93rd Academy Awards

93rd Academy Awards
Date	April 25, 2021
Site	Dolby Theatre Union Station Los Angeles, California
Hosted by	None[1]
Produced by	Jesse Collins Stacey Sher Steven Soderbergh
Directed by	Glenn Weiss
Highlights
Most nominations	Mank (10)
TV in the United States
Network	ABC
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The 93rd Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), will honor the best films released between January 1, 2020, and February 28, 2021. It is scheduled to take place in Los Angeles, at both the Dolby Theatre and Union Station, on April 25, 2021, two months later than originally planned, due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cinema. The nominations were announced on March 15, 2021.^[2]

Nominations

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The nominees for the 93rd Academy Awards were announced on March 15, 2021, in a global livestream on the official website by Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Nick Jonas.^[3][4]

Mank lead with nominations in ten categories, and was the only Best Picture-nominated film without a nomination for its screenplay. This is the first year since the expansion of the Best Picture field in 2009 where every Best Picture nominee received at least one acting nomination. Judas and the Black Messiah became the first Best Picture nominee with all black producers. Collective became the second consecutive film to receive nomination for both Best International Feature Film and Best Documentary Feature, following Honeyland.

This is the first instance of two women, Chloé Zhao and Emerald Fennell, being nominated for Best Director in the same year. Zhao and Fennell also became the second and third women to receive simultaneous nominations for producing, directing, and writing, after Sofia Coppola in 2003. Additionally, Zhao and Lee Isaac Chung are the first two Asian directors to be nominated in the same year. Another Round became the third film since the expansion nominated for Best Director but not for Best Picture, after Foxcatcher and Cold War.

Steven Yeun is the first Asian-American to be nominated for Best Actor for his performance in Minari and Riz Ahmed became the first Muslim actor nominated for the same category for his role in Sound of Metal.^[5] Chadwick Boseman became the first African-American to receive a posthumous acting nomination as Best Actor in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom. Viola Davis and Andra Day became the second pair of black Best Actress nominees in the same year since Diana Ross and Cicely Tyson in 1973. Coincidentally, Ross and Day were both nominated for playing Billie Holiday. Davis also became the most nominated black actress with a total of four nominations.

Leslie Odom Jr. became the fourth consecutive person and first man to receive acting and songwriting nominations for the same film, following Mary J. Blige, Lady Gaga and Cynthia Erivo. Frances McDormand is the first woman to receive nominations in producing and acting for the same film.^{[citation needed]}

At 89 years old, costume designer Ann Roth became the third oldest nominee for a competitive Oscar in any category, a few months behind Agnès Varda and James Ivory who were also 89 at the 90th Academy Awards.

Daniel Kaluuya and Lakeith Stanfield were both nominated for Best Supporting Actor for their roles in Judas and the Black Messiah, despite Warner Bros. Pictures having campaigned Stanfield for Best Actor, to the surprise and confusion of the public, awards pundits and Stanfield himself.^[6] Maria Bakalova and Youn Yuh-jung became the first Bulgarian and South Korean actors to be nominated for an acting category.

Films directed by women received nominations in a record 17 categories, including the first time two female-directed films were nominated in Best Visual Effects for The One and Only Ivan and Mulan.

16 films produced and distributed by Netflix accounted for 35 nominations in all categories excluding Best International Feature Film and Best Live Action Short Film.

Awards

Best Picture The Father – Philippe Carcassonne, Jean-Louis Livi and David Parfitt Judas and the Black Messiah – Ryan Coogler, Charles D. King and Shaka King Mank – Ceán Chaffin, Eric Roth and Douglas Urbanski Minari – Christina Oh Nomadland – Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey, Frances McDormand, Peter Spears and Chloé Zhao Promising Young Woman – Ben Browning, Emerald Fennell, Ashley Fox and Josey McNamara Sound of Metal – Bert Hamelinick and Sacha Ben Harroche The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Stuart M. Besser and Marc Platt	Best Director Lee Isaac Chung – Minari Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman David Fincher – Mank Thomas Vinterberg – Another Round Chloé Zhao – Nomadland
Best Actor Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal as Ruben Stone Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom as Levee Green (p.n.) Anthony Hopkins – The Father as Anthony Gary Oldman – Mank as Herman J. Mankiewicz Steven Yeun – Minari as Jacob Yi	Best Actress Viola Davis – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom as Ma Rainey Andra Day – The United States vs. Billie Holiday as Billie Holiday Vanessa Kirby – Pieces of a Woman as Martha Weiss Frances McDormand – Nomadland as Fern Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman as Cassandra “Cassie” Thomas
Best Supporting Actor Sacha Baron Cohen – The Trial of the Chicago 7 as Abbie Hoffman Daniel Kaluuya – Judas and the Black Messiah as Fred Hampton Leslie Odom Jr. – One Night in Miami... as Sam Cooke Paul Raci – Sound of Metal as Joe Lakeith Stanfield – Judas and the Black Messiah as William "Bill" O'Neal	Best Supporting Actress Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm as Tutar Sagdiyev Glenn Close – Hillbilly Elegy as Bonnie "Mamaw" Vance Olivia Colman – The Father as Anne Amanda Seyfried – Mank as Marion Davies Youn Yuh-jung – Minari as Soon-ja
Best Original Screenplay Judas and the Black Messiah – Screenplay by Will Berson and Shaka King; Story by Berson, King, Keith and Kenny Lucas Minari – Lee Isaac Chung Promising Young Woman – Emerald Fennell Sound of Metal – Screenplay by Abraham and Darius Marder; Story by Derek Cianfrance and D. Marder The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Aaron Sorkin	Best Adapted Screenplay Borat Subsequent Moviefilm – Screenplay by Sacha Baron Cohen, Peter Baynham, Jena Friedman, Anthony Hines, Lee Kern, Dan Mazer, Erica Rivinoja and Dan Swimer; Story by Baron Cohen, Hines, Nina Pedrad and Swimer; Based on the character by Baron Cohen The Father – Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller, based on the play by Zeller Nomadland – Chloé Zhao, based on the book by Jessica Bruder One Night in Miami... – Kemp Powers, based on his play The White Tiger – Ramin Bahrani, based on the novel by Aravind Adiga
Best Animated Feature Onward – Kori Rae and Dan Scanlon Over the Moon – Peilin Chou, Glen Keane and Gennie Rin A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon – Will Becher, Paul Kewley and Richard Phelan Soul – Pete Docter and Dana Murray Wolfwalkers – Tomm Moore, Stéphan Roelants, Ross Stewart and Paul Young	Best International Feature Film Another Round (Denmark) in Danish – directed by Thomas Vinterberg Better Days (Hong Kong) in Mandarin – directed by Derek Tsang Collective (Romania) in Romanian – directed by Alexander Nanau The Man Who Sold His Skin (Tunisia) in Arabic – directed by Kaouther Ben Hania Quo Vadis, Aida? (Bosnia and Herzegovina) in Bosnian – directed by Jasmila Žbanić
Best Documentary Feature Collective – Alexander Nanau and Bianca Oana Crip Camp – Sara Bolder, Jim LeBrecht and Nicole Newnham The Mole Agent – Maite Alberdi and Marcela Santibáñez My Octopus Teacher – Pippa Ehrlich, Craig Foster and James Reed Time – Garrett Bradley, Lauren Domino and Kellen Quinn	Best Documentary Short Subject Colette – Alice Doyard and Anthony Giacchino A Concerto Is a Conversation – Kris Bowers and Ben Proudfoot Do Not Split – Charlotte Cook and Anders Hammer Hunger Ward – Skye Fitzgerald and Michael Shueuerman A Love Song for Latasha – Sophia Nahali Allison and Janice Duncan
Best Live Action Short Film Feeling Through – Doug Roland and Susan Ruzenski The Letter Room – Elvira Lind and Sofia Sondervan The Present – Ossama Bawardi and Farah Nabulsi Two Distant Strangers – Travon Free and Martin Desmond Roe White Eye – Shira Hochman and Tomer Shushan	Best Animated Short Film Burrow – Michael Capbarat and Madeline Sharafian Genius Loci – Adrien Mérigeau and Amaury Ovise If Anything Happens I Love You – Michael Govier and Will McCormack Opera – Erick Oh Yes-People – Arnar Gunnarsson and Gísli Darri Halldórsson
Best Original Score Da 5 Bloods – Terence Blanchard Mank – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross Minari – Emile Mosseri News of the World – James Newton Howard Soul – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste	Best Original Song "Fight for You" from Judas and the Black Messiah – Music by D'Mile and H.E.R.; lyric by H.E.R. and Tiara Thomas "Hear My Voice" from The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Music by Daniel Pemberton; lyric by Celeste and Pemberton "Husavik" from Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga – Music and lyric by Rickard Göransson, Fat Max Gsus and Savan Kotecha "Io sì (Seen)" from The Life Ahead – Music by Diane Warren; lyric by Laura Pausini and Warren "Speak Now" from One Night in Miami... – Music and lyric by Sam Ashworth and Leslie Odom Jr.
Best Sound Greyhound – Beau Borders, Michael Minkler, Warren Shaw and David Wyman Mank – Ren Klyce, Drew Kunin, Jeremy Molod, Nathan Nance and David Parker News of the World – William Miller, John Pritchett, Mike Prestwood Smith and Oliver Tarney Soul – Coya Elliot, Ren Klyce and David Parker Sound of Metal – Jaime Baksht, Nicolas Becker, Philip Bladh, Carlos Cortés and Michelle Couttolenc	Best Cinematography Judas and the Black Messiah – Sean Bobbitt Mank – Erik Messerschmidt News of the World – Dariusz Wolski Nomadland – Joshua James Richards The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Phedon Papamichael
Best Production Design The Father – Production Design: Peter Francis; Set Decoration: Cathy Featherstone Ma Rainey's Black Bottom – Production Design: Mark Ricker; Set Decoration: Karen O'Hara and Diana Sroughton Mank – Production Design: Donald Graham Burt; Set Decoration: Jan Pascale News of the World – Production Design: David Crank; Set Decoration: Elizabeth Keenan Tenet – Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Kathy Lucas	Best Costume Design Emma. – Alexandra Byrne Ma Rainey's Black Bottom – Ann Roth Mank – Trish Summerville Mulan – Bina Daigeler Pinocchio – Massimo Cantini Parrini
Best Makeup and Hairstyling Emma. – Laura Allen, Marese Langan and Claudia Stolze Hillbilly Elegy – Patricia Dehaney, Eryn Krueger Mekash and Matthew W. Mungle Ma Rainey's Black Bottom – Sergio Lopez-Rivera, Mia Neal and Jamika Wilson Mank – Colleen LaBaff, Kimberley Spiteri and Gigi Williams Pinocchio – Dalia Colli, Mark Coulier and Francesco Pegoretti	Best Visual Effects Love and Monsters – Genevieve Camailleri, Brian Cox, Matt Everitt and Matt Sloan The Midnight Sky – Matthew Kasmir, Chris Lawrence, Max Solomon and David Watkins Mulan – Sean Andrew Faden, Steve Ingram, Anders Langlands and Seth Maury The One and Only Ivan – Nick Davis, Greg Fisher, Ben Jones and Santiago Colomo Martinez Tenet – Scott Fisher, Andrew Jackson, David Lee and Andrew Lockley
Best Film Editing The Father – Yorgos Lamprinos Nomadland – Chloé Zhao Promising Young Woman – Frédéric Thoraval Sound of Metal – Mikkel E.G. Nielsen The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Alan Baumgarten

Governors Awards

The Academy cancelled its annual Governors Awards ceremony due to the COVID-19 pandemic and has planned to incorporate the winners into the Oscar ceremony.^[7] This is the first year of the Governors Awards in which there have not been any official winners of the Academy Honorary Award.

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

• Tyler Perry – for his active engagement with philanthropy and charitable endeavors in recent years, including efforts to address homelessness and economic difficulties faced by members of his community.
• Motion Picture & Television Fund – being honored for the emotional and financial relief services it offers to members of the entertainment industry.

Films with multiple nominations

Films that received multiple nominations

Nominations	Film
10	Mank
6	The Father
	Judas and the Black Messiah
	Minari
	Nomadland
	Sound of Metal
	The Trial of the Chicago 7
5	Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
	Promising Young Woman
4	News of the World
3	One Night in Miami...
	Soul
2	Another Round
	Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
	Collective
	Emma.
	Hillbilly Elegy
	Mulan
	Pinocchio
	Tenet

Background

The Academy announced in June 2020 that it was postponing the ceremony from its originally scheduled date of February 28, 2021, to April 25 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cinema, thereby extending the eligibility period for feature films through to February 28, 2021. The eligibility criteria had already been modified to account for films originally intended to have a theatrical release but which were ultimately released directly to video. It marks the fourth time that the Academy Awards have been postponed, and the first time since the 6th Academy Awards that films released in two different calendar years will be eligible for award consideration in the same ceremony.^[8]

Ceremony information

During its board of governors meeting on April 28, 2020, the Academy voted to consolidate the Best Sound Mixing and Best Sound Editing category into a single Best Sound category (reducing the total number of categories to 23). The Sound branch had raised concerns that the two categories had too much overlap in scope.^[9] The rules for Best Original Score now require that a film's score include a minimum of 60% original music, and franchise films and sequels must have a minimum of 80% new music.^[9] For the first time, preliminary voting for Best International Feature Film will also be open to all voting members of the Academy.^[9]

As part of the Academy's environmental initiatives, the distribution of physical and hardcopy items such as screener copies, screenplays, and music CDs will be discontinued after the 93rd Academy Awards. Screeners will be served solely through the members-only "Academy Screening Room" streaming service going forward.^[9]

On December 8, 2020, Jesse Collins, Stacey Sher, and Steven Soderbergh were named the producers of the ceremony.^[10] Glenn Weiss is slated to direct the ceremony.^[11]

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on the American film industry – including interruptions to film production and the nationwide closures of cinemas due to restrictions on commerce and public gatherings – is expected to have a major impact on the 93rd ceremony. In particular, the Academy Awards require films to have received a theatrical release in the previous calendar year, in at least one cinema in Los Angeles County for at least seven days with three screenings per-day, in order to be eligible. The Golden Globe Awards had changed its criteria for its 2021 edition to allow films originally scheduled to have a "bona fide theatrical release" in Los Angeles between March 15 and April 30 to be eligible if released direct-to-streaming.^[12] In regard to the Oscars, the Academy stated that it was "in the process of evaluating all aspects of this uncertain landscape and what changes may need to be made".^[12]

The AMPAS delayed its board of governors meeting to April 28,^[13][14] where it voted to temporarily allow films first released via password-protected (covering subscription streaming services) or transactional video on demand services to be eligible for nominations at the 93rd Academy Awards, if they were originally scheduled to have a theatrical release, and are uploaded to AMPAS's online screening service within 60 days of their public release. The previous requirement for a seven-day theatrical release will be reinstated once cinemas have sufficiently resumed operations. To allow ease of compliance with the criteria, eligible screenings will also be allowed to occur in other major cities besides LA, specifically Atlanta, Chicago, Miami, New York City, and the San Francisco Bay Area.^[9][15][16]

There were talks of postponing or even canceling the 93rd ceremony.^[17] On June 15, 2020, the Academy announced that the ceremony would be delayed by two months from February 28, 2021, to April 25, 2021, and the eligibility periods for feature films would be extended through February 28, 2021.^[18] In a joint statement, AMPAS president David Rubin and CEO Dawn Hudson explained that "for over a century, movies have played an important role in comforting, inspiring, and entertaining us during the darkest of times. They certainly have this year. Our hope, in extending the eligibility period and our Awards date, is to provide the flexibility filmmakers need to finish and release their films without being penalized for something beyond anyone's control."^[18] The Academy's Governors Awards and Scientific and Technical Awards have been postponed indefinitely.^[18] Following the postponement announcement, the British Academy Film Awards also moved from February to April,^[18] and the Golden Globe Awards took the Oscars' previous date by moving to February 28.^[19]

On October 7, 2020, the Academy issued a clarification of its eligibility criteria, stating that a week of nightly screenings at a drive-in theater within the aforementioned cities would also render films eligible for consideration in the 93rd ceremony.^[20]

On December 1, 2020, a representative of the Academy told Variety that an in-person ceremony "will happen", as opposed to a fully remote or hybrid format. A hybrid format was used by the 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards, where the host and award presenters were present on-site, but all nominees appeared from remote locations.^[21] On March 15, the Academy announced that the ceremony would take place at Los Angeles Union Station in addition to the Dolby Theater, although exact details over how the ceremony will be split between these venues has yet to be announced. All other in-person festivities associated with the Academy Awards have been canceled.^[22]

On March 19, 2021, the show's organizers announced that nominees would not be able to attend via video conference. In a letter sent out to all the nominees, the producers have said that they went to "great lengths to provide a safe and enjoyable evening for all of you in person" believing that a "virtual thing will diminish those efforts".^[23]

See also

• List of submissions to the 93rd Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film
• 48th Annie Awards
• 41st Golden Raspberry Awards
• 78th Golden Globe Awards

References

External links

• Academy Awards official website
• The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences official website
• Oscars channel at YouTube (run by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences)

Other resources

• The Oscars (2021) at IMDb