2025 OSCAR NOMINATIONS
”Sing Sing,” which was filmed primarily at Downstate Correctional in Fishkill and Beacon High School received three Oscar nomination in 2025, including:
BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Colman Domingo is nominated for "Sing Sing." Colman was also nominated in 2024 for his appearance in “Rustin.”
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
”Sing Sing” was nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay by Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar; Story by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence Maclin, and John “Divine G” Whitfield).
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
”Like a Bird” by Abraham Alexander & Adrian Quesada was nominated for Best Song from the movie “Sing Sing.” Click here to watch the music video.
2024 OSCAR NOMINATIONS
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach were nominated for “Barbie”
*Baumbach received a BA in English from Vassar College in 1991. While at Vassar, he and fellow future filmmaker, Jason Blum, were roommates. Blum later produced Baumbach's first film, ”Kicking and Screaming” in 1995. In 2011, Baumbach directed “Frances Ha” at Vassar. He co-wrote the screenplay with his future wife, Greta Gerwig. Read more in the Vassar Quarterly.
Colman Domingo in “Sing Sing.”
BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Colman Domingo was nominated for "Rustin."
*Colman was the lead actor in the locally produced film “Sing Sing,” and the Netflix series, “The Four Seasons.”
P/T HV resident Jeffrey Wright was nominated for "American Fiction."
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Robert DeNiro was nominated for "Killers of the Flower Moon."
*In addition to having a home in the HV, DeNiro co-starred in 2 films that were filmed in part in the region; Martin Scorcese's "The Irishman," and James Mangold's "Copland." He also co-starred in Barry Levinson's "Wag the Dog," which was written by Woodstock's Larry Beinhart
Mark Ruffalo was nominated for "Poor Things"
*Ruffalo is a part time HV resident. He starred as twins in Derek Cianfrance's "I Know This Much is True," and Kenneth Lonergan's "You Can Count on Me."
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Emily Blunt was nominated for "Oppenheimer"
*Blunt co-starred in John Krasinky's "A Quiet Place," which was filmed in Dutchess County.
Danielle Brooks was nominated for "The Color Purple"
*Brooks co-starred in Katie Cokinos' "I Dream Too Much," which filmed primarily in Saugerties.
2023 OSCAR NOMINATIONS (AND WINNERS)
Darren Aronofsky's “The Whale” was nominated
for 3 Academy Awards including:
BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE – Brendan Fraser (WINNER)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS – Hong Chau
BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING – Adrien Morot, Judy Chin and Anne Marie Bradley
Filming for A24’s “The Whale” took place primarily on the soundstage at Umbra of Newburgh and on location in New Paltz. The cast features Brendan Fraser, Sadie Sink, Ty Simpkins, Samantha Morton and Hong Chau, who has also worked in the region on “Driveways.”
2022 OSCAR NOMINATIONS (AND WINNERS)
BEST PICTURE was won by “Coda.”
*The film was not produced in the Hudson Valley but Ged Dickersin, who produced “Skin” in the region in 2018, was the co-producer.
2021 OSCAR NOMINATIONS (AND WINNERS)
BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE went to part time Hudson Valley resident
Frances McDormand for "Nomadland"
BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE.
Part time Hudson Valley resident, Amanda Seyfried, was nominated for "Mank"
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
"Crip Camp," which was filmed in Sullivan County was nominated.
2020 OSCAR NOMINATIONS
BEST PICTURE
”The Irishman,” which was filmed in part in the Hudson Valley was nominated.
Producers included Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal and Emma Tillinger Koskoff
“Marriage Story,” by Vassar graduate Noah Baumbach , was nominated.
Producers included Noah Baumbach and David Heyman
2019 OSCAR NOMINATIONS
BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Part time Hudson Valley resident Willem Dafoe, was nomionated for “At Eternity's Gate.”
BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Part time Hudson Valley resident Rachel Weisz, was nominated for “The Favourite.”
BEST SOUND EDITING
Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadahl were nominated for “A Quiet Place,” which was filmed primarily in Dutchess County.
Sergio Díaz and HV resident Skip Lievsay were nominated for “Roma.”
BEST SOUND MIXING
HV resident Skip Lievsay, Craig Henighan and José Antonio García were nominated for “Roma.”
2018 OSCAR NOMINATIONS (AND WINNER)
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
The winner was Sam Rockwell for “Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri.”
Part time HV resident Willem Dafoe was nominated for “The Florida Project,” which was mixed in Bearsville by Coll Anderson.
BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
The WINNER was part time HV resident Frances McDormand
for “Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri.”
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Virgil Williams and part time HV resident Dee Rees, were nominated for “Mudbound.”
2017 OSCAR NOMINATIONS
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Part time HV resident Roger Ross Williams, and Julie Goldman
were nominated for “Life, Animated.”
2016 OSCAR NOMINATIONS
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Part time HV resident Mark Ruffalo was nominated for "Spotlight."
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
”What Happened, Miss Simone?,” which was filmed in part in the Hudson Valley, was nominated. Producers included Liz Garbus, Amy Hobby and Justin Wilkes. Garbus also directed.
2015 OSCAR NOMINATIONS
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Former HV resident Ethan Hawke, was nominated for “Boyhood.”
Part time HV resident Mark Ruffalo was nominated for “Foxcatcher.”
*In 2016, the documentary “Team Foxcatcher,” by Woodstock’s Jon Greenhalgh
explored the same topic in greater detail.
BEST SHORT SUBJECT DOCUMENTARY
HV resident Dana Perry, and Ellen Goosenberg Kent won the Oscar for “Crisis Hotline;
Veterans Press 1.”
2014 OSCAR NOMINATIONS (AND WINNER)
BEST SOUND MIXING
HV resident Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead and Chris Munro won the Academy Award for “Gravity.”
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Steve Coogan and Jeff Popewere nominated for “Philomena.”
* “Philomena” was executive produced by HV resident Carolyn Marks Blackwood
2013 OSCAR NOMINATIONS
BEST PICTURE
Producers Dan Janvey, Josh Penn and Michael Gottwald were nominated for “Beasts of the Southern Wild.” *Director Benh Zeitlin is a Hudson Valley native.
BEST DIRECTING
Benh Zeitlin was nominated for “Beasts of the Southern Wild.”
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Lucy Alibar & Benh Zeitlin were nominated for “Beasts of the Southern Wild.”
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
HV resident Shawn Christensen won the Oscar for “Curfew.”
2012 OSCAR NOMINATIONS
BEST PICTURE
Producers Brunson Green, Chris Columbus, Michael Barnathan were nominated for “The Help.”
*Co-producer Sonya Lunsford is a HV resident.
BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Vassar graduate Meryl Streep won for “The Iron Lady.”
Part time HV resident Michele Williams was nominated for “My Week with Marilyn.”
2011 OSCAR NOMINATIONS (AND WINNER)
BEST PICTURE
Producers Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen were nominated for “True Grit.”
Hudson Valley resident, Melissa Leo was nominated and won the Oscar for BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS for “The Fighter,” directed by David O. Russell, who also has ties to the region.
BEST DIRECTING
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen were nominated for “True Grit.”
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen were nominated for “True Grit.”
SOUND MIXING
HV resident Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland
were nominated for “True Grit.”
2010 OSCAR NOMINATIONS
BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Vassar graduate Meryl Streep was nominated for "Julie & Julia"
BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
HV resident Vera Farmiga was nominated for "Up in the Air."
2009 OSCAR NOMINATIONS (AND WINNER)
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATTURE.
“Man on Wire,” about the legendary tightrope-walker (and HV resident) Philippe Petit, was awarded the Academy Award.
The film also received a Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival
Trivia: Lisa Myers, was tasked by Philippe to create an item that could mimic the Oscar Statue. This allowed Petit to practice balancing the item on his chin in the event the film won. It was a lot of fun watching the Oscars with Lisa that year, and seeing how her bowling pin version came in handy.
For more details, visit “Man on Wire.”
BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Hudson Valley resident Melissa Leo was nominated for
“Frozen River,” directed by Courtney Hunt.
2008 OSCAR NOMINATIONS (AND WINNERS)
BEST BEST PICTURE
Producers Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen,, won the Academy Award for “No Country For Old Men.”
Producers Sydney Pollack, Jennifer Fox and Kerry Orent were nominated for “Michael Clayton,” which was filmed in part in the Hudson Valley.
BEST DIRECTING
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen won the Academy Award for “No Country For Old Men.”
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen won the Academy Award for “No Country For Old Men.”
BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
George Clooney was nominated for “Michael Claytoin.”
*Clooney appears in several scenes that were filmed in the Hudson Valley. Although, neither of the folllowing actors filmed in the region, Tom Wilkinson was nominated for BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE, and Tilda Swinton won the Academy Award for BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE.
BEST SOUND EDITING
HV resident Skip Lievsay was nominated for “No Country For Old Men.”
BEST SOUND MIXING
Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter Kurland were nominated for “No Country For Old Men.”
2007 OSCAR NOMINATIONS (AND WINNER)
BEST PICTURE
Producers David T. Friendly, HV local Peter Saraf and Marc Turtletaub
were nominated for “Little Miss Sunshine.”
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Michael Arndt won the Academy Award for “Little Miss Sunshine.”
BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Vassar graduate Meryl Streep was nominated for “The Devil Wears Prada.”
2006 OSCAR NOMINATIONS
Rachel Weisz
BEST PICTURE
Producers Diana Ossana and P/T HV resident James Schamus were nominated for "Brokeback Mountain.”
BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
HV resident David Strathairn was nominated for "Good Night, and Good Luck."
BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Felicity Huffman was nominated for "Transamerica," which was filmed partly in the Hudson Valley.
BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
PT HV resident Rachel Weisz WON the Academy Award for "The Constant Gardener."
PT HV resident Frances McDormand was nominated for "North Country."
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Dennis Muren, Pablo Helman, Randal M. Dutra and Daniel Sudick were nominated for "War of the Worlds," which was filmed in part in the Hudson Valley.
2005 OSCAR NOMINATIONS (AND WINNER)
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
P/T HV resident Morgan Spurlock won the Academy Award for "Super Size Me."
2004 OSCAR NOMINATIONS
BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
P/T HV resident Marcia Gay Harden was nominated for "Mystic River."
2003 OSCAR NOMINATIONS
BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Vassar graduate Meryl Streep was nominated for "Adaptation"
BEST SHORT SUBECT DOCUMENTARY
Bill Guttentag and Robert David Port WON the Academy Award for "Twin Towers."
*Former Woodstock resident Jefferson Miller was the cinematographer.
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
P/T Woodstock resident Elmer Bernstein was nominated for "Far From Heaven."
*Elmer Bernstein received 14 Academy Award nominations over his lifetime. He won one Oscar for his score for “Thoroughly Modern Millie” in 1967.
2001 OSCAR NOMINATIONS
Kenneth Lonergan’s “You Can Count on Me,” which filmed primarily in Phoenicia, was nominated for two Oscars, including:
BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE for Laura Linney
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY for Kenneth Lonergan
Polich Tallix Fine Art Foundry in Rock Tavern, New York is the foundry that creates the Oscar statuettes. The foundry is located in the Hudson Valley, which has strong ties to the film industry.
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