2016 (89th Annual Awards)
Nominations and Winners
Listed below are the Academy Award nominations and winners for the year 2016. The
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Best Picture
Arrival, A Lava Bear Films/21 Laps Entertainment/FilmNation Entertainment Production; Paramount. (USA, Canada, India) Shawn Levy, Dan Levine, Aaron Ryder and David Linde, Producers.Fences, A Bron Creative/Macro Media/Scott Rudin Productions Production; Paramount. (USA, Canada) Scott Rudin, Denzel Washington and Todd Black, Producers.Hacksaw Ridge, A Pandemonium Films/Permut Productions/Vendian Entertainment/Kylin Pictures production; Summit Entertainment. (Australia, USA) Bill Mechanic and David Permut, Producers.Hell or High Water, A Sidney Kimmel Entertainment/OddLot Entertainment/Film 44/LBI Entertainment production; CBS Films/Lionsgate. Carla Hacken and Julie Yorn, Producers.Hidden Figures, A Fox 2000 Pictures/Chernin Entertainment/Levantine Films/TSG Entertainment production; 20th Century Fox. Donna Gigliotti, Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping, Pharrell Williams and Theodore Melfi, Producers.La La Land, A Black Label Media/TIK Films Limited/Impostor Pictures/Gilbert Films/Marc Platt Productions production; Summit Entertainment. (USA, Hong Kong) Fred Berger, Jordan Horowitz and Marc Platt, Producers.Lion, A See-Saw Films/Aquarius Films/Screen Australia/Sunstar Entertainment/Narrative Capital/The Weinstein Company production; The Weinstein Company/Transmission Films/Entertainment Film Distributors. (UK, Australia, USA) Emile Sherman, Iain Canning and Angie Fielder, Producers.Manchester by the Sea, A K Period Media/B Story/CMP/Pearl Street Films production; Roadside Attractions/Amazon Studios. Matt Damon, Kimberly Steward, Chris Moore, Lauren Beck and Kevin J. Walsh, Producers.Moonlight, An A24/Plan B Entertainment/Pastel Productions production; A24. Adele Romanski, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner, Producers.Actor in a Leading Role
Casey Affleck in Manchester by the Sea, A K Period Media/B Story/CMP/Pearl Street Films production; Roadside Attractions/Amazon Studios.Andrew Garfield in Hacksaw Ridge, A Pandemonium Films/Permut Productions/Vendian Entertainment/Kylin Pictures production; Summit Entertainment. (Australia, USA)Ryan Gosling in La La Land, A Black Label Media/TIK Films Limited/Impostor Pictures/Gilbert Films/Marc Platt Productions production; Summit Entertainment. (USA, Hong Kong)Viggo Mortensen in Captain Fantastic, An Electric City Entertainment/ShivHans Pictures production; Bleecker Street.Denzel Washington in Fences, A Bron Creative/Macro Media/Scott Rudin Productions Production; Paramount. (USA, Canada)Actress in a Leading Role
Isabelle Huppert in Elle, SBS Prod./Pallas/France 2 Cinéma/Entre Chien et Loup/Canal+/France Télévisions/Orange Cinéma Séries/Casa Kafka/Proximus/Centre National de la Cinématographie/Filmförderungsanstalt; SBS Distribution. (France, Germany, Belgium)Natalie Portman in Jackie, An LD Entertainment/Wild Bunch/Fabula/Why Not Productions/Bliss Media/Endemol Shine Studios/Protozoa production; Fox Searchlight. (USA, France, Chile, China, Germany, UK)Emma Stone in La La Land, A Black Label Media/TIK Films Limited/Impostor Pictures/Gilbert Films/Marc Platt Productions production; Summit Entertainment. (USA, Hong Kong)Meryl Streep in Florence Foster Jenkins, A Pathé/BBC Films/Qwerty Films production; Paramount/20th Century Fox. (UK, France)Actor in a Supporting Role
Jeff Bridges in Hell or High Water, A Sidney Kimmel Entertainment/OddLot Entertainment/Film 44/LBI Entertainment production; CBS Films/Lionsgate.Lucas Hedges in Manchester by the Sea, A K Period Media/B Story/CMP/Pearl Street Films production; Roadside Attractions/Amazon Studios.Dev Patel in Lion, A See-Saw Films/Aquarius Films/Screen Australia/Sunstar Entertainment/Narrative Capital/The Weinstein Company production; The Weinstein Company/Transmission Films/Entertainment Film Distributors. (UK, Australia, USA)Actress in a Supporting Role
Viola Davis in Fences, A Bron Creative/Macro Media/Scott Rudin Productions Production; Paramount. (USA, Canada)Nicole Kidman in Lion, A See-Saw Films/Aquarius Films/Screen Australia/Sunstar Entertainment/Narrative Capital/The Weinstein Company production; The Weinstein Company/Transmission Films/Entertainment Film Distributors. (UK, Australia, USA)Octavia Spencer in Hidden Figures, A Fox 2000 Pictures/Chernin Entertainment/Levantine Films/TSG Entertainment production; 20th Century Fox.Michelle Williams in Manchester by the Sea, A K Period Media/B Story/CMP/Pearl Street Films production; Roadside Attractions/Amazon Studios.Directing
Arrival, A Lava Bear Films/21 Laps Entertainment/FilmNation Entertainment Production; Paramount. (USA, Canada, India) Denis Villeneuve.Hacksaw Ridge, A Pandemonium Films/Permut Productions/Vendian Entertainment/Kylin Pictures production; Summit Entertainment. (Australia, USA) Mel Gibson.La La Land, A Black Label Media/TIK Films Limited/Impostor Pictures/Gilbert Films/Marc Platt Productions production; Summit Entertainment. (USA, Hong Kong) Damien Chazelle.Manchester by the Sea, A K Period Media/B Story/CMP/Pearl Street Films production; Roadside Attractions/Amazon Studios. Kenneth Lonergan.Animated Feature Film
Moana, A Walt Disney Pictures/Walt Disney Animation Studios production; Walt Disney. John Musker, Ron Clements and Osnat Shurer.The Red Turtle, A Prima Linea Productions/Why Not Productions/Wild Bunch/Studio Ghibli/CN4 Productions/Arte France Cinéma/Belvision production; Wild Bunch/Lumière/Toho. (France, Belgium, Japan, Poland, Netherlands, Hungary, UK, Germany, China, Thailand, Italy, Denmark, USA) Michael Dudok de Wit and Toshio Suzuki.Zootopia, A Walt Disney Pictures/Walt Disney Animation Studios production; Walt Disney. Byron Howard, Rich Moore and Clark Spencer.Cinematography
Arrival, A Lava Bear Films/21 Laps Entertainment/FilmNation Entertainment Production; Paramount. (USA, Canada, India) Bradford Young.La La Land, A Black Label Media/TIK Films Limited/Impostor Pictures/Gilbert Films/Marc Platt Productions production; Summit Entertainment. (USA, Hong Kong) Linus Sandgren.Lion, A See-Saw Films/Aquarius Films/Screen Australia/Sunstar Entertainment/Narrative Capital/The Weinstein Company production; The Weinstein Company/Transmission Films/Entertainment Film Distributors. (UK, Australia, USA) Greig Fraser.Silence, A Sharpsword Films/AI Film/CatchPlay/IM Global/Verdi Productions/YLK Sikelia/Fábrica de Cine production; Paramount. (USA, UK, Taiwan, Japan, Mexico, Italy) Rodrigo Prieto.Costume Design
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, A Heyday Films production; Warner Bros. Pictures. (UK, USA) Colleen Atwood.Florence Foster Jenkins, A Pathé/BBC Films/Qwerty Films production; Paramount/20th Century Fox. (UK, France) Consolata Boyle.Jackie, An LD Entertainment/Wild Bunch/Fabula/Why Not Productions/Bliss Media/Endemol Shine Studios/Protozoa production; Fox Searchlight. (USA, France, Chile, China, Germany, UK) Madeline Fontaine.La La Land, A Black Label Media/TIK Films Limited/Impostor Pictures/Gilbert Films/Marc Platt Productions production; Summit Entertainment. (USA, Hong Kong) Mary Zophres.Documentary
(Feature)
I Am Not Your Negro, Magnolia Pictures. (Switzerland, France, Belgium, USA) Raoul Peck, Rémi Grellety and Hébert Peck.Life, Animated, A Motto Pictures/A&E IndieFilms/Roger Ross Williams Productions production; The Orchard. Roger Ross Williams and Julie Goldman.O.J.: Made in America, An ESPN Films/Laylow Films production; ESPN Films. Ezra Edelman and Caroline Waterlow.(Short Subject)
Film Editing
Arrival, A Lava Bear Films/21 Laps Entertainment/FilmNation Entertainment Production; Paramount. (USA, Canada, India) Joe Walker.Hacksaw Ridge, A Pandemonium Films/Permut Productions/Vendian Entertainment/Kylin Pictures production; Summit Entertainment. (Australia, USA) John Gilbert.Hell or High Water, A Sidney Kimmel Entertainment/OddLot Entertainment/Film 44/LBI Entertainment production; CBS Films/Lionsgate. Jake Roberts.La La Land, A Black Label Media/TIK Films Limited/Impostor Pictures/Gilbert Films/Marc Platt Productions production; Summit Entertainment. (USA, Hong Kong) Tom Cross.Moonlight, An A24/Plan B Entertainment/Pastel Productions production; A24. Nat Sanders and Joi McMillon.Foreign Language Film
Land of Mine, Nordisk Film. (Denmark, Germany)A Man Called Ove, A Tre Vänner production; Nordisk Film. (Sweden)The Salesman, A Memento Films Production/Asghar Farhadi Production/Arte France Cinéma production; Filmiran/Memento Films Distribution. (Iran, France)Tanna, Lightyear Entertainment. (Australia, Vanuatu)Toni Erdmann, A QA Komplizen Film/Coop99/KNM/Missing Link Films/SWR/WDR/Arte production; NFP Marketing & Distribution/Enfilade. (Germany, Austria, Monaco, Romania, France, Switzerland)Makeup and Hairstyling
Star Trek Beyond, A Skydance Media/Alibaba Pictures/Huahua Media/Bad Robot Productions/Sneaky Shark/Perfect Storm Entertainment production; Paramount. (USA, China, United Arab Emirates, Canada) Joel Harlow and Richard Alonzo.Suicide Squad, A DC Entertainment/RatPac-Dune Entertainment/Atlas Entertainment production; Warner Bros. Pictures. Alessandro Bertolazzi, Giorgio Gregorini and Christopher Nelson.Music
(Original Score)
Jackie, An LD Entertainment/Wild Bunch/Fabula/Why Not Productions/Bliss Media/Endemol Shine Studios/Protozoa production; Fox Searchlight. (USA, France, Chile, China, Germany, UK) Mica Levi.La La Land, A Black Label Media/TIK Films Limited/Impostor Pictures/Gilbert Films/Marc Platt Productions production; Summit Entertainment. (USA, Hong Kong) Justin Hurwitz.Lion, A See-Saw Films/Aquarius Films/Screen Australia/Sunstar Entertainment/Narrative Capital/The Weinstein Company production; The Weinstein Company/Transmission Films/Entertainment Film Distributors. (UK, Australia, USA) Dustin O’Halloran and Hauschka.Passengers, An LStar Capital/Village Roadshow Pictures/Wanda Pictures/Original Film/Company Films/Start Motion Pictures production; Columbia Pictures. (USA, Australia) Thomas Newman.(Original Song)
Audition (The Fools Who Dream) from La La Land, A Black Label Media/TIK Films Limited/Impostor Pictures/Gilbert Films/Marc Platt Productions production; Summit Entertainment. (USA, Hong Kong) Music by Justin Hurwitz; lyric by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul.Can’t Stop The Feeling from Trolls, A DreamWorks Animation production; 20th Century Fox. Music and lyric by Justin Timberlake, Max Martin and Karl Johan Schuster.City of Stars from La La Land, A Black Label Media/TIK Films Limited/Impostor Pictures/Gilbert Films/Marc Platt Productions production; Summit Entertainment. (USA, Hong Kong) Music by Justin Hurwitz; lyric by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul.How Far I’ll Go from Moana, A Walt Disney Pictures/Walt Disney Animation Studios production; Walt Disney. Music and lyric by Lin-Manuel Miranda.Production Design
Arrival, A Lava Bear Films/21 Laps Entertainment/FilmNation Entertainment Production; Paramount. (USA, Canada, India) Production design by Patrice Vermette; set decoration by Paul Hotte.Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, A Heyday Films production; Warner Bros. Pictures. (UK, USA) Production design by Stuart Craig; set decoration by Anna Pinnock.Hail, Caesar!, A Working Title Films/Mike Zoss Productions production; Universal. (UK, Japan, USA) Production design by Jess Gonchor; set decoration by Nancy Haigh.La La Land, A Black Label Media/TIK Films Limited/Impostor Pictures/Gilbert Films/Marc Platt Productions production; Summit Entertainment. (USA, Hong Kong) Production design by David Wasco; set decoration by Sandy Reynolds-Wasco.Passengers, An LStar Capital/Village Roadshow Pictures/Wanda Pictures/Original Film/Company Films/Start Motion Pictures production; Columbia Pictures. (USA, Australia) Production design by Guy Hendrix Dyas; set decoration by Gene Serdena.Short Films
(Animated)
Piper, A Pixar Animation Studios/Walt Disney Pictures production; Walt Disney. Alan Barillaro and Marc Sondheimer.(Live Action)
Sound Editing
Arrival, A Lava Bear Films/21 Laps Entertainment/FilmNation Entertainment Production; Paramount. (USA, Canada, India) Sylvain Bellemare.Deepwater Horizon, A Participant Media/Di Bonaventura Pictures/Closest to the Hole Productions/Leverage Entertainment production; Summit Entertainment. (Hong Kong, USA) Wylie Stateman and Renée Tondelli.Hacksaw Ridge, A Pandemonium Films/Permut Productions/Vendian Entertainment/Kylin Pictures production; Summit Entertainment. (Australia, USA) Robert Mackenzie and Andy Wright.La La Land, A Black Label Media/TIK Films Limited/Impostor Pictures/Gilbert Films/Marc Platt Productions production; Summit Entertainment. (USA, Hong Kong) Ai-Ling Lee and Mildred Iatrou Morgan.Sully, A Village Roadshow Pictures/Flashlight Films/The Kennedy/Marshall Company/Malpaso Productions production; Warner Bros. Pictures. Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman.Sound Mixing
Arrival, A Lava Bear Films/21 Laps Entertainment/FilmNation Entertainment Production; Paramount. (USA, Canada, India) Bernard Gariépy Strobl and Claude La Haye.Hacksaw Ridge, A Pandemonium Films/Permut Productions/Vendian Entertainment/Kylin Pictures production; Summit Entertainment. (Australia, USA) Kevin O’Connell, Andy Wright, Robert Mackenzie and Peter Grace.La La Land, A Black Label Media/TIK Films Limited/Impostor Pictures/Gilbert Films/Marc Platt Productions production; Summit Entertainment. (USA, Hong Kong) Andy Nelson, Ai-Ling Lee and Steve A. Morrow.Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, A Lucasfilm Ltd. production; Walt Disney. David Parker, Christopher Scarabosio and Stuart Wilson.13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi, A 3 Arts Entertainment production; Paramount. (Malta, Morocco, USA) Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Mac Ruth.Visual Effects
Deepwater Horizon, A Participant Media/Di Bonaventura Pictures/Closest to the Hole Productions/Leverage Entertainment production; Summit Entertainment. (Hong Kong, USA) Craig Hammack, Jason Snell, Jason Billington and Burt Dalton.Doctor Strange, A Marvel Studios production; Walt Disney. Stephane Ceretti, Richard Bluff, Vincent Cirelli and Paul Corbould.The Jungle Book, A Walt Disney Pictures/Fairview Entertainment production; Walt Disney. (UK, USA) Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R. Jones and Dan Lemmon.Kubo and the Two Strings, A Laika production; Focus Features. Steve Emerson, Oliver Jones, Brian McLean and Brad Schiff.Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, A Lucasfilm Ltd. production; Walt Disney. John Knoll, Mohen Leo, Hal Hickel and Neil Corbould.Writing
(Adapted Screenplay)
Arrival, A Lava Bear Films/21 Laps Entertainment/FilmNation Entertainment Production; Paramount. (USA, Canada, India) Screenplay by Eric Heisserer.Fences, A Bron Creative/Macro Media/Scott Rudin Productions Production; Paramount. (USA, Canada) Screenplay by August Wilson.Hidden Figures, A Fox 2000 Pictures/Chernin Entertainment/Levantine Films/TSG Entertainment production; 20th Century Fox. Screenplay by Allison Schroeder and Theodore Melfi.Lion, A See-Saw Films/Aquarius Films/Screen Australia/Sunstar Entertainment/Narrative Capital/The Weinstein Company production; The Weinstein Company/Transmission Films/Entertainment Film Distributors. (UK, Australia, USA) Screenplay by Luke Davies.Moonlight, An A24/Plan B Entertainment/Pastel Productions production; A24. Screenplay by Barry Jenkins; story by Tarell Alvin McCraney.(Original Screenplay)
Hell or High Water, A Sidney Kimmel Entertainment/OddLot Entertainment/Film 44/LBI Entertainment production; CBS Films/Lionsgate. Written by Taylor Sheridan.La La Land, A Black Label Media/TIK Films Limited/Impostor Pictures/Gilbert Films/Marc Platt Productions production; Summit Entertainment. (USA, Hong Kong) Written by Damien Chazelle.The Lobster, An Element Pictures/Scarlet Films/Faliro House Productions/Haut et Court/Lemming Film/Film4 Productions production; Picturehouse Entertainment. (Ireland, UK, Greece, France, Netherlands) Written by Yorgos Lanthimos, Efthimis Filippou.Manchester by the Sea, A K Period Media/B Story/CMP/Pearl Street Films production; Roadside Attractions/Amazon Studios. Written by Kenneth Lonergan.20th Century Women, An Annapurna Pictures/Archer Gray/Modern People production; A24. Written by Mike Mills.Honorary Award
To Jackie Chan, an international film star who has captivated millions with his wit, boundless energy and unparalleled athletic artistry. [ [Statuette]]To Anne V. Coates, in recognition of a film editing career of remarkable breadth and exceptional collaborative achievement. [ [Statuette]]To Lynn Stalmaster, a true pioneer whose keen insight and inspired creativity transformed the art of motion picture casting. [ [Statuette]]To Frederick Wiseman, whose masterful and distinctive documentaries examine the familiar and reveal the unexpected. [ [Statuette]]NOTE: The Honorary Awards were presented at the 8th Governors Awards ceremony on November 12, 2016, in the Ray Dolby Ballroom of the Hollywood and Highland Center.
Scientific and Technical Award
(Scientific and Engineering Award)
To ARRI for the pioneering design and engineering of the Super 35 format Alexa digital camera system. With an intuitive design and appealing image reproduction, achieved through close collaboration with filmmakers, ARRI’s Alexa cameras were among the first digital cameras widely adopted by cinematographers.To RED Digital Cinema for the pioneering design and evolution of the RED Epic digital cinema cameras with upgradeable full-frame image sensors. RED’s revolutionary design and innovative manufacturing process have helped facilitate the wide adoption of digital image capture in the motion picture industry.To Sony for the development of the F65 CineAlta camera with its pioneering high-resolution imaging sensor, excellent dynamic range, and full 4K output. Sony’s unique photosite orientation and true RAW recording deliver exceptional image quality.To Panavision and Sony for the conception and development of the groundbreaking Genesis digital motion picture camera. Using a familiar form factor and accessories, the design features of the Genesis allowed it to become one of the first digital cameras to be adopted by cinematographers.To Marcos Fajardo for the creative vision and original implementation of the Arnold Renderer, and to Chris Kulla, Alan King, Thiago Ize and Clifford Stein for their highly optimized geometry engine and novel ray-tracing algorithms which unify the rendering of curves, surfaces, volumetrics and subsurface scattering as developed at Sony Pictures Imageworks and Solid Angle SL. Arnold’s scalable and memory-efficient single-pass architecture for path tracing, its authors’ publication of the underlying techniques, and its broad industry acceptance were instrumental in leading a widespread adoption of fully ray-traced rendering for motion pictures.To Vladimir Koylazov for the original concept, design and implementation of V-Ray from Chaos Group. V-Ray’s efficient production-ready approach to ray-tracing and global illumination, its support for a wide variety of workflows, and its broad industry acceptance were instrumental in the widespread adoption of fully ray-traced rendering for motion pictures.To Luca Fascione, J. P. Lewis and Iain Matthews for the design, engineering, and development of the FACETS facial performance capture and solving system at Weta Digital. FACETS was one of the first reliable systems to demonstrate accurate facial tracking from an actor-mounted camera, combined with rig-based solving, in large-scale productions. This system enables animators to bring the nuance of the original live performances to a new level of fidelity for animated characters.To Steven Rosenbluth, Joshua Barratt, Robert Nolty and Archie Te for the engineering and development of the Concept Overdrive motion control system. This user-friendly hardware and software system creates and controls complex interactions of real and virtual motion in hard real-time, while safely adapting to the needs of on-set filmmakers.(Technical Achievement Award)
To Thomson Grass Valley for the design and engineering of the pioneering Viper FilmStream digital camera system. The Viper camera enabled frame-based logarithmic encoding, which provided uncompressed camera output suitable for importing into existing digital intermediate workflows.To Larry Gritz for the design, implementation and dissemination of Open Shading Language (OSL). OSL is a highly optimized runtime architecture and language for programmable shading and texturing that has become a de facto industry standard. It enables artists at all levels of technical proficiency to create physically plausible materials for efficient production rendering.To Carl Ludwig, Eugene Troubetzkoy and Maurice van Swaaij for the pioneering development of the CGI Studio renderer at Blue Sky Studios. CGI Studio’s groundbreaking ray-tracing and adaptive sampling techniques, coupled with streamlined artist controls, demonstrated the feasibility of ray-traced rendering for feature film production.To Brian Whited for the design and development of the Meander drawing system at Walt Disney Animation Studios. Meander’s innovative curve-rendering method faithfully captures the artist’s intent, resulting in a significant improvement in creative communication throughout the production pipeline.To Mark Rappaport for the concept, design and development, to Scott Oshita for the motion analysis and CAD design, to Jeff Cruts for the development of the faux-hair finish techniques, and to Todd Minobe for the character articulation and drive-train mechanisms, of the Creature Effects Animatronic Horse Puppet. The Animatronic Horse Puppet provides increased actor safety, close integration with live action, and improved realism for filmmakers.To Glenn Sanders and Howard Stark for the design and engineering of the Zaxcom Digital Wireless Microphone System. The Zaxcom system has advanced the state of wireless microphone technology by creating a fully digital modulation system with a rich feature set, which includes local recording capability within the belt pack and a wireless control scheme providing real-time transmitter control and time-code distribution.To David Thomas, Lawrence E. Fisher and David Bundy for the design, development and engineering of the Lectrosonics Digital Hybrid Wireless Microphone System. The Lectrosonics system has advanced the state of wireless microphone technology by means of an innovative digital predictive algorithm to realize full fidelity audio transmission over a conventional analog FM radio link, by reducing transmitter size, and by increasing power efficiency.To Parag Havaldar for the development of expression-based facial performance-capture technology at Sony Pictures Imageworks. This pioneering system enabled large-scale use of animation rig-based facial performance-capture for motion pictures, combining solutions for tracking, stabilization, solving and animator-controllable curve editing.To Nicholas Apostoloff and Geoff Wedig for the design and development of animation rig-based facial performance-capture systems at ImageMovers Digital and Digital Domain. These systems evolved through independent, then combined, efforts at two different studios, resulting in an artist-controllable, editable, scalable solution for the high-fidelity transfer of facial performances to convincing digital characters.To Kiran Bhat, Michael Koperwas, Brian Cantwell and Paige Warner for the design and development of the ILM facial performance-capture solving system. This system enables high-fidelity facial performance transfer from actors to digital characters in large-scale productions while retaining full artistic control, and integrates stable rig-based solving and the resolution of secondary detail in a controllable pipeline.NOTE: The Scientific and Technical awards were presented at their own ceremony on February 11, 2017, at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel.