The nominees for the 90th Academy Awards were announced this morning. The ceremony will air on March 4 on ABC live from the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, see the reactions below:
Jordan Peele -Get Out
“Thank you to the academy for recognizing my crew, my cast, and the exceptional and brilliant Daniel Kaluuya. I am so proud of this film – it has been an unbelievable journey for any movie, let alone a horror film that came out a year ago. Thank you for the audience that bought tickets, that told their friends, that kept championing this film. Today, I celebrate not only GET OUT, but every voice that is told that they don’t fit the mold, and that they don’t belong. And to all of those who came before me and broke down doors for African-American filmmakers and genre films, I stand on your shoulders with gratitude and a commitment to continue to make room for those who follow.”
Richard Jenkins, The Shape of Water – Best Supporting Actor
“I’m so excited and thrilled by the nomination and for “The Shape of Water” team lead by Guillermo the Great. It is rare and humbling to be part of something so special.”
Meryl Streep – Best Actress in a Leading Role
“I am honored beyond measure by this nomination for a film I love, a film that stands in defense of press freedom, and inclusion of women’s voices in the movement of history- Proud of the film, and all her filmmakers. Thank you from a full heart.”
Octavia Spencer, Best Supporting Actress
“My heart is bursting with pure elation for the cast and crew of The Shape Of Water. Guillermo has given us all a dream job and to be recognized by the Academy is so deeply moving. I am jumping for joy from Park City for all of the nominees this morning! Congratulations everyone.”
Sally Hawkins – The Shape of Water
“This nomination is for every single one of us who brought our hearts to this film.
I am here because of the greatness of others. I stand on the shoulders of giants. Guillermo handed me a gift with this role, this film.
I am so delighted for us all.
To be honoured by the acknowledgement of my colleagues of fellow actors, filmmakers, writers, crew members is truly humbling.
It is a privilege to tell such stories and to be able to make films that show there is a life beyond the life that people know – one that is not always seen.
To be considered in this category along side these exceptional women is a real honour and gift in itself.
Thank you with eternal gratitude dear Academy!”
Martin McDonagh, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
“I’m thrilled that our film has received seven nominations from the Academy, and that the beautiful work of our editor Jon Gregory, our composer Carter Burwell, my gentle brothers-in-arms Woody Harrelson and Sam Rockwell, and our fearless leader Frances McDormand, have all been recognised so wonderfully. I can’t wait to celebrate with them all come March 4th.”
Kumail Nanjiani / Emily V. Gordon
We are thrilled and honored to be nominated for The Big Sick. We got a masterclass in storytelling from our producers, Barry Mendel and Judd Apatow, and from our director Michael Showalter- all of whom pushed us to dig down, be more honest, and be willing to make changes when the story called for it. It was an incredibly unique challenge to take some of the most vulnerable, painful, and beautiful moments from our life together and turn it into a movie. At times we worried it would be insurmountable, or would rip us apart, or even worse- that no one would like it. The fact that it connected with audiences is exhilarating, and this nomination proves that our love is real. We have decided to stay married.
Nora Twomey, director of THE BREADWINNER
“On behalf of all those who gave their experience, skill and talent to this film, I am absolutely thrilled that the Academy has nominated THE BREADWINNER for Best Animated Feature Film. At a time when women’s voices are coming to the forefront, the story of a young girl using her voice for what she believes in is more relevant than ever. Recognizing stories like Parvana’s helps point to the importance of women and girls being heard around the world.”
AARON SORKIN, MOLLY’S GAME BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY NOMINEE
“This nomination represents the great work of hundreds of people—from STX and our producers to Jessica Chastain and the entire cast and crew. I couldn’t ask for a greater gang of people with whom to share this incredible honor.”
Elaine McMillion Sheldon, director of Heroin(e)
“We’re so honored and humbled by this news. Heroin(e) examines an epidemic that many communities are struggling with, so for this topic to have captured the attention of the Academy means so much us, as filmmakers, and to those on the front lines. As native West Virginians living in the midst of this public health crisis, we believe the stories of these three tenacious and resilient women are what this country needs – a message of hope and survival to show us a way forward.”
JOE LETTERI AND DAN LEMMON
“We are immensely proud of this work and grateful to the Academy for recognizing War for the Planet of the Apes with a nomination today,” said Senior Visual Effects Supervisor Joe Letteri. “This is the final film in the trilogy, and we’ve been really happy to see how audiences have been swept up by the emotional story of Caesar and his fellow ape characters.”
“We are thrilled with the recognition this film’s visual effects have received, and this morning’s nomination is truly an honor,” said Visual Effects Supervisor Dan Lemmon. “We pushed the limits of our technology and our artists as we worked to create characters that were visually realistic and emotionally authentic.”
Jakob Schuh and Jan Lachauer, Directors of “Revolting Rhymes”
“We’re beside ourselves right now, and just incredibly happy. Happy for the film and happy for all our fantastic collaborators here in Berlin, our producers at Magic Light, as well as our wonderful team in South Africa. It’s a pretty unreal feeling to find your labour of love has been recognised in this way. We’re deeply grateful to the Academy for this nomination. This was a hard film to make. What always steered us forward was the level of love our team had for this story – and the blessings we received from Luke Kelly, Roald Dahl’s grandson, and from the great Quentin Blake. So, for everyone’s work to receive such love in return today, it’s the most beautiful reward. When we were making the film we often didn’t have time to stop to eat – so now we’ll go to one of the restaurants we always wanted to go to, for a celebratory dinner! Thank you to the Academy for this nomination, it means the world to us!
LOU director Dave Mullins and producer Dana Murray
“As artists who struggled with the typical challenges of growing up and fitting in – thinking we were the only ones feeling like outsiders – this nomination is more meaningful than anyone could imagine. This is dedicated to the Lous of the world, who use the power of kindness to change the world for the better, one JJ at a time. Thank you to the Academy, and to Disney and Pixar, and to the entire crew of LOU, without whom this film and this moment would never have happened.”
Carlos Saldanha, Director of “Ferdinand” nominated for Best Animated Feature
“I was just going through airport security when my phone started buzzing!! Thankfully they didn’t stop me and I was able to celebrate!!! I thought they would arrest me for looking like a crazy man laughing and screaming!!!
This was truly a team effort and I’m so proud of our amazing team at Blue Sky Studios and Fox!!! We did it!!!! So happy… so happy!!!”
Ruben Östlund, writer/director of THE SQUARE (Oscar nominee for Best Foreign Language Film)
“It’s a happy morning today! We are so honored to receive an Academy Award nomination for THE SQUARE. I wanted to make a film about the world we are living in today- about feeling disconnected in our modern world and how we have lost our faith in community. THE SQUARE’s success can help to dispel that- it was a fantastic collaboration with our very international cast including Claes Bang, Elisabeth Moss, Dominic West and Terry Notary and our crew spanning several countries– it is the product of a collective. I wanted to make a provocative film that will not only wildly entertain people but also make them reflect – thank you for helping me to share this film with more audiences throughout the world.”
Ziad Doueiri/Director of The Insult
“This is the first time that Lebanon enters the Oscar’s race. It took me by complete surprise! It is a great day for freedom of speech. We have been subjected to intimidation and people who are trying to silence us from telling the truth, but today the will of the people prevailed. I want to thank the incredibly dedicated Lebanese cast who gave their best in spite of the intimidation tactics they were faced with. I also wish to thank the producers and the crew from Lebanon and France. This is the happiest moment in my life.”
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Common – Best Original Song
“I don’t know if I can describe how honored and blessed I feel to be nominated for a song that is featured in a film about the great Thurgood Marshall. Collaborating with Diane Warren, whose passion always shines through, and performing this song with Andra Day brings me to the soul of what this song was created to be; a beacon of light in times of darkness.
We believe that art can change the world for the better. Thank you to the Academy for recognizing our art.”
BENJ PASEK & JUSTIN PAUL/ Songwriters – THE GREATEST SHOWMAN
Best Original Song – “This Is Me” from The Greatest Showman
“Thank you so much to The Academy for recognizing “This is Me” with a nomination! We are honored to be included in such great company with our fellow nominees. We share this nomination with the amazingly talented creative team behind this movie. A special thanks goes to the singularly talented Keala Settle whose performance of this song elevates it in a way that we could only dream of. And to Hugh Jackman and Michael Gracey, thank you for taking a chance on us four years ago, before we had a film credit to our name, to help you bring your vision to life.”
Michael Rose and Martin Pope, Producers of “Revolting Rhymes”
“We’re so thrilled that Revolting Rhymes has been recognised with an Oscar nomination. It’s amazing. It’s always such an honor to be recognized by the Academy in this way. The nomination is a great tribute to the brilliant work of the directors, Jakob Schuh and Jan Lachauer, and the entire crew who worked on the film.”
Ru Kuwahata and Max Porter, Directors, “Negative Space”
“Thank you so much! We’re very honored to be nominated. Our entire team poured love and passion into this project, stitch-by-stitch and frame-by-frame. We could not have created this film without them and we’re overwhelmed with gratitude. It’s been a fantastic journey and we’re excited that more people will get to watch our film.”
Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani, co-writers of THE BIG SICK, nominated for an Academy Award for “Best Original Screenplay
We are thrilled and honored to be nominated for The Big Sick. We got a masterclass in storytelling from our producers, Barry Mendel and Judd Apatow, and from our director Michael Showalter- all of whom pushed us to dig down, be more honest, and be willing to make changes when the story called for it. It was an incredibly unique challenge to take some of the most vulnerable, painful, and beautiful moments from our life together and turn it into a movie. At times we worried it would be insurmountable, or would rip us apart, or even worse- that no one would like it. The fact that it connected with audiences is exhilerating, and this nomination proves that our love is real. We have decided to stay married.”
Nidia Santiago and Edwina Liard, Producers, “Negative Space”
“We are overwhelmed. This is such an honour, we want to thank all the wonderful Negative Space team and the Academy, thanks for all the support!”
Bryan Fogel, Director of Icarus, and Dan Cogan, Producer of Icarus
“We could not be more honored to be nominated for the Oscar® with this esteemed group of films and filmmakers. We are grateful that Icarus has helped to bring out the truth about Russia’s decades-long state sponsored doping system. But the true credit for the impact of this documentary this goes to Dr. Grigory Rodchenkov, who risked so much to tell the truth, and to his lawyers Jim Walden and Avni Patel who have been steadfast in bringing his evidence to the world and holding Russia to account for its actions. The medium of documentary filmmaking gave us a unique opportunity to bring Dr. Rodchenkov’s story to the world, and to follow that story where it led us. It is our hope that this global recognition of Dr. Rodchenkov’s story by the Academy will continue to shed sunlight on decades of Russian interference, and the need for deep reform to protect clean athletes and to uphold the Olympic ideal and ethics of fair play by all nations on the world stage.”
Yance Ford, Director of Strong Island
“Thanks to the Academy for this incredible recognition of Strong Island a creative leap of faith made possible by so many talented people. Exposing the flaws in our criminal justice system by magnifying the humanity of one man has always been the goal of Strong Island. Thank you so much for seeing my brother, William Ford Jr.”
Sebastián Lelio, A FANTASTIC WOMAN – Director/Co-Writer
“Thank you to the Academy and to everyone who helped make A FANTASTIC WOMAN. At times like this when there is so much adversity and struggling in the world, I hope we can find in each other’s experiences the courage and inspiration to make change. We are honored to represent Chile with this story of love and resilience.”
Tom McGrath, Director / The Boss Baby
It is truly such a thrill to be honored in a group of such diverse films. This nomination celebrates how much we all loved making The Boss Baby and the love we have for the artists that made it! Thank you, Academy!”
Ramsey Naito, Producer / The Boss Baby
“We are so extremely honored by this nomination and want to thank the Academy members for their support of our film and the animation community as a whole. Our film is about the belief that there’s enough love to go around – which is a wonderful idea to celebrate today!”
Alexandre Desplat, achievement in music written for motion pictures (original score) for “The Shape of Water”
“This is fantastic news! I am grateful to the music branch of the Academy for voting for me as well as all the magnificent musicians who performed on the score. I am also thrilled for Miles Dale, for the cast and for the crew with so many nominations. I am so thankful to Guillermo for his humanity and his artistic passion; he truly inspired all of us.”
Bruno Delbonnel, achievement in cinematography for “Darkest Hour”
“I am really happy about this nomination, especially being among such great cinematographers with different styles of cinematography. I was fortunate to work with director, Joe Wright, who had a very visual approach for DARKEST HOUR. I cannot thank him enough for letting me translate his ideas into cinematography. I have a special appreciation for the crew on this film. They did a fantastic job. All of them.”
Brad Zoern, achievement in sound mixing for “The Shape of Water”
“This nomination is a real honor and I couldn’t be more thrilled. The Shape of Water is a really special film, and it’s been amazing to work with Guillermo to bring his vision to life.”
Christian Cooke, achievement in sound mixing for “The Shape of Water”
“I’m so humbled and excited to be recognized by the Academy. Collaborating with Guillermo on The Shape of Water has been a once in a lifetime experience, and I’m very grateful to have been a part of the creative team.”
Daniel Phillips and Lou Sheppard, achievement in makeup and hairstyling for “Victoria & Abdul”
“We are just so excited and honored to have been nominated by the Academy. For us, VICTORIA & ABDUL was the perfect platform to showcase some ‘back to old school’ classic hair and character makeup skills and we are so thankful to be recognized. A very proud moment for us.”
Kazuhiro Tsuji, David Malinowski and Lucy Sibbick, achievement in makeup and hairstyling for “Darkest Hour”
“We are so humbled by the recognition today. Thank you to The Academy. We share this nomination with our friend Gary Oldman and the entire DARKEST HOUR team.”
Jacqueline Durran, achievement in costume design for “Beauty and the Beast” and “Darkest Hour”
Jacqueline found out about the nominations via a phone message:
“I am absolutely thrilled, even a bit overwhelmed, at being nominated twice. It is a great honor to receive two nominations and for such different films. Of course it is also a recognition of the work of a great costume team who bring the ideas to life, as well as a celebration of the creative collaboration between departments (with Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer also receiving two nominations). It’s really wonderful.”
Luis Sequeira, achievement in costume design for “The Shape of Water”
“Thrilled and honoured to be recognized for this prestigious award for Guillermo’s incredible film. Together we all poured our hearts and souls into this project and its wonderful to see it being received with such accolades.”
Mark Bridges, achievement in costume design for “Phantom Thread”
“I started the day to the great news that Phantom Thread received six Oscar nominations and Costume Design was one of them! I am delighted to be nominated and thrilled to be in the company of my very talented fellow Costume Design nominees!”
Nathan Robitaille and Nelson Ferreira, achievement in sound editing for “The Shape of Water”
“What an incredible honour it is to be recognized alongside such an inspiring group of Nominees! The opportunity to bring sound to Guillermo’s vision was a privilege. Our entire team of editors is thrilled to stand with Guillermo, Miles, Fox searchlight and all of the other brilliantly talented department in the face of such a humbling compliment from the Academy.”
Paul D. Austerberry, achievement in production design for “The Shape of Water”
“This is an unbelievably exciting moment and a wonderful early birthday present! I must thank the designers branch of the Academy for recognizing the work of our amazing team who together helped shape the wonderful world for this story to come to life. We would not have had that chance if it wasn’t for Miles Dale and Fox Searchlight putting it all together. Of course all of us have Guillermo to thank for his creative vision and relentless drive. He pushed us all to do our very best and we now have the honor of 13 Oscar nominations!”
Sarah Greenwood, achievement in production design for “Beauty and the Beast”
*note: Sarah is also nominated in the same category for “Darkest Hour.” Her statement will be sent out via Focus Features.
“Walking with dogs in a wintery Hyde Park in London, pretending it was just another day. Text and calls coming in – what a thrill, what an honor. Amazing!! We Loved making ‘Beauty and the Beast”…we had the most fantastic, talented and wonderful crews, without whom we would be nothing. Here’s to them, here’s to the Academy and here’s to Disney, and most of all here’s to our fabulous amazing director, Bill Condon, who made ‘Beauty and the Beast’ such a joy.”
Virgil Williams, co-writer of MUDBOUND, nominated for an Academy Award for “Best Adapted Screenplay
“This is an incredible affirmation of many many years of incredibly hard work. I’m so incredibly thrilled and honored to be recognized. But mostly I’m so proud of our astounding cast and crew who deserve all the praise. I’m so grateful to the Academy for recognizing our collective effort.”
Andrey Zvyagintsev, director – Loveless
“We are absolutely thrilled by this recognition from the Academy. It means a great deal to us as filmmakers and it encourages us to continue to tell the stories that move us, in the way we want to tell them. I hope that our nomination will bring audiences into theaters when we open LOVELESS in February.”
Loving Vincent – Dorota Kobiela, Co-Director
“This all started in an attic just before my 30th birthday, when I felt lost about what I was doing with my life. It is unbelievable that it has led to this. I am so proud we are the first Polish animation feature film to be nominated for an Oscar. I am equally proud that this year I am one of two women directors nominated in this category, which until now only had 4 women nominated out of 72 directors nominated. Maybe this is the year that we can start to change this imbalance. Most of all I am proud of my painters (over 60% of whom were women), my actors and my crew. They believed in an undertaking that many considered crazy- to paint an entire film in oil-paints on canvas by hand. I am a small part at the head of a great team of dreamers! Our dreams were sustained by Vincent, so I wish he was here so I could thank him too!”
Loving Vincent – Hugh Welchman, Co-Director
“I couldn’t sleep last night… I was so nervous. Loving Vincent is a Polish-UK co-production. It is the not only the first Polish animation feature film nominated for an Oscar, it is the first Polish animation feature film in history animated by a woman, my wife Dorota, I am so proud of her, and grateful to her for including me on this wonderful journey as her co-writer and co-director. Also as a Brit I am very proud that this film is the first animation feature film nomination from Britain that isn’t produced by the national treasure that is Aardman! I am so grateful to the Academy for recognizing and honoring our labor of love, it really makes the world of difference to small films like ours, in amongst these $100m plus studio Goliaths. Really, their decision changes the lives of film makers like us.”
CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER/ Best Supporting Actor – ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD
“I am absolutely thrilled to have received this nomination by the Academy. It was quite unexpected but incredibly gratifying. Everything has happened so quickly of late that I am still a trifled stunned but excited by it all.”