Oscars: Nominees and winners from last season looking to come back again
Back to back Oscar nominations aren’t as uncommon as you might think. Whether you’re breaking in or an Academy favorite, there are quite a few contenders last year, both nominees and winners, that are back in the race again this year looking for another chance at gold. Here’s how it and why it happens and the names you might hear again on Oscar nomination morning.
The afterglow nomination. This usually refers to times when a first time Oscar nominee follows up their first nomination with a project that immediately keeps them in the purview of the Academy and earns them a consecutive nomination. This year will likely find Adam Driver earning back to back nominations and moving up from Supporting Actor to Lead Actor in the process. Sound designers and visual effects supervisors are plentiful, with sequels and trilogy-ending films taking up a lot of space in the conversation.
Sometimes it’s a person or group that almost seem like perennial nominees; that their work goes recognized year after year, film after film. Producers Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner of Plan B fall into that territory, so does composer Alexandre Desplat. These are winners that, once they win, are often able to parlay that into multiple future nominations.
Here are a bunch of nominees and winners from last year who might hear their name again on January 13, 2020.
BEST PICTURE
- Bradley Cooper (Best Picture nominee for A Star Is Born) – Joker
- Jordan Peele (Best Picture nominee for BlacKkKlansman) – Us
- Sean McKittrick (Best Picture nominee for BlackKklansman) – Us
- Jason Blum (Best Picture nominee for BlackKklansman) – Us
- Dede Gardner (Best Picture nominee for Vice) – Ad Astra
- Jeremy Kleiner (Best Picture nominee for Vice) – Ad Astra
ACTING
- Adam Driver (Supporting Actor for BlacKkKlansman) – Marriage Story
- Christian Bale (Best Actor for Vice) – Ford v Ferrari
- Sam Rockwell (Supporting Actor for Vice) – Jojo Rabbit
- Willem Dafoe (Best Actor for At Eternity’s Gate) – The Lighthouse
COSTUME DESIGN
- Ruth E. Carter (Costume Design winner for Black Panther) – Dolemite Is My Name
- Alexandra Byrne (Costume Design for Mary Queen of Scots) – The Aeronauts
PRODUCTION DESIGN
- Hannah Bleacher (Production Design winner for Black Panther) – Dark Waters
- Fiona Crombie (Production Design nominee for The Favourite) – The King
- Alice Felton (Production Design nominee for The Favourite) – The King
CINEMATOGRAPHY
- Robbie Ryan (Cinematography for The Favourite) – Marriage Story
- Caleb Deschanel (Cinematography nominee for Never Look Away) – The Lion King
ORIGINAL SCORE
- Terence Blanchard (Original Score nominee for BlacKkKlansman) – Harriet
- Alexandre Desplat (Original Score nominee for Isle of Dogs) – Little Women
- Nicholas Britell (Original Score for If Beale Street Could Talk) – The King
ORIGINAL SONG
- Diane Warren (Original Song nominee for “I’ll Fight” from RBG) – “I’m Standing with You” from Breakthrough
SOUND EDITING and SOUND MIXING
- John Warhurst (Sound Editing winner for Bohemian Rhapsody) – Cats
- Ai-Ling Lee (Sound Editing and Sound Mixing nominee for First Man) – Jojo Rabbit, Lucy in the Sky
- Skip Lievsay (Sound Editing and Sound Mixing nominee for Roma) – Harriet, Little Women, Uncut Gems
- Paul Massey (Sound Mixing winner for Bohemian Rhapsody) – Ford v Ferrari
- Craig Henighan (Sound Mixing nominee for Roma) – Terminator: Dark Fate
- Tom Ozanich (Sound Mixing nominee for A Star Is Born) – Dolemite Is My Name, Joker
- Dean A. Zupancic (Sound Mixing nominee for A Star Is Born) – Joker
- Jason Ruder (Sound Mixing nominee for A Star Is Born) – Ad Astra, Joker
- Steven Morrow (Sound Mixing nominee for A Star Is Born) – Ford v Ferrari
VISUAL EFFECTS
- Dan DeLeeuw (Visual Effects nominee for Avengers: Infinity War) – Avengers: Endgame
- Kelly Port (Visual Effects nominee for Avengers: Infinity War) – Avengers: Endgame
- Russell Earl (Visual Effects nominee for Avengers: Infinity War) – Avengers: Endgame
- Daniel Sudick (Visual Effects nominee for Avengers: Infinity War) – Avengers: Endgame
- Roger Guyett (Visual Effects nominee for Ready Player One) – Star Wars: The Rise of the Skywalker
- Dominic Tuohy (Visual Effects nominee for Solo: A Star Wars Story) – 1917, Star Wars: The Rise of the Skywalker
- Neal Scanlan (Visual Effects nominee for Solo: A Star Wars Story) – Star Wars: The Rise of the Skywalker
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