BEVERLY HILLS - Actor Chris Hemsworth and Academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs announced the nominations for the 86th Academy Awards (www.oscar.com), which will take place on Sunday, March 2.
In the Animated Feature Film category, three of the nominees were those that recently competed for a Golden Globe - The Croods, Despicable Me 2, and Frozen. They are joined by Ernest & Celestine and The Wind Rises. Disney/Pixars Monsters University did not make the cut.
In Visual Effects, Gravity and The Hobbit join Iron Man 3, The Lone Ranger, and Star Trek Into Darkness.
Members from each of the branches vote to determine the nominees in their respective categories - actors nominate actors, film editors nominate film editors, etc. In the Animated Feature Film and Foreign Language Film categories, nominees are selected by a vote of multi-branch screening committees. All voting members are eligible to select the Best Picture nominees.
The following is a complete list of nominees: Actor in a Leading Role
Christian Bale in American Hustle
Bruce Dern in Nebraska
Leonardo DiCaprio in The Wolf of Wall Street
Chiwetel Ejiofor in 12 Years a Slave
Matthew McConaughey in Dallas Buyers Club
Actor in a Supporting Role
Barkhad Abdi in Captain Phillips
Bradley Cooper in American Hustle
Michael Fassbender in 12 Years a Slave
Jonah Hill in The Wolf of Wall Street
Jared Leto in Dallas Buyers Club
Actress in a Leading Role
Amy Adams in American Hustle
Cate Blanchett in Blue Jasmine
Sandra Bullock in Gravity
Judi Dench in Philomena
Meryl Streep in August: Osage County
Actress in a Supporting Role
Sally Hawkins in Blue Jasmine
Jennifer Lawrence in American Hustle
Lupita Nyongo in 12 Years a Slave
Julia Roberts in August: Osage County
June Squibb in Nebraska
Animated Feature Film
The Croods Chris Sanders, Kirk DeMicco and Kristine Belson
Despicable Me 2 Chris Renaud, Pierre Coffin and Chris Meledandri
Ernest & Celestine Benjamin Renner and Didier Brunner
Frozen Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee and Peter Del Vecho
The Wind Rises Hayao Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki
Cinematography
The Grandmaster Philippe Le Sourd
Gravity Emmanuel Lubezki
Inside Llewyn Davis Bruno Delbonnel
Nebraska Phedon Papamichael
Prisoners Roger A. Deakins
Costume Design
American Hustle Michael Wilkinson
The Grandmaster William Chang Suk Ping
The Great Gatsby Catherine Martin
The Invisible Woman Michael OConnor
12 Years a Slave Patricia Norris
Directing
American Hustle David O. Russell
Gravity Alfonso Cuar n
Nebraska Alexander Payne
12 Years a Slave Steve McQueen
The Wolf of Wall Street Martin Scorsese
Documentary Feature
The Act of KillingJoshua Oppenheimer and Signe Byrge S rensen
Cutie and the Boxer Zachary Heinzerling and Lydia Dean Pilcher
Dirty Wars Richard Rowley and Jeremy Scahill
The Square Jehane Noujaim and Karim Amer
20 Feet from Stardom Nominees to be determined
Documentary Short Subject
CaveDigger Jeffrey Karoff
Facing Fear Jason Cohen
Karama Has No Walls Sara Ishaq
The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life Malcolm Clarke and Nicholas Reed
Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall Edgar Barens
Film Editing
American Hustle Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers and Alan Baumgarten
Captain Phillips Christopher Rouse
Dallas Buyers Club John Mac McMurphy and Martin Pensa
Gravity Alfonso Cuar n and Mark Sanger
12 Years a Slave Joe Walker
Foreign Language Film
The Broken Circle Breakdown Belgium
The Great Beauty Italy
The Hunt Denmark
The Missing Picture Cambodia
Omar Palestine
Makeup and Hairstyling
Dallas Buyers Club Adruitha Lee and Robin Mathews
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa Stephen Prouty
The Lone Ranger Joel Harlow and Gloria Pasqua-Casny
Music (Original Score)
The Book Thief John Williams
Gravity Steven Price
Her William Butler and Owen Pallett
Philomena Alexandre Desplat
Saving Mr. Banks Thomas Newman
Music (Original Song)
Alone Yet Not Alone from Alone Yet Not Alone
Music by Bruce Broughton; Lyric by Dennis Spiegel; Happy from Despicable Me 2
Music and Lyric by Pharrell Williams; Let It Go from Frozen
Music and Lyric by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez; The Moon Song from Her
Music by Karen O; Lyric by Karen O and Spike Jonze; Ordinary Love from Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Music by Paul Hewson, Dave Evans, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen; Lyric by Paul Hewson
Best Picture
American Hustle Charles Roven, Richard Suckle, Megan Ellison and Jonathan Gordon, Producers
Captain Phillips Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti and Michael De Luca, Producers
Dallas Buyers Club Robbie Brenner and Rachel Winter, Producers
Gravity Alfonso Cuar n and David Heyman, Producers
Her Megan Ellison, Spike Jonze and Vincent Landay, Producers
Nebraska Albert Berger and Ron Yerxa, Producers
Philomena Gabrielle Tana, Steve Coogan and Tracey Seaward, Producers
12 Years a Slave Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen and Anthony Katagas, Producers
The Wolf of Wall Street Nominees to be determined
Production Design
American Hustle Production Design: Judy Becker; Set Decoration: Heather Loeffler
Gravity Production Design: Andy Nicholson; Set Decoration: Rosie Goodwin and Joanne Woollard
The Great Gatsby Production Design: Catherine Martin; Set Decoration: Beverley Dunn
Her Production Design: K.K. Barrett; Set Decoration: Gene Serdena
12 Years a Slave Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Alice Baker
Short Film (Animated)
Feral Daniel Sousa and Dan Golden
Get a Horse! Lauren MacMullan and Dorothy McKim
Mr. Hublot Laurent Witz and Alexandre Espigares
Possessions Shuhei Morita
Room on the Broom Max Lang and Jan Lachauer
Short Film (Live Action)
Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasnt Me) Esteban Crespo
Avant Que De Tout Perdre (Just before Losing Everything) Xavier Legrand and Alexandre Gavras
Helium Anders
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BEVERLY HILLS - Actor Chris Hemsworth and Academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs announced the nominations for the 86th Academy Awards (www.oscar.com), which will take place on Sunday, March 2. 
