2016 Gold Derby Awards

The 2016 Gold Derby Awards took place in July 26, 2016. The nominees were announced in June 2016.

Motion picture winners and nominees

The winners are in bold.

Best Motion Picture

Best Animated Feature
  • Mad Max: Fury Road – Doug Mitchell, George Miller
  • Brooklyn – Finola Dwyer, Amanda Posey
  • Carol – Elizabeth Karlsen, Tessa Ross, Christine Vachon, Stephen Woolley
  • Ex Machina – Andrew Macdonald, Allon Reich
  • Inside Out – Jonas Rivera
  • The Martian – Simon Kinberg, Ridley Scott, Michael Schaefer, Mark Huffam
  • The Revenant – Arnon Milchan, Steve Golin, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Mary Parent, Keith Redmon
  • Room – Ed Guiney
  • Spotlight – Michael Sugar, Steve Golin, Nicole Rocklin, Blye Pagon Faust
  • Star Wars: The Force Awakens – J. J. Abrams, Kathleen Kennedy, Bryan Burk
  • Inside Out – Pete Docter
  • Anomalisa – Charlie Kaufman, Duke Johnson
  • The Good Dinosaur – Peter Sohn
  • The Peanuts Movie – Steve Martino
  • Shaun the Sheep Movie – Mark Burton, Richard Starzak

Best Director

Best Foreign Film
  • 'George Miller –Mad Max: Fury Road''
  • Todd Haynes – Carol
  • Alejandro G. Iñárritu – The Revenant
  • Tom McCarthy – Spotlight
  • Ridley Scott – The Martian
  • Son of Saul – László Nemes
  • The Assassin – Hou Hsiao-hsien
  • Goodnight Mommy – Severin Fiala, Veronika Franz
  • Mustang – Deniz Gamze Ergüven
  • Wild Tales – Damián Szifron

Best Actor

Best Actress
  • Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant as Hugh Glass
  • Matt Damon – The Martian as Mark Watney
  • Michael Fassbender – Steve Jobs as Steve Jobs
  • Eddie Redmayne – The Danish Girl as Einar Wegener / Lili Elbe
  • Jacob Tremblay – Room as Jack Newsome
  • Brie Larson – Room as Joy "Ma" Newsome
  • Cate Blanchett – Carol as Carol Aird
  • Charlotte Rampling – 45 Years as Kate Mercer
  • Saoirse Ronan – Brooklyn as Eilis Lacey
  • Charlize Theron – Mad Max: Fury Road as Imperator Furiosa

Best Supporting Actor

Best Supporting Actress
  • Sylvester Stallone – Creed as Rocky Balboa
  • Benicio del Toro – Sicario as Alejandro Gillick
  • Idris Elba – Beasts of No Nation as Commandant
  • Tom Hardy – The Revenant as John Fitzgerald
  • Oscar Isaac – Ex Machina as Nathan Bateman
  • Mark Rylance – Bridge of Spies as Rudolf Abel
  • Alicia Vikander – Ex Machina as Ava
  • Jennifer Jason Leigh – The Hateful Eight as Daisy Domergue
  • Rooney Mara – Carol as Therese Belivet
  • Alicia Vikander – The Danish Girl as Gerda Wegener
  • Kate Winslet – Steve Jobs as Joanna Hoffman

Best Original Screenplay

Best Adapted Screenplay
  • Inside Out – Pete Docter, Ronnie del Carmen, Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley
  • Bridge of Spies – Matt Charman, Ethan Coen, and Joel Coen
  • Ex Machina – Alex Garland
  • The Hateful Eight – Quentin Tarantino
  • Spotlight – Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer
  • The Big Short – Charles Randolph, Adam McKay
  • Brooklyn – Nick Hornby
  • Carol – Phyllis Nagy
  • Room – Emma Donoghue
  • Steve Jobs – Aaron Sorkin

Best Original Score

Best Original Song
  • The Hateful Eight – Ennio Morricone
  • Carol – Carter Burwell
  • Inside Out – Michael Giacchino
  • Mad Max: Fury Road – Junkie XL
  • Star Wars: The Force Awakens – John Williams
  • "See You Again" from Furious 7 – Wiz Khalifa, Charlie Puth, Justin Franks, Andrew Cedar
  • "Love Me like You Do" from Fifty Shades of Grey – Max Martin, Savan Kotecha, Ali Payami, Ilya Salmanzadeh, Tove Lo
  • "One Kind of Love" from Love & Mercy – Brian Wilson, Scott Bennett
  • "Til It Happens to You" from The Hunting Ground – Diane Warren, Lady Gaga
  • "Writing's on the Wall" from Spectre – Sam Smith, James Napier

Best Cinematography

Best Film Editing
  • The Revenant – Emmanuel Lubezki
  • Carol – Edward Lachman
  • The Hateful Eight – Robert Richardson
  • Mad Max: Fury Road – John Seale
  • Sicario – Roger Deakins
  • Mad Max: Fury Road – Margaret Sixel
  • The Big Short – Hank Corwin
  • The Revenant – Stephen Mirrione
  • Spotlight – Tom McArdle
  • Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Maryann Brandon, Mary Jo Markey

Best Costume Design

Best Make Up/Hair
  • Mad Max: Fury Road – Jenny Beavan
  • Brooklyn – Odile Dicks-Mireaux
  • Carol – Sandy Powell
  • Cinderella – Sandy Powell
  • Crimson Peak – Kate Hawley
  • Mad Max: Fury Road – Lesley Vanderwalt, Elka Wardega, Damian Martin
  • Black Mass – Joel Harlow, Gloria Pasqua-Casny
  • Carol – Jerry DeCarlo, Patricia Regan
  • The Revenant – Siân Grigg, Duncan Jarman, Robert Pandini
  • Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Amanda Knight, Neal Scanlan, Lisa Tomblin

Best Production Design

Best Documentary Feature
  • Mad Max: Fury Road – Colin Gibson
  • Bridge of Spies – Adam Stockhausen
  • Carol – Judy Becker
  • Crimson Peak – Thomas E. Sanders
  • Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Rick Carter, Darren Gilford
  • Amy – Asif Kapadia
  • Cartel Land – Matthew Heineman
  • Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief – Alex Gibney
  • He Named Me Malala – Davis Guggenheim
  • The Look of Silence – Joshua Oppenheimer

Best Sound

Best Visual Effects
  • Mad Max: Fury Road – Chris Jenkins, Gregg Rudloff, Ben Osmo, Mark Mangini, David White
  • The Martian – Paul Massey, Mark Taylor, Mac Ruth, Oliver Tarney
  • The Revenant – Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño, Randy Thom, Chris Duesterdiek, Martin Hernández, Lon Bender
  • Sicario – Tom Ozanich, John T. Reitz, William Sarokin, Alan Robert Murray
  • Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Andy Nelson, Christopher Scarabosio, Stuart Wilson, Matthew Wood, David Acord
  • Mad Max: Fury Road – Andrew Jackson, Tom Wood, Dan Oliver, Andy Williams
  • Ex Machina – Andrew Whitehurst, Paul Norris, Mark Williams Ardington, Sara Bennett
  • The Martian – Richard Stammers, Anders Langlands, Chris Lawrence, Steven Warner
  • The Revenant – Richard McBride, Matt Shumway, Jason Smith, Cameron Waldbauer
  • Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Neal Scanlan, Chris Corbould

Best Ensemble Cast

Best Breakthrough Performer
  • Spotlight
  • The Big Short
  • The Hateful Eight
  • Mad Max: Fury Road
  • Steve Jobs
  • Alicia Vikander
  • Abraham Attah
  • Daisy Ridley
  • Amy Schumer
  • Jacob Tremblay

Multiple nominations

Nominations

Films

12

Mad Max: Fury Road

10

Carol

The Revenant

7

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

5

Ex Machina

The Hateful Eight

The Martian

Spotlight

4

Brooklyn

Inside Out

Room

Steve Jobs

3

The Big Short

Bridge of Spies

Sicario

2

Crimson Peak

The Danish Girl

Multiple wins

Wins

Films

8

Mad Max: Fury Road

2

Inside Out

The Revenant

Television winners and nominees

The winners are in bold.

Best Drama Series

Best Drama Episode of the Year
  • Game of Thrones
  • The Americans
  • Bates Motel
  • Better Call Saul
  • House of Cards
  • The Leftovers
  • Mr. Robot
  • "International Assassin" from The Leftovers – Craig Zobel (director), Damon Lindelof (writer), Nick Cuse (writer)
  • "Battle of the Bastards" from Game of Thrones – Miguel Sapochnik (director), David Benioff (writer), D. B. Weiss (writer)
  • "eps1.0_hellofriend.mov" from Mr. Robot – Niels Arden Oplev (director), Sam Esmail (writer)
  • "The Magic of David Copperfield V" from The Americans – Matthew Rhys (director), Stephen Schiff (writer)
  • "Nailed" from Better Call Saul – Peter Gould (director/writer)
  • "The Winds of Winter" from Game of Thrones – Miguel Sapochnik (director), David Benioff (writer), D. B. Weiss (writer)

Best Drama Actor

Best Drama Actress
  • Rami Malek – Mr. Robot as Elliot Alderson
  • Justin Theroux – The Leftovers as Kevin Garvey
  • Kevin Spacey – House of Cards as Frank Underwood
  • Matthew Rhys – The Americans as Philip Jennings
  • Bob Odenkirk – Better Call Saul as Jimmy McGill
  • Freddie Highmore – Bates Motel as Norman Bates
  • Robin Wright – House of Cards as Claire Underwood
  • Keri Russell – The Americans as Elizabeth Jennings
  • Eva Green – Penny Dreadful as Vanessa Ives
  • Vera Farmiga – Bates Motel as Norma Bates
  • Viola Davis – How to Get Away with [...] as Annalise Keating
  • Carrie Coon – The Leftovers as Nora Durst

Best Drama Supporting Actor

Best Drama Supporting Actress
  • Kit Harington – Game of Thrones as Jon Snow
  • Christian Slater – Mr. Robot as Mr. Robot
  • Michael McKean – Better Call Saul as Chuck McGill
  • Christopher Eccleston – The Leftovers as Matt Jamison
  • Alan Cummings – The Good Wife as Eli Gold
  • Alan Alda – Horace and Pete as Uncle Pete
  • Lena Headey – Game of Thrones as Cersei Lannister
  • Maura Tierney – The Affair as Helen Solloway
  • Christine Baranski – The Good Wife as Diane Lockhart
  • Regina King – The Leftovers as Erika Murphy
  • Constance Zimmer – UnREAL as Quinn King
  • Alison Wright – The Americans as Martha Hanson

Best Drama Guest Actor

Best Drama Guest Actress
  • B. D. Wong – Mr. Robot as Whiterose / Zhang
  • Max von Sydow – Game of Thrones as Three-eyed Raven
  • Ian McShane – Game of Thrones as Brother Ray
  • John Carroll Lynch – The Walking Dead as Eastman
  • Reg E. Cathey – House of Cards as Freddy
  • Richard Armitage – Hannibal as Francis Dolarhyde
  • Ellen Burstyn – House of Cards as Elizabeth Hale
  • Laurie Metcalf – Horace and Pete as Sarah
  • Annet Mahendru – The Americans as Nina Sergeevna Krilova
  • Natasha Lyonne – Orange Is the New Black as Nicky Nichols
  • Patti LuPone – Penny Dreadful as Dr. Florence Seward
  • Famke Janssen – How to Get Away with [...] as Eve Rothlow

Best Comedy Series

Best Comedy Episode of the Year
  • Veep
  • Black-ish
  • Broad City
  • Master of None
  • Transparent
  • Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
  • You're the Worst
  • "Mother" from Veep – Dale Stern (director), Alex Gregory (writer), Peter Huyck (writer)
  • "Hope" from Black-ish – Beth McCarthy-Miller (director), Kenya Barris (writer)
  • "Kissing Your Sister" from Veep – David Mandel (director), Erik Kenward (writer)
  • "Man on the Land" from Transparent – Jill Soloway (director), Ali Liebegott (writer)
  • "The Opening Night Excitation" from The Big Bang Theory – Mark Cendrowski (director), Steve Holland (writer), Jim Reynolds (writer), Maria Ferrari (writer), Steven Molaro (writer), Eric Kaplan (writer), Tara Hernandez (writer)
  • "The Panic in Central Park" from Girls – Richard Shepard (director), Lena Dunham (writer)

Best Comedy Actor

Best Comedy Actress
  • Jeffrey Tambor – Transparent as Maura Pfefferman
  • Jim Parsons – The Big Bang Theory as Dr. Sheldon Cooper
  • Thomas Middleditch – Silicon Valley as Richard Hendricks
  • Will Forte – The Last Man on Earth as Philip Tandy Miller
  • Aziz Ansari – Master of None as Dev Shah
  • Anthony Anderson – Black-ish as Andre "Dre" Johnson Sr.
  • Julia Louis-Dreyfus – Veep as Selina Meyer
  • Constance Wu – Fresh Off the Boat as Jessica Huang
  • Laurie Metcalf – Getting On as Dr. Jenna James
  • Ellie Kemper – Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt as Kimmy Schmidt
  • Aya Cash – You're the Worst as Gretchen Cutler
  • Rachel Bloom – Crazy Ex-Girlfriend as Rebecca Nora Bunch

Best Comedy Supporting Actor

Best Comedy Supporting Actress
  • Tituss Burgess – Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt as Titus Andromedon
  • Timothy Simons – Veep as Jonah Ryan
  • Tony Hale – Veep as Gary Walsh
  • Jay Duplass – Transparent as Joshua "Josh" Pfefferman
  • Ty Burrell – Modern Family as Phil Dunphy
  • Louie Anderson – Baskets as Christine Baskets
  • Jane Krakowski – Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt as Jacqueline Voorhees
  • Judith Light – Transparent as Shelly Pfefferman
  • Amy Landecker – Transparent as Sarah Pfefferman
  • Allison Janney – Mom as Bonnie Plunkett
  • Anna Chlumsky – Veep as Amy Brookheimer
  • Mayim Bialik – The Big Bang Theory as Dr. Amy Farrah Fowler

Best Comedy Guest Actor

Best Comedy Guest Actress
  • Martin Mull – Veep as Bob Bradley
  • Corey Stoll – Girls as Dill Harcourt
  • Christopher Abbott – Girls as Charlie Dattolo
  • Shoukath Ansari – Master of None as Ramesh
  • Bob Newhart – The Big Bang Theory as Arthur Jeffries
  • Judd Hirsch – The Big Bang Theory as Dr. Alfred Hofstadter
  • Tina Fey – Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt as Marcia
  • Amy Sedaris – Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt as Mimi Kanasis
  • Lisa Kudrow – Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt as Lori-Ann Schmidt
  • Anna Camp – Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt as Deirdre Robespierre
  • Anjelica Huston – Transparent as Vikki
  • Claire Danes – Master of None as Nina Stanton

Best Variety Series

Best Variety Performer
  • Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
  • Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
  • Inside Amy Schumer
  • Key and Peele
  • The Late Late Show with James Corden
  • Saturday Night Live
  • Samantha Bee – Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
  • Amy Schumer – Inside Amy Schumer
  • John Oliver – Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
  • Kate McKinnon – Saturday Night Live
  • Larry David – Saturday Night Live
  • James Corden – The Late Late Show with James Corden

Best Miniseries/TV Movie

Best Animated Series
  • Fargo (TIE)
  • The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story (TIE)
  • All the Way
  • American Crime
  • Roots
  • Show Me a Hero
  • BoJack Horseman
  • Archer
  • Bob's Burgers
  • Rick and Morty
  • The Simpsons
  • South Park

Best Miniseries/TV Movie Actor

Best Miniseries/TV Movie Actress
  • Courtney B. Vance – The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story as Johnnie Cochran
  • Patrick Wilson – Fargo as Lou Solverson
  • Bryan Cranston – All the Way as Lyndon B. Johnson
  • Idris Elba – Luther as John Luther
  • Tom Hiddleston – The Night Manager as Jonathan Pine
  • Oscar Isaac – Show Me a Hero as Nick Wasicsko
  • Sarah Paulson – The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story as Marcia Clark
  • Kerry Washington – Confirmation as Anita Hill
  • Felicity Huffman – American Crime as Leslie Graham
  • Lili Taylor – American Crime as Anne Blaine
  • Kirsten Dunst – Fargo as Peggy Blumquist
  • Audra McDonald – Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill as Billie Holiday

Best Miniseries/TV Movie Supporting Actor

Best Miniseries/TV Movie Supporting Actress
  • Sterling K. Brown – The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story as Christopher Darden
  • Connor Jessup – American Crime as Taylor Blaine
  • Joey Pollari – American Crime as Eric Tanner
  • Jesse Plemons – Fargo as Ed Blumquist
  • Denis O'Hare – American Horror Story: Hotel as Liz Taylor
  • Bokeem Woodbine – Fargo as Mike Milligan
  • Jean Smart – Fargo as Floyd Gerhardt
  • Regina King – American Crime as Terri LaCroix
  • Olivia Colman – The Night Manager as Angela Burr
  • Catherine Keener – Show Me a Hero as Mary Dorman
  • Cristin Milioti – Fargo as Betsy Solverson
  • Sarah Paulson – American Horror Story: Hotel as Sally McKenna and Billie Dean Howard

Best Performer of the Year

Best Breakthrough Performer of the Year
  • Sarah Paulson
  • John Oliver
  • Rami Malek
  • Julia Louis-Dreyfus
  • Regina King
  • Kirsten Dunst
  • Rami Malek
  • Bokeem Woodbine
  • Joey Pollari
  • Connor Jessup
  • Sterling K. Brown
  • Rachel Bloom

Best Reality Program

Best Ensemble of the Year
  • RuPaul's Drag Race
  • The Amazing Race
  • American Idol
  • Shark Tank
  • Survivor
  • The Voice
  • The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story
  • Fargo
  • Game of Thrones
  • The Leftovers
  • Orange Is the New Black
  • Veep

Multiple nominations

Nominations

Series

9

Veep

8

Fargo

Game of Thrones

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

7

The Leftovers

Transparent

6

American Crime

The Americans

5

The Big Bang Theory

House of Cards

Mr. Robot

The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story

4

Better Call Saul

Master of None

3

Bates Motel

Black-ish

Girls

Saturday Night Live

Show Me a Hero

2

All the Way

American Horror Story: Hotel

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

Full Frontal with Samantha Bee

The Good Wife

Horace and Pete

How to Get Away with [...]

Inside Amy Schumer

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

The Late Late Show with James Corden

The Night Manager

Orange Is the New Black

Penny Dreadful

You're the Worst

Multiple wins

Wins

Series

5

The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story

4

Veep

3

Game of Thrones

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

7

Fargo

House of Cards

Mr. Robot