Rich Picks
20142016

Awards & Top Films

2015

Rich Picks for Film Excellence

WonNominee

Top 10 Films of 2015

1
A
A-
The Revenant7 Wins · 12 Nominations
2
A-
Brooklyn1 Win · 9 Nominations
3
A-
Spotlight8 Nominations
4
A-
B+
Mad Max: Fury Road4 Wins · 10 Nominations
5
A-
B+
Inside Out3 Wins · 3 Nominations
6
B+
B
The Big Short1 Win · 3 Nominations
7
B
Carol1 Win · 8 Nominations
8
B
Amy1 Win · 1 Nomination
9
B
Bridge of Spies7 Nominations
10
B
B-
It Follows2 Nominations

Film

Animated Feature

Inside Out
Producers: Pete Docter and Jonas Rivera
OscarGlobeNBRBAFTA
Anomalisa
Producers: Rosa Tran, Duke Johnson, and Charlie Kaufman
OscarGlobe
Boy and the World
Producer: Alê Abreu
Oscar

Animated Short

World of Tomorrow
Producer: Don Hertzfeldt
Oscar
Sanjay's Super Team
Producers: Sanjay Patel and Nicole Grindle
Oscar

Documentary

Amy
Producers: Asif Kapadia and James Gay-Rees
NBRBAFTA
What Happened, Miss Simone?
Producers: Justin Wilkes, Liz Garbus, and Amy Hobby

Live-Action Feature

The Revenant
Producers: Mary Parent, Steve Golin, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Keith Redmon, and Arnon Milchan
OscarBAFTA
Mad Max: Fury Road
Producers: George Miller and Doug Mitchell
OscarNBR
Brooklyn
Producers: Amanda Posey and Finola Dwyer
OscarBAFTA
The Big Short
Producers: Jeremy Kleiner, Brad Pitt, and Dede Gardner
OscarGlobeBAFTASAG
Spotlight
Producers: Nicole Rocklin, Michael Sugar, Blye Pagon Faust, and Steve Golin
OscarNBRBAFTASpiritSAG

Directing & Editing

Directing

Alejandro González Iñárritu
The Revenant
OscarGlobeDGA
Tom McCarthy
Spotlight
OscarGlobeSpiritDGA
George Miller
Mad Max: Fury Road
OscarGlobeDGA
Todd Haynes
Carol
GlobeSpirit
John Crowley
Brooklyn

Editing

Margaret Sixel
Mad Max: Fury Road
OscarBAFTA
Jake Roberts
Brooklyn
Pietro Scalia
The Martian
BAFTA
Tom McArdle
Spotlight
OscarSpirit
Stephen Mirrione
The Revenant
OscarBAFTA

Acting

Actor in a Leading Role

Leonardo DiCaprio
as Hugh Glass in
The Revenant
OscarGlobeBAFTA
Will Smith
as Dr. Bennet Omalu in
Concussion
Globe
Eddie Redmayne
as Lili Elbe / Einar Wegener in
The Danish Girl
OscarGlobeBAFTA
Michael Fassbender
as Steve Jobs in
Steve Jobs
OscarGlobeBAFTA
as Macbeth in
Macbeth
Bryan Cranston
as Dalton Trumbo in
Trumbo
OscarGlobeBAFTA

Actor in a Supporting Role

Tom Hardy
as John Fitzgerald in
The Revenant
Oscar
Mark Rylance
as Rudolf Abel in
Bridge of Spies
OscarBAFTA
Mark Ruffalo
as Michael Rezendes in
Spotlight
OscarBAFTA
Christian Bale
as Michael Burry in
The Big Short
OscarBAFTA
Emory Cohen
as Tony Fiorello in
Brooklyn

Actress in a Leading Role

Saoirse Ronan
as Ellis Lacey in
Brooklyn
OscarBAFTA
Cate Blanchett
as Carol Aird in
Carol
OscarBAFTASpirit
Charlotte Rampling
as Kate Mercer in
45 Years
Oscar
Brie Larson
as Joy "Ma" Newsome in
Room
OscarNBRBAFTASpirit
Helen Mirren
as Maria Altmann in
Woman in Gold

Actress in a Supporting Role

Kate Winslet
as Joanna Hoffman in
Steve Jobs
OscarBAFTA
Rachel McAdams
as Sacha Pfeiffer in
Spotlight
Oscar
Jennifer Jason Leigh
as Daisy Domergue in
The Hateful Eight
OscarNBRBAFTA
Alicia Vikander
as Gerda Wegener in
The Danish Girl
OscarBAFTA
as Ava in
Ex Machina
BAFTA
Rooney Mara
as Therese Belivet in
Carol
OscarBAFTA

Writing

Screenplay (Adapted)

Adam McKay and Charles Randolph
The Big Short
based on the book by Michael Lewis
OscarGlobeBAFTAWGA
Emma Donoghue
Room
based on the novel by Donoghue
OscarGlobeBAFTASpirit
Aaron Sorkin
Steve Jobs
based on the biography by Walter Isaacson
GlobeBAFTAWGA
Nick Hornby
Brooklyn
based on the novel by Colm Tóibín
OscarBAFTA
Phyllis Nagy
Carol
based on the novel The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith
OscarBAFTASpiritWGA

Screenplay (Original)

Ronnie del Carmen, Pete Docter, Josh Cooley, and Meg LeFauve
Inside Out
Story: Ronnie del Carmen
Story and Screenplay: Pete Docter
Screenplay: Josh Cooley and Meg LeFauve
OscarBAFTA
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, and Matt Charman
Bridge of Spies
OscarBAFTAWGA
Amy Schumer
Trainwreck
WGA
Josh Singer and Tom McCarthy
Spotlight
OscarGlobeBAFTASpiritWGA
Paul Feig
Spy

Visual

Art Direction

Lisa Thompson and Colin Gibson
Mad Max: Fury Road
Production design: Colin Gibson
Set decoration: Lisa Thompson
OscarBAFTAADG
Adam Stockhausen, Rena DeAngelo, and Bernhard Henrich
Bridge of Spies
Production design: Adam Stockhausen
Set decoration: Rena DeAngelo and Bernhard Henrich
OscarBAFTAADG
Jack Fisk and Hamish Purdy
The Revenant
Production design: Jack Fisk
Set decoration: Hamish Purdy
OscarADG
Judy Becker and Heather Loeffler
Carol
Production design: Judy Becker
Set decoration: Heather Loeffler
BAFTA
Jenny Oman, François Séguin, and Louise Tremblay
Brooklyn
Production design: François Séguin
Set decoration: Jenny Oman and Louise Tremblay

Cinematography

Emmanuel Lubezki
The Revenant
OscarBAFTAASC
Mike Gioulakis
It Follows
Spirit
John Seale
Mad Max: Fury Road
OscarBAFTAASC
Edward Lachman
Carol
OscarBAFTASpiritASC
Janusz Kamiński
Bridge of Spies
BAFTAASC

Costuming

Sandy Powell
Carol
OscarBAFTACDG
Jacqueline West
The Revenant
Oscar
Odile Dicks-Mireaux
Brooklyn
BAFTACDG
Paco Delgado
The Danish Girl
OscarBAFTACDG
Jenny Beavan
Mad Max: Fury Road
OscarBAFTA

Effects

Matt Shumway, Jason Smith, Rich McBride, and Cameron Waldbauer
The Revenant
Oscar
Tim Alexander, Glen McIntosh, Michael Meinardus, and Tony Plett
Jurassic World
Paul Norris, Sara Bennett, Andrew Whitehurst, and Mark Ardington
Ex Machina
OscarBAFTA
Dan Oliver, Andrew Jackson, Andy Williams, and Tom Wood
Mad Max: Fury Road
OscarBAFTA
Chris Lawrence, Richard Stammers, Steven Warner, and Anders Langlands
The Martian
OscarBAFTA

Make-Up & Hairstyling

Elka Wardega, Damian Martin, and Lesley Vanderwalt
Mad Max: Fury Road
BAFTA
Love Larson and Eva von Bahr
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared
Lorraine Glynn and Morna Ferguson
Brooklyn
BAFTA
Jerry de Carlo and Patricia Regan
Carol
BAFTA
Duncan Jarman, Robert Pandini, and Siân Grigg
The Revenant
BAFTA

Sound & Music

Original Score

Michael Giacchino
Inside Out
Howard Shore
Spotlight
Alexandre Desplat
The Danish Girl
Globe
Disasterpeace
It Follows
Thomas Newman
Bridge of Spies
BAFTA

Original Song

"Manta Ray"
Racing Extinction
Music: J. Ralph
Lyrics: Anohni
"See You Again"
Furious 7
Music and Lyrics: Charlie Puth, Cameron "Wiz Khalifa" Thomaz, Justin "DJ Frank E" Franks, and Andrew Cedar
Globe
"Til It Happens to You"
The Hunting Ground
Music and Lyrics: Lady Gaga and Dianne Warren
"Earned It"
Fifty Shades of Grey
Music and Lyrics: Jason "Daheala" Quenneville, Ahmad Balshe, Stephan Moccio, and Abel Tesfaye
"Simple Song #3"
Youth
Music and Lyrics: David Lang
Globe

Sound Editing

Mark Mangini, David White, and Scott Hecker
Mad Max: Fury Road
Sound Effects Editors: Alicia Slusarski, Michael W. Mitchell, Phil Barrie, Chuck Michael, Christopher S. Aud, Andrew Miller, Emma Mitchell, Fabian Sanjurjo, Jared Dwyer, Mario Gabrieli, Nigel Christensen, Rick Lisle, and Cate Cahill
Music Editors: Alex Gibson, Ryan Rubin, Katrina Schiller, and Bob Badami
Sound editors: Mark Mangini, Wayne Pashley, and Scott Hecker
Sound Designers: Julian Slater and David White
Foley Artists: John Simpson and Blair Slater
ADR editors: Mia Stewart, Derryn Pasquill, Curt Schulkey, Beth Bezzina, Ines Richter, Michael Magill, and Yulia Akerholt
Foley editor: Stuart Morton
Dialogue Editors: Kira Roessler, Mark Franken, Sonal Joshi, and Danielle Wiessner
BAFTA
Steve Slanec, Brian Chumney, Gary Rydstrom, and Richard Hymns
Bridge of Spies
ADR editor: Steve Slanec
Dialogue Editor: Brian Chumney
Sound editors: Gary Rydstrom and Richard Hymns
BAFTA
Oliver Tarney and Mark Taylor
The Martian
Music Editors: Richard Whitfield and Tony Lewis
Sound Designers: Oliver Tarney and Michael Fentum
Foley editor: Hugo Adams
Foley Artists: Jack Stew and Andrea King
Sound Effects Editors: James Harrison and Mark Taylor
Dialogue: Rachael Tate
BAFTA
Lon Bender, Martin Hernández, and Randy Thom
The Revenant
Music Editors: Terry Wilson, Curt Sobel, Joseph S. DeBeasi, Richard Henderson, and Steven A. Saltzman
Sound Effects Editors: Adam Kopald, D. Chris Smith, Dino Dimuro, Pernell L. Salinas, Bill R. Dean, Dave McMoyler, Mark Larry, Stephen P. Robinson, and Hector C. Gika
Foley editors: Aran Tanchum, Ryan Wassil, Nancy MacLeod, and Geordy Sincavage
Foley Artists: Gretchen Thoma, Vincent Guisetti, Gregg Barbanell, Rick Owens, Andrea Gard, Catherine Harper, and Katherine Rose
Additional sound editor: Todd Toon
Sound editors: Lon Bender, Martin Hernández, and Randy Thom
Dialogue Editors: Brian Chumney, Dror Mohar, Paul Hackner, John C. Stuver, Shane Hayes, Christopher T. Welch, Larry Kemp, and Lisa J. Levine
Sound Designer: Jon Title
ADR editors: Laura Graham and Michele Perrone
Sounds: G.W. Brown and Julie Feiner
BAFTA
Bub Asman, Christopher Flick, Alan Robert Murray, and Tom Ozanich
Sicario
Sound Effects Editors: Bub Asman, Roland N. Thai, Jason King, and Kevin R.W. Murray
Foley editor: Christopher Flick
Sound editor: Alan Robert Murray
Sound Designer: Tom Ozanich
Foley Artists: Dan O'Connell and John T. Cucci
Dialogue: Curt Schulkey
Dialogue Editor: Matthew E. Taylor

Sound Mixing

Jon Taylor, Randy Thom, and Chris Duesterdiek
The Revenant
Re-recording mixers: Jon Taylor, Frank Montaño, and Randy Thom
Foley mixer: Geordy Sincavage
Scoring mixer: Conrad Hensel
ADR mixer: Michael Miller
Production mixer: Chris Duesterdiek
BAFTA
Chris Jenkins
Mad Max: Fury Road
ADR mixer: Thomas J. O’Connell
Production mixer: Ben Oslo
Re-recording mixers: Gregg Rudolf and Chris Jenkins
Foley mixer: Ryan Squires
BAFTA
Drew Kunin and Andy Nelson
Bridge of Spies
Scoring mixer: Thomas Vicari
Re-recording mixers: Gary Roger Rydstrom and Andy Nelson
Foley mixer: Chris Manning
Production mixer: Drew Kunin
ADR mixer: Bobby Johanson
BAFTA
Fabio Venturi, Michael Minkler, Mark Ulano, and Christian Minkler
The Hateful Eight
Scoring mixer: Fabio Venturi
Re-recording mixers: Michael Minkler and Christian Minkler
Production mixer: Mark Ulano
Foley mixer: Nerses Gezalyan
Paul Hsu
Spotlight