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97th Oscars. Predictions for the Films of 2024 / March 2, 2025
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DECEMBER 17TH PREDICTIONS - ALL CATEGORIES
OSCAR FINALIST LISTS IN SELECT CATEGORIES: Tuesday Dec 17, 2024
OSCAR NOMINATION VOTING: January 8-12, 2025
OSCAR NOMINATIONS: Friday January 17, 2025
OSCAR NIGHT: Sunday March 2, 2025
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COSTUME DESIGN Tier 1 - Predictions |
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Paul Tazewell CDG Nom Fantasy |
Massimo Cantini Parrini CDG Nom Period |
Colleen Atwood CDG Nom Fantasy |
Janty Yates CDG Nom Period
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Lisy Christl CDG nom Contemporary |
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Tier 2 - Potential Spoilers |
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Jacqueline West CDG Nom Fantasy |
Jacqueline Durran |
Linda Muir CDG Nom Period |
Virginie Montel CDG nom Contemporary |
Danny Glicker CDG Nom Period |
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Tier 3 Long Shots |
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Previous Nominees
Never nominated. When will it be their time?
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CINEMATOGRAPHY Tier 1 - Predictions |
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Paul Guilhaume |
Greig Fraser (2 noms, 1 win) DUNE PART TWO |
Edward Lachmann (3 noms) MARIA |
Jarin Blaschke (1 nom) NOSFERATU |
Jomo Fray |
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Tier 2 - Or Maybe It'll Be... |
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John Mathieson |
Lol Crawley (never nom'ed) THE BRUTALIST
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Stephane Fontaine (never nom'ed) CONCLAVE
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Yorick Le Saux (never nom'ed) BLITZ
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Alice Brooks |
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Previous nominees for costume design
Never nominated. When will it be their time?
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PRODUCTION DESIGN Tier 1 - Predictions |
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Nathan Crowley |
Arthur Max (4 noms) GLADIATOR II |
Patrice Vermette (3 noms | 1 win) DUNE PART TWO |
Judy Becker (1 nom) THE BRUTALIST |
Craig Lathrop
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Tier 2 - Or Maybe It'll Be... |
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Adam Stockhausen (4 noms | 1 win) BLITZ
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Emmanuelle Duplay (never nominated) EMILIA PEREZ |
Francois Audouy (never nominated) A COMPLETE UNKNOWN |
Jess Gonchor (2 noms) SATURDAY NIGHT |
Guy Hendrix Dyas (2 noms) MARIA |
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Previous nominees for production design
Never nominated. When will it be their time?
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FILM EDITING Somewhat randomly selecting half of the Best Picture nominees for this category's April Foolish guesswork.
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EMILIA PEREZ |
GLADIATOR II |
THE BRUTALIST David Jancso (never nom'ed) |
SEPTEMBER 5 Hansjörg Weibrich (never nom'ed) |
CONCLAVE Nick Emerson (never nom'ed) |
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Tier 2 - Or Maybe It'll Be... |
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ANORA
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DUNE PART TWO |
NICKEL BOYS |
WICKED Myron Kerstein (1 nom) |
A COMPLETE UNKNOWN Andrew Buckland (1 nom | 1 win) |
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Tier 3 - Other Possibilities |
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Previous nominees for editing
Never nominated. When will it be their time?
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MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING Tier 1 - Predictions |
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| ... DUNE PART TWO |
... WICKED |
... NOSFERATU |
... BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE |
THE SUBSTANCE |
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Tier 2 - Potential Spoilers |
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| ... EMILIA PEREZ |
A DIFFERENT MAN |
... THE APPRENTICE |
... MARIA |
... WALTZING WITH BRANDO |
| No Longer Eligible - Notable films with significant makeup/hair work that did not make the finals (not a statement of worthiness - just an observation of the titles they could have considered given the work) | ||||
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VISUAL EFFECTS Tier 1 - Predictions |
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WICKED |
DUNE PART TWO | GLADIATOR II | KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES | DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE |
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BETTER MAN |
TWISTERS
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ALIEN ROMULUS | MUFASA THE LION KING | CIVIL WAR |
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Other Possibilities |
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The longlist for this category was 20 films long but only 19 were ever confirmed (by various media outlets) . The Academy continues to not be all that transparent about their longlists and eligibility lists in the categories that have multiple rounds of voting. The 9 films that didn't make the final balloting:
The following films (of wildly varying quality) didn't evem make the long list (unless they were that 20th unknown title) which is disappointing in a couple of cases...
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