Oscars Are The Worst (2021)[PART 2: NAMES]
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Anthony Hopkins was born on December 31, 1937, in Margam, Wales, to Muriel Anne (Yeats) and Richard Arthur Hopkins, a baker. His parents were both of half Welsh and half English descent. Influenced by Richard Burton, he decided to study at College of Music and Drama and graduated in 1957. In 1965, he moved to London and joined the National Theatre, invited by Laurence Olivier, who could see the talent in Hopkins. In 1967, he made his first film for television, A Flea in Her Ear (1967).
From this moment on, he enjoyed a successful career in cinema and television. In 1968, he worked on The Lion in Winter (1968) with Timothy Dalton. Many successes came later, and Hopkins' remarkable acting style reached the four corners of the world. In 1977, he appeared in two major films: A Bridge Too Far (1977) with James Caan, Gene Hackman, Sean Connery, Michael Caine, Elliott Gould and Laurence Olivier, and Maximilian Schell. In 1980, he worked on The Elephant Man (1980). Two good television literature adaptations followed: Othello (1981) and The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1982). In 1987 he was awarded with the Commander of the order of the British Empire. This year was also important in his cinematic life, with 84 Charing Cross Road (1987), acclaimed by specialists. In 1993, he was knighted.
In the 1990s, Hopkins acted in movies like Desperate Hours (1990) and Howards End (1992), The Remains of the Day (1993) (nominee for the Oscar), Legends of the Fall (1994), Nixon (1995) (nominee for the Oscar), Surviving Picasso (1996), Amistad (1997) (nominee for the Oscar), The Mask of Zorro (1998), Meet Joe Black (1998) and Instinct (1999). His most remarkable film, however, was The Silence of the Lambs (1991), for which he won the Oscar for Best Actor. He also got a B.A.F.T.A. for this role.Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role: The Father (2020)- Actor
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Gary Oldman is a talented English movie star and character actor, renowned for his expressive acting style. One of the most celebrated thespians of his generation, with a diverse career encompassing theatre, film and television, he is known for his roles as Sid Vicious in Sid and Nancy (1986), Drexl in True Romance (1993), George Smiley in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), and Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour (2017), among many others. For much of his career, he was best-known for playing over-the-top antagonists, such as terrorist Egor Korshunov in the 1997 blockbuster Air Force One (1997), though he has reached a new audience with heroic roles in the Harry Potter and Dark Knight franchises. He is also a filmmaker, musician, and author.
Gary Leonard Oldman was born on March 21, 1958 in New Cross, London, England, to Kathleen (Cheriton), a homemaker, and Leonard Bertram Oldman, a welder. He won a scholarship to Britain's Rose Bruford Drama College, in Sidcup, Kent, where he received a B.A. in theatre arts in 1979. He subsequently studied with the Greenwich Young People's Theatre and went on to appear in a number of plays throughout the early '80s, including "The Pope's Wedding," for which he received Time Out's Fringe Award for Best Newcomer of 1985-1986 and the British Theatre Association's Drama Magazine Award as Best Actor for 1985. Before fame, he was employed as a worker in assembly lines and as a porter in an operating theater. He also had jobs selling shoes and beheading pigs while supporting his early acting career.
His film debut was Remembrance (1982), though his most-memorable early role came when he played Sex Pistol Sid Vicious in the biopic Sid and Nancy (1986) picking up the Evening Standard Film Award as Best Newcomer. He then received a Best Actor nomination from BAFTA for his portrayal of '60s playwright Joe Orton in Prick Up Your Ears (1987).
In the 1990s, Oldman brought to life a series of iconic real-world and fictional villains including Lee Harvey Oswald in JFK (1991), the title character in Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992), Drexl Spivey in True Romance (1993), Stansfield in Léon: The Professional (1994), Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg in The Fifth Element (1997) and Ivan Korshunov in Air Force One (1997). That decade also saw Oldman portraying Ludwig van Beethoven in biopic Immortal Beloved (1994).
Oldman played the coveted role of Sirius Black in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), giving him a key part in one of the highest-grossing franchises ever. He reprised that role in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007). Oldman also took on the iconic role of Detective James Gordon in writer-director Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins (2005), a role he played again in The Dark Knight (2008) and The Dark Knight Rises (2012). Prominent film critic Mark Kermode, in reviewing The Dark Knight, wrote, "the best performance in the film, by a mile, is Gary Oldman's ... it would be lovely to see him get a[n Academy Award] nomination because actually, he's the guy who gets kind of overlooked in all of this."
Oldman co-starred with Jim Carrey in the 2009 version of A Christmas Carol in which Oldman played three roles. He had a starring role in David Goyer's supernatural thriller The Unborn, released in 2009. In 2010, Oldman co-starred with Denzel Washington in The Book of Eli. He also played a lead role in Catherine Hardwicke's Red Riding Hood. Oldman voiced the role of villain Lord Shen and was nominated for an Annie Award for his performance in Kung Fu Panda 2.
In 2011, Oldman portrayed master spy George Smiley in the adaptation of John le Carré's Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), and the role scored Oldman his first Academy Award nomination. In 2014, he played one of the lead humans in the science fiction action film Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014) alongside Jason Clarke and Keri Russell. Also in 2014, Oldman starred alongside Joel Kinnaman, Abbie Cornish, Michael Keaton, and Samuel L. Jackson in the remake of RoboCop (2014), as Norton, the scientist who creates RoboCop.
Aside from acting, Oldman tried his hand at writing and directing for Nil by Mouth (1997). The movie opened the Cannes Film Festival in 1997, and won Kathy Burke a Best Actress prize at the festival.
Oldman has three children, Alfie, with first wife, actress Lesley Manville, and Gulliver and Charlie with his third wife, Donya Fiorentino. In 2017, he married writer and art curator Gisele Schmidt.
In 2018 he won an Oscar for best actor for his work on Darkest Hour (2017).Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role: Mank (2020)- Actress
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Eight time Academy Award-nominated actress Glenn Close was born and raised in Greenwich, Connecticut. She is the daughter of Elizabeth Mary H. "Bettine" (Moore) and William Taliaferro Close (William Close), a prominent doctor. Both of her parents were from upper-class families.
Glenn was a noted Broadway performer when she was cast in her award-winning role as Jenny Fields in The World According to Garp (1982) alongside Robin Williams. For this role, a breakthrough in film for Close, she later went on to receive an Academy Award Nomination for Best Supporting Actress. The following year she was cast in the hit comedy The Big Chill (1983) for which she received a second Oscar Nomination, once again for Supporting Actress in the role of Sarah Cooper. In her third film, Close portrayed Iris Gaines a former lover of baseball player Roy Hobbs portrayed by Robert Redford, in one of the greatest sports films of all time, The Natural (1984). For a third time, Close was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. Close went on to star in films like The Stone Boy (1984), Maxie (1985) and Jagged Edge (1985). In 1987 Close was cast in the box office hit Fatal Attraction (1987) for which she portrayed deranged stalker Alex Forrest alongside costars Michael Douglas and Anne Archer. For this role she was nominated for the Academy Award and Golden Globe for Best Actress. The following year Close starred in the Oscar Winning Drama Dangerous Liaisons (1988) for which she portrayed one of the most classic roles of all time as Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil, starring alongside John Malkovich and Michelle Pfeiffer. For this role she was nominated once again for the Academy Award and BAFTA Film Award for Best Actress. Close was favorite to win the coveted statue but lost to Jodie Foster for The Accused (1988). Close had her claim to fame in the 1980s. Close starred on the hit Drama series Damages (2007) for which she has won a Golden Globe Award and two Emmy Awards. In her career Close has been Oscar nominated eight times, won three Tonys, an Obie, three Emmys, two Golden Globes and a Screen Actors Guild Award.Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role: Hillbilly Elegy (2020)- Producer
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David Fincher was born in 1962 in Denver, Colorado, and was raised in Marin County, California. When he was 18 years old he went to work for John Korty at Korty Films in Mill Valley. He subsequently worked at ILM (Industrial Light and Magic) from 1981-1983. Fincher left ILM to direct TV commercials and music videos after signing with N. Lee Lacy in Hollywood. He went on to found Propaganda in 1987 with fellow directors Dominic Sena, Greg Gold and Nigel Dick. Fincher has directed TV commercials for clients that include Nike, Coca-Cola, Budweiser, Heineken, Pepsi, Levi's, Converse, AT&T and Chanel. He has directed music videos for Madonna, Sting, The Rolling Stones, Michael Jackson, Aerosmith, George Michael, Iggy Pop, The Wallflowers, Billy Idol, Steve Winwood, The Motels and, most recently, A Perfect Circle.
As a film director, he has achieved huge success with Se7en (1995), Fight Club (1999) and, Panic Room (2002).Best Achievement in Directing: Mank (2020)- Actress
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Frances Louise McDormand was born on June 23, 1957, in Gibson City, Illinois. She was adopted by Canadian-born parents Noreen Eloise (Nickleson), a nurse from Ontario, and Rev. Vernon Weir McDormand, a Disciples of Christ minister from Nova Scotia, who raised her in the suburbs of Pittsburgh. She earned a BA in theater from Bethany College in 1979 and an MFA from Yale University in 1982. Her career after graduation began onstage, and she has retained her association with the theater throughout her career. She soon obtained prominent roles in movies as well, first starring in Blood Simple (1984), in which she worked with filmmaker Joel Coen, whom she married that year. She frequently collaborated with Coen and his brother, Ethan Coen, in their films.
McDormand's skilled and versatile acting has been recognized by both the critics and the Academy, and in addition to many critics' awards, she has been nominated for an Academy Award six times - Supporting in Mississippi Burning (1988), Almost Famous (2000), and North Country (2005), and Lead in Fargo (1996), Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017), and Nomadland (2020), winning the Oscar for the latter three. She also won a Best Picture Oscar as co-producer of "Nomadland." Keenly intelligent and possessed of a sharp wit, McDormand is the antithesis of the Hollywood starlet - rather than making every role about Frances McDormand, she dissolves into the characters she plays. Accordingly, she has expressed some reservations about the iconic recognition she has gained from her touching and amusing portrayal of Police Chief Marge Gunderson, the quintessential Minnesota Scandinavian, in Fargo (1996).
McDormand and Coen adopted a son, Pedro McDormand Coen, who was born in Paraguay, in 1994. They live in New York.Best Motion Picture of the Year: Nomadland (2020)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role: Nomadland (2020)- Visual Effects
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Nick Davis is known for The Dark Knight (2008), Edge of Tomorrow (2014) and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001).Best Achievement in Visual Effects: The One and Only Ivan (2020)- Cinematographer
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Dariusz Wolski is a Polish film and music video cinematographer. He is best known for Crimson Tide (1995), Dark City (1998), the Pirates of the Caribbean film series, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007), The Martian (2015) and All the Money in the World (2017).
Many of his collaborations include working with film directors like Ridley Scott, Rob Marshall, Tony Scott, Gore Verbinski and Tim Burton.
Wolski has also worked on several music videos with artists such as Elton John, Eminem, David Bowie, Sting, Aerosmith, and Neil Young.Best Achievement in Cinematography: News of the World (2020)- Cinematographer
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Phedon Papamichael, an award winning Cinematographer, was born in Athens, Greece and moved with his family to Germany, where in 1982 he completed his education in Fine Arts, in Munich. Working as a photojournalist brought Phedon to NYC in 1983, where he started crossing over into cinematography.
His first short film, the 35mm black & white SPUD, earned him the Award for Best Cinematography at the Cork Film Festival in Ireland. Following a call from John Cassavetes, his cousin and later collaborator, Phedon moved to Los Angeles. While continuing to work on short and experimental films, he began his feature career as a Director of Photography for Roger Corman, for whom he photographed seven films within two years.
Phedon now counts over 40 feature films to his credit as Director of Photography, including the early block-busters While You Were Sleeping starring Sandra Bullock and Cool Runnings, as well as Phenomenon, starring John Travolta, all directed by Jon Turteltaub.
His credits include many critically acclaimed films, such as Unstrung Heroes (Un Certain Regard, Cannes 1995), directed by Diane Keaton, and Unhook the Stars, starring Gena Rowlands and directed by Nick Cassavetes.
The Million Dollar Hotel, directed by Wim Wenders, was chosen as the Opening Film of the 2000 Berlin Film Festival and won the Grand Jury Prize, the Silver Bear, as well as the Golden Camera. The European co-production, 27 Missing Kisses, directed by Oscar nominated filmmaker Nana Djordjadze, premiered at Directors Fortnight in Cannes 2000. It garnered the Grand Prix Award at the 2000 New York/Avignon Film Festival, the Audience Award at the 2000 Montpellier Film Festival, as well as the Kodak Vision Award for Best Cinematography. In 2000 both films received a Camerimage nomination, for Best Cinematography.
In 2001 Phedon shot Moonlight Mile (Berlinale, 2003), directed by Brad Silberling, starring Dustin Hoffman, Susan Sarandon and Holly Hunter. It was followed by Identity, directed by James Mangold, and the Oscar-nominated Sideways, directed by Alexander Payne.
His credits continued with The Weatherman, directed by Gore Verbinski, starring Nicolas Cage and Michael Caine and Walk the Line, again directed by Mangold and starring Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon.
Phedon shot the Academy Award nominated western 3:10 to Yuma, directed by James Mangold, starring Russell Crowe and Christian Bale, and the blockbuster Pursuit of Happyness. In 2008 he photographed Oliver Stone's W. and then re-teamed again with James Mangold on Knight and Day, starring Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz, which shot all over the world.
He shot two of the most award-winning films of 2011: Alexander Payne's The Descendants and The Ides of March, directed by George Clooney. This is 40, directed by Judd Apatow was released in 2012 and won Comedy of the Year from the Hollywood Film Festival.
For his gorgeous B&W lensing on the highly acclaimed Nebraska, which received 6 Academy Award nominations and was directed by Alexander Payne, Phedon received an Oscar nomination, a BAFTA nomination and an ASC nomination amongst other honors. His latest film is The Monuments Men, a period film directed by George Clooney, and starring Matt Damon, Bill Murray, John Goodman, Cate Blanchett and Jean Dujardin which was shot in Germany and England.
In addition to his feature work, Phedon has shot and/or directed over 100 commercials for such clients as Nespresso, BMW, Audi, and Nextel.
On the music video side, his work includes The Ground Beneath Her Feet, Eelectrical Storm, directed by Anton Corbijn.
Papamichael's work also includes several forays into television. He received an ASC Award Nomination for Best Cinematography for Oliver Stone's innovative mini-series Wild Palms, as well as his second ASC Award Nomination for Best Cinematography for the Francis Ford Coppola-produced pilot White Dwarf.
Phedon resides in Los Angeles and Athens, Greece and speaks fluent English, German, French and Greek. He holds German, Greek and U.S. citizenship.Best Achievement in Cinematography: The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)- Music Artist
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Diane was born in Van Nuys, California, USA on September 7, 1956 to parents David and Flora Warren. She become a prolific writer in her neighborhood, writing songs every day and eventually surpassing 1,000 of them. Her dad (an insurance salesman) took Diane to see publishers who said she had potential, but to come back and see them in the future. After signing with producer Jack White, circa 1983, the partnership produced her songs "Solitaire" and "Hot Night", which was recorded by Laura Branigan for the Ghostbusters (1984) soundtrack. It was also the beginning of a long line of film song projects, which produced many Oscar and Golden Globe nominations. After a legal battle with producer Jack White, Diane started her own publishing company called "Real Songs" in the late 80s. The company has the rights to all her songs and makes deals with hundreds of artists (and record companies) who record them.Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song): The Life Ahead (2020) for song "Io Si (Seen)" (music/lyric)- Composer
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A world renowned trumpeter/composer/band leader and Blue Note recording artist, Terence Blanchard is the most prolific jazz musician to ever compose for motion pictures. Blanchard was born and raised in New Orleans where he studied with the Marsalis brothers at the famed New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts. In 1980, he won a scholarship to Rutgers University and immediately began performing in the Lionel Hampton Orchestra. Two years later, he succeeded Wynton Marsalis in the legendary Jazz Messengers before forming his own influential groups. Blanchard originally began performing on Spike Lee's soundtracks, including "Mo Better Blues" in which he ghosted the trumpet for Denzel Washington. Blanchard lives in New Orleans with his wife, Robin, and his four children.Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score): Da 5 Bloods (2020)- Music Department
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James Newton Howard attended the University of Southern California's music school, but dropped out to tour with Elton John, and eventually compose music for film and television. He started with Head Office (1985) in 1985. He has been nominated for eight Academy Awards. He currently is a songwriter, record producer, conductor, keyboardist, and film composer.Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score): News of the World (2020)- Actor
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British actor and comedian Sacha Baron Cohen was born in Hammersmith, London. He is the son of Daniella (Weiser), a movement instructor, and Gerald Baron Cohen, a clothing store owner. His father, born in England and raised in Wales, was of Eastern European Jewish descent, while his mother was born in Israel, to German Jewish parents. He was educated at a private school, Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School in Hertfordshire, and went on to read History at Christ's College, Cambridge. Baron Cohen had an interest in performing from an early age, forming a breakdancing group as a teenager and acting in amateur plays with a Jewish youth group. While at university he joined the Cambridge University Amateur Dramatic Club, and took part in such plays as "Cyrano de Bergerac" and "Fiddler on the Roof".
Upon leaving University, Baron Cohen briefly worked as a model, before moving on to work as a host on a satellite TV station. In 1995, Channel 4 put out an open call for new presenters, and Baron Cohen sent in a tape featuring himself in character as an Albania TV reporter (an early prototype for Borat). He was hired and worked on various 'youth TV' projects before, in 1998, appearing in The 11 O'Clock Show (1998) which became a cult hit thanks to his character, Ali G. Ali G proved so popular that a spin-off show Da Ali G Show (2000) and film Ali G Indahouse (2002) where produced.
America soon beckoned with a stateside version of Da Ali G Show. Feature film work followed with Baron Cohen providing the voice of Julien in Madagascar (2005) and appearing as Jean Girard alongside Will Ferrell in Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006). He followed this with the smash-hit Borat (2006), for which he won a Golden Globe and was nominated for a writing Oscar. His other film work includes supporting roles in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) and Hugo (2011), and starring in the title roles of Brüno (2009), The Dictator (2012), and The Brothers Grimsby (2016).Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role: The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)
Best Adapted Screenplay: Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (2020) (screenplay/story)- Editor
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Alan Baumgarten was born in Los Angeles, California, USA. Alan is an editor, known for The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020), American Hustle (2013) and Molly's Game (2017).Best Achievement in Film Editing: The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)- Writer
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Peter Baynham is known for Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (2020), Arthur Christmas (2011) and Borat (2006).Best Adapted Screenplay: Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (2020) (screenplay)- Additional Crew
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Will Berson is known for Judas and the Black Messiah (2021), Scrubs (2001) and Run of the House (2003).Best Original Screenplay: Judas and the Black Messiah (2021) (screenplay/story)- Producer
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Stuart M. Besser is known for The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020), Being the Ricardos (2021) and Crossfire Hurricane (2012).Best Motion Picture of the Year: The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)- Cinematographer
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Sean Bobbitt was born on 29 November 1958 in Corpus Christi, Texas, USA. He is a cinematographer, known for 12 Years a Slave (2013), Hunger (2008) and Shame (2011).Best Achievement in Cinematography: Judas and the Black Messiah (2021)- Sound Department
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Sara Bolder is known for Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999), Saving Private Ryan (1998) and Jurassic Park (1993).Best Documentary Feature: Crip Camp (2020)- Production Designer
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Donald Graham Burt is known for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), Mank (2020) and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011).Best Achievement in Production Design: Mank (2020) (production design)- Costume Designer
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Alexandra Byrne was born in 1962. She is a costume designer, known for Emma. (2020), Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) and Doctor Strange (2016). She has been married to Simon Shepherd since 1980. They have four children.Best Achievement in Costume Design: Emma. (2020)- Producer
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Philippe Carcassonne was born on 21 February 1955 in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France. He is a producer and actor, known for The Father (2020), Coco Before Chanel (2009) and Ridicule (1996).Best Motion Picture of the Year: The Father (2020)- Producer
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Academy Award nominee Céan Chaffin is a film producer and cinematographer best known for producing the films of David Fincher, her partner ever since the early 1990's.
She met Fincher while producing Coca-Cola: Blade Roller (1993), a commercial of which he was the director. From then on, their partnership resulted in a handful of music videos and several of Fincher's films such as The Game (1997), tt0137523 tt0258000 tt0443706], The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), The Social Network (2010), The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011), Gone Girl (2014) and Mank (2020); and the series Mindhunter (2017).Best Motion Picture of the Year: Mank (2020)- Writer
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Derek Cianfrance began making movies at age 13. He later attended The University of Colorado where he studied under avant-garde film legends Stan Brakhage and Phil Solomon. His first three films, 'Five O'clock Shadow', 'Raw Footage', and Brother Tied (1998), won consecutive Goldfarb Awards for best film. Raw Footage went on to be awarded a Special Deans Grant for Achievement in the Arts, as well as The Independent Film Channel's Award for Excellence in Student Filmmaking. He directed, wrote, shot, and edited his first feature, Brother Tied, at the age of 23. The film made its American premiere at The Sundance film festival where it was lauded as "one of the most striking American independent debuts in some time," by The Guardian's Jonathan Romney, and hailed a work of "visual genius," by New York Newsday's John Anderson. The film traveled to over 30 festivals and won international awards at 6, including The Orson Welles First Feature Film Award at Huntington, the Ecumenical Jury Award at Mannheim/Heidelberg, and Jury Prize for Bold, Original Expression at Florida. Cianfrance then ventured into documentary filmmaking where he explored a wide array of subjects and characters for both theatrical exhibition and TV. He has made portraits of musicians, Cassandra Wilson - Traveling Miles: Cassandra Wilson (2000), Mos Def - Work And Progress, Run-D.M.C. and Jam Master Jay: The Last Interview (2002), Annie Lennox - Live In Toronto, gained access to Vietnam veteran biker clubs in Rolling Thunder - Ride For Freedom, exposed the mysterious world of crime photography for Shots in the Dark (2001), and revealed teen racing and Hispanic subculture in Quattro Noza (2003) for which he won best cinematographer at Sundance 2003. Cianfrance is currently in pre-production on his second narrative feature, Blue Valentine.Best Original Screenplay: Sound of Metal (2019) (story)- Make-Up Department
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Mark Coulier was born on 31 March 1963 in Amounderness, Lancashire, England, UK. He is known for Poor Things (2023), Elvis (2022) and Suspiria (2018).Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling: Pinocchio (2019)- Special Effects
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Best Achievement in Visual Effects: Love and Monsters (2020)- Art Director
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Best Achievement in Production Design: News of the World (2020) (production design)- Production Designer
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NATHAN CROWLEY (Production Designer) Born in London, grew up in Islington. Attended Brighton School of Art in England. He has received Academy Award nominations for" The Prestige", "The Dark Knight" and " Interstellar", also Bafta Nominations for "Batman Begins", "The Dark Knight" , "Interstellar" and "Dunkirk" his seventh collaboration with director Christopher Nolan. He also received an Emmy nomination for his work on the HBO series "Westworld". Crowley has been the Designer on four of the "Costume institutes" exhibitions at " Metropolitan Museum of Art " that accompany the costume ball in New York every May. "Super Heroes", "American Women", " Impossible Conversations" and "China through the looking glass". He recently collaborated with Sofia Coppola on "La Traviata" at the Teatro del l'Opera di Roma.Best Achievement in Production Design: Tenet (2020) (production design)- Costume Designer
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Bina Daigeler was born in 1965 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. She is a costume designer and actress, known for Tár (2022), Mulan (2020) and 1899 (2022).Best Achievement in Costume Design: Mulan (2020)- Actress
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Viola Davis is a critically revered actress of film, television, and theater and has won rave reviews for her multitude of substantial and intriguingly diverse roles. Audiences across the United States and internationally have admired her for her work- including her celebrated, Oscar-nominated performances in The Help (2011), Doubt (2008), and her Oscar winning performance in Fences (2016). In 2015, Davis won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series for her work in ABC's How To Get Away With Murder, making her the first black woman in history to take home the award. In addition to acting, Viola currently produces alongside her husband and producing partner, Julius Tennon, through their JuVee Productions banner. Together they have produced award-garnering productions across theater, television, and film.Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role: Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020)- Make-Up Department
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Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling: Hillbilly Elegy (2020)- Producer
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Pete Docter is the Oscar®-winning director of "Monsters, Inc.," "Up," and "Inside Out," and Chief Creative Officer at Pixar Animation Studios. He is currently directing Pixar's feature film "Soul" with producer Dana Murray, which is set to release June 19, 2020.
Starting at Pixar in 1990 as the studio's third animator, Docter collaborated and help develop the story and characters for "Toy Story," Pixar's first full-length animated feature film, for which he also was supervising animator. He served as a storyboard artist on "A Bug's Life," and wrote initial story treatments for both "Toy Story 2" and "WALL.E." Aside from directing his three films, Docter also executive produced "Monsters University" and the Academy Award®-winning "Brave."
Docter's interest in animation began at the age of eight when he created his first flipbook. He studied character animation at California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) in Valencia, California, where he produced a variety of short films, one of which won a Student Academy Award®. Those films have since been shown in animation festivals worldwide and are featured on the "Pixar Short Films Collection Volume 2." Upon joining Pixar, he animated and directed several commercials, and has been nominated for eight Academy Awards® including Best Animated Feature-winners "Up" and "Inside Out" and nominee "Monsters, Inc.," and Best Original Screenplay for "Up," "Inside Out" and "WALL.E." In 2007, "Up" also was nominated for a Best Picture Oscar by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.Best Animated Feature Film: Soul (2020)- Visual Effects
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Best Achievement in Visual Effects: Mulan (2020)- Director
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Craig Foster is known for My Octopus Teacher (2020), The Great Dance: A Hunter's Story (2000) and My Hunter's Heart (2010).Best Documentary Feature: My Octopus Teacher (2020)- Production Designer
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Peter Francis was born in Holderness, Yorkshire, England, UK. Peter is a production designer and art director, known for The Father (2020), Casino Royale (2006) and Batman Begins (2005).Best Achievement in Production Design: The Father (2020) (production design)- Producer
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Bert Hamelinck was born on 9 March 1968 in Leuven, Flanders, Belgium. He is a producer and cinematographer, known for Sound of Metal (2019), The Diary of a Teenage Girl (2015) and Bad Sisters (2022).Best Motion Picture of the Year: Sound of Metal (2019)- Writer
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Christopher Hampton was born on 26 January 1946 in Faial, Açores, Portugal. He is a writer and producer, known for The Father (2020), Atonement (2007) and Dangerous Liaisons (1988). He has been married to Laura de Holesch since 1971. They have two children.Best Adapted Screenplay: The Father (2020) (screenplay)- Writer
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Best Adapted Screenplay: Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (2020) (screenplay/story)- Special Effects
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Steve Ingram is known for The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002), Dead Alive (1992) and Mulan (2020).Best Achievement in Visual Effects: Mulan (2020)- Visual Effects
Matt Kasmir is known for The Midnight Sky (2020), V for Vendetta (2005) and Alien vs. Predator (2004).Best Achievement in Visual Effects: The Midnight Sky (2020)- Animation Department
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Glen Keane was born on 13 April 1954 in Abington, Pennsylvania, USA. He is a producer, known for Beauty and the Beast (1991), Tangled (2010) and Over the Moon (2020). He has been married to Linda Hesselroth since 3 August 1975. They have two children.Best Animated Feature Film: Over the Moon (2020)- Sound Department
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Ren Klyce was born on 7 May 1963 in Kyoto, Japan. He is an actor, known for Fight Club (1999), Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017) and Her (2013). He is married to Rachel Distler.Best Sound: Mank (2020), Soul (2020)- Make-Up Department
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Eryn Krueger Mekash has over 37 years of television and film industry experience as a makeup artist and is diversified in beauty, makeup effects and design. Her credits cover a wide range of productions. She started her career in the special makeup effects field in Los Angeles.
Eryn has won 8 Emmys- 7 for makeup and 1 for producing- and 11 Artisan awards and well as 39 Emmy Nominations for outstanding makeup, prosthetic and non-prosthetic. She was nominated for an Academy Award and a British Academy Film Award on Ron Howard's "Hillbilly Elegy" and was invited to be a member of AMPAS and BAFTA. She was also invited to record her career for the Televison Academy archives joining 900 others; Eryn is the first female makeup artist to be asked.Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling: Hillbilly Elegy (2020)- Sound Department
- Actor
Drew Kunin is known for The Killer (2023), Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) and Life of Pi (2012).Best Sound: Mank (2020)- Producer
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Jean-Louis Livi was born on 29 January 1941 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. He is a producer and actor, known for The Father (2020), You Are So Beautiful (2005) and A Heart in Winter (1992). He is married to Caroline Silhol. They have one child. He was previously married to Tanya Lopert.Best Motion Picture of the Year: The Father (2020)- Visual Effects
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Actor
Andrew Lockley was born on 5 May 1971 in London, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Inception (2010), Tenet (2020) and Interstellar (2014).Best Achievement in Visual Effects: Tenet (2020)- Make-Up Department
- Additional Crew
- Transportation Department
Sergio Lopez-Rivera is known for Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020), The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023) and The Woman King (2022).Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling: Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020)- Set Decorator
- Art Department
Best Achievement in Production Design: Tenet (2020) (set decoration)- Writer
- Producer
- Director
Dan Mazer was born in Hillingdon, London, England, UK. He is a writer and producer, known for I Give It a Year (2013), Da Ali G Show (2000) and Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (2020). He has been married to Daisy Donovan since 2005.Best Adapted Screenplay: Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (2020) (screenplay)- Producer
- Actor
- Writer
Will McCormack was born on 13 January 1974 in Plainfield, New Jersey, USA. He is a producer and actor, known for Celeste & Jesse Forever (2012), If Anything Happens I Love You (2020) and American Outlaws (2001). He has been married to Emily Arlook since 24 September 2013. They have two children.Best Animated Short Film: If Anything Happens I Love You (2020)- Camera and Electrical Department
- Cinematographer
Erik Messerschmidt was born on 23 October 1980 in Portland, Maine, USA. He is a cinematographer, known for Mank (2020), The Killer (2023) and Ferrari (2023).Best Achievement in Cinematography: Mank (2020)- Sound Department
- Producer
- Actor
Michael Minkler was born on 14 May 1952 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is a producer and actor, known for Dreamgirls (2006), Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) and Greyhound (2020).Best Sound: Greyhound (2020)- Sound Department
- Location Management
Jeremy Molod is known for The Killer (2023), The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) and The Social Network (2010).Best Sound: Mank (2020)- Make-Up Department
- Special Effects
- Additional Crew
Academy Award winner Matthew W. Mungle is regarded as one of Hollywood's premier Make-up Effects & Prosthetic Artists. With over 250 film and television projects to his credit, Matthew has earned accolades and recognition as one of the industry's top masters of Makeup Effects Illusionist.
Born in Durant, Oklahoma in 1956, Matthew was one of five children born to Atoka dairy farmer Jene and Becky Mungle. As a boy he recalls seeing Frankenstein, Dracula and The Mummy. In 1964 with the release of The Seven Faces of Dr. Lao and The List of Adrian Messenger, Matthew credits the films as having been his greatest influence and deciding factor in becoming a Make-up Effects Artist. He was fascinated with the make-up, often "borrowing" his mother's cosmetics to create his own version of horror. In 1968, a film that would revolutionize make-up effects and further impact the small-town boy from Atoka was the release, Planet of the Apes. It is hard to say how many times Matthew saw the film. What he did know was that he wanted to follow in the footsteps of his idols, namely Lon Chaney, Sr., Jack Pierce and John Chambers, who won the Academy Award for the specialized make-up creations for Planet of the Apes. As he got older, he would learn from books and magazines such as Richard Corson's Stage Make-up & Dick Smith's Do It Yourself Monster Make-up Handbook and would send away for theatrical make-up from New York and Dallas specialty stores - experimenting with face casts and prosthetics on willing family members and friends. Although his parents thought it was a phase he would soon outgrow, Matthew knew differently.
Return of the Planet of the Apes was released when he was a sophomore in High School and he encouraged the owner of the local movie theatre to let him dress up as one of the chimpanzees to promote the film. Not only did he dress and act the part but also created his own prosthetic make-up. The realism was so startling to the small town of Atoka, that many thought Hollywood had sent an actor to hype the film! Matthew would continue to promote films at the Thompson Theatre in Atoka by applying his own make-up and costumes until he graduated from High School.
Although his sights were still on Hollywood, at his father's insistence, he applied and was accepted into Oklahoma State University as a theatre arts major in 1975 after graduating from Atoka High School. Working with props and make-up for various productions, Matthew eagerly absorbed the educational tools being given.
Matthew finally arrived in Hollywood in December 1977 after applying and being accepted into Joe Blasco's Make-up Center - the premier academy responsible for training many of the film and television industry's elite Make-up Artists. "From the very beginning, Matthew showed exceptional talent!" claims Blasco, whose own career as a top make-up artist turned educator, has been instrumental in graduating Academy Award winners. "I instinctively knew that Matthew had what it takes to become a success in this business. His dedication to the art form and rapid ability to master the craft led me to hire him as an instructor following his graduation from my school in 1978. He stayed on-staff as a teacher until his own popularity as a working make-up artist became too demanding."
Matthew credits Joe Blasco with his professional start & as mentor in the industry. "I was a sponge, absorbing every ounce of knowledge I could. Whether learning the techniques of beauty make-up or casting molds and working with prosthetics, I wanted to be as versatile as I could". Today, Matthew is a veteran voice to up-and-coming artists hoping to find their own niche in the industry. "If you want to be a working make-up artist, then you should learn and perfect all areas of the craft".
Matthew's professional career began on low-budget projects such as The Dorm That Dripped Blood, The Kindred, War Party, The Guardian & Navy Seals which taught him to think quickly on his feet and how to be a great department head Make-up Artist. Matthew joined I.A. Local 706 in the summer of 1989 and passed his test to become a Journeyman Make-up Artist in early 1990. His first major film was working with Ve Neil on Edward Scissorhands in 1990. Matthew has accumulated an impressive list of credits and an equally impressive genre of box office successes including: Bram Stoker's Dracula, earning him an Oscar in 1992 with Michelle Burke & Greg Cannom; Schindler's List, giving him another nomination in 1993 with Christina Smith & Judy Cory; creating Arnold's pregnancy stomach in the comedy spoof Junior; tackling special make-up effects for Outbreak, Congo, Primal Fear, and aging James Woods to 72 in Ghosts of Mississippi, which earned Deborah Lamia Denaver & him his 3rd Oscar nomination in 1996. His transformation of Glenn Close and Janet McTeer in Albert Nobbs earned Lynn Johnson, Martial Corneville & him his fourth Oscar nomination in 2011.
Matthew's expertise in prosthetic aging & character make-up created a vast field of job opportunities in both film and TV --- HBO's Citizen Cohn, starring James Woods and earning him his first Emmy in 1993 along with Deborah Lamia Denaver, Lynne Eagan & John Jackson. Another nomination followed in 1997 for Miss Evers' Boys. Two more nominations were earned in 1998 --- TNT's Wallace and ABC's Oliver Twist and in 1999 for his work on TNT's Houdini. In 2000, Matthew was one of the first recipient of Local 706's first annual Guild Make-up and Hair Award for his work on ABC's The Beat Goes On.
In 2000, Matthew was hired on X-Files for special make-up and prosthetic designs. A coup to his already long list of credits, Matthew entered the show's 8th season and promptly won an Emmy in 2001 for the episode, Dead Alive. Shortly after the X-Files series ended Matthew was hired to work on CBS's C.S.I. Miami and Presidio Med. Even with a demanding schedule, Matthew found time to work on TNT's Door-to-Door, which earned him an Emmy in 2003. In 2006, Matthew took home his fourth Emmy for his work in HBO's final episode of Six Feet Under and in 2008, Matthew earned his fifth & sixth Emmy for Tracey Ullman's State of the Union and John Adams. To date Matthew has been honored with 26 Emmy nominations. Matthew finished his 11-year run creating graphic make-up effects for C.S.I. Las Vegas (CBS) in July 2015. With a full film and TV schedule, Matthew continued his work on NCIS (CBS) & Salem (WGN).
His impressive list of film credits include such box office hits as creating Brendan Fraser's many character looks in Bedazzled, Pay it Forward with Kevin Spacey, Red Dragon, Daredevil, Anchorman, The Punisher, House of D with Robin Williams, Skeleton Key, Polar Express, The Omen, X-Men:The Last Stand, Midnight Meat Train, The Bucket List, Inception, The Tempest, The Change-Up, What to Expect When You're Expecting and Lee Daniel's THE Butler aging Forest Whitaker and Oprah Winfrey along with creating historical Presidents on well-known Actors with the talent assistants of Douglas Noe.
One of Matthew's many creative challenges started in 2003 with the hit Broadway show Wicked, producing the prosthetic face masks and prosthetics for the production's various characters. Balancing his film and TV projects, Matthew continued his work for the show's Broadway production & U.S. tours.
In 1999, Matthew conducted a 3-day seminar on advanced prosthetics for Screen Training Ireland in Dublin and in June 2000 was a featured guest lecturer aboard the Q.E.II during a cross-Atlantic vacation from South Hampton, England to New York.
He's appeared on a wide variety of TV shows including Discovery Channel's Mega Movie Magic where he aged a 12-year-old girl into an 80-year-old woman! BBC's Talk of the Town, a highly rated and popular London-based magazine shows. He has been interviewed for Turner Entertainment Report, E! Entertainment News, The Morning Show, FX Dailies, CNN, Good Day L.A. and Japan's CH. 5 News Networks. His interviews can also be seen on the behind-the-scenes trailer for the 8th and 9th season episodes of X-Files for video and DVD release, CSI behind-the-scenes on DVD release and, Inside Edition, Entertainment Tonight & CBS Sunday Morning. Matthew and his Husband of 41 years, John Jackson, closed their North Hollywood studio/lab in May of 2017 in and moved to Lago Vista, Texas outside Austin to retire. Matthew has set up a smaller studio in an old police station and after 40 years as a Professional Make-up Artist, continues to create prosthetic designs for Glenn Close, Robert De Niro & Tracey Ullman. He conducts educational seminars at Brick in the Yard in Dallas, Texas and contributed to the 3rd addition of Todd Debreceni's Special Make-up Effects book. He also contributed to the newest, 11th edition, Richard Corson's Stage Make-up Book (Matthew learned from when he was young) and shared over 20 different step by step procedures to the 470 page book with Jim Glavan. The book won the USITT 2021 Oscar G Brockett Golden Pen Award for significant publications in the field of design, technology and management.
In the spring of 2019, Glenn Close called Matthew to design and create the prosthetics for her character as Mamaw on the critically acclaimed Ron Howard film Hillbilly Elegy (2020). The prosthetics were applied on set by Eryn Mekash Kruger and Jamie Hess.Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling: Hillbilly Elegy (2020)- Set Decorator
- Art Department
- Production Designer
Karen O'Hara is known for Alice in Wonderland (2010), Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020) and Ad Astra (2019).Best Achievement in Production Design: Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020) (set decoration)- Producer
- Actor
- Additional Crew
David Parfitt was born in 1958 in Durham, Co. Durham, England, UK. He is a producer and actor, known for Shakespeare in Love (1998), The Father (2020) and Much Ado About Nothing (1993).Best Motion Picture of the Year: The Father (2020)- Sound Department
- Additional Crew
David Parker was born in 1951. He is known for The Bourne Ultimatum (2007), Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017) and The English Patient (1996).Best Sound: Mank (2020), Soul (2020)- Set Decorator
- Art Department
- Art Director
Best Achievement in Production Design: Mank (2020) (set decoration)- Producer
- Actor
- Executive
Marc Platt was born on 14 April 1957 in Pikesville, Maryland, USA. He is a producer and actor, known for La La Land (2016), Cruella (2021) and The Girl on the Train (2016). He has been married to Julie Beren since 1 July 1979. They have five children.Best Motion Picture of the Year: The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)- Sound Department
- Composer
- Producer
Mike Prestwood Smith is known for Casino Royale (2006), Captain Phillips (2013) and The Hunger Games (2012).Best Sound: News of the World (2020)- Sound Department
- Actor
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
John Pritchett Is known for his work as a production sound mixer on movies including Dirty Dancing, Avengers, Endgame, The Road to Perdition and News of the World. He also has credits as an actor and assistant director. He also received the Career Lifetime Achievement Award from the CAS. He has retired in 2021 with over 125 credits over 42 years.Best Sound: News of the World (2020)- Actor
- Writer
- Producer
Paul Raci is an American actor best known for his role as Joe in the Sound of Metal (2020) directed by Darius Marder, starring opposite Riz Ahmed and Olivia Cooke. Paul can also be seen in many TV shows including Baskets opposite Zach Galifinakis, Goliath opposite Billy Bob Thornton and Parks and Recreations opposite Amy Poehler.
Paul was born and raised in Chicago by Deaf parents and is fluent in American Sign Language. While in Chicago, he honed his acting chops at the local theaters and was a founding member of The Immediate Theater Company, where he was nominated for a Jefferson Award for their production of Children of a Lesser God. He also trained at Second City and has worked with several improvisation companies.
In Los Angeles, he has performed in over 12 productions with the locally acclaimed, Deaf West Theater including Of Mice and Men, Medea, Equus, A Christmas Carol, and most recently the acclaimed, award winning production of David Mamet's American Buffalo in ASL.
A Vietnam veteran, Paul is also a musician and singer with the band Hands of Doom an ASL rock, Black Sabbath Tribute band where Paul dazzles his audience with his outstanding, raw vocals and outrageously artful ASL. Paul has been married for years to Liz Hanley Raci. They have one daughter, Britta, who is also a singer, songwriter with the Indie Band It's Butter.Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role: Sound of Metal (2019)- Producer
- Animation Department
- Additional Crew
Kori Rae is known for Monsters University (2013), Onward (2020) and The Incredibles (2004). She has been married to Darla K. Anderson since 2008. She was previously married to Darla K. Anderson.Best Animated Feature Film: Onward (2020)- Composer
- Actor
- Music Department
Trent Reznor is an American songwriter/musician/producer and sole member of multi-platinum act Nine Inch Nails, and now an Academy Award, Emmy and Grammy Award winning film composer. He began creating music as a child in Western Pennsylvania, first on piano and then taking up other instruments. He eventually moved to Cleveland, OH where he took a job at a local recording studio as an assistant engineer/janitor, recording his own material during unused studio time.
Those recordings became the first Nine Inch Nails album, 1989's Pretty Hate Machine. NIN soon developed a reputation as one of the best live acts in rock and joined the inaugural Lollapalooza tour in 1991. The Broken EP followed in 1992, garnering NIN's first Grammy Award (NIN has received twelve Grammy nominations and won two awards). In 1994, the breakthrough album The Downward Spiral was released and featured the radio hits "Closer" and "Hurt." The controversial music video for "Closer" was directed by Mark Romanek and is considered among the best music videos of all time having won various awards (it is one of the few music videos included in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City). NIN's mud-covered appearance that Summer at Woodstock 1994 is now legendary. Also released that year was the Reznor produced soundtrack to Oliver Stone's Natural Born Killers (1994). He returned to film 3 years later, producing the soundtrack for David Lynch's Lost Highway (1997). In 1997, Reznor appeared on Time magazine's most influential people list, and Spin magazine named him "the most vital artist in music."
Five years later NIN's next album, The Fragile, was released - the double album debuted at number one. In 2002, "Hurt" was covered by Johnny Cash to critical acclaim; it was one of Cash's final hit releases before his death. NIN's next album, With Teeth, also reached number one in 2005 as did the single "The Hand That Feeds." Reznor broke new ground by posting the single's source tracks as a free download for fans to edit/remix/sample as they pleased and creating an online community for fans to share their creations. David Fincher directed the video for "Only," With Teeth's second single.
The concept album Year Zero was released in 2007 alongside an accompanying ARG (alternate reality game). Conceived by Trent Reznor and assisted in execution by 42 Entertainment, the ARG progressed through the album release and beyond, featuring no less than 29 websites, hidden messages within NIN merchandise, recordings and bar codes, hot lines, flier and poster campaigns, and even resistance cell "meetings" organized via calls made to pre-paid cell phones distributed to participants. Within two months, the ARG amassed 2.5 million cumulative site visits, 7.5 million cumulative page views and 2 million phone calls. Reznor has developed Year Zero into an HBO/BBC mini-series.
In 2008, free of contractual obligations, NIN released Ghosts I-IV, a 36-track instrumental album, NIN's first independent release. Soon after, a new studio album, The Slip, was released as a free digital download alongside a simple message: "Thank you for your continued and loyal support over the years - this one's on me" - TR (In less than a year, it exceeded 1.8M downloads). Ghosts I-IV and The Slip were both released under Creative Commons licenses allowing extensive use of the material within independent film projects. Following these two releases, NIN embarked on the acclaimed Lights In The Sky Tour featuring groundbreaking production effects, layering and programming that allowed the performers to interact and control aspects of the show's visuals. The tour was recognized by the industry as one of the top-ten most creative tours of all time.
Over the course of his career, Reznor has also collected countless production and remix credits including collaborations with David Bowie, producing Saul Williams and the discovery and production of Marilyn Manson.
In 2010, Reznor composed his first film score; for David Fincher's masterwork The Social Network (2010). The score won the Academy Award for best score and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score. Additionally, he received a Critics' Choice Movie Award and a Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for best score. He also scored Fincher's next film, the highly anticipated The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011).
In addition to his continued work in Nine Inch Nails, Reznor is recording new music as a member of the group How to Destroy Angels.Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score): Mank (2020), Soul (2020)- Production Designer
- Art Department
- Art Director
Mark Ricker was born in North Carolina, USA. He is a production designer and art director, known for Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020), The Help (2011) and Julie & Julia (2009).Best Achievement in Production Design: Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020) (production design)- Costume Designer
- Costume and Wardrobe Department
- Actress
Ann Roth was born on 30 October 1931 in Hanover, Pennsylvania, USA. She is a costume designer and actress, known for Barbie (2023), Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020) and The English Patient (1996).Best Achievement in Costume Design: Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020)- Producer
- Writer
- Additional Crew
Mr. Roth won an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for Forrest Gump & has been nominated for his screenplays of The Insider, Munich, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, A Star is Born, & Dune. He wrote Mr. Kurosawa's Rhapsody in August, The Horse Whisperer, Ali, & Best Picture Nominee, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. He was a producer of the Best Picture Nominee Mank. He received the WGA Laurel Award for Lifetime Achievement.Best Motion Picture of the Year: Mank (2020)- Additional Crew
- Producer
- Art Department
Dan Scanlon joined Pixar Animation Studios in September 2001 as a storyboard artist on Pixar's award-winning feature films "Cars" and "Toy Story 3." During the initial production stages for both films, he worked closely with the directors to bring their ideas to the screen.
Scanlon went on to co-direct the original short film, "Mater and the Ghostlight," which is included as one of the bonus features on the "Cars" DVD. In addition to his work at Pixar, Scanlon simultaneously wrote and directed the live action film "Tracy," released in 2009.
Scanlon made his animated feature directorial debut in 2013 with "Monsters University," which grossed over $738.9 million worldwide at the box office, and received the 2013 "Hollywood Animation Award" from the Hollywood Film Awards. Scanlon's latest Pixar feature, "Onward," releases March 6, 2020.
In his role as Vice President, Creative, Scanlon is involved in key creative decision-making at the studio and consults on films in both development and production. Scanlon will serve as the Executive Producer on two upcoming unannounced Pixar films.
As a child growing up in Clawson, Michigan, Scanlon possessed a love for Warner Bros. cartoons, animated Disney films, and as fate would have it, Pixar short films. His passion inspired him to study film and animation in high school and in college, where he focused on illustration at Columbus College of Art and Design (CCAD).
Upon graduating from CCAD, Scanlon began working as an animator and story artist for Character Builders, a 2D animation company that produced feature and commercial work in Columbus, Ohio.Best Animated Feature Film: Onward (2020)- Visual Effects
- Special Effects
- Actor
Best Achievement in Visual Effects: Love and Monsters (2020)- Writer
- Producer
- Actor
Aaron Sorkin grew up in Scarsdale, a suburb of New York City where he was very involved in his high school drama and theater club. After graduating from Syracuse University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theater, Sorkin intended to pursue a career in acting. It took him only a short time to realize that his true love, and his true talent, lay in writing. His first play, "Removing All Doubt", was not an immediate success, but his second play, "Hidden in This Picture", debuted in 1988 at the West Bank Cafe Downstairs Theater Bar. A longer version of "Hidden in This Picture", called "Making Movies", opened at the Promenade Theater in 1990. Despite his youth and relative inexperience, Sorkin was about to break into the spotlight. In 1989, he received the prestigious Outer Critics Circle award as Outstanding American Playwright for the stage version of A Few Good Men (1992), which was later nominated for a Golden Globe. The idea for the plot of "A Few Good Men" came from a conversation with his older sister, Deborah. Deborah was a Navy Judge Advocate General lawyer sent to Guantanamo Bay on a case involving Marines accused of killing a fellow Marine. Deborah told Aaron of the case and he spent the next year and a half writing a Broadway play, which later led to the movie. Sorkin has gone on to write for many movies and TV shows. Besides A Few Good Men (1992), he has written The American President (1995) and Malice (1993), as well as cooperating on Enemy of the State (1998), The Rock (1996) and Excess Baggage (1997). In addition, he was invited by Steven Spielberg to "polish" the script of Schindler's List (1993). Sorkin's TV credits include the Golden Globe-nominated The West Wing (1999) and Sports Night (1998).Best Original Screenplay: The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020) (writer)- Producer
- Actor
Peter Spears is an actor and filmmaker, best known for winning an Oscar for producing "Nomadland" (2021) at the 93rd Academy Awards. The film also won the BAFTA, Golden Globe, PGA Award, and the Golden Lion at the 2021 Venice Film Festival. Spears also produced the critically acclaimed film "Call Me By Your Name" (2017), and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. He directed the underground cult-favorite short film "Ernest and Bertram", and developed the television series "Nightmare Café" and "John from Cincinnati".
As an actor, Spears has appeared in films such as "Call Me By Your Name", "Something's Gotta Give", "The Opposite of Sex", and "Father of the Bride Part II", as well as several television series, including "Friends" and "E.R". He was most recently seen in the film "Sublet", directed by Eytan Fox.
In 2020, Spears founded his own production company, Cor Cordium. The company has multiple projects in development across film and television, including the upcoming "Bones and All", which reunites Spears with filmmaker Luca Guadagnino and Timothée Chalamet.Best Motion Picture of the Year: Nomadland (2020)- Make-Up Department
- Additional Crew
Kimberley Spiteri is known for The Last Samurai (2003), Mank (2020) and G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009).Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling: Mank (2020)- Set Decorator
- Art Department
- Producer
Diana Stoughton is known for Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020), I Am Number Four (2011) and Striking Distance (1993).Best Achievement in Production Design: Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020) (set decoration)- Costume Designer
- Costume and Wardrobe Department
- Actress
Trish Summerville is known for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013), The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023) and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011).Best Achievement in Costume Design: Mank (2020)- Producer
- Actor
- Manager
Douglas Urbanski was born on 17 February 1957 in Somerville, New Jersey, USA. He is a producer and actor, known for The Social Network (2010), Darkest Hour (2017) and Mank (2020). He is married to Diane Wilk.Best Motion Picture of the Year: Mank (2020)- Director
- Writer
- Actor
With Sidste omgang (1993) (Last Round), his graduation short from The National Film School of Denmark, Thomas Vinterberg got an early taste of critical success. He received the Jury's and Producers' Awards at the International Student Film Fest in Munich and won the 1st Prize at the Tel Aviv Film Fest. Popular success followed with his breakthrough short fiction film, Drengen der gik baglæns (1995), about a boy, who - after the death of his brother - discovers he can turn back time by walking backwards. This poetic short film was followed the reckless and fast-paced thriller, The Biggest Heroes (1996).
Vinterberg is one of the founding "brothers" of dogme95, a set of rules dedicated to reintroducing the element of risk in filmmaking. The Celebration (1998) was not only his first Dogme95 project it was also his first international success. With this movie he "penetrated a layer of evil and abomination [he'd] never been to before" (according to an interview by Bo Green Jensen for Weekend Avisen). The story revolves around Family patriarch Helge Klingenfeldt Hansen, celebrating his 60th birthday. In a speech the eldest son addresses his father, supposedly to honor him, only to reveal the father's darkest secret. Among other international prizes, Vinterberg received the Prix du Jury of the Cannes International Film Festival.
His feature, It's All About Love (2003), is a departure from the dogme95 project. It is the story of John (Joaquin Phoenix) and Elena (Claire Danes), whose marriage has fallen apart. Their troubled relationship is reflected in their surroundings as Vinterberg attempts to create a parallel between the chaos of the world and the chaos inside the characters.
Back in his homeland, Thomas Vinterberg nevertheless sticks to the English language. His Dear Wendy (2005), written by Lars von Trier, is a fierce attack against America's obsession with weapons. In 2007, Vinterberg returns to Danish with When a Man Comes Home (2007) whose subject (a singer comes home to the town he left behind) is appropriate to the circumstances. Vinterberg strikes hard with his next two works, Submarino (2010), the gloomy story of two brothers who try to cope with their depressing everyday lives and The Hunt (2012), the shocking tale of a man who falls prey to a madding crowd. It was no surprise to anyone that his next project was a new adaptation of a Thomas Hardy novel with Far from the Madding Crowd (2015).Best Achievement in Directing: Another Round (2020)- Special Effects
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- Set Decorator
Best Achievement in Visual Effects: The Midnight Sky (2020)- Beloved by audiences around the world, Youn Yuh-Jung's a legendary actress who has starred in many of Korea's most revered films & TV shows in a career that spans 5 decades. After winning Korea's Blue Dragon Award for best actress in her film debut as the country girl turned femme fatale in 1971's Woman of Fire (part of director Kim Ki-Young's iconic Housemaid trilogy), she quit acting in her prime to immigrate to the U.S. A decade later, she returned to Korea & mounted a comeback, continuing to shatter conventions as well earn acclaim in such films such as A Good Lawyer's Wife, The Taste of Money & as a senior prostitute in The Bacchus Lady. Since her humble beginnings, she has taken on memorable roles in over 80 TV shows & close to 30 feature films, winning countless awards. Fluent in Korean & English, she's not only a force to be reckoned w/ on screen, but also in fashion as she's considered a style icon in Korea.
Critically acclaimed for her role as the feisty & unconventional grandmother Soonja in "Minari", her other recent American credits include the Wachowski's Sense8 as the maternal convict serving life, Min-Jung & the upcoming series Pachinko for Apple.Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role: Minari (2020) - Producer
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- Writer
Sofia Sondervan is an Oscar nominated film producer who has produced for ContentFilm, Pressman Film Corp, Sony Music and most recently Dutch Tilt Film. She has been nominated for an Oscar for The Letter Room, A NAACP award and Golden Globe for Cadillac Records and won a Black Reel award for the same film. She graduated from NYU Tisch School of the Arts where she directed several short films.Best Live Action Short Film: The Letter Room (2020)- Producer
- Director
- Writer
Ramin Bahrani was born on 20 March 1975 in North Carolina, USA. He is a producer and director, known for 99 Homes (2014), The White Tiger (2021) and Man Push Cart (2005).Best Adapted Screenplay: The White Tiger (2021) (screenwriter)- Sound Department
- Composer
- Actor
David has been involved in sound recording from the age of 14, when he fist stepped into a recording studio in London. Since then he has always been fascinated by the medium of sound. At age 20 while working for a small film company in London and studying sound acoustics and dynamics at the North London Polytechnic University, he was thrust into production audio recording when the scheduled sound mixer fell ill just days before a location shoot in Norway. Presented with a Nagra, a time-code slate and a boom mic by the director he went on to record several documentaries for the company both in the UK and abroad. After a 12 year hiatus from film life he returned to his craft in Los Angeles in 1996. Working with several sound mixers he became an indispensable boom operator and utility on commercials, documentaries and short films. In 2001 he began in earnest to work solely as a sound mixer and by 2002 landed his first major motion picture. The Haunted Mansion starring Eddie Murphy. After 10 years working in Los Angeles, David moved to New Orleans to seek better opportunities in Feature Films. From 22 Jump Street through The Big Short his reputation grew. Award nominations for Deepwater Horizon added to his repertoire. Now with such great movies and TV dramas such as Greyhound and Your Honor he continues to work and contribute to the industry as one of the premier sound mixers today.Best Sound: Greyhound (2020)- Visual Effects
- Animation Department
Greg Fisher is known for Alien vs. Predator (2004), The Count of Monte Cristo (2002) and Guardians of the Galaxy (2014).Best Achievement in Visual Effects: The One and Only Ivan (2020)- Actress
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Amanda Seyfried was born and raised in Allentown, Pennsylvania, to Ann (Sander), an occupational therapist, and Jack Seyfried, a pharmacist. She is of German, and some English and Scottish, ancestry. She began modeling when she was eleven, and acted in high school productions as well as taking singing lessons.
More soap work followed as she completed her schooling and had already secured a place at Fordham University when she was offered a role in the Tina Fey-penned teen comedy Mean Girls (2004). She deferred her university education to complete the film. More television work followed, raising her profile across America, while her appearances in Mamma Mia! (2008) and Red Riding Hood (2011) helped establish her international fame.Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role: Mank (2020)- Producer
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Erica Rivinoja is known for Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (2020), The Last Man on Earth (2015) and Trolls (2016). She has been married to Jacques Neelankavil since 2008. They have two children.Best Adapted Screenplay: Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (2020) (screenplay)- Producer
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Tomm Moore was born on 7 January 1977 in Newry, Northern Ireland, UK. He is a producer and writer, known for Wolfwalkers (2020), Song of the Sea (2014) and The Secret of Kells (2009). He is married to Liselott Olofsson. They have one child.Best Animated Feature Film: Wolfwalkers (2020)- Cinematographer
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Member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Documentary Branch). Oscar/Emmy/IDA-Nominated Director Skye Fitzgerald recently directed The Humanitarian Trilogy: HUNGER WARD (2021 Academy Award® Nominee) documents the impact of the war and famine in Yemen on children, families, and health care workers. LIFEBOAT (2019 Academy Award® Nominee) highlights search and rescue operations off the coast of Libya. 50 FEET FROM SYRIA (2016 Oscar® Shortlist) focuses on doctors working on the Syrian border. Fitzgerald is an honorary member of SAMS (Syrian American Medical Society) for his work with Syrian refugees and a Distinguished Alumnus at his alma mater EOU for documentary work. As a Fulbright Research Scholar Fitzgerald directed the film Bombhunters and has worked with the Sundance Institute, the U.S. Institute of Peace, the State Department and Mountainfilm.Best Documentary Short Subject: Hunger Ward (2020)- Visual Effects
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Best Achievement in Visual Effects: The Midnight Sky (2020)