FINAL 2022 Oscar Predictions in all 23 categories
The time has come. The guilds have spoken. The show is tomorrow. Here are my final Oscar predictions for the 94th Academy Awards. Click on the category title for the full breakdown.
Prediction: The Power of the Dog (Netflix)
Jane Campion, Tanya Seghatchian, Emile Sherman, Iain Canning and Roger Frappier, Producers
Spoiler: CODA (Apple Original Films)
Philippe Rousselet, Fabrice Gianfermi and Patrick Wachsberger, Producers
Prediction: Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog (Netflix)
Spoiler: Kenneth Branagh – Belfast (Focus Features)
Prediction: Will Smith – King Richard (Warner Bros/HBO Max)
Spoiler: Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power of the Dog (Netflix)
Prediction: Jessica Chastain – The Eyes of Tammy Faye (Searchlight Pictures)
Spoiler: Penélope Cruz – Parallel Mothers (Sony Pictures Classics)
Prediction: Troy Kotsur – CODA (Apple Original Films)
Spoiler: Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Power of the Dog (Netflix)
Prediction: Ariana DeBose – West Side Story (20th Century Studios)
Spoiler: Kirsten Dunst – The Power of the Dog (Netflix)
Prediction: The Power of the Dog – Jane Campion (Netflix)
Spoiler: CODA – Siân Heder (Apple Original Films)
Prediction: Belfast – Kenneth Branagh (Focus Features)
Spoiler: Don’t Look Up – Adam McKay, David Sirota (Netflix)
Prediction: Dune (Warner Bros/HBO Max)
Joe Walker
Spoiler: The Power of the Dog (Netflix)
Peter Sciberras
Prediction: The Power of the Dog (Netflix)
Ari Wegner
Spoiler: Dune (Warner Bros/HBO Max)
Greig Fraser
Prediction: Nightmare Alley (Searchlight Pictures)
Production Design: Tamara Deverell; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau
Spoiler: Dune (Warner Bros/HBO Max)
Production Design: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Zsuzsanna Sipos
Prediction: Cruella (Walt Disney)
Jenny Beavan
Spoiler: Dune (Warner Bros/HBO Max)
Jacqueline West and Robert Morgan
Prediction: Dune (Warner Bros/HBO Max)
Hans Zimmer
Spoiler: The Power of the Dog (Netflix)
Jonny Greenwood
Prediction: “No Time to Die” from No Time to Die (MGM/UAR)
Music and Lyric by Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell
Spoiler: “Dos Oruguitas” from Encanto (Walt Disney)
Music and Lyric by Lin-Manuel Miranda
Prediction: Dune (Warner Bros/HBO Max)
Mac Ruth, Mark Mangini, Theo Green, Doug Hemphill and Ron Bartlett
Spoiler: No Time to Die (MGM/UAR)
Simon Hayes, Oliver Tarney, James Harrison, Paul Massey and Mark Taylor
Prediction: The Eyes of Tammy Faye (Searchlight Pictures)
Linda Dowds, Stephanie Ingram and Justin Raleigh
Spoiler: Dune (Warner Bros/HBO Max)
Donald Mowat, Love Larson and Eva von Bahr
Prediction: Dune (Warner Bros/HBO Max)
Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, Brian Connor and Gerd Nefzer
Spoiler: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (Walt Disney/Marvel Studios)
Christopher Townsend, Joe Farrell, Sean Noel Walker and Dan Oliver
Prediction: Encanto (Walt Disney)
Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Yvett Merino and Clark Spencer
Spoiler: The Mitchells vs the Machines (Netflix)
Mike Rianda, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Kurt Albrecht
Prediction: Summer of Soul (Searchlight Pictures/Hulu)
Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, Joseph Patel, Robert Fyvolent and David Dinerstein
Spoiler: Flee (NEON)
Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Monica Hellström, Signe Byrge Sørensen and Charlotte De La Gournerie
Prediction: Drive My Car (Japan)
Spoiler: The Worst Person in the World (Norway)
Prediction: Robin Robin (Netflix)
Spoiler: Boxballet (Melnitsa Animation Studio)
Prediction: The Queen of Basketball (The New York Times)
Spoiler: Audible (Netflix)
Prediction: The Long Goodbye (WePresent)
Spoiler: Ala Kachuu – Take and Run (Salaud Morisset)
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