Hidden Figures is a 2016 American biographical drama film directed by Theodore Melfi, who co-wrote the screenplay with Allison Schroeder, and based on the non-fiction book of the same name by Margot Lee Shetterly. The film stars Taraji P. Henson as Katherine Johnson, Octavia Spencer as Dorothy Vaughan, and Janelle Monáe as Mary Jackson, three female African-American mathematicians working at NASA during the Space Race. It also stars Kevin Costner, Kirsten Dunst, Jim Parsons, Mahershala Ali, Aldis Hodge, and Glen Powell.
Hidden Figures was given a limited release in the United States by 20th Century Fox from December 25, 2016, followed by a wide release on January 6, 2017. Releases in other territories followed through to March 2017. Produced on a budget of $25 million, the film grossed $235 million worldwide. The film received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised the performances (particularly Henson, Spencer and Monáe), tone, Mandy Walker's cinematography, and Renee Ehrlich Kalfus's costume design. However, some argued that the film featured a white savior narrative, and that its feel-good style trivialized the real story. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of based on reviews.
Hidden Figures garnered awards and nominations in a variety of categories, with particular recognition for its production values, screenplay, cast, and score. At the 89th Academy Awards, it received nominations for Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Picture and Best Supporting Actress (Spencer). It also received three nominations Best Acting Ensemble, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Supporting Actress (Monáe) at the 22nd Critics' Choice Awards, two nominations Best Original Score and Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture (Spencer) at the 74th Golden Globe Awards, and a nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay at the 70th British Academy Film Awards. The film's score and soundtrack were also recognized with nominations for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media and Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards. Hidden Figures was named one of the Top 10 Films of 2016 by the National Board of Review, while the cast won the award for Best Cast.
Accolades + Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result AARP Movies for Grownups Awards February 6, 2017 Best Supporting Actor Best Time Capsule Hidden Figures Academy Awards February 26, 2017 Best Picture , Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping, Pharrell Williams and Theodore Melfi Best Supporting Actress Best Adapted Screenplay and Theodore Melfi African-American Film Critics Association Awards February 8, 2017 Best Ensemble Hidden Figures Best Song Breakout Performance 2017 Top 10 Films Hidden Figures Alliance of Women Film Journalists EDA Awards December 21, 2016 Best Breakthrough Performance Best Supporting Actress Art Directors Guild Awards February 11, 2017 Excellence in Production Design for a Period Film Artios Awards January 19, 2017 Feature Big Budget – Drama , Jackie Burch and Bonnie Grisan BET Awards June 25, 2017 Best Movie Hidden Figures Best Actress Best Actor Best Actress Black Reel Awards February 16, 2017 Outstanding Actress Outstanding Ensemble Hidden Figures Outstanding Breakthrough Performance, Female Outstanding Original Score , Hans Zimmer and Pharrell Williams Outstanding Original Song Outstanding Supporting Actress British Academy Film Awards February 12, 2017 Best Adapted Screenplay and Theodore Melfi Chicago Film Critics Association Awards December 15, 2016 Most Promising Performer Best Supporting Actress Christopher Awards May 16, 2017 Feature Films Hidden Figures Costume Designers Guild Awards February 21, 2017 Excellence in Period Film Critics' Choice Movie Awards December 11, 2016 Best Acting Ensemble Hidden Figures Best Adapted Screenplay and Theodore Melfi Best Supporting Actress Detroit Film Critics Society Awards December 19, 2016 Best Breakthrough Florida Film Critics Circle Awards December 23, 2016 Best Ensemble Hidden Figures Best Supporting Actress Top Ten Films Hidden Figures Georgia Film Critics Association Awards January 13, 2017 Best Ensemble Hidden Figures Breakthrough Award Oglethorpe Award for Excellence in Georgia Cinema and Theodore Melfi Golden Globe Awards January 8, 2017 Best Original Score , Pharrell Williams and Benjamin Wallfisch Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Golden Reel Awards February 19, 2017 Best Sound Editing in Feature Film – Dialogue/ADR , Derek Vanderhost, Susan Dawes, Helen Luttrell and RJ Kizer Golden Trailer Awards May 12, 2017 Best Drama 20th Century Fox and Giaronomo Productions (for "Trailer C") Best Drama Poster 20th Century Fox and Ignition (for "Domestic One-Sheet") Best International Poster 20th Century Fox and Ignition (for "International One-Sheet") Grammy Awards January 28, 2018 Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media Hidden Figures: The Album – Pharrell Williams Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media , Pharrell Williams and Hans Zimmer Heartland International Film Festival Awards October 30, 2016 Truly Moving Picture Award Hidden Figures Hollywood Film Awards November 6, 2016 Hollywood Production Design Award Hollywood Spotlight Award Hollywood Music in Media Awards November 17, 2016 Best Original Song – Feature Film Hollywood Professional Association Awards November 6, 2016 Outstanding Color Grading – Feature Film Outstanding Editing – Feature Film Houston Film Critics Society January 6, 2017 Best Original Song Best Supporting Actress Hugo Awards August 11, 2017 Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form and Theodore Melfi Humanitas Prize February 22, 2017 Feature Film and Theodore Melfi Japan Academy Film Prize March 2, 2018 Outstanding Foreign Language Film Hidden Figures Location Managers Guild Awards April 8, 2017 Outstanding Locations in Period Film and Dan Gorman MTV Movie & TV Awards May 7, 2017 Best Actor in a Movie Best Hero Best Fight Against the System Hidden Figures NAACP Image Awards February 11, 2017 Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture Outstanding Motion Picture Hidden Figures Outstanding Song – Traditional Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture National Board of Review Awards January 4, 2017 Best Cast Hidden Figures Top 10 Films Hidden Figures Online Film Critics Society Awards January 3, 2017 Best Supporting Actress Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards January 2, 2017 Ensemble Performance Award Hidden Figures Cast Producers Guild of America Awards January 28, 2017 Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures , Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping, Pharrell Williams and Theodore Melfi San Diego Film Critics Society Awards December 12, 2016 Best Ensemble Hidden Figures Santa Barbara International Film Festival Awards February 4, 2017 Virtuosos Award Satellite Awards February 19, 2017 Best Film Hidden Figures Best Actress in a Motion Picture Best Adapted Screenplay and Theodore Melfi Best Cast Hidden Figures Best Original Score , Pharrell Williams and Benjamin Wallfisch Best Original Song Best Supporting Actress Saturn Awards June 28, 2017 Best Action or Adventure Film Hidden Figures Best Actress Screen Actors Guild Awards January 29, 2017 Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Hidden Figures Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role Teen Choice Awards August 13, 2017 Choice Movie – Drama Hidden Figures Choice Movie Actress – Drama USC Scripter Awards February 11, 2017 Best Adapted Screenplay and Theodore Melfi (adapted from Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly) Village Voice Film Poll December 21, 2016 Best Supporting Actress Women Film Critics Circle Awards December 18, 2016 Best Ensemble Hidden Figures Best Female Images in a Movie Hidden Figures Best Movie about Women Hidden Figures Invisible Woman Award Hidden Figures Josephine Baker Award Hidden Figures Karen Morley Award Hidden Figures World Soundtrack Awards February 11, 2017 Best Original Song Writers Guild of America Awards February 19, 2017 Best Adapted Screenplay and Theodore Melfi
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