The nominations for the 90th Academy Awards have been announced, and “The Shape of Water” leads the field with 13 nominations.
Nominations for the 90th Academy Awards were announced on Tuesday Jan. 23, amid what had been proving to be one of the more unpredictable awards seasons in years, until the Golden Globes and Screen Actors Guild Awards marched in lockstep in multiple categories, turning hopefuls into frontrunners.
And Mexican director Guillermo del Toro with his movie The Shape of Water led the nomination count with 13.
Best Picture
2018 · Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale
Best Actress
2018 · Sally Hawkins
Best Supporting Actress
2018 · Octavia Spencer
Best Supporting Actor
2018 · Richard Jenkins
Best Director
2018 · Guillermo del Toro
Best Original Music Score
2018 · Alexandre Desplat
Best Original Screenplay
2018 · Guillermo del Toro, Vanessa Taylor
Best Cinematography
2018 · Dan Laustsen
Best Costume Design
2018 · Luis Sequeira
Best Film Editing
2018 · Sidney Wolinsky
Best Sound Mixing
2018 · Glen Gauthier, Brad Zoern, Christian T. Cooke
Best Sound Editing
2018 · Nathan Robitaille
Best Production Design
2018 · Paul D. Austerberry
Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water is now up there with Titanic as one of the only productions to obtain 13 nominations for Academy Awards.
We’ll see how many Oscar statuettes will the movie production will actually obtain, the fact is that if Del Toro wins half of his nominations, he will become one the greatest filmmakers in history.
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