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Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs, joined by Oscar®-winning and nominated Academy members Demian Bichir, Dustin Lance Black, Glenn Close, Guillermo del Toro, Marcia Gay Harden, Terrence Howard, Jennifer Hudson, Brie Larson, Jason Reitman, Gabourey Sidibe and Ken Watanabe, announced the 89th Academy Awards® nominations today (January 24).

This year’s nominations were announced in a pre-taped video package at 5:18 a.m. PT via a global live stream on Oscar.com, Oscars.org and the Academy’s digital platforms; a satellite feed and broadcast media. In keeping with tradition, PwC delivered the Oscars nominations list to the Academy on the evening of January 23.

NOMINATIONS BY CATEGORY - 89TH AWARDS

Performance by an actor in a leading role

• Casey Affleck in “Manchester by the Sea” (Amazon Studios)
• Andrew Garfield in “Hacksaw Ridge” (Summit Entertainment)
• Ryan Gosling in “La La Land” (Summit Entertainment)
• Viggo Mortensen in “Captain Fantastic” (Bleecker Street)
• Denzel Washington in “Fences” (Paramount)

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

• Mahershala Ali in “Moonlight” (A24)
• Jeff Bridges in “Hell or High Water” (CBS Films and Lionsgate)
• Lucas Hedges in “Manchester by the Sea” (Amazon Studios)
• Dev Patel in “Lion” (The Weinstein Company)
• Michael Shannon in “Nocturnal Animals” (Focus Features)

Performance by an actress in a leading role

• Isabelle Huppert in “Elle” (Sony Pictures Classics)
• Ruth Negga in “Loving” (Focus Features)
• Natalie Portman in “Jackie” (Fox Searchlight)
• Emma Stone in “La La Land” (Summit Entertainment)
• Meryl Streep in “Florence Foster Jenkins” (Paramount)

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

• Viola Davis in “Fences” (Paramount)
• Naomie Harris in “Moonlight” (A24)
• Nicole Kidman in “Lion” (The Weinstein Company)
• Octavia Spencer in “Hidden Figures” (20th Century Fox)
• Michelle Williams in “Manchester by the Sea” (Amazon Studios) 

Best animated feature film of the year

• “Kubo and the Two Strings” (Focus Features) Travis Knight and Arianne Sutner
• “Moana” (Walt Disney) John Musker, Ron Clements and Osnat Shurer
• “My Life as a Zucchini” (GKIDS) Claude Barras and Max Karli
• “The Red Turtle” (Sony Pictures Classics) Michael Dudok de Wit and Toshio Suzuki
• “Zootopia” (Walt Disney) Byron Howard, Rich Moore and Clark Spencer

Achievement in cinematography

• “Arrival” (Paramount) Bradford Young
• “La La Land” (Summit Entertainment) Linus Sandgren
• “Lion” (The Weinstein Company) Greig Fraser
• “Moonlight” (A24) James Laxton
• “Silence” (Paramount) Rodrigo Prieto

Achievement in costume design

• “Allied” (Paramount) Joanna Johnston
• “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” (Warner Bros.) Colleen Atwood
• “Florence Foster Jenkins” (Paramount) Consolata Boyle
• “Jackie” (Fox Searchlight) Madeline Fontaine
• “La La Land” (Summit Entertainment) Mary Zophres

Achievement in directing

• “Arrival” (Paramount) Denis Villeneuve
• “Hacksaw Ridge” (Summit Entertainment) Mel Gibson
• “La La Land” (Summit Entertainment) Damien Chazelle
• “Manchester by the Sea” (Amazon Studios) Kenneth Lonergan
• “Moonlight” (A24) Barry Jenkins 

Best documentary feature

• “Fire at Sea” (Kino Lorber) A Stemal Entertainment Production | Gianfranco Rosi and Donatella Palermo
• “I Am Not Your Negro” (Magnolia Pictures) A Velvet Film Production | Raoul Peck, Rémi Grellety and Hébert Peck
• “Life, Animated” (The Orchard)  A Motto Pictures and A&E IndieFilms Production | Roger Ross Williams and Julie Goldman
• “O.J.: Made in America” (ESPN Films)  A Laylow Films and ESPN Films Production | Ezra Edelman and Caroline Waterlow
• “13th” (Netflix)  A Forward Movement Production | Ava DuVernay, Spencer Averick and Howard Barish

Best documentary short subject

• “Extremis” (Netflix) An f/8 Filmworks in association with Motto Pictures | Production Dan Krauss
• “4.1 Miles” A University of California, Berkeley Production | Daphne Matziaraki
• “Joe’s Violin” A Lucky Two Production | Kahane Cooperman and Raphaela Neihausen
• “Watani: My Homeland” An ITN Production | Marcel Mettelsiefen and Stephen Ellis
• “The White Helmets” (Netflix) A Grain Media and Violet Films Production | Orlando von Einsiedel and Joanna Natasegara

Achievement in film editing

• “Arrival” (Paramount) Joe Walker
• “Hacksaw Ridge” (Summit Entertainment) John Gilbert
• “Hell or High Water” (CBS Films and Lionsgate) Jake Roberts
• “La La Land” (Summit Entertainment) Tom Cross
• “Moonlight” (A24) Nat Sanders and Joi McMillon 

• “Land of Mine” A Nordisk Film Production, Denmark
• “A Man Called Ove” A Tre Vänner Production, Sweden
• “The Salesman” An Asghar Farhadi/Memento Films Production, Iran
• “Tanna” A Contact Films Production, Australia
• “Toni Erdmann” A Komplizen Film Production, Germany

• “A Man Called Ove” (Nordisk Film/Music Box Films) Eva von Bahr and Love Larson
• “Star Trek Beyond” (Paramount) Joel Harlow and Richard Alonzo
• “Suicide Squad” (Warner Bros.) Alessandro Bertolazzi, Giorgio Gregorini and Christopher Nelson

• “Jackie” (Fox Searchlight) Mica Levi
• “La La Land” (Summit Entertainment) Justin Hurwitz
• “Lion” (The Weinstein Company) Dustin O’Halloran and Hauschka
• “Moonlight” (A24) Nicholas Britell
• “Passengers” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Thomas Newman

• “Audition (The Fools Who Dream)” from “La La Land” (Summit Entertainment) Music by Justin Hurwitz, Lyric by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
• “Can’t Stop The Feeling” from “Trolls” (20th Century Fox) Music and Lyric by Justin Timberlake, Max Martin and Karl Johan Schuster
• “City Of Stars” from “La La Land” (Summit Entertainment) Music by Justin Hurwitz, Lyric by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
• “The Empty Chair” from “Jim: The James Foley Story” (HBO Documentary Films and Kunhardt Films) Music and Lyric by J. Ralph and Sting
• “How Far I’ll Go” from “Moana” (Walt Disney) Music and Lyric by Lin-Manuel Miranda 

Best motion picture of the year

• “Arrival” (Paramount) A Paramount Pictures Production | Shawn Levy, Dan Levine, Aaron Ryder and David Linde, Producers
• “Fences” (Paramount) A Paramount Pictures Production | Scott Rudin, Denzel Washington and Todd Black, Producers
• “Hacksaw Ridge” (Summit Entertainment) | A Pandemonium Films/Permut Presentations Production | Bill Mechanic and David Permut, Producers
• “Hell or High Water” (CBS Films and Lionsgate) A Sidney Kimmel Entertainment/Film 44/LBI Entertainment/OddLot Entertainment Production | Carla Hacken and Julie Yorn, Producers
• “Hidden Figures” (20th Century Fox) A Fox 2000 Pictures Production | Donna Gigliotti, Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping, Pharrell Williams and Theodore Melfi, Producers
• “La La Land” (Summit Entertainment) An Impostor Pictures/Gilbert Films/Marc Platt Production | Fred Berger, Jordan Horowitz and Marc Platt, Producers
• “Lion” (The Weinstein Company) A See-Saw Films Production | Emile Sherman, Iain Canning and Angie Fielder, Producers
• “Manchester by the Sea” (Amazon Studios) A Pearl Street Films/The Media Farm/K Period Media/The A | Middleton Project/B Story Production | Matt Damon, Kimberly Steward, Chris Moore, Lauren Beck and Kevin J. Walsh, Producers
• “Moonlight” (A24) A Dos Hermanas Production | Adele Romanski, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner, Producers

Achievement in production design

• “Arrival” (Paramount) Production Design: Patrice Vermette, Set Decoration: Paul Hotte
• “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” (Warner Bros.) Production Design: Stuart Craig, Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
• “Hail, Caesar!” (Universal) Production Design: Jess Gonchor, Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
• “La La Land” (Summit Entertainment) Production Design: David Wasco, Set Decoration: Sandy Reynolds-Wasco
• “Passengers” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Production Design: Guy Hendrix Dyas, Set Decoration: Gene Serdena 

Best animated short film

• “Blind Vaysha” A National Film Board of Canada Production | Theodore Ushev
• “Borrowed Time” A Quorum Films Production | Andrew Coats and Lou Hamou-Lhadj
• “Pear Cider and Cigarettes” A Massive Swerve Studios and Passion Pictures Animation Production | Robert Valley and Cara Speller
• “Pearl” A Google Spotlight Stories and Evil Eye Pictures Production | Patrick Osborne
• “Piper” (Walt Disney) A Pixar Animation Studios Production | Alan Barillaro and Marc Sondheimer

Best live action short film

• “Ennemis Intérieurs” A Qualia Films Production | Sélim Azzazi
• “La Femme et le TGV” (Innovative EYE) An arbel Production | Timo von Gunten and Giacun Caduff
• “Silent Nights” A M & M Production | Aske Bang and Kim Magnusson
• “Sing” A Meteor Filmstudio Production | Kristof Deák and Anna Udvardy
• “Timecode” A Nadir Films Production | Juanjo Giménez

Achievement in sound editing

• “Arrival” (Paramount) Sylvain Bellemare
• “Deepwater Horizon” (Summit Entertainment) Wylie Stateman and Renée Tondelli
• “Hacksaw Ridge” (Summit Entertainment) Robert Mackenzie and Andy Wright
• “La La Land” (Summit Entertainment) Ai-Ling Lee and Mildred Iatrou Morgan
• “Sully” (Warner Bros.) Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman 

Achievement in sound mixing

• “Arrival” (Paramount) Bernard Gariépy Strobl and Claude La Haye
• “Hacksaw Ridge” (Summit Entertainment) Kevin O’Connell, Andy Wright, Robert Mackenzie and Peter Grace
• “La La Land” (Summit Entertainment) Andy Nelson, Ai-Ling Lee and Steve A. Morrow
• “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” (Walt Disney) David Parker, Christopher Scarabosio and Stuart Wilson
• “13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi” (Paramount) Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Mac Ruth

Achievement in visual effects

• “Deepwater Horizon” (Summit Entertainment) Craig Hammack, Jason Snell, Jason Billington and Burt Dalton
• “Doctor Strange” (Walt Disney) Stephane Ceretti, Richard Bluff, Vincent Cirelli and Paul Corbould
• “The Jungle Book” (Walt Disney) Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R. Jones and Dan Lemmon
• “Kubo and the Two Strings” (Focus Features) Steve Emerson, Oliver Jones, Brian McLean and Brad Schiff
• “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” (Walt Disney) John Knoll, Mohen Leo, Hal Hickel and Neil Corbould

Adapted screenplay

• “Arrival” (Paramount) Screenplay by Eric Heisserer
• “Fences” (Paramount) Screenplay by August Wilson
• “Hidden Figures” (20th Century Fox) Screenplay by Allison Schroeder and Theodore Melfi
• “Lion” (The Weinstein Company) Screenplay by Luke Davies
• “Moonlight” (A24) Screenplay by Barry Jenkins; Story by Tarell Alvin McCraney

Original screenplay

• “Hell or High Water” (CBS Films and Lionsgate) Written by Taylor Sheridan
• “La La Land” (Summit Entertainment) Written by Damien Chazelle
• “The Lobster” (A24) Written by Yorgos Lanthimos, Efthimis Filippou
• “Manchester by the Sea” (Amazon Studios) Written by Kenneth Lonergan
• “20th Century Women” (A24/Annapurna) Written by Mike Mills 

NOMINATIONS BY PICTURE
(This list does not include Short Films or Documentary Short Subjects.)

“Allied,” a Paramount Pictures Production (Paramount) (1 nomination)
Costume design

“Arrival,” a Paramount Pictures Production (Paramount) (8 nominations)
Cinematography
Directing
Film editing
Best picture
Production design
Sound editing
Sound mixing
Adapted screenplay

“Captain Fantastic,” an Electric City Entertainment/ShivHans Pictures Production (Bleecker Street) (1 nomination)
Viggo Mortensen - Performance by an actor in a leading role

“Deepwater Horizon,” a di Bonaventura Pictures/Closest to the Hole/Leverage Entertainment (2 nominations)
Production (Summit Entertainment)
Sound editing
Visual effects
(2 nominations)

"Doctor Strange,” a Marvel Studios Production (Walt Disney) (1 nomination)
Visual effects

“Elle,” an SBS Production (Sony Pictures Classics)  (1 nomination)
Isabelle Huppert - Performance by an actress in a leading role

“Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,” a Boswell Street Production (Warner Bros.) (2 nominations)
Costume design
Production design

“Fences,” a Paramount Pictures Production (Paramount) (4 nominations)
Denzel Washington - Performance by an actor in a leading role
Viola Davis - Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Best picture
Adapted screenplay

“Fire at Sea,” a Stemal Entertainment Production (Kino Lorber) (1 nomination)
Documentary feature

“Florence Foster Jenkins,” a Paramount Pictures Production (Paramount) (2 nominations)
Meryl Streep - Performance by an actress in a leading role
Costume design

“Hacksaw Ridge,” a Pandemonium Films/Permut Presentations Production (Summit Entertainment) (6 nominations)
Andrew Garfield - Performance by an actor in a leading role
Directing
Film editing
Best picture
Sound editing
Sound mixing 

“Hail, Caesar!,” a Working Title Films Production (Universal) (1 nomination)
Production design

“Hell or High Water,” a Sidney Kimmel Entertainment/Film 44/LBI Entertainment/OddLot (4 nominations)
Entertainment Production (CBS Films and Lionsgate)
Jeff Bridges - Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Film editing
Best picture
Original screenplay

“Hidden Figures,” a Fox 2000 Pictures Production (20th Century Fox) (3 nominations)
Octavia Spencer - Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Best picture
Adapted screenplay

“I Am Not Your Negro,” a Velvet Film Production (Magnolia Pictures) (1 nomination)
Documentary feature

“Jackie,” a Protozoa Production (Fox Searchlight) (3 nominations)
Natalie Portman - Performance by an actress in a leading role
Costume design
Original score
 
“Jim: The James Foley Story,” a Kunhardt Films Production (HBO Documentary Films and Kunhardt Films) (1 nomination)
Original song - “The Empty Chair”
 
“The Jungle Book,” a Walt Disney Pictures Production (Walt Disney) (1 nomination)
Visual effects
 
“Kubo and the Two Strings,” a Laika Production (Focus Features) (2 nominations)
Best animated feature film
Visual effects
 
“La La Land,” an Impostor Pictures/Gilbert Films/Marc Platt Production (Summit Entertainment) (14 nominations)
Ryan Gosling - Performance by an actor in a leading role
Emma Stone - Performance by an actress in a leading role
Cinematography
Costume design
Directing
Film editing
Original score
Original song - “Audition (The Fools Who Dream)”
Original song - “City Of Stars”
Best picture
Production design
Sound editing
Sound mixing
Original screenplay

“Land of Mine,” a Nordisk Film Production (Sony Pictures Classics) (1 nomination)
Best foreign language film (Denmark)

“Life, Animated,” a Motto Pictures and A&E IndieFilms Production (The Orchard) (1 nomination) 
Documentary feature

“Lion,” a See-Saw Films Production (The Weinstein Company) (6 nominations)
Dev Patel - Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Nicole Kidman - Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Cinematography
Original score
Best picture
Adapted screenplay

“The Lobster,” an Element Pictures Production (A24) (1 nomination)
Original screenplay
 
“Loving,” a Big Beach/Raindog Films Production (Focus Features) (1 nomination)
Ruth Negga - Performance by an actress in a leading role

“A Man Called Ove,” a Tre Vänner Production (Nordisk Film/Music Box Films) (2 nominations)
Best foreign language film (Sweden)
Makeup and hairstyling

“Manchester by the Sea,” a Pearl Street Films/The Media Farm/K Period Media/The A | Middleton Project/B Story Production (Amazon Studios) (6 nominations)
Casey Affleck - Performance by an actor in a leading role
Lucas Hedges - Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Michelle Williams - Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Directing
Best picture
Original screenplay

“Moana,” a Walt Disney Animation Studios Production (Walt Disney)  (2 nominations)
Best animated feature film
Original song - “How Far I’ll Go”
 
“Moonlight,” a Dos Hermanas Production (A24)  (8 nominations)
Mahershala Ali - Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Naomie Harris - Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Cinematography
Directing
Film editing
Original score
Best picture
Adapted screenplay

“My Life as a Zucchini,” a Rita Productions/Blue Spirit Productions/Gebeka Films/KNM Production (GKIDS) (1 nomination)
Best animated feature film
 
“Nocturnal Animals,” a Fade to Black Production (Focus Features) (1 nomination)
Michael Shannon - Performance by an actor in a supporting role

“O.J.: Made in America,” a Laylow Films and ESPN Films Production (ESPN Films) (1 nomination)
Documentary feature

“Passengers,” a Columbia Pictures Production (Sony Pictures Releasing)  (2 nominations)
Original score
Production design

“The Red Turtle,” a Studio Ghibli/Wild Bunch/Why Not Productions/CN4 Productions/Arte France Cinéma/Belvision Production (Sony Pictures Classics) (1 nomination)
Best animated feature film

“Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” a Lucasfilm Production (Walt Disney) (2 nominations)
Sound mixing
Visual effects

“The Salesman,” an Asghar Farhadi/Memento Films Production (Amazon Studios and Cohen Media Group) (1 nomination)
Best foreign language film (Iran)

“Silence,” a Paramount Pictures Production (Paramount) (1 nomination)
Cinematography

“Star Trek Beyond,” a Paramount Pictures Production (Paramount) (1 nomination)
Makeup and hairstyling

“Suicide Squad,” a Warner Bros. Pictures Production (Warner Bros.) (1 nomination)
Makeup and hairstyling

“Sully,” a Warner Bros. Pictures Production (Warner Bros.) (1 nomination)
Sound editing

“Tanna,” a Contact Films Production (Lightyear Entertainment) (1 nomination)
Best foreign language film (Australia)

“13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi,” a Paramount Pictures Production (Paramount) (1 nomination)
Sound mixing

“13th,” a Forward Movement Production (Netflix) (1 nomination)
Documentary feature

“Toni Erdmann,” a Komplizen Film Production (Sony Pictures Classics) (1 nomination)
Best foreign language film (Germany)
 
“Trolls,” a DreamWorks Animation Production (20th Century Fox) (1 nomination)
Original song - “Can’t Stop The Feeling”

“20th Century Women,” a Modern People Production (A24/Annapurna) (1 nomination)
Original screenplay

“Zootopia,” a Walt Disney Animation Studios Production (Walt Disney) (1 nomination)
Best animated feature film

FEATURE FILMS WITH TWO OR MORE NOMINATIONS
 (This list does not include Short Films or Documentary Short Subjects.)
Picture | Distribution Company | Nominations
"La La Land" | Summit Entertainment | 14
"Arrival"  | Paramount  | 8
"Moonlight" | A24  | 8
"Hacksaw Ridge"  | Summit Entertainment  | 6
"Lion"  | The Weinstein Company  | 6
"Manchester by the Sea" | Amazon Studios  | 6
"Fences" | Paramount  | 4
"Hell or High Water" | CBS Films and Lionsgate  | 4
"Hidden Figures"  | 20th Century Fox  | 3
"Jackie" | Fox Searchlight  | 3
"Deepwater Horizon" | Summit Entertainment  | 2
"Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" | Warner Bros.  | 2
"Florence Foster Jenkins" | Paramount  | 2
"Kubo and the Two Strings" | Focus Features  | 2
"A Man Called Ove" | Nordisk Film/Music Box Films  | 2
"Moana"  | Walt Disney 2
"Passengers"  | Sony Pictures Releasing  | 2
"Rogue One: A Star Wars Story"  | Walt Disney  | 2 

Academy members from each of the 17 branches vote to determine the nominees in their respective categories – actors nominate actors, film editors nominate film editors, etc. In the Animated Feature Film and Foreign Language Film categories, nominees are selected by a vote of multi-branch screening committees.

All voting members are eligible to select the Best Picture nominees. Active members of the Academy are eligible to vote for the winners in all 24 categories beginning Monday, February 13 through Tuesday, February 21.

The 89th Oscars will be held on Sunday, February 26, 2017, at the Dolby Theatre® at Hollywood & Highland Center® in Hollywood, and will be televised live on the ABC Television Network at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT. The Oscars also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.