Sunday 24 March 2024

Alternate Best Actor 1945: Roger Livesey in I Know Where I'm Going

Roger Livesey did not receive an Oscar nomination for portraying Torquil MacNeil aka Kiloran in I Know Where I'm Going. 

I Know Where I'm Going follows an ambitious young woman Joan (Wendy Hiller) going on a trip to Scotland to see her rich fiance, though naturally comes across a handsome local.
 
Unbearded Roger Livesey plays that local, I feel that is an essential distinction to make, who we come across, and while this sort of tale is now extremely commonplace, less so at this time, also such follow ups were not written and directed by Powell and Pressburger. The great Roger Livesey I wouldn't say has his most challenging role here as this film is part travelogue, part romance, with a bit of light comedy but more than anything largely a light tone despite one fairly intense sequence late in the film. This isn't an example of the film pushing Livesey to the limit of any ilk, rather early in the film we see him as just a charming chap in Scotland visiting before needing to return to the service and running into  Joan who is the one driving the narrative up until this point. Livesey is an actor with a tremendous presence, one where his voice alone does a great deal of natural heavy lifting, as the man just commands space, however that isn't the focal point here. Here he's just going to be part of the space early on as Livesey plays Torquil with a casual manner and just general affability as he greets the young woman while showing her around a bit as she travels towards her fiance and he enjoys his leave from the war effort. Something that I do think is aided by the lack of beard on Livesey that makes him look much younger and just in general have a more boyish quality to this man who clearly has some love for this environment of his homeland. The whole focus here is just to be charming largely, which Livesey is in a fairly easy going way that he doesn't make much of it, he just very much is part of scenes with an innate ease as someone that it is hard not to find a little endearing. He's good in that he doesn't play the pestering alternative or anything of the ilk, rather Livesey very much presents Torquil as entirely innocent around Joan, even as it becomes obvious that the two share more than a little bit of chemistry with one another.

Hiller and Livesey in some ways aren't pushing their obvious raw intensity both have as a performers, this is much lighter fare for both of them, however neither uses that as some kind of excuse to simplify anything about this material. They both give distinct life to their characters, and in this instance creating a very naturalistic chemistry between the two. As what develops between them actually is very subdued on the whole, where we have the moments of growing connection but it isn't as sort of broad as was the more normal ilk as if say this was a Cary Grant romantic comedy where he needed to best old Ralph Bellamy, which in this instance Bellamy would neither be seen nor heard. Rather much of it is in the margins of their performance as they interact and at times don't interact as they go about their trip in the Scottish isles. Livesey's wonderful by not exactly playing his hand obviously at any point as this presumption that the man is trying for something rather you see in each moment this kind of jus generous smile and more than a glance towards Joan, balanced with moments of this certain earned judgment in his eyes as she seems to favor wealth over other qualities of life, at least in her titular expression. Livesey' s performance is just one that cultivates the connection and attraction with Hiller, with the ease that grows and the sense of quiet complications in the silences, and they completely earn the sense of the connection between the two. Which is particularly essential here as there is far less of a driven obvious focus about this, leaving to the performers to earn the romantic journey, which they do. 

Although much of this performance isn't dramatic, other than Livesey just having an innate dramatic quality to his work because of the power of his presence. The one minor detail of this seeming is his fear of going to the old ruins of his family that is said to be cursed but even this seems almost slightly flippant for a while at least. The power of Livesey though is called upon as Joan, mainly because she wants to get away from the obvious attraction to Torquil and to her financial safety of her planned marriage and bribes a poor local man to take her through a dangerous storm. Livesey's great in the moment of Torquil disgust with this choice at first bringing this natural sense of a combination of genuine disappointment that speaks to someone who he had hoped for mixed in with this real sense of care he clearly has for the local people. It is only when Torquil is told she's really running from him to avoid romance is when he decides instead to take upon captaining the boat himself. And Livesey is great throughout this sequence in bringing this visceral intensity that he's been holding back and bringing such a power in his sense of determination that creates the danger of the situation but with the confidence of a man who will make sure they all make it. He's captivating every second of this sequence, particularly in the moments of instructing Joan on how to save the boat, and we see them fully working together, albeit seemingly ironically as it is to get her to marry another man. Although this journey only makes them grow closer, which is still unsaid till their goodbyes which has a formality still but you sense the chemistry in the warmth beneath every word, until Joan wishes for a goodbye kiss. Livesey's reaction to this is absolutely pitch perfect, as you get such a great sense of surprise and immediate joy with the sudden turn from Joan, though she seemingly still leaves, and Torquil finally goes to the allegedly cursed ruins. A sequence that is where you see what great directors and great actors can do. As it is a man looking around ruins, which would be less if it were not filmed so beautifully, with such an atmospheric sense of place, and just Livesey being absolutely brilliant in showing the man soaking all the history in, particularly as he sees the actual curse, which essential is that of long lasting love. Livesey's reaction to seeing Joan come back to him, supported by an instrumental group, couldn't be more perfect in saying all that needs to be said as the romantic highlight of fully embracing his "cursed" fate. 

Monday 18 March 2024

Alternate Best Actor 1945: Danny Kaye in Wonder Man

Danny Kaye did not receive an Oscar nomination for portraying Edwin Dingle and Buzzy Bellew in Wonder Man.

Wonder Man tells the story of two very different twins, one an entertainer who is murdered by the mob and as a ghost seeks out his intellectual brother to make things right.

Kind of wandering through Danny Kaye's oeuvre you could argue him as kind of almost an auteur actor in that you can see the films are so clearly tailor made for what he brings as a performer, rather than any other element. What that means is we very much always get some kind of Kaye variety experience within the film, though this varies from film to film, but have similar trademarks to each. This film in particular is very open in this concept as we see Kaye get to play two variations on this variety as the two brothers, and really several others as we open the film with the entertainer brother Buzzy Bellew. Where Kaye brings a vocal delivery as a boisterous devil may care sort, where he is outgoing at every venture we see him and really every scene he approaches with a different accent or kind of riff as a character who very much is always on. This is broad, but technically it is broad in the service of a broad character who is purposefully broad, so it all makes sense, particularly for a film of this ilk. I guess where there's hesitation on my part, is I don't exactly love these opening Kaye riffs as much as I often do from him, as his random Irish accent for a moment or his jungle musical routine, are all fine, but I don't think are overly notable Kaye bits, as Kaye bits go and while I wouldn't quite say grating, I would say I kind of had enough of the in your face Buzzy right before he gets murdered by the mob, having been a police witness.

Of course as is frequently the case I did not read the synopsis of this one before going in so there was plenty of Buzzy left over, but first we have to meet Edwin Dingle, the brother of Buzzy who we meet very calmly studying in his intellectual space, with a very deliberate subdued and shy delivery. Kaye often plays the hapless man who is a bit shy and bumbling, but this is a purposeful notch more in really emphasizing it to make Edwin also broad in his own way, but broad in the way he is so intensely modest. And again as I see Edwin, I like Kaye's bit well enough he's doing in this way, but I'm not exactly sold by it the way I was in The Court Jester or Me and the Colonel. Anyway the crux of the film comes in when Buzzy shows up as a ghost, for reasons unknown, and asks him to pretend to be him to still take down the gangster therefore continue as his performer briefly as well. Anyway, Kaye plays off himself, okay, in playing the sort of expected ghost hi-jinks, of others not being able to see him, and playing against himself with the big big Buzzy and the small small Edwin. It's fine, if not overly noteworthy in terms of the bits as they go. The timing is kind of there, as is the general idea, but the moments just aren't as funny as they could be or as prime Kaye shows them to be able to be. Although we actually get far less of this as you'd expect.

The film then goes into what should be a series of hilarious situations as Edwin is the fish out of water pretending to be the confident performer and also being threatened by gangster, and getting flustered by trying to deal with both his and Buzzy's love interests. Unfortunately all of this isn't nearly as funny as it sounds like it should be when you're describing it, as more of the film is spent on the musical performances and less on really getting into some genuinely hilarious situations of Edwin being pulled into multiple places. When Kaye is getting to play Edwin bumbling around trying to be Buzzy, whether that is with the women, or in failed performances, or in even police interrogation, he's at his best doing that fumbling around the lines and physical sort of sloppiness that Kaye does so well. He's a lot of fun in these moments, even if at times the lines just are "where's Buster", but Kaye brings an endearing energy. Less interesting though are the romances, neither that go anywhere comically or romantically. Or the performances of Buzzy when he possesses Edwin to perform, which just aren't Kaye at his most inspired, not that they're terrible, but they're just not great either. And I think that is much of this film, which is likeable enough, but never beyond that. The whole idea of Kaye playing twins, playing off himself as a ghost, playing against gangsters, sounds like the formula for a great romp, but it's only okay as a film, and not all that much better as a showcase for Kaye unfortunately. 

Sunday 10 March 2024

Alternate Best Actor 1945

 And the Nominees Were Not:

Danny Kaye in Wonder Man

Roger Livesey in I Know Where I Am Going

Laird Cregar in Hangover Square

Errol Flynn in Objective, Burma!

Pierre Brasseur in Children of Paradise

Friday 8 March 2024

Best Production Design

1931:
  1. Herman Rosse - Frankenstein 
  2. Lazare Meerson - À Nous La Liberté
  3. Charles D. Hall - City Lights
  4. Herman Rosse & John Hoffman - Dracula
  5. Emil Hasler & Karl Vollbrecht - M
1932:
  1. Mitchell Leisen - The Sign of the Cross
  2. Jean Perrier - Wooden Crosses
  3. Jean d'Eaubonne - The Blood of a Poet
  4. Cedric Gibbons & Merrill Pye - Freaks
  5. Wily Pogany - The Mummy
1933:
  1. Carroll Clark - King Kong
  2. Emil Hasler & Karl Vollbrecht - The Testament of Dr. Mabuse 
  3. Alexander Toluboff - Queen Christina
  4. Vincent Korda  - The Private Life of Henry VIII
  5. Jack Okey - 42nd Street
1934:
  1. Roland Anderson - Cleopatra 
  2. Uncredited - Babes in Toyland 
  3. Hans Drier - The Scarlet Empress
  4. Charles D. Hall - The Black Cat
  5. Lucien Carré, Jean Perrier & Paul Colin - Les Misérables
1935:
  1. Charles D. Hall - Bride of Frankenstein
  2. Cedric Gibbons - A Tale of Two Cities
  3. Stephen Goosson - The Black Room
  4. Van Nest Polglase - Top Hat
  5. Roland Anderson - The Crusades
1937:
  1. Stephen Goosson - Lost Horizon
  2. Ken Anderson, McLaren Stewartm Kendall O'Connor, Charles Philippi, Hugh Hennesy, John Hubley, Harold Miles, Terrell Stapp, Gustaf Tenggren ,Tom Codrick & Hazel Sewell - Snow White and The Seven Dwarves
  3. Lyle R. Wheeler - The Prisoner of Zenda
  4. Richard Day & Alexander Golitzen - The Hurricane
  5. Jacques Krauss - Pepe Le Moko
1938:
  1. Carl Jules Weyl - The Adventures of Robin Hood
  2. Cedric Gibbons - Marie Antoinette
  3. Nikolai Solovyov - Alexander Nevsky
  4. Léon Barsacq & Georges Wakhévitch - La Marseillaise
  5. Stephen Goosson - You Can't Take It With You
1942:
  1. Carl Jules Weyl - Casablanca
  2. Albert S. D'Agostino - The Magnificent Ambersons
  3. Carl Jules Weyl - Yankee Doodle Dandy
  4. Georges Wakhévitch - The Devil's Envoy
  5. James Basevi - The Black Swan
1943:
  1. Emil Hasler & Otto Guelstorff - Münchhausen
  2. Alfed Junge - The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
  3. Alexander Golitzen & John B. Goodman - Phantom of the Opera
  4. James Basevi & William S. Darling - The Song of Bernadette
  5. James Basevi  & Wiard B. Ihnen - Jane Eyre
1944:
  1. Cedric Gibbons, William Ferrari, Paul Huldschinsky & Edwin B. Willis - Gaslight
  2. Lemuel Ayers, Cedric Gibbons, Jack Martin Smith & Edwin B. Willis - Meet Me in St. Louis 
  3. Iosif Shpinel - Ivan the Terrible 
  4. Hans Dreier, Ernst Fegté & Stephen Seymour - The Uninvited
  5. Lyle R. Wheeler, Leland Fuller &Thomas Little - Laura
1947:
  1. Alfred Junge - Black Narcissus
  2. Sturges Carne, Stephen Goosson, Wilbur Menefee & Herman N. Schoenbrun - The Lady From Shanghai
  3. Lyle R. Wheeler, J. Russell Spencer & Thomas Little - Nightmare Alley
  4. Max Douy - Quai des Orfèvres
  5. Richard H. Riedel, Russell A. Gausman & Ted Offenbecker - Ivy
1948:
  1. Hein Heckroth & Arthur Lawson - The Red Shoes
  2. Roger K. Furse & Carmen Dillon - Hamlet
  3. Hans Dreier, Roland Anderson, Albert Nozaki, Sam Comer & Ross Dowd - The Big Clock
  4. Guy de Gastyne & Christian Bérard - Les Parents Terribles
  5. Richard Day, Edwin Casey Roberts & Joseph Kish - Joan of Arc

1949:
  1. Cedric Gibbons, Hans Peters, Edwin B. Willis  & Alfred E. Spencer - Battleground
  2. Edward Carrere & Fred M. MacLean - White Heat
  3. Wolfgang Reitherman, Frank Thomas, John Lounsbery, Ward Kimball, Milt Kahl & Ollie Johnston - The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
  4. Harry Horner, John Meehan & Emile Kuri - The Heiress
  5. William Kellner & Philip Stockford - The Queen of Spades
1950:
  1. Jean d'Eaubonne, Charles Merangel & Henri Vergnes - La Ronde
  2. Jean d'Eaubonne & Albert Volper - Orpheus
  3. Takashi Matsuyama & H. Motsumoto - Rashomon
  4. Hans Dreier, John Meehan, Sam Comer & Ray Moyer - Sunset Boulevard
  5. Ernst Fegté & George Sawley - Destination Moon
1951:
  1. Hein Heckroth - The Tales of Hoffmann
  2. Ralph W. Brinton & Freda Pearson - Scrooge
  3. Mary Blair - Alice in Wonderland
  4. Lyle R. Wheeler, Addison Hehr, Thomas Little & Claude E. Carpenter - The Day the Earth Stood Still
  5. John Bryan - Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
1952:
  1. Cedric Gibbons, Randall Duell, Edwin B. Willis & Jacques Mapes - Singin' in the Rain
  2. Jean d'Eaubonne & Robert Christidès - Le Plaisir
  3. Alfred Junge - Ivanhoe
  4. John Hawkesworth, Joseph Bato & Vincent Korda - The Sound Barrier
  5. Richard Day & Antoni Clave - Hans Christian Anderson
1954:
  1. J. McMillan Johnson, Hal Pereira, Sam Comer & Ray Moyer - Rear Window
  2. So Matsuyama - Seven Samurai
  3. John Meehan & Emile Kuri - 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
  4. Makoto Sono & Eiji Tsuburaya - Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
  5. Gene Allen, Malcolm C. Bert, George James Hopkins, & Irene Sharaff - A Star is Born
1955:
  1. Hilyard M. Brown & Alfred E. Spencer - The Night of the Hunter
  2. Max Douy, Jean André  & Jacques Douy - French Cancan
  3. Roger K. Furse & Roger Ramsdell - Richard III
  4. Léon Barsacq - Les Diaboliques
  5. Malcolm C. Bert, James Basevi, George James Hopkins, & William Wallace - East of Eden
1957:
  1. Ludwig Reiber - Paths of Glory
  2. Robert Clatworthy, Alexander Golitzen, Ruby R. Levitt & Russell A. Gausman - The Incredible Shrinking Man
  3. Yoshirô Muraki - Throne of Blood
  4. P.A. Lundgren - The Seventh Seal
  5. Donald M. Ashton - The Bridge on the River Kwai
1958:
  1. Kisaku Itô & Mototsugu Komaki - The Ballad of Narayama
  2. Henri Schmitt - Mon Oncle
  3. Sergei Eisenstein & Iosif Shpinel - Ivan the Terrible Part 2
  4. Yoshirô Muraki - The Hidden Fortress
  5. Sam Comer & Frank R. McKelvy - Vertigo 
1960:
  1. Robert Clatworthy, Joseph Hurley & George Milo - Psycho
  2. Alexander Golitzen, Eric Orbom, Russell A. Gausman & Julia Heron - Spartacus
  3. Yoshirô Muraki - The Bad Sleep Well
  4. Giorgio Giovannini & Nedo Azzini - Black Sunday
  5. Alexandre Trauner & Edward G. Boyle - The Apartment
1961:
  1. Wilfred Shingleton - The Innocents
  2. Yoshirô Muraki & Yoshifumi Honda - Yojimbo
  3. Boris Leven & Victor A. Gangelin - West Side Story
  4. Veniero Colasanti & John Moore - El Cid
  5. Kazue Hirataka - The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
1963:
  1. Elliot Scott & John Jarvis - The Haunting
  2. Mario Garbuglia, Giorgio Pes &  Laudomia Hercolani - The Leopard
  3. Geoffrey Drake - Jason and the Argonauts
  4. Yoshirô Muraki - High and Low
  5. Ralph W. Brinton, Jocelyn Herbert, Ted Marshall & Josie MacAvin - Tom Jones
1964:
  1. Ken Adam - Dr. Strangelove
  2. Shigemasa Toda & Dai Arakawa - Kwaidan
  3. Bernard Evein - The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
  4. Carroll Clark, William H. Tuntke, Emile Kuri & Hal Gausman - Mary Poppins
  5. Veniero Colasanti & John Moore - The Fall of the Roman Empire
1965:
  1. John Box, Terence Marsh & Dario Simoni - Doctor Zhivago
  2. José Antonio de la Guerra - Chimes At Midnight
  3. Yoshirô Muraki - Red Beard
  4. John DeCuir, Jack Martin Smith & Dario Simoni - The Agony and the Ecstasy
  5. Richard Day, William Creber, David S. Hall, Ray Moyer, Fred M. MacLean & Norman Rockett - The Greatest Story Ever Told
1966:
  1. Mikhail Bogdanov Gennady Myasnikov, Georgi Koshelev & Vladimir Uvarov - War and Peace Part I
  2. Carlo Simi - The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
  3. Takashi Matsuyama - The Sword of Doom
  4. Yevgeni Chernyayev - Andrei Rublev
  5. Mikhail Bogdanov Gennady Myasnikov, Georgi Koshelev & Vladimir Uvarov - War and Peace Part II
1968:
  1. Anthony Masters, Harry Lange & Ernest Archer - 2001: A Space Odyssey
  2. Carlo Simi - Once Upon a Time in the West
  3. Marik Vos-Lundh - Hour of the Wolf
  4. Lorenzo Mongiardino - Romeo and Juliet
  5. Walter M. Scott & Norman Rockett - Planet of the Apes
1970:
  1. Ester Krumbachová & Eva Lackingerová - Valerie and Her Week of Wonders
  2. Evgeny Eney, Ye. Yakuba & I. Zaytseva - King Lear
  3. Ferdinando Scarfiotti - The Conformist
  4. Stephen B. Grimes & Roy Walker - Ryan's Daughter
  5. Urie McCleary, Gil Parrondo, Antonio Mateos & Pierre-Louis Thévenet - Patton
1971:
  1. Leon Ericksen - McCabe & Mrs. Miller
  2. John Box, Ernest Archer, Jack Maxsted, Gil Parrondo & Vernon Dixon - Nicholas and Alexandra
  3. Harper Goff - Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
  4. Michael D. Haller - THX 1138
  5. John Barry - A Clockwork Orange
1973:
  1. Alejandro Jodorowsky - The Holy Mountain
  2. Henry Bumstead & James W. Payne - The Sting
  3. Kazuo Satsuya - Lady Snowblood
  4. Mario Chiari & Enzo Eusepi - Ludwig
  5. Shen Chien - Enter the Dragon
1974:
  1. Dean Tavoularis, Angelo P. Graham & George R. Nelson - The Godfather Part II
  2. Jack Fisk & Sissy Spacek - Phantom of the Paradise
  3. Richard Sylbert, W. Stewart Campbell & Ruby Levitt - Chinatown
  4. Dean Tavoularis & Doug von Koss - The Conversation
  5. Dale Hennesy & Robert De Vestel - Young Frakenstein
1975:
  1. Ken Adam, Roy Walker & Vernon Dixon - Barry Lyndon
  2. Giuseppe Bassan & Armando Mannini - Deep Red
  3. Alexandre Trauner, Tony Inglis & Peter James - The Man Who Would Be King
  4. Richard Macdonald & George James Hopkins - The Day of the Locust
  5. Brian Thomsone - The Rocky Horror Picture Show
1978:
  1. John Barry, Norman Reynolds, Leslie Dilley, Stuart Craig, Tony Reading, Norman Dorme, Ernest Archer & Philip Bennet - Superman
  2. Jack Fisk & Robert Gould - Days of Heaven
  3. Martin Rosen - Watership Down
  4. Anna Asp - Autumn Sonata 
  5. Dean Tavoularis, Angelo P. Graham, George R. Nelson & Bruce Kay - The Brink's Job
1979:
  1. Michael Seymour, Leslie Dilley, Roger Christian & Ian Whittaker - Alien
  2. Dean Tavoularis, Angelo P. Graham & George R. Nelson - Apocalypse Now
  3. Andrei Tarkovsky, Aleksan, Aleksandr Boym & Rashit Safiullin - Stalker
  4. Henning von Gierke - Nosferatu The Vampyre
  5. Pierre Guffroy & Jack Stephens - Tess
1980:
  1. Norman Reynolds, Leslie Dilley, Harry Lange, Alan Tomkins & Michael D. Ford - The Empire Strikes Back 
  2. Roy Walker - The Shining
  3. Stuart Craig, Robert Cartwright & Hugh Scaife - The Elephant Man
  4. Yoshirō Muraki - Kagemusha
  5. Tambi Larsen & James L. Berkey- Heaven's Gate
1981:
  1. Norman Reynolds, Leslie Dilley & Michael D. Ford - Raiders of the Lost Ark
  2. Ken Adam & Garrett Lewis - Pennies From Heaven
  3. Rolf Zehetbauer - Das Boot
  4. Anthony Pratt & Bryan Graves - Excalibur
  5. Milly Burns - Time Bandits
1983:
  1. Norman Reynolds, Fred Holw, James L. Schoppe & Michael D. Ford - The Return of the Jedi
  2. Geoffrey Kirkland, Richard Lawrence, W. Stewart Campbell, Peter R. Romero, Jim Poynter & George R. Nelson - The Right Stuff
  3. Carol Spier & Angelo Stea - Videodrome
  4. Richard Macdonald & Rick Simpson - Something Wicked This Way Comes
  5. Brian Morris & Ann Mollo - The Hunger
1984:
  1. Patrizia von Brandenstein & Karel Černý - Amadeus
  2. Anton Furst - The Company of Wolves
  3. Giovanni Natalucci, Bruno Cesari, Osvaldo Desideri & Gretchen Rau - Once Upon a Time in America
  4. Allan Cameron & Emma Porteous- 1984
  5. Elliot Scott & Peter Howitt - Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
1985:
  1. Norman Garwood & Maggie Gray - Brazil
  2. Yoshirô Muraki, Jiro Hirai, Mitsuyuki Kimura,  Yasuyoshi Ototake, Tsuneo Shimura Osumi Tousho &  - Ran
  3. Jim Morahan & Ann Mollo - Legend
  4. David L. Snyder & Thomas L. Roysden - Pee Wee's Big Adventure
  5. Lawrence G. Paull Hal Gausman - Back to the Future
1987:
  1. Ferdinando Scarfiotti, Bruno Cesari & Osvaldo Desideri - The Last Emperor
  2. William Sandell & Robert Gould - Robocop
  3. Armin Ganz, Kristi Zea, Robert J. Franco & Leslie Pope - Angel Heart
  4. Anton Furst - Full Metal Jacket
  5. Terence Marsh & John Franco Jr.- Spaceballs
1988:
  1. Dante Ferretti & Francesca Lo Schiavo - The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
  2. Elliot Scott & Peter Howitt - Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
  3. James McAteer & Elinor Rose Galbraith - Dead Ringers
  4. Bo Welch & Catherine Mann - Beetlejuice
  5. Kazuo Oga - My Neighbor Totoro 
1991:
  1. Dennis Gassner & Nancy Haigh - Barton Fink
  2. Richard Macdonald & Cheryal Kearney- The Addams Family
  3. Marc Caro & Aline Bonetto - Delicatessen
  4. Carol Spier & Elinor Rose Galbraith  - Naked Lunch
  5. Cao Juiping - Raise the Red Lantern
1992:
  1. Thomas E. Sanders & Garrett Lewis - Dracula
  2. Henry Bumstead & Janice Blackie-Goodine - Unforgiven
  3. Norman Reynolds & Belinda Edwards - Alien 3
  4. Stuart Craig & Chris A. Butler - Chaplin
  5. Luciana Arrighi & Ian Whittaker - Howard's End
1993:
  1. Dante Ferretti & Robert J. Franco - The Age of Innocence
  2. Deane Taylor - The Nightmare Before Christmas
  3. Allan Starski & Ewa Braun - Schindler's List
  4. Rick Carter & Jackie Carr - Jurassic Park
  5. Andrew McAlpine & Meryl Cronin - The Piano
1994:
  1. Dennis Gassner & Nancy Haigh - The Hudsucker Proxy
  2. Dante Ferretti & Francesca Lo Schiavo - Interview With The Vampire
  3. Alex McDowell & Marthe Pineau- The Crow
  4. Richard Peduzzi & Olivier Radot -  La Reine Margot 
  5. Tom Duffield & Cricket Rowland - Ed Wood
1996:
  1. Tim Harvey - Hamlet
  2. Victor Kempster & Meredtih Boswell - That Thing You Do!
  3. David Goetz - The Hunchback of Notre Dame
  4. Ivan Maussion - Ridicule
  5. Cecilia Montiel & Felipe Fernandez del Paso - From Dusk Till Dawn
1997:
  1. Jeannine Oppewall & Jay Hart - L.A. Confidential
  2. Peter Lamont & Michael D. Ford - Titanic
  3. Dan Weil, Maggie Gray & Anna Pinnock - The Fifth Element
  4. Jan Roelfs & Nancy Nye - Gattaca
  5. Bo Welch & Cheryl Carasik - Men in Black
1999:
  1. Eve Stewart & John Bush - Topsy-Turvy
  2. Rick Heinrichs & Peter Young - Sleepy Hollow
  3. Owen Paterson, Lisa Brennan, Tim Ferrier & Marta McElroy - The Matrix
  4. Dante Ferretti & Carlo Gervasi - Titus
  5. Leslie Tomkins, Lisa Leone  & Terry Wells - Eyes Wide Shut
2000:
  1. William Chang - In the Mood For Love
  2. Arthur Max & Crispian Sallis - Gladiator
  3. Timmy Yip - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
  4. Dennis Gassner & Nancy Haigh - O Brother, Where Art Thou?
  5. Assheton Gorton - Shadow of the Vampire
2001:
  1. Grant Major & Dan Hennah - LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring
  2. Yoji Takeshige & Noboru Yoshida - Spirited Away
  3. Jack Fisk & Barbara Haberecht - Mulholland Drive
  4. Rick Carter & Nancy Haigh - A.I. Artificial Intelligence
  5. Stuart Craig & Stephenie McMillan - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
2002:
  1. Dante Ferretti & Francesca Lo Schiavo - Gangs of New York
  2. Grant Major, Dan Hennah & Alan Lee - LOTR: The Two Towers
  3. Tingxiao Huo & Zhenzhou Yi - Hero
  4. Dennis Gassner & Nancy Haigh - Road to Perdition
  5. Alex McDowell & Anne Kuljian - Minority Report
2003: 
  1. Grant Major, Dan Hennah & Alan Lee - LOTR: The Return of the King
  2. William Sandell & Robert Gould - Master and Commander
  3. Ryu Seong-hie & Hong-sam Yang - Oldboy
  4. Dennis Gassner & Nancy Haigh - Big Fish
  5. Yohei Taneda, David Wasco, Yoshihito Akatsuka &Sandy Reynolds-Wasco - Kill Bill: Vol. 1
2005:
  1. Arthur Max, Emilio Ardura & Sonja Klaus- Kingdom of Heaven
  2. Grant Major, Dan Hennah & Simon Bright - King Kong
  3. Sarah Greenwood & Katie Spencer - Pride & Prejudice
  4. Chris Kennedy & Jill Eden - The Proposition
  5. Nathan Crowley, Andrew Hodgson, Paki Smith & Simon Wakefield
    - Batman Begins
2008: 
  1. Jo Hwa-seong - The Good The Bad The Weird
  2. Stephen Scott, Elli Griff & Zsuzsa Mihalek - Hellboy 2
  3. Mark Friedberg & Lydia Marks - Synecdoche New York
  4. Tim Yip - Red Cliff Part 1
  5. Donald Graham Burt  & Victor J. Zolfo - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2009:
  1. David Wasco & Sandy Reynolds Wasco - Inglourious Basterds
  2. Nelson Lowry - Fantastic Mr. Fox
  3. Henry Selick - Coraline 
  4. Maamar Ech-Cheikh & Jimena Esteve - OSS 117: Lost in Rio
  5. Alex McDowell & Jim Erickson - Watchmen
2010:
  1. Dante Ferretti & Francesca Lo Schiavo - Shutter Island
  2. Guy Hendrix Dyas, Larry Dias & Doug Mowat - Inception
  3. Jess Gonchor & Nancy Haigh - True Grit
  4. Marcus Rowland & Odetta Stoddard - Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
  5. Stuart Craig & Stephenie McMillan - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
2011:
  1. Maria Djurkovic, Tatiana Macdonald & Zsuzsa Mihalek - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
  2. Dante Ferretti & Francesca Lo Schiavo - Hugo
  3. Laurence Bennett & Robert Gould - The Artist
  4. Anne Seibel & Hélène Dubreuil - Midnight in Paris
  5. Beth Mickle & Lisa K. Sessions - Drive
2012:
  1. Hugh Bateup, Uli Hanisch, Rebecca Alleway & Peter Walpole - Cloud Atlas
  2. Dennis Gassner & Anna Pinnock - Skyfall
  3. Mark Digby, Michelle Day & Tom Olive - Dredd
  4. Sarah Greenwood & Katie Spencer - Anna Karenina
  5. Adam Stockhausen & Kris Moran - Moonrise Kingdom
2013:
  1. Ondrej Nekvasil & Beatrice Brentnerova - Snowpiercer
  2. Happy Massee & David Schlesinger - The Immigrant
  3. Darren Gilford & Ronald R. Reiss - Oblivion
  4. William Chang & Alfred Yau - The Grandmaster
  5. Adam Stockhausen & Alice Baker - 12 Years a Slave
2014:
  1. Adam Stockhausen & Anna Pinnock - The Grand Budapest Hotel
  2. Nathan Crowley & Gary Fettis - Interstellar
  3. David Crank & Amy Wells - Inherent Vice
  4. Gary Williamson & Cathy Cosgrove - Paddington
  5. Suzie Davies & Charlotte Watts - Mr. Turner
2015:
  1. Colin Gibson & Lisa Thompson - Mad Max: Fury Road
  2. Mark Digby & Michelle Day - Ex Machina
  3. Dimitri Capuani & Alessia Anfuso - Tale of Tales
  4. Jack Fish & Hamish Purdy - The Revenant
  5. Yôhei Taneda & Rosemary Brandenburg - The Hateful Eight
2016:
  1. Dante Ferretti & Francesca Lo Schiavo - Silence
  2. Ryu Seong-hie - The Handmaiden
  3. Anna Biller - The Love Witch
  4. David Wasco & Sandy Reynolds-Wasco - La La Land
  5. Jess Gonchor & Nancy Haigh - Hail Caesar!
2017:
  1. Dennis Gassner & Alessandra Querzola - Blade Runner 2049
  2. Paul Denham Austerberry, Shane Vieau & Jeff Melvin - The Shape of Water
  3. Mark Tildesley & Véronique Melery - Phantom Thread
  4. Gary Williamson & Cathy Cosgrove - Paddington
  5. David Scheunemann, Zsuzsa Mihalek & Mark Rosinski - Atomic Blonde
2018:
  1. Fiona Crombie & Alice Felton - The Favourite
  2. Nathan Crowley & Kathy Lucas - First Man
  3. Martin Whist & Hamish Purdy - Bad Times At the El Royale
  4. Jess Gonchor & Nancy Haigh - The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
  5. Paul Harrod & Adam Stockhausen - Isle of Dogs
2019:
  1. Lee Ha-jun & Cho Won-woo - Parasite
  2. Craig Lathrop & Ian Grieg - The Lighthouse
  3. Dennis Gassner & Lee Sandales - 1917
  4. Jess Gonchor & Claire Kaufman - Little Women
  5. Barbara Ling & Nancy Haigh - Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
2020: 
  1. Karen Murphy & Rebecca Cohen - True History of the Kelly Gang
  2. Donald Graham Burt & Jan Pascale - Mank
  3. Cristina Casali & Charlotte Dirickx - The Personal History of David Copperfield 
  4. Peter Francis & Cathy Featherstone - The Father
  5. Katie Byron & Sérgio Costa - Color Out of Space
2021:
  1. Tamara Deverell & Shane Vieau - Nightmare Alley
  2. Patrice Vermette & Zsuzsanna Sipos - Dune
  3. Stefan Dechant & Nancy Haigh - The Tragedy of Macbeth
  4. Adam Stockhausen & Rena DeAngelo - West Side Story
  5. Jade Healy & Jenny Oman - The Green Knight
2022:
  1. Craig Lathrop & Niamh Coulter - The Northman
  2. Florencia Martin & Anthony Carlino - Babylon
  3. James Chinlund & Lee Sandales - The Batman
  4. Ethan Tobman, Gretchen Gattuso & Andrew LemMon - The Menu
  5. Ryu Seong-hie - Decision to Leave
2023:
  1. James Price, Shona Heath & Zsuzsa Mihalek - Poor Things
  2. Jack Fisk & Adam Willis - Killers of the Flower Moon
  3. Adam Stockhausen & Kris Moran - Asteroid City
  4. Jeong Yi-jin & Jeong In-cheol - Cobweb
  5. Sarah Greenwood & Katie Spencer - Barbie
Ken Adam, 2 nom 2 wins

Best Production Design 1964: Dr. Strangelove (WINS)
Best Production Design 1975: Barry Lyndon (WINS)

Roland Anderson,  3 noms 1 win

Best Production Design 1934: Cleopatra (WINS)
Best Production Design 1935: The Crusades (Nom)
Best Production Design 1948: The Big Clock (Nom)

Ernest Archer, 3 noms 2 wins

Best Production Design 1968: 2001: A Space Odyssey (WINS)
Best Production Design 1971: Nicholas and Alexandra (Nom)
Best Production Design 1978: Superman WINS)

John Barry, 2 noms 1 win

Best Production Design 1971: A Clockwork Orange (Nom)
Best Production Design 1978: Superman (WINS)

Mikhail Bogdanov, 2 noms 1 win

Best Production Design 1966: War and Peace Part I (WINS)
Best Production Design 1966: War and Peace Part II (Nom)

John Box, 2 noms 1 win

Best Production Design 1965: Doctor Zhivago (WINS)
Best Production Design 1971: Nicholas and Alexandra (Nom)

Sam Comer, 4 noms 1 win

Best Production Design 1948: The Big Clock (Nom)
Best Production Design 1950: Sunset Boulevard (Nom)
Best Production Design 1954: Rear Window (WINS)
Best Production Design 1958: Vertigo (Nom)

W. Stewart Campbell, 2 noms

Best Production Design 1974: Chinatown (Nom)
Best Production Design 1983: The Right Stuff (Nom)

Cathy Cosgrove, 2 noms

Best Production Design 2014: Paddington (Nom)
Best Production Design 2017: Paddington  2 (Nom)

Stuart Craig, 5 noms 1 win

Best Production Design 1978: Superman (WINS)
Best Production Design 1980:The Elephant Man (Nom)
Best Production Design 1992: Chaplin (Nom)
Best Production Design 2001: Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone (Nom)
Best Production Design 2010: Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Part 1 (Nom)

William Creber, 2 noms

Best Production Design 1965 The Greatest Story Ever Told (Nom)
Best Production Design 1968: Planet of the Apes (Nom)

Richard Day, 4 noms

Best Production Design 1937: The Hurricane (Nom)
Best Production Design 1948: Joan of Arc  (Nom)
Best Production Design 1952: Hans Christian Anderson  (Nom)
Best Production Design 1965: The Greatest Story Ever Told  (Nom)

Mark Digby, 2 noms

Best Production Design 2012: Dredd (Nom)
Best Production Design 2015: Ex Machina  (Nom)

Leslie Dilley, 4 noms 4 wins

Best Production Design 1978: Superman (WINS)
Best Production Design 1979: Alien (WINS)
Best Production Design 1980: The Empire Strikes Back (WINS)
Best Production Design 1981: Raiders of the Lost Ark (WINS)

Norman Dorme, 3 noms 1 win

Best Production Design 1975: Rocky Horror Picture Show (Nom)
Best Production Design 1978: Superman (WINS)
Best Production Design 1985: Legend (Nom)

Hans Dreier, 4 noms

Best Production Design 1934: The Scarlet Empress (Nom)
Best Production Design 1944:  The Uninvited (Nom)
Best Production Design 1948: The Big Clock (Nom)
Best Production Design 1950: Sunset Boulevard (Nom)

Tom Duffield, 2 noms

Best Production Design 1988: Beetlejuice (Nom)
Best Production Design 1994: Ed Wood (Nom)

Jean d'Eaubonne, 4 noms 1 win

Best Production Design 1932: The Blood of a Poet (Nom)
Best Production Design 1950:  La Ronde  (WINS)
Best Production Design 1950: Orpheus (Nom)
Best Production Design 1952: Le Plaisir (Nom)

Jack Fisk, 4 noms

Best Production Design 1974: Phantom of the Paradise (Nom)
Best Production Design 1978: Days of Heaven (Nom)
Best Production Design 2001: Mulholland Drive (Nom)
Best Production Design 2023: Killers of the Flower Moon (Nom)

Dante Ferretti, 8 noms 5 wins

Best Production Design 1988: The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (WINS)
Best Production Design 1993: The Age of Innocence (WINS)
Best Production Design 1994: Interview With The Vampire (Nom)
Best Production Design 1999: Titus (Nom)
Best Production Design 2002: Gangs of New York (WINS)
Best Production Design 2010: Shutter Island (WINS)
Best Production Design 2011: Hugo (Nom)
Best Production Design 2016: Silence WINS)

Michael D. Ford, 4 noms 3 wins

Best Production Design 1978: Superman (WINS)
Best Production Design 1981: Raiders of the Lost Ark (WINS)
Best Production Design 1983: Return of the Jedi (WINS)
Best Production Design 1997: Titanic (Nom)

Anton Furst, 2 noms

Best Production Design 1984: The Company of Wolves (Nom)
Best Production Design 1987: Full Metal Jacket (Nom)

Dennis Gassner, 6 nom 2 wins

Best Production Design 1991: Barton Fink (WINS)
Best Production Design 1994: The Hudsucker Proxy (WINS)
Best Production Design 2000: O Brother Where Art Thou? Nom)
Best Production Design 2002: Road to Perdition (Nom)
Best Production Design 2003: Big Fish (Nom)
Best Production Design 2012: Skyfall (Nom)

Cedric Gibbons, 7 noms 3 wins

Best Production Design 1932: Freaks (Nom)
Best Production Design 1935: A Tale of Two Cities  (Nom)
Best Production Design 1938: Marie Antoinette (Nom)
Best Production Design 1944: Gaslight (WINS)
Best Production Design 1944: Meet Me In St. Louis (Nom)
Best Production Design 1949: Battleground (WINS)
Best Production Design 1952: Singin' In the Rain (WINS)

Jess Gonchor, 3 noms

Best Production Design 2010: True Grit (Nom)
Best Production Design 2016: Hail Caesar! (Nom)
Best Production Design 2018: The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (Nom)

Stephen Goosson,  2 noms 1 win

Best Production Design 1935: The Black Room (Nom)
Best Production Design 1937: Lost Horizon WINS)
Best Production Design 1938: You Can't Take It With You (Nom)

Robert Gould, 4 noms

Best Production Design 1978: Days of Heaven (Nom)
Best Production Design 1987: Robocop (Nom)
Best Production Design 2003: Master and Commander (Nom)
Best Production Design 2011: The Artist (Nom)

Sarah Greenwood, 3 noms

Best Production Design 2005: Pride & Prejudice (Nom)
Best Production Design 2012: Anna Karenina (Nom)
Best Production Design 2023: Barbie (Nom)

Nancy Haigh, 10 noms 2 wins

Best Production Design 1991: Barton Fink (WINS)
Best Production Design 1994: The Hudsucker Proxy (WINS)
Best Production Design 2000: O Brother Where Art Thou? Nom)
Best Production Design 2001: A.I. Artificial Intelligence (Nom)
Best Production Design 2002: Road to Perdition (Nom)
Best Production Design 2003: Big Fish (Nom)
Best Production Design 2010: True Grit (Nom)
Best Production Design 2016: Hail Caesar! (Nom)
Best Production Design 2018: The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (Nom)
Best Production Design 2021: The Tragedy of Macbeth (Nom)

Charles D. Hall, 2 noms

Best Production Design 1931: City Lights  (Nom)
Best Production Design 1934: The Black Cat (Nom)

Emil Hasler, 2 noms

Best Production Design 1931: M (Nom)
Best Production Design 1933: The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (Nom)

Dan Hennah, 4 noms  2 wins

Best Production Design 2001: LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring (WINS)
Best Production Design 2002: LOTR: The Two Towers (Nom)
Best Production Design 2003: LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring (WINS)
Best Production Design 2005: King Kong (Nom)

George James Hopkins, 3 noms

Best Production Design 1954: A Star is Born (Nom)
Best Production Design 1955: East of Eden (Nom)
Best Production Design 1975: Day of the Locust (Nom)

Peter Howitt, 2 noms

Best Production Design 1984: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (Nom)
Best Production Design 1988: Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (Nom)

Alfred Junge, 2 noms 1 win

Best Production Design 1947: Black Narcissus (WINS)
Best Production Design 1952: Ivanhoe (Nom)

Georgi Koshelev , 2 noms 1 win

Best Production Design 1966: War and Peace Part I (WINS)
Best Production Design 1966: War and Peace Part II (Nom)

Harry Lange, 2 noms 2 wins

Best Production Design 1968: 2001: A Space Odyssey (WINS)
Best Production Design 1980: The Empire Strikes Back (WINS)
 
Craig Lathrop, 2 noms 1 win
 
Best Production Design 2019: The Lightouse (Nom)
Best Production Design 2022: The Northman (WINS)

Alan Lee, 2 noms 1 win

Best Production Design 2002: LOTR: The Two Towers (Nom)
Best Production Design 2003: LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring (WINS)

Francesca Lo Schiavo, 6 noms 4 wins

Best Production Design 1988: The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (WINS)
Best Production Design 1994: Interview With The Vampire (Nom)
Best Production Design 2002: Gangs of New York (WINS)
Best Production Design 2010: Shutter Island (WINS)
Best Production Design 2011: Hugo (Nom)
Best Production Design 2016: Silence (WINS)

Fred M. MacLean, 2 noms

Best Production Design 1949: White Heat (Nom)
Best Production Design 1965: The Greatest Story Ever Told (Nom)

Grant Major, 4 noms  2 wins

Best Production Design 2001: LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring (WINS)
Best Production Design 2002: LOTR: The Two Towers (Nom)
Best Production Design 2003: LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring (WINS)
Best Production Design 2005: King Kong (Nom)

Jack Maxsted, 2 noms 1 win

Best Production Design 1963: Jason and the Argonauts (Nom)
Best Production Design 1971: Nicholas and Alexandra (Nom)

Zsuzsa Mihalek, 4 noms 2 wins

Best Production Design 2008: Hellboy II (Nom)
Best Production Design 2011: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (WINS)
Best Production Design 2017: Atomic Blonde (Nom)
Best Production Design 2023: Poor Things (WINS)

Alex McDowell, 3 noms

Best Production Design 1994: The Crow (Nom)
Best Production Design 2002: Minority Report (Nom)
Best Production Design 2009: Watchmen (Nom)

Stephenie McMillan, 2 noms

Best Production Design 2001: Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone (Nom)
Best Production Design 2010: Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Part 1 (Nom)

Kris Moran, 2 noms

Best Production Design 2012: Moonrise Kingdom (Nom)
Best Production Design 2023: Asteroid City (Nom)

Ray Moyer, 3 noms 1 win

Best Production Design 1950: Sunset Boulevard (Nom)
Best Production Design 1954: Rear Window (WINS)
Best Production Design 1965: The Greatest Story Ever Told (Nom)

Yoshirô Muraki, 7 noms

Best Production Design 1957: Throne of Blood  (Nom)
Best Production Design 1958: The Hidden Fortress (Nom)
Best Production Design 1960: The Bad Sleep Well (Nom)
Best Production Design 1961:Yojimbo (Nom)
Best Production Design 1963: High and Low (Nom)
Best Production Design 1965: Red Beard (Nom)
Best Production Design 1980: Kagemusha (Nom)

Gennady Myasnikov,  2 noms 1 win

Best Production Design 1966: War and Peace Part I (WINS)
Best Production Design 1966: War and Peace Part II (Nom)

Gil Parrondo, 2 noms 

Best Production Design 1970: Patton (Nom)
Best Production Design 1971: Nicholas and Alexandra (Nom)
 
Jean Perrier, 2 noms
 
Best Production Design 1932: Wooden Crosses (Nom)
Best Production Design 1934: Les Miserables (Nom)

Anna Pinnock, 3 noms 1 win

Best Production Design 1997: The Fifth Element (Nom)
Best Production Design 2012:  Skyfall (Nom)
Best Production Design 2014: The Grand Budapest Hotel (WINS)

Norman Reynolds, 4 noms 3 wins

Best Production Design 1978: Superman (WINS)
Best Production Design 1980: The Empire Strikes Back (WINS)
Best Production Design 1983: Return of the Jedi (WINS)
Best Production Design 1993: Alien 3 (Nom)

Sandy Reynolds-Wasco, 3 noms 1 win

Best Production Design 2003: Kill Bill Vol. 1 (Nom)
Best Production Design 2009: Inglourious Basterds (WINS)
Best Production Design 2016:La La Land (Nom)

Norman Rockett, 2 noms

Best Production Design 1965 The Greatest Story Ever Told (Nom)
Best Production Design 1968: Planet of the Apes (Nom)

Herman Rosse,  2 noms 1 win

Best Production Design 1931: Frankenstein (WINS)
Best Production Design 1931: Dracula (Nom)
 
Ryu Seong-hie, 3 noms
 
Best Production Design 2003: Oldboy (Nom)
Best Production Design 2016: The Handmaiden (Nom)
Best Production Design 2022: Decision to Leave (Nom)

William Sandell, 2 noms

Best Production Design 1987: Robocop (Nom)
Best Production Design 2003: Master and Commander (Nom)

Elliott Scott, 3 noms 1 win

Best Production Design 1963: The Haunting (WINS)
Best Production Design 1984: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (Nom)
Best Production Design 1988: Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (Nom)

Iosif Shpinel, 2 noms

Best Production Design 1944: Ivan the Terrible  (Nom)
Best Production Design 1958: Ivan the Terrible Part 2 (Nom)

Carlo Simi, 3 noms

Best Production Design 1966: The Good The Bad and The Ugly (Nom)
Best Production Design 1968: Once Upon a Time in the West (Nom)
Best Production Design 1984: Once Upon a Time in America (Nom)

Dario Simoni, 2 noms

Best Production Design 1965: Doctor Zhivago (WINS)
Best Production Design 1965: The Agony and Ecstasy Nom)

Jack Martin Smith, 3 noms

Best Production Design 1944: Meet Me in St. Louis (Nom)
Best Production Design 1965: The Agony and The Ecstasy  (Nom)
Best Production Design 1968: Planet of the Apes (Nom)

Katie Spencer, 3 noms

Best Production Design 2005: Pride & Prejudice (Nom)
Best Production Design 2012: Anna Karenina (Nom)
Best Production Design 2023: Barbie (Nom)

Adam Stockhausen, 7 noms 1 win

Best Production Design 2012: Moonrise Kingdom (Nom)
Best Production Design 2013: 12 Years a Slave (Nom)
Best Production Design 2014: The Grand Budapest Hotel (WINS)
Best Production Design 2018: Isle of Dogs (Nom)
Best Production Design 2021: West Side Story (Nom)
Best Production Design 2023: Asteroid City (Nom)

Dean Tavoularis, 4 noms 1 win

Best Production Design 1974: The Godfather Part II (WINS)
Best Production Design 1974: The Conversation (Nom)
Best Production Design 1978: The Brink's Job (Nom)
Best Production Design 1979: Apocalypse Now (Nom)

Vladimir Uvarov, 2 noms 1 win

Best Production Design 1966: War and Peace Part I (WINS)
Best Production Design 1966: War and Peace Part II (Nom)

Karl Vollbrecht, 2 noms

Best Production Design 1931: M (Nom)
Best Production Design 1933: The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (Nom)

Roy Walker, 3 noms 1 win

Best Production Design 1970: Ryan's Daughter (Nom)
Best Production Design 1975: Barry Lyndon (WINS)
Best Production Design 1980: The Shining (Nom)

David Wasco, 3 noms 1 win

Best Production Design 2003: Kill Bill Vol. 1 (Nom)
Best Production Design 2009: Inglourious Basterds (WINS)
Best Production Design 2016:La La Land (Nom)

Gary Williamson, 2 noms

Best Production Design 2014: Paddington (Nom)
Best Production Design 2017: Paddington  2 (Nom)

Bo Welch, 2 noms

Best Production Design 1988: Beetlejuice (Nom)
Best Production Design 1997: Men in Black (Nom)

Carl Jules Weyl, 3 noms 2 wins

Best Production Design 1938: The Adventures of Robin Hood (WINS)
Best Production Design 1942: Casablanca (WINS)
Best Production Design 1942: Yankee Doodle Dandy (Nom)

Lyle R. Wheeler, 4 noms

Best Production Design 1937: The Prisoner of Zenda (Nom)
Best Production Design 1944: Laura (Nom)
Best Production Design 1947: Nightmare Alley (Nom)
Best Production Design 1951: The Day the Earth Stood Still (Nom)

Edwin B. Willis, 4 noms 3 wins

Best Production Design 1944: Gaslight (WINS)
Best Production Design 1944: Meet Me In St. Louis (Nom)
Best Production Design 1949: Battleground (WINS)
Best Production Design 1952: Singin' in the Rain (WINS)

Sunday 25 February 2024

Alternate Best Actor 2023: Results

10. Mads Mikkelsen in The Promised Land - Mikkelsen is ideal for the "western" lead here, playing stoic strength with ease, but then making such an impact as he reveals the hidden depths of the character. 

Best Scene: Reunion with Anmai. 
9. Michael Fassbender in The Killer - Fassbender covertly gives a hilarious portrayal of a man who believes himself to be the perfect assassin but is far from that. 

Best Scene: Poor estimate. 
8. Sōya Kurokawa in Monster - Kurokawa gives a dynamic portrait of the sides of the young boy we can't understand and slowly granting us that understanding with a real potent empathy. 

Best Scene: Playing it away. 
7. Charles Melton in May December - Melton seemingly is giving one performance as a man "content" in his existence and brings such a power to the crumbling away of that facade. 

Best Scene: Roof. 
6. Teo Yoo in Past Lives - Yoo gives a powerful though very subtle portrayal of the deep connections and romantic notions of a man who is separated by his love in more than one way. 

Best Scene: Bar.
5. Glenn Howerton in Blackberry - Howerton gives one of the most entertaining performances of the year by going all in portraying a business shark without a hint of shame. 

Best Scene: Doing it all in one day. 
4. Zac Efron in The Iron Claw - Efron gives a powerful portrayal of relatively simple man bottling up his emotions until they finally pour out. 

Best Scene: "I used to be a brother"
3. Andrew Scott in All of Us Strangers - Scott gives a heartbreaking portrayal of a man re-experiencing his grief and the complicated relationship with his parents in a most unusual way. 

Best Scene: Talk with dad.
2. Dominic Sessa in The Holdovers - Sessa gives an all time great debut, that avoids all the pitfalls of his role, while thriving in the risks he takes to give an entertaining and very moving performance. 

Best Scene: "I was going to say the same thing"
1. Kōji Yakusho in Perfect Days - Yakusho gives a perfect, often silent, performance that just embodies so much of the human experience, despite being also so very specific. 

Best Scene: Playing with shadows. 
Overall:
  1. Cillian Murphy in Oppenheimer
  2. Kōji Yakusho in Perfect Days
  3. Dominic Sessa in The Holdovers
  4. Andrew Scott in All of Us Strangers
  5. Paul Giamatti in The Holdovers
  6. Zac Efron in The Iron Claw
  7. Glenn Howerton in Blackberry
  8. Teo Yoo in Past Lives
  9. Charles Melton in May December
  10. Sōya Kurokawa in Monster - 5
  11. Michael Fassbender in The Killer
  12. Mads Mikkelsen in The Promised Land
  13. Benoît Magimel in The Taste of Things
  14. Manolo Solo in Close Your Eyes
  15. Eita Nagayama in Monster
  16. Jeffrey Wright in American Fiction
  17. Jason Clarke in The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
  18. Nicolas Cage in Dream Scenario
  19. Joaquin Phoenix in Beau is Afraid
  20. Peter Sarsgaard in Memory
  21. Byung-hun Lee in Concrete Utopia
  22. Christopher Abbott in Sanctuary
  23. Song Kang-ho in Cobweb
  24. Jussi Vatanen in Fallen Leaves
  25. Joel Edgerton in Master Gardner
  26. Tom Blyth in The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
  27. Michael B. Jordan in Creed III - 4.5
  28. Enzo Vogrincic in Society of The Snow 
  29. Gael Garcia Bernal in Cassandro
  30. Alberto Ammann in Upon Entry
  31. Anthony Hopkins in One Life
  32. Chris Pine in Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
  33. Franz Rogowski in Passages
  34. Harris Dickinson in Scrapper
  35. Barry Keoghan in Saltburn
  36. Christian Friedel in The Zone of Interest
  37. Michael Caine in The Great Escaper
  38. Dave Bautista in Knock At the Cabin
  39. Seydou Sarr in Io Capitano
  40. Riz Ahmed in Fingernails
  41. Alexander Skarsgård in Infinity Pool
  42. Soma Santoki in The Boy and the Heron
  43. Jay Baruchel in Blackberry
  44. Deniz Celiloğlu in About Dry Grasses
  45. Colman Domingo in Rustin 
  46. Thomas Schubert in Afire
  47. David Jonsson in Rye Lane
  48. Chris Pratt in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 
  49. Saleh Bakri in The Blue Caftan
  50. Shameik Moore in Spider-man: Across The Spider-Verse
  51. Tobias Menzies in You Hurt My Feelings
  52. Kelvin Harrison Jr. in Chevalier 
  53. Benedict Cumberbatch in The Wonderful World of Henry Sugar
  54. Paul Dano in Dumb Money
  55. Tom Cruise in Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning - 4
  56. Taron Egerton in Tetris  
  57. Jake Lacy in The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
  58. Johnny Flynn in One Life
  59. Keanu Reeves in John Wick Chapter 4 
  60. Nicolas Cantu in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
  61. Brady Noon in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
  62. Shamon Brown Jr. in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
  63. Micah Abbey in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
  64. Mamoudou Athie in Elemental
  65. Matt Damon in Air 
  66. Michael Fassbender in Next Goal Wins
  67. Kenneth Branagh in A Haunting in Venice
  68. Corey Hawkins in The Last Voyage of the Demeter
  69. Jorma Tommila in Sisu
  70. Park Seo-joon in Concrete Utopia
  71. Ralph Fiennes in Ratcatcher
  72. Timothee Chalamet in Wonka
  73. Jaime Vadell in El Conde
  74. John Boyega in They Cloned Tyrone 
  75. Adam Driver in Ferrari - 3.5
  76. Ryunosuke Kamiki in Godzilla Minus One
  77. Ethan Hwang in Riceboy Sleeps
  78. Dohyun Noel Hwang in Riceboy Sleeps
  79. Zachary Levi in Chicken Run: Rise of the Nuggets
  80. Denzel Washington in The Equalizer 3
  81. Joel Edgerton in The Boys in the Boat
  82. Paul Rudd in Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania 
  83. Ezra Miller in The Flash - 3
  84. Jason Schwartzman in Asteroid City
  85. Harrison Ford in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
  86. Vin Diesel in Fast X 
  87. Rupert Friend in The Swan - 2.5
  88. Leonardo DiCaprio in Killers of the Flower Moon
  89. Ben Aldridge in Knock At the Cabin
  90. Michael A. Goorjian in Amerikatsi
  91. Callum Turner in The Boys in the Boat
  92. John David Washington in The Creator - 2
  93. Bradley Cooper in Maestro - 1.5
  94. Charlie Day in Fool's Paradise 
  95. Ken Jeong in Fool's Paradise - 1
Next: 1945 lead, though will be on break until the Oscars. 

Alternate Best Actor 2023: Teo Yoo in Past Lives

Teo Yoo did not receive an Oscar nomination, despite being nominated for a BAFTA, for portraying Hae Sung in Past Lives. 

Past Lives tells the three phases of the relationship between Nora (Greta Lee), a Korean woman who moves to America with her parents and her old childhood crush from Korea. 

Teo Yoo plays first the college age Hae Sung, and it has to be said that both he and Lee are great in playing this age, technically with slight changes in appearance but more important is the vibe of their performance. There's a lack of maturity just innately in their manner in general, as they have the mix between the adult and still sort of breezy kind of childlike approach as we see the two in this phase in their lives. Their interaction here though is mainly through literally skype, and in their performances, what they give very much are performances befitting the skype call as compared to how we see them briefly in their personal lives, which again has that specific kind of untamed energy. Anyway the two link up, after their childhood pseudo romance, to talk again over the internet, where the performances beyond the age setting, which isn't something you even think about when watching the film, very much contain that specific approach in these conversations. As both performers are unnatural, in their naturalism, and by that what they do is that sort of awkwardness initially of the skype call, where there are the breaks in conversation from it, sometimes just due to lag, but more than anything this kind of way of monologuing a little bit of their lives due to the nature of it. We see that as each speaks with sincere enthusiasm towards their interests, hers art, his engineering, where both performers show the respectable give and take between their performances. They are interested in their way, but there is a certain presentation of this as well, as showing enthusiasm, not fakely, just in the skype way of making sure your emotions are seen. 

The skype call begins very gently as both performers speak with at first certain hesitations then more of a natural cadence slowly builds in their performances, as they each become more comfortable in sharing themselves as they go along. The key moments in this, is each speaks with interest in their lives and a calmness about them even. When each suggests a change in that, which would be one visiting the other, every time they ask "Why would I visit said country/city". Both performers again play this absolutely beautifully because they both say it as a question to be answered but also the answer. In that the delivery articulates this kind of sense of the lack of interest in separating themselves from their current existences though leaving something open in the pause. Something that we do in the suggestion when either suggests the invite with a similarly calm way that is trying to persuade them to come though again the delivery is revealing what they're saying while also hiding what they're saying. Neither is completely open in their performances, they're close to it, but they're just not quite there. The connection is there, but so is the disconnect in every one of these interactions, even as the skype awkwardness diminishes after a while, they still aren't quite directly as one. What we see is the possibility, but that possibility but also not quite being enough. And so far, I'm referring to the performances together, because they are so together in representing this state as one, even if separated in their place, and the two are as one in their moments of nostalgia, enjoying each other's company in conversation, and learning about one another, but also as one in keeping that certain barrier up. 

Their conversations end as neither takes the next step in terms of overtly saying they'd give up their current life for the other, and we leap 12 more years, and that is where the performances branch off fully between Lee and Yoo. Yoo we come back into, and again it is impressive is how much he is the "man" now compared to the younger man coming into his own previously. Again it is just a little less in terms of his physical manner that he creates just the sense of maturity in his movements and manner. It isn't anything showy, it is just something convincing that Yoo brings, and worth noting so does Lee, that we completely sense the change in time because we so clearly see the change in them. There is more though however to Yoo as we see him as the older man, successful enough, though living with his parents, which isn't out of the ordinary for Korea, however we do see a man very much more isolated. We see kind of a manner as he seems closed off a bit, even with his friends here, or with his parents, or even the brief glimpse we get of the man in any attempted romance. Yoo shows definitely more than a shield as we see an innate shyness in the man as part of who he is, and very much this quiet sense of isolation in Korea. Yoo doesn't present this as seething sorrow, but it is definitely something very direct and real as part of his existence. It is something he wears as he walks around and he shows absolutely a lonely man in Hae Sung. Although I wouldn't describe Yoo's performance as sad, it is hard not to feel a bit of sadness in seeing him go along as he did, as this solo man, clearly without a fundamental connection in his life. 

The true heart of the piece therefore comes in as he visits America to see Nora, who has now married the American Arthur (John Magaro) and seems happy enough in her success and her life as an American and New Yorker. Nonetheless she agrees to meet Hae Sung despite the two having ended on a note of that disconnection. And now the performances are great in the difference between them, despite the chemistry of their work. The chemistry which is palatable, we see particularly a fundamental shift that Yoo brings in showing that Hae Sung now doesn't have that air of loneliness anymore when he is with Nora. He's much more open and frankly there's just an innate cheer in his face as we see a man truly just unabashedly enjoying his time with her. I think what Yoo does so well is create the specific confines of this relationship and what it means for Hae Sung. As Yoo strikes probably the most ideal balance in creating the sense of love without suggesting anyone with truly any devious notions. Rather what Yoo does that is particularly fascinating is this kind of innocence in his performance that is rather beautifully performed because it really has two separate but pivotal impacts. The first being this innocence immediately disarms you from ever thinking that Hae Sung has any true ill-designs within this relationship, but also in a way shows more of the appeal for Nora to him as in a way, that never feel petulant or arrested development, is kind of the boy she once had a crush on in this way. Yoo finds this specific quality in his face that brings this special kind of manner that never feels unrealistic, but rather just naturally to the sense of the man who is this hopeless romantic, which in a way even accepts Nora's marriage as part of that. 

Yoo approaches each scene between them with this seeming sense of the romantic who is true to his heart, and in a way both completely open in his love for her, while also being respectful entirely with her love for her husband. A balance that perhaps shouldn't work, or at least should perhaps seem illogical, yet the way Yoo plays every moment of this, it just seems to make all the sense in the world. When for example he asks about Nora and Arthur sometimes fighting, Yoo's delivery is key because it could seem some kind of snipping at the relationship but how Yoo speaks the line is that of genuine curiosity. Curiosity that is part of the overall sense of discovery in his performance as he goes along exploring New York and America with her where Yoo brings always that quiet sense of appreciation for the time and the company as it is. We have the moments of him just appreciating the sights with her in this way and creating always this innate fascination with everything that Nora is. Yoo never overdoing this to being creepy though rather the right sense of earnestness to each interaction that creates a particularly moving portrayal of a man appreciating the woman without seeming aggressive in this way. Perhaps part of that is that obviously Nora is always speaking her mind, including noting his romantic sensibilities are what might keep him from being married, something where Yoo has this quiet sort of resignation about it, just as he also speaks about himself in not completely degrading way, but in a way of assuming himself to be just a bit less than he is. Again it's all in the exact delivery, because this could be miserable pathos tweaked one way or another, but Yoo finds just the right tone to make a natural expression of the man understanding his position in life, while accepting the challenge of it, maybe not loving that, but not hating it either. 

As beautifully done as the scenes of Nora and Hae Sung's "dates" are, which are as much made up in just the moments of glances and silences, which are pitch perfect in the sense of the history between the two and the sense of the "almost" within that. Neither is projecting lust, or some sense that either is going to suddenly run away with the other, but what you can't help but sense is the poignancy of the completely uncomplicated affection that does exist between them even as they must exist on their chosen path rather than the path together they very easily might've had. There is most certainly something there as they look at each other silently, but part of what is there is the knowledge that what is there cannot ever be more than that. I think the most dynamic scenes are the ending of the film where Hae Sung, Nora and Arthur go out together. It is a fascinating relationship that we see between the three of them in this situation that is something particularly special. Yoo in his delivery with Lee changes it a touch, as he speaks almost in this secret language to her, secret because Arthur really doesn't know it, and there is a kind of playfulness that Yoo brings at times as almost the old friend messing while hanging out with the new friend. It again is so deftly handled by Yoo he never seems weird in this approach but rather grants you a sense of their specific history as he does ask her why she hasn't gone to the Statue of Liberty with her husband. Yoo is so great though because even in these playful moments the sincerity of his performance is what shines through in granting a sense of needed honesty to this kind of ribbing while also reaffirming the connection he does share with Nora despite the distance of their relationship. And it is important to note the moments between Hae Sung and Arthur, albeit brief they are important. As both do have a certain awkwardness in their interactions with Yoo bringing the humbleness in his initial introduction, and then in their moment together, after a long night with Nora, Yoo and Magaro have a certain shakiness in their interactions, however still there is a special kind of sincerity as the two wish each other well regardless. They still always evoke that they are working in this strange space as they are, but as both actors present the men as trying to make the situation as ideal as possible even if definitely out of the ordinary. I particularly love the moment where Hae Sung says even they share connection, which Yoo again doesn't make it some over the top sell or even obfuscation of his intention rather genuine direct care towards the other man. The final moment between Hae Sung and Nora is almost just a silent goodbye, which is again tender, yet also complicated in the two clearly sharing much albeit in this very specific way. With their final words being acceptance of their choices and Yoo's delivery of it containing that complicated feeling of the could've been, but with this poignant contentment of someone who has also accepted things as they are. This is a truly great performance by Teo Yoo, that exists in such a subdued yet always resonate space, that crafts the journey not out of the big moments, but rather the gentle silences that denote such profound and fundamental connections.