Scarlett Johansson in Marriage Story (2019)
Best Lead Actress, Marriage Story Best Supporting Actress, Jojo Rabbit
First Oscar nominations for Scarlett Johansson in any category.
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Best Lead Actress, Marriage Story Best Supporting Actress, Jojo Rabbit
First Oscar nominations for Scarlett Johansson in any category.
Best Film (producing), Parasite Best Director, Parasite Best Writing - Original Screenplay, Parasite Best International Feature Film, Parasite aka Gisaengchung (original title)
First Oscar nominations for Bong Joon Ho in any category.
Best Lead Actress, Harriet Best Original Song, Harriet (Song: "Stand Up")
First Oscar-nominations for Cynthia Erivo in any category.
*A win in either Oscar category would make her the youngest performer to win an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony award (EGOT).
Best Original Score, Joker
First Oscar nomination for Hildur Guðnadóttir in any category.
Best Lead Actor, The Two Popes
First Oscar nomination for Jonathan Pryce in any category.
Best International Feature Film, Parasite (2019) aka '기생충' (original title) Best Documentary Short Subject, Bujaeui gieok (2018) aka '부재의 기억' (original title)
These two productions are the first South Korean films to receive Oscar nominations. They garnered eight South Korean nationals their first Oscar nominations in any category and a first South Korea country nomination.
Jennifer Yuh Nelson and Karen O were previous Oscar nominees in the Animated Feature Film and Best Original Song categories for USA-produced film work, both Korean-Americans were born in South Korean.
Best Lead Actor, Pain and Glory aka Dolor y gloria (original title)
First Oscar nomination for Antonio Banderas in any category.
Best Writing - Original Screenplay, Knives Out
First Oscar nomination for Rian Johnson in any category.
Best Supporting Actress, Little Women
First Oscar nomination for Florence Pugh in any category.
Best Animated Feature Film, I Lost My Body aka J'ai perdu mon corps (original title)
First Oscar nominations for Jérémy Clapin, Marc Du Pontavice and Xilam productions in any category.
Best Animated Feature Film, Klaus
First Oscar nominations for Sergio Pablos, Marisa Roman, Jinko Gotoh and Sergio Pablos Animation Studios in any category. Likewise, as Netflix's first original animated feature it is their Oscar nomination in the category.
Best Documentary Feature Film, American Factory
First Oscar nominations for the Obamas' Higher Ground production company in any category. The nomination technically goes to the film's producers Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert and Jeff Reichert, all who have prior Oscar nominations.
Best Documentary Feature Film, Honeyland Best International Feature Film, Honeyland
First Oscar nominations for Ljubomir Stefanov, Tamara Kotevska and Atanas Georgiev in any category. As well as, Honeyland's breakthrough as the first documentary to land a nomination in the Best International Feature Film category.
Best Documentary Feature Film, For Sama
First Oscar nominations for Waad Al-Kateab and Edward Watts in any category.
Best Documentary Feature Film, The Edge of Democracy
First Oscar nominations for Petra Costa, Shane Boris and Tiago Pavan in any category.
Best Production Design, Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
First Oscar nomination for Barbara Ling in any category.
Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Bombshell
First Oscar nomination for Vivian Baker (makeup department head) and Anne Morgan (hairstyling department head) in any category.
Best Original Song, Rocketman (Song: "I'm Gonna Love Me Again")
First Oscar nomination for Bernie Taupin in any category.
Best Original Song, Harriet (Song: "Stand Up")
First Oscar nomination for Joshuah Brian Campbell in any category.
Best Film Editing, Parasite aka Gisaengchung (original title)
First Oscar nomination for Jinmo Yang in any category.
Best Film Editing, Ford v Ferrari
First Oscar nomination for Andrew Buckland in any category.
Best Costume Design, The Irishman
First Oscar nomination for Christopher Peterson in any category.
Best Costume Design, JoJo Rabbit
First Oscar nomination for Mayes C. Rubeo in any category.
Best Cinematography, Joker
First Oscar nomination for Lawrence Sher in any category.
Best Cinematography, The Lighthouse
First Oscar nomination for Jarin Blaschke in any category.
Best Animated Short Film, Kitbull
First Oscar nominations for Rosana Sullivan and Kathryn Hendrickson in any category.
Best Animated Short Film, Hair Love
First Oscar nominations for Matthew A. Cherry and Karen Rupert Toliver in any category.
Best Animated Short Film, Sister aka '妹妹' (Mandarin title)
First Oscar nomination for Siqi Song in any category.
Best Animated Short Film, Mémorable
First Oscar nominations for Bruno Collet and Jean-François Le Corre in any category.
Best Live Action Short Film, A Sister aka Une Soeur (original title)
First Oscar nomination for Delphine Girard in any category.
Best Documentary Short Subject, Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You're a Girl)
First Oscar nominations for Carol Dysinger and Elena Andreicheva in any category.
Best Documentary Short Subject, In the Absence aka '부재의 기억' (original title)
First Oscar nominations for Seung-jun Yi and Gary Byung-Seok Kam Oscar nominations in any category.
Best Live Action Short Film, Brotherhood
First Oscar nominations for Meryam Joobeur in any category.
Best Live Action Short Film, Nefta Football Club
First Oscar nominations for Yves Piat and Damien Megherb in any category.
Best Documentary Short Subject, St. Louis Superman
First Oscar nominations for Sami Khan, Smriti Mundhra and MTV Documentary Films in any category.