2020 BAFTA Nominations: 'Joker' Leads the Field With 11 Nominations

This condensed awards season continues to speed by as this morning saw the announcement of the 73rd BAFTA Film Awards nominations. Warner Bros “Joker” will be laughing all the way to London’s Royal Albert Hall, after the $1.1B Box Office smash led the field with 11 nominations, including Best Film (of which there are only five at the BAFTA’s) Best director for Todd Phillips, and Best Actor for star Joaquin Phoenix.

Coming in just behind the clown prince of crime was Netflix’s “The Irishman” and Sony’s “Once Upon a Time…In Hollywood” as the Martin Scorsese and Quentin Tarantino directed pictures scored 10 nods each, whilst recent Golden Globe winner “1917” rounded out the top four with nine nominations to its name.

All the talk this morning, however, is the presence of all-white acting categories. Actors who have felt like ever-presents during this season were left in the cold Tuesday morning, including Cynthia Erivo (considered a lock before today) for “Harriet”, Eddie Murphy (“Dolemite is my Name”), Awkwafina for Lulu Wang’s superb “The Farewell”, Lupita Nyong’o for “Us” and Jennifer Lopez for “Hustlers”. In fact, Lopez was left out of the supporting actress category in favor of a double dose of Margot Robbie, after the Australian landed nominations (all be it for two good performances) for both “Bombshell” and “Once Upon a Time…In Hollywood”. As for Lead Actress, it was no surprise to see those above left out in place of the extremely talented Jessie Buckley for “Wild Rose”, given the organization’s nature of favoring home talent.

There were however some welcome surprises, from an original screenplay nomination for “Booksmart” (written by Susanna Fogel, Emily Halpern, Sarah Haskins, Katie Silberman), to a Cinematography nomination for Jarin Blaschke’s superb work in “The Lighthouse”, and a foreign language nomination for Celine Sciamma’s “Portrait of a Lady On Fire”.

Let us know what you think of this morning’s announcement, and who you think will win!

Best Film
1917 
The Irishman
Joker
Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood
Parasite

Outstanding British Film
1917
Bait
For Sama
Rocketman
Sorry We Missed You
The Two Popes

Outstanding Debut By A British Writer, Director Or Producer
Bait, Mark Jenkin (Writer/Director), Kate Byers, Linn Waite (Producers)
For Sama, Waad Al-Kateab (Director/Producer), Edward Watts (Director)
Maiden, Alex Holmes (Director)
Only You, Harry Wootliff (Writer/Director)
Retablo , Álvaro Delgado-Aparicio (Writer/Director)*

Film Not In The English Language
The Farewell
For Sama
Pain And Glory
Parasite
Portrait Of A Lady On Fire

Documentary
American Factory
Apollo 11
Diego Maradona
For Sama
The Great Hack

Animated Film
Frozen 2
Klaus
A Shaun The Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
Toy Story 4

Director
1917, Sam Mendes
The Irishman, Martin Scorsese
Joker, Todd Phillips
Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood, Quentin Tarantino
Parasite, Bong Joon-Ho

Original Screenplay
Booksmart, Susanna Fogel, Emily Halpern, Sarah Haskins, Katie Silberman
Knives Out, Rian Johnson
Marriage Story, Noah Baumbach
Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood, Quentin Tarantino
Parasite, Han Jin Won, Bong Joon-Ho

Adapted Screenplay
The Irishman, Steven Zaillian
Jojo Rabbit, Taika Waititi
Joker, Todd Phillips, Scott Silver
Little Women, Greta Gerwig
The Two Popes, Anthony Mccarten

Leading Actress
Jessie Buckley, Wild Rose
Scarlett Johansson, Marriage Story
Saoirse Ronan, Little Women
Charlize Theron, Bombshell
Renée Zellweger, Judy

Leading Actor
Leonardo Dicaprio, Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood
Adam Driver, Marriage Story
Taron Egerton, Rocketman
Joaquin Phoenix, Joker
Jonathan Pryce, The Two Popes

Supporting Actress
Laura Dern, Marriage Story
Scarlett Johansson, Jojo Rabbit
Florence Pugh, Little Women
Margot Robbie, Bombshell
Margot Robbie, Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood

Supporting Actor
Tom Hanks, A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood
Anthony Hopkins, The Two Popes
Al Pacino, The Irishman
Joe Pesci, The Irishman
Brad Pitt, Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood

Original Score
1917 Thomas Newman
Jojo Rabbit Michael Giacchino
Joker Hildur Guđnadóttir
Little Women Alexandre Desplat
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker John Williams

Casting
Joker Shayna Markowitz
Marriage Story Douglas Aibel, Francine Maisler
Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood Victoria Thomas
The Personal History Of David Copperfield Sarah Crowe
The Two Popes Nina Gold

Cinematography
1917 Roger Deakins
The Irishman Rodrigo Prieto
Joker Lawrence Sher
Le Mans ’66 (Ford V Ferrari) Phedon Papamichael
The Lighthouse Jarin Blaschke

Editing
The Irishman Thelma Schoonmaker
Jojo Rabbit Tom Eagles
Joker Jeff Groth
Le Mans ’66 (Ford V Ferrari) Andrew Buckland, Michael Mccusker
Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood Fred Raskin

Production Design
1917 Dennis Gassner, Lee Sandales
The Irishman Bob Shaw, Regina Graves
Jojo Rabbit Ra Vincent, Nora Sopková
Joker Mark Friedberg, Kris Moran
Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood Barbara Ling, Nancy Haigh

Costume Design
The Irishman Christopher Peterson, Sandy Powell
Jojo Rabbit Mayes C. Rubeo
Judy Jany Temime
Little Women Jacqueline Durran
Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood Arianne Phillips

Make Up & Hair
1917 Naomi Donne
Bombshell Vivian Baker, Kazu Hiro, Anne Morgan
Joker Kay Georgiou, Nicki Ledermann
Judy Jeremy Woodhead
Rocketman Lizzie Yianni Georgiou

Sound
1917 Scott Millan, Oliver Tarney, Rachael Tate, Mark Taylor, Stuart Wilson
Joker Tod Maitland, Alan Robert Murray, Tom Ozanich, Dean Zupancic
Le Mans ’66 David Giammarco, Paul Massey, Steven A. Morrow, Donald Sylvester
Rocketman Matthew Collinge, John Hayes, Mike Prestwood Smith, Danny Sheehan
Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker David Acord, Andy Nelson, Christopher Scarabosio, Stuart Wilson, Matthew Wood

Special Visual Effects
1917 Greg Butler, Guillaume Rocheron, Dominic Tuohy
Avengers: Endgame Dan Deleeuw, Dan Sudick
The Irishman Leandro Estebecorena, Stephane Grabli, Pablo Helman
The Lion King Andrew R. Jones, Robert Legato, Elliot Newman, Adam Valdez
Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker Roger Guyett, Paul Kavanagh, Neal Scanlan, Dominic Tuohy

British Short Animation
Grandad Was A Romantic. Maryam Mohajer
In Her Boots Kathrin Steinbacher
The Magic Boat Naaman Azhari, Lilia Laurel

British Short Film
Azaar Myriam Raja, Nathanael Baring
Goldfish Hector Dockrill, Harri Kamalanathan, Benedict Turnbull, Laura Dockrill
Kamali Sasha Rainbow, Rosalind Croad
Learning To Skateboard In A Warzone (If You’re A Girl) Carol Dysinger, Elena Andreicheva
The Trap Lena Headey, Anthony Fitzgerald

Rising Star Award
Awkwafina
Jack Lowden
Kaitlyn Dever
Kelvin Harrison Jr.
Micheal Ward