Oscar Nominations 2021: Mank Leads

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the nominations in 23 categories for the 93rd annual Oscars,which will air on ABC on April 25 (delayed because of the pandemic.) “Mank,” about Herbert J. Mankewicz and the making of Citizen Kane, leads with ten. 

Among the Broadway veterans nominated: Leslie Odom, Jr. in One Night in Miami…, Viola Davis in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, and Glenn Close in Hillbilly Elegy. “The Father,” one of the best-picture nominees is a film adaptation of a play by Florian Zeller that was on Broadway.

Best Picture

The Father
Judas And The Black Messiah
Mank
Minari
Nomadland
Promising Young Woman
Sound Of Metal
The Trial Of The Chicago 7

 

Actor in a Leading Role

Riz Ahmed
Sound of Metal

Chadwick Boseman
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Anthony Hopkins
The Father

Gary Oldman
Mank

Steven Yeun
Minari

Actress in a Leading Role

Viola Davis
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Andra Day
The United States vs. Billie Holiday

Vanessa Kirby
Pieces of a Woman

Frances McDormand
Nomadland

Carey Mulligan
Promising Young Woman

Actor in a Supporting Role

Sacha Baron Cohen
The Trial of the Chicago 7

Daniel Kaluuya
Judas and the Black Messiah

Leslie Odom, Jr
One Night in Miami

Paul Raci
Sound of Metal

Lakeith Stanfield
Judas and the Black Messiah

Actress in a Supporting Role

Maria Bakalova
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

Glenn Close
Hillbilly Elegy

Olivia Colman
The Father

Amanda Seyfried
Mank

Yuh-Jung Youn
Minari

Directing

Another Round
Thomas Vinterberg

Mank
David Fincher

Minari
Lee Isaac Chung

Nomadland
Chloé Zhao

Promising Young Woman
Emerald Fennell

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
The Father
Nomadland
One Night In Miami
The White Tiger

Writing (Original Screenplay)

Judas and the Black Messiah
Minari
Promising Young Woman
Sound of Metal
The Trial of the Chicago 7

Costume Design

Emma
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Mank
Mulan
Pinocchio

Music (Original Score)

Da 5 Bloods
Mank
Minari
News of the World
Soul

Music (Original Song)

Fight For Me, Judas
Hear My Voice, Chicago 7
Husavik, European Song Contest
Io Si, The Life Ahead
Speak Now, One Night In Miami

Documentary Feature

Collective
Crip Camp
The Mole Agent
My Octopus Teacher
Time

Documentary Short Subject

Colette
A Concerto Is A Conversation
Do Not Split
Hunger Ward
A Love Song For Natasha

Animated Feature Film

Onward
Over The Moon
A Shaun the Sheep Movie
Soul
Wolfwalkers

Animated Short Film

Burrow
Genius Loci
If Anything Happens I Love You
Opera
Yes-People

Live Action Short Film

Feeling Through
The Letter Room
The Present
Two Distant Strangers
White Eye

International Feature Film

Another Round
Better Days
Collective
The Man Who Sold His Skin
Quo Vida, Aida?

Cinematography

Judas and The Black Messiah
Mank
News Of the World
Nomadland
The Trial Of the Chicago 7

Film Editing

The Father
Nomadland
Promising Young Woman
Sound Of Metal
The Trial Of The Chicago 7

Production Design

The Father
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Mank
News Of The World
Tenet

Makeup and Hairstyling

Emma
Hillbilly Elegy
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Mank
Pinocchio

Sound

Greyhoud
Mank
News Of The World
Soul
Sound Of Metal

Visual Effects

Love and Monsters
The Midnight Sky
Mulan
The One and Only Ivan

Author: New York Theater

Jonathan Mandell is a 3rd generation NYC journalist, who sees shows, reads plays, writes reviews and sometimes talks with people.

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