A Look At The 2018 Oscar Nominations

Safi Bello

Jan 23, 20183 min read

The 90th Academy Awards nominees have been announced today this morning. The Shape of Water leads with 13 nominations. The nomination categories are as follows: Cinematography, Costume Design, Film Editing, Makeup and Hairstyling, Original Score, Production Design, Animated Short Film, Live Action Short Film, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing, Visual Effects, Actor in a Leading Role, Actor in a Supporting Role, Actress in a Leading Role, Actress in a Supporting Role, Animated Feature Film, Directing, Documentary Feature, Documentary Short Subject, Foreign Language Film, Original Song, Best Picture, Adapted Screenplay and Original Screenplay. The the 2018 Oscars will air on ABC and will be hosted by Jimmy Kimmel on March 4, 2018 at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California.

Below are the nominees by category

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 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 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 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 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 director

Christopher Nolan, "Dunkirk" Jordan Peele, "Get Out" Greta Gerwig, "Lady Bird" Paul Thomas Anderson, "Phantom Thread" Guillermo del Toro, "The Shape of Water"

Best original screenplay

Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani, "The Big Sick" Jordan Peele, "Get Out" Greta Gerwig, "Lady Bird" Guillermo del Toro and Vanessa Taylor, "The Shape of Water" Martin McDonagh, "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"

Best adapted screenplay

James Ivory, "Call Me By Your Name" Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber, "The Disaster Artist" Aaron Sorkin, "Molly's Game" Scott Frank, James Mangold and Michael Green, "Logan" Virgil Williams and Dee Rees, "Mudbound"

Best foreign language film

"A Fantastic Woman," Chile "The Insult," Lebanon "Loveless," Russia "On Body and Soul," Hungary "The Square," Sweden

Best cinematography

"Blade Runner 2049" "Darkest Hour" "Dunkirk" "Mudbound" "The Shape of Water"

Best costume design

"Beauty and the Beast" "Darkest Hour" "Phantom Thread" "The Shape of Water" "Victoria & Abdul"

Best makeup and hairstyling

"Darkest Hour" "Victoria & Abdul" "Wonder"

Best original score

"Dunkirk" "Phantom Thread" "The Shape of Water" "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"

Best animated feature film

"The Boss Baby" "The Breadwinner" "Coco" "Ferdinand" "Loving Vincent"

Best animated short film

"Dear Basketball" "Garden Party" "Lou" "Negative Space" "Revolting Rhymes"

Best documentary feature

"Abacus: Small Enough to Jail" "Faces Places" "Icarus" "Last Men in Aleppo" "Strong Island"

Best documentary short subject

"Edith and Eddie," "Heaven is a Traffic Jam on the 405" "Heroin(e)" "Knife Skills" "Traffic Stop"

Best film editing

"Baby Driver" "Dunkirk" "I, Tonya" "The Shape of Water" "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"

Best original song

"Mighty River" from "Mudbound" "Mystery of Love" from "Call Me By Your Name" "Remember Me" from "Coco" "Stand Up for Something" from "Marshall" "This Is Me" from "The Greatest Showman"