2016 OSCAR NOMINATIONS

Ellis Fontana, Opinion Editor

The Oscar Nominies for 2016 have been released through @theacademy on Twitter.

BEST PICTURE NOMINEES:
Bridge of Spies
Brooklyn
Mad Max: Fury Road
Room
Spotlight
The Big Short
The Martian
The Revenant

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE NOMINEES:
Bryan Cranston (Trumbo)
Eddie Redmayne (The Danish Girl)
Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant)
Matt Damon (The Martian)
Michael Fassbender (Steve Jobs)

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE NOMINEES:
Christian Bale (The Big Short)
Mark Ruffalo (Spotlight)
Mark Rylance (Bridge of Spies)
Sylvester Stallone (Creed)
Tom Hardy (The Revenant)

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE NOMINEES:
Brie Larson (Room)
Cate Blanchett (Carol)
Charlotte Rampling (45 Years)
Jennifer Lawrence (Joy)
Saoirse Ronan (Brooklyn)

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE NOMINEES:
Alicia Vikander (The Danish Girl)
Jennifer Jason Leigh (The Hateful Eight)
Kate Winslet (Steve Jobs)
Rachel McAdams (Spotlight)
Rooney Mara (Carol)

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM NOMINEES:
Anomalisa
Boy and the World
Inside Out
Shaun the Sheep: The Movie
When Marnie was There

CINEMATOGRAPHY NOMINEES:
Ed Lachman (Carol)
John Seale (Mad Max: Fury Road)
Roger Deakins (Sicario)
Robert Richardson (The Hateful Eight)
Emmanuel Lubezki (The Revenant)

COSTUME DESIGN NOMINEES:
Sandy Powell (Carol & Cinderella
Jenny Beavan (Mad Max: Fury Road)
Paco Delgado (The Danish Girl)
Jaqueline West (The Revenant)

DIRECTING NOMINEES:
George Miller (Mad Max: Fury Road)
Lenny Abrahamson (Room)
Tom McCarthy (Spotlight)
Adam McKay (The Big Short)
Alejandro G. Inarritu (The Revenant)

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE NOMINEES:
Amy
Cartel Land
The Look of Silence
What Happened, Miss Simone?
Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom

DOCUMENTARY SHORT NOMINEES:
A Girl on the River: The Price of Forgiveness
Body Team 12
Chau, beyond the Lines
Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah
Last Day of Freedom

FILM EDITING NOMINEES:
Mad Max: Fury Road
Spotlight
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
The Big Short
The Revenant

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM NOMINEES:
A War
Embrace of the Serpent
Mustang
Son of Saul
Theeb

MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING NOMINEES:
Mad Max: Fury Road
The 100-Year-Old Man who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared
The Revenant

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG) NOMINEES:
“Earned It” (Fifty Shades of Grey)
“Manta Ray” (Racing Extinction)
“Simple Song #3” (Youth)
“Til it Happens to You” (The Hunting Ground)
“Writings on the Wall” (Spectre)

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE) NOMINEES:
Thomas Newman (Bridge of Spies)
Carter Burwell (Carol)
Johann Johannsson (Sicario)
John Williams (Star Wars: The Force Awakens)
Ennio Morricone (The Hateful Eight)

PRODUCTION DESIGN NOMINEES:
Bridge of Spies
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Danish Girl
The Martian
The Revenant

SHORT FILM (ANIMATED) NOMINEES:
Bear Story
Prologue
Sanjay’s Super Team
We Can’t Live Without Cosmos
World of Tomorrow

SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION) NOMINEES:
Ave Maria
Day One
Everything Will Be Okay (Alles Wird Gut)
Shok
Stutterer

SOUND EDITING NOMINEES:
Mad Max: Fury Road
Sicario
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
The Martian
The Revenant

SOUND MIXING NOMINEES:
Bridge of Spies
Mad Max: Fury Road
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
The Martian
The Revenant

VISUAL EFFECTS NOMINEES:
Ex Machina
Mad Max: Fury Road
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
The Martian
The Revenant

WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY) NOMINEES:
Nick Hornby (Brooklyn)
Phyllis Nagy (Carol)
Emma Donoghue (Room)
Charles Randolph and Adam McKay (The Big Short)
Drew Goddard (The Martian)

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY) NOMINEES:
Matt Charman and Ethan & Joel Coen (Bridge of Spies)
Alex Garland (Ex Machina)
Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve and Josh Cooley (Inside Out)
Josh Singer and Tom McCarthy (Spotlight)
Jonathan Herman and Andrea Berloff (Straight Outta Compton)