Tarney, James Harrison, Paul Massey and Mark Taylor.

The Power of the Dog, A See-Saw Films/Bad Girl Creek/Max Films in assoc. with Brightstar/The New Zealand Film Commission/Cross City Films/BBC Film Production; Netflix. (UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, USA) Richard Flynn, Robert Mackenzie and Tara Webb.

West Side Story, A 20th Century Studios Production; Walt Disney. Tod A. Maitland, Gary Rydstrom, Brian Chumney, Andy Nelson and Shawn Murphy.

Visual Effects

Dune, A Legendary Pictures Production; Warner Bros. (Canada, USA) Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, Brian Connor and Gerd Nefzer.

Free Guy, Walt Disney. Swen Gillberg, Bryan Grill, Nikos Kalaitzidis and Dan Sudick.

No Time to Die, Metro Goldwyn Mayer/United Artists Releasing. (UK, USA) Charlie Noble, Joel Green, Jonathan Fawkner and Chris Corbould.

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Walt Disney. Christopher Townsend, Joe Farrell, Sean Noel Walker and Dan Oliver.

Spider-Man: No Way Home, Sony Pictures Releasing. Kelly Port, Chris Waegner, Scott Edelstein and Dan Sudick.

Writing

(Adapted Screenplay)

CODA, A Vendôme Pictures/Pathé in assoc. with Apple Original Films Production; Apple Original Films. (France, Canada, USA) Screenplay by Siân Heder.

Drive My Car, A C&I Entertainment/Culture Entertainment/Bitters End Production; Sideshow and Janus Films. (Japan) Screenplay by Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Takamasa Oe.

Dune, A Legendary Pictures Production; Warner Bros. (Canada, USA) Screenplay by Jon Spaihts and Denis Villeneuve and Eric Roth.

The Lost Daughter, Netflix/Endeavor Content. (USA, UK, Israel, Greece) Written by Maggie Gyllenhaal.

The Power of the Dog, A See-Saw Films/Bad Girl Creek/Max Films in assoc. with Brightstar/The New Zealand Film Commission/Cross City Films/BBC Film Production; Netflix. (UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, USA) Written by Jane Campion.

(Original Screenplay)

Belfast, A TKBC Production; Focus Features. (UK) Written by Kenneth Branagh.

Don’t Look Up, A Netflix/Hyperobject Industries Production; Netflix. Screenplay by Adam Mckay; story by Adam Mckay and David Sirota.

King Richard, A Star Thrower Entertainment/Westbrook Production; Warner Bros. Written by Zach Baylin.

Licorice Pizza, A Ghoulardi Film Company Production; Metro Goldwyn Mayer/United Artists Releasing. (USA, Canada) Written by Paul Thomas Anderson.

The Worst Person in the World, An Oslo Pictures/MK Productions/Film i Väst/Snowglobe/B-Reel/Arte France Cinéma Production. (Norway, France, Sweden, Denmark) Written by Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier.

Honorary Award

Samuel L. Jackson [ [Statuette]]

Elaine May [ [Statuette]]

Liv Ullmann [ [Statuette]]

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

Danny Glover