The 2022 Oscars Nominations

The nominations are in! Denzel Washington’s record breaking 10th nomination, Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, Aunjanue Ellis, and Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson are among the nominees.

By Brooks Welch

The nominations are in! Did you know that Denzel Washington broke his own record as most-nominated Black actor in the history of the Academy Awards? Washington has been nominated for his 10th Oscar this year for his role as Macbeth in Joel Coen’s The Tragedy of Macbeth. Along with the cinematic legend, Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, Aunjanue Ellis, and Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson are also among the nominees. Tune into the 94th Oscars on Sunday, March 27, 2022 on ABC to root for your favorite films, filmmakers, and artists. 

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The 2022 Oscars Nominations By Category

Best Picture

BELFAST

Laura Berwick, Kenneth Branagh, Becca Kovacik and Tamar Thomas, Producers

 

CODA

Philippe Rousselet, Fabrice Gianfermi and Patrick Wachsberger, Producers

 

DON’T LOOK UP

Adam McKay and Kevin Messick, Producers

 

DRIVE MY CAR

Teruhisa Yamamoto, Producer

 

DUNE

Mary Parent, Denis Villeneuve and Cale Boyter, Producers

 

KING RICHARD

Tim White, Trevor White and Will Smith, Producers

 

LICORICE PIZZA

Sara Murphy, Adam Somner and Paul Thomas Anderson, Producers

 

NIGHTMARE ALLEY

Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale and Bradley Cooper, Producers

 

THE POWER OF THE DOG

Jane Campion, Tanya Seghatchian, Emile Sherman, Iain Canning and Roger Frappier, Producers

 

WEST SIDE STORY

Steven Spielberg and Kristie Macosko Krieger, Producers

 

Actor in a Leading Role

Javier Bardem in BEING THE RICARDOS

 

Benedict Cumberbatch in THE POWER OF THE DOG

 

Andrew Garfield in TICK, TICK…BOOM!

 

Will Smith in KING RICHARD

 

Denzel Washington in THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH

 

Actor in a Supporting Role

Ciarán Hinds in BELFAST

 

Troy Kotsur in CODA

 

Jesse Plemons in THE POWER OF THE DOG

 

J.K. Simmons in BEING THE RICARDOS

 

Kodi Smit-McPhee in THE POWER OF THE DOG

 

Actress in a Leading Role

Jessica Chastain in THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE

 

Olivia Colman in THE LOST DAUGHTER

 

Penélope Cruz in PARALLEL MOTHERS

 

Nicole Kidman in BEING THE RICARDOS

 

Kristen Stewart in SPENCER

 

Actress in a Supporting Role

Jessie Buckley in THE LOST DAUGHTER

 

Ariana DeBose in WEST SIDE STORY

 

Judi Dench in BELFAST

 

Kirsten Dunst in THE POWER OF THE DOG

 

Aunjanue Ellis in KING RICHARD

 

Animated Feature Film

ENCANTO

Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Yvett Merino and Clark Spencer

 

FLEE

Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Monica Hellström, Signe Byrge Sørensen and Charlotte De La Gournerie

 

LUCA

Enrico Casarosa and Andrea Warren

 

THE MITCHELLS VS. THE MACHINES

Mike Rianda, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Kurt Albrecht

 

RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON

Don Hall, Carlos López Estrada, Osnat Shurer and Peter Del Vecho

 

Cinematography

DUNE

Greig Fraser

 

NIGHTMARE ALLEY

Dan Laustsen

 

THE POWER OF THE DOG

Ari Wegner

 

THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH

Bruno Delbonnel

 

WEST SIDE STORY

Janusz Kaminski

 

Costume Design

CRUELLA

Jenny Beavan

 

CYRANO

Massimo Cantini Parrini and Jacqueline Durran

 

DUNE

Jacqueline West and Robert Morgan

 

NIGHTMARE ALLEY

Luis Sequeira

 

WEST SIDE STORY

Paul Tazewell

 

Directing

BELFAST

Kenneth Branagh

 

DRIVE MY CAR

Ryusuke Hamaguchi

 

LICORICE PIZZA

Paul Thomas Anderson

 

THE POWER OF THE DOG

Jane Campion

 

WEST SIDE STORY

Steven Spielberg

 

Documentary (Feature)

ASCENSION

Jessica Kingdon, Kira Simon-Kennedy and Nathan Truesdell

 

ATTICA

Stanley Nelson and Traci A. Curry

 

FLEE

Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Monica Hellström, Signe Byrge Sørensen and Charlotte De La Gournerie

 

SUMMER OF SOUL (…OR, WHEN THE REVOLUTION COULD NOT BE TELEVISED)

Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, Joseph Patel, Robert Fyvolent and David Dinerstein

 

WRITING WITH FIRE

Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh

 

Documentary (Short Subject)

AUDIBLE

Matt Ogens and Geoff McLean

 

LEAD ME HOME

Pedro Kos and Jon Shenk

 

THE QUEEN OF BASKETBALL

Ben Proudfoot

 

THREE SONGS FOR BENAZIR

Elizabeth Mirzaei and Gulistan Mirzaei

 

WHEN WE WERE BULLIES

Jay Rosenblatt

 

Film Editing

DON’T LOOK UP

Hank Corwin

 

DUNE

Joe Walker

 

KING RICHARD

Pamela Martin

 

THE POWER OF THE DOG

Peter Sciberras

 

TICK, TICK…BOOM!

Myron Kerstein and Andrew Weisblum

 

International Feature Film

DRIVE MY CAR

Japan

 

FLEE

Denmark

 

THE HAND OF GOD

Italy

 

LUNANA: A YAK IN THE CLASSROOM

Bhutan

 

THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD

Norway

 

Makeup and Hairstyling

COMING 2 AMERICA

Mike Marino, Stacey Morris and Carla Farmer

 

CRUELLA

Nadia Stacey, Naomi Donne and Julia Vernon

 

DUNE

Donald Mowat, Love Larson and Eva von Bahr

 

THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE

Linda Dowds, Stephanie Ingram and Justin Raleigh

 

HOUSE OF GUCCI

Göran Lundström, Anna Carin Lock and Frederic Aspiras

 

Music (Original Score)

DON’T LOOK UP

Nicholas Britell

 

DUNE

Hans Zimmer

 

ENCANTO

Germaine Franco

 

PARALLEL MOTHERS

Alberto Iglesias

 

THE POWER OF THE DOG

Jonny Greenwood

 

Music (Original Song)

“Be Alive” from KING RICHARD

Music and Lyric by DIXSON and Beyoncé Knowles-Carter

 

“Dos Oruguitas” from ENCANTO

Music and Lyric by Lin-Manuel Miranda

 

“Down To Joy” from BELFAST

Music and Lyric by Van Morrison

 

“No Time To Die” from NO TIME TO DIE

Music and Lyric by Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell

 

“Somehow You Do” from FOUR GOOD DAYS

Music and Lyric by Diane Warren

 

Production Design

DUNE

Production Design: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Zsuzsanna Sipos

 

NIGHTMARE ALLEY

Production Design: Tamara Deverell; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau

 

THE POWER OF THE DOG

Production Design: Grant Major; Set Decoration: Amber Richards

 

THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH

Production Design: Stefan Dechant; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh

 

WEST SIDE STORY

Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Rena DeAngelo

 

Short Film (Animated)

AFFAIRS OF THE ART

Joanna Quinn and Les Mills

 

BESTIA

Hugo Covarrubias and Tevo Díaz

 

BOXBALLET

Anton Dyakov

 

ROBIN ROBIN

Dan Ojari and Mikey Please

 

THE WINDSHIELD WIPER

Alberto Mielgo and Leo Sanchez

 

Short Film (Live Action)

ALA KACHUU – TAKE AND RUN

Maria Brendle and Nadine Lüchinger

 

THE DRESS

Tadeusz Łysiak and Maciej Ślesicki

 

THE LONG GOODBYE

Aneil Karia and Riz Ahmed

 

ON MY MIND

Martin Strange-Hansen and Kim Magnusson

 

PLEASE HOLD

K.D. Dávila and Levin Menekse

 

Sound

BELFAST

Denise Yarde, Simon Chase, James Mather and Niv Adiri

 

DUNE

Mac Ruth, Mark Mangini, Theo Green, Doug Hemphill and Ron Bartlett

 

NO TIME TO DIE

Simon Hayes, Oliver Tarney, James Harrison, Paul Massey and Mark Taylor

 

THE POWER OF THE DOG

Richard Flynn, Robert Mackenzie and Tara Webb

 

WEST SIDE STORY

Tod A. Maitland, Gary Rydstrom, Brian Chumney, Andy Nelson and Shawn Murphy

 

Visual Effects

DUNE

Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, Brian Connor and Gerd Nefzer

 

FREE GUY

Swen Gillberg, Bryan Grill, Nikos Kalaitzidis and Dan Sudick

 

NO TIME TO DIE

Charlie Noble, Joel Green, Jonathan Fawkner and Chris Corbould

 

SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS

Christopher Townsend, Joe Farrell, Sean Noel Walker and Dan Oliver

 

SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME

Kelly Port, Chris Waegner, Scott Edelstein and Dan Sudick

 

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

CODA

Screenplay by Siân Heder

 

DRIVE MY CAR

Screenplay by Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Takamasa Oe

 

DUNE

Screenplay by Jon Spaihts and Denis Villeneuve and Eric Roth

 

THE LOST DAUGHTER

Written by Maggie Gyllenhaal

 

THE POWER OF THE DOG

Written by Jane Campion

 

Writing (Original Screenplay)

BELFAST

Written by Kenneth Branagh

 

DON’T LOOK UP

Screenplay by Adam McKay; Story by Adam McKay & David Sirota

 

KING RICHARD

Written by Zach Baylin

 

LICORICE PIZZA

Written by Paul Thomas Anderson

 

THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD

Written by Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier