Arrival (2016)
Arrival (2016)
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Cast & Crew.
Amy Adams
Dr. Louise Banks
Jeremy Renner
Ian Donnelly
Forest Whitaker
Colonel G. T. Weber
Michael Stuhlbarg
Agent Halpern
Tzi Ma
General Shang
Mark O'Brien
Captain Marks
Julia Scarlett Dan
Hannah (12 yrs. old)
Abigail Pniowsky
Hannah (8 yrs. old)
Jadyn Malone
Hannah (6 yrs. old)
Carmela Nozza Guizzo
Hannah (4 yrs. old)
Andrew Shaver
Environmental Tech
Shawn Campbell
News Reporter
Larry Day
Deputy Director of the CIA Dan Ryder
Pat Kiely
Environmental Tech
Frank Schorpion
Dr. Kettler
Lucas Chartier-Dessert
Private Lasky
Lucy Van Oldenbarneveld
CNAC Anchor
Sonia Vigneault
Dr. J. Bydwell
Mark Camacho
Richard Riley
Sabrina Reeves
Press Secretary
Russell Yuen
Chinese Scientist
Julian Casey
Australian Scientist
Tony Robinow
British Scientist
Anana Rydvald
Danish Scientist
Ruth Chiang
Chinese Scientist
Sergiy Marchenko
Russian Officer
Brittany Teo
Student with Smartphone
Christian Jadah
Private Combs
Joe Cobden
Cryptographer #1
Lorne Brass
Cryptographer #2
Genevieve Sirois
Cryptographer #3
Abdul Ayoola
Sierra Leone Representative
Bineyam Girma
Sudanese representative
Abdelghafour Elaaziz
African Representative
Daniel Esteban
Venezuelan Representative
Hal Roberts
American TV News Anchor
Matthew Willson
Preacher
Victor Andres Trelles Turgeon
Science Team Member #1
Michael Nangreaves
Science Team Member #2
Robert D. Morais
Master Sergeant Douglas
Mustafa Haidari
Foreign Correspondent
Albert Kwan
Chinese Man
Reda Guerinik
Communications Operator #1
Adrien Benn
Communications Operator #2
Sasha Samar
Communications Operator #3
Kathleen Stavert
Communications Operator #4
Kattia Thony
Nurse
Leisa Reid
Nurse
Brent Skagford
Lieutenant
Gurdeep Ahluwalia
Soldier
Brian Dunstan
TV Anchor
Dan Duran
TV Anchor
Lori Graham
TV Anchor
Orla Johannes
TV Anchor
Sangita Patel
TV Anchor
Tammie Sutherland
TV Anchor
Max Walker
TV Anchor
John Sanford Moore
TV Anchor
Camille Ross
TV Anchor
Ola Sturik
TV Anchor
Karen Belfo
Skype CIA Agent (uncredited)
Chloë Bellande
MIT College girl (uncredited)
Philippe Hartmann
Halpern's Deputy Director (uncredited)
Laurean Adrian Parau
US Army Major (uncredited)
Nathaly Thibault
Gala Guest (uncredited)
Leslie Baker
Middle Aged Woman (uncredited)
Alex M. Yeuh
Japanese Minister
Dave Campbell
Soldier
Alexander Da Mota
Venezuelan Military
Akul Dang
Pakistani Scientist
Frank Fiola
Soldier
Denis Villeneuve
Director
Ted Chiang
Short Story
Francine Maisler
Casting
Isabelle Guay
Supervising Art Director
Robert Parle
Art Direction
Helene Lamarre
Art Department Coordinator
Andrew Barry
Compositors
Dominic Dauphin
Digital Compositors
Jean-Pierre Flayeux
Compositors
Mathieu Lalonde
Modeling
David Linde
Producer
Marie-Christine Dormier
Hairstylist
Serge Archambault
Scenic Artist
Nicolas Becker
Special Sound Effects / Foley Artist
Lafleche Dumais
CG Supervisor
Vincent Forand
Digital Compositors
Olivier Gravel
Digital Compositors
Caroline Labrie
Animation
Karina Mariano
Visual Effects Coordinator
Belly Mingmuong
Digital Compositors
Eric Heisserer
Screenplay / Executive Producer
Karen Lunder
Producer
Joan Patricia Parris
Makeup Artist
Colleen Quinton
Makeup Department Head
Aaron Morrison
Assistant Art Director
Ilyaa Ghafouri
Sound Design Assistant
Miguel Berube Ouellet
Modeling
Steve Cady
Animation
Lari Karam
Animation
Paul Hotte
Set Decoration
Michael Jackman
Post Production Supervisor / Co-Producer
Xavier Bourque
Digital Compositors
Gael Hollard
Digital Compositors
Yann Jouannic
Visual Effects Coordinator
Alain Caporicci
Set Production Assistant
André Nicholas Malouf
Set Dressing Artist / Set Dresser
Mathieu Beaudin
Sound Effects Editor
Bernard Gariépy Strobl
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Félix Arsenault
Modeling
Michael Beaulac
Digital Compositors
Meggie Cabral
Visual Effects Producer
Maxime Lapointe
Digital Compositors
Hélène Ross
Production Manager
Marie-Pier Couture-Alain
Digital Compositors
Louis Morin
Visual Effects Supervisor
Aaron Ryder
Producer
Stan Wlodkowski
Executive Producer / Unit Production Manager
Réjean Goderre
Key Hair Stylist / Hairstylist / Key Hairdresser
Stephen Craig
Scenic Artist
Matt Belbin
Digital Effects Supervisor
Matthieu Chatelier
Digital Compositors
Noémie Jacques
Visual Effects Producer
Alain Lachance
Visual Effects Supervisor
Xavier Larocque
Digital Compositors
Heston Labbe
Digital Compositors
Martine Losier
Visual Effects Coordinator
Ivan Moran
Visual Effects Supervisor
Claude La Haye
Sound Mixer
Francis Péloquin
Boom Operator
Jean-François Ferland
Visual Effects Supervisor
Samuel Lepage-Bedard
Digital Compositors
Milan Popelka
Executive Producer
Marc Reichel
Special Effects
Sébastien Bergeron
Visual Effects Producer
Samuel Boisvert
Digital Compositors
Robert De La Cruz
Modeling
Jean-Francois Gallant
Animation
Nick Guth
Visual Effects
Marie-Claude Lafontaine
Visual Effects Coordinator / Digital Compositor
Glen Basner
Executive Producer
Christopher Ahrens
CG Supervisor
Emmanuel Gatera
Animation
Jean-Pierre Paquet
Art Direction
Meinert Hansen
Conceptual Design
Pierre-Jules Audet
Sound Effects Editor
Olivier Beaulieu
Digital Compositors
Louise Bertrand
Visual Effects Producer
Cynthia Rodriguez del Castillo
Digital Compositors
Joanie Croteau
Visual Effects Coordinator
Thierry Delattre
Visual Effects Producer
Alexandre Lafortune
Visual Effects Supervisor
Shawn Levy
Producer
Sylvain Bellemare
Supervising Sound Editor
Luc Boudrias
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Bruno-Pierre Jobin
Digital Compositors
Mathieu Girard
Digital Compositors
Jose Luis Gomez
Digital Compositors
Patrick Lemay-Hardy
Digital Compositors
Hugo Léveillé
Compositors / Compositing Supervisor
Daniel S. Levine
Producer
Joe Walker
Editor
Sabrina Trudel
Makeup Artist
Olivier Guillaume
Special Sound Effects / Foley Mixer
Marc Aubry
Animation
Julien Dubusset
Animation
Veronique Guay
Digital Compositors
Maxime Lemieux
Digital Compositors
Tory Metzger
Executive Producer
Marianne Bobet
Makeup Artist
Nadine Homier
Digital Compositors
Peter Konig
Conceptual Design
Richard Martin
Compositors
Jóhann Jóhannsson
Original Music Composer / Musician / Music Arranger / Music Producer
Bradford Young
Director of Photography
Catherine Nadeau
Visual Effects Producer
Benoît Brière
Visual Effects Producer
Eames Gagnon
Gaffer
Mary Lukasiewicz
First Assistant Editor
Pierre Daudelin
Best Boy Electric
André Valade
Set Decoration
Frédéric Chamberland
Steadicam Operator
Jean-François Dubé
Rigging Grip / Key Rigging Grip
Renée April
Costume Design
Jan Thijs
Still Photographer
Dan Cohen
Producer
Maude Turcot
Rigging Grip
Dann Fink
ADR Voice Casting
Alain Bisson Doyal
Techno Crane Operator
Bruce Winant
ADR Voice Casting
Viriya Say
Seamstress
Hans Bjerno
Aerial Director of Photography
Shaun Nagorny
Rigging Grip
Keith Kerr
Key Grip
Christian Lalonde
Rigging Grip
Marieke Séguin
Rigging Grip
Marc Désourdy
Stunt Coordinator
Pierre-Luc L'Espérance
Rigging Grip
Isabelle Faivre-Duboz
Script Supervisor
Peter Wilke
Steadicam Operator
Mario Davignon
Costume Supervisor
Daniel Sauvé
Additional Camera
Simon Guilbault
Set Designer
Marie-Soleil Dénommé
Set Decoration
Michèle St-Arnaud
Location Manager
Jean Gagnon
Set Designer
Kathy Ann Thomas
Production Coordinator
Jordana Sapiurka
Casting Assistant
Luc Raymond
Foley Editor
Justin Scott Wilson
Sound Recordist
Pierre Gill
Additional Photography
Clint Bennett
Music Editor
Lise Pharand
Property Master
Steve Perski
Sound Recordist
Stan Sakellaropoulos
ADR Supervisor
Claire Pochon
Dialogue Editor
Donald Sparks
First Assistant Director
Valéry Dufort-Boucher
Dialogue Editor
Morag Ross
Makeup Artist
Adam Wiltzie
Musician
Broderick Johnson
Thanks
Cathy Gurvis
Assistant Accountant
Paul Viger
Stunts
Jean-Francois Tousignant
Additional First Assistant Camera
Leon Rivers-Moore
Digital Imaging Technician
Zach Marshall
Assistant Editor
Karine P. Labelle
Second Second Assistant Director
Spiro Tsovras
Driver
Denis Doiron
Driver
Erik Yelemanov
Scientific Consultant
Dany Racine
First Assistant 'A' Camera
Jennifer Dionne
Assistant Makeup Artist
Marco Lavallée
Set Dresser
Jan Holzner
Score Engineer
Gabriella Ludlow
Legal Services
Francois Ricard-Sheard
Production Assistant
Dominic Lapointe
Additional First Assistant Camera
Amandine Schelle
Additional First Assistant Camera
Christian Caperaa
First Assistant 'B' Camera
Réal Saulnier
Generator Operator
Catherine Laniel
Assistant Makeup Artist
Michelle Quinn
Production Manager
Daniel Capeille
Sound Effects Editor
Jean-Francois Hall
Driver / Production Assistant
Bernard Guay
Driver
Philippe Montel
Transportation Coordinator
Wen Shen
Dialogue Coach
Aurelie Poirier
Production Assistant
Brigitte Renaud
Assistant Location Manager
Carl Kouri
Third Assistant Director
James A. Moore
ADR Recordist
Paul Bentley
Vocals
David Kristian
Thanks
Phil Plait
Scientific Consultant
Kaven MacDonald
Third Assistant Director
Carl Lessard
Graphic Designer
Maxwell Chamberlin
ADR Mixer
Gabrielle Labelle Joly
Sound Re-Recording Assistant
Alan Robert Murray
Sound Effects Editor
Will Slater
Sound Designer / Music Sound Design and Processing
Gilles Montreuil
First Assistant Accountant
Sophie Mailloux
Production Assistant
Christina Correll
Stand In
Cyrille Chatelain
Technical Advisor
Claude Gervais
Grip
Colin Stetson
Musician
Else Torp
Vocals
Jakob Bloch Jespersen
Vocals
Marc-André Massé
Production Assistant
Max Laferriere
Stunt Double
Caroline Poirier
Assistant Costume Designer
Xiao Yun Hu
Assistant Makeup Artist
Évelyne Renaud
Additional Third Assistant Director
Olafur Bjorn Olafsson
Musician
Kristin Mulders
Vocals
Signe Asmussen
Vocals
Caroline Thisdale
Production Assistant
Troy Allen
Production Executive
Marc Hénaut
Electrician
Mirenda Ouellet
Assistant Editor
Marie-Christine Cormier
Assistant Hairdresser
Marie-Lise Taupier
Hairdresser
Brigitte Goulet
Second Assistant Director
Martin Macrae
Concept Artist / Visual Effects Art Director
Olivier Calvert
Sound Designer
Elenor Wiman
Vocals
Didier Communaux
Unit Manager
Henri Normand
Lighting Technician
Marie-Helene Tremblay
Second Assistant 'B' Camera
Victor Ghizaru
Video Assist Operator
Johanne Baril
Dresser
Marie-Julie Dallaire
Second Unit Director
Martha Fernandez
Art Department Coordinator
Louis Frederic Denomme
Set Dresser
Luc Houle
Set Dresser
Luc-Eric Duhamel
Set Dresser
Marc-Andre Jalbert
Set Dresser
Simon Girard
Assistant Sound Editor
Dave Whitehead
Sound Designer
Owen Roberts
Music Arranger
Ellen Marie Brink Christensen
Vocals
Andrew A. Kosove
Thanks
Chris Watson
Vocals
Jakob Soelberg Hammershøj
Vocals
Stephen Wolfram
Scientific Consultant
Nathalie Lagacé
Production Accountant
Puelo Deir
Unit Publicist
Krista Bell
Stunt Double
Bruno Lemire
Assistant Location Manager
Martin Henri
Line Producer
Michelle Child
Sound Designer
Paul Corley
Mixing Engineer
Simon Ashdown
Music Sound Design and Processing
Daniel Kresco
Scoring Mixer
Réal Hamel
Picture Car Coordinator
Hanna Oldenburg
Production Assistant
Chloé Giroux-LaChance
First Assistant Camera
David Villeneuve
Lighting Technician
Julie Breton
Extras Casting
Joe Gawler
Digital Intermediate Colorist
Anthony Weeden
Orchestrator / Conductor
Lyssa J. Caster
Transportation Captain
Lise Servant
Payroll Accountant
Sandro Di Gioacchino
Assistant Hairdresser
Sébastien Gervais
Set Dresser
Hildur Guðnadóttir
Musician
Harvey Drouelle
Driver
Victorine Tamafo
Travel Coordinator
Elizabeth Himelstein
Dialect Coach
Mathieu Coderre
Stand In
Michael Saintsbury
Electrician
Mario Huot
Assistant Hairdresser
Fríða Aradóttir
Key Hair Stylist
Marie-José Bourassa
First Assistant Director
Jocelyn Charbonneau
Set Dresser
Michel Saule
Driver
Alexandre Juaneda
Transportation Coordinator
Valérie Beaugrand-Champagne
Thanks
Tom Di Blasio
Production Accountant
Chantal Nolet
Second Assistant Accountant
Jacynthe Labrosse
Grip
Soupharak Keoborakoth
Second Assistant Camera
Gillian Chandler
Makeup Artist
Martin Doepner
Additional Third Assistant Director
Dandy Thibaudeau
Second Assistant Director
Moumita Mondal
Second Unit Director
Louis-Antoine Lassonde
ADR Mixer
Steve Szewczok
Driver
Ben Browning
Production Executive
Alex Feldman
Production Secretary
Irina Cazazaeva
Production Secretary
Toby Winder
Animation
Etienne Laroche
CG Artist
Robert Rioux
CG Artist
Jean-Sebastien Guillemette
CG Supervisor
Alban Kasikci
Digital Compositor
Yi Zhang
Digital Compositor
Owens Bazile
VFX Artist
Gabriel Morin
Shading
Marc-Andre Poulin
Modeling
Singarajan Praveen
Rotoscoping Artist
Arnaud Brisebois
VFX Supervisor
Sasha Leigh Izadpanah
VFX Editor
Olivier Péloquin
Visual Effects Technical Director
Josef Sy
Animation
Björn Gottwald
Compositor
Gabriel Roy
Digital Compositor
Louis-Alexandre Lord
Digital Compositor
Pierre-Simon Lebrun-Chaput
Digital Compositor
D.J. Rahming
Pipeline Technical Director
Marc-Olivier Rouleau
Pipeline Technical Director
Philippe Cournoyer
Rotoscoping Artist
Simon Chassé
Rotoscoping Artist
Kevin R. Browne
VFX Artist
Sébastien Moreau
Executive Visual Effects Producer
Jason Quintana
CG Supervisor
Mathieu Tremblay
Digital Compositor
Pierre Rousseau
VFX Artist
Antoine Rouleau
Matte Painter
Catherine Hébert
Matte Painter
Julien Dubuisson
Pipeline Technical Director
Valentin Delbroucq
Rotoscoping Artist
Kevin Harding
Rotoscoping Artist
Jean-Francois Lafleur
Visual Effects Coordinator
Emmanuel Pelletier
Visual Effects Technical Director
Lyne Lepage
Digital Compositor
James Dong
VFX Artist
Eliott Beaudon
Matte Painter
Frederic Dupere
Matte Painter
Guillaume Laforge
Pipeline Technical Director
Jean-Sebastien Letourneau
Production Assistant
Josee Chapdelaine
VFX Artist
Nathalie Cyr
Visual Effects Coordinator
Ahmidou Lyazidi
Visual Effects Technical Director
Timothy Ferris
Post Production Assistant
Mariane Carter
Key Dresser
Bernd Angerer
Animation
Amélie Rey
Digital Compositor
Anthony Luigi Santoro
Digital Compositor
David Décoste
Digital Compositor
Jose Luis Gomez Godinez
Digital Compositor
Micha Sher
Digital Compositor
Philippe Thibault
Digital Effects Supervisor
Pierpaolo Navarini
Visual Effects Technical Director
Alan Fregtman
Pipeline Technical Director
Marie Fétiveau
Pipeline Technical Director
Jean-Michel Cristofaro
Rotoscoping Artist
François Poirier
VFX Editor
Dave Thomlison
Visual Effects Technical Director
Julie Chénard
Dresser
Ginette Régis
Key Dresser
Mathieu Goulet-Aubin
3D Artist
Nguon Vissal Ong
Compositing Supervisor
Louis-Martin Duval
Creative Director
Jean-Christophe Morin
Pipeline Technical Director
Ken Mohammed
Pipeline Technical Director
Andréanne Lamoureux
Rotoscoping Artist
Philippe Theroux
VFX Supervisor
Antonin Messier Turcotte
VFX Artist
Annie Cliche
Visual Effects Producer
Daniel Booty
Visual Effects Producer
Ève Giordani
Visual Effects Production Assistant
Sylvain Lebeau
Visual Effects Supervisor
Hernan Vietri
CG Artist
Stéphanie Morin
CG Artist
Philippe Bienvenue
Compositor
Jean Frédéric Veilleux
Digital Compositor
Raphael Valle
Digital Compositor
Sébastien Rioux
Digital Compositor
Simon-Pierre Puech
Digital Compositor
Jordi Riera
Pipeline Technical Director
Matthew Gray
Pipeline Technical Director
Marie-Eve St-Amour
Production Assistant
Mathieu Boudreau
Production Assistant
Eric G. Thivierge
Visual Effects Technical Director
Guillaume Boulay
Animation
Xavier Doyon
Digital Compositor
David St-Amant
Animation
Fanny Berthiaume
CG Artist
Martin Chamney
Pre-Visualization Supervisor
Andris Pakalns
Digital Compositor
William Perreault
Rotoscoping Artist
Luke Drummond
Digital Compositor
Frédérique Schmidt
VFX Editor
Dominik Kirouac
VFX Artist
Frédéric Gagnon
Shading
Francois Croteau
Matte Painter
Christopher Gonnord
Modeling
Carine Touraille
Pipeline Technical Director
Félix Clément
Production Assistant
Thibaud Galbois
Visual Effects Coordinator
Karl Alexandre Lamarre-Parent
Visual Effects Production Assistant
Patrick Piche
Visual Effects Technical Director
John Sylva
Post Production Coordinator
Jean-François Barthélémy
Animation
Jonathan Grégoire
Animation
Élodie Gilbert Lachapelle
Animation
Michel Frenette
Compositor
Sylvain Theroux
CG Supervisor
Didier Bertrand
Compositing Supervisor
Katy Savoie
Digital Compositor
Christopher Tuleya
Digital Compositor
Pier-Luc Verville
VFX Artist
Dominic Vincent
Digital Compositor
Simon Devault
Compositing Lead
Adam Wierzchowski
Pipeline Technical Director
Veronique Levesque
Lighting Artist
Béatrice Palin
Rotoscoping Artist
Marie Soleil Chabot
Rotoscoping Artist
Frederic St-Arnaud
Matte Painter
Marc-André Roy
Visual Effects Production Assistant
François Lord
Visual Effects Technical Director
Stephane Wirtel
Pipeline Technical Director
Alain Morin
Rotoscoping Artist
Geneviève Gareau
Rotoscoping Artist
Vicky Daneau
VFX Editor
Martin Fourat
Visual Effects Assistant Editor
Marina Popova
Visual Effects Coordinator
Amelie Poitras
Visual Effects Producer
Melanie Murray
Visual Effects Production Assistant
David Raymond
Visual Effects Technical Director
Vincent Poitras
Compositing Supervisor
David Monfette
Compositor
Jonathan Niquet
Pipeline Technical Director
Frederic St-Jean
Visual Effects Coordinator
Melanie La Rue
Executive Visual Effects Producer
Alexandra Vaillancourt
Visual Effects Producer
Sylvain Berger
Visual Effects Technical Director
Guillaume Pelletier
Animation
Frederic Schmidt
Lighting Artist
Mario Fraser
Modeling
Maxime Desforges
Rotoscoping Artist
Marie-Ève Gélinas
Rotoscoping Artist
Josiane Fradette
Visual Effects Producer
Mathieu Leclaire
Visual Effects Technical Director
Camilo Guaman
Animation
Antonio Covelo Peleteiro
Visual Effects Technical Director
Maxime Pearson
Rotoscoping Artist
Gabrielle Perreault
Rotoscoping Artist
Deborah Zadzora
Visual Effects Coordinator
Guillaume Mainville
CG Supervisor
Nicolas-Alexandre Noel
CG Supervisor
Randy Santandrea
Digital Compositor
Simon Beaupré
Digital Compositor
Véronique Tremblay
Digital Compositor
Dawid Borkiewicz
Lighting Artist
Jean-Olivier Esther
Modeling
Laura Kwan
Pipeline Technical Director
Nicholas Verschelde
Pipeline Technical Director
Thomas Courtois
Pipeline Technical Director
Louis-Philippe Clavet
Rotoscoping Artist
Dominique Richer
Rotoscoping Artist
Mathieu Raynault
VFX Supervisor
Céline Zapater
VFX Editor
Guillaume Poulin
VFX Editor
Adrien Annesley
Animation
Deak Ferrand
Concept Artist
Anna Pacchioni
Digital Compositor
Gaël Chopin
Digital Compositor
Sith Khay
Matte Painter
Eric Mc Guire
Matte Painter
Pierre Raymond
Head of Production
Sandra Germain
Visual Effects Producer
Joseph Kasparian
Visual Effects Supervisor
Yves Bélanger
Second Unit Director of Photography
Jessica Francoeur-Ducharme
Digital Compositor
Bryan Hsu
Digital Compositor
Sam Hudecki
Storyboard Artist
Media.
Details.
Release DateNovember 10, 2016
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 56m
Budget$47,000,000
Box Office$203,388,186
Filming LocationsPlace des Arts · Bas-Saint-Laurent · Université de Montréal · University of Montreal · Montreal, Canada
Genres
Wiki.
Arrival is a 2016 American science fiction drama film directed by Denis Villeneuve and adapted by Eric Heisserer, who conceived the project as a spec script based on the 1998 short story "Story of Your Life" by Ted Chiang. The film stars Amy Adams as Louise Banks, a linguist enlisted by the United States Army to discover how to communicate with extraterrestrials who have arrived on Earth, before tensions lead to war. Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Tzi Ma appear in supporting roles.
Arrival had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival on September 1, 2016, and was released theatrically in the United States by Paramount Pictures on November 11, 2016. It grossed $203 million worldwide and received critical acclaim, with particular praise for Adams's performance, Villeneuve's direction, and the exploration of communication with extraterrestrial intelligence. Considered one of the best films of 2016, Arrival appeared on numerous critics' year-end lists and was selected by the American Film Institute as one of ten "Movies of the Year".It received eight nominations at the 89th Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Adapted Screenplay, and won Best Sound Editing. For her performance, Adams received nominations for a BAFTA, SAG, Critics' Choice, and at the 74th Golden Globe Awards, Adams was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress and Jóhann Jóhannsson was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score. The film was awarded the Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation and the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation in 2017. The score by Jóhannsson was nominated for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media at the 60th Grammy Awards.