Frontrunner Friday Oscar predictions: A Field day

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Still a deadly quiet week in the awards landscape with a few late straggler critics’ groups announcing (London and Black Reel) but no guilds or industry just yet as the Santa Barbara International Film Festival just kicked off yesterday, one of the big awards pit stops of the season before things finally kick into gear.

While we’re simmering, I was wondering…is Todd Field able to upset The Daniels or Martin McDonagh in Best Director? It might not seem so at first glance but let’s consider a few things; the last five DGA winners also won one of the trifecta critics’ awards (LAFCA/NYFCC/NSFC) and only Field did that of the five Oscar nominees we have. Then there’s this; with the exception of Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite, every director winner’s film since 2007 has also been nominated in cinematography and again, only Field’s TÁR fits that bill. The path for Field in Best Director isn’t an easy one though; while he’s secured crucial BAFTA and DGA nominations, missing the Globe might have an historical impact. Excluding years of winners-only announcements, only twice ever has the Best Director Oscar winner not been Globe-nominated first (George Roy Hill for 1973’s The Sting, which also won Best Picture, and Roman Polanski for 2002’s The Pianist). While the reality of the impact of Globe history isn’t something I’d necessarily hang my hat on, it is a piece of the puzzle that adds and complicates this pre-DGA/BAFTA guessing game just a bit. But TÁR is in a unique place among Best Picture nominees in terms of its six-nomination breakdown as the only film with directing, acting, writing, editing and cinematography nods under its belt. Not even Everything Everywhere All At Once or The Banshees of Inisherin, with their respective 11 and 9 nominations, can say that.

We’ll have the Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists (MUAH) guild awards tomorrow night then next week the Set Decorators Society of America (SDSA), The Society of Composers and Lyricists (SCL) and Visual Effects Society (VES) before the big guns next weekend: DGA and BAFTA.

Here are my Frontrunner Friday Oscar predictions for the 95th Academy Awards for Friday, February 10, 2023.

BEST PICTURE

1. Everything Everywhere All at Once (A24) – BAFTA, CCA, GG, PGA, SAG
Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert and Jonathan Wang, Producers
2. The Banshees of Inisherin (Searchlight Pictures) – BAFTA, CCA, GG, PGA, SAG
Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin and Martin McDonagh, Producers
3. TÁR (Focus Features) – BAFTA, CCA, GG, PGA
Todd Field, Alexandra Milchan and Scott Lambert, Producers
4. The Fabelmans (Universal Pictures) – CCA, GG, PGA, SAG
Kristie Macosko Krieger, Steven Spielberg and Tony Kushner, Producers
5. Elvis (Warner Bros) – BAFTA, CCA, GG, PGA
Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Martin, Gail Berman, Patrick McCormick and Schuyler Weiss, Producers
6. All Quiet on the Western Front (Netflix) – BAFTA
Malte Grunert, Producer
7. Triangle of Sadness (NEON) – GG
Erik Hemmendorff and Philippe Bober, Producers
8. Top Gun: Maverick (Paramount Pictures) – CCA, GG, PGA
Tom Cruise, Christopher McQuarrie, David Ellison and Jerry Bruckheimer, Producers
9. Women Talking (United Artists Releasing/Orion Pictures) – SAG
Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner and Frances McDormand, Producers
10. Avatar: The Way of Water (20th Century Studios) – CCA, GG, PGA
James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers

DIRECTING

1. Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All At Once (A24) – BAFTA, CCA, GG, DGA
2. Martin McDonagh – The Banshees of Inisherin (Searchlight Pictures) – BAFTA, CCA, GG, DGA
3. Todd Field – TÁR (Focus Features) – BAFTA, CCA, DGA
4. Steven Spielberg – The Fabelmans (Universal Pictures) – CCA, GG, DGA
5. Ruben Östlund – Triangle of Sadness (NEON)

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

1. Brendan Fraser – The Whale (A24) – BAFTA, CCA, GG, SAG
2. Austin Butler – Elvis (Warner Bros) – BAFTA, CCA, GG, SAG
3. Colin Farrell – The Banshees of Inisherin (Searchlight Pictures) – BAFTA, CCA, GG, SAG
4. Bill Nighy – Living (Sony Pictures Classics) – BAFTA, CCA, GG, SAG
5. Paul Mescal – Aftersun (A24) – BAFTA, CCA

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

1. Cate Blanchett – TÁR (Focus Features) – BAFTA, CCA, GG, SAG
2. Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All At Once (A24) – BAFTA, CCA, GG, SAG
3. Andrea Riseborough – To Leslie (Momentum Pictures)
4. Michelle Williams – The Fabelmans (Universal Pictures) – CCA, GG
5. Ana de Armas – Blonde (Netflix) – BAFTA, GG, SAG

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

1. Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All At Once (A24) – BAFTA, CCA, GG, SAG
2. Brendan Gleeson – The Banshees of Inisherin (Searchlight Pictures) – BAFTA, CCA, GG, SAG
3. Barry Keoghan – The Banshees of Inisherin (Searchlight Pictures) – BAFTA, CCA, GG, SAG
4. Judd Hirsch – The Fabelmans (Universal Pictures) – CCA
5. Brian Tyree Henry – Causeway (Apple Original Films) – CCA

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

1. Angela Bassett – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Walt Disney/Marvel) – BAFTA, CCA, GG, SAG
2. Kerry Condon – The Banshees of Inisherin (Searchlight Pictures) – BAFTA, CCA, GG, SAG
3. Hong Chau – The Whale (A24) – BAFTA, SAG
4. Stephanie Hsu – Everything Everywhere All At Once (A24) – CCA, SAG
5. Jamie Lee Curtis – Everything Everywhere All At Once (A24) – CCA, BAFTA, GG, SAG

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

1. Women Talking (UAR/Orion) – CCA, GG, USC, WGA
Screenplay by Sarah Polley
2. All Quiet on the Western Front (Netflix) – BAFTA
Screenplay by Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson & Ian Stokell
3. Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (Netflix) – CCA, WGA
Written by Rian Johnson
4. Living (Sony Pictures Classics) – BAFTA, CCA, USC
Written by Kazuo Ishiguro
5. Top Gun: Maverick (Paramount Pictures) – WGA
Screenplay by Ehren Kruger and Eric Warren Singer and Christopher McQuarrie; Story by Peter Craig and Justin Marks

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

1. The Banshees of Inisherin (Searchlight Pictures) – BAFTA, CCA, GG
Written by Martin McDonagh
2. Everything Everywhere All At Once (A24) – BAFTA, CCA, GG, WGA
Written by Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert
3. TÁR (Focus Features) – BAFTA, CCA, GG, WGA
Written by Todd Field
4. The Fabelmans (Universal Pictures) – BAFTA, CCA, GG, WGA
Written by Steven Spielberg & Tony Kushner
5. Triangle of Sadness (NEON) – BAFTA
Written by Ruben Östlund

FILM EDITING

1. Top Gun: Maverick (Paramount Pictures) – ACE, BAFTA, CCA
Eddie Hamilton
2. Everything Everywhere All At Once (A24) – ACE, BAFTA, CCA
Paul Rogers
3. Elvis (Warner Bros) – ACE, BAFTA, CCA
Matt Villa and Jonathan Redmond
4. The Banshees of Inisherin (Searchlight Pictures) – ACE, BAFTA
Mikkel E.G. Nielsen
5. TÁR (Focus Features) – ACE, CCA
Monika Willi

CINEMATOGRAPHY

1. All Quiet on the Western Front (Netflix) – BAFTA
James Friend
2. Elvis (Warner Bros) – ASC, BAFTA
Mandy Walker
3. TÁR (Focus Features) – CCA
Florian Hoffmeister
4. Empire of Light (Searchlight Pictures) – ASC, BAFTA, CCA
Roger Deakins
5. Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths (Netflix) – ASC
Darius Khondji

PRODUCTION DESIGN

1. Elvis (Warner Bros) – ADG, BAFTA, CCA, SDSA
Production Design: Catherine Martin and Karen Murphy; Set Decoration: Bev Dunn
2. Babylon (Paramount Pictures) – ADG, BAFTA, CCA, SDSA
Production Design: Florencia Martin; Set Decoration: Anthony Carlino
3. All Quiet on the Western Front (Netflix) – ADG, BAFTA
Production Design: Christian M. Goldbeck; Set Decoration: Ernestine Hipper
4. The Fabelmans (Universal Pictures) – ADG, CCA, SDSA
Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Karen O’Hara
5. Avatar: The Way of Water (20th Century Studios) – ADG, CCA, SDSA
Production Design: Dylan Cole and Ben Procter; Set Decoration: Vanessa Cole

COSTUME DESIGN

1. Elvis (Warner Bros) – BAFTA, CDG, CCA
Catherine Martin
2. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Walt Disney/Marvel Studios) – BAFTA longlist, CDG, CCA
Ruth E. Carter
3. Babylon (Paramount Pictures) – BAFTA, CDG, CCA
Mary Zophres
4. Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris (Focus Features) – BAFTA, CDG
Jenny Beavan
5. Everything Everywhere All At Once (A24) – CDG, CCA
Shirley Kurata

ORIGINAL SCORE

1. Babylon (Paramount Pictures) – BAFTA, GG, CCA
Justin Hurwitz
2. All Quiet on the Western Front (Netflix) – BAFTA
Volker Bertelmann
3. The Fabelmans (Universal Pictures) – GG, CCA, HMMA
John Williams
4. The Banshees of Inisherin (Searchlight Pictures) – BAFTA, GG, HMMA
Carter Burwell
5. Everything Everywhere All At Once (A24) – BAFTA, HMMA
Son Lux

ORIGINAL SONG

1. “Naatu Naatu” from RRR – CCA, GG
Music by M.M. Keeravaani; Lyric by Chandrabose
2. “Hold My Hand” from Top Gun: Maverick – CCA, GG, HMMA
Music and Lyric by Lady Gaga and BloodPop
3. “This Is a Life” from Everything Everywhere All at Once – HMMA
4. “Lift Me Up” from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever­ – CCA, GG, HMMA
Music by Tems, Rihanna, Ryan Coogler and Ludwig Goransson; Lyric by Tems and Ryan Coogler
5. “Applause” from Tell It Like a Woman­ HMMA
Music and Lyric by Diane Warren

SOUND

1. Top Gun: Maverick (Paramount Pictures) – BAFTA, CAS, MPSE (2x)
Mark Weingarten, James H. Mather, Al Nelson, Chris Burdon and Mark Taylor
2. All Quiet on the Western Front (Netflix) – BAFTA, CAS, MPSE
Viktor Prášil, Frank Kruse, Markus Stemler, Lars Ginzel and Stefan Korte
3. Elvis (Warner Bros) – BAFTA, CAS, MPSE (2x)
David Lee, Wayne Pashley, Andy Nelson and Michael Keller
4. Avatar: The Way of Water (20th Century Studios) – BAFTA, CAS, MPSE
Julian Howarth, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Dick Bernstein, Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers and Michael Hedges
5. The Batman (Warner Bros) – CAS, MPSE (2x)
Stuart Wilson, William Files, Douglas Murray and Andy Nelson

MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

1. The Whale (A24) – BAFTA, CCA, MUAH
Adrien Morot, Judy Chin and Anne Marie Bradley
2. The Batman (Warner Bros) – BAFTA, CCA, MUAH (3x)
Naomi Donne, Mike Marino and Mike Fontaine
3. Elvis (Warner Bros) – BAFTA, CCA, MUAH (3x)
Mark Coulier, Jason Baird and Aldo Signoretti
4. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Walt Disney/Marvel Studios) – CCA, MUAH (2x)
Camille Friend and Joel Harlow
5. All Quiet on the Western Front (Netflix) – BAFTA
Heike Merker and Linda Eisenhamerová

VISUAL EFFECTS

1. Avatar: The Way of Water (20th Century Studios) – BAFTA, CCA, VES
Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon and Daniel Barrett
2. Top Gun: Maverick (Paramount Pictures) – BAFTA, CCA, VES
Ryan Tudhope, Seth Hill, Bryan Litson and Scott R. Fisher
3. The Batman (Warner Bros) – BAFTA, CCA, VES
Dan Lemmon, Russell Earl, Anders Langlands and Dominic Tuohy
4. All Quiet on the Western Front (Netflix) – BAFTA
Frank Petzold, Viktor Müller, Markus Frank and Kamil Jafar
5. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Walt Disney/Marvel Studios) – CCA
Geoffrey Baumann, Craig Hammack, R. Christopher White and Dan Sudick

ANIMATED FEATURE

1. Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (Netflix) – Annie, BAFTA, CCA, GG, PGA
Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson, Gary Ungar and Alex Bulkley
2. Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (A24) – Annie, BAFTA, CCA, GG, PGA
Dean Fleischer Camp, Elisabeth Holm, Andrew Goldman, Caroline Kaplan and Paul Mezey
3. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (DreamWorks/Universal) – Annie, BAFTA, CCA, GG, PGA
Joel Crawford and Mark Swift
4. Turning Red (Walt Disney/Pixar) – Annie, BAFTA, CCA, GG, PGA
Domee Shi and Lindsey Collins
5. The Sea Beast (Netflix) – Annie
Chris Williams and Jed Schlanger

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

1. Fire of Love (NatGeo/NEON)– BAFTA, CCA, CEH, IDA, PGA
Sara Dosa, Shane Boris and Ina Fichman
2. Navalny (CNN) – BAFTA, CCA, CEH, IDA, PGA
Daniel Roher, Odessa Rae, Diane Becker, Melanie Miller and Shane Boris
3. All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (NEON) – BAFTA, CEH, IDA
Laura Poitras, Howard Gertler, John Lyons, Nan Goldin and Yoni Golijov
4. All That Breathes – BAFTA, CEH, IDA, PGA
Shaunak Sen, Aman Mann and Teddy Leifer
5. A House Made of Splinters
Simon Lereng Wilmont and Monica Hellström

INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM

1. Germany, All Quiet on the Western Front (Netflix) – BAFTA, CCA, GG
2. Belgium, Close (A24) – CCA, GG
3. Argentina, Argentina, 1985 (Amazon Studios) – BAFTA, CCA, GG
4. Ireland, The Quiet Girl (Super/NEON) – BAFTA
5. Poland, EO (JanusFilms/Sideshow)

ANIMATED SHORT FILM

1. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy and Matthew Freud
2. An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It
Lachlan Pendragon
3. Ice Merchants
João Gonzalez and Bruno Caetano
4. My Year of Dicks
Sara Gunnarsdóttir and Pamela Ribon
5. The Flying Sailor
Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby

DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM

1. Stranger at the Gate
Joshua Seftel and Conall Jones
2. How Do You Measure a Year?
Jay Rosenblatt
3. Haulout
Evgenia Arbugaeva and Maxim Arbugaev
4. The Martha Mitchell Effect
Anne Alvergue and Beth Levison
5. The Elephant Whisperers
Kartiki Gonsalves and Guneet Monga

LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM

1. Le Pupille
Alice Rohrwacher and Alfonso Cuarón
2. Night Ride
Eirik Tveiten and Gaute Lid Larssen
3. Ivalu
Anders Walter and Rebecca Pruzan
4. An Irish Goodbye
Tom Berkeley and Ross White
5. The Red Suitcase
Cyrus Neshvad
Erik Anderson

Erik Anderson is the founder/owner and Editor-in-Chief of AwardsWatch and has always loved all things Oscar, having watched the Academy Awards since he was in single digits; making lists, rankings and predictions throughout the show. This led him down the path to obsessing about awards. Much later, he found himself in film school and the film forums of GoldDerby, and then migrated over to the former Oscarwatch (now AwardsDaily), before breaking off to create AwardsWatch in 2013. He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Hollywood Critics Association (HCA) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.

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