The 94th Annual Academy Awards Have Just Released Their 2022 Official Nominations.
The 2022 Academy Awards just dropped their nominees and film enthusiasts are already scrambling to get their predictions in for the typical oscar party to secure bragging rights among their friends.
The nominees this year were pretty predictable with Disney once again serving as the front runner for the animation and music category and Stephen Spielberg’s West Side Story remake receiving 7 nominations including best picture and best director.
If West Side Story follows in its predecessor’s footsteps and wins the best picture, Stephen Speilberg will have a total of four Oscars and two in the best directing category.
Some surprises that made the cut (or didn’t) were Adam McKay’s Don’t Look Up A Netflix original disaster comedy starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, and other critically acclaimed actors.
McKay’s relatively newer film, which just premiered in December of 2021 was nominated for the best picture alongside Paul Thomas Anderson’s Licorice Pizza, Denis Villeneuve’s Dune, and many other films that performed spectacularly at the box office.
To the dismay and shock of many Wes Anderson fans, his 2021 film The French Dispatch received no nominations even after the film’s apparent success.
Musical theater fans are raving at not only the number of nominations West Side Story secured but also are delighted to see that Andrew Garfield was nominated for best actor for his performance as Jonathan Larson in Tick, Tick, BOOM!
This news along with Disney’s Encanto receiving 3 nominations for best score, best original song, and best-animated feature is astounding for musical theater mastermind Lin-Manuel Miranda even though In The Heights received no Oscar recognition.
The 94th Annual Academy Awards will premiere on ABC on March 27th, 2022. Below is a full list of the nominees.
| Winners Announced: March 27, 2022 Held at: Dolby Theatre, Los Angeles, California Hosts: Amy Schumer, Regina Hall and Wanda Sykes Eligibility Year: March 1, 2021 – December 31, 2021 |
2022 Oscar Nominees |
| Best Picture Belfast CODA Don’t Look Up Drive My Car Dune King Richard Licorice Pizza Nightmare Alley The Power of the Dog West Side Story |
| Best Director Kenneth Branagh, Belfast Ryúsuke Hamaguchi, Drive My Car Paul Thomas Anderson, Licorice Pizza Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog Steven Spielberg, West Side Story |
| Best Actress in a Leading Role Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye Olivia Colman, The Lost Daughter Penélope Cruz, Parallel Mothers Nicole Kidman, Being the Ricardos Kristen Stewart, Spencer |
| Best Actor in a Leading Role Javier Bardem, Being the Ricardos Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog Andrew Garfield, Tick, Tick… Boom! Will Smith, King Richard Denzel Washington, The Tragedy of Macbeth |
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role Jessie Buckley, The Lost Daughter Ariana DeBose, West Side Story Judi Dench, Belfast Kirsten Dunst, The Power of the Dog Aunjanue Ellis, King Richard |
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role Ciarán Hinds, Belfast Troy Kotsur, CODA Jesse Plemons, The Power of the Dog J.K. Simmons, Being the Ricardos Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog |
| Best Original Screenplay Belfast Don’t Look Up King Richard Licorice Pizza The Worst Person in the World |
| Best Adapted Screenplay CODA Drive My Car Dune The Lost Daughter The Power of the Dog |
| Best Cinematography Dune Nightmare Alley The Power of the Dog The Tragedy of Macbeth West Side Story |
| Best Film Editing Don’t Look Up Dune King Richard The Power of the Dog Tick, Tick… Boom! |
| Best Animated Feature Film Encanto Flee Luca The Mitchells vs. The Machine Raya and the Last Dragon |
| Best Animated Short Film Affairs of the Art Bestia Boxballet Robin Robin The Windshield Wiper |
| Best Live-Action Short Film Ala Kachuu — Take and Run The Dress The Long Goodbye On My Mind Please Hold |
| Best International Feature Film Drive My Car Flee The Hand of God Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom The Worst Person in the World |
| Best Documentary Feature Ascension Attica Flee Summer of Soul Riding with Fire |
| Best Documentary Short Subject Audible Lead Me Home The Queen of Basketball Three Songs for Benazir When We Were Bullies |
| Best Original Score Don’t Look Up Dune Encanto Parallel Mothers The Power of the Dog |
| Best Original Song King Richard Encanto Belfast No Time to Die Four Good Days |
| Best Sound Belfast Dune No Time to Die The Power of the Dog West Side Story |
| Best Costume Design Cruella Cyrano Dune Nightmare Alley West Side Story |
| Best Makeup and Hairstyling Coming 2 America Cruella Dune The Eyes of Tammy Faye House of Gucci |
| Best Production Design Dune Nightmare Alley The Power of the Dog The Tragedy of Macbeth West Side Story |
| Best Visual Effects Dune Free Guy No Time to Die Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Spider-Man: No Way Home |
| Honorary Academy Awards Samuel L. Jackson – “Sam Jackson is a cultural icon whose dynamic work has resonated across decades and generations and audiences worldwide” Elaine May – “For Elaine May’s bold, uncompromising approach to filmmaking, as a writer, director and actress” Liv Ullmann – “Liv Ullmann’s bravery and emotional transparency has gifted audiences with deeply affecting screen portrayals” |
| Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award Danny Glover – “Glover’s decades-long advocacy for justice and human rights reflects his dedication to recognizing our shared humanity on and off the screen” |