Month: February 2020

The 92nd Academy Awards ceremony is presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) honors the best films of 2019 and is held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California on February 9th, 2020.  During the ceremony, AMPAS will present Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 24 categories. The ceremony will be televised in the United States by ABC and produced by Lynette Howell Taylor and Stephanie Allain, and directed by Glenn Weiss.

In related events, the Academy held its 11th Annual Governors Awards ceremony at the Grand Ballroom of the Hollywood and Highland Center on October 27, 2019.

Nominees

The nominees for the 92nd Academy Awards were announced on January 13, 2020, at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, by actors John Cho and Issa Rae.

Best Picture 1917 – Sam Mendes, Pippa Harris, Jayne-Ann Tenggren, and Callum McDougal Ford v Ferrari – Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping, and James Mangold The Irishman – Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal, and Emma Tillinger Koskoff Jojo Rabbit – Carthew Neal, Taika Waititi, and Chelsea Winstanley Joker – Todd Phillips, Bradley Cooper, and Emma Tillinger Koskoff Little Women – Amy Pascal Marriage Story – Noah Baumbach and David Heyman Once Upon a Time in Hollywood – David Heyman, Shannon McIntosh, and Quentin Tarantino Parasite – Kwak Sin-ae and Bong Joon-ho	Best Director Martin Scorsese – The Irishman Todd Phillips – Joker Sam Mendes – 1917 Quentin Tarantino – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Bong Joon-ho – Parasite
Best Actor Antonio Banderas – Pain and Glory as Salvador Mallo Leonardo DiCaprio – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood as Rick Dalton Adam Driver – Marriage Story as Charlie Barber Joaquin Phoenix – Joker as Arthur Fleck / Joker Jonathan Pryce – The Two Popes as Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio	Best Actress Cynthia Erivo – Harriet as Harriet Tubman Scarlett Johansson – Marriage Story as Nicole Barber Saoirse Ronan – Little Women as Josephine “Jo” March Charlize Theron – Bombshell as Megyn Kelly Renée Zellweger – Judy as Judy Garland
Best Supporting Actor Tom Hanks – A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood as Fred Rogers Anthony Hopkins – The Two Popes as Pope Benedict XVI Al Pacino – The Irishman as Jimmy Hoffa Joe Pesci – The Irishman as Russell Bufalino Brad Pitt – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood as Cliff Booth	Best Supporting Actress Kathy Bates – Richard Jewell as Barbara “Bobi” Jewell Laura Dern – Marriage Story as Nora Fanshaw Scarlett Johansson – Jojo Rabbit as Rosie Betzler Florence Pugh – Little Women as Amy March Margot Robbie – Bombshell as Kayla Pospisil
Best Original Screenplay Knives Out – Rian Johnson Marriage Story – Noah Baumbach 1917 – Sam Mendes and Krysty Wilson-Cairns Once Upon a Time in Hollywood – Quentin Tarantino Parasite – Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won	Best Adapted Screenplay The Irishman – Steven Zaillian based on the book I Heard You Paint Houses by Charles Brandt Jojo Rabbit – Taika Waititi based on the novel Caging Skies by Christine Leunens Joker – Todd Phillips and Scott Silver based on characters created by Bill Finger, Bob Kane, and Jerry Robinson Little Women – Greta Gerwig based on the novel by Louisa May Alcott The Two Popes – Anthony McCarten based on his play The Pope
Best Animated Feature Film How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World – Dean DeBlois, Bonnie Arnold, and Brad Lewis I Lost My Body – Jérémy Clapin and Marc du Pontavice Klaus – Sergio Pablos, Jinko Gotoh, and Marisa Román Missing Link – Chris Butler, Arianne Sutner, and Travis Knight Toy Story 4 – Josh Cooley, Jonas Rivera, and Mark Nielsen	Best International Feature Film Corpus Christi (Poland) in Polish – Directed by Jan Komasa Honeyland (North Macedonia) in Turkish and Macedonian – Directed by Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov Les Misérables (France) in French – Directed by Ladj Ly Pain and Glory (Spain) in Spanish – Directed by Pedro Almodóvar Parasite (South Korea) in Korean – Directed by Bong Joon-ho
Best Documentary Feature American Factory – Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert and Jeff Reichert The Cave – Feras Fayyad, Kirstine Barfod, and Sigrid Dyekjær The Edge of Democracy – Petra Costa, Joanna Natasegara, Shane Boris, and Tiago Pavan For Sama – Waad Al-Kateab and Edward Watts Honeyland – Ljubomir Stefanov, Tamara Kotevska, and Atanas Georgiev	Best Documentary Short Subject In the Absence – Yi Seung-Jun and Gary Byung-Seok Kam Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You’re a Girl) – Carol Dysinger and Elena Andreicheva Life Overtakes Me – John Haptas and Kristine Samuelson St. Louis Superman – Smriti Mundhra and Sami Khan Walk Run Cha-Cha – Laura Nix and Colette Sandstedt
Best Live Action Short Film Brotherhood – Meryam Joobeur and Maria Gracia Turgeon Nefta Football Club – Yves Piat and Damien Megherbi The Neighbors’ Window – Marshall Curry Saria – Bryan Buckley and Matt Lefebvre A Sister – Delphine Girard	Best Animated Short Film Dcera (Daughter) – Daria Kashcheeva Hair Love – Matthew A. Cherry and Karen Rupert Toliver Kitbull – Rosana Sullivan and Kathryn Hendrickson Memorable – Bruno Collet and Jean-François Le Corre Sister – Siqi Song
Best Original Score Joker – Hildur Guðnadóttir Little Women – Alexandre Desplat Marriage Story – Randy Newman 1917 – Thomas Newman Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker – John Williams	Best Original Song “I Can’t Let You Throw Yourself Away” from Toy Story 4 – Music and Lyrics by Randy Newman “(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again” from Rocketman – Music by Elton John; Lyrics by Bernie Taupin “I’m Standing with You” from Breakthrough – Music and Lyrics by Diane Warren “Into the Unknown” from Frozen II – Music and Lyrics by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez “Stand Up” from Harriet – Music and Lyrics by Joshuah Brian Campbell and Cynthia Erivo
Best Sound Editing Ford v Ferrari – Donald Sylvester Joker – Alan Robert Murray 1917 – Oliver Tarney and Rachael Tate Once Upon a Time in Hollywood – Wylie Stateman Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker – Matthew Wood and David Acord	Best Sound Mixing Ad Astra – Gary Rydstrom, Tom Johnson and Mark Ulano Ford v Ferrari – Paul Massey, David Giammarco, and Steven A. Morrow Joker – Tom Ozanich, Dean Zupancic and Tod Maitland 1917 – Mark Taylor and Stuart Wilson Once Upon a Time in Hollywood – Michael Minkler, Christian P. Minkler, and Mark Ulano
Best Production Design The Irishman – Production Design: Bob Shaw; Set Decoration: Regina Graves Jojo Rabbit – Production Design: Ra Vincent; Set Decoration: Nora Sopková 1917 – Production Design: Dennis Gassner; Set Decoration: Lee Sandales Once Upon a Time in Hollywood – Production Design: Barbara Ling; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh Parasite – Production Design: Lee Ha-jun; Set Decoration: Cho Won-woo	Best Cinematography The Irishman – Rodrigo Prieto Joker – Lawrence Sher The Lighthouse – Jarin Blaschke 1917 – Roger Deakins Once Upon a Time in Hollywood – Robert Richardson
Best Makeup and Hairstyling Bombshell – Kazu Hiro, Anne Morgan, and Vivian Baker Joker – Nicki Ledermann and Kay Georgiou Judy – Jeremy Woodhead Maleficent: Mistress of Evil – Paul Gooch, Arjen Tuiten, and David White 1917 – Naomi Donne, Tristan Versluis, and Rebecca Cole	Best Costume Design The Irishman – Sandy Powell and Christopher Peterson Jojo Rabbit – Mayes C. Rubeo Joker – Mark Bridges Little Women – Jacqueline Durran Once Upon a Time in Hollywood – Arianne Phillips
Best Film Editing Ford v Ferrari – Andrew Buckland and Michael McCusker The Irishman – Thelma Schoonmaker Jojo Rabbit – Tom Eagles Joker – Jeff Groth Parasite – Yang Jin-mo	Best Visual Effects Avengers: Endgame – Dan DeLeeuw, Matt Aitken, Russell Earl, and Dan Sudick The Irishman – Pablo Helman, Leandro Estebecorena, Stephane Grabli, and Nelson Sepulveda The Lion King – Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R. Jones, and Elliot Newman 1917 – Guillaume Rocheron, Greg Butler, and Dominic Tuohy Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker – Roger Guyett, Neal Scanlan, Patrick Tubach, and Dominic Tuohy

Honorary Academy Awards

The Academy held its 11th Annual Governors Awards ceremony on October 27, 2019, and presented the following four awards:

• Academy Honorary Award:
  • David Lynch
  • Wes Studi
  • Lina Wertmüller

• Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award:
  • Geena Davis

Films that received multiple nominations

At the 92nd Academy Awards, 53 films received 124 nominations.

Films that received multiple nominations

Nominations	Film
11	Joker
10	The Irishman
	1917
	Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
6	Jojo Rabbit
	Little Women
	Marriage Story
	Parasite
4	Ford v Ferrari
3	Bombshell
	Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
	The Two Popes
2	Harriet
	Honeyland
	Judy
	Pain and Glory
	Toy Story 4

Presenters

The following individuals are slated to present awards at the ceremony.

Performers

The following individuals are slated to perform musical numbers at the ceremony.

Name	Role	Performance
Cynthia Erivo	Performer	“Stand Up” from Harriet
Elton John	Performer	“(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again” from Rocketman
Idina Menzel Aurora Maria Lucia Heiberg Rosenberg Willemijn Verkaik Takako Matsu Carmen Garcia Saenz Lisa Stokke Kasia Łaska Anna Buturlina Gisela Gam Wichayanee	Performers	“Into the Unknown” from Frozen II
Chrissy Metz	Performer	“I’m Standing with You” from Breakthrough
Randy Newman	Performer	“I Can’t Let You Throw Yourself Away” from Toy Story 4
Billie Eilish	Performer	TBA
Janelle Monáe	Performer	TBA

Ceremony information

During its board of directors meeting in April 2019, the Academy voted to rename the Best Foreign Language Film category to Best International Feature Film. Animated and documentary films will also be eligible for the renamed award (as was the case of Honeyland), but the category will still require nominees to have the majority of their dialogue be in a language other than English.

The category of Best Makeup and Hairstyling has been expanded from seven finalists and three nominees to ten finalists and five nominees.

On January 9, 2020, ABC Entertainment president Karey Burke revealed that the ceremony would once again forego a host, citing the success of the format at the previous ceremony (necessitated by the withdrawal of originally announced host Kevin Hart). Burke promised that the ceremony would feature “huge entertainment values, big musical numbers, comedy, and star power”.

Domestic box office performance of nominated films

Film	Nominations

Box office gross (domestic)
Avengers: Endgame	1	$858,373,000
The Lion King	1	$543,638,043
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker	3	$507,075,904
Frozen II	1	$472,422,764
Toy Story 4	2	$434,038,008
Joker	11	$335,002,702
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World	1	$160,799,505
Knives Out	1	$155,563,968
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood	10	$142,043,677
1917	10	$119,083,624
Ford v Ferrari	4	$115,315,060
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil	1	$113,880,682
Little Women	6	$98,829,554
Rocketman	1	$96,368,160
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood	1	$61,150,409
Ad Astra	1	$50,188,370
Harriet	2	$43,082,155
Breakthrough	1	$40,713,082
Parasite	6	$33,229,324
Bombshell	3	$30,847,374
Jojo Rabbit	6	$27,973,535
Judy	2	$24,168,456
Richard Jewell	1	$22,328,256
Missing Link	1	$16,649,539
The Lighthouse	1	$10,867,104
Corpus Christi	1	$6,996,508
Pain and Glory	2	$4,419,258
Honeyland	2	$768,772
Les Misérables	1	$271,853
The Cave	1	$60,927
For Sama	1	$43,796
American Factory	1	N/A
Brotherhood	1	N/A
Dcera (Daughter)	1	N/A
The Edge of Democracy	1	N/A
Hair Love	1	N/A
I Lost My Body	1	N/A
In the Absence	1	N/A
The Irishman	10	N/A
Kitbull	1	N/A
Klaus	1	N/A
Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You’re a Girl)	1	N/A
Life Overtakes Me	1	N/A
Marriage Story	6	N/A
Memorable	1	N/A
Nefta Football Club	1	N/A
The Neighbors’ Window	1	N/A
Saria	1	N/A
Sister	1	N/A
A Sister	1	N/A
St. Louis Superman	1	N/A
The Two Popes	3	N/A
Walk Run Cha-Cha	1	N/A