The Walt Disney Company’s Films Receive 23 Oscar® Nominations

Nominations for the 92nd Oscars® were announced this morning and releases from The Walt Disney Company’s portfolio of brands earned a combined 23 nods in 15 categories. Fox Searchlight Pictures’ Jojo Rabbit received six nominations, including Best Picture and best Actress in a Supporting Role for Scarlett Johansson; and 20th Century Fox’s Ford v Ferrari is nominated in four categories, including Best Picture. The three nods for Lucasfilm’s Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker include a nomination for John Williams for his original score. Pixar’s Toy Story 4 is among this year’s nominees for best Animated Feature Film.

Here is the complete list of The Walt Disney Company’s 2020 Academy Award® nominees:

Best Picture

Ford v Ferrari—Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping and James Mangold, Producers

Jojo Rabbit—Carthew Neal and Taika Waititi, Producers

Actress in a Supporting Role

Scarlett Johansson—Jojo Rabbit

Costume Design

Jojo Rabbit—Mayes C. Rubeo

Animated Feature Film

Toy Story 4—Josh Cooley, Mark Nielsen and Jonas Rivera

Film Editing

Ford v Ferrari—Michael McCusker and Andrew Buckland

Jojo Rabbit—Tom Eagles

Original Score

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker—John Williams

Animated Short Film

Kitbull—Rosana Sullivan and Kathryn Hendrickson

Sound Editing

Ford v Ferrari—Donald Sylvester

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker—Matthew Wood and David Acord

Sound Mixing

Ad Astra—Gary Rydstrom, Tom Johnson and Mark Ulano

Ford v Ferrari—Paul Massey, David Giammarco and Steven A. Morrow

Documentary (Feature)

The Cave—Feras Fayyad, Kirstine Barfod and Sigrid Dyekjær

Makeup and Hairstyling

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil—Paul Gooch, Arjen Tuiten and David White

Original Song

“I Can’t Let You Throw Yourself Away” from Toy Story 4—Music and Lyric by Randy Newman

“I’m Standing with You” from Breakthrough—Music and Lyric by Diane Warren

“Into the Unknown” from Frozen 2—Music and Lyric by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez

Production Design

Jojo Rabbit—Production Design: Ra Vincent, Set Decoration: Nora Sopková

Visual Effects

Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Endgame—Dan DeLeeuw, Russell Earl, Matt Aitken and Dan Sudick

The Lion King—Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R. Jones and Elliot Newman

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker—Roger Guyett, Neal Scanlan, Patrick Tubach and Dominic Tuohy

Adapted Screenplay

Jojo Rabbit—Screenplay by Taika Waititi

“I’m humbled by our six nominations this morning. Thank you to the Academy for embracing Jojo Rabbit and its message. My congratulations and thanks go to the entire cast and crew,” said director, writer and producer Taika Waititi.

Scarlett Johansson was recognized in two categories this year—for best Actress in a Supporting Role for her portrayal of Rosie Betzler, the title character’s mother in Jojo Rabbit, as well as Actress in a Leading Role for Marriage Story. She describes the films as highlights of her career, noting, “I am deeply humbled by the Academy’s recognition of my work, which would not have been possible without the support of the incredibly gifted actors and writer/directors that I’ve been so fortunate to collaborate with.”

“Thank you to the Academy for their recognition of our film Ford v Ferrari,” said producer James Mangold. “Jenno [Topping], Peter [Chernin] and I are thrilled to be nominated among such moving and unique films—and also grateful to our brilliant team of artists who brought our remarkable characters, and their adventures on and off the track, to life.”

Pixar’s Josh Cooley, director of Toy Story 4, and producers, Mark Nielsen and Jonas Rivera, shared their reaction to the film’s nominations for best Animated Feature and Original Song: “Working on Toy Story 4 has been an incredible journey and a tremendous honor. We love these characters so much—they are like family to us. Our goal was to tell a story that explored the idea that our purpose is a moving target. It’s humbling how that message resonated with audiences around the world. We hope people have found it not only to be entertaining, but thoughtful as well.

“Of course it’s also a film about toys, which hopefully helps imbue the experience with humor and fun, as well as emotional depth. But for us, and our entire crew, when we receive an honor like today’s two nominations, it’s clear our purpose is to strive to tell great stories. Thank you Academy for this recognition—to infinity and beyond!”

Disney Legend Randy Newman, who penned the song “I Can’t Let You Throw Yourself Away,” said, “I’m very happy. I loved working with Josh Cooley on Toy Story 4. I’m proud of this song. I like it as well as any song I’ve written for a movie. I hope it wins.”

Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Academy Award®-winning songwriters for Frozen, had this to say about their nomination for Frozen 2’s “Into the Unknown,” recognized in the best Original Song category: “For us, ‘Into the Unknown’ is more than a song—it’s a culmination of a decade-long collaboration with the incredible artists at Walt Disney Animation Studios, led by our partners and friends Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck. We have been so lucky to work hand-in-hand almost daily for five years helping to craft the story and songs for Frozen 2. To be honored by the Academy once more means the world to us.”

Creature Effects Supervisor Neal Scanlan is nominated alongside Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach and Dominic Tuohy for the visual effects in Star Wars:The Rise of Skywalker, the Skywalker Saga’s epic conclusion. “Unbelievable, I feel incredibly lucky and honored to be nominated,” he said. “For the entire team, it is confirmation that all of their commitment and hard work has been noticed and acknowledged at the highest level. The Rise of Skywalker is the last film in the trilogy and with that comes some sadness, however this nomination is a perfect way to finish.”

The 92nd Oscars will be held on Sunday, February 9, 2020, at the Dolby® Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center® in Hollywood, and will be televised live on the ABC Television Network at 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. PT. The Oscars also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.