NEWS: The Walt Disney Company Scores 23 Oscars Nominations for 2022

It’s almost time for the 2022 Academy Awards!

This year’s ceremony is scheduled to take place on Sunday, March 27th, 2022, and the nominations have just been announced! We’re taking a look at all the nominations this year — and the Walt Disney Company has quite a few on the list! Let’s check them out.

The Walt Disney Company earned 23 nominations across several different categories including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Visual Effects — among others!

BEST PICTURE

Belfast
Don’t Look Up
Dune
The Power of the Dog
West Side Story
Licorice Pizza
CODA
King Richard
Drive My Car
Nightmare Alley

BEST DIRECTOR

Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
Paul Thomas Anderson, Licorice Pizza
Steven Spielberg, West Side Story
Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Drive My Car
Kenneth Branagh, Belfast

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

Nicole Kidman, Being the Ricardos
Olivia Colman, The Lost Daughter
Kristen Stewart, Spencer
Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Penelope Cruz, Parallel Mothers

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

Andrew Garfield, Tick, Tick…Boom!
Will Smith, King Richard
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog
Denzel Washington, The Tragedy of Macbeth
Javier Bardem, Being the Ricardos

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Ariana DeBose, West Side Story
Kirsten Dunst, The Power of the Dog
Aunjanue Ellis, King Richard
Jessie Buckley, The Lost Daughter
Judi Dench, Belfast

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog
Troy Kotsur, CODA
Ciaran Hinds, Belfast
Jesse Plemons, The Power of the Dog
JK Simmons, Being the Ricardos

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

Encanto
Flee
Luca
The Mitchells vs. The Machines
Raya and the Last Dragon

CINEMATOGRAPHY

Dune
Nightmare Alley
The Power of the Dog
The Tragedy of Macbeth
West Side Story

COSTUME DESIGN

Cruella
Cyrano
Dune
Nightmare Alley
West Side Story

DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)

Ascension
Attica
Flee
Summer of Soul (…or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Writing with Love

DOCUMENTARY (SHORT)

Audible
Lead Me Home
The Queen of Basketball
Three Songs for Benazir
When We Were Bullies

FILM EDITING

Don’t Look Up
Dune
King Richard
The Power of the Dog
Tick, Tick…Boom!

INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM

Drive My Car
Flee
The Hand of God
Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom
The Worst Person in the World

MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

Coming 2 America
Cruella
Dune
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
House of Gucci

ORIGINAL SCORE

Don’t Look Up
Dune
Encanto
Parallel Mothers
The Power of the Dog

“Surface Pressure” is another hit from Encanto ©Disney

ORIGINAL SONG

Be Alive, King Richard, Music and Lyric by DIXSON and Beyoncé Knowles-Carter
Dos Oruguitas, Encanto; Music and Lyric by Lin-Manuel Miranda
Down to Joy, Belfast; Music and Lyric by Van Morrison
No Time to Die, No Time to Die; Music and Lyric by Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell
Somehow You Do, Four Good Days; Music and Lyric by Diane Warren

PRODUCTION DESIGN

Dune
Nightmare Alley
The Power of the Dog
The Tragedy of Macbeth
West Side Story

ANIMATED SHORT FILM

Affairs of the Art
Bestia
Boxballet
Robin Robin
The Windshield Wiper

LIVE-ACTION SHORT FILM

Ala Kachuu – Take and Run
The Dress
The Long Goodbye
On My Mind
Please Hold

SOUND

Belfast
Dune
No Time to Die
The Power of the Dog
West Side Story

VISUAL EFFECTS

Dune
Free Guy
No Time to Die
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Spider-Man: No Way Home

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

CODA
Drive My Car
Dune
The Lost Daughter
The Power of the Dog

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Belfast
Don’t Look Up
King Richard
Licorice Pizza
The Worst Person in the World

We’re beyond excited to see so many Disney films nominated for Oscars this year. We’ll be keeping an eye out for more Oscar and Disney film news, so be sure to stay tuned to AllEars for more!