Following the announcement of the 2024 Oscars nominations on Tuesday, January 23, 2024, a number of significant records have been broken by some of the biggest names in film history as well as a group of talented newcomers. Among the 2024 Academy Award nominations for Best Picture are The Holdovers, American Fiction, The Zone of Interest, Anatomy of a Fall, Oppenheimer, Maestro, Barbie, Poor Things, Past Lives, and Killers of the Flower Moon.
Just like every year at the Academy Awards, there was certainly a great number of surprises and snubs, particularly for the 2023 films The Iron Claw, May December, and All of Us Strangers. Compared to the incredibly scarce years in movies during the pandemic, 2023 has been an outstanding year overall which is deservedly marked by the powerhouse films Oppenheimer, Poor Things, Killers of the Flower Moon, and Barbie. The 96th Academy Awards will be hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and will air live on March 10, 2024 on ABC.
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10 Martin Scorsese Becomes The Oldest Best Director Nominee Ever
Scorsese is currently 81 years old
Martin Scorsese has become the oldest nominee for Best Director at the Academy Awards with his latest film Killers of the Flower Moon. The acclaimed director, who was also a producer on Maestro, surpassed legendary director John Huston, who was nominated at the age of 79 for his 1986 movie Prizzi’s Honor. Scorsese has been nominated for a total of 24 Academy Awards throughout his celebrated career and guided leading actors and actresses to 32 total Oscar nominations.
9 Martin Scorsese Is Now The Most Nominated Living Director
Scorsese has 10 Directing nominations
Martin Scorsese also passed legendary director Steven Spielberg as the person most nominated for the Best Director Oscar. Spielberg and Scorsese were both tied at nine nominations each before Killers of the Flower Moon launched Scorsese ahead with a total of 10 Directing nominations. Scorsese has previously been nominated for The Irishman (2019), The Wolf of Wall Street (2014), Hugo (2011), The Aviator (2004), Gangs of New York (2003), Goodfellas (1990), The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), and Raging Bull (1980), winning once for The Departed (2006).
8 Robert De Niro Now Has The Longest Gap Between Acting Nominations
De Niro was first nominated in 1975
With his newly announced Supporting Actor nomination for Killers of the Flower Moon, legendary actor Robert De Niro now has the widest margin between first and most recent acting nominations out of any previous nominee. De Niro was first nominated for his portrayal of Vito Corleone in The Godfather: Part II in 1975, an award which he also won. De Niro also won Best Actor for Raging Bull, but the 49 years between his first and most recent acting Oscar nominations set a new record that previously belonged to Katharine Hepburn with a margin of 48 years.
7 First Time Three Best Picture Nominees Were Directed By Women
For Barbie, Anatomy of a Fall, & Past Lives
For the first time ever in the history of the Academy Awards, three films directed by women are nominated for Best Picture. These films include the highest-grossing movie of 2023, Barbie, directed by Greta Gerwig, as well as Anatomy of a Fall and Past Lives, directed by Justine Triet and Celine Song, respectively. Before the 2024 Oscars, only 19 films directed by women were nominated for Best Picture, the first of which was 1986’s Children of a Lesser God directed by Randa Haines. The only two films directed by a woman to win Best Picture are The Hurt Locker (2008, Kathryn Bigelow) and Nomandland (2020, Chloé Zhao).
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6 John Williams Extends Record For Most Nominations By A Living Person
John Williams has 54 career Oscar nominations
Legendary film composer John Williams breaks his own record by receiving his 54th Oscar nomination for Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. Often considered the most significant film composer of all time, Williams has won 5 Oscars for creating the musical scores for Fiddler on the Roof (1974), Jaws (1976), Star Wars (1978), E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1983), and Schindler’s List (1994). He has also composed the iconic scores for Raiders of the Lost Ark, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, and Saving Private Ryan.
5 Justine Triet Is The First French Female Director To Be Nominated
Triet is the 8th woman to ever be nominated for Best Director
With her nomination for Best Director at the 2024 Academy Awards, Justine Triet has become the first French female director to have ever received a Directing nomination for her exceptional movie Anatomy of a Fall. Triet has also become just the eighth woman in the 96 years of the Academy Awards to ever be nominated for Best Director. Lina Wertmüller made history in 1975 by becoming the first woman to be nominated for Best Director for her dark comedy Seven Beauties. Other previous nominees include Jane Campion, Sofia Coppola, Greta Gerwig, and Emerald Fennell.
4 Lily Gladstone Becomes The First Indigenous Acting Nominee
Gladstone has never been nominated for an Oscar
For her leading role in Killers of the Flower Moon, Lily Gladstone became the first Indigenous person to receive an Oscar nomination in an acting category. It should be noted that Gladstone is also the favorite to take home the Oscar after winning the Golden Globe for her portrayal of Mollie Burkhart based on an actual member of the Osage Nation. Gladstone herself is of Blackfeet and Nez Perce heritage.
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3 Steven Spielberg Extends Record For Most Individual Best Picture Nominations
Spielberg is a producer on Maestro
Steven Spielberg is not at the forefront of the Best Director race as he has been nine other times at the Academy Awards, but he did receive a Best Picture nomination as a producer of Bradley Cooper’s Maestro. Spielberg, who at one point planned to direct the film, received his 13th Best Picture nomination for Maestro. He has previously received Best Picture nominations for E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), The Color Purple (1985), Saving Private Ryan (1998), Munich (2005), Letters from Iwo Jima (2006), War Horse (2011), Lincoln (2012), Bridge of Spies (2015), The Post (2017), West Side Story (2021), and The Fabelmans (2022), winning for Schindler’s List (1993).
2 Hayao Miyazaki Becomes Oldest Nominee For Best Animated Feature
Miyazaki has been nominated 4 times and won in 2003
Legendary animated filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki also made history by becoming the oldest person to be nominated for Best Animated Feature at the age of 83. As the Head of Studio Ghibli, Miyazaki had previously been nominated for Best Animated Feature at the Academy Awards for Spirited Away (2003), Howl’s Moving Castle (2006), and The Wind Rises (2014) before being nominated for The Boy and the Heron. Miyazaki won the Academy Award for Spirited Away.
1 Diane Warren Extends Her Record For Best Original Song Nominations
Warren has been nominated 15 times
Acclaimed songwriter Diane Warren has been nominated for a total of 15 Academy Awards in the same category, Best Original Song. This year, she was nominated for “The Fire Inside” performed by Becky G and written for the biopic comedy film Flamin’ Hot. Warren has previously been nominated for her work on “How Do I Live” performed by LeAnn Rimes for the Nic Cage film Con Air and “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing” from Armageddon performed by Aerosmith. Warren has yet to win an Academy Award for Best Original Song but did receive an honorary Oscar in 2022.
Oscars
The Oscars, also known as The Academy Awards, is an annual awards show celebrating workers in the film industry for their artistic and technical abilities. The Oscars are often considered the most prestigious awards show in the industry and date back to 1929. The 96th Academy Awards will be held on March 10, 2024, and be hosted by Jimmy Kimmel on ABC.
- Dates
- March 10, 2024
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA
- Network
- ABC
