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Oscar Best Picture Nominee Trivia



Best Motion Picture of the Year Nominees

CODA (Apple Original Films) - Philippe Rousselet, Fabrice Gianfermi, and Patrick Wachsberger, producers - This is the first nomination for all three.





King Richard (Warner Bros.) - Tim White, Trevor White and Will Smith, producers - This is the first Best Picture nomination for all three.


The Power of the Dog (Netflix) - Jane Campion, Tanya Seghatchian, Emile Sherman, Iain Canning, and Roger Frappier, producers. This is the first Best Picture nomination for Jane Campion, Tanya Seghatchian, and Roger Frappier. This is the third Best Picture nomination for both Emile Sherman and Iain Canning. They won the award for The King’s Speech (2010) and were nominated for Lion (2016).


Belfast (Focus Features) - Laura Berwick, Kenneth Branagh, Becca Kovacik, and Tamar Thomas, producers - This is the first Best Picture nomination for all four.


Don’t Look Up (Netflix) - Adam McKay and Kevin Messick, producers - This is the second Best Picture nomination for both Adam McKay and Kevin Messick, who were previously nominated for Vice (2018).


Drive My Car (Sideshow and Janus Films) - Teruhisa Yamamoto, producer - This is his first nomination.

Dune (Warner Bros.) - Mary Parent, Denis Villeneuve, and Cale Boyter, producers - This is the second nomination for Mary Parent, who was previously nominated for Best Picture for The Revenant (2015). This is the first Best Picture nomination for both Denis Villeneuve and Cale Boyter.


Licorice Pizza (Metro Goldwyn Mayer/United Artists Releasing) - Sara Murphy, Adam Somner, and Paul Thomas Anderson, producers - This is the first nomination for both Sara Murphy and Adam Somner.


This is the third Best Picture nomination for Paul Thomas Anderson. He was previously nominated for There Will Be Blood (2007) and Phantom Thread (2017).


Nightmare Alley (Searchlight) - Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale, and Bradley Cooper, producers - This is the second Best Picture nomination for both Guillermo del Toro and J. Miles Dale, who won the award for The Shape of Water (2017). This is the fourth Best Picture nomination for Bradley Cooper. He was previously nominated for American Sniper (2014), A Star Is Born (2018), and Joker (2019).


West Side Story (Walt Disney) - Steven Spielberg and Kristie Macosko Krieger, producers - This is the eleventh Best Picture nomination for Steven Spielberg, who won the award for Schindler’s List (1993). Other nominations were for E.T. The ExtraTerrestrial (1982), The Color Purple (1985), Saving Private Ryan (1998), Munich (2005), Letters from Iwo Jima (2006), War Horse (2011), Lincoln (2012), Bridge of Spies (2015) and The Post (2017).


This is the third nomination for Kristie Macosko Krieger, who was nominated for Best Picture for Bridge of Spies (2015) and The Post (2017).

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