Skandies: And the nominees have been...

As we reach the top five for 2007, it occurs to me that I've never maintained a list of the most "nominated" actors, directors, etc., even though a master list of every top 20 appearance by every actor has been a part of the Big Skandie File for years. And who finishes consistently near the top is surely more significant than, say, Philip Seymour Hoffman getting two lesser nods every third year. Plus having the list will make my life easier in years to come. So here's how things stand, now including 2007.

(Boldfaced film title = winner)

Directors

4 nominations

Joel [& Ethan] Coen (Fargo; O Brother, Where Art Thou?; The Man Who Wasn't There; No Country for Old Men)

3 nominations

David Fincher (Se7en, Fight Club, Zodiac)
Martin Scorsese (Kundun, Gangs of New York, The Departed)
Quentin Tarantino (Kill Bill, Vol. 1; Kill Bill, Vol. 2; Grindhouse)
Wong Kar-wai (Chung King Express, In the Mood for Love, 2046)

2 nominations

Paul Thomas Anderson (Magnolia, There Will Be Blood)
Alfonso Cuarón (Y tu mamá también, Children of Men)
Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne (The Son, L'Enfant)
Atom Egoyan (Exotica, The Sweet Hereafter)
Todd Haynes (Safe, Far From Heaven)
Peter Jackson (The Two Towers, The Return of the King)
Terrence Malick (The Thin Red Line, The New World)
Christopher Nolan (Memento, The Prestige)
Steven Soderbergh (Out of Sight, Traffic)
Lars von Trier (Breaking the Waves, Dogville)

1 nomination

Wes Anderson (Rushmore)
James Cameron (Titanic)
David Cronenberg (A History of Violence)
Claire Denis (Beau travail)
Andrew Dominik (The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford)
Mike Figgis (Leaving Las Vegas)
Vincent Gallo (Buffalo '66)
Terry Gilliam (Twelve Monkeys)
Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind)
Paul Greengrass (United 93)
Michael Haneke (Caché)
Curtis Hanson (L.A. Confidential)
Spike Jonze (Being John Malkovich)
Stanley Kubrick (Eyes Wide Shut)
Ang Lee (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon)
Spike Lee (25th Hour)
Mike Leigh (Secrets & Lies)
Richard Linklater (Before Sunset)
David Lynch (Mulholland Dr.)
Takashi Miike (Audition)
Errol Morris (Fast, Cheap & out of Control)
Gaspar Noé (Irreversible)
David O. Russell (Three Kings)
John Sayles (Lone Star)
Steven Spielberg (Saving Private Ryan)
Gus Van Sant (Gerry)
Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Tropical Malady)
Edward Yang (Yi Yi)
Zhang Yimou (Hero)

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ACTORS

4 nominations

Cate Blanchett (Elizabeth, The Aviator, Coffee and Cigarettes, I'm Not There)
Nicole Kidman (To Die For, Eyes Wide Shut, Dogville, Margot at the Wedding)
Billy Bob Thornton (Sling Blade, A Simple Plan, The Man Who Wasn't There, Bad Santa)

3 nominations

Nicolas Cage (Leaving Las Vegas, Face/Off, Adaptation.)
Russell Crowe (L.A. Confidential, The Insider, Gladiator)
Isabelle Huppert (The Piano Teacher, 8 Women, Gabrielle)
Scarlett Johansson (The Horse Whisperer, Ghost World, Lost in Translation)
Julianne Moore (Safe, Boogie Nights, Far From Heaven)
Samantha Morton (Jesus' Son, Morvern Callar, Minority Report)
Edward Norton (Primal Fear, The People vs. Larry Flynt, Fight Club)
Christina Ricci (The Ice Storm, Buffalo '66, The Opposite of Sex)
Meryl Streep (Adaptation., The Devil Wears Prada, A Prairie Home Companion)

2 nominations

Joan Allen (Nixon, Pleasantville)
Christian Bale (American Psycho, The New World)
Paul Bettany (Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, Dogville)
Jack Black (High Fidelity, The School of Rock)
Maggie Cheung (In the Mood for Love, Hero)
Tom Cruise (Jerry Maguire, Magnolia)
Hope Davis (American Splendor, The Secret Lives of Dentists)
Daniel Day-Lewis (Gangs of New York, There Will Be Blood)
Robert Downey, Jr. (Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, A Scanner Darkly)
Paul Giamatti (Sideways, Cinderella Man)
Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Mysterious Skin, Brick)
Philip Seymour Hoffman (Capote, Charlie Wilson's War)
Jennifer Jason Leigh (Georgia, Margot at the Wedding)
Laura Linney (You Can Count on Me, The Squid and the Whale)
Frances McDormand (Fargo, Almost Famous)
Viggo Mortensen (A History of Violence, Eastern Promises)
Bill Murray (Rushmore, Lost in Translation)
Nick Nolte (Affliction, Clean)
Sarah Polley (The Sweet Hereafter, Go)
Kevin Spacey (Se7en/The Usual Suspects [different rules that year], American Beauty)
Hilary Swank (Boys Don't Cry, Million Dollar Baby)
Tilda Swinton (The Deep End, Michael Clayton)
Mark Wahlberg (I ♥ Huckabees, The Departed)
Kate Winslet (Sense and Sensibility, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind)
Steve Zahn (Out of Sight, Rescue Dawn)
Renée Zellweger (Jerry Maguire, Cold Mountain)

1 nomination

Jane Adams (Happiness)
Casey Affleck (The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford)
Oksana Akinshina (Lilya 4-ever)
Sean Astin (The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King)
Dylan Baker (Happiness)
Eric Bana (Chopper)
Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men)
Sacha Baron Cohen (Borat)
Kathy Bates (Primary Colors)
Kate Beckinsale (The Last Days of Disco)
Maria Bello (A History of Violence)
Roberto Benigni (Life Is Beautiful)
Thora Birch (Ghost World)
Björk (Dancer in the Dark)
Brenda Blethyn (Secrets & Lies)
Emily Blunt (The Devil Wears Prada)
Helena Bonham Carter (The Wings of the Dove)
Elodie Bouchez (The Dreamlife of Angels)
Jeff Bridges (The Big Lebowski)
Jim Broadbent (Topsy-Turvy)
Josh Brolin (No Country for Old Men)
Ellen Burstyn (Requiem for a Dream)
Steve Buscemi (Ghost World)
David Carradine (Kill Bill, Vol. 2)
Jim Carrey (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind)
Katrin Cartlidge (Breaking the Waves)
Don Cheadle (Devil in a Blue Dress)
Thomas Haden Church (Sideways)
George Clooney (O Brother, Where Art Thou?)
Jeffrey Combs (The Frighteners)
Jennifer Connelly (A Beautiful Mind)
Steve Coogan (24 Hour Party People)
Chris Cooper (Adaptation.)
Daniel Craig (Casino Royale)
James Cromwell (Babe)
Billy Crudup (Jesus' Son)
Penélope Cruz (Volver)
Jeff Daniels (The Squid and the Whale)
Jean-Pierre Darroussin (Red Lights)
Benicio Del Toro (Traffic)
Julie Delpy (Before Sunset)
Judi Dench (Mrs Brown)
Johnny Depp (Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl)
Laura Dern (Inland Empire)
Zooey Deschanel (All the Real Girls)
Emmanuelle Devos (Kings & Queen)
Cameron Diaz (Being John Malkovich)
Leonardo DiCaprio (The Departed)
Kate Dollenmayer (Funny Ha Ha)
Heather Donahue (The Blair Witch Project)
Illeana Douglas (To Die For)
Albert Dupontel (Irreversible)
Clint Eastwood (Million Dollar Baby)
Aaron Eckhart (In the Company of Men)
Stacy Edwards (In the Company of Men)
Shareeka Epps (Half Nelson)
Rupert Everett (My Best Friend's Wedding)
Edie Falco (Sunshine State)
Richard Farnsworth (The Straight Story)
Ralph Fiennes (The English Patient)
Albert Finney (Erin Brockovich)
Robert Forster (Jackie Brown)
Jodie Foster (Contact)
Morgan Freeman (Se7en)
James Gandolfini (The Mexican)
Janeane Garofalo (The Truth About Cats and Dogs)
Luminita Gheorghiu (The Death of Mr. Lazarescu)
Cuba Gooding, Jr. (Jerry Maguire)
John Goodman (The Big Lebowski)
Ryan Gosling (Half Nelson)
Olivier Gourmet (The Son)
Bruce Greenwood (The Sweet Hereafter)
Pascal Greggory (Raja)
Maggie Gyllenhaal (Secretary)
Gene Hackman (The Royal Tenenbaums)
Jackie Earle Haley (Little Children)
Daryl Hannah (Kill Bill, Vol. 2)
Nigel Hawthorne (The Winslow Boy)
Hal Holbrook (Into the Wild)
Ian Holm (The Sweet Hereafter)
Kate Hudson (Almost Famous)
Helen Hunt (As Good as It Gets)
John Hurt (Love and Death on Long Island)
William Hurt (A History of Violence)
David Hyde Pierce (Down With Love)
Derek Jacobi (Hamlet)
Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Secrets & Lies)
Ashley Judd (Heat and Smoke [different rules])
Catherine Keener (Being John Malkovich)
Sibel Kekilli (Head-On)
Q'orianka Kilcher (The New World)
Ben Kingsley (Sexy Beast)
Lisa Kudrow (The Opposite of Sex)
Heath Ledger (Brokeback Mountain)
Lucy Liu (Kill Bill, Vol. 1)
Alison Lohman (Matchstick Men)
Jennifer Lopez (Out of Sight)
Courtney Love (The People vs. Larry Flynt)
Kelly Macdonald (No Country for Old Men)
William H. Macy (Fargo)
Virginia Madsen (Sideways)
John Malkovich (Being John Malkovich)
Ian McKellen (Richard III)
Helen Mirren (The Queen)
Gretchen Mol (The Notorious Bettie Page)
David Morse (The Crossing Guard)
Emily Mortimer (Lovely & Amazing)
Carrie-Anne Moss (Memento)
Mike Myers (Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery)
Tim Blake Nelson (O Brother, Where Art Thou?)
Jack Nicholson (About Schmidt)
Lupe Ontiveros (Chuck & Buck)
Haley Joel Osment (The Sixth Sense)
Clive Owen (Closer)
Al Pacino (Donnie Brasco)
Ellen Page (Juno)
Joe Pantoliano (Memento)
Sean Penn (Dead Man Walking)
Barry Pepper (25th Hour)
Summer Phoenix (Esther Kahn)
Rebecca Pidgeon (State and Main)
Brad Pitt (Twelve Monkeys)
Natalie Portman (Beautiful Girls)
Dennis Quaid (Far From Heaven)
Charlotte Rampling (Under the Sand)
Aurélien Recoing (Time Out)
John C. Reilly (Magnolia)
Burt Reynolds (Boogie Nights)
Nathalie Richard (Irma Vep)
Julia Roberts (Erin Brockovich)
Sam Rockwell (Joshua)
Mickey Rourke (Frank Miller's Sin City)
Mark Ruffalo (You Can Count on Me)
Kurt Russell (Grindhouse)
Amy Ryan (Gone Baby Gone)
Susan Sarandon (Dead Man Walking)
Peter Sarsgaard (Shattered Glass)
Jason Schwartzman (Rushmore)
Campbell Scott (Roger Dodger)
Andy Serkis (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers)
Chloë Sevigny (Boys Don't Cry)
Tony Shalhoub (The Man Who Wasn't There)
Elisabeth Shue (Leaving Las Vegas)
Maggie Smith (Gosford Park)
Mira Sorvino (Mighty Aphrodite)
Timothy Spall (Secrets & Lies)
Imelda Staunton (Vera Drake)
Tang Wei (Lust, Caution)
Lili Taylor (I Shot Andy Warhol)
Charlize Theron (Monster)
Victoire Thivisol (Ponette)
Uma Thurman (Kill Bill, Vol. 1)
Marisa Tomei (In the Bedroom)
Massimo Troisi (The Postman [Il Postino])
Carice van Houten (Black Book)
Melora Walters (Magnolia)
Denzel Washington (Training Day)
Emily Watson (Breaking the Waves)
Naomi Watts (Mulholland Dr.)
Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland)
Tom Wilkinson (In the Bedroom)
Luisa Williams (Day Night Day Night)
Michelle Williams (Brokeback Mountain)
Reese Witherspoon (Election)
Evan Rachel Wood (Pretty Persuasion)
Jeffrey Wright (Shaft)
Michelle Yeoh (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon)
Yuen Qiu (Kung Fu Hustle)
Ziyi Zhang (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon)

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Screenwriters

[NOTE: There were separate categories for Original and Adapted in 1996.]

4 nominations

Joel & Ethan Coen (Fargo; O Brother, Where Art Thou?; The Man Who Wasn't There; No Country for Old Men)

3 nominations

Charlie Kaufman (Being John Malkovich, Adaptation., Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind)

2 nominations

Wes Anderson & Owen Wilson (Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums)
Noah Baumbach (The Squid and the Whale, Margot at the Wedding)
Cameron Crowe (Jerry Maguire, Almost Famous)
Atom Egoyan (Exotica, The Sweet Hereafter)
Todd Haynes (Safe, Far From Heaven)
Richard Linklater (Before Sunrise, Before Sunset)
David Mamet (Wag the Dog, State and Main)
Anthony Minghella (The English Patient, The Talented Mr. Ripley)
Christopher Nolan (Memento, The Prestige)
Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor (Election, Sideways)
David O. Russell (Flirting With Disaster, I ♥ Huckabees)

1 nomination

Ben Affleck & Aaron Stockard (Gone Baby Gone)
Woody Allen (Match Point)
Pedro Almodóvar (Volver)
Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will Be Blood)
Jeff Baena (I ♥ Huckabees)
David Benioff (25th Hour)
Shari Springer Berman & Robert Pulcini (American Splendor)
Shane Black (Kiss Kiss Bang Bang)
Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck (Half Nelson)
Doug Chamberlain (Toy Story 2)
Daniel Clowes (Ghost World)
Alfonso Cuarón (Y tu mamá también)
Carlos Cuaron (Y tu mamá también)
Julie Delpy (Before Sunset)
Scott Frank (Out of Sight)
Belinda & Philip Haas (Angels & Insects)
Skander Halim (Pretty Persuasion)
Curtis Hanson (L.A. Confidential)
Ethan Hawke (Before Sunset)
Brian Helgeland (L.A. Confidential)
Hilary Henkin (Wag the Dog)
John Hodge (Trainspotting)
Rita Hsiao (Toy Story 2)
Peter Jackson & Fran Walsh & Philippa Boyens (The Return of the King)
Rian Johnson (Brick)
Donald Kaufman (Adaptation.)
Dylan Kidd (Roger Dodger)
Kim Krizan (Before Sunrise)
Neil LaBute (In the Company of Men)
Mike Leigh (Secrets & Lies)
Kenneth Lonergan (You Can Count on Me)
Craig Lucas (The Secret Lives of Dentists)
David Lynch (Mulholland Dr.)
Larry McMurtry (Brokeback Mountain)
Arthur Miller (The Crucible)
William Monahan (The Departed)
Jonathan Nolan (The Prestige)
Marc Norman (Shakespeare in Love)
Diana Ossana (Brokeback Mountain)
Billy Ray (Shattered Glass)
Tim Robbins (Dead Man Walking)
John Sayles (Lone Star)
James Schamus (The Ice Storm)
Scott B. Smith (A Simple Plan)
Todd Solondz (Happiness)
Andrew Stanton (Toy Story 2)
Tom Stoppard (Shakespeare in Love)
Quentin Tarantino (Kill Bill, Vol. 1)
Emma Thompson (Sense and Sensibility)
Billy Bob Thornton (Sling Blade)
Jim Uhls (Fight Club)
James Vanderbilt (Zodiac)
Lars von Trier (Dogville)
Chris Webb (Toy Story 2)
Edward Yang (Yi Yi)
Terry Zwigoff (Ghost World)