Sicario, directed by Denis Villeneuve, is a nominee for Best Cinematography, Best Original Score and Best Sound Editing.
FBI Agent Kate Macer is recruited by a shadowy government official to join an inter-agency task force to apprehend a Mexican cartel leader. Guided by a consultant with a suspicious agenda and a tendency to use brutal tactics, Kate embarks on a mission that forces her to question her idealism and leaves her unsure who she can trust.
This is the thirteenth Academy Award nomination for Roger Deakins.
He was previously nominated for:
Unbroken (2014) — Nominee, Cinematography
Prisoners (2013) — Nominee, Cinematography
Skyfall (2012) — Nominee, Cinematography
True Grit (2010) — Nominee, Cinematography
The Reader (2008) — Nominee, Cinematography
The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford (2007) – Nominee, Cinematography
No Country For Old Men (2007) — Nominee, Cinematography
The Man Who Wasn’t There (2001) — Nominee, Cinematography
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) — Nominee, Cinematography
Kundun (1997) — Nominee, Cinematography
Fargo (1996) — Nominee, Cinematography
The Shawshank Redemption (1994) — Nominee, Cinematography
This is the second Academy Award nomination for Jóhann Jóhannsson.
He was previously nominated for:
The Theory Of Everything (2014) — Nominee, Music (Original Score)
This is the eighth Academy Award nomination for Alan Robert Murray.
He was previously nominated for:
American Sniper (2014) — Winner, Sound Editing
Flags Of Our Fathers (2006) — Nominee, Sound Editing
Letters From Iwo Jima (2006) — Winner, Sound Editing
Space Cowboys (2000) — Nominee, Sound Editing
Eraser (1996) — Nominee, Sound Effects Editing
Lethal Weapon 2 (1989) — Nominee, Sound Effects Editing
Ladyhawke (1985) — Nominee, Sound Effects Editing
Other competing nominees in the Cinematography category are Robert Richardson for The Hateful Eight, John Seale for Mad Max: Fury Road, Ed Lachman for Carol and Emmanuel Lubezki The Revenant.
Other competing nominees in the Music (Original Score) category are Thomas Newman for Bridge of Spies, Ennio Morricone for The Hateful Eight, John Williams for Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Carter Burwell for Carol.
Other competing nominees in the Sound Editing category are Mark Mangini and David White for Mad Max: Fury Road, Matthew Wood and David Acord for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Oliver Tarney for The Martian and Martin Hernandez and Lon Bender for The Revenant.
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Source: OSCAR
