The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) is composed by more a less 8000 members in a total of 17 branches. Every branch nominate and pick the winners of a certain field (the Actors branch pick the 4 acting categories, directors pick Best Director, writers pick Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay and Documentary pick Best Documentary Feature and Best Documentary Short Subject, for example), but all the branches have a vote for Best Picture!
And that's why the guild awards are so important! Despite not being as selective as the Academy in terms of membership, the guild awards mirror a certain branch's most popular film! In every category, the nominee with most votes wins the Oscar - but not in Best Picture! There's a thing called: preferential balloting! It means, AMPAS members rank the Best Picture nominees for #1 choice to (in this year's case) #9.... and Best Picture winner must have 50% of votes for Best Picture +1 - and it goes for rounds! If in the first round no film gets half of the votes, then they will look to #2 votes, then #3 votes and so on until a Best Picture scores more than 50% of the votes.
Right now, only 3 movies have scored a nomination from every American Guild awards: Parasite, The Irishman and Jojo Rabbit have all scored PGA, DGA, SAG for Ensemble and a WGA award nominations, while other notorious Best Picture contenders missed at least 1: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood missed WGA Award for Best Original Screenplay because it was considered ineligible AND 1917 is a one-man show (well, a two-men show) and it missed the SAG Award nomination for Best Ensemble.
So, just have a look at the nominees (and winners) lists:
PRODUCERS GUILD OF AMERICA (PGA) AWARD
The Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
- 1917 - Producers: Sam Mendes, Pippa Harris, Jayne‐Ann Tenggren, Callum McDougall - WINNER
- Ford v Ferrari - Producers: Peter Chernin & Jenno Topping, James Mangold
- The Irishman - Producers: Jane Rosenthal & Robert De Niro, Emma Tillinger Koskoff & Martin Scorsese
- Jojo Rabbit - Producers: Carthew Neal, Taika Waititi
- Joker - Producers: Todd Phillips & Bradley Cooper, Emma Tillinger Koskoff
- Knives Out - Producers: Rian Johnson, Ram Bergman
- Little Women - Producer: Amy Pascal
- Marriage Story - Producers: Noah Baumbach, David Heyman
- Once Upon a Time In Hollywood - Producers: David Heyman, Shannon McIntosh, Quentin Tarantino
- Parasite - Producers: Kwak Sin Ae, Bong Joon Ho
The Award for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures
- Abominable - Producer: Suzanne Buirgy
- Frozen II - Producer: Peter Del Vecho
- How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World - Producers: Bradford Lewis, Bonnie Arnold
- Missing Link - Producers: Arianne Sutner, Travis Knight
- Toy Story 4 - Producers: Mark Nielsen, Jonas Rivera - WINNER
SCREEN GUILD OF AMERICA (SAG) AWARD
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture:
- Bombshell (Lionsgate)
- The Irishman (Netflix)
- Jojo Rabbit (Fox Searchlight)
- Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (Sony)
- Parasite (Neon) - WINNER
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role:
- Cynthia Erivo, Harriet
- Scarlett Johansson, Marriage Story
- Lupita Nyong’o, Us
- Charlize Theron, Bombshell
- Renée Zellweger, Judy - WINNER
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role:
- Christian Bale, Ford v Ferrari
- Leonardo DiCaprio, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
- Adam Driver, Marriage Story
- Taron Egerton, Rocketman
- Joaquin Phoenix, Joker - WINNER
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role:
- Laura Dern, Marriage Story - WINNER
- Scarlett Johansson, Jojo Rabbit
- Nicole Kidman, Bombshell
- Jennifer Lopez, Hustlers
- Margot Robbie, Bombshell
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role:
- Jamie Foxx, Just Mercy
- Tom Hanks, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
- Al Pacino, The Irishman
- Joe Pesci, The Irishman
- Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood - WINNER
DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA (DGA) AWARDS
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for 2019
- Bong Joon Ho, Parasite
- Sam Mendes, 1917 - WINNER
- Martin Scorsese, The Irishman
- Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
- Taika Waititi, Jojo Rabbit
Outstanding Directorial Achievement of a First-Time Feature Film Director for 2019
- Mati Diop, Atlantics
- Alma Har’el, Honey Boy - WINNER
- Melina Matsoukas, Queen & Slim
- Joe Talbot, The Last Black Man in San Francisco
- Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz, The Peanut Butter Falcon
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary
- Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert, American Factory - WINNER
- Feras Fayyad, The Cave
- Alex Holmes, Maiden
- Ljubomir Stefanov and Tamara Kotevska, Honeyland
- Nanfu Wang and Jialing Zhang, One Child Nation
WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA (WGA) AWARDS (nominees only)
Best Original Screenplay
- 1917, Sam Mendes & Krysty Wilson-Cairns
- Booksmart, Emily Halpern & Sarah Haskins and Susanna Fogel and Katie Silberman
- Knives Out, Rian Johnson
- Marriage Story, Noah Baumbach
- Parasite, Screenplay by Bong Joon Ho and Han Jin Won, Story by Bong Joon Ho
Best Adapted Screenplay
- A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, Micah Fitzerman-Blue & Noah Harpster, Inspired by the Article “Can You Say…Hero?” by Tom Junod
- The Irishman, Steven Zaillian, Based upon the Book “I Heard You Paint Houses” by Charles Brandt
- Jojo Rabbit, Taika Waititi, Based on the book “Caging Skies” by Christine Leunens
- Joker, Todd Phillips & Scott Silver, Based on Characters from DC Comics
- Little Women, Greta Gerwig, Based on the Novel by Louisa May Alcott
Best Documentary Screenplay
- Citizen K, Alex Gibney
- Foster, Mark Jonathan Harris
- The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley, Alex Gibney
- Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People, Robert Seidman & Oren Rudavsky
- The Kingmaker, Lauren Greenfield
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