92nd Academy Awards: Zennie Abraham‘s 2020 Oscars Predictions
ONN – 92nd Academy Awards: Zennie Abraham‘s 2020 Oscars Predictions
Atlanta – For the first time in six years I’ve sat down to actually make a full set of Oscars Predictions. It’s nice to get back in the saddle. For a time, from 2000 to 2005, I won my good friend Beth’s Schnitzer’s Oscars Pool, annuallly. Why? Because I didn’t vote based on what I liked or saw, but based on what Internet research said the Academy might do. The best mirror of that has been what are called the “Precursor Awards” – the contests leading up to the Academy Awards that, to varying degrees, reflected what the members of the Academy might do on Oscar Sunday Night.
So, since that approach has worked so well for me, guess what? I used it again. Here are my predictions for each category in the 92nd Academy Awards.
The order was changed to present the winners in order, and is continuously update in this live blog. UPDATE: I missed 7 of the 24 total, or got 17 out of 24.
Performance by an actor in a supporting role.
Tom Hanks in “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood”
Anthony Hopkins in “The Two Popes”
Al Pacino in “The Irishman”
Joe Pesci in “The Irishman”
Brad Pitt in “Once upon a Time…in Hollywood” – Zennie’s “Performance by an actor in a supporting role” Pick.
Oscar Winner: Brad Pitt – ZA correct.
Best animated feature film of the year.
“How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World” Dean DeBlois, Bradford Lewis and Bonnie Arnold
“I Lost My Body” Jérémy Clapin and Marc du Pontavice
“Klaus” Sergio Pablos, Jinko Gotoh and Marisa Román – Zennie’s “Best animated feature film of the year” Pick.
“Missing Link” Chris Butler, Arianne Sutner and Travis Knight
“Toy Story 4” Josh Cooley, Mark Nielsen and Jonas Rivera – Zennie’s “Best animated feature film” Pick
Oscar Winner: Toy Story 4 – ZA correct.
Best animated short film.
“Dcera (Daughter)” Daria Kashcheeva
“Hair Love” Matthew A. Cherry and Karen Rupert Toliver
“Kitbull” Rosana Sullivan and Kathryn Hendrickson – Zennie’s “Best animated short film” Pick.
“Memorable” Bruno Collet and Jean-François Le Corre
“Sister” Siqi Song
Oscar Winner: Hair Love – ZA incorrect.
Adapted screenplay.
“The Irishman” Screenplay by Steven Zaillian
“Jojo Rabbit” Screenplay by Taika Waititi
“Joker” Written by Todd Phillips & Scott Silver
“Little Women” Written for the screen by Greta Gerwig – Zennie’s “Adapted screenplay” Pick.
“The Two Popes” Written by Anthony McCarten
Oscar Winner Jojo Rabbit – ZA incorrect.
Original screenplay.
“Knives Out” Written by Rian Johnson
“Marriage Story” Written by Noah Baumbach
“1917” Written by Sam Mendes & Krysty Wilson-Cairns
“Once upon a Time…in Hollywood” Written by Quentin Tarantino
“Parasite” Screenplay by Bong Joon Ho, Han Jin Won; Story by Bong Joon Ho – Zennie’s “Original screenplay” Pick.
Oscar Winner Parasite! ZA correct.
Best live action short film.
“Brotherhood” Meryam Joobeur and Maria Gracia Turgeon
“Nefta Football Club” Yves Piat and Damien Megherbi
“The Neighbors’ Window” Marshall Curry – Zennie’s “Best live action short film” Pick.
“Saria” Bryan Buckley and Matt Lefebvre
“A Sister” Delphine Girard
Oscar Winner: The Neighbors’ Window – ZA correct.
Achievement in production design.
“The Irishman” Production Design: Bob Shaw; Set Decoration: Regina Graves
“Jojo Rabbit” Production Design: Ra Vincent; Set Decoration: Nora Sopková
“1917” Production Design: Dennis Gassner; Set Decoration: Lee Sandales
“Once upon a Time…in Hollywood” Production Design: Barbara Ling; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh – Zennie’s “Achievement in production design” Pick.
“Parasite” Production Design: Lee Ha Jun; Set Decoration: Cho Won Woo
Oscar Winner: “Once upon a Time…in Hollywood” – ZA correct.
Achievement in costume design.
“The Irishman” Sandy Powell and Christopher Peterson
“Jojo Rabbit” Mayes C. Rubeo
“Joker” Mark Bridges
“Little Women” Jacqueline Durran – Zennie’s “Achievement in costume design” Pick.
“Once upon a Time…in Hollywood” Arianne Phillips
Oscar Winner: Little Women – ZA correct.
Best documentary feature.
“American Factory” Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert and Jeff Reichert
“The Cave” Feras Fayyad, Kirstine Barfod and Sigrid Dyekjær
“The Edge of Democracy” Petra Costa, Joanna Natasegara, Shane Boris and Tiago Pavan
“For Sama” Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts
��Honeyland” Ljubo Stefanov, Tamara Kotevska and Atanas Georgiev – Zennie’s “Best documentary feature” Pick.
Oscar Winner: American Factory – ZA incorrect.
Best documentary short subject.
“In the Absence” Yi Seung-Jun and Gary Byung-Seok Kam
“Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You’re a Girl)” Carol Dysinger and Elena Andreicheva – Zennie “Best documentary short subject” Pick
“Life Overtakes Me” John Haptas and Kristine Samuelson
“St. Louis Superman” Smriti Mundhra and Sami Khan
“Walk Run Cha-Cha” Laura Nix and Colette Sandstedt
Oscar Winner: Learning to Skateboard – ZA correct.
Performance by an actress in a supporting role.
Kathy Bates in “Richard Jewell”
Laura Dern in “Marriage Story” – Zennie’s “Performance by an actress in a supporting role” Pick.
Scarlett Johansson in “Jojo Rabbit”
Florence Pugh in “Little Women”
Margot Robbie in “Bombshell”
Oscar Winner: Laura Dern – ZA correct.
Achievement in sound editing.
“Ford v Ferrari” Donald Sylvester
“Joker” Alan Robert Murray
“1917” Oliver Tarney and Rachael Tate – Zennie’s “Achievement in sound editing” Pick
“Once upon a Time…in Hollywood” Wylie Stateman
“Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” Matthew Wood and David Acord
Oscar Winner: Ford v Ferrari! ZA incorrect.
Achievement in sound mixing.
“Ad Astra” Gary Rydstrom, Tom Johnson and Mark Ulano
“Ford v Ferrari” Paul Massey, David Giammarco and Steven A. Morrow
“Joker” Tom Ozanich, Dean Zupancic and Tod Maitland
“1917” Mark Taylor and Stuart Wilson – Zennie’s “Achievement in sound mixing” Pick
“Once upon a Time…in Hollywood” Michael Minkler, Christian P. Minkler and Mark Ulano
Oscar Winner: 1917 – ZA correct.
Achievement in cinematography.
“The Irishman” Rodrigo Prieto
“Joker” Lawrence Sher
“The Lighthouse” Jarin Blaschke
“1917” Roger Deakins – Zennie’s “cinematography” Pick.
“Once upon a Time…in Hollywood” Robert Richardson
Oscar Winner: “1917” Roger Deakins – ZA correct.
Achievement in visual effects.
“Avengers: Endgame” Dan DeLeeuw, Russell Earl, Matt Aitken and Dan Sudick – Zennie’s “Achievement in visual effects” pick
“The Irishman” Pablo Helman, Leandro Estebecorena, Nelson Sepulveda-Fauser and Stephane Grabli
“The Lion King” Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R. Jones and Elliot Newman
“1917” Guillaume Rocheron, Greg Butler and Dominic Tuohy
“Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” Roger Guyett, Neal Scanlan, Patrick Tubach and Dominic Tuohy
Oscar Winner: “1917” – ZA incorrect.
Achievement in makeup and hairstyling.
“Bombshell” Kazu Hiro, Anne Morgan and Vivian Baker – Zennie’s “Achievement in makeup and hairstyling” Pick.
“Joker” Nicki Ledermann and Kay Georgiou
“Judy” Jeremy Woodhead
“Maleficent: Mistress of Evil” Paul Gooch, Arjen Tuiten and David White
“1917” Naomi Donne, Tristan Versluis and Rebecca Cole
Oscar Winner: Bombshell – ZA correct.
Best international feature film of the year.
“Corpus Christi” Poland
“Honeyland” North Macedonia
“Les Misérables” France
“Pain and Glory” Spain
“Parasite” South Korea – Zennie’s “Best international feature film of the year” Pick.
Oscar Winner: Parasite – ZA correct.
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score).
“Joker” Hildur Guðnadóttir – Zennie’s “Achievement in music” Pick.
“Little Women” Alexandre Desplat
“Marriage Story” Randy Newman
“1917” Thomas Newman
“Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” John Williams
Change: “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” John Williams to win. He’s 88 and I think the Academy would like to give him a nice send off.
Oscar Winner: Joker ZA incorrect.
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song).
“I Can’t Let You Throw Yourself Away” from “Toy Story 4”
Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
“(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again” from “Rocketman” – Zennie’s “ Original song” Pick.
Music by Elton John; Lyric by Bernie Taupin
“I’m Standing With You” from “Breakthrough”
Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
“Into The Unknown” from “Frozen II”
Music and Lyric by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez
“Stand Up” from “Harriet”
Music and Lyric by Joshuah Brian Campbell and Cynthia Erivo
Oscar Winner: Rocketman – ZA correct.
Achievement in directing.
“The Irishman” Martin Scorsese
“Joker” Todd Phillips
“1917” Sam Mendes – Zennie’s “Achievement in directing” Pick.
“Once upon a Time…in Hollywood” Quentin Tarantino
“Parasite” Bong Joon Ho
Oscar Winner: Parasite – ZA incorrect.
Performance by an actor in a leading role.
Antonio Banderas in “Pain and Glory”
Leonardo DiCaprio in “Once upon a Time…in Hollywood”
Adam Driver in “Marriage Story”
Joaquin Phoenix in “Joker” – Zennie’s “Performance by an actor in a leading role” Pick.
Jonathan Pryce in “The Two Popes”
Oscar Winner: Joaquin Phoenix in “Joker” – ZA correct.
Performance by an actress in a leading role.
Cynthia Erivo in “Harriet”
Scarlett Johansson in “Marriage Story”
Saoirse Ronan in “Little Women”
Charlize Theron in “Bombshell”
Renée Zellweger in “Judy” – Zennie’s “Performance by an actress in a leading role” Pick.
Oscar Winner: Renée Zellweger – ZA correct.
Best motion picture of the year.
“Ford v Ferrari” Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping and James Mangold, Producers
“The Irishman” Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal and Emma Tillinger Koskoff, Producers
“Jojo Rabbit” Carthew Neal and Taika Waititi, Producers
“Joker” Todd Phillips, Bradley Cooper and Emma Tillinger Koskoff, Producers
“Little Women” Amy Pascal, Producer
“Marriage Story” Noah Baumbach and David Heyman, Producers
“1917” Sam Mendes, Pippa Harris, Jayne-Ann Tenggren and Callum McDougall, Producers – Zennie’s “Best motion picture of the year’ Pick
“Once upon a Time…in Hollywood” David Heyman, Shannon McIntosh and Quentin Tarantino, Producers
“Parasite” Kwak Sin Ae and Bong Joon Ho, Producers –
Oscar Winner: Parasite – ZA incorrect.
Original List Of 2020 Oscar Nominees
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Performance by an actor in a leading role.
Antonio Banderas in “Pain and Glory��
Leonardo DiCaprio in “Once upon a Time…in Hollywood”
Adam Driver in “Marriage Story”
Joaquin Phoenix in “Joker” – Zennie’s “Performance by an actor in a leading role” Pick.
Jonathan Pryce in “The Two Popes”
Oscar Winner: Joaquin Phoenix in “Joker”
Performance by an actor in a supporting role.
Tom Hanks in “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood”
Anthony Hopkins in “The Two Popes”
Al Pacino in “The Irishman”
Joe Pesci in “The Irishman”
Brad Pitt in “Once upon a Time…in Hollywood” – Zennie’s “Performance by an actor in a supporting role” Pick.
Oscar Winner: Brad Pitt
Performance by an actress in a leading role.
Cynthia Erivo in “Harriet”
Scarlett Johansson in “Marriage Story”
Saoirse Ronan in “Little Women”
Charlize Theron in “Bombshell”
Renée Zellweger in “Judy” – Zennie’s “Performance by an actress in a leading role” Pick.
Oscar Winner: Renée Zellweger
Performance by an actress in a supporting role.
Kathy Bates in “Richard Jewell”
Laura Dern in “Marriage Story” – Zennie’s “Performance by an actress in a supporting role” Pick.
Scarlett Johansson in “Jojo Rabbit”
Florence Pugh in “Little Women”
Margot Robbie in “Bombshell”
Oscar Winner: Laura Dern
Best animated feature film of the year.
“How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World” Dean DeBlois, Bradford Lewis and Bonnie Arnold
“I Lost My Body” Jérémy Clapin and Marc du Pontavice
“Klaus” Sergio Pablos, Jinko Gotoh and Marisa Román – Zennie’s “Best animated feature film of the year” Pick.
“Missing Link” Chris Butler, Arianne Sutner and Travis Knight
“Toy Story 4” Josh Cooley, Mark Nielsen and Jonas Rivera – Zennie’s “Best animated feature film�� Pick
Oscar Winner: Toy Story 4
Achievement in cinematography.
“The Irishman” Rodrigo Prieto
“Joker” Lawrence Sher
“The Lighthouse” Jarin Blaschke
“1917” Roger Deakins – Zennie’s “cinematography” Pick.
“Once upon a Time…in Hollywood” Robert Richardson
Oscar Winner: “1917” Roger Deakins
Achievement in costume design.
“The Irishman” Sandy Powell and Christopher Peterson
“Jojo Rabbit” Mayes C. Rubeo
“Joker” Mark Bridges
“Little Women” Jacqueline Durran – Zennie’s “Achievement in costume design” Pick.
“Once upon a Time…in Hollywood” Arianne Phillips
Oscar Winner: Little Women
Achievement in directing.
“The Irishman” Martin Scorsese
“Joker” Todd Phillips
“1917” Sam Mendes – Zennie’s “Achievement in directing” Pick.
“Once upon a Time…in Hollywood” Quentin Tarantino
“Parasite” Bong Joon Ho
Oscar Winner: Parasite
Best documentary feature.
“American Factory” Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert and Jeff Reichert
“The Cave” Feras Fayyad, Kirstine Barfod and Sigrid Dyekjær
“The Edge of Democracy” Petra Costa, Joanna Natasegara, Shane Boris and Tiago Pavan
“For Sama” Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts
“Honeyland” Ljubo Stefanov, Tamara Kotevska and Atanas Georgiev – Zennie’s “Best documentary feature” Pick.
Oscar Winner: “American Factory”
Best documentary short subject.
“In the Absence” Yi Seung-Jun and Gary Byung-Seok Kam
“Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You’re a Girl)” Carol Dysinger and Elena Andreicheva – Zennie “Best documentary short subject” Pick
“Life Overtakes Me” John Haptas and Kristine Samuelson
“St. Louis Superman” Smriti Mundhra and Sami Khan
“Walk Run Cha-Cha” Laura Nix and Colette Sandstedt
Oscar Winner: Learning to Skateboard
Achievement in film editing
“Ford v Ferrari” Michael McCusker and Andrew Buckland – Zennie’s “film editing” Pick.
“The Irishman” Thelma Schoonmaker
“Jojo Rabbit” Tom Eagles
“Joker” Jeff Groth
“Parasite” Yang Jinmo
Oscar Winner: Ford v Ferrari
Best international feature film of the year.
“Corpus Christi” Poland
“Honeyland” North Macedonia
“Les Misérables” France
“Pain and Glory” Spain
“Parasite” South Korea – Zennie’s “Best international feature film of the year” Pick.
Oscar Winner: Parasite
Achievement in makeup and hairstyling.
“Bombshell” Kazu Hiro, Anne Morgan and Vivian Baker – Zennie’s “Achievement in makeup and hairstyling” Pick.
“Joker” Nicki Ledermann and Kay Georgiou
“Judy” Jeremy Woodhead
“Maleficent: Mistress of Evil” Paul Gooch, Arjen Tuiten and David White
“1917” Naomi Donne, Tristan Versluis and Rebecca Cole
Oscar Winner: Bombshell
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score).
“Joker” Hildur Guðnadóttir – Zennie’s “Achievement in music” Pick.
“Little Women” Alexandre Desplat
“Marriage Story” Randy Newman
“1917” Thomas Newman
“Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” John Williams
Change: “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” John Williams to win. He’s 88 and I think the Academy would like to give him a nice send off.
Oscar Winner: Joker
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song).
“I Can’t Let You Throw Yourself Away” from “Toy Story 4”
Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
“(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again” from “Rocketman” – Zennie’s “ Original song” Pick.
Music by Elton John; Lyric by Bernie Taupin
“I’m Standing With You” from “Breakthrough”
Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
“Into The Unknown” from “Frozen II”
Music and Lyric by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez
“Stand Up” from “Harriet”
Music and Lyric by Joshuah Brian Campbell and Cynthia Erivo
Oscar Winner: Rocketman
Best motion picture of the year.
“Ford v Ferrari” Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping and James Mangold, Producers
“The Irishman” Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal and Emma Tillinger Koskoff, Producers
“Jojo Rabbit” Carthew Neal and Taika Waititi, Producers
“Joker” Todd Phillips, Bradley Cooper and Emma Tillinger Koskoff, Producers
“Little Women” Amy Pascal, Producer
“Marriage Story” Noah Baumbach and David Heyman, Producers
“1917” Sam Mendes, Pippa Harris, Jayne-Ann Tenggren and Callum McDougall, Producers – Zennie’s “Best motion picture of the year’ Pick
“Once upon a Time…in Hollywood” David Heyman, Shannon McIntosh and Quentin Tarantino, Producers
“Parasite” Kwak Sin Ae and Bong Joon Ho, Producers –
Oscar Winner: Parasite
Achievement in production design.
“The Irishman” Production Design: Bob Shaw; Set Decoration: Regina Graves
“Jojo Rabbit” Production Design: Ra Vincent; Set Decoration: Nora Sopková
“1917” Production Design: Dennis Gassner; Set Decoration: Lee Sandales
“Once upon a Time…in Hollywood” Production Design: Barbara Ling; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh – Zennie’s “Achievement in production design” Pick.
“Parasite” Production Design: Lee Ha Jun; Set Decoration: Cho Won Woo
Oscar Winner: “Once upon a Time…in Hollywood”
Best animated short film.
“Dcera (Daughter)” Daria Kashcheeva
“Hair Love” Matthew A. Cherry and Karen Rupert Toliver
“Kitbull” Rosana Sullivan and Kathryn Hendrickson – Zennie’s “Best animated short film” Pick.
“Memorable” Bruno Collet and Jean-François Le Corre
“Sister” Siqi Song
Oscar Winner: Hair Love
Best live action short film.
“Brotherhood” Meryam Joobeur and Maria Gracia Turgeon
“Nefta Football Club” Yves Piat and Damien Megherbi
“The Neighbors’ Window” Marshall Curry – Zennie’s “Best live action short film” Pick.
“Saria” Bryan Buckley and Matt Lefebvre
“A Sister” Delphine Girard
Oscar Winner: The Neighbors’ Window
Achievement in sound editing.
“Ford v Ferrari” Donald Sylvester
“Joker” Alan Robert Murray
“1917” Oliver Tarney and Rachael Tate – Zennie’s “Achievement in sound editing” Pick
“Once upon a Time…in Hollywood” Wylie Stateman
“Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” Matthew Wood and David Acord
Oscar Winner: Ford v Ferrari
Achievement in sound mixing.
“Ad Astra” Gary Rydstrom, Tom Johnson and Mark Ulano
“Ford v Ferrari” Paul Massey, David Giammarco and Steven A. Morrow
“Joker” Tom Ozanich, Dean Zupancic and Tod Maitland
“1917” Mark Taylor and Stuart Wilson – Zennie’s “Achievement in sound mixing” Pick
“Once upon a Time…in Hollywood” Michael Minkler, Christian P. Minkler and Mark Ulano
Oscar Winner: 1917
Achievement in visual effects.
“Avengers: Endgame” Dan DeLeeuw, Russell Earl, Matt Aitken and Dan Sudick – Zennie’s “Achievement in visual effects” pick
“The Irishman” Pablo Helman, Leandro Estebecorena, Nelson Sepulveda-Fauser and Stephane Grabli
“The Lion King” Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R. Jones and Elliot Newman
“1917” Guillaume Rocheron, Greg Butler and Dominic Tuohy
“Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” Roger Guyett, Neal Scanlan, Patrick Tubach and Dominic Tuohy
Oscar Winner: “1917”
Adapted screenplay.
“The Irishman” Screenplay by Steven Zaillian
“Jojo Rabbit” Screenplay by Taika Waititi
“Joker” Written by Todd Phillips & Scott Silver
“Little Women” Written for the screen by Greta Gerwig – Zennie’s “Adapted screenplay” Pick.
“The Two Popes” Written by Anthony McCarten
Oscar Winner Jojo Rabbit
Original screenplay.
“Knives Out” Written by Rian Johnson
“Marriage Story” Written by Noah Baumbach
“1917” Written by Sam Mendes & Krysty Wilson-Cairns
“Once upon a Time…in Hollywood” Written by Quentin Tarantino
“Parasite” Screenplay by Bong Joon Ho, Han Jin Won; Story by Bong Joon Ho – Zennie’s ��Original screenplay” Pick.
Oscar Winner Parasite!
Stay tuned.
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