My 2017 Oscar predictions

Jacob Shamsian
2 min readFeb 26, 2017

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For the record.

  1. My predicted winner
  2. Runner up possibility
  3. Also maybe might win
La La Land, via Lionsgate

Best Picture
1. La La Land
2. Moonlight
3. Manchester By the Sea

Best Director
1. Damien Chazelle
2. Barry Jenkins
3. Mel Gibson

Best Actor
1. Denzel Washington
2. Casey Affleck
3. Andrew Garfield

Best Actress
1. Emma Stone
2. Natalie Portman
3. Isabelle Huppert

Best Supporting Actor
1. Mahershala Ali
2. Dev Patel
3. Jeff Bridges

Best Supporting Actress
1. Viola Davis
2. Octavia Spencer
3. Naomie Harris

Best Original Screenplay
1. Manchester by the Sea
2. La La Land
3. Hell Or High Water

Best Adapted Screenplay
1. Moonlight
2. Lion
3. Arrival

Best Animated Feature
1. Zootopia
2. Kubo And The Two Strings
3. Moana

Best Documentary Feature
1. O.J.: Made in America
2. The 13th
3. I Am Not Your Negro

Best Foreign Language Film
1. Toni Erdmann
2. The Salesman
3. A Man Called Ove

Best Original Score
1. La La Land
2. Jackie
3. Moonlight

Best Original Song
1. “City Of Stars” — La La Land
2. “How Far I’ll Go” — Moana
3. “Audition (The Fools Who Dream)” — La La Land

Best Cinematography
1. La La Land
2. Lion
3. Arrival

Best Film Editing
1. La La Land
2. Arrival
3. Hacksaw Ridge

Best Sound Editing
1. La La Land
2. Hacksaw Ridge
3. Arrival

Best Sound Mixing
1. La La Land
2. Arrival
3. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Best Visual Effects
1. The Jungle Book
2. Rogue One
3. Kubo

Best Costume Design
1. La La Land
2. Jackie
3. Florence Foster Jenkins

Makeup and Hairstyling
1. Star Trek Beyond
2. A Man Called Ove
3. Suicide Squad

Best Production Design
1. Arrival
2. La la Land
3. Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them

Best Documentary Short Subject
1. The White Helmets
2. Joe’s Violin
3. Watani: My Homeland

Best Live Action Short Film
1. La Femme Et Le TGV
2. Ennemis Intérieurs
3. Silent Nights

Best Animated Short Film
1. Piper
2. Pearl
3. Blind Vaysha

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Jacob Shamsian

Journalist at INSIDER and Business Insider. I’ve published work at GQ, the New Republic, Time, Entertainment Weekly, and Pipe Dream. jacobshamsian.com