The 95th Academy Award Nominations have been released, and as usual, there are some noteworthy nominations of interest to the Science Fiction and Fantasy world. Here are the nominees.
- AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER – Best Picture, Production Design, Sound, Visual Effects
- THE BATMAN – Sound, Visual Effects, Makeup & Hairstyling
- BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER – Supporting Actress Angela Bassett, Costume Design, Makeup & Hairstyling, Music (Original Song) “Lift Me Up,” Visual Effects
- EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE – Best Picture, Directing Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Writing (Original Screenplay) Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Lead Actress Michelle Yeoh, Supporting Actor Ke Huy Quan, Supporting Actress Jamie Lee Curtis, Supporting Actress Stephanie Hsu, Costume Design, Film Editing, Music (Original Score), Music (Original Song) “This Is A Life”
- THE FABELMANS [Fictionalized autobio of Steven Spielberg] – Best Picture, Directing Steven Spielberg, Music (Original Score) John Williams, Writing (Original Screenplay) Steven Spielberg & Tony Kushner, Supporting Actor Judd Hirsch, Supporting Actress Michelle Williams, Production Design
- GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO – Animated Feature Film
- MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON- Animated Feature Film
- PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH- Animated Feature Film
- THE SEA BEAST- Animated Feature Film
- TURNING RED – Animated Feature Film
It’s also worth noting that last week at the Critic’s Choice Awards, the Michelle Yeoh film Everything, Everywhere All at Once walked away with five awards. The Critic’s Choice Awards are generally regarded as the best bellweather of Academy Awards winners later in the awards season.
To summarize, the nominations for the 95th Annual Academy Awards for our favorite genre tallied up as follows:
- Best Picture: 3
- Supporting performers: 5
- Lead Performer: 1
- Directing: 2
- Writing: 2
- Original songs: 2
- John Williams score: 1
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It’s interesting to me how the attention paid to science fiction has changed. It used to be science fiction was seen as something primarily for “teenage boys and young men.”
But one of my much older relatives was a “typical grandmother” who was quiet and polite and helpful and cooked and cleaned–and subscribed to one of the early science fiction magazines.
And computers were the domain of men–except that many of the early computer coders were actually women,
I’m glad we’re moving to where a person can be considered a person, and not crammed into a stereotypical box. We aren’t quite there yet, but I think we’re headed in that direction!