MOTION PICTURE
Outstanding Motion Picture
“Beasts of No Nation” (Netflix)
“Concussion” (Sony Pictures Entertainment)
“Creed” (Warner Bros. Pictures/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures)
“Dope” (Open Road Films)
“Straight Outta Compton” (Universal Pictures)
Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
Abraham Attah – “Beasts of No Nation” (Netflix)
Chiwetel Ejiofor – “Secret in Their Eyes” (STX Entertainment)
Michael B. Jordan – “Creed” (Warner Bros. Pictures/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures)
Michael Ealy – “The Perfect Guy” (Screen Gems)
Will Smith – “Concussion” (Sony Pictures Entertainment)
Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture
Lauren ‘Keke’ Palmer – “Brotherly Love” (Flavor Unit)
Sanaa Lathan – “The Perfect Guy” (Screen Gems)
Teyonah Parris – “Chi-Raq” (Amazon Studios and Roadside Attractions)
Viola Davis – “Lila and Eve” (Samuel Goldwyn Films)
Zoe Saldana – “Infinitely Polar Bear” (Sony Pictures Classics)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
Chiwetel Ejiofor – “The Martian” (20th Century Fox)
Corey Hawkins – “Straight Outta Compton” (Universal Pictures)
Forest Whitaker – “Southpaw” (The Weinstein Company)
Idris Elba – “Beasts of No Nation” (Netflix)
O’Shea Jackson, Jr. – “Straight Outta Compton” (Universal Pictures)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
Angela Bassett – “Chi-Raq” (Amazon Studios and Roadside Attractions)
Gugu Mbatha-Raw – “Concussion” (Sony Pictures Entertainment)
Jennifer Hudson – “Chi-Raq” (Amazon Studios and Roadside Attractions)
Phylicia Rashad – “Creed” (Warner Bros. Pictures/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures)
Tessa Thompson – “Creed” (Warner Bros. Pictures/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures)
Outstanding Independent Motion Picture
“Beasts of No Nation” (Netflix)
“Brotherly Love” (Flavor Unit)
“Chi-Raq” (Amazon Studios and Roadside Attractions)
“Infinitely Polar Bear” (Sony Pictures Classics)
“Secret in Their Eyes” (STX Entertainment)
DOCUMENTARY
Outstanding Documentary – (Film)
“Amy” (A24)
“Dreamcatcher” (Rise Films, Green Acres Films & Vixen Films in association with Impact Partners and Artemis Rising Foundation)
“In My Fathers House” (Break Thru Films)
“The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution” (PBS Distribution/Firelight Films)
“What Happened, Miss Simone?” (A Radical Media Production in Association with Moxie Firecracker for Netflix)
Outstanding Documentary – (Television)
“August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand” (PBS)
“Belief” (OWN)
“Kareem: Minority of One” (HBO)
“Light Girls” (OWN)
“Muhammad Ali: The Peoples Champ” (BET)
WRITING
Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series
Alan Yang, Aziz Ansari – “Master of None” – Parents (Netflix)
Jennie Snyder Urman – “Jane The Virgin” – Chapter Twenty-Three (The CW)
Jill Soloway – “Transparent” – Kina Hora (Amazon Video)
Jordan Peele, Keegan-Michael Key, Jay Martel, Ian Roberts, Rebecca Drysdale, Colton Dunn, Phil Augusta Jackson, Alex Rubens, Charlie Sanders, Rich Talarico – “Key & Peele” – Y’all Ready For This? (Comedy Central)
Kenya M. Barris – “black-ish” – The Word (ABC)
Outstanding Writing in a Dramatic Series
Erika Green Swafford, Doug Stockstill – “How to Get Away with Murder” – Mama’s Here Now (ABC)
John Ridley – “American Crime” – Episode 1 (ABC)
LaToya Morgan – “TURN: Washingtons Spies” – False Flag (AMC)
Lee Daniels, Danny Strong – “Empire” – Pilot (FOX)
Mara Brock Akil, Jameal Turner, Keli Goff – “Being Mary Jane” – Sparrow (BET)
Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture – (Television)
Dee Rees – “Bessie” (HBO)
Lawrence Hill, Clement Virgo – “The Book of Negroes” (BET)
Michael S. Bandy, Eric Stein – “White Water” (TV One)
Nzingha Stewart – “With this Ring” (Lifetime)
Shem Bitterman – “Whitney” (Lifetime)
Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture (Film)
Andrea Berloff, Jonathan Herman – “Straight Outta Compton” (Universal Pictures)
Christopher Cleveland & Bettina Gilois, Grant Thompson – “McFarland USA” (Walt Disney Pictures)
Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley – “Inside Out” (Disney/Pixar)
Rick Famuyiwa – “Dope” (Open Road Films)
Ryan Coogler, Aaron Covington – “Creed” (Warner Bros. Pictures/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures)
DIRECTING
Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series
Aziz Ansari – “Master of None” – Parents (Netflix)
Brad Silberling – “Jane The Virgin” – Chapter Twenty-Three (The CW)
Don Cheadle – “House of Lies” – The Urge to Save Humanity is Almost Always a False Front for the Urge to Rule (Showtime)
Peter Atencio – “Key & Peele” – The End (Comedy Central)
Stan Lathan – “Real Husbands of Hollywood” – Cabin Pressure (BET)
Outstanding Directing in a Dramatic Series
Ernest Dickerson – “Hand of God” – Welcome the Stranger (Amazon Video)
John Ridley – “American Crime” – Episode 1 (ABC)
Lee Daniels – “Empire” – Pilot (FOX)
Millicent Shelton – “American Crime” – Episode Ten (ABC)
Salim Akil – “Being Mary Jane” – Sparrow (BET)
Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture (Television)
Christine Swanson – “For the Love of Ruth” (TV One)
Dee Rees – “Bessie” (HBO)
Nzingha Stewart – “With this Ring” (Lifetime)
Rusty Cundieff – “White Water” (TV One)
Salim Akil – “The Start Up” (BET)
Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture – (Film)
Alfonso Gomez-Rejon – “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl” (Fox Searchlight Pictures / Rhode Island Ave)
Charles Stone, III – “Lila and Eve” (Samuel Goldwyn Films)
F. Gary Gray – “Straight Outta Compton” (Universal Pictures)
Rick Famuyiwa – “Dope” (Open Road Films)
Ryan Coogler – “Creed” (Warner Bros. Pictures/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures)
ANIMATED/CGI
Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance – (Television or Film)
Aisha Tyler – “Archer” (FX Networks)
Audra McDonald – “Doc McStuffins” (Disney Junior)
Jeffrey Wright – “The Good Dinosaur” (Disney/Pixar)
Loretta Devine – “Doc McStuffins” (Disney Channel)
Wanda Sykes – “Penn Zero” (Disney XD)
