Everything Everywhere All at Once dominates the Oscar nominations in every possible dimension. Travis Johnson runs through this year’s nominees.
Blockbuster sequels Avatar: The Way of Water and Top Gun: Maverick get nods, but The Daniels’ mindblowing martial arts movie was what won the Academy’s favour.
Everything Everywhere All at Once, the trans-dimensional arthouse martial arts movie by filmmaking duo The Daniels (aka Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert), has been lauded with a staggering 11 nominations at the 95th Academy Awards (and helping distributor A24 lead other studios with 17 noms in total).
The critical and commercial darling has been nominated for best picture, director(s), costume design, editing, original song, original score and original screenplay, with Hong Kong cinema legend Michelle Yeoh up for Best Actress, comeback kid Ke Huy Quan in the running for Best Supporting Actor, and Stephanie Hsu nominated for Best Supporting Actress.
It’s a big moment for Asian representation, with Yeoh now the first Asian performer nominated in that category, while Hong Chau’s Best Supporting Actress nomination making a total of four Asian nominees in the acting awards—a record.
Sadly, the other spectacular Asian action movie of the year, S. S. Rajamouli’s anti-colonial epic RRR, was only acknowledged for Best Song (and it’s a very good song) with a nomination for the absolute banger “Naatu Naatu”—the film’s sole nomination despite widespread critical acclaim.
But it was a good year for long-awaited sequels, with both Top Gun: Maverick and Avatar: The Way of Water getting Best Picture nods, although expected nominations for Tom Cruise (Best Actor) and James Cameron (Best Director) failed to materialise.
Other Best Picture nominees include All Quiet on the Western Front, The Fabelmans, Triangle of Sadness, Women Talking, Elvis, Tár, and The Banshees of Inisherin, with Martin McDonagh’s bleak dramedy also picking up nominations for directing, editing, original screenplay, score, Best Actor (Colin Farrell), Best Supporting Actor (Brendan Gleeson and Barry Keoghan), and Best Supporting Actress (Kerry Condon).
Some nominations seemed predestined. Despite Yeoh’s strong showing, it’s widely accepted that the Best Actress category is Cate Blanchett’s to lose thanks to her turn in Tár but countering that is a surprise nomination for Ana de Armas’ ersatz Marilyn Monroe in Blonde, a controversial pick from a divisive picture. Baz Luhrmann being shut out of Best Director for Elvis is a shock, but in a strong field that includes Steven Spielberg for The Fabelmans, Todd Field for Tár, and Ruben Östlund for Triangle of Sadness, it’s difficult to say who the extravagant Australian auteur should replace.
Still, it’s been a good day for veteran thesps Jamie Lee Curtis (Best Supporting Actress) and Bill Nighy (Best Actor), each receiving their first Academy Award nominations for Everything Everywhere All at Once and Living, respectively.
Despite some disappointing shut outs (not a single nomination for Park Chan-wook’s Decision to Leave or Gina Prince-Bythewood’s The Woman King? No Best Cinematography for Nope?) this is one of the strongest Oscar fields in years. The 95th annual Academy Awards take place on March 12, 2023. Check out the full list of nominees below.
BEST PICTURE
All Quiet on the Western Front – Malte Grunert, Producer
Avatar: The Way of Water – James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers
The Banshees of Inisherin – Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin and Martin McDonagh, Producers
Elvis – Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Martin, Gail Berman, Patrick Mccormick and Schuyler Weiss, Producers
Everything Everywhere All at Once – Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert and Jonathan Wang, Producers
The Fabelmans – Kristie Macosko Krieger, Steven Spielberg and Tony Kushner, Producers
Tár – Todd Field, Alexandra Milchan and Scott Lambert, Producers
Top Gun: Maverick – Tom Cruise, Christopher Mcquarrie, David Ellison and Jerry Bruckheimer, Producers
Triangle of Sadness – Erik Hemmendorff and Philippe Bober, Producers
Women Talking – Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner and Frances McDormand, Producers
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Cate Blanchett – Tár
Ana De Armas – Blonde
Andrea Riseborough – To Leslie
Michelle Williams – The Fabelmans
Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All at Once
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Austin Butler – Elvis
Colin Farrell – The Banshees of Inisherin
Brendan Fraser – The Whale
Paul Mescal – Aftersun
Bill Nighy – Living
DIRECTING
The Banshees of Inisherin – Martin McDonagh
Everything Everywhere All at Once – Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
The Fabelmans – Steven Spielberg
Tár – Todd Field
Triangle of Sadness – Ruben Östlund
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Angela Bassett – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Hong Chau – The Whale
Kerry Condon – The Banshees of Inisherin
Jamie Lee Curtis – Everything Everywhere All at Once
Stephanie Hsu – Everything Everywhere All at Once
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Brendan Gleeson – The Banshees of Inisherin
Brian Tyree Henry – Causeway
Judd Hirsch – The Fabelmans
Barry Keoghan – The Banshees of Inisherin
Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All at Once
WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
All Quiet on the Western Front – Screenplay – Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson & Ian Stokell
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery – Written by Rian Johnson
Living – Written by Kazuo Ishiguro
Top Gun: Maverick– Screenplay by Ehren Kruger and Eric Warren Singer and Christopher Mcquarrie; Story By Peter Craig and Justin Marks
Women Talking – Screenplay by Sarah Polley
WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
The Banshees of Inisherin – Written by Martin McDonagh
Everything Everywhere All at Once – Written by Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert
The Fabelmans – Written by Steven Spielberg & Tony Kushner
Tár – Written by Todd Field
Triangle of Sadness – Written by Ruben Östlund
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio – Guillermo Del Toro, Mark Gustafson, Gary Ungar and Alex Bulkley
Marcel The Shell With Shoes On – Dean Fleischer-Camp, Elisabeth Holm, Andrew Goldman, Caroline Kaplan and Paul Mezey
Puss In Boots: The Last Wish – Joel Crawford and Mark Swift
The Sea Beast – Chris Williams and Jed Schlanger
Turning Red – Domee Shi and Lindsey Collins
INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
All Quiet on the Western Front – Germany
Argentina, 1985 – Argentina
Close – Belgium
Eo – Poland
The Quiet Girl – Ireland
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM
All That Breathes – Shaunak Sen, Aman Mann and Teddy Leifer
All The Beauty And The Bloodshed – Laura Poitras, Howard Gertler, John Lyons, Nan Goldin, and Yoni Golijov
Fire Of Love – Sara Dosa, Shane Boris and Ina Fichman
A House Made Of Splinters – Simon Lereng Wilmont and Monica Hellström
Navalny – Daniel Roher, Odessa Rae, Diane Becker, Melanie Miller, and Shane Boris
DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM
The Elephant Whisperers – Kartiki Gonsalves and Guneet Monga
Haulout – Evgenia Arbugaeva and Maxim Arbugaev
How Do You Measure A Year? – Jay Rosenblatt
The Martha Mitchell Effect – Anne Alvergue and Beth Levison
Stranger At The Gate – Joshua Seftel and Conall Jones
CINEMATOGRAPHY
All Quiet on the Western Front – James Friend
Bardo, False Chronicle Of A Handful Of Truths – Darius Khondji
Elvis – Mandy Walker
Empire Of Light – Roger Deakins
Tár – Florian Hoffmeister
COSTUME DESIGN
Babylon – Mary Zophres
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Ruth Carter
Elvis – Catherine Martin
Everything Everywhere All at Once – Shirley Kurata
Mrs. Harris Goes To Paris – Jenny Beavan
FILM EDITING
The Banshees of Inisherin – Mikkel E.G. Nielsen
Elvis – Matt Villa And Jonathan Redmond
Everything Everywhere All at Once – Paul Rogers
Tár – Monika Willi
Top Gun: Maverick – Eddie Hamilton
MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
All Quiet on the Western Front – Heike Merker and Linda Eisenhamerová
The Batman – Naomi Donne, Mike Marino and Mike Fontaine
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Camille Friend and Joel Harlow
Elvis – Mark Coulier, Jason Baird and Aldo Signoretti
The Whale – Adrien Morot, Judy Chin and Anne Marie Bradley
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)
All Quiet on the Western Front – Volker Bertelmann
Babylon – Justin Hurwitz
The Banshees of Inisherin – Carter Burwell
Everything Everywhere All at Once – Son Lux
The Fabelmans – John Williams
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)
Applause from Tell It Like A Woman; Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
Hold My Hand from Top Gun: Maverick; Music and Lyric by Lady Gaga and Bloodpop
Lift Me Up from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever; Music by Tems, Rihanna, Ryan Coogler and Ludwig Goransson; Lyric by Tems and Ryan Coogler
Naatu Naatu from RRR; Music by M.M. Keeravaani; Lyric by Chandrabose
This Is A Life from Everything Everywhere All at Once; Music by Ryan Lott, David Byrne and Mitski; Lyric by Ryan Lott and David Byrne
PRODUCTION DESIGN
All Quiet on the Western Front – Production Design: Christian M. Goldbeck; Set Decoration: Ernestine Hipper
Avatar: The Way of Water – Production Design: Dylan Cole and Ben Procter; Set Decoration: Vanessa Cole
Babylon – Production Design: Florencia Martin; Set Decoration: Anthony Carlino
Elvis – Production Design: Catherine Martin and Karen Murphy; Set Decoration: Bev Dunn
The Fabelmans – Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Karen O’Hara
SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
The Boy, The Mole, The Fox And The Horse – Charlie Mackesy and Matthew Freud
The Flying Sailor – Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby
Ice Merchants – João Gonzalez and Bruno Caetano
My Year Of Dicks – Sara Gunnarsdóttir and Pamela Ribon
An Ostrich Told Me The World Is Fake And I Think I Believe It – Lachlan Pendragon
SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
An Irish Goodbye – Tom Berkeley and Ross White
Ivalu – Anders Walter and Rebecca Pruzan
Le Pupille – Alice Rohrwacher and Alfonso Cuarón
Night Ride – Eirik Tveiten and Gaute Lid Larssen
The Red Suitcase – Cyrus Neshvad
SOUND
All Quiet on the Western Front – Viktor Prášil, Frank Kruse, Markus Stemler, Lars Ginzel and Stefan Korte
Avatar: The Way of Water – Julian Howarth, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Dick Bernstein, Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers and Michael Hedges
The Batman – Stuart Wilson, William Files, Douglas Murray and Andy Nelson
Elvis – David Lee, Wayne Pashley, Andy Nelson and Michael Keller
Top Gun: Maverick – Mark Weingarten, James H. Mather, Al Nelson, Chris Burdon and Mark Taylor
VISUAL EFFECTS
All Quiet on the Western Front – Frank Petzold, Viktor Müller, Markus Frank and Kamil Jafar
Avatar: The Way of Water – Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon and Daniel Barrett
The Batman – Dan Lemmon, Russell Earl, Anders Langlands and Dominic Tuohy
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Geoffrey Baumann, Craig Hammack, R. Christopher White and Dan Sudick
Top Gun: Maverick – Ryan Tudhope, Seth Hill, Bryan Litson and Scott R. Fisher
