Andra Day, Chloé Zhao, and Jamie Foxx Help The Walt Disney Company Earn 15 Oscar Nominations

THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY EARNS 15 ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATIONS Searchlight Pictures’ Critically Acclaimed “Nomadland” Garners 6 Nominations, Including Best Motion Picture Hulu Original Film “The United States vs. Billie Holiday” Garners Nomination with Best Actress Nod for Andra Day’s Performance. Disney+ Lands First Oscar Nominations with Disney and Pixar’s “Soul,” and Disney’s “Mulan” and “The One and Only Ivan”

The Walt Disney Company received a total of 15 Academy Award nominations.

“Nomadland” received six nominations, including Best Motion Picture, Actress in a Leading Role, Directing, Adapted Screenplay, Editing and Cinematography. With “Nomadland,” Searchlight Pictures has now garnered 19 Best Picture Oscar Nominations and a grand total of 164 Academy Award nominations.

Disney+ received its first Oscar nominations since launching in 2019. The service is home to a variety of nominated content including Disney and Pixar’s “Onward and “Soul” both nominated for Best Animated Feature, with “Soul” also receiving nominations for Best Original Score and Best Sound; “Mulan” receiving nominations for Best Costume Design and Best Visual Effects; Disney’s “The One and Only Ivan” receiving a nomination for Best Visual Effects; and Disney and Pixar’s “Burrow” receiving a nomination for Best Animated Short Film.

The Hulu Original film “The United States vs. Billie Holiday” garnered one nomination with a Best Actress nomination for Andra Day’s performance. Hulu is also the exclusive streaming home to Searchlight Pictures’ “Nomadland.”

NOMADLAND (Searchlight Pictures)

6 Nominations

• Best Motion Picture – Frances McDormand, Peter Spears, Dan Janvey, Mollye Asher, Chloé Zhao

• Best Actress in a Leading Role – Frances McDormand

• Best Achievement in Directing – Chloé Zhao

• Best Adapted Screenplay – Chloé Zhao

• Best Achievement in Editing – Chloé Zhao

• Best Achievement in Cinematography – Joshua James Richards

Since 1994, Searchlight Pictures has amassed 28 Golden Globe Awards, 45 BAFTA awards, and 40 Academy Awards including four Best Picture winners since 2009: “Slumdog Millionaire,” “12 Years a Slave,” “Birdman,” and “The Shape of Water.” 

SOUL (Pixar Animation Studios / Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures / Disney+ / Disney Music Group)

3 Nominations

• Best Animated Feature

• Best Original Score – Jon Batiste, Atticus Ross, Trent Reznor

• Best Achievement in Sound

MULAN (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures / Disney+)

2 Nominations

• Best Costume Design

• Best Visual Effects

ONWARD (Pixar Animation Studios / Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)

1 Nomination

• Best Animated Feature

THE ONE AND ONLY IVAN (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures / Disney+)

1 Nomination

• Best Visual Effects

BURROW (Pixar Animation Studios / Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures / Disney+)

1 Nomination

• Best Animated Short Film

THE UNITED STATES VS. BILLIE HOLIDAY (Hulu)

1 Nomination

• Best Actress – Andra Day