2021 Oscar Predictions: PRODUCTION DESIGN (November)

Emma. makes her debut in Production Design this month, pushing Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom down into other contenders. The Personal History of David Copperfield climbs up two spots but there could be room for the Oscar-nominated duo behind George Clooney’s space drama The Midnight Sky. Mank and Mulan hold strong.

Coming 2 America will now debut on Amazon Prime Video on March 5, 2021, putting outside of the eligibility period for this season’s awards. Death on the Nile was pulled from Warner Bros’ release schedule with no word on when or where it will reappear.

Green – moves up; Red – moves down; Blue – new entry this month

1. Mank (Netflix)
Donald Graham Burt (production designer), Jan Pascale (set decorator)

2. Mulan (Walt Disney Pictures)
Grant Major (production designer), Anne Kuljian (set decorator)

3. The Personal History of David Copperfield (Searchlight Pictures)
Cristina Casali (production designer), Charlotte Dirickx (set decorator)

4. News of the World (Universal Pictures)
David Crank (production designer), Elizabeth Keenan (set decorator)

5. Emma. (Focus Features)
Kave Quinn (production designer), Stella Fox (set decorations)

Other Contenders (alphabetical)

Ammonite (Neon)
Sarah Finlay (production designer), Sophie Hervieu (set decorator)

Cinderella (Sony Pictures)
Paul Kirby (production designer), Kathryn Pile (set decorators)

Da 5 Bloods (Netflix)
Wynn Thomas (production designer), Jeanette Scott (set decorator)

Judas and the Black Messiah (Warner Bros)
Sam Lisenco (production designer), Rebecca Brown (set decorator)

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Netflix)
Mark Ricker (production designer), Karen O’Hara and Diana Stoughton (set decorators)

The Midnight Sky (Netflix)
Jim Bissell (production designer), John Bush (set decorator)

One Night in Miami… (Amazon Studios)
Page Buckner (production designer), Janessa Hitsman (set decorator)

The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Netflix)
Shane Valentino (production designer), Andrew Baseman (set decorator)

The United States vs. Billie Holiday (Paramount Pictures)
Daniel T. Dorrance (production designer), Pascale Deschênes (set decorator)

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