Rotten Tomatoes was on the scene at the annual Oscars luncheon in Hollywood this week, celebrating this year’s Academy Awards nominees. We got Certified Fresh pictures with a number of the nominees who were there – including Jojo Rabbit ‘s Taika Waititi, Knives Out ‘s Rian Johson, Irishman costume designer Sandy Powell, and more – along with plenty of interviews you’ll soon see on our social channels. Plus, a few standout nominees from some non-Certified Fresh movies showed up to. Check out these pics as the folks behind Avengers: Endgame , 1917 , Jojo Rabbit , Knives Out , and more get formal and cut loose with Rotten Tomatoes! Photographs by Bryan Beasley.
Taika Waititi, nominated for Jojo Rabbit (Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay)
Krysty Wilson-Cairns, nominated for 1917 (Best Original Screenplay), with stars Dean-Charles Chapman and George MacKay
Noah Baumbach, nominated for Marriage Story (Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay)
Rian Johnson, nominated for Knives Out (Best Original Screenplay)
Jonathan Pryce, nominated for The Two Popes (Best Actor)
Christopher Peterson and Sandy Powell, nominated for The Irishman (Best Costume Design)
Randy Newman, nominated for Marriage Story (Best Original Score), Toy Story 4 (Best Original Song)
Chelsea Winstanley, nominated for Jojo Rabbit (Best Picture)
Steven Zaillian, nominated for The Irishman (Best Adapted Screenplay)
Thelma Schoonmaker, nominated for The Irishman (Best Film Editing)
Emma Tillinger Koskoff, nominated for The Irishman and Joker (Best Picture)
Edward Watts and Waad Al-Kateab, nominated for For Sama (Best Documentary Feature)
Diane Warren, nominated for Breakthrough (Best Original Song)
Donald Sylvester, Steven A. Morrow, and David Giammarco, nominated for Ford v Ferrari (Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing)
James Mangold and Jenno Topping, nominated for Ford v Ferrari (Best Picture)
Barbara Ling, nominated for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (Best Production Design)
Carthew Neal and Taika Waititi, nominated for Jojo Rabbit (Best Picture)
Jérémy Clapin and Marc du Pontavice , nominated for I Lost My Body (Best Animated Feature Film)
Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, nominated for Frozen II (Best Original Song)
Andrew Buckland and Michael McCusker, nominated for Ford v Ferrari (Best Film Editing)
Jinko Gotoh, Sergio Pablos, and Marisa Roman, nominated for Klaus (Best Animated Feature Film)
Joshuah Brian Campbell, nominated for Harriet (Best Original Song)
Anthony McCarten, nominated for The Two Popes (Best Adapted Screenplay)
Feras Fayyad, Kirstine Barfod, and Sigrid Dyekjær, nominated for The Cave (Best Documentary Feature)
Arianne Sutner and Chris Butler, nominated for Missing Link (Best Animated Feature Film)
Rian Johnson, nominated for Knives Out (Best Original Screenplay)
Taika Waititi, nominated for Jojo Rabbit (Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay)
Russell Earl and Matt Aiken, nominated for Avengers: Endgame (Best Visual Effects)
Matthew A. Cherry and Karen Rupert Toliver, nominated for Hair Love (Best Animated Short)
Bernie Taupin, nominated for Rocketman (Best Original Song)
Pablo Helman and Rodrigo Prieto, nominated for The Irishman (Best Visual Effects, Best Cinematography)
Jane Rosenthal, nominated for The Irishman (Best Picture)