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ACADEMY AWARD PREDICTIONS

BEST MOTION PICTURE

“A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” (Sony Pictures)
Youree Henley, Peter Saraf, Marc Turtletaub
“Ford v. Ferrari” (20th Century Fox)
Peter Chernin, Lucas Foster, Alex Young, Kevin Halloran, James Mangold
“Gemini Man” (Paramount Pictures)
Jerry Bruckheimer, David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, Don Granger, James Lassiter, Will Smith
“The Goldfinch” (Warner Bros.)
Nina Jacobsen, Brad Simpson
“Harriet” (Focus Features)
Debra Martin Chase, Gregory Allen Howard, Daniela Taplin Lundberg – WINNER
“The Irishman” (Netflix)
Martin Scorsese, Robert DeNiro, Jane Rosenthal, Gaston Pavlovich, Randall Emmett, Emma Tillinger Koskoff
“The Last Thing He Wanted” (Netflix)
Cassian Elwes, Dee Rees
“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” (Sony Pictures)
David Heyman, Shannon McIntosh, Quentin Tarantino
“The Report” (Amazon Studios)
Scott Z. Burns, Jennifer Fox, Danny Gabai, Eddy Moretti, Kerry Orent, Steven Soderbergh, Michael Sugar
“The Rhythm Section” (Paramount Pictures)
Barbara Broccoli, Michael G. Wilson

BEST DIRECTOR

Marielle Heller
“A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” (Sony Pictures)
Kasi Lemmons
“Harriet” (Focus Features) – WINNER
Dee Rees
“The Last Thing He Wanted” (Netflix)
Martin Scorsese
“The Irishman” (Netflix)
Quentin Tarantino
“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” (Sony Pictures)

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

Timothée Chalamet
“The King” (Netflix)
Leonardo DiCaprio
“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” (Sony Pictures)
Zac Efron
“Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil, and Vile” (Netflix)
Ian McKellen
“The Good Liar” (Warner Bros.) – WINNER
Dev Patel
“The Personal History of David Copperfield” (No U.S. Distribution)

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

Amy Adams
“The Woman in the Window” (20th Century Fox)
Cate Blanchett
“Where’d You Go, Bernadette” (United Artists)
Cynthia Erivo
“Harriet” (Focus Features) – WINNER
Saoirse Ronan
“Little Women” (Sony Pictures)
Alfre Woodard
“Clemency” (No U.S. Distribution)

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Willem Dafoe
“The Last Thing He Wanted” (Netflix) – WINNER
Leslie Odom Jr.
“Harriet” (Focus Features)
Al Pacino
“The Irishman” (Netflix)
Brad Pitt
“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” (Sony Pictures)
Matthew Rhys
“A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” (Sony Pictures)

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Annette Bening
“The Report” (Amazon Studios) – WINNER
Catherine Deneuve
“The Truth” (IFC Films)
Nicole Kidman
“The Goldfinch” (Warner Bros.)
Vicky Krieps
“Bergman Island” (No U.S. Distribution)
Margot Robbie
“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” (Sony Pictures)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Lulu Wang
“The Farewell” (A24)
Gregory Allen Howard, Kasi Lemmons
“Harriet” (Focus Features)
Quentin Tarantino
“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” (Sony Pictures) – WINNER
Lena Waithe
“Queen & Slim” (Universal Pictures)
Scott Z. Burns
“The Report” (Amazon Studios)

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Peter Straughan
“The Goldfinch” (Warner Bros.)
Steven Zaillian
“The Irishman” (Netflix) – WINNER
Dee Rees, Marco Villalobos
“The Last Thing He Wanted” (Netflix)
Greta Gerwig
“Little Women” (Sony Pictures)
Tracy Letts
“The Woman in the Window” (20th Century Fox)

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

“The Addams Family” (United Artists)
Gail Berman, Alex Schwartz, Greg Tiernan, Conrad Vernon
“Frozen 2” (Walt Disney Pictures)
Jennifer Lee, Chris Buck, Peter Del Vecho
“Missing Link” (United Artists)
Chris Butler, Travis Knight, Arianne Sutner
“Sonic the Hedgehog” (Paramount Pictures)
Jeff Fowler, Neal H. Moritz, Takeshi Ito, Mie Onishi, Toru Nakahara
“Toy Story 4” (Pixar)
Josh Cooley, Jonas Rivera, Mark Nielsen – WINNER

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

Jade Healy, Merissa Lombardo
“A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” (Sony Pictures)
François Audouy, Peter Lando
“Ford v. Ferrari” (Universal Pictures)
Guy Hendrix Dyas, Victor J. Zolfo
“Gemini Man” (Paramount Pictures)
Warren Alan Young, Marthe Pineau
“Harriet” (Focus Features)
Barbara Ling, Nancy Haigh
“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” (Sony Pictures) – WINNER

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Hoyte van Hoytema
“Ad Astra” (20th Century Fox)
Roger Deakins
“The Goldfinch” (Warner Bros.)
John Toll
“Harriet” (Focus Features) – WINNER
Robert Richardson
“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” (Sony Pictures)
Bruno Delbonnel
“The Woman in the Window” (20th Century Fox)

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

TBD
“Downton Abbey” (Focus Features)
Paul Tazewell
“Harriet” (Focus Features)
Christopher Peterson, Sandy Powell
“The Irishman” (Netflix)
Arianne Phillips
“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” (Sony Pictures) – WINNER
Julian Day
“Rocketman” (Paramount Pictures)

BEST FILM EDITING

Michael McCusker
“Ford v. Ferrari” (20th Century Fox) – WINNER
Kelley Dixon
“The Goldfinch” (Warner Bros.)
Thelma Schoonmaker
“The Irishman” (Netflix)
Mako Kamitsuna
“The Last Thing He Wanted” (Netflix)
Greg O’Bryant
“The Report” (Amazon Studios)

BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

Claire Matthews, Christine Blundell
“Aladdin” (Walt Disney Pictures)
TBD
“Cats” (Universal Pictures)
Belinda Anderson, Angie Wells
“Harriet” (Focus Features) – WINNER
Janine Rath, Heba Thorisdottir
“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” (Sony Pictures)
TBD
“Rocketman” (Paramount Pictures)

BEST SOUND MIXING

TBD
“Ad Astra” (20th Century Fox)
Richard Bullock Jr., Paul Massey
“Ford v. Ferrari” (20th Century Fox) – WINNER
TBD
“Gemini Man” (Paramount Pictures)
Michael Minkler
“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” (Sony Pictures)
TBD
“Rocketman” (Paramount Pictures)

BEST SOUND EDITING

Grant Elder
“Ad Astra” (20th Century Fox)
TBD
“Antlers” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
TBD
“Ford v. Ferrari” (20th Century Fox) – WINNER
TBD
“Gemini Man” (Paramount Pictures)
Patrick Cicero, Wyatt Sprague
“The Goldfinch” (Warner Bros.)

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Christopher Downs, Jiwoong Kim, Bradley Parker
“Ad Astra” (20th Century Fox)
Dan DeLeeuw, Russell Earl, Kelly Port, Daniel Sudick
“Avengers: Endgame” (Marvel Studios)
Christopher Townsend, Daniel Sudick
“Captain Marvel” (Marvel Studios)
Pablo Helman, Jiwoong Kim, Taylor Schulte
“The Irishman” (Netflix)
Roger Guyett, Dominic Tuohy
“Untitled Star Wars Episode IX” (Walt Disney Pictures) – WINNER

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

Max Richter
“Ad Astra” (20th Century Fox)
Nate Heller
“A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” (Sony Pictures)
Trevor Gureckis
“The Goldfinch” (Warner Bros.)
Terence Blanchard
“Harriet” (Focus Features) – WINNER
Tamar-kali
“The Last Thing He Wanted” (Netflix)

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

Unknown Possible Song from
“A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” (Sony Pictures)
Unknown Possible Song from
“Cats” (Universal Pictures)
Unknown Possible Song from
“The Last Thing He Wanted” (Netflix)
Unknown Possible Song from
“Rocketman” (Paramount Pictures)
Unknown Possible Song from
“Queen & Slim” (Universal Pictures) – WINNER

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

“Apollo 11” (NEON) – WINNER
Todd Douglas Miller
“Aquarela” (Sony Pictures Classics)
Victor Kossakovsky
“David Crosby: Remember My Name” (Sony Pictures Classics)
A.J. Eaton
“Knock Down the House” (Netflix)
Rachel Lears
“Maiden” (Sony Pictures Classics)
Alex Holmes

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

“Benedetta” (Netherlands)
Paul Verhoeven
“Dolor Y Gloria” (Spain)
Pedro Almodóvar
“Ema” (Chile) – WINNER
Pablo Larraín
“Parasite” (South Korea)
Bong Joon-ho
“Portrait of a Lady on Fire” (France)
Céline Sciamma

BEST ANIMATED SHORT

“Acid Rain” – WINNER
Tomek Popakul
“animistica”
Nikki Schuster
“CHICHI”
David Nessl
“Muteum”
Aggie Pak Yee Lee
“Sister”
Siqi Song

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT

“Black 14”
Darius Clark Monroe
“The Dispossessed”
Musa Syeed
“Everything You Wanted to Know About Sudden Birth* (*but were afraid to ask)” – WINNER
Scott Calonico
“Ghosts of Sugar Land”
Bassam Tariq
“Throat Singing in Kangirsuk”
Eva Kaukai, Manon Chamberland

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT

“As Told to G-d Thyself” – WINNER
The Ummah Chroma
“Crude Oil”
Christopher Good, Andreina Byrne
“Lavender”
Matthew Puccini
“Old Haunt”
Andre Hyland
“One Cambodian Family Please for My Pleasure”
A.M. Lukas

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