Although some of their movies will be well-represented at the event, high-profile artists such Ridley Scott, Will Smith, Aaron Sorkin, Michael Keaton, Tom Hanks,Steven Spielberg and Quentin Tarantino were not nominated for individual prizes. The nominees in the top categories are:
Best Picture
The Big Short
Bridge of Spies
Brooklyn
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Room
Spotlight
Best Director
Tom McCarthy Spotlight
Adam McKay The Big Short
George Miller Mad Max: Fury Road
Alejandro G. Inarritu The Revenant
Lenny Abrahamson Brooklyn
Best Actor
Bryan Cranston Trumbo
Matt Damon The Martian
Leonardo DiCaprio The Revenant
Michael Fassbender Steve Jobs
Eddie Redmayne The Danish Girl
Best Actress
Cate Blanchett Carol
Brie Larson Room
Jennifer Lawrence Joy
Charlotte Rampling 45 Years
Saoirse Ronan Brooklyn
Best Supporting Actor
Christian Bale The Big Short
Tom Hardy The Revenant
Mark Ruffalo Spotlight
Mark Rylance Bridge of Spies
Sylvester Stallone Creed
Best Supporting Actress
Jennifer Jason Leigh The Hateful Eight
Rooney Mara Carol
Rachel McAdams Spotlight
Alicia Vikander The Danish Girl
Kate Winslet Steve Jobs
Best Adapted Screenplay
The Big Short Screenplay by Charles Randolph and Adam McKay
Brooklyn Screenplay by Nick Hornby
Carol Screenplay by Phyllis Nagy
The Martian Screenplay by Drew Goddard
Room Screenplay by Emma Donoghue
Best Original Screenplay
Bridge of Spies Written by Matt Charman and Ethan Coen & Joel Coen
Ex Machina Written by Alex Garland
Inside Out Screenplay by Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley; Original story by Pete Docter, Ronnie del Carmen
Spotlight Written by Josh Singer and Tom McCarthy
Straight Outta Compton Screenplay by Jonathan Herman and Andrea Berloff; Story by S. Leigh Savidge & Alan Wenkus and Andrea Berloff
Best Animated Feature
Anomalisa
Boy and the World
Inside Out
Shawn the Sheep Movie
When Marley Was There
