Early Academy Awards 2020 Nominees Predictions: Visual & Sound Categories

Maybe the hardest categories to predict this early, but we can't deny there are some "kind of films" that usually break the visual and sound technical categories. Big budget productions, action blockbusters or Disney live action movies are must-have in Sound and Production Design categories, while period pieces tend to shine in Best Costume Design or Best Makeup & Hair. And let's not forget most times Best Editing doesn't honour the best editing work of the year, but some of the AMPAS favorite Best Picture nominees!

Have a look at my early predictions for visual and sound categories:

BEST EDITING

1. Ford v. Ferrari, Michael McCusker
2. 1917, Lee Smith
3. The Irishman, Thelma Schoonmaker
4. The Report, Greg O'Bryant
5. Harriet, Wyatt Smith

6. Fair and Balanced, Jon Poll
7. Jojo Rabbit, Tom Eagles
8. Us, Nicholas Monsour
9. Last Black Man in San Francisco, David Marks
10. The Good Liar, Virginia Katz

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

1. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Robert Richardson
2. Harriet, John Toll
3. 1917, Roger Deakins
4. Ad Astra, Hoyte Van Hoytema
5. Last Black Man in San Francisco, Adam Newport-Berra

6. Woman in the Window, Bruno Delbonnel
7. The Irishman, Rodrigo Prieto
8. Nomadland, Joshua James Richards
9. Ford v. Ferrari, Pheldon Papamichael
10. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, Jody Lee Lipes

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

1. Aladdin, Gemma Jackson
2. 1917, Dennis Gassner
3. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Barbara Ling & Nancy Haigh
4. Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker, Rick Carter & Kevin Jenkins
5. Cats, Eve Stewart

6. Ad Astra, Kevin Thompson & Karen O'Hara
7. Jojo Rabbit, Ra Vincent & Nora Sopková
8. Ford v. Ferrari, François Audouy & Peter Lando
9. Harriet, Warren Alan Young & Marthe Pineau Harriet
10. Little Women, Jess Gonchor & Claire Kaufman

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

1. Aladdin, Michael Wilkinson

2. Little Women, Jacqueline Durran

3. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Arianne Phillips

4. Cats, Paco Delgado

5. Rocketman, Julian Day

6. 1917, Jacqueline Durran

7. Harriet, Paul Tazewell

8. Jojo Rabbit, Mayes C. Rubo

9. Tolkien, Colleen Kelsall
10. The Irishman, Sandy Powell and Christopher Peterson

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

1. Avengers: Endgame
2. Star Wars: Episode IX - Rise of Skywalker
3. The Lion King
4. Cats
5. Aladdin

6. Ad Astra
7. 1917
8. Ford v. Ferrari
9. Tolkien
10. Captain Marvel

BEST MAKEUP & HAIR

1. Fair and Balanced
2. Avengers: Endgame
3. Aladdin
4. Rocketman
5. Ford v. Ferrari

6. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
7. Jojo Rabbit
8. Us

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

1. Star Wars: Episode IX - Rise of Skywalker, John Williams
2. The Good Liar, Carter Burwell
3. Jojo Rabbit, Michael Giacchino
4. Ford v. Ferrari, Marco Beltrami
5. The Woman in the Window, Trent Reznor

6. Avengers: Endgame, Alan Silvestri
7. Little Women, Alexander Desplat
8. Harriet, Terence Blanchard
9. Tolkien, Thomas Newman
10. Frozen 2, Kristen Anderson-Lopez

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

I won't predict this one just yet

BEST SOUND EDITING

1. 1917
2. Star Wars: Episode IX - Rise of Skywalker
3. Avengers: Endgame
4. Ad Astra
5. Ford v. Ferrari

6. The Lion King
7. The Irishman
8. Triple Frontier
9. Cats
10. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

BEST SOUND MIXING

1. Avengers: Endgame
2. Star Wars: Episode IX - Rise of Skywalker
3. 1917
4. Cats
5. Ad Astra

6. The Lion King
7. The Irishman
8. Ford v. Ferrari
9. Triple Frontier
10. The Woman in the Window

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