2020 (93rd Annual Awards)
Nominations and Winners
Listed below are the Academy Award nominations and winners for the year 2020. 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
The Father, A Trademark Films/F Comme Film/Ciné-@ Production; Sony Pictures Classics. (UK, France) David Parfitt, Jean-Louis Livi and Philippe Carcassonne, Producers.Judas and the Black Messiah, A Macros Media/Proximity Media Production; Warner Bros. Shaka King, Charles D. King and Ryan Coogler, Producers.Mank, A Netflix International Pictures Production; Netflix. Ceán Chaffin, Eric Roth and Douglas Urbanski, Producers.Nomadland, A Highwayman/Hear/Say Productions/Cor Cordium Production; Searchlight. (Germany, USA) Frances McDormand, Peter Spears, Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey and Chloé Zhao, Producers.Promising Young Woman, A LuckyChap Entertainment/FilmNation Entertainment Production; Focus Features. (UK, USA) Ben Browning, Ashley Fox, Emerald Fennell and Josey McNamara, Producers.Sound of Metal, A Caviar/Flat 7 Production; Amazon Studios. Bert Hamelinck and Sacha Ben Harroche, Producers.The Trial of the Chicago 7, A Netflix in assoc. with Cross Creek Pictures/Marc Platt/DreamWorks Pictures in assoc. with ShivHans Pictures Production; Netflix. (USA, UK, India) Marc Platt and Stuart Besser, Producers.Actor in a Leading Role
Chadwick Boseman in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, A Netflix/Mundy Lane Entertainment/Escape Artists Production; Netflix.Anthony Hopkins in The Father, A Trademark Films/F Comme Film/Ciné-@ Production; Sony Pictures Classics. (UK, France)Actress in a Leading Role
Viola Davis in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, A Netflix/Mundy Lane Entertainment/Escape Artists Production; Netflix.Andra Day in The United States vs. Billie Holiday, A Hulu Original/New Slate Ventures/Lee Daniels Entertainment/Roth-Krischenbaum Films Production; Hulu.Vanessa Kirby in Pieces of a Woman, A Netflix/Little Lamb/Bron Studios in assoc. with Proton Cinema in assoc. with Creative Wealth Media Production; Netflix. (Canada, Hungary, USA)Frances McDormand in Nomadland, A Highwayman/Hear/Say Productions/Cor Cordium Production; Searchlight. (Germany, USA)Carey Mulligan in Promising Young Woman, A LuckyChap Entertainment/FilmNation Entertainment Production; Focus Features. (UK, USA)Actor in a Supporting Role
Sacha Baron Cohen in The Trial of the Chicago 7, A Netflix in assoc. with Cross Creek Pictures/Marc Platt/DreamWorks Pictures in assoc. with ShivHans Pictures Production; Netflix. (USA, UK, India)Daniel Kaluuya in Judas and the Black Messiah, A Macros Media/Proximity Media Production; Warner Bros.Leslie Odom, Jr. in One Night in Miami . . ., An Abkco Films/Snoot Entertainment Production; Amazon Studios.Lakeith Stanfield in Judas and the Black Messiah, A Macros Media/Proximity Media Production; Warner Bros.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, A Four by Two Films Production; Amazon Studios. (UK, USA)Olivia Colman in The Father, A Trademark Films/F Comme Film/Ciné-@ Production; Sony Pictures Classics. (UK, France)Directing
Another Round, A Zentropa Entertainments Production; Samuel Goldwyn Films. (Denmark, Sweden, Netherlands) Thomas Vinterberg.Nomadland, A Highwayman/Hear/Say Productions/Cor Cordium Production; Searchlight. (Germany, USA) Chloé Zhao.Promising Young Woman, A LuckyChap Entertainment/FilmNation Entertainment Production; Focus Features. (UK, USA) Emerald Fennell.Animated Feature Film
Over the Moon, A Netflix/Pearl Studio/Glen Keane Production; Netflix. (China, USA) Glen Keane, Gennie Rim and Peilin Chou.A Shawn the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon, A Studiocanal and Aardman in assoc. with Anton Capital Entertainment Production; Netflix. (UK, France, Belgium, Ireland, USA) Richard Phelan, Will Becher and Paul Kewley.Wolfwalkers, A Cartoon Saloon/Melusine Production; Apple/GKIDS. (Ireland, UK, Luxembourg, France) Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart, Paul Young and Stéphan Roelants.Cinematography
Nomadland, A Highwayman/Hear/Say Productions/Cor Cordium Production; Searchlight. (Germany, USA) Joshua James Richards.The Trial of the Chicago 7, A Netflix in assoc. with Cross Creek Pictures/Marc Platt/DreamWorks Pictures in assoc. with ShivHans Pictures Production; Netflix. (USA, UK, India) Phedon Papamichael.Costume Design
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, A Netflix/Mundy Lane Entertainment/Escape Artists Production; Netflix. Ann Roth.Pinocchio, An Archimede/Rai Cinema/Le Pacte/Recorded Picture Company Production; Roadside Attractions. (Italy, France, UK) Massimo Cantini Parrini.Documentary
(Feature)
Collective, An Alexander Nanau Production/Samsa Film/HBO Europe Production; Magnolia Pictures/Participant. (Romania, Luxembourg, Germany) Alexander Nanau and Bianca Oana.Crip Camp, A Higher Ground and Rusted Spoke in assoc. with Little Punk, JustFilms, Ford Foundation Production; Netflix. Nicole Newnham, Jim LeBrecht and Sara Bolder.The Mole Agent, A Micromundo Producciones/Motto Pictures/Sutor Kolonko/Volya Films/Malvalanda Production; Gravitas Ventures. (Chile, USA, Germany, Netherlands, Spain) Maite Alberdi and Marcela Santibáñez.My Octopus Teacher, A Netflix Original Documentary in assoc. with Off the Fence and The Sea Change Project Production; Netflix. (South Africa) Pippa Ehrlich, James Reed and Craig Foster.Time, A Concordia Studio in assoc. with The New York Times, Outer Piece and Hedgehog Films Production; Amazon Studios. Garrett Bradley, Lauren Domino and Kellen Quinn.(Short Subject)
Colette, A Respawn Entertainment/Oculus Studios/Time Travel Unlimited Production. Anthony Giacchino and Alice Doyard.A Concerto Is a Conversation, A Breakwater Studios Production; New York Times Ops-Docs. Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers.Hunger Ward, A Spin Film/Vulcan Production; MTV Documentary Films. Skye Fitzgerald and Michael Scheuerman.A Love Song for Latasha, A Black Dreams LLC Production; Netflix. Sophia Nahli Allison and Janice Duncan.Film Editing
The Father, A Trademark Films/F Comme Film/Ciné-@ Production; Sony Pictures Classics. (UK, France) Yorgos Lamprinos.Nomadland, A Highwayman/Hear/Say Productions/Cor Cordium Production; Searchlight. (Germany, USA) Chloé Zhao.Promising Young Woman, A LuckyChap Entertainment/FilmNation Entertainment Production; Focus Features. (UK, USA) Frédéric Thoraval.The Trial of the Chicago 7, A Netflix in assoc. with Cross Creek Pictures/Marc Platt/DreamWorks Pictures in assoc. with ShivHans Pictures Production; Netflix. (USA, UK, India) Alan Baumgarten.International Feature Film
Another Round, A Zentropa Entertainments Production; Samuel Goldwyn Films. (Denmark, Sweden, Netherlands)Better Days, A Goodfellas Pictures Limited Production. (China, Hong Kong)Collective, An Alexander Nanau Production/Samsa Film/HBO Europe Production; Magnolia Pictures/Participant. (Romania, Luxembourg, Germany)The Man Who Sold His Skin, A Tanit Films Production; Samuel Goldwyn Films. (Tunisia, France, Belgium, Germany, Sweden, Turkey)Quo Vadis, Aida?, A Deblokada Production; Super LTD. (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria, Romania, Netherlands, Germany, Poland, France, Turkey, Norway)Makeup and Hairstyling
Emma, A Working Title/Blueprint Pictures Production; Focus Features. (UK) Marese Langan, Laura Allen and Claudia Stolze.Hillbilly Elegy, A Netflix/Imagine Entertainment Production; Netflix. Eryn Krueger Mekash, Matthew Mungle and Patricia DeHaney.Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, A Netflix/Mundy Lane Entertainment/Escape Artists Production; Netflix. Sergio Lopez-Rivera, Mia Neal and Jamika Wilson.Mank, A Netflix International Pictures Production; Netflix. Gigi Williams, Kimberley Spiteri and Colleen LaBaff.Pinocchio, An Archimede/Rai Cinema/Le Pacte/Recorded Picture Company Production; Roadside Attractions. (Italy, France, UK) Mark Coulier, Dalia Colli and Francesco Pegoretti.Music
(Original Score)
Da 5 Bloods, A Netflix/Lloyd Levin/Beatriz Levin/40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks/Rahway Road Production; Netflix. Terence Blanchard.Soul, A Walt Disney Animation Studios Production; Walt Disney. Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste.(Original Song)
Fight For You from Judas and the Black Messiah, A Macros Media/Proximity Media Production; Warner Bros. 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, A Netflix in assoc. with Cross Creek Pictures/Marc Platt/DreamWorks Pictures in assoc. with ShivHans Pictures Production; Netflix. (USA, UK, India) Music by Daniel Pemberton; lyric by Daniel Pemberton and Celeste Waite.Husavik from Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga, A Gary Sanchez Productions/Gloria Sanchez Productions in assoc. with EBU Production; Netflix. (USA, Iceland, Canada) Music and lyric by Savan Kotecha, Fat Max Gsus and Rickard Göransson.Io Sì (Seen) from The Life Ahead (La Vita Davanti a Se), A Netflix/Palomar in collaboration with Artemis Rising Foundation Production; Netflix. (Italy) Music by Diane Warren; lyric by Diane Warren and Laura Pausini.Speak Now from One Night in Miami . . ., An Abkco Films/Snoot Entertainment Production; Amazon Studios. Music and lyric by Leslie Odom, Jr. and Sam Ashworth.Production Design
The Father, A Trademark Films/F Comme Film/Ciné-@ Production; Sony Pictures Classics. (UK, France) Production design by Peter Francis; set decoration by Cathy Featherstone.Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, A Netflix/Mundy Lane Entertainment/Escape Artists Production; Netflix. Production design by Mark Ricker; set decoration by Karen O’Hara and Diana Stoughton.Mank, A Netflix International Pictures Production; Netflix. Production design by Donald Graham Burt; set decoration by Jan Pascale.News of the World, A Playtone Production; Universal. (USA, China) Production design by David Crank; set decoration by Elizabeth Keenan.Tenet, A Syncopy Films Production; Warner Bros. (USA, UK) Production design by Nathan Crowley; set decoration by Kathy Lucas.Short Films
(Animated)
If Anything Happens I Love You, A Gilbert Films and Oh Good Production; Netflix. Will McCormack and Michael Govier.(Live Action)
The Letter Room, A Dutch Tilt Film, Mad Gene Media and Topic Production. Elvira Lind and Sofia Sondervan.Sound
Greyhound, A Playtone/Sony Pictures Entertainment and Stage 6 Films in assoc. with Bron Creative, Zhengfu Pictures, Sycamore Pictures and FilmNation Entertainment Production; Apple. (USA, Canada, China) Warren Shaw, Michael Minkler, Beau Borders and David Wyman.Mank, A Netflix International Pictures Production; Netflix. Ren Klyce, Jeremy Molod, David Parker, Nathan Nance and Drew Kunin.News of the World, A Playtone Production; Universal. (USA, China) Oliver Tarney, Mike Prestwood Smith, William Miller and John Pritchett.Soul, A Walt Disney Animation Studios Production; Walt Disney. Ren Klyce, Coya Elliott and David Parker.Sound of Metal, A Caviar/Flat 7 Production; Amazon Studios. Nicolas Becker, Jaime Baksht, Michelle Couttolenc, Carlos Cortés and Phillip Bladh.Visual Effects
Love and Monsters, A Paramount Pictures Production; Paramount. (Canada, USA, Australia) Matt Sloan, Genevieve Camilleri, Matt Everitt and Brian Cox.The Midnight Sky, A Smokehouse/Anonymous Content Production; Netflix. Matthew Kasmir, Christopher Lawrence, Max Solomon and David Watkins.Mulan, A Walt Disney Pictures Production; Walt Disney. (USA, Canada, Hong Kong) Sean Faden, Anders Langlands, Seth Maury and Steve Ingram.The One and Only Ivan, A Walt Disney Pictures Production; Walt Disney. Nick Davis, Greg Fisher, Ben Jones and Santiago Colomo Martinez.Tenet, A Syncopy Films Production; Warner Bros. (USA, UK) Andrew Jackson, David Lee, Andrew Lockley and Scott Fisher.Writing
(Adapted Screenplay)
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, A Four by Two Films Production; Amazon Studios. (UK, USA) 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, A Trademark Films/F Comme Film/Ciné-@ Production; Sony Pictures Classics. (UK, France) Screenplay by Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller.Nomadland, A Highwayman/Hear/Say Productions/Cor Cordium Production; Searchlight. (Germany, USA) Written for the screen by Chloé Zhao.One Night in Miami . . ., An Abkco Films/Snoot Entertainment Production; Amazon Studios. Screenplay by Kemp Powers.The White Tiger, A Netflix/Lava Media/Noruz Films/Array Filmworks Production; Netflix. (India, USA) Written for the screen by Ramin Bahrani.(Original Screenplay)
Judas and the Black Messiah, A Macros Media/Proximity Media Production; Warner Bros. Screenplay by Will Berson & Shaka King; story by Will Berson & Shaka King and Kenny Lucas & Keith Lucas.Promising Young Woman, A LuckyChap Entertainment/FilmNation Entertainment Production; Focus Features. (UK, USA) Written by Emerald Fennell.Sound of Metal, A Caviar/Flat 7 Production; Amazon Studios. Screenplay by Darius Marder & Abraham Marder; story by Darius Marder & Derek Cianfrance.The Trial of the Chicago 7, A Netflix in assoc. with Cross Creek Pictures/Marc Platt/DreamWorks Pictures in assoc. with ShivHans Pictures Production; Netflix. (USA, UK, India) Written by Aaron Sorkin.Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Scientific and Technical Award
(Scientific and Engineering Award)
To Dr. Zvi Reznic, Professor Meir Feder, Guy Dorman and Ron Yogev for the development of the Amimon wireless chipset, which enables untethered, high-quality on-set, encrypted digital video monitoring with sub-frame latency. By using novel extensions of digital data transmission and compression algorithms, and data prioritization based on error rate, the Amimon chipset supports the creation of systems with virtually unrestricted camera motion, expanding creative freedom during filming.To Nicolaas Verheem, Greg Smokler and Ilya Issenin for the development of the ruggedized Teradek Bolt wireless video transmission system for on-set remote monitoring. The Teradek Bolt system features a frame-synchronized back channel for real-time camera control, an error-resilient timecode channel and integrated production metadata, which have led to its widespread adoption in motion picture production.To Alexey Lukin and the Team of Mathematicians, Software Engineers, Sound Designers and Product Specialists of iZotope, Inc. for the development of the RX audio processing system. Featuring spectral processing algorithms enhanced with machine learning, the iZotope RX system is widely favored by motion picture sound professionals for audio repair and enhancement.To Jeff Bloom, Guy McNally and Nick Rose for the original concept and engineering of the Wordfit System for automatic ADR synchronization, and to John Ellwood and Jonathan Newland for the engineering and development of VocALign and Revoice Pro. Wordfit revolutionized the process of post sync ADR by eliminating the need for manual editing to perfect lip sync. VocALign and Revoice Pro are software tools that together give sound editors unprecedented control over the final performance in replaced dialog. In use for many years, these technologies continue their predominance in the creation and seamless integration of replacement dialog tracks in motion pictures.To Sanken Microphone Company Limited for the original innovation and continuous refinement of the Sanken COS-11 series of miniature lavalier microphones. Sanken’s early engineering work in microphone orientation and miniaturization has inspired the current generation of lavalier microphones. The exceptional sound quality and durability of the COS-11 series have made them the predominant lavalier microphones used in motion picture production sound recording.(Technical Achievement Award)
To Masato Nakashima, Koichi Ueno, Junji Sakuda and Junro Yonemitsu for the development of the EIZO auto-calibrating SDR monitors that incorporate a built-in sensor, digital uniformity equalizer and accompanying SDK. EIZO auto-calibrating SDR monitors increase artists’ confidence in facility-wide image reproduction accuracy and reduce disruptions to the creative process and production workflows. They have become indispensable for many major motion picture animation and effects facilities.To Alejandro Arango, Gary Martinez, Robert Derry and Glenn Derry for the system design, ergonomics, engineering and workflow integration of the widely adopted Technoprops head-mounted camera system.
The Technoprops head-mounted camera system, with its modular and production-proven construction, supports consistent face alignment with improved actor comfort, while at the same time permitting quick reconfiguration and minimizing downtime. This system enables repeatable, accurate and unobstructed capture of an actor’s facial movements.To Babak Beheshti and Scott Robitille for the development of the compact, stand-alone, phase-accurate genlock synchronization and recording module, and to Ian Kelly and Dejan Momcilovic for the technical direction and workflow integration, of the Standard Deviation head-mounted camera system. The Standard Deviation head-mounted camera system provides a robust method of accurate camera synchronization to the house clock. Combined with practical innovations for usability, it enables multiple head-mounted camera systems to be used in large capture volumes, resulting in adoption by numerous motion picture productions.To Sven Woop and Carsten Benthin for core development, Attila T. Áfra for motion picture feature development, and Manfred Ernst and Ingo Wald for early research and technical direction, of the Intel® Embree Ray Tracing Library. For the past decade, the Intel Embree Ray Tracing Library has provided a high-performance, industry-leading, CPU-based ray-geometry intersection framework through well-engineered open source code, supported by a comprehensive set of research publications. It has become an indispensable resource for motion picture production rendering.To Hayley Iben, Mark Meyer, John Anderson and Andrew Witkin for the Taz Hair Simulation System. Taz is a robust, predictable and efficient mass-spring hair simulation system with novel formulations of hair shape, bending springs and hair-to-hair collisions. It has enabled Pixar artists to bring to life animated digital characters with a wide variety of stylized hair, from straight to wavy to curly.To Stephen Bowline for the ILM HairCraft Dynamics System. The ILM HairCraft Dynamics System has a physically robust hair-dynamics model that simulates hair by embedding curves in tetrahedral mesh volumes. Its unique spring-based control system has helped ILM artists create a wide range of photorealistic digital characters and digital stunt doubles.To Kelly Ward Hammel, Aleka McAdams, Toby Jones, Maryann Simmons and Andy Milne for the Walt Disney Animation Studios Hair Simulation System. The WDAS Hair Simulation System is a robust, predictable, fast and highly art-directable system built on the mathematics of discrete elastic rods. This has provided Disney artists the flexibility to manipulate hair in hyper-realistic ways to create the strong silhouettes required for character animation and has enabled a wide range of complex hairstyles in animated feature films.To Niall Ryan, Christoph Sprenger and Gilles Daviet for the Synapse Hair Simulation System. The Synapse Hair Simulation System is a robust, predictable and highly scalable position-based dynamics system with a novel inverse parameter solver. It has helped Weta Digital artists create a wide range of photorealistic digital characters and digital stunt doubles.To Jens-Jørn Stokholm and Ole Moesmann for their innovative development of miniature high-performance DPA lavalier microphones. The DPA 4061 and 4071 lavalier microphones exemplify creative design, precise manufacture and meticulous quality control, resulting in consistent performance and exceptional on-set motion picture audio recording.To Chris Countryman and Omer T. Inan for their engineering of the subminiature high-performance Countryman Associates lavalier microphones. Originated by company founder Carl Countryman (1946–2006), these meticulously crafted subminiature microphones are easily concealed. Their spectral response-shaping filters, cable mounting and capsule design contribute to their wide adoption by motion picture production sound mixers.To Fredrik Limsäter, Björn Rydahl and Mattias Lagergren for the design, architecture and engineering of ftrack Studio. An extensible, efficient and intuitive post-production tracking software system, ftrack Studio has enabled small and large studios alike to efficiently schedule and manage complex digital motion picture animation and visual effects.To Don Parker for the product vision and design, Matt Daw for the core architecture, and Isaac Reuben, Colin Withers and Neil Brandt for the foundational engineering, of the Autodesk Shotgun post-production tracking system. An extensible, web-based, flexible and scalable system, Shotgun has enabled the efficient management of highly complex visual effects and animation post-production workflows. By facilitating deep integration into a wide variety of facility pipelines, Shotgun has successfully productized the tracking of complex production data on large-scale motion pictures.NOTE: The Scientific and Technical awards were presented at their own virtual ceremony on February 13, 2021.