Nominations announced for the 96th Academy Awards

January 29 - February 4, 2024

Hollywood’s annual big night to air live, March 10 on ABC. Jimmy Kimmel will host for fourth time. Here is a partial list of the nominees. To see all the categories and their nominees go to oscars.org.

Performance by an actor in a leading role

• Bradley Cooper in “Maestro”

• Colman Domingo in “Rustin”

• Paul Giamatti in “The Holdovers”

• Cillian Murphy in “Oppenheimer”

• Jeffrey Wright in “American Fiction”

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

• Sterling K. Brown in “American Fiction”

• Robert De Niro in “Killers of the Flower Moon”

• Robert Downey Jr. in “Oppenheimer”

• Ryan Gosling in “Barbie”

• Mark Ruffalo in “Poor Things”

Performance by an actress in a leading role

• Annette Bening in “Nyad”

• Lily Gladstone in “Killers of the Flower Moon”

• Sandra Hüller in “Anatomy of a Fall”

• Carey Mulligan in “Maestro”

• Emma Stone in “Poor Things”

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

• Emily Blunt in “Oppenheimer”

• Danielle Brooks in “The Color Purple”

• America Ferrera in “Barbie”

• Jodie Foster in “Nyad”

• Da’Vine Joy Randolph in “The Holdovers”

Best animated feature film of the year

• “The Boy and the Heron” Hayao 

Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki

• “Elemental” Peter Sohn and Denise Ream

• “Nimona” Nick Bruno, Troy Quane, Karen Ryan and Julie Zackary

• “Robot Dreams” Pablo Berger, Ibon Cormenzana, Ignasi Estapé and Sandra Tapia Díaz

• “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Amy Pascal

Achievement in directing

• “Anatomy of a Fall” Justine Triet

• “Killers of the Flower Moon” Martin Scorsese

• “Oppenheimer” Christopher Nolan

• “Poor Things” Yorgos Lanthimos

“The Zone of Interest” Jonathan Glazer

Best documentary feature film

• “Bobi Wine: The People’s President” Moses Bwayo, Christopher Sharp and John Battsek

• “The Eternal Memory” Nominees to be determined

• “Four Daughters” Kaouther Ben Hania and Nadim Cheikhrouha

• “To Kill a Tiger” Nisha Pahuja, Cornelia Principe and David Oppenheim

• “20 Days in Mariupol” Mstyslav Chernov, Michelle Mizner and Raney Aronson-Rath

Best documentary short film

• “The ABCs of Book Banning” Sheila Nevins and Trish Adlesic

• “The Barber of Little Rock” John Hoffman and Christine Turner

• “Island in Between” S. Leo Chiang and Jean Tsien

• “The Last Repair Shop” Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers

• “Ni Nai & Wài Pó” Sean Wang and Sam Davis

Best international feature film of the year

• “Io Capitano” Italy

• “Perfect Days” Japan

• “Society of the Snow” Spain

• “The Teachers’ Lounge” Germany

• “The Zone of Interest” United Kingdom

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)

• “The Fire Inside” from “Flamin’ Hot” Music and Lyric by Diane Warren

• “I’m Just Ken” from “Barbie”

Music and Lyric by Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt

• “It Never Went Away” from “American Symphony” Music and Lyric by Jon Batiste and Dan Wilson

• “Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People)” from “Killers of the Flower Moon” Music and Lyric by Scott George

• “What Was I Made For?” from “Barbie” Music and Lyric by Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell

Best motion picture of the year

• “American Fiction” Ben LeClair, Nikos Karamigios, Cord Jefferson and Jermaine Johnson, Producers

• “Anatomy of a Fall” Marie-Ange Luciani and David Thion, Producers

• “Barbie” David Heyman, Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerley and Robbie Brenner, Producers

• “The Holdovers” Mark Johnson, Producer

• “Killers of the Flower Moon” Dan Friedkin, Bradley Thomas, Martin Scorsese and Daniel Lupi, Producers

• “Maestro” Bradley Cooper, Steven Spielberg, Fred Berner, Amy Durning and Kristie Macosko Krieger, Producers

• “Oppenheimer” Emma Thomas, Charles Roven and Christopher Nolan, Producers

• “Past Lives” David Hinojosa, Christine Vachon and Pamela Koffler, Producers

• “Poor Things” Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone, Producers

• “The Zone of Interest” James Wilson, Producer

Best animated short film

• “Letter to a Pig” Tal Kantor and Amit R. Gicelter

• “Ninety-Five Senses” Jerusha Hess and Jared Hess

• “Our Uniform” Yegane Moghaddam

• “Pachyderme” Stéphanie Clément and Marc Rius

• “WAR IS OVER! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko” Dave Mullins and Brad Booker

Best live action short film

• “The After” Misan Harriman and Nicky Bentham

• “Invincible” Vincent René-Lortie and Samuel Caron

• “Knight of Fortune” Lasse Lyskjær Noer and Christian Norlyk

• “Red, White and Blue” Nazrin Choudhury and Sara McFarlane

• “The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar” Wes Anderson and Steven Rales

Adapted screenplay

• “American Fiction” Written for the screen by Cord Jefferson

• “Barbie” Written by Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach

• “Oppenheimer” Written for the screen by Christopher Nolan

• “Poor Things” Screenplay by Tony McNamara

• “The Zone of Interest” Written by Jonathan Glazer

Original screenplay

• “Anatomy of a Fall”Screenplay - Justine Triet and Arthur Harari

• “The Holdovers”Written by David Hemingson

• “Maestro”Written by Bradley Cooper & Josh Singer

• “May December”Screenplay by Samy Burch; Story by Samy Burch & Alex Mechanik

• “Past Lives”Written by Celine Song

(Oscars.org)

Photo caption:

Emma Stone at the Mill Valley Film Festival. Stone is a best actress nominee this year for her role in “Poor Things.” 

(Source Wikimedia Commons)