2022 Academy Awards Actor Series

Nominee: Javier Bardem
Picture for Nomination: Being the Ricardos
Age: 52
From: Spain
Filmography: The Good Boss (2021), Dune (2021), The Roads Not Taken (2020), Everybody Knows (2018), Loving Pablo (2017), Mother! (2017), Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017), The Last Face (2016), The Gunman (2015), Automata (2014), The Counselor (2013), Scorpion in Love (2013), Skyfall (2012), To the Wonder (2012), Eat Pray Love (2010), Biutiful (2010), Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008), Love in the Time of Cholera (2007), No Country for Old Men (2007), Goya's Ghosts (2006), The Sea Inside (2004), Collateral (2004), Mondays in the Sun (2002), The Dancer Upstairs (2002), No News from God (2001), Before Night Falls (2000), Second Skin (1999), Los lobos de Washington (1999), Between Your Legs (1999), Torrente, el brazo tonto de la ley (1998), Live Flesh (1997), Perdita Durango (1997), Airbag (1997), Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health (1996), Not Love, Just Frenzy (1996), Éxtasis (1996), Mouth to Mouth (1995), The Detective and Death (1994), Numbered Days (1994), The Tit and the Moon (1994), Golden Balls (1993), Huidos (1993), El amante bilingüe (1993), Jamón, Jamón (1992), Amo tu cama rica (1992), High Heels (1991), The Ages of Lulu (1990), El poderoso influjo de la luna (1981)

Academy Awards History in Acting:
2011 Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Nomination for Biutiful
2008 Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role for No Country for Old Men
2001 Best Actor in a Leading Role Nomination for Before Night Falls

Achievements in Acting:
2022 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role Nomination for Being the Ricardo
2022 Golden Globes Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama Nomination for Being the Ricardo
2013 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role Nomination for Skyfall
2013 BAFTA Film Awards Best Supporting Actor Nomination for Skyfall
2011 BAFTA Film Awards Best Leading Actor Nomination for Biutiful
2010 Cannes Film Festival Best Actor for Biutiful
2009 Golden Globes Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical Nomination for Vicky Cristina Barcelona
2008 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role for No Country for Old Men
2008 BAFTA Film Awards Best Supporting Actor for No Country for Old Men
2008 Golden Globes Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture for No Country for Old Men
2005 Golden Globes Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama Nomination for The Sea Inside
2004 Venice Film Festival Best Actor for The Sea Inside
2001 Golden Globes Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama Nomination for Before Night Falls
2000 Venice Film Festival Best Actor for Before Night Falls

Nominee: Benedict Cumberbatch
Picture for Nomination: The Power of the Dog
Age: 45
From: England
Filmography: Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), The Electrical Life of Louis Wain (2021), The Mauritanian (2021), The Courier (2020), 1917 (2019), Between Two Ferns: The Movie (2019), Avengers: Endgame (2019), Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle (2018), The Grinch (2018), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Thor: Ragnarok (2017), The Current War (2017), Doctor Strange (2016), Zoolander 2 (2016), Hemlet (2015), Black Mass (2015), The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014), Penguins of Madagascar (2014), The Imitation Game (2014), The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013), August: Osage County (2013), The Fifth Estate (2013), 12 Years a Slave (2013), Star Trek Into Darkness (2013), The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012), Wreckers (2011), War Horse (2011), Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), Frankenstein (2011), The Whistleblower (2010), Third Star (2010), Four Lions (2010), Creation (2009), Burlesque Fairytales (2009), The Other Boleyn Girl (2008), Atonement (2007), Amazing Grace (2006), Starter for 10 (2006), To Kill a King (2003)

Academy Awards History in Acting:
2015 Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Nomination for The Imitation Game

Achievements in Acting:
2022 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role Nomination for The Power of the Dog
2022 BAFTA Film Awards Best Leading Actor Nomination for The Power of the Dog
2022 Golden Globes Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama Nomination for The Power of the Dog
2015 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role Nomination for The Imitation Game
2015 BAFTA Film Awards Best Supporting Actor Nomination for The Imitation Game
2015 Golden Globes Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama Nomination for The Imitation Game

Nominee: Andrew Garfield
Picture for Nomination: tick, tick... BOOM!
Age: 38
From: United States
Filmography: Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021), Mainstream (2020), Under the Silver Lake (2018), Breathe (2017), Silence (2016), Hacksaw Ridge (2016), 99 Homes (2014), The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014), The Amazing Spider-Man (2012), The Social Network (2010), Never Let Me Go (2010), The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009), The Other Boleyn Girl (2008), Lions for Lambs (2007)

Academy Awards History in Acting:
2017 Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Nomination for Hacksaw Ridge

Achievements in Acting:
2022 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role Nomination for tick, tick... BOOM!
2022 Golden Globes Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical for tick, tick... BOOM!
2017 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role Nomination for Hacksaw Ridge
2017 BAFTA Film Awards Best Leading Actor Nomination for Hacksaw Ridge
2017 Golden Globes Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama Nomination for Hacksaw Ridge
2011 BAFTA Film Awards Best Supporting Actor Nomination for The Social Network
2011 Golden Globes Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture Nomination for The Social Network

Nominee: Will Smith
Picture for Nomination: King Richard
Age: 53
From: United States
Filmography: Bad Boys for Life (2020), Spies in Disguise (2019), Gemini Man (2019), Student of the Year 2 (2019), Aladdin (2019), Bright (2017), Collateral Beauty (2016), Suicide Squad (2016), Concussion (2015), Focus (2015), Winter's Tale (2014), Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013), After Earth (2013), Men in Black 3 (2012), Seven Pounds (2008), Hancock (2008), I Am Legend (2007), The Pursuit of Happyness (2006), Hitch (2005), Shark Tale (2004), I, Robot (2004), Bad Boys II (2003), Men in Black II (2002), Ali (2001), The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000), Wild Wild West (1999), Enemy of the State (1998), Men in Black (1997), Independence Day (1996), Bad Boys (1995), Six Degrees of Separation (1993), Made in America (1993), Where the Day Takes You (1992)

Academy Awards History in Acting:
2007 Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Nomination for The Pursuit of Happyness
2002 Best Actor in a Leading Role Nomination for Ali

Achievements in Acting:
2022 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role for King Richard
2022 BAFTA Film Awards Best Leading Actor for King Richard
2022 Golden Globes Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama for King Richard
2016 Golden Globes Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama Nomination for Concussion
2007 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role Nomination for The Pursuit of Happyness
2007 Golden Globes Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama Nomination for The Pursuit of Happyness
2002 Golden Globes Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama Nomination for Ali

Nominee: Denzel Washington
Picture for Nomination: The Tragedy of Macbeth
Age: 67
From: United States
Filmography: The Little Things (2021), The Equalizer 2 (2018), Roman J. Israel, Esq. (2017), Fences (2016), The Magnificent Seven (2016), The Equalizer (2014), 2 Guns (2013), Flight (2012), Safe House (2012), Unstoppable (2010), The Book of Eli (2010), The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009), The Great Debaters (2007), American Gangster (2007), Déjà Vu (2006), Inside Man (2006), The Manchurian Candidate (2004), Man on Fire (2004), Out of Time (2003), Antwone Fisher (2002), John Q (2002), Training Day (2001), Remember the Titans (2000), The Hurricane (1999), The Bone Collector (1999), The Siege (1998), He Got Game (1998), Fallen (1998), The Preacher's Wife (1996), Courage Under Fire (1996), Devil in a Blue Dress (1995), Virtuosity (1995), Crimson Tide (1995), Philadelphia (1993), The Pelican Brief (1993), Much Ado About Nothing (1993), Malcolm X (1992), Ricochet (1991), Mississippi Masala (1991), Mo' Better Blues (1990), Heart Condition (1990), Glory (1989), For Queen and Country (1989), The Mighty Quinn (1989), Cry Freedom (1987), Power (1986), A Soldier's Story (1984), Carbon Copy (1981)

Academy Awards History in Acting:
2018 Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Nomination for Roman J. Israel, Esq.
2017 Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Nomination for Fences
2013 Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Nomination for Flight
2002 Best Actor in a Leading Role for Training Day
2000 Best Actor in a Leading Role Nomination for The Hurricane
1993 Best Actor in a Leading Role Nomination for Malcolm X
1990 Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Glory
1988 Best Actor in a Supporting Role Nomination for Cry Freedom

Achievements:
2022 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role Nomination for The Tragedy of Macbeth
2022 Golden Globes Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama Nomination for The Tragedy of Macbeth
2018 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role Nomination for Roman J. Israel, Esq.
2018 Golden Globes Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama Nomination for Roman J. Israel, Esq.
2017 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role for Fences
2017 Golden Globes Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama Nomination for Fences
2013 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role Nomination for Flight
2013 Golden Globes Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama Nomination for Flight
2008 Golden Globes Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama Nomination for American Gangster
2002 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role Nomination for Training Day
2002 Golden Globes Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama Nomination for Training Day
2000 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role Nomination for The Hurricane
2000 Golden Globe Awards Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama for The Hurricane
2000 Berlin International Film Festival Best Actor for The Hurricane
1993 Golden Globes Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama Nomination for Malcolm X
1993 Berlin International Film Festival Best Actor for Malcolm X
1990 Golden Globes Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture for Glory
1988 Golden Globes Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture Nomination for Cry Freedom

Conclusion:
27 March 2022
Who Will Win Likely: Will Smith for King Richard
Who May Be Alternate: Andrew Garfield for tick, tick... BOOM!

20 March 2022
Who Will Win Likely: Will Smith for King Richard
Who May Be Alternate: Benedict Cumberbatch for The Power of the Dog

14 March 2022
Who Will Win Likely: Will Smith for King Richard
Who May Be Alternate: Benedict Cumberbatch for The Power of the Dog

28 February 2022
Who Will Win Likely: Will Smith for King Richard
Who May Be Alternate: Benedict Cumberbatch for The Power of the Dog

11 February 2022
Who Will Win Likely: Will Smith for King Richard
Who May Be Alternate: Benedict Cumberbatch for The Power of the Dog

Who Should Win: Will Smith for King Richard
Who Got Snubbed: Leonardo DiCaprio for Don't Look Up, Peter Dinklage for Cyrano
Personal Favorite: Andrew Garfield for tick, tick... BOOM!
Who Wins? Will Smith for King Richard

2022 Academy Awards Director Series

Nominee: Paul Thomas Anderson
Picture for Nomination: Licorice Pizza
Age: 51
From: United States
Filmography: Phantom Thread (2017), Junun (2015), Inherent Vice (2014), The Master (2012), There Will Be Blood (2007), Punch-Drunk Love (2002), Magnolia (1999), Boogie Nights (1997), Hard Eight (1996)

Academy Awards History in Directing:
2018 Best Achievement in Directing Nomination for Phantom Thread
2008 Best Achievement in Directing Nomination for There Will Be Blood

Achievements in Directing:
2022 Directors Guild of America Awards Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film Nomination for Licorice Pizza
2022 BAFTA Film Awards Best Director Nomination for Licorice Pizza
2012 Venice Film Festival Best Director for The Master
2008 Directors Guild of America Awards Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures Nomination for There Will Be Blood
2008 BAFTA Film Awards Best Director Nomination for There Will Be Blood
2008 Berlin International Film Festival Best Director for There Will Be Blood
2002 Cannes Film Festival Best Director for Punch-Drunk Love

Nominee: Kenneth Branagh
Picture for Nomination: Belfast
Age: 61
From: North Ireland
Filmography: Artemis Fowl (2020), All Is True (2018), Murder on the Orient Express (2017), Cinderella (2015), Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014), Thor (2011), Sleuth (2007), The Magic Flute (2006), As You Like It (2006), Love's Labour's Lost (2000), Hemlet (1996), In the Bleak Midwinter (1995), Frankenstein (1994), Much Ado About Nothing (1993), Peter's Friends (1992), Dead Again (1991), Henry V (1989)

Academy Awards History in Directing:
1990 Best Director Nomination for Henry V

Achievements in Directing:
2022 Directors Guild of America Awards Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film Nomination for Belfast
2022 Golden Globes Best Director Nomination for Belfast
1995 Venice Film Festival Best Director for In the Bleak Midwinter
1990 BAFTA Film Awards Best Direction for Henry V

Nominee: Jane Campion
Picture for Nomination: The Power of the Dog
Age: 67
From: New Zealand
Filmography: Bright Star (2009), In the Cut (2003), Holy Smoke (1999), The Portrait of a Lady (1996), The Piano (1993), An Angel at My Table (1990), Sweetie (1989)

Academy Awards History in Directing:
1994 Best Director Nomination for The Piano

Achievements in Directing:
2022 Directors Guild of America Awards Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film for The Power of the Dog
2022 BAFTA Film Awards Best Director for The Power of the Dog
2022 Golden Globes Best Director for The Power of the Dog
2021 Venice Film Festival Best Director for The Power of the Dog
1994 Directors Guild of America Awards Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures Nomination for The Piano
1994 BAFTA Film Awards Best Director Nomination for The Piano
1994 Golden Globes Best Director Nomination for The Piano

Nominee: Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Picture for Nomination: Drive My Car
Age: 43
From: Japan
Filmography: Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (2021), Asako I & II (2018), Happy Hour (2015), Storytellers (2013), Voices from the Waves: Kesennuma (2013), Voices from the Waves: Shinchimachi (2013), Touching the Skin of Eeriness (2013), The Sound of Waves (2012), Intimacies (2012), The Depths (2010), Passion (2008), Solaris (2007)

Academy Awards History in Directing:
This is his first nomination in Directing.

Achievements in Directing:
2022 BAFTA Film Awards Best Director Nomination for Drive My Car

Nominee: Steven Spielberg
Picture for Nomination: West Side Story
Age: 75
From: United States
Filmography: Ready Player One (2018), The Post (2017), BFG (2016), Bridge of Spies (2015), Lincoln (2012), War Horse (2011), The Adventures of Tintin (2011), Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008), Munich (2005), War of the Worlds (2005), The Terminal (2004), Catch Me If You Can (2002), Minority Report (2002), A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001), Saving Private Ryan (1998), Amistad (1997), The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997), Schindler's List (1993), Jurassic Park (1993), Hook (1991), Always (1989), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), Empire of the Sun (1987), The Color Purple (1985), Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), 1941 (1979), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), Jaws (1975), The Sugarland Express (1974), Firelight (1964)

Academy Awards History in Directing:
2013 Best Achievement in Directing Nomination for Lincoln
2006 Best Achievement in Directing Nomination for Munich
1999 Best Director for Saving Private Ryan
1994 Best Director for Schindler's List
1983 Best Director Nomination for E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
1982 Best Director Nomination for Raiders of the Lost Ark
1978 Best Director Nomination for Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Achievements in Directing:
2022 Directors Guild of America Awards Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film Nomination for West Side Story
2022 Golden Globes Best Director Nomination for West Side Story
2018 Golden Globes Best Director Nomination for The Post
2016 BAFTA Film Awards Best Director Nomination for Bridge of Spies
2013 Directors Guild of America Awards Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures Nomination for Lincoln
2013 Golden Globes Best Director Nomination for Lincoln
2006 Directors Guild of America Awards Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures Nomination for Munich
2006 Golden Globes Best Director Nomination for Munich
2002 Golden Globes Best Director Nomination for A.I. Artificial Intelligence
1999 Directors Guild of America Awards Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures for Saving Private Ryan
1999 BAFTA Film Awards Best Director Nomination for Saving Private Ryan
1999 Golden Globes Best Director for Saving Private Ryan
1998 Directors Guild of America Awards Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures Nomination for Amistad
1998 Golden Globes Best Director Nomination for Amistad
1994 Directors Guild of America Awards Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures for Schindler's List
1994 BAFTA Film Awards Best Director for Schindler's List
1994 Golden Globes Best Director for Schindler's List
1988 Directors Guild of America Awards Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures Nomination for Empire of the Sun
1986 Directors Guild of America Awards Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures for The Color Purple
1986 Golden Globes Best Director Nomination for The Color Purple
1983 Directors Guild of America Awards Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures Nomination for E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
1983 BAFTA Film Awards Best Direction Nomination for E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
1983 Golden Globes Best Director Nomination for E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
1982 Directors Guild of America Awards Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures Nomination for Raiders of the Lost Ark
1982 Golden Globes Best Director Nomination for Raiders of the Lost Ark
1979 BAFTA Film Awards Best Direction Nomination for Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1978 Directors Guild of America Awards Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures Nomination for Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1978 Golden Globes Best Director Nomination for Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1976 Directors Guild of America Awards Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures Nomination for Jaws
1976 BAFTA Film Awards Best Direction Nomination for Jaws
1976 Golden Globes Best Director Nomination for Jaws

Conclusion:
27 March 2021
Who Will Win Likely: Jane Campion for The Power of the Dog
Who May Be Alternate: Kenneth Branagh for Belfast

20 March 2021
Who Will Win Likely: Jane Campion for The Power of the Dog
Who May Be Alternate: Kenneth Branagh for Belfast

14 March 2021
Who Will Win Likely: Jane Campion for The Power of the Dog
Who May Be Alternate: Kenneth Branagh for Belfast

28 February 2021
Who Will Win Likely: Jane Campion for The Power of the Dog
Who May Be Alternate: Kenneth Branagh for Belfast

10 February 2021
Who Will Win Likely: Jane Campion for The Power of the Dog
Who May Be Alternate: Kenneth Branagh for Belfast

Who Should Win: Kenneth Branagh for Belfast
Who Got Snubbed: Denis Villeneuve for Dune, Adam McKay for Don't Look Up
Personal Favorite: Steven Spielberg for West Side Story
Who Wins? Jane Campion for The Power of the Dog

2022 Academy Awards Motion Picture Series

Nominated Picture: Belfast
Genres: Biography, Drama, History
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
Distributor in United States: Focus Features
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Producers: Laura Berwick, Kenneth Branagh, Becca Kovacik, Tamar Thomas
Screenplay By: Kenneth Branagh
Starring: Caitríona Balfe, Judi Dench, Jamie Dornan, Ciarán Hinds, Colin Morgan, Jude Hill
Duration: 98 Minutes
Release Date in Hong Kong: N/A
Nominations in 2022 Academy Awards:
Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Ciarán Hinds
Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Judi Dench
Best Directing - Kenneth Branagh
Best Music, Original Song - "Down to Joy", Music and Lyric by Van Morrison
Best Sound - Denise Yarde, Simon Chase, James Mather and Niv Adiri
Best Writing (Original Screenplay) - Kenneth Branagh

Nominated Picture: CODA
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Music
Countries: United States, France, Canada
Languages: American Sign Language, English
Production companies: Vendôme Pictures, Pathé Films
Distributor in United States: Apple TV+
Director: Siân Heder
Producers: Fabrice Gianfermi, Philippe Rousselet, Patrick Wachsberger, Jérôme Seydoux
Screenplay By: Siân Heder
Starring: Emilia Jones, Eugenio Derbez, Troy Kotsur, Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Daniel Durant, Marlee Matlin
Duration: 111 Minutes
Release Date in Hong Kong: TBD
Nominations in 2022 Academy Awards:
Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Troy Kotsur
Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay) - Siân Heder

Nominated Picture: Don't Look Up
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: United States
Language: English
Distributor in United States: Netflix
Director: Adam McKay
Producers: Adam McKay, Kevin Messick
Screenplay By: Adam McKay
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Rob Morgan, Jonah Hill, Mark Rylance, Tyler Perry, Timothée Chalamet, Ron Perlman, Ariana Grande, Scott Mescudi, Cate Blanchett, Meryl Streep
Duration: 138 Minutes
Release Date in Hong Kong: N/A
Nominations in 2022 Academy Awards:
Best Film Editing - Hank Corwin
Best Music (Original Score) - Nicholas Britell
Best Writing (Original Screenplay) - Adam McKay and David Sirota

Nominated Picture: Drive My Car
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Distributor in United States: Janus Films
Director: Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Producer: Teruhisa Yamamoto
Screenplay By: Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Takamasa Oe
Starring: Hidetoshi Nishijima
Duration: 179 Minutes
Release Date in Hong Kong: 8 December 2021
Nominations in 2022 Academy Awards:
Best Directing - Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Best International Feature Film
Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay) - Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe

Nominated Picture: Dune
Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: United States
Language: English
Distributor in United States: Warner Bros.
Director: Denis Villeneuve
Producers: Cale Boyter, Mary Parent, Denis Villeneuve, Joe Caracciolo Jr.
Screenplay By: Jon Spaihts, Denis Villeneuve, Eric Roth
Starring: Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgård, Dave Bautista, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Zendaya, Chen Chang, Sharon Duncan-Brewster, Charlotte Rampling, Jason Momoa, Javier Bardem
Duration: 155 Minutes
Release Date in Hong Kong: 16 September 2021
Nominations in 2022 Academy Awards:
Best Cinematography - Greig Fraser
Best Costume Design - Jacqueline West and Robert Morgan
Best Film Editing - Joe Walker
Best Makeup and Hairstyling - Donald Mowat, Love Larson, Eva von Bahr
Best Music (Original Score) - Hans Zimmer
Best Production Design - Patrice Vermette (Production Design); Zsuzsanna Sipos (Set Decoration)
Best Sound - Mac Ruth, Mark Mangini, Theo Green, Doug Hemphill and Ron Bartlett
Best Visual Effects - Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, Brian Connor and Gerd Nefzer
Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay) - Jon Spaihts, Denis Villeneuve and Eric Roth

Nominated Picture: King Richard
Genres: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: United States
Language: English
Distributor in United States: Warner Bros.
Director: Reinaldo Marcus Green
Producers: Will Smith, Tim White, Trevor White
Screenplay By: Zach Baylin
Starring: Will Smith, Aunjanue Ellis, Saniyya Sidney, Demi Singleton, Tony Goldwyn, Jon Bernthal
Duration: 144 Minutes
Release Date in Hong Kong: 17 November 2021
Nominations in 2022 Academy Awards:
Best Actor in a Leading Role - Will Smith
Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Aunjanue Ellis
Best Film Editing - Pamela Martin
Best Music (Original Song) - "Be Alive", Music and Lyric by DIXSON and Beyoncé Knowles-Carter
Best Writing (Original Screenplay) - Zach Baylin

Nominated Picture: Licorice Pizza
Genres: Comedy. Drama, Romance
Countries: United States, Canada
Language: English
Distributors in United States: United Artists Releasing, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Producers: Paul Thomas Anderson, Sara Murphy, Adam Somner
Screenplay By: Paul Thomas Anderson
Starring: Alana Haim, Cooper Hoffman, Sean Penn, Tom Waits, Bradley Cooper, Benny Safdie
Duration: 133 Minutes
Released Date in Hong Kong: N/A
Nomination in 2022 Academy Awards:
Best Directing - Paul Thomas Anderson
Best Writing (Original Screenplay) - Paul Thomas Anderson

Nominated Picture: Nightmare Alley
Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: United States
Language: English
Distributor in United States: Searchlight Pictures
Director: Guillermo del Toro
Producers: Bradley Cooper, J. Miles Dale, Guillermo del Toro
Screenplay By: Guillermo del Toro, Kim Morgan
Starring: Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Toni Collette, Willem Dafoe, Richard Jenkins, Rooney Mara, Ron Perlman, Mary Steenburgen, David Strathairn
Duration: 150 Minutes
Release Date in Hong Kong: 24 February 2022
Nominations in 2022 Academy Awards:
Best Cinematography - Dan Laustsen
Best Costume Design - Luis Sequeira
Best Production Design - Tamara Deverell (Production Design); Shane Vieau (Set Decoration)

Nominated Picture: The Power of the Dog
Genres: Drama, Romance, Western
Countries: Australia, New Zealand, United States, United Kingdom, Canada
Language: English
Distributor in United States: Netflix
Director: Jane Campion
Producers: Jane Campion, Iain Canning, Roger Frappier, Tanya Seghatchian, Emile Sherman
Screenplay By: Jane Campion
Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Thomasin McKenzie, Genevieve Lemon, Keith Carradine, Frances Conroy
Duration: 126 Minutes
Release Date in Hong Kong: 30 November 2021
Nominations in 2022 Academy Awards:
Best Actor in a Leading Role - Benedict Cumberbatch
Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Jesse Plemons
Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Kodi Smit-McPhee
Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Kirsten Dunst
Best Cinematography - Ari Wegner
Best Directing - Jane Campion
Best Film Editing - Peter Sciberras
Best Music (Original Score) - Jonny Greenwood
Best Production Design - Grant Major (Production Design); Amber Richards (Set Decoration)
Best Sound - Richard Flynn, Robert Mackenzie and Tara Webb
Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay) - Jane Campion

Nominated Picture: West Side Story
Genres: Crime, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: United States
Languages: English, Spanish
Distributor in United States: 20th Century Studios
Director: Steven Spielberg
Producers: Kristie Macosko Krieger, Steven Spielberg, Kevin McCollum
Screenplay By: Tony Kushner
Starring: Ansel Elgort, Ariana DeBose, David Alvarez, Mike Faist, Rita Moreno, Rachel Zegler
Duration: 156 Minutes
Release Date in Hong Kong: 6 January 2022
Nominations in 2022 Academy Awards:
Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Ariana DeBose
Best Cinematography - Janusz Kaminski
Best Costume Design - Paul Tazewell
Best Directing - Steven Spielberg
Best Production Design - Adam Stockhausen (Production Design); Rena DeAngelo (Set Decoration)
Best Sound - Tod A. Maitland, Gary Rydstrom, Brian Chumney, Andy Nelson and Shawn Murphy

Conclusion:
27 March 2022
Which Will Win Likely: CODA
Which May Be Alternates: The Power of the Dog, Belfast

20 March 2022
Which Will Win Likely: CODA
Which May Be Alternates: The Power of the Dog, Belfast

14 March 2022
Which Will Win Likely: The Power of the Dog
Which May Be Alternates: CODA, Belfast

28 February 2022
Which Will Win Likely: The Power of the Dog
Which May Be Alternates: CODA, Belfast

9 February 2022
Which Will Win Likely: The Power of the Dog
Which May Be Alternates: Belfast, King Richard

Which Should Win: Belfast
Which Got Snubbed: tick, tick... BOOM!, The Lost Daughter
Personal Favorite: CODA
Which Wins? CODA

2022 Academy Awards Nomination

BEST PICTURE
Belfast
CODA
Don't Look Up
Drive My Car
Dune
King Richard
Licorice Pizza
Nightmare Alley
The Power of the Dog
West Side Story

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Javier Bardem, Being the Ricardos
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog
Andrew Garfield, tick, tick... BOOM!
Will Smith, King Richard
Denzel Washington, The Tragedy of Macbeth

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Olivia Colman, The Lost Daughter
Penélope Cruz, Parallel Mothers
Nicole Kidman, Being the Ricardos
Kristen Stewart, Spencer

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Ciarán Hinds, Belfast
Troy Kotsur, CODA
Jesse Plemons, The Power of the Dog
J.K. Simmons, Being the Ricardos
Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Jessie Buckley, The Lost Daughter
Ariana DeBose, West Side Story
Judi Dench, Belfast
Kirsten Dunst, The Power of the Dog
Aunjanue Ellis, King Richard

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Encanto
Flee
Luca
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
Raya and the Last Dragon

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Greig Fraser, Dune
Dan Laustsen, Nightmare Alley
Ari Wegner, The Power of the Dog
Bruno Delbonnel, The Tragedy of Macbeth
Janusz Kaminski, West Side Story

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Jenny Beavan, Cruella
Massimo Cantini Parrini and Jacqueline Durran, Cyrano
Jacqueline West and Robert Morgan, Dune
Luis Sequeira, Nightmare Alley
Paul Tazewell, West Side Story

BEST DIRECTING
Kenneth Branagh, Belfast
Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Drive My Car
Paul Thomas Anderson, Licorice Pizza
Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
Steven Spielberg, West Side Story

BEST DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)
Ascension
Attica
Flee
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Writing with Fire

BEST DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT)
Audible
Lead Me Home
The Queen of Basketball
Three Songs for Benazir
When We Were Bullies

BEST FILM EDITING
Hank Corwin, Don't Look Up
Joe Walker, Dune
Pamela Martin, King Richard
Peter Sciberras, The Power of the Dog
Myron Kerstein and Andrew Weisblum, tick, tick... BOOM!

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
Drive My Car (Japan)
Flee (Denmark)
The Hand of God (Italy)
Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom (Bhutan)
The Worst Person in the World (Norway)

BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
Mike Marino, Stacey Morris and Carla Farmer, Coming 2 America
Nadia Stacey, Naomi Donne and Julia Vernon, Cruella
Donald Mowat, Love Larson and Eva von Bahr, Dune
Linda Dowds, Stephanie Ingram and Justin Raleigh, The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Göran Lundström, Anna Carin Lock and Frederic Aspiras, House of Gucci

BEST MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)
Nicholas Britell, Don't Look Up
Hans Zimmer, Dune
Germaine Franco, Encanto
Alberto Iglesias, Parallel Mothers
Jonny Greenwood, The Power of the Dog

BEST MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)
"Down to Joy", Music and Lyric by Van Morrison, Belfast
"Dos Oruguitas", Music and Lyric by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Encanto
"Somehow You Do", Music and Lyric by Diane Warren, Four Good Days
"Be Alive", Music and Lyric by DIXSON and Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, King Richard
"No Time to Die", Music and Lyric by Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell, No Time to Die

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Patrice Vermette (Production Design); Zsuzsanna Sipos (Set Decoration), Dune
Tamara Deverell (Production Design); Shane Vieau (Set Decoration), Nightmare Alley
Grant Major (Production Design); Amber Richards (Set Decoration), The Power of the Dog
David Crank (Production Design); Nancy Haigh (Set Decoration), The Tragedy of Macbeth
Adam Stockhausen (Production Design); Rena DeAngelo (Set Decoration), West Side Story

BEST SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
Affairs of the Art
Bestia
Boxballet
Robin Robin
The Windshield Wiper

BEST SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
Ala Kachuu - Take and Run
The Dress
The Long Goodbye
On My Mind
Please Hold

BEST SOUND
Denise Yarde, Simon Chase, James Mather and Niv Adiri, Belfast
Mac Ruth, Mark Mangini, Theo Green, Doug Hemphill and Ron Bartlett, Dune
Simon Hayes, Oliver Tarney, James Harrison, Paul Massey and Mark Taylor, No Time to Die
Richard Flynn, Robert Mackenzie and Tara Webb, The Power of the Dog
Tod A. Maitland, Gary Rydstrom, Brian Chumney, Andy Nelson and Shawn Murphy, West Side Story

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, Brian Connor and Gerd Nefzer, Dune
Swen Gillberg, Bryan Grill, Nikos Kalaitzidis and Dan Sudick, Free Guy
Charlie Noble, Joel Green, Jonathan Fawkner and Chris Corbould, No Time to Die
Christopher Townsend, Joe Farrell, Sean Noel Walker and Dan Oliver, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Kelly Port, Chris Waegner, Scott Edelstein and Dan Sudick, Spider-Man: No Way Home

BEST WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
Siân Heder, CODA
Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe, Drive My Car
Jon Spaihts, Denis Villeneuve and Eric Roth, Dune
Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Lost Daughter
Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog

BEST WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
Kenneth Branagh, Belfast
Adam McKay and David Sirota, Don't Look Up
Zach Baylin, King Richard
Paul Thomas Anderson, Licorice Pizza
Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier, The Worst Person in the World

Comparison Between My Eve Prediction and Nominations:
BEST PICTURE: 9/10

BEST ACTOR IN LEADING ROLE: 5/5
BEST ACTRESS IN LEADING ROLE: 3/5 and 1 alternate
BEST ACTOR IN SUPPORTING ROLE: 3/5 and 1 alternate
BEST ACTRESS IN SUPPORTING ROLE: 3/5
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM: 5/5
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: 4/5 and 1 alternate
BEST COSTUME DESIGN: 4/5
BEST DIRECTING: 4/5 and 1 alternate
BEST DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE): 2/5, 2 alternates
BEST DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT): 3/5 and 1 alternate
BEST FILM EDITING: 2/5 and 1 alternate
BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM: 4/5
BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING: 4/5 and 1 alternate
BEST MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE): 4/5
BEST MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG): 4/5
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN: 3/5 and 1 alternate
BEST SHORT FILM (ANIMATED): 2/5 and No Gut, No Glory!
BEST SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION): 1/5
BEST SOUND: 4/5 and 1 alternate
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS: 3/5 and 1 alternate
BEST WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY): 5/5
BEST WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY): 4/5
Overall Conclusion: So many good movies this year. Hope the pandemic can end soon!!

2022 Academy Awards Nomination Prediction

BEST PICTURE
1. The Power of the Dog
2. Belfast
3. West Side Story
4. Dune
5. Licorice Pizza
6. CODA
7. Don't Look Up
8. King Richard
9. Drive My Car
10. Being the Ricardos
Alternates: tick, tick... BOOM!, The Lost Daughter
No Gut, No Glory!: Spider-Man: No Way Home

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
1. Will Smith, King Richard
2. Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog
3. Andrew Garfield, tick, tick... BOOM!
4. Denzel Washington, The Tragedy of Macbeth
5. Javier Bardem, Being the Ricardos
Alternates: Peter Dinklage, Cyrano, Leonardo DiCaprio, Don't Look Up
No Gut, No Glory!: Simon Rex, Red Rocket

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
1. Olivia Colman, The Lost Daughter
2. Nicole Kidman, Being the Ricardos
3. Lady Gaga, House of Gucci
4. Alana Haim, Licorice Pizza
5. Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Alternates: Jennifer Hudson, Respect, Kristen Stewart, Spencer
No Gut, No Glory!: Emilia Jones, CODA

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
1. Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog
2. Troy Kotsur, CODA
3. Ciarán Hinds, Belfast
4. Bradley Cooper, Licorice Pizza
5. Mike Faist, West Side Story
Alternates: J.K. Simmons, Being the Ricardos, Jared Leto, House of Gucci
No Gut, No Glory!: Idris Elba, The Harder They Fall

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
1. Ariana DeBose, West Side Story
2. Kirsten Dunst, The Power of the Dog
3. Caitríona Balfe, Belfast
4. Ruth Negga, Passing
5. Aunjanue Ellis, King Richard
Alternates: Ann Dowd, Mass, Marlee Matlin, CODA
No Gut, No Glory!: Meryl Streep, Don't Look Up

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
1. Flee
2. Encanto
3. The Mitchells vs the Machines
4. Luca
5. Raya and the Last Dragon
Alternates: Belle, Sing 2
No Gut, No Glory!: Ron's Gone Wrong

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
1. Dune
2. The Power of the Dog
3. The Tragedy of Macbeth
4. Belfast
5. Nightmare Alley
Alternates: West Side Story, The Green Knight
No Gut, No Glory!: Passing

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
1. Cruella
2. Dune
3. House of Gucci
4. Nightmare Alley
5. West Side Story
Alternates: Spencer, The French Dispatch
No Gut, No Glory!: The Eyes of Tammy Faye

BEST DIRECTING
1. Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
2. Kenneth Branagh, Belfast
3. Steven Spielberg, West Side Story
4. Denis Villeneuve, Dune
5. Paul Thomas Anderson, Licorice Pizza
Alternates: Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Drive My Car, Guillermo del Toro, Nightmare Alley
No Gut, No Glory!: Siân Heder, CODA

BEST DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)
1. Flee
2. Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
3. The Rescue
4. Procession
5. The Velvet Underground
Alternates: Attica, Ascension
No Gut, No Glory!: Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry

BEST DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT)
1. Three Songs for Benazir
2. The Queen of Basketball
3. Coded: The Hidden Love of J. C. Leyendecker
4. When We Were Bullies
5. Camp Confidential: America's Secret Nazis
Alternates: Terror Contagion, Audible
No Gut, No Glory!: A Broken House

BEST FILM EDITING
1. Dune
2. The Power of the Dog
3. Belfast
4. West Side Story
5. Licorice Pizza
Alternates: Don't Look Up, Nightmare Alley
No Gut, No Glory!: Last Night in Soho

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
1. Drive My Car (Japan)
2. A Hero (Iran)
3. The Worst Person in the World (Norway)
4. Flee (Denmark)
5. The Hand of God (Italy)
Alternates: Compartment No. 6 (Finland), Lamb (Iceland)
No Gut, No Glory!: Plaza Catedral (Panama)

BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
1. The Eyes of Tammy Faye
2. House of Gucci
3. Cruella
4. West Side Story
5. Dune
Alternates: The Suicide Squad, Coming 2 America
No Gut, No Glory!: No Time to Die

BEST MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)
1. Dune
2. The Power of the Dog
3. Don’t Look Up
4. The French Dispatch
5. Parallel Mothers
Alternates: Spencer, No Time to Die
No Gut, No Glory!: The Harder They Fall

BEST MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)
1. "No Time To Die", No Time To Die
2. "Be Alive", King Richard
3. "Dos Oruguitas", Encanto
4. "Just Look Up", Don’t Look Up
5. "Down To Joy", Belfast
Alternates: "Guns Go Bang", The Harder They Fall, "Here I Am (Singing My Way Home)", Respect
No Gut, No Glory!: "Your Song Saved My Life", Sing 2

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
1. Dune
2. Nightmare Alley
3. West Side Story
4. The French Dispatch
5. Cyrano
Alternates: Belfast, The Tragedy of Macbeth
No Gut, No Glory!: Last Night in Soho

BEST SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
1. Us Again
2. Robin Robin
3. The Windshield Wiper
4. Only a Child
5. Step into the River
Alternates: Namoo, The Musician
No Gut, No Glory!: Affairs of the Art

BEST SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
1. When the Sun Sets
2. The Long Goodbye
3. Frimas
4. Tala’vision
5. Censor of Dreams
Alternates: You're Dead Helen, The Criminals
No Gut, No Glory!: Distances

BEST SOUND
1. Dune
2. No Time to Die
3. West Side Story
4. Belfast
5. tick, tick... BOOM!
Alternates: A Quiet Place Part II, The Power of the Dog
No Gut, No Glory!: Last Night in Soho

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
1. Dune
2. Spider-Man: No Way Home
3. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
4. The Matrix Resurrections
5. Godzilla vs. Kong
Alternates: Free Guy, Ghostbusters: Afterlife
No Gut, No Glory!: Eternals

BEST WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
1. The Power of the Dog
2. CODA
3. The Lost Daughter
4. Drive My Car
5. Dune
Alternates: West Side Story, Nightmare Alley
No Gut, No Glory!: tick, tick... BOOM!

BEST WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
1. Belfast
2. Licorice Pizza
3. King Richard
4. Don't Look Up
5. Being the Ricardos
Alternates: C'mon C'mon, Mass
No Gut, No Glory!: The Hand of God