Seattle Film Critics Survey

“Nearly two dozen critics from print, broadcast media, and the internet took part in the nomination process and voting is already underway for this year’s winners. ”

BEST PICTURE OF THE YEAR:

BROOKLYN (Fox Searchlight)
CAROL (The Weinstein Company)
CLOUDS OF SILS MARIA (Sundance Selects)
EX MACHINA (A24)
INSIDE OUT (Walt Disney Studios)
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD (Warner Bros.)
THE MARTIAN (20TH Century Fox)
THE REVENANT (20TH Century Fox)
ROOM (A24)
SICARIO (Lionsgate)

BEST DIRECTOR:

Todd Haynes – CAROL
Alejandro G. Iñárritu – THE REVENANT
George Miller – MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
Ridley Scott – THE MARTIAN
Denis Villenueve – SICARIO

BEST ACTOR in a LEADING ROLE:

Matt Damon – THE MARTIAN
Leonardo DiCaprio – THE REVENANT
Michael Fassbender – STEVE JOBS
Samuel L. Jackson – THE HATEFUL EIGHT
Michael B. Jordan – CREED

BEST ACTRESS in a LEADING ROLE:

Cate Blanchett – CAROL
Nina Hoss – PHOENIX
Brie Larson – ROOM
Rooney Mara – CAROL
Saoirse Ronan – BROOKLYN

BEST ACTOR in a SUPPORTING ROLE:

Benicio del Toro – SICARIO
Tom Hardy – THE REVENANT
Oscar Isaac – EX MACHINA
Mark Rylance – BRIDGE OF SPIES
Sylvester Stallone – CREED

BEST ACTRESS in a SUPPORTING ROLE:

Jennifer Jason Leigh – THE HATEFUL EIGHT
Kristen Stewart – CLOUDS OF SILS MARIA
Mya Taylor – TANGERINE
Alicia Vikander – EX MACHINA
Kate Winslet – STEVE JOBS

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST:

THE BIG SHORT
THE HATEFUL EIGHT
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
SPOTLIGHT
STEVE JOBS

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:

EX MACHINA – Alex Garland
THE HATEFUL EIGHT – Quentin Tarantino
INSIDE OUT – Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, and Josh Cooley (screenplay); Pete Docter and Ronnie del Carmen (story)
SICARIO – Taylor Sheridan
SPOTLIGHT – Josh Singer & Tom McCarthy

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:

BROOKLYN – Nick Hornby
CAROL – Phyllis Nagy
THE MARTIAN – Drew Goddard
ROOM – Emma Donoghue
STEVE JOBS – Aaron Sorkin

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE:

ANOMALISA – Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson, directors
INSIDE OUT – Pete Docter, director
THE PEANUTS MOVIE – Steve Martino, director
SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE – Mark Burton, Richard Starzak, Julie Lockhart and Paul Kewley, directors
WHEN MARNIE WAS THERE – Hiromasa Yonebayashi, director

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE:

AMY – Asif Kapadia, director
CARTEL LAND – Matthew Heineman, director
GOING CLEAR: SCIENTOLOGY AND THE POWER OF BELIEF – Alex Gibney, director
KURT COBAIN: MONTAGE OF HECK – Brett Morgen, director
THE LOOK OF SILENCE – Joshua Oppenheimer, director

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:

THE ASSASSIN – Hou Hsiao-Hsien, director
MUSTANG – Deniz Gamze Ergüven, director
PHOENIX – Christian Petzold, director
SON OF SAUL – László Nemes, director
WHITE GOD – Kornél Mundruczó, director

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:

CAROL – Edward Lachman
THE HATEFUL EIGHT – Robert Richardson
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD – John Seale
THE REVENANT – Emmanuel Lubezki
SICARIO – Roger Deakins

BEST COSTUME DESIGN:

BROOKLYN – Odile Dicks-Mireaux
CAROL – Sandy Powell
CINDERELLA – Sandy Powell
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD – Jenny Beaven
THE REVENANT – Jacqueline West

BEST FILM EDITING:

THE BIG SHORT – Hank Corwin
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD – Margaret Sixel
THE MARTIAN – Pietro Scalia
SICARIO – Joe Walker
STEVE JOBS – Elliot Graham

BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING:

CAROL – Patricia Regan, Jerry DeCarlo
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD – Lesley Vanderwalt, Damian Martin, Elka Wardega
THE REVENANT – Graham Johnston, Robert Pandini

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:

CAROL – Carter Burwell
THE HATEFUL EIGHT – Ennio Morricone
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD – Tom Holkenborg
SICARIO – Jóhann Jóhannsson
STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS – John Williams

BEST ORIGINAL SONG:

CREED – “Grip”, Ludwig Göransson, Sam Dew, Tessa Thompson (composers)
FIFTY SHADES OF GREY – “Earned It (Fifty Shades of Grey)”, Abel Tesfaye, Stephan Moccio, Jason Quenneville, Ahmad Balshe (composers)
FURIOUS 7 – “See You Again”, Justin Franks, Andrew Cedar, Charlie Puth, Cameron Thomaz (composers)
THE HUNTING GROUND – “Til It Happens To You”, Lady Gaga, Diane Warren (composers)
SPECTRE – “Writing’s On The Wall”, Sam Smith, James Napier (composers)

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN:

CAROL – Judy Becker (production design); Heather Loeffler (set decorator)
CRIMSON PEAK – Tom Sanders (production design); Shane Vieau, Jeffrey A. Melvin (set decorator)
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD – Colin Gibson (production design); Lisa Thompson (set decorator)
THE REVENANT – Jack Fisk (production design); Hamish Purdy (set decorator)
STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS – Rick Carter and Darren Gilford (production design); Lee Sandales (set decorator)

BEST SOUND DESIGN:

MAD MAX: FURY ROAD – Ben Osmo, Chris Jenkins, Gregg Rudloff (sound mixing); Scott Hecker, Mark Mangini, David White (sound editing)
THE MARTIAN – Mac Ruth, Paul Massey, Mark Taylor (sound mixing); Oliver Tarney (sound editing)
THE REVENANT – Chris Duesterdisk, Jon Taylor, Frank A. Moñtano, Randy Thom (sound mixing); Martin Hernandez, Randy Thom, Lon Bender (sound editing)
SICARIO – John Reitz, Tom Ozanich, William Sarokin (sound mixing); Alan Robert Murray (sound editing)
STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS – Andy Nelson, Christopher Scarabosio, Stuart Wilson (sound mixing); Matthew Wood, David Acord (sound editing)

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:

EX MACHINA – Andrew Whitehurst
JURASSIC WORLD – Tim Alexander, Glen McIntosh, Tony Plett, Michael Meinardus
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD – Andrew Jackson, Tom Wood, Dan Oliver, Andy Williams
THE MARTIAN – Richard Stammers, Chris Lawrence, Anders Langlands, Steven Warner
STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS – Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Neal Scanlan, Chris Corbould