2020 Muriel Awards: The Rest of the Winners

 

Alas, there wasn't time in a single weekend to announce all our 2020 awards with written pieces. Here are the remaining awards for this year.

Best Direction:
1. Kelly Reichardt - First Cow [80/12]
2. Steve McQueen - Lovers Rock [76/13]
3. Charlie Kaufman - I'm Thinking of Ending Things [48/7]
4. Chloé Zhao - Nomadland [46/7]
5. Pedro Costa - Vitalina Varela [38/6]

Best Screenplay:
1. I'm Thinking of Ending Things (screenplay by Charlie Kaufman, based on the novel by Iain Reid) [63/9]
2. First Cow (screenplay by Jonathan Raymond and Kelly Reichardt, based on the novel The Half Life) [55/8]
3. Fourteen (written by Dan Sallitt) [45/7]
4. Sound of Metal (story by Darius Marder and Derek Cianfrance; screenplay by Darius Marder and Abraham Marder) [44/7]
5. Never Rarely Sometimes Always (written by Eliza Hittman) [40/7]

Best Ensemble Performance:
1. Da 5 Bloods [83/15]
2. Ma Rainey's Black Bottom [70/10]
3. Mangrove [56/9]
4. Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets [53/8]
5. I'm Thinking of Ending Things [43/6]

Best Cinematography:
1. Lovers Rock (Shabier Kirchner) [73/11]
2. Vitalina Varela (Leonardo Simões) [62/8]
3. First Cow (Christopher Blauvelt) [59/11]
4. Nomadland (Joshua James Richards) [55/9]
5. I'm Thinking of Ending Things (Łukasz Żal) [42/7]

Best Editing:
1. Da 5 Bloods (Adam Gough) [64/9]
2. Time (Gabriel Rhodes) [49/7]
3. Nomadland (Chloé Zhao) [47/7]
4. City Hall (Frederick Wiseman) [44/6]
5. Tenet (Jennifer Lame) [39/7]

Best Music:
1. Soul (original music by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, jazz compositions and arrangements by Jon Batiste) [102/15]
2. Lovers Rock (music supervisors Ed Bailie and Abi Leland) [92/14]
3. Tenet (original music by Ludwig Göransson) [46/8]
4. Mank (original music by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross) [34/6]
5. (tie) David Byrne's American Utopia (original music by David Byrne) [29/5]
5. (tie) Minari (original music by Emile Mosseri) [29/5]

Outstanding Cinematic Breakthrough:
1. Radha Blank (actor/director/writer/producer - The 40-Year-Old Version) [72/12]
2. Andrew Patterson (director - The Vast of Night) [52/9]
3. Maria Bakalova (actor - Borat Subsequent Moviefilm) [47/7]
4. Sidney Flanigan (actor - Never Rarely Sometimes Always) [41/7]
5. Cooper Raiff (actor/director/writer/producer/editor - Shithouse) [28/4]

Outstanding Body of Work:
1. Steve McQueen (director/screenwriter - Small Axe) [137/19]
2. Chadwick Boseman (actor - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Da 5 Bloods) [118/20]
3. Spike Lee (director - David Byrne's American Utopia, Da 5 Bloods) [105/16]
4. (tie) Sacha Baron Cohen (actor - The Trial of the Chicago 7, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm) [49/9]
4. (tie) Elisabeth Moss (actor - The Invisible Man, Shirley) [49/9]

Best Youth Performance:
1. Talia Ryder - Never Rarely Sometimes Always [42/9]
2. Alan Kim - Minari [41/10]
3. Kenyah Sandy - Education [23/6]
4. (tie) Lucas Jaye - Driveways [14/3]
4. (tie) Sophia Lillis - Gretel & Hansel [14/3]