American Hustle and Gravity lead the nominations for the 86th Academy Awards

Last Updated on August 2, 2021

Nominations for the 86th Academy Awards were announced this morning, and AMERICAN HUSTLE and GRAVITY snagged the most nominations, with 10 each. AMERICAN HUSTLE landed nominations in every acting category, and is up for Best Picture and Directing awards as well. Alfonso Cuaron's GRAVITY also snagged Best Picture, Directing and Actress nominations, and will also be competing for Best Cinematography, Visual Effects, Film Editing, Original Score, Production Design, Sound Editing, and Sound Mixing.

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Nominations for the 86th Academy Awards:

Best Picture

AMERICAN HUSTLE, Charles Roven, Richard Suckle, Megan Ellison, and Jonathan Gordon, Producers

CAPTAIN PHILLIPS, Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti and Michael De Luca, Producers

DALLAS BUYERS CLUB, Robbie Brenner and Rachel Winter, Producers

GRAVITY, Alfonso Cuaron and David Heyman, Producers

HER, Megan Ellison, Spike Jonze, and Vincent Landay, Producers

NEBRASKA, Albert Berger and Ron Yerxa, Producers

PHILOMENA, Gabrielle Tana, Steve Coogan, and Tracey Seaward, Producers

12 YEARS A SLAVE, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen, and Anthony Katagas, Producers

THE WOLF OF WALL STREET, Nominees To Be Determined

Directing

David O. Russell – AMERICAN HUSTLE

Alfonso Cuaron – GRAVITY

Alexander Payne – NEBRASKA

Steve McQueen – 12 YEARS A SLAVE

Martin Scorsese – THE WOLF OF WALL STREET

Actor in a Leading Role

Christian Bale – AMERICAN HUSTLE

Bruce Dern – NEBRASKA

Leonardo DiCaprio – THE WOLF OF WALL STREET

Chiwetel Ejiofor – 12 YEARS A SLAVE

Matthew McConaughey – DALLAS BUYERS CLUB

Actress in a Leading Role

Amy Adams – AMERICAN HUSTLE

Cate Blanchett – BLUE JASMINE

Judi Dench – PHILOMENA

Meryl Streep – AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY

Sandra Bullock – GRAVITY

Actor in a Supporting Role

Barkhad Abdi – CAPTAIN PHILLIPS

Bradley Cooper – AMERICAN HUSTLE

Michael Fassbender – 12 YEARS A SLAVE

Jonah Hill – THE WOLF OF WALL STREET

Jared Leto – DALLAS BUYERS CLUB

Actress in a Supporting Role

Sally Hawkins – BLUE JASMINE

Jennifer Lawrence – AMERICAN HUSTLE

Lupita Nyong'o – 12 YEARS A SLAVE

Julia Roberts – AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY

June Squibb – NEBRASKA

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

BEFORE MIDNIGHT, Written by Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke

CAPTAIN PHILLIPS, Screenplay by Billy Ray

PHILOMENA, Screenplay by Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope

12 YEARS A SLAVE, Screenplay by John Ridley

THE WOLF OF WALL STREET, Screenplay by Terence Winter

Writing (Original Screenplay)

AMERICAN HUSTLE, Written by Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell

BLUE JASMINE, Written by Woody Allen

DALLAS BUYERS CLUB, Written by Craig Borten & Melisa Wallack

HER, Written by Spike Jonze

NEBRASKA, Written by Bob Nelson

Foreign Language Film

THE BROKEN CIRCLE BREAKDOWN, Belgium

THE GREAT BEAUTY, Italy

THE HUNT, Denmark

THE MISSING PICTURE, Cambodia

OMAR, Palestine

Animated Feature Film

THE CROODS, Chris Sanders, Kirk DeMicco, and Kristine Belson

DESPICABLE ME 2, Chris Renaud, Pierre Coffin, and Chris Meledandri

FROZEN, Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee, and Peter Del Vecho

THE WIND RISES, Hayao Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki

ERNEST & CELESTINE, Benjamin Renner and Didier Brunner

Cinematography

Philippe Le Sourd – THE GRANDMASTER

Emmanuel Lubezki – GRAVITY

Bruno Delbonnel – INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS

Phedon Papamichael – NEBRASKA

Roger A. Deakins – PRISONERS

Costume Design

Michael Wilkinson – AMERICAN HUSTLE

William Chang Suk Ping – THE GRANDMASTER

Catherine Martin – THE GREAT GATSBY

Michael O'Connor – THE INVISIBLE WOMAN

Patricia Norris – 12 YEARS A SLAVE

Film Editing

AMERICAN HUSTLE, Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers and Alan Baumgarten

CAPTAIN PHILLIPS, Christopher Rouse

DALLAS BUYERS CLUB, John Mac McMurphy and Martin Pensa

GRAVITY, Alfonso Cuarón and Mark Sanger

12 YEARS A SLAVE, Joe Walker

Documentary (Feature)

THE ACT OF KILLING, Joshua Oppenheimer and Signe Byrge Sørensen

CUTIE AND THE BOXER, Zachary Heinzerling and Lydia Dean Pilcher

DIRTY WARS, Richard Rowley and Jeremy Scahill

THE SQUARE, Jehane Noujaim and Karim Amer

20 FEET FROM STARDOM, Nominees To Be Determined

Makeup and Hairstyling

DALLAS BUYERS CLUB, Adruitha Lee and Robin Mathews

JACKASS PRESENTS: BAD GRANDPA, Stephen Prouty

THE LONE RANGER, Joel Harlow and Gloria Pasqua-Casny

Music (Original Score)

John Williams – THE BOOK THIEF

Steven Price – GRAVITY

William Butler and Owen Pallett – HER

Alexandre Desplat – PHILOMENA

Thomas Newman – SAVING MR. BANKS

Music (Original Song)

"Alone Yet Not Alone" from ALONE YET NOT ALONE, Music by Bruce Broughton; Lyric by Dennis Spiegel

"Happy" from DESPICABLE ME 2, Music and Lyric by Pharrell Williams

"Let it Go" from FROZEN, Music and Lyric by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez

"The Moon Song" from HER, Music by Karen O; Lyric by Karen O and Spike Jonze

"Ordinary Love" from MANDELA: LONG WALK TO FREEDOM, Music by Paul Hewson, Dave Evans, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen; Lyric by Paul Hewson

Sound Mixing

CAPTAIN PHILLIPS, Chris Burdon, Mark Taylor, Mike Prestwood Smith and Chris Munro

GRAVITY, Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead and Chris Munro

THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG, Christopher Boyes, Michael Hedges, Michael Semanick and Tony Johnson

INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS, Skip Lievsay, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland

LONE SURVIVOR, Andy Koyama, Beau Borders and David Brownlow

Sound Editing

ALL IS LOST, Steve Boeddeker and Richard Hymns

CAPTAIN PHILLIPS, Oliver Tarney

GRAVITY, Glenn Freemantle

THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG, Brent Burge

LONE SURVIVOR, Wylie Stateman

Visual Effects

GRAVITY, Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk and Neil Corbould

THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG, Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and Eric Reynolds

IRON MAN 3, Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Erik Nash and Dan Sudick

THE LONE RANGER, Tim Alexander, Gary Brozenich, Edson Williams and John Frazier

STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS, Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Ben Grossmann and Burt Dalton

Production Design

AMERICAN HUSTLE, Judy Becker (Production Design); Heather Loeffler (Set Decoration)

GRAVITY, Andy Nicholson (Production Design); Rosie Goodwin and Joanne Woollard (Set Decoration)

THE GREAT GATSBY, Catherine Martin (Production Design); Beverley Dunn (Set Decoration)

HER, K.K. Barrett (Production Design); Gene Serdena (Set Decoration)

12 YEARS A SLAVE, Adam Stockhausen (Production Design); Alice Baker (Set Decoration)

Documentary (Short Subject)

CAVEDIGGER, Jeffrey Karoff

FACING FEAR, Jason Cohen

KARMA HAS NO WALLS, Sara Ishaq

THE LADY IN NUMBER 6: MUSIC SAVED MY LIFE, Malcolm Clarke and Nicholas Reed

PRISON TERMINAL: THE LAST DAYS OF PRIVATE JACK HALL, Edgar Barens

Short Film (Animated)

FERAL, Daniel Sousa and Dan Golden

GET A HORSE!, Lauren MacMullan and Dorothy McKim

MR. HUBLOT, Laurent Witz and Alexandre Espigares

POSSESSIONS, Shuhei Morita

ROOM ON THE BROOM, Max Lang and Jan Lachauer

Short Film (Live Action)

AQUEL NO ERA YO (THAT WASN'T ME), Esteban Crespo

AVANT QUE DE TOUT PERDRE (JUST BEFORE LOSING EVERYTHING), Xavier Legrand and Alexandre Gavras

HELIUM, Anders Walter and Kim Magnusson

PITAAKO MUN KAIKKI HOITAA? (DO I HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING?), Selma Vilhunen and Kirsikka Saari

THE VOORMAN PROBLEM, Mark Gill and Baldwin Li