2020 Academy Award Predictions
On Sunday, we can finally close the book on 2019 in regards to film. Despite there being some locks in terms of winners there are also lots of exciting races to be had. Taking my personal preference out of it, (because there are many nominees I wouldn't have nominated) I will do by best to pick the winners as well as identify a nominee that could play spoiler.
Best Picture Ford v Ferrari The Irishman Jojo Rabbit Joker Little Women Marriage Story 1917 Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Parasite
What Will Win: 1917
What Could Win: Parasite
Best Actor Antonio Banderas- Pain and Glory Leonardo DiCaprio- Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Adam Driver- Marriage Story Joaquin Phoenix - Joker Jonathan Pryce- The Two Popes
What Will Win: Joaquin Phoenix - Joker
What Could Win: Adam Driver- Marriage Story
Best Actress Cynthia Erivo- Harriet Scarlett Johansson- Marriage Story Saoirse Ronan- Little Women Charlize Theron- Bombshell Renee Zellweger- Judy
What Will Win: Renee Zellweger- Judy
What Could Win: Scarlett Johansson- Marriage Story
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
What Will Win: Brad Pitt- Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
What Could Win: Joe Pesci- The Irishman
Supporting Actress Kathy Bates- Richard Jewell Laura Dern- Marriage Story Scarlett Johansson- Jojo Rabbit Florence Pugh- Little Women Margot Robbie- Bombshell
What Will Win: Laura Dern- Marriage Story
What Could Win: Scarlett Johansson- Jojo Rabbit
Best Director Martin Scorsese- The Irishman Todd Phillips- Joker Sam Mendes- 1917 Quentin Tarantino- Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Bong Joon Ho- Parasite
What Will Win: Bong Joon Ho- Parasite
What Could Win: Sam Mendes- 1917
Adapted Screenplay Taika Waititi- Jojo Rabbit Steve Zaillian- The Irishman Anthony McCarten- The Two Popes Greta Gerwig- Little Women Todd Phillips and Scott Silver- Joker
What Will Win: Taika Waititi- Jojo Rabbit
What Could Win: Greta Gerwig- Little Women
Best Original Screenplay Rian Johnson- Knives Out Noah Baumbach- Marriage Story Sam Mendes and Krysty Wilson-Cairns- 1917 Quentin Tarantino- Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Bong Joon Ho and Han Jin Won- Parasite
What Will Win: Quentin Tarantino- Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
What Could Win: Bong Joon Ho and Han Jin Won- Parasite
Best Cinematography Rodrigo Prieto- The Irishman Lawrence Sher- Joker Jarin Blaschke- The Lighthouse Roger Deakins- 1917 Robert Richardson- Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
What Will Win: Roger Deakins- 1917
What Could Win: Robert Richardson- Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Original Score Hildur Guðnadóttir- Joker Alexandre Desplat- Little Women Randy Newman- Marriage Story Thomas Newman- 1917 John Williams- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
What Will Win: Hildur Guðnadóttir- Joker
What Could Win: Thomas Newman- 1917
Film Editing Michael McCusker and Andrew Buckland- Ford vs. Ferrari Thelma Schoonmaker- The Irishman Tom Eagles- Jojo Rabbit Jeff Groth- Joker Yang Jinmo- Parasite
What Will Win: Thelma Schoonmaker- The Irishman
What Could Win: Yang Jinmo- Parasite
Best Costume Design Sandy Powell and Christopher Peterson- The Irishman Mayes C. Rubeo- Jojo Rabbit Mark Bridges- Joker Jacqueline Durran- Little Women Arianne Phillip- Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
What Will Win: Jacqueline Durran- Little Women
What Could Win: Arianne Phillip- Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Makeup and Hairstyling
Bombshell Joker Judy Maleficent: Mistress of Evil 1917
What Will Win: Bombshell
What Could Win: Judy
Original Song “I’m Standing With You”- Breakthrough “Into the Unknown”- Frozen 2 “Stand Up”- Harriet
“I’m Gonna Love Me Again”- Rocketman
“I Can’t Let You Throw Yourself Away”- Toy Story 4
What Will Win: “I’m Gonna Love Me Again”- Rocketman
What Could Win: “Stand Up”- Harriet
Production Design The Irishman Jojo Rabbit 1917 Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Parasite
What Will Win: 1917
What Could Win: Parasite
Sound Editing Ford v Ferrari Joker 1917 Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
What Will Win: Ford v Ferrari
What Could Win: 1917
Sound Mixing
Ad Astra Ford vs. Ferrari Joker 1917 Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
What Will Win: Ford vs. Ferrari
What Could Win: 1917
Visual Effects Avengers: Endgame
The Irishman The Lion King 1917 Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
What Will Win: Avengers: Endgame
What Could Win: The Lion King
Animated Feature How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
I Lost My Body Klaus Missing Link Toy Story 4
What Will Win: Toy Story 4
What Could Win: I Lost My Body
International Feature Film Corpus Christi Honeyland Les Miserables Pain and Glory Parasite
What Will Win: Parasite
What Could Win: Pain and Glory
Best Documentary American Factory The Cave
Edge of Democracy For Sama Honeyland
What Will Win: American Factory
What Could Win: For Sama
Documentary Short Subject
In the Absence Learning to Skateboard in a War Zone If You’re a Girl Life Overtakes Me St. Louis Superman Walk Run Cha-Cha
What Will Win: In the Absence
What Could Win: Learning to Skateboard in a War Zone If You’re a Girl
Animated Short Film Daughter Hair Love
Kitbull Memorable Sister
What Will Win: Hair Love
What Could Win: Sister
Live Action Short Film Brotherhood Nefta Football Club The Neighbor’s Window Saria A Sister
What Will Win: Brotherhood
What Could Win: Nefta Football Club
Tune in Sunday, Feb 7th to see how many I get right!