2015 Academy Award Picks

Changes Made After Year-End List Publication In Bold

Best Director

• George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road
• Alex Garland, Ex_Machina
• Ridley Scott, The Martian
• Danny Boyle, Steve Jobs
• F. Gary Gray, Straight Outta Compton

Best Actor

• Steve Carell, The Big Short
• Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs
• Matt Damon, The Martian
• Samuel L. Jackson, The Hateful Eight
• Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant

Best Actress

• Carey Mulligan, Suffragette
• Charlize Theron, Mad Max: Fury Road
• Melissa McCarthy, Spy
• Mia Wasikowska, Crimson Peak
• Meryl Streep, Ricki and the Flash
• Krysten Ritter, Jessica Jones (Honorary)

Best Supporting Actor

• O’Shea Jackson Jr., Straight Outta Compton
• Seth Rogen, Steve Jobs
• Oscar Isaac, Ex_Machina
• Tom Hiddleston, Crimson Peak
• Chiwetel Ejiofor, The Martian
• David Tennant, Jessica Jones (Honorary)

Best Supporting Actress

• Alicia Vikander, Ex_Machina
• Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs
• Phyllis Smith, Inside Out
• Olivia Cooke, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
• Jessica Chastain, The Martian

Best Original Screenplay

• Alex Garland, Ex_Machina
• George Miller, Brendan McCarthy, and Nico Lathouris, Mad Max: Fury Road
• Pete Docter, Ronnie Del Carmen, and Josh Cooley, Inside Out
• Quentin Tarantino, The Hateful Eight
• Boaz Yakin and Sheldon Lettich, Max

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Drew Goddard, The Martian from the novel by Andy Weir
• Adam McKay and Christopher Lambert, The Big Short from the book by Michael Lewis
• Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber, Paper Towns from the novel by John Green
• Matthew Vaughn and Jane Goldman, Kingsman: The Secret Service from The Secret Service graphic novel by Mark Millar and Dave Gibbons
• Johnathan M. Goldstein and John Francis Daley, Vacation from characters created by John Hughes

Best Animated Feature

• Inside Out
• Anomalisa

Best Cinematography

• The Revenant
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• The Martian
• Creed
• Straight Outta Compton

Best Costume Design

• Crimson Peak
• Cinderella
• Jupiter Ascending
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• The Martian

Best Documentary

• Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief

Best Film Editing

• The Big Short
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• Creed
• Straight Outta Compton
• Kingsman: The Secret Service

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

• Mad Max: Fury Road
• Crimson Peak
• Jupiter Ascending
• Steve Jobs
• Ex_Machina

Best Original Score

• Ben Salisbury and Geoff Barrow, Ex_Machina
• Junkie XL, Mad Max: Fury Road
• Daniel Pemberton, Steve Jobs
• Ennio Morricone, The Hateful Eight
• Ludwig Göransson, Creed

Best Production Design

• Mad Max: Fury Road
• Ex Machina
• Jupiter Ascending
• Crimson Peak
• Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

Best Sound Mixing/Design

• Ex Machina
• Straight Outta Compton
• Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
• Anomalisa

Best Visual Effects

• Ex_Machina
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• Jupiter Ascending
• Chappie
• In The Heart of the Sea