Latino Filmmakers Get Nominations in Almost Every Major Oscar Category Danette Chavez - Remezcla
go to original January 16, 2015

Birdman is a black comedy that tells the story of an actor - famous for portraying an iconic superhero - as he struggles to mount a Broadway play. (FoxSearchlight)

Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Birdman leads the pack (along with Grand Budapest Hotel) with nine nominations including Best Picture, Director, and Original Screenplay. Birdman also scored some acting nominations in the supporting categories and Emmanuel “el chivo” Lubezki locked in his seventh Best Cinematography nod. The French-Brazilian documentary The Salt of the Earth has been nominated for Best Documentary Feature, and Argentina’s Wild Tales is in the running for Best Foreign Language Film.

Alfonso Cuarón, who’s nabbed almost every major filmmaking award in the last two years, took to the podium to announce the nominees with fellow director J.J. Abrams. Though there’s usually only a famous duo doing the honors, the Academy added an additional pair this year (actor Chris Pine and Academy President Boone Isaacs) because for first time, all of the nominees in all of the categories were read on live TV/stream.

Check out the list of Latino nominees at Remezcla

Hosted by Neil Patrick Harris, the 2015 Academy Awards are February 22 and broadcast on ABC at 7PM ET/4PM PT.

Watch: 23-Minute Talk with 'Birdman' Stars Michael Keaton & Ed Norton (American Film Institute)

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