My personal 2016 awards...
My Academy Awards style rundown of my personal winners. Other nominees are presented in alphabetical order. * = Runner Up
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- DirectorDamien ChazelleStarsRyan GoslingEmma StoneRosemarie DeWittWhile navigating their careers in Los Angeles, a pianist and an actress fall in love while attempting to reconcile their aspirations for the future.BEST PICTURE
other nominees:
Arrival
Kubo and the Two Strings
Moonlight
20th Century Women * - DirectorDamien ChazelleStarsRyan GoslingEmma StoneRosemarie DeWittWhile navigating their careers in Los Angeles, a pianist and an actress fall in love while attempting to reconcile their aspirations for the future.BEST DIRECTOR - DAMIEN CHAZELLE
other nominees:
Barry Jenkins - Moonlight
Travis Knight - Kubo and the Two Strings
Mike Mills - 20th Century Women
Denis Villeneuve- Arrival * - DirectorKenneth LonerganStarsCasey AffleckMichelle WilliamsKyle ChandlerA depressed uncle is asked to take care of his teenage nephew after the boy's father dies.BEST LEAD ACTOR - CASEY AFFLECK
other nominees:
Andrew Garfield - Silence
Ryan Gosling - La La Land *
Ryan Gosling - The Nice Guys
Shahab Hosseini - The Salesman - DirectorDamien ChazelleStarsRyan GoslingEmma StoneRosemarie DeWittWhile navigating their careers in Los Angeles, a pianist and an actress fall in love while attempting to reconcile their aspirations for the future.BEST LEAD ACTRESS - EMMA STONE
other nominees:
Amy Adams - Arrival
Annete Bening - 20th Century Women *
Isabelle Huppert - Elle
Ruth Negga - Loving - DirectorBarry JenkinsStarsMahershala AliNaomie HarrisTrevante RhodesA young African-American man grapples with his identity and sexuality while experiencing the everyday struggles of childhood, adolescence, and burgeoning adulthood.BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR - MAHERSHALA ALI
other nominees:
Ben Foster - Hell or High Water
Lucas Hedges - Manchester by the Sea *
David Oyelowo - Queen of Katwe
Michael Shannon - Nocturnal Animals - DirectorMike MillsStarsAnnette BeningElle FanningGreta GerwigThe story of a teenage boy, his mother, and two other women who help raise him among the love and freedom of Southern California of 1979.BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS - GRETA GERWIG
other nominees:
Viola Davis - Fences
Elle Fanning - 20th Century Women
Golshifteh Farahani - Paterson *
Angourie Rice - The Nice Guys - DirectorMike MillsStarsAnnette BeningElle FanningGreta GerwigThe story of a teenage boy, his mother, and two other women who help raise him among the love and freedom of Southern California of 1979.BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
other nominees:
La La Land
Manchester by the Sea
The Salesman
Zootopia * - DirectorDenis VilleneuveStarsAmy AdamsJeremy RennerForest WhitakerA linguist works with the military to communicate with alien lifeforms after twelve mysterious spacecraft appear around the world.BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
other nominees:
The BFG
Finding Dory
Moonlight *
Silence - DirectorMike MillsStarsAnnette BeningElle FanningGreta GerwigThe story of a teenage boy, his mother, and two other women who help raise him among the love and freedom of Southern California of 1979.BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
other nominees:
Loving
Moonlight *
The Nice Guys
The Salesman - DirectorTravis KnightStarsCharlize TheronArt ParkinsonMatthew McConaugheyA young boy named Kubo must locate a magical suit of armour worn by his late father in order to defeat a vengeful spirit from the past.BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
other nominees:
Finding Dory
Moana
The Red Turtle
Zootopia * - DirectorAsghar FarhadiStarsShahab HosseiniTaraneh AlidoostiMina SadatiWhile Ranaa and Emad, a married couple, are participating in a production of "Death of a Salesman," she is assaulted in their new home, which leaves him determined to find the perpetrator over his wife's traumatized objections.BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
other nominees:
Elle *
The Handmaiden
A Man Called Ove
Things to Come - DirectorAva DuVernayStarsMelina AbdullahMichelle AlexanderCory BookerAn in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
other nominees:
Amanda Knox *
Cameraperson
Life, Animated
Tower - DirectorDamien ChazelleStarsRyan GoslingEmma StoneRosemarie DeWittWhile navigating their careers in Los Angeles, a pianist and an actress fall in love while attempting to reconcile their aspirations for the future.BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
other nominees:
Arrival *
The BFG
Moonlight
Silence - DirectorDenis VilleneuveStarsAmy AdamsJeremy RennerForest WhitakerA linguist works with the military to communicate with alien lifeforms after twelve mysterious spacecraft appear around the world.BEST FILM EDITING
other nominees:
La La Land *
13th
20th Century Women
Zootopia - DirectorDavid YatesStarsEddie RedmayneKatherine WaterstonAlison SudolIn 1926, magizoologist Newt Scamander arrives in New York during his worldwide tour to research and rescue magical creatures as something mysterious leaves trails of destruction in the city, threatening to expose the wizarding world.BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
other nominees:
The BFG
Jackie
La La Land *
Zootopia - DirectorPablo LarraínStarsNatalie PortmanPeter SarsgaardGreta GerwigFollowing the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy fights through grief and trauma to regain her faith, console her children, and define her husband's historic legacy.BEST COSTUME DESIGN
other nominees:
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them *
The Huntsman: Winter's War
La La Land
Silence - DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsAndrew GarfieldAdam DriverLiam NeesonIn the 17th century, two Portuguese Jesuit priests travel to Japan in an attempt to locate their mentor, who is rumored to have committed apostasy, and to propagate Catholicism.BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
other nominees:
Doctor Strange
Hacksaw Ridge
A Man Called Ove
Star Trek Beyond * - DirectorDamien ChazelleStarsRyan GoslingEmma StoneRosemarie DeWittWhile navigating their careers in Los Angeles, a pianist and an actress fall in love while attempting to reconcile their aspirations for the future.BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
other nominees:
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Kubo and the Two Strings *
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
The Secret Life of Pets - DirectorDamien ChazelleStarsRyan GoslingEmma StoneRosemarie DeWittWhile navigating their careers in Los Angeles, a pianist and an actress fall in love while attempting to reconcile their aspirations for the future.BEST ORIGINAL SONG - "Audition (The Fools Who Dream)"
other nominees:
"Can't Stop the Feeling" - Trolls
"Drive it Like You Stole It" - Sing Street
"How Far I'll Go" - Moana
"Someone in the Crowd" - La La Land * - DirectorDamien ChazelleStarsRyan GoslingEmma StoneRosemarie DeWittWhile navigating their careers in Los Angeles, a pianist and an actress fall in love while attempting to reconcile their aspirations for the future.BEST SOUND MIXING
other nominees:
Arrival
The BFG
Deepwater Horizon *
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story - DirectorPeter BergStarsMark WahlbergKurt RussellDouglas M. GriffinA dramatization of the disaster in April 2010, when the offshore drilling rig called the Deepwater Horizon exploded, resulting in the worst oil spill in American history.BEST SOUND EDITING
other nominees:
Arrival
The Jungle Book
Midnight Special
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story * - DirectorJon FavreauStarsNeel SethiBill MurrayBen KingsleyAfter a threat from the tiger Shere Khan forces him to flee the jungle, a man-cub named Mowgli embarks on a journey of self discovery with the help of panther Bagheera and free-spirited bear Baloo.BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
other nominees:
Arrival
The BFG
Doctor Strange
Kubo and the Two Strings * - DirectorDamien ChazelleStarsRyan GoslingEmma StoneRosemarie DeWittWhile navigating their careers in Los Angeles, a pianist and an actress fall in love while attempting to reconcile their aspirations for the future.BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
other nominees:
Captain America: Civil War
Hail, Caesar!
The Magnificent Seven
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story * - DirectorDamien ChazelleStarsRyan GoslingEmma StoneRosemarie DeWittWhile navigating their careers in Los Angeles, a pianist and an actress fall in love while attempting to reconcile their aspirations for the future.SPECIALTY AWARD FOR BEST SOUNDTRACK