Nominations for the 31st Critics Choice Awards were announced today, honoring outstanding achievements across film and television.

Company 3 contributed to 29 nominated projects across film and television. Frankenstein, colored by Senior Colorist Stefan Sonnenfeld, and sound by Senior Re-Recording Mixer Christian Cooke and Brad Zoern, earned multiple nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director for Guillermo del Toro, along with recognition for Dan Lausten’s cinematography, production design, and other craft categories. Marty Supreme, with color by Senior Colorist Yvan Lucas, received nods for Best Picture and Best Director for Josh Safdie, as well as editing by Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie and production design. Wicked: For Good, shaped by Senior Colorist Jill Bogdanowicz, was recognized in both Best Picture and Production Design, while Andor Season 2, with color by Senior Colorist Jean-Clément Soret, earned a nomination for Drama Series alongside three additional acknowledgements.

The Critics Choice Awards are presented annually to recognize excellence in film and television. Chelsea Handler returns as host for the fourth consecutive year, with the 2026 ceremony airing live from Santa Monica’s Barker Hangar on Sunday, January 4, across E! and USA.

Congratulations to the filmmakers, creative partners, and talented creative teams whose work has been recognized by the Critics Choice Awards.

Explore all of this year’s nominees and additional award details here.

 

 

Feature Nominations

Frankenstein  

Best Cinematography

Best Director

Best Production Design

+ 7 Other Nominations

• Color | Stefan Sonnenfeld
• Re-Recording Mixers | Christian Cooke, Brad Zoern
• Additional Color | Dave Muscat
• Finishing Editor | Darren Hinchy
• Dailies | Company 3
• Dailies Production | Gino Carletti, Ella Nicoli-Horne
• Color and Sound Producer | Sarah Riley
• Director | Guillermo del Toro
• DP | Dan Laustsen, ASC DFF
• Editor | Evan Schiff, ACE
• Production Design | Tamara Deverell

 

Marty Supreme

Best Picture

Best Director

Best Production Design

Best Editing

+ 4 Other Nominations

• Supervising Color | Yvan Lucas
• Additional Color | Diego Orkiz
• Finishing Editor | Gina Kalim
• Editorial Services | Brandon Rosser, Gregory Caligiuri
• Dailies | Rich Flores
• Dailies Producer | Matt Riera
• Color Producer | Laura Hickerson
• Director | Josh Safdie
• DP | Darius Khondji ASC AFC
• Editors | Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie
• Production Design | Jack Fisk

 

Wicked: For Good

Best Picture

Best Production Design

+ 5 Other Nominations

• Supervising Color | Jill Bogdanowicz
• Additional Color | Jared Pecht
• Finishing Editor | Joe Ken
• Dailies | Lucie Barbier
• Dailies Producer | Jonathan Mann
• Color Production | Erik Rogers, Karlie Gochnour
• Trailers | Jennifer Raymond, Matt Hull
• 3D Immersive VFX | SDFX Studios
• VFX | Framestore
• Director | Jon M. Chu
• DP | Alice Brooks ASC
• Editor | Myron Kerstein ACE
• Production Design | Nathan Crowley

 

F1

Best Cinematography

Best Editing

Best Visual Effects

+ 4 Other Nominations

• Color | Stefan Sonnenfeld
• Additional Color | Parker Jarvie
• Finishing Editor | Chad Schermerhorn
• Dailies | Doychin Margoevsky
• Dailies Producer | Jonathan Mann
• Color Producers | Erik Rogers, Kristin Graham, Karlie Gochnour
• Trailers | Aaron Dorn, Carl McKay, Behnood Behjoo, Levi Hawkinson, Jennifer Raymond, Adam Nazarenko, Chris Doerr, Igor Darbo, Joe Pestana, Parker Jarvie, Ben Cheskis
• VFX | Framestore
• Director | Joseph Kosinski
• DP | Claudio Miranda
• Editor | Stephen Mirrione
• Production Design | Ben Munro, Mark Tildesley

 

Jay Kelly

Best Picture

+ 3 Other Nominations

• Color | Matt Wallach
• Finishing Editor | Stuart London
• Dailies | Doychin Margoevski
• Dailies Producer | Jonathan Mann
• Color Producer | Gemma Saunders
• Director | Noah Baumbach
• DP | Linus Sandgren ASC FSF
• Editors | Valerio Bonelli, Rachel Durance
• Production Design | Mark Tildesley

 

28 Years Later

Best Cinematography

+ 1 Other Nomination

• Color | Jean-Clément Soret
• Finishing Editors | Thomas Lambert, Jeremy Crichton
• Dailies | Doug Garside
• Dailies Producer | Louis Zimmer
• Executive Color Producer | Ellora Soret
• Color Production | Leigh Myers, Ann Dawson, Marie Ånestad
• Director | Danny Boyle
• DP | Anthony Dod Mantle
• Editor | Jon Harris
• Production Design | Mark Tildesley

 

Bugonia

2 Nominations

• Color | Greg Fisher
• Finishing Editors | Thomas Lambert, Julien Mathus
• Dailies | Company 3
• Dailies Producer | Louis Zimmer
• Color Production | Christopher Nundy, Marie Ånestad
• Director | Yorgos Lanthimos
• DP | Robbie Ryan BSC ISC
• Editor | Yorgos Mavropsaridis
• Production Design | James Price

 

The Phoenician Scheme

Best Comedy

• Color | Gareth Spensley
• Additional Color | Gareth Thomas
• Dailies | Doug Garside
• Color Production | Joanna Burt, Hannah Perkins, Christopher Nundy, Alexandra Piatek, Ella Nicoli-Horne
• Director | Wes Anderson
• DP | Bruno Delbonnel
• Editor | Barney Pilling, ACE
• Production Design | Adam Stockhausen

 

Friendship

Best Comedy

• Color | Anne Boyle
• Finishing Editors | Yoon Hee Hwang, Roger GaoXin Wang
• Dailies | Mykel Thuncher
• Color Producer | Miguel Ribeiro
• Director | Andrew DeYoung
• DP | Andy Rydzewski
• Editor | Sophie Corra
• Production Design | Rocio Gimenez

 

A House of Dynamite

Best Editing

• Supervising Color | Stephen Nakamura
• Additional Color | Patrick Devine
• Finishing Editor | Pat Kelleher
• Editorial Services | Brandon Rosser, Gregory Caligiuri
• Dailies Color | Alex Kaufman
• Dailies Producer | Marissa Chen
• Color Producer | Laura Hickerson
• Director | Kathryn Bigelow
• DP | Barry Ackroyd BSC
• Editor | Kirk Baxter ACE
• Production Design | Jeremy Hindle

 

The Fantastic Four: First Steps

Best Production Design

• Senior Supervising Finishing Artist | Tom Poole
• Additional Color | Adam Nazarenko
• 3D Color | Jared Pecht, Nick Nassif
• Color Assist | Frankie Hudson
• Finishing Editors | John Diesso, Paul Carlin
• Color Production | Jessica Stone, Megan White, Sierra Kaczmarek
• Trailers | Carl McKay, Behnood Behjoo, Levi Hawkinson, Ben Cheskis
• 3D Immersive VFX | SDFX Studios
• VFX | Framestore
• Director | Matt Shakman
• DP | Jess Hall BSC
• Editors | Nona Khodai ACE, Tim Roche
• Production Design | Kasra Farahani

 

Kiss of the Spider Woman

1 Nomination

• Color | Stefan Sonnenfeld
• Additional Color | Drew Geary
• Finishing Editor | Josh Perault
• Dailies | Alex Kaufman
• Dailies Producer | Marissa Chen
• Color Producer | Laura Hickerson
• Director | Bill Condon
• DP | Tobias A. Schliessler ASC
• Editor | Brian A. Kates ACE
• Production Design | Scott Chambliss

 

Superman

Best Visual Effects

• Color | Stefan Sonnenfeld
• Additional Color | Parker Jarvie
• 3D Color | Jared Pecht
• Finishing Editors | Matthew Johnson, Joe Ken, John Diesso
• Dailies | Gabriele McIntyre
• Color Production | Loan Phan, Zach Watkins
• Trailers | Nick Peterson, Chris Doerr, Ariane Ackerberg, Matt Hull
• VFX Supervisor | Stef Ceretti
• VFX | Framestore
• Director | James Gunn
• DP | Henry Braham, BSC
• Editors | Craig Alpert, Jason Ballantine ASE ACE, William Hoy ACE
• Production Design | Beth Mickle

 

Hedda

1 Nomination

• Supervising Color | Tom Poole
• Additional Color | Dustin Wadsworth
• Finishing Editors | Stuart London, Julien Mathus, Jeremy Crichton
• Color Production | Christopher Nundy, Marie Ånestad
• Director | Nia DaCosta
• DP | Sean Bobbitt BSC
• Editor | Jacob Schulsinger
• Production Design | Cara Brower

 

Ballerina

1 Nomination

• Color | Jill Bogdanowicz
• Additional Color | Zach Korpi
• Finishing Editors | Chad Schermerhorn, Matthew Johnson
• Color Production | Erik Rogers, Kristin Graham, Karlie Gochnour
• Trailers | Adam Frazier, Michael Bryant
• Director | Len Wiseman
• DP | Romain Lacourbas
• Editor | Jason Ballantine
• Production Design | Philip Ivey

 

Television Nominations

 

Nobody Wants This | Season 2

5 Nominations

• Color | Matt Wallach
• Color Producer | Sean Holland
• Directors | Hannah Fidell, Jesse Peretz, Heather Jack, Jamie Babbit, Richard Shepard
• DP | Wes Cardino
• Editors | Varun Viswanath ACE, David Dean ACE, Tai Erskine, Jen Rosenthal, Michael Scotti Jr
• Production Design | Claire Bennett

 

Severance | Season 2

Best Drama Series

+ 3 Other Nominations

• Color | Tom Poole
• Additional Color | Dustin Wadsworth
• Finishing Editor | Nicholas Figueroa
• Dailies | Alex Kaufman
• Color Producer | Ray Stanton
• Trailers | Joe Pestana, Lenny Fohrer, Igor Darbo, Aaron Dorn
• VFX | Curated
• Supporting VFX | SDFX Studios
• Directors | Ben Stiller, Sam Donovan, Uta Briesewitz, Jess Gagné
• DPs | Jessica Lee Gagné, Suzie Lavelle BSC, David Lanzenberg
• Editors | Geoff Richman ACE, Joe Landauer, Keith Fraase
• Production Design | Jeremy Hindle

 

Dope Thief

Best Limited Series

+ 2 Other Nominations

• Color | Stephen Nakamura
• Finishing Editor | Matt Purse
• Dailies | Rich Flores
• Finishing Production | Ivana Martinez, Ryan Tiburcio, Brittney DuFriend, Moskh Chitkara
• Directors | Ridley Scott, Peter Craig, Jonathan Van Tulleken, Marcela Said, Tanya Hamilton
• DPs | Erik Messerschmidt, Yaron Orbach, Eduardo Enrique Mayen
• Editors | Billy Rich, Jennifer Barbot ACE, J. Kathleen Gibson ACE, Eric Litman
• Production Design | Chris Seagers, Andrew Boughton

 

Andor | Season 2

Best Drama Series

+ 1 Other Nomination

• Color | Jean-Clément Soret
• Finishing Editor | Thomas Crews
• Color Production | Christopher Foster, Ellora Soret
• Supporting VFX | SDFX Studios
• Showrunner | Tony Gilroy
• Directors | Ariel Kleiman, Janus Metz, Alonso Ruizpalacios
• DPs | Christophe Nuyens SBC, Mark Patten BSC, Damián García
• Editors | Yan Miles ACE BFE, John Gilroy ACE, Craig Ferreira, Matthew Cannings, Morten Højbjerg
• Production Designer | Luke Hull

 

The Morning Show | Season 4

2 Nominations

• Color | Siggy Ferstl
• Additional Color | Erik Ventura, Miles Kula
• Finishing Editors | Devin Horch, Rosalynn Martinez
• Dailies | Rich Flores
• Dailies Producer | Matt Riera
• Finishing Production | Maya Williams, Cory Willey, Andrew Bode, Aris Chang
• Directors | Mimi Leder, Stacie Passon, Millicent Shelton, Miguel Arteta
• DPs | David Lazenberg ASC, John Grillo ASC, Tobias Datum
• Editors | Carole Kravetz Aykanian, Andrew Gust, Sidney Wolinsky ACE, Blake Maniquis
• Production Design | Nelson Coates

 

The Gorge

Best Movie Made for Television

• Color | Stefan Sonnenfeld
• Additional Color | Parker Jarvie
• Finishing Editor | Joe Ken
• Color Producer | Philip Marvin
• VFX | Framestore
• Director | Scott Derrickson
• DP | Dan Laustsen ASC, DFF
• Editor | Frédéric Thoraval
• Production Design | Rick Heinrichs

 

Alien: Earth

Best Drama Series

• Supervising Color | Tom Poole
• Color | Matt Osborne
• Finishing Editors | Devin Horch, Rosalynn Martinez
• Dailies | Jack Tashdjian
• Finishing Production | Maya Williams, Cory Willey, Andrew Bode, Aris Chang, Monika Pul, Charlie Schroeter
• Directors | Noah Hawley, Dana Gonzales, Ugla Hauksdóttir
• DPs | Dana Gonzales ASC, David Franco, Bella Gonzales, Colin Watkinson ASC BSC
• Editors | Regis Kimble, Robin August, Curtis Thurber
• Production Design | Andy Nicholson, Jason Knox-Johnston

 

Chief of War

Best Limited Series

• Supervising Color | Tom Poole
• Color | Joel McWilliams
• Finishing Editor | Jason Keehne
• Finishing Production | Sean Holland, Deb Gutierrez, Younis Shebab
• Directors | Justin Chon, Anders Engström, Brian Andrew Mendoza, Jason Momoa
• DPs | Matthew Chuang ACS, Michael Snyman
• Editors | Mark Yoshikawa ACE, Aaron Marshall CCE, Marta Evry ACE, Ron Rosen, Yael Hersonski, Stephen Philipson, ACE CCE, Marc Roussel, Andrew Seklir ACE
• Production Designer | Jean-François Campeau

 

Deep Cover

Best Movie Made for Television

• Color | James Slattery
• Finishing Editor | Jeremy Crichton
• Dailies | Company 3
• Color Production | Hannah Perkins, Cody Cardarelli
• Director | Tom Kingsley
• DP | Will Hanke
• Editor | Mark Williams
• Production Design | Hannah Purdy Foggin

 

The Last of Us | Season 2

1 Nomination

• Color | Stephen Nakamura
• Additional Color | Clayton Hunt
• Finishing Editor | Heydar Adel
• Dailies | Richard Cordes
• Finishing Production | Eric Weiher, Rose Alsander, Kristine Dueno, Clayton Hunt, Seamus Finnegan, Rosalynn Martinez
• Directors | Craig Mazin, Mark Mylod, Peter Hoar, Kate Herron, Stephen Williams, Neil Druckmann, Nina Lopez-Corrado
• DPs | Ksenia Sereda, Catherine Goldschmidt BSC
• Editors | Timothy Good ACE BFE, Simon Smith, Emily Mendez
• Production Design | Don Macaulay

 

Peacemaker | Season 2

1 Nomination

• Supervising Color | Siggy Ferstl
• Additional Color | Erik Ventura
• Finishing Editors | Mike Delegal, Ashley Seino
• Dailies | Karli Windischman
• Dailies Producer | Chase Commins
• Finishing Production | Sydney Johnson, Deb Gutierrez, Beck Houser, Monika Pul, Nate Clark
• Directors | James Gunn, Greg Mottola, Peter Sollett, Aletha Jones
• DP | Sam McCurdy ASC BSC
• Editors | Gregg Featherman, Zene Baker, Phil Fowler, Fred Raskin
• Production Design | Kalina Ivanov

 

The Better Sister

1 Nomination

• Supervising Color | Tom Poole
• Color | Matthew Osborne
• Finishing Editor | Gina Kalim
• Dailies | John Bonta
• Color Producer | Laura Hickerson
• Directors | Craig Gillespie, Leslie Hope, Azazel Jacobs, Dawn Wilkinson, Stephanie Laing
• DPs | Isiah Donté Lee, Duane Manwiller
• Editors | Tatiana S. Riegel, Erica Freed ACE, Gershon Hinkson, Jonah Moran ACE, Dave Labich
• Production Design | Ford Wheeler

 

South Park | Season 27

Best Animated Series

• Color | Scott Ostrowsky
• Color Producer | Sean Holland
• Director | Trey Parker

 

The Righteous Gemstones | Season 4

Best Comedy Series

+ 2 Other Nominations

• Color | Andrew Geary
• Finishing Editor | Pat Kelleher
• Color Production | Zac Gobetz, Krystle Annand
• Director | Danny McBride
• DPs | Paul Daley, Michael Simmonds
• Editors | Justin Bourret ACE, Todd Zelin, Joseph Ettinger, Dean Pollack
• Production Design | Richard A. Wright