Best Picture might have nine nominees, but it's between four films: «Three Billboards» (
missing director nomination), «The Shape of Water» (wasn't nominated for Screen Actors Guild ensemble), «Get Out» (missing editing nomination) and «Dunkirk» (has no actors nominated, also missing screenplay).
However, even Damien Chazelle
missed a director nomination for «Whiplash,» which was loved by Oscar.
Not exact matches
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri earned seven
nominations but
missed out on a very crucial one — Best
Director.
As a result, the film
missed out on several Oscar
nominations and potential wins despite being the best - reviewed American film of the year, most prominently for
director Kathryn Bigelow.
Among the names I'm particularly glad to see on the list are «The Illusionist» animator Sylvain Chomet (seven years after his first nod), offbeat
directors Gregg Araki and John Cameron Mitchell and «Another Year» actress Lesley Manville — whose inclusion should come as some consolation for the
missing Best Actress
nomination many felt she deserved this year.
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (
missing just the NBR Top Ten) Lady Bird (no
director nomination at Globes) Get Out (also no
director nomination at Globes)
Unfortunately, other than his role as Jordan Belfort, I think this film will
miss out on the Best Picture
nomination as well as Best
Director for one reason, nudity.
Lady Bird also got five
nominations, including one for
director Greta Gerwig, but
missed on Best Film.
The lack of a supporting category with the Gothams is always unfortunate as we see today with Rooney Mara (Carol)
missing, as well as Cynthia Nixon in James White, despite her film getting Best Actor and Best
Director nominations.
Third, Three Billboards was not eligible for the WGA — got hit with a pretty rough controversy or backlash — then
missed a Best
Director nomination at the Oscars.
I still fear that Greta Gerwig will
miss out on the
Director nomination (that she also
missed at the Globes).
While Denis Villeneuve
missed out on a best
director nomination for Blade Runner 2049, the film did pick up a number of nods in other categories.
Three Billboards earned seven
nominations, a pretty stout total, but it's where the film wasn't nominated that is more interesting: Martin McDonagh was
missing from the Best
Director nominations this morning.
Todd Haynes's lesbian drama wins Dorians, despite
missing out on best film and best
director Academy
nominations last week, though Rooney Mara remains favourite to take best supporting actress
However, McDonagh, its British writer -
director,
missed out on a directing
nomination, which could impede its chances of taking best picture.
was going to
miss the cut for both Best Picture and Best
Director when the DGA
nominations were released earlier this week and Todd Haynes» name was nowhere to be found.
Lady Bird
missed out on Best Feature but still managed three top
nominations: Breakthrough
Director and Screenplay (Greta Gerwig) and Best Actress for Saoirse Ronan.