Friday, July 18, 2025

2016 Tyler's Choice Awards

(Boldface = winner; Italics = runner-up)

Best Picture

  • Arrival (Dan Levine, Shawn Levy & Aaron Ryder)
  • La La Land (Gary Gilbert, Fred Berger, Jordan Horowitz & Marc Platt)
  • Manchester by the Sea (Matt Damon, Lauren Beck, Chris Moore & Kevin J. Walsh)
  • Moonlight (Adele Romanski, Dede Gardner & Jeremy Kleiner)
  • Silence (Martin Scorsese, Barbara De Fina, Emma Tillinger Kosoff & Irwin Winkler)
    (Honourable Mentions: Fences, Kubo and the Two Strings, Lion, Loving, Zootopia)

Best Director

  • Damien Chazelle - La La Land
  • Mel Gibson - Hacksaw Ridge
  • Kenneth Lonergan - Manchester by the Sea
  • Martin Scorsese - Silence
  • Denis Villeneuve - Arrival
    (Honourable Mentions: Garth Davis - Lion, Barry Jenkins - Moonlight, David Mackenzie - Hell or High Water, Jeff Nichols - Loving, Denzel Washington - Fences)

Best Lead Actor

  • Casey Affleck - Manchester by the Sea
  • Joel Edgerton - Loving
  • Andrew Garfield - Hacksaw Ridge
  • Ryan Gosling - La La Land
  • Viggo Mortensen - Captain Fantastic
  • Denzel Washington - Fences
    (Honourable Mentions: Don Cheadle - Miles Ahead, Adam Driver - Paterson, Jake Gyllenhaal - Nocturnal Animals, Tom Hanks - Sully)

Best Lead Actress

  • Amy Adams - Arrival
  • Annette Bening - 20th Century Women
  • Ruth Negga - Loving
  • Natalie Portman - Jackie
  • Emma Stone - La La Land
    (Honourable Mentions: Isabelle Huppert - Elle, Meryl Streep - Florence Foster Jenkins)

Best Supporting Actor

  • Mahershala Ali - Moonlight
  • Jeff Bridges - Hell or High Water
  • Hugh Grant - Florence Foster Jenkins
  • Dev Patel - Lion
  • Michael Shannon - Nocturnal Animals
    (Honourable Mentions: Alden Ehrenreich - Hail, Caesar!, John Goodman - 10 Cloverfield Lane, David Oyelowo - Queen of Katwe, Alan Rickman - Eye in the Sky, Mykelti Williamson - Fences)

Best Supporting Actress

  • Viola Davis - Fences
  • Lupita Nyong'o - Queen of Katwe
  • Octavia Spencer - Hidden Figures
  • Rachel Weisz - The Light Between Oceans
  • Michelle Williams - Manchester by the Sea
    (Honourable Mentions: Naomie Harris - Moonlight, Nicole Kidman - Lion, Helen Mirren - Eye in the Sky, Julianne Moore - Maggie's Plan, Molly Shannon - Other People)

Best Original Screenplay

  • Kubo and the Two Strings (Marc Haimes, Chris Butler & Shannon Tindle)
  • La La Land (Damien Chazelle)
  • Loving (Jeff Nichols)
  • Manchester by the Sea (Kenneth Lonergan)
  • Zootopia (Jared Bush, Phil Johnston, Byron Howard, Rich Moore, Josie Trinidad, Jim Reardon & Jennifer Lee)
    (Honourable Mentions: 20th Century Women, Captain Fantastic, Everybody Wants Some!!, Hell or High Water, The Lobster)

Best Adapted Screenplay

  • Fences (August Wilson; based on the play by August Wilson)
  • Hidden Figures (Allison Schroeder & Theodore Melfi; based on the book "Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Who Helped Win the Space Race" by Margot Lee Shetterly)
  • Lion (Luke Davies; based on the memoir "A Long Way Home" by Saroo Brierley & Larry Buttrose)
  • Moonlight (Barry Jenkins & Tarell Alvin McCraney; based on the unpublished play "In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue" by Tarell Alvin McCraney)
  • Silence (Jay Cocks & Martin Scorsese; based on the novel by Shūsaku Endō)
    (Honourable Mentions: Arrival, Hacksaw Ridge, The Jungle Book, Nocturnal Animals, Sully)

Best Cast Ensemble

  • Fences [Victoria Thomas] (Denzel Washington, Viola Davis, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Jovan Adepo, Russell Hornsby & Mykelti Williamson, et. al.)
  • Hidden Figures [Victoria Thomas] (Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monae, Kevin Costner, Kirsten Dunst, Glen Powell, Jim Parsons, Aldin Hodge & Mahershala Ali, et. al.)
  • La La Land [Deborah Aquila & Tricia Wood] (Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, John Legend, Rosemarry DeWitt, Finn Wittrock, Tom Everett Scott, Meagan Fay & J.K. Simmons, et. al.)
  • Silence [Ellen Chenoweth] (Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver, Tadanobu Asano, Ciaran Hinds, Issey Ogata, Shinya Tsukamoto & Liam Neeson, et. al.)
  • Zootopia [Jamie Sparer Roberts] (Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Idris Elba, Nate Torrence, Jenny Slate, Tommy Chong, Bonnie Hunt, Alan Tudyk, Shakira & J.K. Simmons, et. al.)
    (Honourable Mentions: 20th Century Women, The Jungle Book, Kubo and the Two Strings, Manchester by the Sea, Moonlight)

Best Young Actor (21 or Under)

  • Lucas Hedges - Manchester by the Sea
  • Madina Nalwanga - Queen of Katwe
  • Neel Sethi - The Jungle Book
  • Hailee Steinfeld - The Edge of Seventeen
  • Ferdia Walsh-Peelo - Sing Street
    (Honourable Mentions: Oakes Fegley - Pete's Dragon, Alex Hibbert - Moonlight, Lewis MacDougall - A Monster Calls, Sunny Pawar - Lion, Angourie Rice - The Nice Guys)

Best Foreign Language Film

  • Elle [France] (Paul Verhoeven)
  • The Handmaiden [South Korea] (Park Chan-wook)
  • Neruda [Chile] (Pablo Larraín)
  • The Salesman [Iran] (Asghar Farhadi)
  • Toni Erdmann [Germany] (Maren Ade)
    (Honourable Mentions: Aquarius, Embrace of the Serpent, Julieta, A Man Called Ove, The Red Turtle)

Best Documentary Feature

  • 13th (Ava DuVernay, Spencer Averick & Howard Barish)
  • Before the Flood (Fisher Stevens, Leonardo DiCaprio, Brett Ratner & James Packer)
  • Gleason (Clay Tweel, Scott Fujita, Seth Gordon & Mary Rohlich)
  • Life, Animated (Roger Ross Williams, Julie Goldman & Christopher Clements)
  • O.J.: Made in America (Ezra Edelman, Caroline Waterlow & Connor Schell)
    (Honourable Mentions: The Beatles: Eight Days a Week, Cameraperson, Fire at Sea, I Am Not Your Negro, Weiner)

Best Original Score

  • Arrival (Jóhann Jóhannsson)
  • La La Land (Justin Hurwitz)
  • The Light Between Oceans (Alexandre Desplat)
  • Lion (Dustin O'Halloran & Hauschka)
  • Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (Michael Giacchino)
    (Honourable Mentions: The BFG - John Williams, Jackie - Mica Levi, Kubo and the Two Strings - Dario Marianelli, Moonlight - Nicholas Britell, Nocturnal Animals - Abel Korzeniowski)

Best Original Song

  • "Audition (The Fools Who Dream)" - La La Land (Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek & Justin Paul)
  • "City of Stars" - La La Land (Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek & Justin Paul)
  • "Drive It Like You Stole It" - Sing Street (Gary Clark)
  • "How Far I'll Go" - Moana (Lin-Manuel Miranda)
  • "A Letter to the Free" - 13th (Common, Kareem Riggins & Robert Glasper)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Another Day of Sun" - La La Land, "Can't Stop the Feeling!" - Trolls, "Runnin'" - Hidden Figures, "Try Everything" - Zootopia, "You're Welcome" - Moana)

Best Sound Editing

  • Arrival (Sylvain Bellemare)
  • Deepwater Horizon (Wylie Stateman)
  • Hacksaw Ridge (Robert Mackenzie & Andy Wright)
  • Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (Christopher Scarabosio & Matthew Wood)
  • Sully (Alan Robert Murray & Bub Asman)
    (Honourable Mentions: Doctor Strange, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, The Jungle Book, Kubo and the Two Strings, La La Land)

Best Sound Mixing

  • Arrival (Bernard Gariépy Strobl & Claude Le Haye)
  • Hacksaw Ridge (Kevin O'Connell, Andy Wright & Robert Mackenzie)
  • The Jungle Book (Christopher Boyes, Lora Hirschberg & Ron Judkins)
  • La La Land (Andy Nelson, Ai-Ling Lee & Steven A. Morrow)
  • Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (David Parker, Christopher Scarabosio & Stuart Wilson)
    (Honourable Mentions: 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi, Kubo and the Two Strings, Moana, Silence, Sully)

Best Animated Feature

  • Kubo and the Two Strings (Travis Knight & Arianne Sutner)
  • The Little Prince (Mark Osborne, Dimitri Rossam & Alexis Vonarb)
  • Moana (Ron Clements, John Musker & Osnat Shurer)
  • The Red Turtle (Michaël Dudok de Wit, Toshio Suzuki & Isao Takahata)
  • Zootopia (Byron Howard, Rich Moore & Clark Spencer)
    (Honourable Mentions: April and the Extraordinary World, Finding Dory, Kung Fu Panda 3, Sing, Your Name)

Best Voice-Over Performance

  • Jason Bateman - Zootopia for voicing Nick Wilde
  • Auli'i Cravalho - Moana for voicing Moana
  • Ellen DeGeneres - Finding Dory for voicing Dory
  • Charlize Theron - Kubo and the Two Strings for voicing Monkey
  • Alan Tudyk - Rogue One: A Star Wars Story for voicing K-2SO
    (Honourable Mentions: Idris Elba - The Jungle Book, Ginnifer Goodwin - Zootopia, Bill Murray - The Jungle Book, Liam Neeson - A Monster Calls, Art Parkinson - Kubo and the Two Strings)

Best Cinematography

  • Arrival (Bradford Young)
  • La La Land (Linus Sandgren)
  • The Light Between Oceans (Adam Arkapaw)
  • Moonlight (James Laxton)
  • Silence (Rodrigo Prieto)
    (Honourable Mentions: The Handmaiden - Chung Hoon-chung, Hell or High Water - Giles Nuttgens, Jackie - Stéphane Fontaine, Lion - Greig Fraser, Nocturnal Animals - Seamus McGarvey)

Best Film Editing

  • Arrival (Joe Walker)
  • Fences (Hughes Winborne)
  • Hacksaw Ridge (John Gilbert)
  • La La Land (Tom Cross)
  • Silence (Thelma Schoonmaker)
    (Honourable Mentions: Hell or High Water - Jake Roberts, Lion - Alexandre de Franceschi, Manchester by the Sea - Jennifer Lame, Moonlight - Joi McMillon & Nat Sanders, O.J.: Made in America - Bret Granato, Maya Mumma & Ben Sozanski)

Best Production Design

  • Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (Stuart Craig & Anna Pinnock)
  • Hail, Caesar! (Jess Gonchor & Nancy Haigh)
  • Kubo and the Two Strings (Nelson Lowry)
  • La La Land (David Wasco & Sandy Reynolds-Wasco)
  • Silence (Dante Ferretti & Francesca Lo Schiavo)
    (Honourable Mentions: Arrival, Doctor Strange, The Handmaiden, Passengers, The Witch)

Best Costume Design

  • Allied (Joanna Johnston)
  • Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (Colleen Atwood)
  • Florence Foster Jenkins (Consolata Boyle)
  • Jackie (Madeline Fontaine)
  • La La Land (Mary Zophres)
    (Honourable Mentions: Alice Through the Looking Glass, Captain Fantastic, Hail, Caesar!, Love & Friendship, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children)

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

  • Florence Foster Jenkins (J. Roy Helland & Daniel Phillips)
  • Silence (Howard Berger & Noriko Watanabe)
  • Star Trek Beyond (Joel Harlow & Richard Alonso)
    (Honourable Mentions: Deadpool, The Dressmaker, Hail, Caesar!, A Man Called Ove, Suicide Squad)

Best Visual Effects [TIE]

  • Deepwater Horizon (Craig Hammack, Jason Snell, Jason Billington & Burt Dalton)
  • Doctor Strange (Stéphane Ceretti, Richard Bluff, Vince Cirelli & Paul Corbould)
  • The Jungle Book (Robert Legato, Andrew R. Jones, Adam Valdez & Dan Lemmon)
  • Kubo and the Two Strings (Steve Emerson, Oliver Jones, Brian McLean & Brad Schiff)
  • Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (John Knoll, Mohen Leo, Hal Hickel & Neil Corbould)
    (Honourable Mentions: Arrival, The BFG, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Star Trek Beyond, Warcraft)

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