Oscar Nominations 2018
The nominations for the 90th Academy Awards have been announced in Los Angeles with The Shape Of Water leading the way with 13 nominations. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri, I, Tonya, Phantom Thread, Dunkirk, Lady Bird and Get Out also all featured prominently across all categories.
Milestones this year also included Greta Gerwig becoming just the 5th female nominee for best director and Mudbound cinematographer Rachel Morrison making history as the first ever female nominees in the best cinematography category.
Though some categories have clear front runners based on the pattern of other recent awards, many including best picture remain open races in a highly competitive year. many are predicting honours could be well spread across the night rather than seeing a typical sweep for a single film.
For now the nominees list in full below:
Best picture
- Call Me By Your Name
- Darkest Hour
- Dunkirk
- Get Out
- Lady Bird
- Phantom Thread
- The Post
- The Shape of Water
- Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best actress
- Sally Hawkins – The Shape of Water
- Frances McDormand – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
- Margot Robbie – I, Tonya
- Saoirse Ronan – Lady Bird
- Meryl Streep – The Post
Best actor
- Timothee Chalamet – Call Me By Your Name
- Daniel Day-Lewis – Phantom Thread
- Daniel Kaluuya – Get Out
- Gary Oldman – Darkest Hour
- Denzel Washington – Roman J Israel, Esq
Best supporting actress
- Mary J Blige – Mudbound
- Allison Janney – I, Tonya
- Lesley Manville – Phantom Thread
- Laurie Metcalf – Lady Bird
- Octavia Spencer – The Shape of Water
Best supporting actor
- Willem Dafoe – The Florida Project
- Woody Harrelson – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
- Richard Jenkins – The Shape of Water
- Christopher Plummer – All the Money in the World
- Sam Rockwell – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best director
- Dunkirk – Christopher Nolan
- Get Out – Jordan Peele
- Lady Bird – Greta Gerwig
- Phantom Thread – Paul Thomas Anderson
- The Shape of Water – Guillermo Del Toro
Best adapted screenplay
- Call Me By Your Name – screenplay by James Ivory
- The Disaster Artist – screenplay by Scott Neustadter & Michael H Weber
- Logan – screenplay by Scott Frank & James Mangold and Michael Green; story by James Mangold
- Molly’s Game – written for the screen by Aaron Sorkin
- Mudbound – screenplay by Virgil Williams and Dee Rees
Best original screenplay
- The Big Sick – written by Emily V Gordon & Kumail Nanjiani
- Get Out – written by Jordan Peele
- Lady Bird – written by Greta Gerwig
- The Shape of Water – screenplay by Guillermo del Toro & Vanessa Taylor; story by Guillermo del Toro
- Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri – written by Martin McDonagh
Best foreign language film
- A Fantastic Woman (Chile)
- The Insult (Lebanon)
- Loveless (Russia)
- On Body and Soul (Hungary)
- The Square (Sweden)
Best original song
- Mighty River – Mudbound (Mary J Blige, Raphael Saadiq & Taura Stinson)
- The Mystery of Love – Call Me By Your Name (Sufjan Stevens)
- Remember Me – Coco (Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez)
- Stand Up for Something – Marshall (Common & Diane Warren)
- This Is Me – The Greatest Showman (Benji Pasek & Justin Paul)
Best original score
- Dunkirk – Hans Zimmer
- Phantom Thread – Jonny Greenwood
- The Shape of Water – Alexandre Desplat
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi – John Williams
- Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri – Carter Burwell
Best animated feature
- The Boss Baby
- The Breadwinner
- Coco
- Ferdinand
- Loving Vincent
Best documentary feature
- Abacus
- Faces Places
- Icarus
- Last Men in Aleppo
- Strong Island
Best cinematography
- Blade Runner 2049 – Roger Deakins
- Darkest Hour – Bruno Delbonnel
- Dunkirk – Hoyte van Hoytema
- Mudbound – Rachel Morrison
- The Shape of Water – Dan Laustsen
Best costume design
- Beauty and the Beast – Jacqueline Durran
- Darkest Hour – Jacqueline Durran
- Phantom Thread – Mark Bridges
- The Shape of Water – Luis Sequeira
- Victoria and Abdul – Consolata Boyle
Best make-up and hairstyling
- Darkest Hour – Kazuhiro Tsuji, David Malinowski & Lucy Sibbick
- Victoria and Abdul – Daniel Phillips & Lou Sheppard
- Wonder – Arjen Tuiten
Best production design
- Beauty and the Beast – production design by Sarah Greenwood; set decoration by Katie Spencer
- Blade Runner 2049 – production design by Dennis Gassner; set decoration by Alessandra Querzola
- Darkest Hour – production design by Sarah Greenwood; set decoration by Katie Spencer
- Dunkirk – production design by Nathan Crowley; set decoration by Gary Fettis
- The Shape of Water – production design by Paul Denham Austerberry; set decoration by Shane Vieau and Jeff Melvin
Best visual effects
- Blade Runner 2049 – John Nelson, Gerd Nefzer, Paul Lambert & Richard R Hoover
- Guardian of the Galaxy Vol 2 – Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Jonathan Fawkner & Dan Sudick
- Kong: Skull Island – Stephen Rosenbaum, Jeff White, Scott Benza & Mike Meinardus
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi – Ben Morris, Mike Mulholland, Neal Scanlan & Chris Corbould
- War for the Planet of the Apes – Joe Letteri, Daniel Barrett, Dan Lemmon & Joel Whist
Best film editing
- Baby Driver – Paul Machliss & Jonathan Amos
- Dunkirk – Lee Smith
- I, Tonya – Tatiana S Riegel
- The Shape of Water – Sidney Wolinsky
- Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri – Jon Gregory
Best sound editing
- Baby Driver – Julian Slater
- Blade Runner 2049 – Mark Mangini and Theo Green
- Dunkirk – Richard King and Alex Gibson
- The Shape of Water – Nathan Robitaille and Nelson Ferreira
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi – Matthew Wood and Ren Klyce
Best sound mixing
- Baby Driver – Julian Slater, Tim Cavagin and Mary H Ellis
- Blade Runner 2049 – Ron Bartlett, Doug Hemphill and Mac Ruth
- Dunkirk – Mark Weingarten, Gregg Landaker and Gary A Rizzo
- The Shape of Water – Christian Cooke, Brad Zoern and Glen Gauthier
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi – David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Stuart Wilson
Best animated short
- Dear Basketball
- Garden Party
- Lou
- Negative Space
- Revolting Rhymes
Best live action short
- DeKalb Elementary
- The Eleven O’Clock
- My Nephew Emmet
- The Silent Child
- Watu Wote/All of Us
Best documentary short
- Edith + Eddie
- Heaven Is a Traffic Jam on the 405
- Heroin(e)
- Knife Skills
- Traffic Stop