93rd Academy Awards - Nominations and My Predictions

“The 93rd Oscars will be held on Sunday, April 25, 2021, at Union Station Los Angeles and the Dolby® Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center® in Hollywood, and will be televised live on ABC at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT. The Oscars also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.” - https://www.oscars.org/news/93rd-oscarsr-nominations-announced

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Performance by an actor in a leading role

• Riz Ahmed in "Sound of Metal"

• Chadwick Boseman in "Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom"*

• Anthony Hopkins in "The Father"

• Gary Oldman in "Mank"

• Steven Yeun in "Minari"

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

• Sacha Baron Cohen in "The Trial of the Chicago 7"

• Daniel Kaluuya in "Judas and the Black Messiah" *

• Leslie Odom, Jr. in "One Night in Miami..."

• Paul Raci in "Sound of Metal"

• Lakeith Stanfield in "Judas and the Black Messiah"

Performance by an actress in a leading role

• Viola Davis in "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" *

• Andra Day in "The United States vs. Billie Holiday"

• Vanessa Kirby in "Pieces of a Woman"

• Frances McDormand in "Nomadland"

• Carey Mulligan in "Promising Young Woman"

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

• Maria Bakalova in "Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan" *

• Glenn Close in "Hillbilly Elegy"

• Olivia Colman in "The Father"

• Amanda Seyfried in "Mank"

• Yuh-Jung Youn in "Minari"

Best animated feature film of the year

• "Onward" Dan Scanlon and Kori Rae

• "Over the Moon" Glen Keane, Gennie Rim and Peilin Chou

• "A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon" Richard Phelan, Will Becher and Paul Kewley

• "Soul" Pete Docter and Dana Murray *

• "Wolfwalkers" Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart, Paul Young and Stéphan Roelants

Achievement in cinematography

• "Judas and the Black Messiah" Sean Bobbitt

• "Mank" Erik Messerschmidt *

• "News of the World" Dariusz Wolski

• "Nomadland" Joshua James Richards

• "The Trial of the Chicago 7" Phedon Papamichael

Achievement in costume design

• "Emma" Alexandra Byrne

• "Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom" Ann Roth

• "Mank" Trish Summerville

• "Mulan" Bina Daigeler *

• "Pinocchio" Massimo Cantini Parrini

Achievement in directing

• "Another Round" Thomas Vinterberg

• "Mank" David Fincher

• "Minari" Lee Isaac Chung

• "Nomadland" Chloé Zhao *

• "Promising Young Woman" Emerald Fennell

Best documentary feature

• "Collective" Alexander Nanau and Bianca Oana

• "Crip Camp" Nicole Newnham, Jim LeBrecht and Sara Bolder *

• "The Mole Agent" Maite Alberdi and Marcela Santibáñez

• "My Octopus Teacher" Pippa Ehrlich, James Reed and Craig Foster

• "Time" Garrett Bradley, Lauren Domino and Kellen Quinn

Best documentary short subject

• "Colette" Anthony Giacchino and Alice Doyard

• "A Concerto Is a Conversation" Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers

• "Do Not Split" Anders Hammer and Charlotte Cook

• "Hunger Ward" Skye Fitzgerald and Michael Scheuerman

• "A Love Song for Latasha" Sophia Nahli Allison and Janice Duncan

Achievement in film editing

• "The Father" Yorgos Lamprinos

• "Nomadland" Chloé Zhao

• "Promising Young Woman" Frédéric Thoraval

• "Sound of Metal" Mikkel E. G. Nielsen *

• "The Trial of the Chicago 7" Alan Baumgarten

Best international feature film of the year

• "Another Round" Denmark *

• "Better Days" Hong Kong

• "Collective" Romania

• "The Man Who Sold His Skin" Tunisia

• "Quo Vadis, Aida?" Bosnia and Herzegovina

Achievement in makeup and hairstyling

• "Emma" Marese Langan, Laura Allen and Claudia Stolze

• "Hillbilly Elegy" Eryn Krueger Mekash, Matthew Mungle and Patricia Dehaney

• "Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom" Sergio Lopez-Rivera, Mia Neal and Jamika Wilson *

• "Mank" Gigi Williams, Kimberley Spiteri and Colleen LaBaff

• "Pinocchio" Mark Coulier, Dalia Colli and Francesco Pegoretti

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

• "Da 5 Bloods" Terence Blanchard

• "Mank" Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

• "Minari" Emile Mosseri

• "News of the World" James Newton Howard

• "Soul" Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste *

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)

• "Fight For You" from "Judas and the Black Messiah" Music by H.E.R. and Dernst Emile II; Lyric by H.E.R. and Tiara Thomas

• "Hear My Voice" from "The Trial of the Chicago 7" Music by Daniel Pemberton; Lyric by Daniel Pemberton and Celeste Waite

• "Husavik" from "Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga" Music and Lyric by Savan Kotecha, Fat Max Gsus and Rickard Göransson *

• "Io Sì (Seen)" from "The Life Ahead (La Vita Davanti a Se)" Music by Diane Warren; Lyric by Diane Warren and Laura Pausini

• "Speak Now" from "One Night in Miami..." Music and Lyric by Leslie Odom, Jr. and Sam Ashworth

Best motion picture of the year

• "The Father" David Parfitt, Jean-Louis Livi and Philippe Carcassonne, Producers

• "Judas and the Black Messiah" Shaka King, Charles D. King and Ryan Coogler, Producers

• "Mank" Ceán Chaffin, Eric Roth and Douglas Urbanski, Producers

• "Minari" Christina Oh, Producer

• "Nomadland" Frances McDormand, Peter Spears, Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey and Chloé Zhao, Producers

• "Promising Young Woman" Ben Browning, Ashley Fox, Emerald Fennell and Josey McNamara, Producers

• "Sound of Metal" Bert Hamelinck and Sacha Ben Harroche, Producers *

• "The Trial of the Chicago 7" Marc Platt and Stuart Besser, Producers

Achievement in production design

• "The Father" Production Design: Peter Francis; Set Decoration: Cathy Featherstone

• "Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom" Production Design: Mark Ricker; Set Decoration: Karen O’Hara and Diana Stoughton

• "Mank" Production Design: Donald Graham Burt; Set Decoration: Jan Pascale

• "News of the World" Production Design: David Crank; Set Decoration: Elizabeth Keenan

• "Tenet" Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Kathy Lucas *

Best animated short film

• "Burrow" Madeline Sharafian and Michael Capbarat

• "Genius Loci" Adrien Mérigeau and Amaury Ovise

• "If Anything Happens I Love You" Will McCormack and Michael Govier

• "Opera" Erick Oh

• "Yes-People" Gísli Darri Halldórsson and Arnar Gunnarsson

Best live action short film

• "Feeling Through" Doug Roland and Susan Ruzenski

• "The Letter Room" Elvira Lind and Sofia Sondervan

• "The Present" Farah Nabulsi

• "Two Distant Strangers" Travon Free and Martin Desmond Roe

• "White Eye" Tomer Shushan and Shira Hochman

Achievement in sound

• "Greyhound" Warren Shaw, Michael Minkler, Beau Borders and David Wyman

• "Mank" Ren Klyce, Jeremy Molod, David Parker, Nathan Nance and Drew Kunin

• "News of the World" Oliver Tarney, Mike Prestwood Smith, William Miller and John Pritchett

• "Soul" Ren Klyce, Coya Elliott and David Parker

• "Sound of Metal" Nicolas Becker, Jaime Baksht, Michelle Couttolenc, Carlos Cortés and Phillip Bladh *

Achievement in visual effects

• "Love and Monsters" Matt Sloan, Genevieve Camilleri, Matt Everitt and Brian Cox

• "The Midnight Sky" Matthew Kasmir, Christopher Lawrence, Max Solomon and David Watkins *

• "Mulan" Sean Faden, Anders Langlands, Seth Maury and Steve Ingram

• "The One and Only Ivan" Nick Davis, Greg Fisher, Ben Jones and Santiago Colomo Martinez

• "Tenet" Andrew Jackson, David Lee, Andrew Lockley and Scott Fisher

Adapted screenplay

• "Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan" Screenplay by Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines & Dan Swimer & Peter Baynham & Erica Rivinoja & Dan Mazer & Jena Friedman & Lee Kern; Story by Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines & Dan Swimer & Nina Pedrad

• "The Father" Screenplay by Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller

• "Nomadland" Written for the screen by Chloé Zhao

• "One Night in Miami..." Screenplay by Kemp Powers *

• "The White Tigers" Written for the screen by Ramin Bahrani

Original screenplay

• "Judas and the Black Messiah" Screenplay by Will Berson & Shaka King; Story by Will Berson & Shaka King and Kenny Lucas & Keith Lucas

• "Minari" Written by Lee Isaac Chung

• "Promising Young Woman" Written by Emerald Fennell

• "Sound of Metal" Screenplay by Darius Marder & Abraham Marder; Story by Darius Marder & Derek Cianfrance *

• "The Trial of the Chicago 7" Written by Aaron Sorkin

I screened most of the Best Picture nominations, as well as many of the nominations. I enjoyed seeing various nominations and felt some were sadly omitted from contention. Yes, getting a nomination is all about marketing, advertising, promotion, and more; this is similar to many awards ceremonies. One of my favorite categories are for the short films; I’m happy to see people celebrating these works of art.

SNUBS

I was upset some films were snubbed from nominations.

Tread (Documentary Feature)

The Willoughbys (Animated Feature)

Athlete A (Documentary Feature)

Palm Springs (Screenplay/Visual Effects)

The Invisible Man (Actress/Screenplay/Directing/Sound/Visual Effects)

Picture source: https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2021/03/where-to-stream-the-2021-best-picture-oscar-nominees.html