First Man is a 2018 American biographical drama film directed by Damien Chazelle and written by Josh Singer. Based on the book First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong by James R. Hansen, the film stars Ryan Gosling as Neil Armstrong, alongside Claire Foy, Jason Clarke, Kyle Chandler, Corey Stoll, Ciarán Hinds, Christopher Abbott, Patrick Fugit, and Lukas Haas, and follows the years leading up to the Apollo 11 mission to the Moon in 1969. Steven Spielberg serves as an executive producer.
First Man had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival on August 29, 2018, and was theatrically released in the United States on October 12, 2018, by Universal Pictures. The film received critical praise, particularly regarding the direction, Gosling and Foy's performances, musical score, and the Moon landing sequence, although its choice to not depict the planting of the American flag on the lunar surface led critics and politicians from both political parties to debate the film's stance on patriotism. It grossed over $102 million worldwide against its $59 million production budget, and received numerous award nominations, including two nominations for Best Supporting Actress (Foy) and Best Original Score (winning the latter) at the 76th Golden Globe Awards and seven nominations at the 72nd British Academy Film Awards. The film also received Oscar nominations for Best Sound Mixing, Best Sound Editing, and Best Production Design, and it won for Best Visual Effects at the 91st Academy Awards.
Accolades Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result AACTA International Awards January 4, 2019 Best Supporting Actress AARP's Movies for Grownups Awards February 4, 2019 Best Time Capsule First Man Readers' Choice Poll First Man Academy Awards February 24, 2019 Best Production Design and Kathy Lucas Best Sound Editing and Mildred Iatrou Morgan Best Sound Mixing , Frank A. Montaño, Ai-Ling Lee and Mary H. Ellis Best Visual Effects , Ian Hunter, Tristan Myles and J. D. Schwalm Alliance of Women Film Journalists January 9, 2019 Best Supporting Actress Best Cinematography American Cinema Editors Awards February 1, 2019 Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic American Society of Cinematographers February 9, 2019 Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases Art Directors Guild Awards February 2, 2019 Excellence in Production Design for a Period Film Austin Film Critics Association January 7, 2019 Best Supporting Actress Best Original Score Best Cinematography Best Editing Boston Society of Film Critics December 16, 2018 Best Editing Best Original Score British Academy Film Awards February 10, 2019 Best Supporting Actress Best Adapted Screenplay Best Cinematography Best Production Design and Kathy Lucas Best Sound , Mildred Iatrou Morgan, Ai-Ling Lee, Frank A. Montaño and Jon Taylor Best Special Visual Effects , Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles and J. D. Schwalm Best Editing Camerimage November 17, 2018 Golden Frog Capri Hollywood International Film Festival January 2, 2019 Best Original Score Best Visual Effects First Man Chicago Film Critics Association December 8, 2018 Best Original Score Best Editing Best Cinematography Best Use of Visual Effects First Man Cinema Audio Society Awards February 16, 2019 Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Feature Film First Man Critics' Choice Movie Awards January 13, 2019 Best Picture First Man Best Director Best Actor Best Supporting Actress Best Adapted Screenplay Best Cinematography Best Production Design and Kathy Lucas Best Editing Best Visual Effects First Man Best Score Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association December 17, 2018 Best Supporting Actress Best Musical Score Dublin Film Critics' Circle December 20, 2018 Best Film First Man Best Director Best Cinematography Florida Film Critics Circle December 21, 2018 Best Picture First Man Best Supporting Actress Best Director Best Adapted Screenplay and James R. Hansen Best Cinematography Best Score Best Art Direction / Production Design First Man Best Visual Effects First Man Georgia Film Critics Association January 12, 2019 Best Picture First Man Best Supporting Actress Best Cinematography Best Original Score Best Production Design and Kathy Lucas Oglethorpe Award for Excellence in Georgia Cinema First Man Golden Globe Awards January 6, 2019 Best Supporting Actress Best Original Score Heartland Film Festival October 11 – 21, 2018 Truly Moving Picture Award First Man Hollywood Film Awards November 4, 2018 Hollywood Director Award Hollywood Film Composer Award Hollywood Editor Award Hollywood Music in Media Awards November 14, 2018 Original Score – Feature Film Houston Film Critics Society January 3, 2019 Best Supporting Actress Best Cinematography Best Original Score Best Visual Effects First Man IndieWire Critics Poll December 17, 2018 Best Cinematography First Man London Film Critics' Circle January 20, 2019 Film of the Year First Man Supporting Actress of the Year British / Irish Actress of the Year Technical Achievement Award Los Angeles Film Critics Association December 9, 2018 Best Music Motion Picture Sound Editors February 17, 2019 Feature Film – Music Underscore First Man Feature Film – Dialogue / ADR Mildred Iatrou, Ai-Ling Lee, Susan Dawes, Galen Goodpaster Feature Film – Effects / Foley First Man Online Film Critics Society January 2, 2019 Best Original Score Best Cinematography Best Editing San Francisco Film Critics Circle December 9, 2018 Best Cinematography Best Original Score Best Film Editing Best Production Design Satellite AwardsFebruary 22, 2019 Best Motion Picture – Drama First Man Best Actor – Drama Best Supporting Actress Best Original Score Best Film Editing Best Art Direction and Production Design Best Sound First Man Seattle Film Critics Society December 17, 2018 Best Supporting Actress Best Film Editing Best Original Score Best Production Design and Kathy Lucas Best Visual Effects , Tristan Myles, Ian Hunter and J. D. Schwalm St. Louis Film Critics Association December 16, 2018 Best Cinematography Best Score Best Editing Best Production Design Vancouver Film Critics Circle December 17, 2018 Best Supporting Actor, Female Venice Film Festival September 8, 2018 Golden Lion First Man Visual Effects Society Awards February 5, 2019 Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature , Kevin Elam, Tristan Myles, Ian Hunter and J. D. Schwalm Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal Feature , Peter Farkas, Miles Lauridsen and Francesco Dell’Anna Washington D.C. Area Film Critics AssociationDecember 3, 2018 Best Production Design and Kathy Lucas Best Cinematography Best Editing Best Original Score
See also 2018 in film
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