The Shocks and Snubs of the 2020 Oscar Nominations
The Academy released their full list for 2020 Oscar nominations early Monday morning and with it came some shocks, snubs, and disappointments.
Joker led the nominations with 11 different mentions–the most nominations ever for a comic book-related movie. Some of these Oscar nominations included best motion picture, best actor, and best director.
Right behind Joker, The Irishman, 1917, and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, each received 10 nominations in various categories.
Although Greta Gerwig’s Little Women received 6 nominations, she was left off the list for best director. Not only was Gerwig left out for best director, but no females were included in the list of nominations for best director for the second year in a row.
The Snubs of the 2020 Oscar Nominations
A lot of the nominations — or lack of — were considered shocking to some who made early predictions. Jennifer Lopez and Beyonce were among those who were snubbed for their work. Lopez did not receive a nomination for best-supporting actress in Hustlers, and Beyonce was looked over for a nomination in best original song for her Lion King single “Spirit”.
Other actors who were predicted to be nominated, but did not include Adam Sandler in Uncut Gems, Jamie Foxx for best-supporting actor in Just Mercy, and Christian Bale for his performance in Ford v. Ferrari.
A few other movies that were hopeful for nominations, but failed secure any were Us, Clemency, Dolemite, The Farewell, Hustlers, Just Mercy, Uncut Gems, Dark Waters, and Honey Boy. Frozen II was another film that did not make it into the categories many assumed it would. Best animated film included lesser-known movies such as Netflix’s Klaus, but failed to include Frozen II.
ABC Entertainment President announced earlier at the Television Critics Association’s winter press tour that the Oscars will have no host for the second consecutive year. Burke stated, “Let me confirm it now, that there will be no traditional host this year,”.
The 92nd Academy Awards will be held on Sunday, February 9th on ABC and televised live at 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. PT.
A full list of 2020 Oscar Nominations by category is listed below.
2020 Oscar Nominations Complete List
Best motion picture of the year nominees:
FORD V FERRARI – Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping and James Mangold, Producers
THE IRISHMAN – Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal and Emma Tillinger Koskoff, Producers
JOJO RABBIT – Carthew Neal and Taika Waititi, Producers
JOKER – Todd Phillips, Bradley Cooper and Emma Tillinger Koskoff, Producers
LITTLE WOMEN – Amy Pascal, Producer
MARRIAGE STORY – Noah Baumbach and David Heyman, Producers
1917 – Sam Mendes, Pippa Harris, Jayne-Ann Tenggren and Callum McDougall, Producers
ONCE UPON A TIME…IN HOLLYWOOD – David Heyman, Shannon McIntosh and Quentin Tarantino, Producers
PARASITE – Kwak Sin Ae and Bong Joon Ho, Producers
Achievement in directing nominees:
Martin Scorsese – THE IRISHMAN
Todd Phillips – JOKER
Sam Mendes – 1917
Quentin Tarantino – ONCE UPON A TIME… IN HOLLYWOOD
Bong Joon Ho – PARASITE
Performance by an actress in a leading role nominees:
Cynthia Erivo in HARRIET
Scarlett Johansson in MARRIAGE STORY
Saoirse Ronan in LITTLE WOMEN
Charlize Theron in BOMBSHELL
Renée Zellweger in JUDY
Performance by an actress in a supporting role nominees:
Kathy Bates in RICHARD JEWELL
Laura Dern in MARRIAGE STORY
Scarlett Johansson in JOJO RABBIT
Florence Pugh in LITTLE WOMEN
Margot Robbie in BOMBSHELL
Performance by an actor in a leading role nominees:
Antonio Banderas in PAIN AND GLORY
Leonardo DiCaprio in ONCE UPON A TIME…IN HOLLYWOOD
Adam Driver in MARRIAGE STORY
Joaquin Phoenix in JOKER
Jonathan Pryce in THE TWO POPES
Performance by an actor in a supporting role nominees:
Tom Hanks in A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
Anthony Hopkins in THE TWO POPES
Al Pacino in THE IRISHMAN
Joe Pesci in THE IRISHMAN
Brad Pitt in ONCE UPON A TIME…IN HOLLYWOOD
Best animated feature film of the year nominees:
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON: THE HIDDEN WORLD – Dean DeBlois, Bradford Lewis and Bonnie Arnold
I LOST MY BODY – Jérémy Clapin and Marc du Pontavice
KLAUS – Sergio Pablos, Jinko Gotoh and Marisa Román
MISSING LINK – Chris Butler, Arianne Sutner and Travis Knight
TOY STORY 4 – Josh Cooley, Mark Nielsen and Jonas Rivera
Achievement in cinematography nominees:
THE IRISHMAN – Rodrigo Prieto
JOKER – Lawrence Sher
THE LIGHTHOUSE – Jarin Blaschke
1917 – Roger Deakins
ONCE UPON A TIME…IN HOLLYWOOD – Robert Richardson
Achievement in costume design nominees:
THE IRISHMAN – Sandy Powell and Christopher Peterson
JOJO RABBIT – Mayes C. Rubeo
JOKER – Mark Bridges
LITTLE WOMEN – Jacqueline Durran
ONCE UPON A TIME…IN HOLLYWOOD – Arianne Phillips
Best documentary feature nominees:
AMERICAN FACTORY- Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert and Jeff Reichert
THE CAVE – Feras Fayyad, Kirstine Barfod and Sigrid Dyekjær
THE EDGE OF DEMOCRACY – Petra Costa, Joanna Natasegara, Shane Boris and Tiago Pavan
FOR SAMA – Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts
HONEYLAND – Ljubo Stefanov, Tamara Kotevska and Atanas Georgiev
Best documentary short subject nominees:
IN THE ABSENCE – Yi Seung-Jun and Gary Byung-Seok Kam
LEARNING TO SKATEBOARD IN A WARZONE (IF YOU’RE A GIRL) – Carol Dysinger and Elena Andreicheva
LIFE OVERTAKES ME – John Haptas and Kristine Samuelson
LOUIS SUPERMAN – Smriti Mundhra and Sami Khan
WALK RUN CHA-CHA – Laura Nix and Colette Sandstedt
Achievement in film editing nominees:
FORD V FERRARI – Michael McCusker and Andrew Buckland
THE IRISHMAN – Thelma Schoonmaker
JOJO RABBIT – Tom Eagles
JOKER – Jeff Groth
PARASITE – Yang Jinmo
Best international feature film of the year nominees:
CORPUS CHRISTI – Poland (Directed by Jan Komasa)
HONEYLAND – North Macedonia (Directed by Ljubo Stefanov and Tamara Kotevksa)
LES MISÉRABLES – France (Directed by Ladj Ly)
PAIN AND GLORY – Spain (Directed by Pedro Almodóvar)
PARASITE – South Korea (Directed by Bong Joon Ho)
Achievement in makeup and hairstyling nominees:
BOMBSHELL – Kazu Hiro, Anne Morgan and Vivian Baker
JOKER – Nicki Ledermann and Kay Georgiou
JUDY – Jeremy Woodhead
MALEFICENT: MISTRESS OF EVIL – Paul Gooch, Arjen Tuiten and David White
1917 – Naomi Donne, Tristan Versluis and Rebecca Cole
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score) nominees:
JOKER – Hildur Guðnadóttir
LITTLE WOMEN – Alexandre Desplat
MARRIAGE STORY – Randy Newman
1917 – Thomas Newman
STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER – John Williams
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song) nominees:
“I Can’t Let You Throw Yourself Away” from TOY STORY 4 – Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
“(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again” from ROCKETMAN – Music by Elton John and Lyrics by Bernie Taupin
“I’m Standing With You” from BREAKTHROUGH – Music and Lyrics by Diane Warren
“Into The Unknown” from FROZEN II – Music and Lyrics by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez
“Stand Up” from HARRIET – Music and Lyrics by Joshuah Brian Campbell and Cynthia Erivo
Achievement in production design nominees:
THE IRISHMAN – Production Design: Bob Shaw / Set Decoration: Regina Graves
JOJO RABBIT – Production Design: Ra Vincent / Set Decoration: Nora Sopková
1917 – Production Design: Dennis Gassner / Set Decoration: Lee Sandales
ONCE UPON A TIME…IN HOLLYWOOD – Production Design: Barbara Ling / Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
PARASITE – Production Design: Lee Ha Jun / Set Decoration: Cho Won Woo
Best animated short film nominees:
DCERA (DAUGHTER) – Daria Kashcheeva
HAIR LOVE – Matthew A. Cherry and Karen Rupert Toliver
KITBULL – Rosana Sullivan and Kathryn Hendrickson
MEMORABLE – Bruno Collet and Jean-François Le Corre
SISTER – Siqi Song
Best live action short film nominees:
BROTHERHOOD – Meryam Joobeur and Maria Gracia Turgeon
NEFTA FOOTBALL CLUB – Yves Piat and Damien Megherbi
THE NEIGHBORS’ WINDOW – Marshall Curry
SARIA – Bryan Buckley and Matt Lefebvre
A SISTER – Delphine Girard
Achievement in sound editing nominees:
FORD V FERRARI – Donald Sylvester
JOKER – Alan Robert Murray
1917 – Oliver Tarney and Rachael Tate
ONCE UPON A TIME…IN HOLLYWOOD – Wylie Stateman
STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER – Matthew Wood and David Acord
Achievement in sound mixing nominees:
AD ASTRA – Gary Rydstrom, Tom Johnson and Mark Ulano
FORD V FERRARI – Paul Massey, David Giammarco and Steven A. Morrow
JOKER – Tom Ozanich, Dean Zupancic and Tod Maitland
1917 – Mark Taylor and Stuart Wilson
ONCE UPON A TIME…IN HOLLYWOOD – Michael Minkler, Christian P. Minkler and Mark Ulano
Achievement in visual effects nominees:
AVENGERS: ENDGAME – Dan DeLeeuw, Russell Earl, Matt Aitken and Dan Sudick
THE IRISHMAN – Pablo Helman, Leandro Estebecorena, Nelson Sepulveda-Fauser and Stephane Grabli
THE LION KING – Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R. Jones and Elliot Newman
1917 – Guillaume Rocheron, Greg Butler and Dominic Tuohy
STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER – Roger Guyett, Neal Scanlan, Patrick Tubach and Dominic Tuohy
Adapted screenplay nominees:
THE IRISHMAN – Screenplay by Steven Zaillian
JOJO RABBIT – Screenplay by Taika Waititi
JOKER – Written by Todd Phillips & Scott Silver
LITTLE WOMEN – Written for the screen by Greta Gerwig
THE TWO POPES – Written by Anthony McCarten
Original screenplay nominees:
KNIVES OUT – Written by Rian Johnson
MARRIAGE STORY – Written by Noah Baumbach
1917 – Written by Sam Mendes & Krysty Wilson-Cairns
ONCE UPON A TIME…IN HOLLYWOOD – Written by Quentin Tarantino
PARASITE – Screenplay by Bong Joon Ho, Han Jin Won / Story by Bong Joon Ho
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