Oscars 2018: 'The Shape of Water' leads all nominees with 13 nods

Guillermo del Toro's lavish monster romance The Shape of Water fished out a leading 13 nominations, Greta Gerwig became just the fifth woman nominated for best director and Mudbound cinematographer Rachel Morrison made history as the first woman to earn a nod in that category in nominations announced Tuesday for the 90th annual Academy Awards . Oscar voters put forward nine best-picture nominees: The Shape of Water , Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri , Lady Bird , Get Out , The Post , Dunkirk, Call Me By Your Name and Phantom Thread. The cascading fallout of sexual harassment scandals throughout Hollywood put particular focus on the best director category, which for many is a symbol of gender inequality in the film industry. Gerwig follows only Lina Wertmuller, Jane Campion, Sofia Coppola and Kathryn Bigelow, the sole woman to win (for The Hurt Locker ). Also nominated for best director was Get Out director Jordan Peele. He becomes the fifth black filmmaker nominated for best director, and third to helm a best-picture nominee, following Barry Jenkins last year for Moonlight . Though all of the front-runners — Frances McDormand ( Three Billboards ), Gary Oldman ( Darkest Hour ), Allison Janney ( I, Tonya ), Sam Rockwell ( Three Billboards ) — landed their expected nominations, there were surprises. Denzel Washington ( Roman J. Israel, Esq. ) was nominated for best actor, likely eclipsing James Franco ( The Disaster Artist ). Franco was accused of sexual misconduct, which he denied, just days before Oscar voting closed. Last year's Oscars broadcast, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, drew 32.9 million viewers for ABC, a four percent drop from the prior year. More worrisome, however, was a steeper slide in the key demographic of adults aged 18-49, whose viewership was down 14 percent from 2016. Though the show ran especially long, at three hours and 49 minutes, it finished with a bang: the infamous envelope mix-up that led to La La Land being incorrectly announced as the best picture before Moonlight was crowned. This year, the academy has prohibited the PwC accountants who handle the envelopes from using cellphones or social media during the show. The accounting firm on Monday also unveiled several reforms including the addition of a third balloting partner in the show's control room. Neither of the PwC representatives involved in the mishap last year, Brian Cullinan or Martha Ruiz, will return to the show. The 90th annual Academy Awards will be presented in a March 4 ceremony hosted by comedian Jimmy Kimmel and aired live on ABC. Here is the complete list of nominees: Best picture Call Me By Your Name Darkest Hour Dunkirk Get Out Lady Bird Phantom Thread The Post The Shape Of Water Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Directing Christopher Nolan ( Dunkirk ) Jordan Peele ( Get Out ) Greta Gerwig ( Lady Bird ) Paul Thomas Anderson ( Phantom Thread ) Guillermo Del Toro ( The Shape Of Water ) Actress in a leading role Sally Hawkins ( The Shape Of Water ) Frances McDormand ( Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri ) Margot Robbie ( I, Tonya ) Saoirse Ronan ( Lady Bird ) Meryl Streep ( The Post ) Actor in a leading role Timothee Chalamet ( Call Me By Your Name ) Daniel Day-Lewis ( Phantom Thread ) Daniel Kaluuya ( Get Out ) Gary Oldman ( Darkest Hour ) Denzel Washington (Roman J. Israel, Esq. ) Writing (original screenplay) The Big Sick Get Out Lady Bird The Shape Of Water Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Writing (adapted screenplay) Call Me By Your Name The Disaster Artist Logan Molly's Game Mudbound Animated feature film The Boss Baby The Breadwinner Coco Ferdinand Loving Vincent Music (original song) Mighty River ( Mudbound ) Mystery of Love ( Call Me By Your Name ) Remember Me ( Coco ) Stand Up for Something ( Marshall ) This is Me ( The Greatest Showman ) Documentary (feature) Abacus: Small Enough To Jail Faces Places Icarus Last Men In Aleppo Strong Island Documentary (short subject) Edith + Eddie Heaven Is A Traffic Jam On The 405 Heroin(e) Knife Skills Traffic Stop Foreign language film A Fantastic Woman The Insult Loveless On Body And Soul The Square Actor in a supporting role Willem Dafoe ( The Florida Project ) Woody Harrelson ( Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri ) Richard Jenkins ( The Shape Of Water ) Christopher Plummer ( All The Money In The World ) Sam Rockwell ( Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri ) Actress in a supporting role Mary J. Blige ( Mudbound ) Allison Janney ( I, Tonya ) Lesley Manville ( Phantom Thread ) Laurie Metcalf ( Lady Bird ) Octavia Spencer ( The Shape Of Water ) Makeup and hairstyling Darkest Hour Victoria And Abdul Wonder Film editing Baby Driver Dunkirk I, Tonya The Shape Of Water Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Visual effects Blade Runner 2049 Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2 Kong: Skull Island Star Wars: The Last Jedi War For The Planet Of The Apes Music (original score) Dunkirk Phantom Thread The Shape Of Water Star Wars: The Last Jedi Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Short film (live action) DeKalb Elementary The Eleven O'Clock My Nephew Emmett The Silent Child Watu Wote/All Of Us Short film (animated) Dear Basketball Garden Party Lou Negative Space Revolting Rhymes Sound mixing Baby Driver Blade Runner 2049 Dunkirk The Shape Of Water Star Wars: The Last Jedi Sound editing Baby Driver Blade Runner 2049 Dunkirk The Shape Of Water Star Wars: The Last Jedi Costume design Beauty And The Beast Darkest Hour Phantom Thread The Shape Of Water Victoria And Abdul Cinematography Blade Runner 2049 Darkest Hour Dunkirk Mudbound The Shape Of Water Production design Beauty And The Beast Blade Runner 2049 Darkest Hour Dunkirk The Shape Of Water

Oscars 2018: 'The Shape of Water' leads all nominees with 13 nods

Lady Bird filmmaker Greta Gerwig was nominated in the best director category