“Potter” Alumni Receive Oscar Nominations
The nominations for the Academy Awards were released this week, and many of our Potter alumni had current and former projects included in the list. Among the nominees are Gary Oldman (Sirius Black), who continues to collect nominations for his turn as Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour, Deathly Hallows composer Alexandre Desplat, and original Potter composer John Williams, who has once again broken his own record with his nomination for Original Score (Star Wars: The Last Jedi), maintaining his place as the most Oscar-nominated person alive.
Check out the list below for all the Potter-related nominees, and find the complete list of nominees here. Be sure to watch this year’s Academy Awards on Sunday, March 4 at 6:30 EST on ABC in the United States.
Best Picture: Darkest Hour, Dunkirk, The Post, The Shape of Water
Lead Actor: Gary Oldman for Darkest Hour
Lead Actress: Sally Hawkins for The Shape of Water, Meryl Streep for The Post
Supporting Actor: Richard Jenkins for The Shape of Water
Supporting Actress: Octavia Spencer for The Shape of Water
Director: Christopher Nolan for Dunkirk, Guillermo del Toro for The Shape of Water
Original Screenplay: Guillermo del Toro and Vanessa Taylor for The Shape of Water
Cinematography: Bruno Delbonnel for Darkest Hour, Hoyte van Hoytema for Dunkirk, Dan Laustsen for The Shape of Water
Film Editing: Lee Smith for Dunkirk, Sidney Wolinsky for The Shape of Water
Sound Editing: Alex Gibson and Richard King for Dunkirk, Nathan Robitaille for The Shape of Water, Ren Klyce and Matthew Wood for Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Sound Mixing: Mark Weingarten, Gregg Landaker, and Gary A. Rizzo for Dunkirk, Glen Gauthier, Christian Cooke, and Brad Zoern for The Shape of Water, Stuart Wilson, Ren Klyce, David Parker, and Michael Semanick for Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Production Design: Beauty and the Beast, Darkest Hour, Dunkirk, The Shape of Water
Original Score: Hans Zimmer for Dunkirk, Alexandre Desplat for The Shape of Water, John Williams for Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Makeup and Hair: Kazuhiro Tsuji, David Malinowski, and Lucy Sibbick for Darkest Hour, Daniel Phillips and Lou Sheppard for Victoria & Abdul
Costume Design: Beauty and the Beast, Darkest Hour, The Shape of Water, Victoria & Abdul
Visual Effects: Ben Morris, Mike Mulholland, Chris Corbould, and Neal Scanlon for Star Wars: The Last Jedi