LOS ANGELES, CA – Actor–comedian Leslie Jordan and actor, CEO and producer Tracee Ellis Ross announced the 94th Oscars® nominations today (February 8), via a global live stream on Oscar.com, Oscars.org, the Academy’s digital platforms, an international satellite feed and broadcast media.
Jordan, Ross and several special guests announced the nominees in all 23 categories at 5:18 a.m. PST, live from Los Angeles, Times Square in New York City, Howard University in Washington, D.C., Beaumont Hospital in Detroit, MI, and Thaddeus M. Bullard Academy in Tampa, FL. For a complete list of nominees, visit the official Oscars website, www.oscar.com.
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 International Feature Film categories, nominees are selected by a vote of multi–branch screening committees. All voting members are eligible to select the Best Picture nominees. This year, the Academy saw its highest ever voter participation in the organization’s history, with members submitting ballots from 82 countries.
Active members of the Academy are eligible to vote for the winners in all 23 categories beginning Thursday, March 17, through Tuesday, March 22.
The 94th Oscars will be held on Sunday, March 27, 2022, at the Dolby® Theatre at Hollywood & Highland® in Hollywood and will be televised live on ABC at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT and in more than 200 territories worldwide.
Performance by an actor in a leading role
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Performance by an actress in a leading role
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Best animated feature film of the year
- "Encanto" Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Yvett Merino and Clark Spencer
- "Flee" Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Monica Hellström, Signe Byrge Sørensen and Charlotte De La Gournerie
- "Luca" Enrico Casarosa and Andrea Warren
- "The Mitchells vs. the Machines" Mike Rianda, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Kurt Albrecht
- "Raya and the Last Dragon" Don Hall, Carlos López Estrada, Osnat Shurer and Peter Del Vecho
Achievement in cinematography
Achievement in costume design
- "Cruella" Jenny Beavan
- "Cyrano" Massimo Cantini Parrini and Jacqueline Durran
- "Dune" Jacqueline West and Robert Morgan
- "Nightmare Alley" Luis Sequeira
- "West Side Story" Paul Tazewell
Achievement in directing
Best documentary feature
- "Ascension" Jessica Kingdon, Kira Simon-Kennedy and Nathan Truesdell
- "Attica" Stanley Nelson and Traci A. Curry
- "Flee" Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Monica Hellström, Signe Byrge Sørensen and Charlotte De La Gournerie
- "Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)" Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, Joseph Patel, Robert Fyvolent and David Dinerstein
- "Writing with Fire" Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh
Best documentary short subject
- "Audible" Matt Ogens and Geoff McLean
- "Lead Me Home" Pedro Kos and Jon Shenk
- "The Queen of Basketball" Ben Proudfoot
- "Three Songs for Benazir" Elizabeth Mirzaei and Gulistan Mirzaei
- "When We Were Bullies" Jay Rosenblatt
Achievement in film editing
Best international feature film of the year
Achievement in makeup and hairstyling
- "Coming 2 America" Mike Marino, Stacey Morris and Carla Farmer
- "Cruella" Nadia Stacey, Naomi Donne and Julia Vernon
- "Dune" Donald Mowat, Love Larson and Eva von Bahr
- "The Eyes of Tammy Faye" Linda Dowds, Stephanie Ingram and Justin Raleigh
- "House of Gucci" Göran Lundström, Anna Carin Lock and Frederic Aspiras
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original Score)
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original Song)
- "Be Alive" from "King Richard"
Music and Lyric by DIXSON and Beyoncé Knowles-Carter
- "Dos Oruguitas" from "Encanto"
Music and Lyric by Lin-Manuel Miranda
- "Down To Joy" from "Belfast"
Music and Lyric by Van Morrison
- "No Time To Die" from "No Time to Die"
Music and Lyric by Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell
- "Somehow You Do" from "Four Good Days"
Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
Best motion picture of the year
- "Belfast" Laura Berwick, Kenneth Branagh, Becca Kovacik and Tamar Thomas, Producers
- "CODA" Philippe Rousselet, Fabrice Gianfermi and Patrick Wachsberger, Producers
- "Don't Look Up" Adam McKay and Kevin Messick, Producers
- "Drive My Car" Teruhisa Yamamoto, Producer
- "Dune" Mary Parent, Denis Villeneuve and Cale Boyter, Producers
- "King Richard" Tim White, Trevor White and Will Smith, Producers
- "Licorice Pizza" Sara Murphy, Adam Somner and Paul Thomas Anderson, Producers
- "Nightmare Alley" Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale and Bradley Cooper, Producers
- "The Power of the Dog" Jane Campion, Tanya Seghatchian, Emile Sherman, Iain Canning and Roger Frappier, Producers
- "West Side Story" Steven Spielberg and Kristie Macosko Krieger, Producers
Achievement in production design
- "Dune" Production Design: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Zsuzsanna Sipos
- "Nightmare Alley" Production Design: Tamara Deverell; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau
- "The Power of the Dog" Production Design: Grant Major; Set Decoration: Amber Richards
- "The Tragedy of Macbeth" Production Design: Stefan Dechant; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
- "West Side Story" Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Rena DeAngelo
Best animated short film
- "Affairs of the Art" Joanna Quinn and Les Mills
- "Bestia" Hugo Covarrubias and Tevo Díaz
- "Boxballet" Anton Dyakov
- "Robin Robin" Dan Ojari and Mikey Please
- "The Windshield Wiper" Alberto Mielgo and Leo Sanchez
Best live action short film
- "Ala Kachuu - Take and Run" Maria Brendle and Nadine Lüchinger
- "The Dress" Tadeusz Łysiak and Maciej Ślesicki
- "The Long Goodbye" Aneil Karia and Riz Ahmed
- "On My Mind" Martin Strange-Hansen and Kim Magnusson
- "Please Hold" K.D. Dávila and Levin Menekse
Achievement in sound
- "Belfast" Denise Yarde, Simon Chase, James Mather and Niv Adiri
- "Dune" Mac Ruth, Mark Mangini, Theo Green, Doug Hemphill and Ron Bartlett
- "No Time to Die" Simon Hayes, Oliver Tarney, James Harrison, Paul Massey and Mark Taylor
- "The Power of the Dog" Richard Flynn, Robert Mackenzie and Tara Webb
- "West Side Story" Tod A. Maitland, Gary Rydstrom, Brian Chumney, Andy Nelson and Shawn Murphy
Achievement in visual effects
- "Dune" Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, Brian Connor and Gerd Nefzer
- "Free Guy" Swen Gillberg, Bryan Grill, Nikos Kalaitzidis and Dan Sudick
- "No Time to Die" Charlie Noble, Joel Green, Jonathan Fawkner and Chris Corbould
- "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings" Christopher Townsend, Joe Farrell, Sean Noel Walker and Dan Oliver
- "Spider-Man: No Way Home" Kelly Port, Chris Waegner, Scott Edelstein and Dan Sudick
Adapted screenplay
- "CODA" Screenplay by Siân Heder
- "Drive My Car" Screenplay by Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Takamasa Oe
- "Dune" Screenplay by Jon Spaihts and Denis Villeneuve and Eric Roth
- "The Lost Daughter" Written by Maggie Gyllenhaal
- "The Power of the Dog" Written by Jane Campion
Original screenplay
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