NOMINEES
TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET
DANIEL DAY-LEWIS
DANIEL KALUUYA
GARY OLDMAN
DENZEL WASHINGTON
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
NOMINEES
WILLEM DAFOE
WOODY HARRELSON
RICHARD JENKINS
CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER
SAM ROCKWELL
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
NOMINEES
SALLY HAWKINS
FRANCES MCDORMAND
MARGOT ROBBIE
SAOIRSE RONAN
MERYL STREEP
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
NOMINEES
MARY J. BLIGE
ALLISON JANNEY
LESLEY MANVILLE
LAURIE METCALF
OCTAVIA SPENCER
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
NOMINEES
THE BOSS BABY
THE BREADWINNER
COCO
FERDINAND
LOVING VINCENT
CINEMATOGRAPHY
NOMINEES
BLADE RUNNER 2049
DARKEST HOUR
DUNKIRK
MUDBOUND
THE SHAPE OF WATER
COSTUME DESIGN
NOMINEES
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
DARKEST HOUR
PHANTOM THREAD
THE SHAPE OF WATER
VICTORIA & ABDUL
DIRECTING
NOMINEES
DUNKIRK
GET OUT
LADY BIRD
PHANTOM THREAD
THE SHAPE OF WATER
DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)
NOMINEES
ABACUS: SMALL ENOUGH TO JAIL
FACES PLACES
ICARUS
LAST MEN IN ALEPPO
STRONG ISLAND
DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT)
NOMINEES
EDITH+EDDIE
HEAVEN IS A TRAFFIC JAM ON THE 405
HEROIN(E)
KNIFE SKILLS
TRAFFIC STOP
FILM EDITING
NOMINEES
BABY DRIVER
DUNKIRK
I, TONYA
THE SHAPE OF WATER
THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
NOMINEES
A FANTASTIC WOMAN
THE INSULT
LOVELESS
ON BODY AND SOUL
THE SQUARE
MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
NOMINEES
DARKEST HOUR
VICTORIA & ABDUL
WONDER
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)
NOMINEES
DUNKIRK
PHANTOM THREAD
THE SHAPE OF WATER
STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI
THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)
NOMINEES
MIGHTY RIVER
MYSTERY OF LOVE
REMEMBER ME
STAND UP FOR SOMETHING
THIS IS ME
BEST PICTURE
NOMINEES
CALL ME BY YOUR NAME
DARKEST HOUR
DUNKIRK
GET OUT
LADY BIRD
PHANTOM THREAD
THE POST
THE SHAPE OF WATER
THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI
PRODUCTION DESIGN
NOMINEES
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
BLADE RUNNER 2049
DARKEST HOUR
DUNKIRK
THE SHAPE OF WATER
SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
NOMINEES
DEAR BASKETBALL
GARDEN PARTY
LOU
NEGATIVE SPACE
REVOLTING RHYMES
SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
NOMINEES
DEKALB ELEMENTARY
THE ELEVEN O’CLOCK
MY NEPHEW EMMETT
THE SILENT CHILD
WATU WOTE/ALL OF US
SOUND EDITING
NOMINEES
BABY DRIVER
BLADE RUNNER 2049
DUNKIRK
THE SHAPE OF WATER
STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI
SOUND MIXING
NOMINEES
BABY DRIVER
BLADE RUNNER 2049
DUNKIRK
THE SHAPE OF WATER
STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI
VISUAL EFFECTS
NOMINEES
BLADE RUNNER 2049
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2
KONG: SKULL ISLAND
STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI
WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES
WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
NOMINEES
CALL ME BY YOUR NAME
THE DISASTER ARTIST
LOGAN
MOLLY’S GAME
MUDBOUND
WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
NOMINEES
THE BIG SICK
GET OUT
LADY BIRD
THE SHAPE OF WATER
THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI
About the Oscar Statuette
THE MOST RECOGNIZED TROPHY IN THE WORLD, THE OSCAR STATUETTE HAS STOOD ON THE MANTELS OF THE GREATEST FILMMAKERS IN HISTORY SINCE 1929.
Shortly after the formation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1927, the fledgling organization held a dinner in the Crystal Ballroom of the Biltmore Hotel in downtown Los Angeles to set out its goals. Among the topics discussed that night was how best to honor outstanding moviemaking achievements and thereby encourage excellence in all facets of motion picture production.
Agreeing to institute an annual award, the group turned its attention to creating a suitably majestic trophy. MGM art director Cedric Gibbons designed a statuette of a knight standing on a reel of film gripping a crusader’s sword. The Academy tapped Los Angeles sculptor George Stanley to realize the design in three dimensions – and the world-renowned statuette was born.
A KNIGHT CALLED OSCAR
Since the initial awards banquet on May 16, 1929, in the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel’s Blossom Room, 3,048 statuettes have been presented. Each January, additional new golden statuettes are cast by Polich Tallix fine art foundry in New York’s Hudson Valley.
Oscar stands 13½ inches tall and weighs in at a robust 8½ pounds. The film reel features five spokes, signifying the five original branches of the Academy: actors, directors, producers, technicians and writers. Although the statuette remains true to its original design, the size of the base varied until 1945, when the current standard was adopted.
Officially named the Academy Award of Merit, the statuette is better known by its nickname, Oscar. While the origins of the moniker aren’t clear, a popular story has it that upon seeing the trophy for the first time, Academy librarian (and eventual executive director) Margaret Herrick remarked that it resembled her Uncle Oscar. The Academy didn’t adopt the nickname officially until 1939, but it was widely known enough by 1934 that Hollywood columnist Sidney Skolsky used it in a piece referring to Katharine Hepburn’s first Best Actress win.
THE STUFF THAT DREAMS ARE MADE OF
The statuettes are solid bronze and plated in 24-karat gold. Due to a metal shortage during World War II, Oscars were made of painted plaster for three years. Following the war, the Academy invited recipients to redeem the plaster figures for gold-plated metal ones.
Achievements in up to 25 regular categories will be honored on February 26, 2017, at the 89th Academy Awards presentation at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center. However, the Academy won’t know how many statuettes it will hand out until the envelopes are opened on Oscar Night. Although the number of categories are known in advance, the possibility of ties and of multiple recipients sharing the prize in some categories makes it impossible to predict the exact number of statuettes to be awarded. As in previous years, any surplus awards will be housed in the Academy’s vault until next year’s event.
More than 80 years after that auspicious gathering in Hollywood, Oscar’s success as a symbol of filmmaking achievement would probably amaze those who attended the dinner, as it would its designer, Cedric Gibbons.