Monday, June 20, 2016

4th Annual TeleFilmiest Awards - Nominations

Welcome! It's Emmy season, which means it's time for the TeleFilmiest Awards! I've watched a whole bunch of television this year, and whittling down to these nominees was by far the most difficult process yet. I have compiled my list of outstanding actors, actresses, directors, writers and shows for the 2015-16 TV season. I am pleased to announce them in 26 categories here.

The 4th Annual TeleFilmiest Awards:

And the nominees are...



COMEDY ENSEMBLE:
black-ish:
Anthony Anderson, Miles Brown, Jenifer Lewis, Marsai Martin, Jeff Meacham, Tracee Ellis Ross, Marcus Scribner and Yara Shahidi 

Brooklyn Nine-Nine:
Stephanie Beatriz, Dirk Blocker, Andre Braugher, Terry Crews, Melissa Fumero, Joe Lo Truglio, Joel McKinnon Miller, Chelsea Peretti and Andy Samberg

Girls:
Adam Driver, Lena Dunham, Alex Karpovsky, Jemima Kirke, Jake Lacy, Zosia Mamet, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Andrew Rannells and Allison Williams

Orange is the New Black:
Uzo Aduba, Danielle Brooks, Michael J. Harney, Selenis Leyva, Natasha Lyonne, Taryn Manning, Adrienne C. Moore, Kate Mulgrew, Dascha Polanco, Laura Prepon, Nick Sandow, Taylor Schilling, Yael Stone and Samira Wiley

Veep:
Sufe Bradshaw, Anna Chlumsky, Gary Cole, Kevin Dunn, Tony Hale, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Sam Richardson, Reid Scott, Timothy Simons and Matt Walsh

COMEDY GUEST ACTOR:
Christopher Abbott as Charlie Cattalo in Girls
Fred Armisen as Robert Durst in Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Deon Cole as Charlie in black-ish
Jason Mantzoukas as Adrian Pimento in Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Martin Mull as Bob Bradley in Veep

COMEDY GUEST ACTRESS:
Becky Ann Baker as Loreen Horvath in Girls
Anna Camp as Deirdre Robespierre in Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Tina Fey as Andrea Bayden in Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Natasha Lyonne as Nicky Nichols in Orange Is the New Black
Amy Sedaris as Mimi Kanassis in Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

DRAMA GUEST ACTOR:
Beau Bridges as Barton Scully in Masters of Sex
Andrew Dice Clay as Buck Rogers in Vinyl
Ian McShane as Brother Ray in Game of Thrones
John Cameron Mitchell as Andy Warhol in Vinyl
BD Wong as Whiterose in Mr. Robot

DRAMA GUEST ACTRESS:
Ellen Burstyn as Elizabeth Hale in House of Cards
Anjelica Huston as Vicki in Transparent
Allison Janney as Margaret Scully in Masters of Sex
Cherry Jones as Leslie Mackinaw in Transparent
Cicely Tyson as Ophelia Hartness in How to Get Away With Murder

DRAMA ENSEMBLE:
The Americans:
Dylan Baker, Brandon J. Dirden, Noah Emmerich, Lev Gorn, Annet Mahendru, Matthew Rhys, Costa Ronin, Keri Russell, Keidrich Sellati, Holly Taylor, Richard Thomas and Alison Wright

Game of Thrones:
Alfie Allen, John Bradley, Dean Charles-Chapman, Gwendoline Christie, Emilia Clarke, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Liam Cunningham, Peter Dinklage, Natalie Dormer, Nathalie Emmanuel, Jerome Flynn, Aidan Gillen, Iain Glen, Kit Harington, Lena Headey, Isaac Hempstead Wright, Conleth Hill, Kristofer Hivju, Rory McCann, Michiel Huisman, Michael McElhatton, Hannah Murray, Jonathan Pryce, Iwan Rheon, Sophie Turner, Carice van Houton, Indira Varma, Maisie Williams and Tom Wlaschiha

The Leftovers:
Jovan Adepo, Amy Brenneman, Kevin Carroll, Carrie Coon, Ann Dowd, Christopher Eccleston, Regina King, Janel Moloney, Margaret Qualley, Justin Theroux, Liv Tyler and Chris Zylka

Mr. Robot:
Carly Chaiken, Portia Doubleday, Rami Malek, Christian Slater and Martin Wallström

Transparent:
Jay Duplass, Gaby Hoffmann, Amy Landecker, Judith Light and Jeffrey Tambor

COMEDY DIRECTING:
Richard Shepard for Girls (“The Panic in Central Park”)
Andrew Fleming for Lady Dynamite (“Loaf Coach”)
Eric Wareheim for Master of None (“Mornings”)
James Widdoes for Mom (“Diabetic Lesbians and a Blushing Bride”)
Dale Stern for Veep (“Mother”)

COMEDY WRITING:
Kenya Barris for black-ish (“Hope”)
Joe Lawson for BoJack Horseman (“Escape from L.A.”)
Lena Dunham for Girls (“The Panic in Central Park”)
Lauren Morelli for Orange Is the New Black (“A Tittin’ and a Hairin’”)
Alex Gregory and Peter Huyck for Veep (“Mother”)

DRAMA DIRECTING:
Matthew Rhys for The Americans (“The Magic of David Copperfield V: The Statue of Liberty Disappears”)
Jack Bender for Game of Thrones (“The Door”)
Craig Zobel for The Leftovers (“International Assassin”)
Niels Arden Oplev for Mr. Robot (“eps1.0_hellofriend.mov”)
Jill Soloway for Transparent (“Man on the Land”)

DRAMA WRITING:
Tracey Scott Wilson for The Americans (“Chloramphenicol”)
Carlton Cuse & Kerry Ehrin for Bates Motel (“Forever”)
Damon Lindelof & Nick Cuse for The Leftovers (“International Assassin”)
Jill Soloway for Transparent (“Kina Hora”)
Sarah Gertrude Shapiro & Jordan Hawley for UnREAL (“Future”)

MINISERIES/MOVIE DIRECTING:
Jay Roach for All the Way
Keith Gordon for Fargo (“Loplop”)
Louis C.K. for Horace and Pete
Ryan Murphy for The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story (“Marcia, Marcia, Marcia”)
Matt Piedmont for The Spoils Before Dying

MINISERIES/MOVIE WRITING:
Robert Schenkkan for All the Way
Bob DeLaurentis for Fargo (“Loplop”)
Louis C.K. for Horace and Pete
D.V. DeVincentis for The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story (“Marcia, Marcia, Marcia”)
Michael Showalter for Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp (“Auditions”)

MINISERIES/MOVIE ACTOR:
Alan Alda as Uncle Pete in Horace and Pete
Sterling K. Brown as Christopher Darden in The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
Steve Buscemi as Pete in Horace and Pete
Denis O’Hare as Liz Taylor in American Horror Story: Hotel
Bokeem Woodbine as Mike Milligan in Fargo

MINISERIES/MOVIE ACTRESS:
Kirsten Dunst as Peggy Blumquist in Fargo
Edie Falco as Sylvia in Horace and Pete
Laurie Metcalf as Sarah in Horace and Pete
Sarah Paulson as Marcia Clark in The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
Jean Smart as Floyd Gerhardt in Fargo

COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Andre Braugher as Captain Ray Holt in Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Tituss Burgess as Titus Andromedon in Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Adam Driver as Adam Sackler in Girls
Laurence Fishburne as Pops in black-ish
Timothy Simons as Jonah Ryan in Veep

COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Allison Janney as Bonnie Plunkett in Mom
Jane Krakowski as Jacqueline White in Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Zosia Mamet as Shoshanna Shapiro in Girls
Taryn Manning as Tiffany “Pennsatucky” Doggett in Orange Is the New Black
Noël Wells as Rachel in Master of None

MINISERIES/MOVIE:
All the Way
Fargo
Horace and Pete
The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp

VARIETY SERIES:
Comedy Bang! Bang!
Documentary Now!
Inside Amy Schumer
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Portlandia

DRAMA SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Kevin Carroll as John Murphy in The Leftovers
Jay Duplass as Josh Pfefferman in Transparent
Christopher Eccleston as Matt Jamison in The Leftovers
Frank Langella as Gabriel in The Americans
Michael McKean as Chuck McGill in Better Call Saul

DRAMA SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Amy Brenneman as Laurie Garvey in The Leftovers
Ann Dowd as Patti Levin in The Leftovers
Gaby Hoffmann as Ali Pfefferman in Transparent
Regina King as Erika Murphy in The Leftovers
Alison Wright as Martha Hanson in The Americans

COMEDY LEAD ACTOR:
Anthony Anderson as Andre ‘Dre’ Johnson in black-ish
Fred Armisen as various characters in Portlandia
Andy Daly as Forrest McNeil in Review
Bill Hader as various characters in Documentary Now!
Andy Samberg as Jake Peralta in Brooklyn Nine-Nine

COMEDY LEAD ACTRESS:
Maria Bamford as Maria Bamford in Lady Dynamite
Anna Faris as Christy Plunkett in Mom
Ellie Kemper as Kimmy Schmidt in Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Selina Meyer in Veep
Tracee Ellis Ross as Dr. Rainbow Johnson in black-ish

DRAMA LEAD ACTOR:
Freddie Highmore as Norman Bates in Bates Motel
Rami Malek as Elliot Alderson in Mr. Robot
Matthew Rhys as Philip Jennings in The Americans
Jeffrey Tambor as Maura Pfefferman in Transparent
Justin Theroux as Kevin Garvey in The Leftovers

DRAMA LEAD ACTRESS:
Shiri Appleby as Rachel Goldberg in UnREAL
Viola Davis as Annalise Keating in How to Get Away With Murder
Vera Farmiga as Norma Bates in Bates Motel
Keri Russell as Elizabeth Jennings in The Americans
Constance Zimmer as Quinn King in UnREAL

COMEDY SERIES:
black-ish
BoJack Horseman
Girls
Mom
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

DRAMA SERIES:
The Americans
The Leftovers
Mr. Robot
Transparent
UnREAL

***

TOTALS:

10: The Leftovers
9: Transparent
8: The Americans, Girls, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
7: black-ish, Horace and Pete
6: Fargo, Veep
5: Mr. Robot, The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
4: Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Mom, Orange Is the New Black, UnREAL
3: All the Way, Bates Motel, Game of Thrones
2: BoJack Horseman, How to Get Away with Murder, Lady Dynamite, Master of None, Masters of Sex, Portlandia, Vinyl, Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp
1: American Horror Story: Hotel, Better Call Saul, Comedy Bang! Bang!, House of Cards, Inside Amy Schumer, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, Review, The Spoils Before Dying

Monday, February 1, 2016

4th Annual Filmiest Awards - Nominations


Check out my 2015 Filmiest Awards nominations announcement above! Written list below:

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Idris Elba as Commandant in Beasts of No Nation

Walton Goggins as Sheriff Chris Mannix in The Hateful Eight

Oscar Isaac as Nathan Bateman in Ex Machina

Michael Shannon as Rick Carver in 99 Homes

Sylvester Stallone as Rocky Balboa in Creed

***

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

Carol
Production Designer: Judy Becker

Ex Machina
Production Designer: Mark Digby

The Hateful Eight
Production Designer: Yohei Taneda

Mad Max: Fury Road
Production Designer: Colin Gibson

Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Production Designer: Rick Carter & Darren Gilford

***

BEST EDITING

The Big Short
Editor: Hank Corwin

Carol
Editor: Affonso Gonçalves

Creed
Editor: Claudia Costello & Michael P. Shawver

Mad Max: Fury Road
Editor: Margaret Sixel

Room
Editors: Nathan Nugent

***

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Ex Machina
VFX Artists: Andrew Whitehurst, Paul Norris, Mark Ardington and Sara Bennett

Mad Max: Fury Road
VFX Artists: Andrew Jackson, Tom Wood, Dand Oliver and Andy Williams

The Martian
VFX Artists: Richard Stammers, Anders Langlands, Chris Lawrence and Steve Warner 

Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
VFX Artists: Ken Hahn, David Vickery, Elia P. Popov and Dominic Tuohy

Star Wars: The Force Awakens
VFX Artists: Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Neal Scanlan and Chris Corbould 

***

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

“None of Them Are You” from Anomalisa
Music and Lyrics: Carter Burwell

“Grip” from Creed
Music and Lyrics: Ludwig Goransson, Sam Dew and Tessa Thompson

“Til It Happens to You” from The Hunting Ground
Music and Lyrics: Diane Warren and Lady Gaga

“One Kind of Love” from Love & Mercy
Music and Lyrics: Brian Wilson and Scott Bennett

“Who Can You Trust” from Spy
Music and Lyrics: Theodore Shapiro and Craig Wedren

***

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Rose Byrne as Rayna Boyanov in Spy

Phyllis Smith as Sadness in Inside Out

Kristen Stewart as Valentine in Clouds of Sils Maria

Mya Taylor as Alexandra in Tangerine

Alicia Vikander as Ava in Ex Machina

***

BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING

Brooklyn
Makeup/Hairstyling Artists: Lorraine Brennan, Lorraine Glynn and Morna Ferguson

Carol
Makeup/Hairstyling Artists: Jerry DeCarlo, Jack Curtain, Kay Georgiou and Patricia Regan

Love & Mercy
Makeup/Hairstyling Artists: Alessandro Bertolazzi, Tony Gardner and Cyndra Dunn

Mad Max: Fury Road
Makeup/Hairstyling Artists: Lesley Vanderwalt, Elka Wardega and Damian Martin

Spy
Makeup/Hairstyling Artists: Debra Denson, Linda Flowers and Sara Love

***

BEST SOUND DESIGN

Beasts of No Nation
Sound Editor: Geoffrey Patterson and Glenfield Payne

Ex Machina
Sound Editors: Niv Adiri

Inside Out
Sound Editor: Ren Kylce

Mad Max: Fury Road
Sound Editor: Christopher S. Aud, Chuck Michael, Julian Slater and David White

Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Sound Editors: David Acord, Will Files and Robert Stambler

***

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Brooklyn
Costume Designer: Odile Dicks-Mireaux

Carol
Costume Designers: Sandy Powell

Love & Mercy
Costume Designer: Danny Glicker

Mad Max: Fury Road
Costume Designer: Jenny Beavan

Spy
Costume Designer: Christine Bieselin Clark

***

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Carol
Cinematographer: Ed Lachman

Creed
Cinematographer: Maryse Alberti

Mad Max: Fury Road
Cinematographer: John Seale

The Revenant
Cinematographer: Emmanuel Lubezki

Room
Cinematographer: Danny Cohen

***

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

Carol
Composer: Carter Burwell

The Hateful Eight
Composers: Ennio Morricone

Inside Out
Composer: Michael Giacchino

Mad Max: Fury Road
Composer: Junkie XL

The Revenant
Composers: Ryuichi Sakamoto and Alva Noto

***

BEST SCREENPLAY

Andrew Haigh for 45 Years

Phyllis Nagy for Carol

Alex Garland for Ex Machina

Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley and Ronnie del Carmen for Inside Out

Emma Donoghue for Room

***

BEST DIRECTOR

Todd Haynes for Carol

Alex Garland for Ex Machina

Pete Docter for Inside Out

George Miller for Mad Max: Fury Road

Lenny Abrahamson for Room

***

BEST ACTRESS

Cate Blanchett as Carol Aird in Carol

Brie Larson as Joy "Ma" Newsome in Room

Rooney Mara as Therese Belivet in Carol

Charlotte Rampling as Kate Mercer in 45 Years

Saoirse Ronan as Eilis Lacey in Brooklyn

***

BEST ACTOR

Abraham Attah as Agu in Beasts of No Nation

Paul Dano as Brian Wilson in Love & Mercy

Leonardo DiCaprio as Hugh Glass in The Revenant

Michael B. Jordan as Adonis Creed in Creed

Jacob Tremblay as Jack Newsome in Room

***

BEST PICTURE

Carol


Ex Machina


Inside Out


Mad Max: Fury Road


Room




NOMINATION TOTALS

11 - Carol
10 - Mad Max: Fury Road
8 - Ex Machina
7 - Room
6 - Inside Out
5 - Creed
4 - Love & Mercy, Spy
3 - Beasts of No Nation, Brooklyn, The Hateful Eight, The Revenant, Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2 - 45 Years
1 - 99 Homes, Anomalisa, The Big Short, Clouds of Sils Maria, The Hunting Ground, The Martian, Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation