South Fork Films at the Oscars

Last week’s announcement of the Academy Award nominations for 2015 films included a number with connections to the South Fork.

“Carol,” which was produced in part by Christine Vachon, who heads the Stony Brook Southampton graduate film program, was nominated for adapted screenplay, supporting actress for Rooney Mara, and lead actress for Cate Blanchett. Carter Burwell of Amagansett achieved his first Oscar nomination for best score. Although shut out of best picture and director nominations, it did end up in the costume design and cinematography categories.

“Bridge of Spies,” directed by Steven Spielberg, who has a house in East Hampton, was nominated for best picture, along with “Spotlight,” “Room,” and “Brooklyn,” which were shown as well at the Hamptons International Film Festival. All of those films also received nominations for their screenplays.

“The Big Short,” which contained a brief performance by Melissa Leo as a representative from a ratings agency, is also up for best picture. Ms. Leo is the daughter of Arnold Leo of Springs.

  Other key nominations of HIFF films were Lenny Abrahamson and Tom McCarthy for direction of “Room” and “Spotlight,” respectively. “Anomalisa,” for which Mr. Burwell also wrote the music, was nominated as best animated feature. Brie Larson of “Room” and Saoirse Ronan of “Brooklyn” received best actress nods. Mark Ruffalo and Rachel McAcams were nominated for supporting roles in “Spotlight.” Mark Rylance was also nominated in that category for “Bridge of Spies.”

“Son of Saul” and “Embrace of the Serpent,” both HIFF picks, were nominated for foreign language film, while “Simple Song #3” from “Youth” was nominated for best song. “Body Team,” “Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah,” and “Last Day of Freedom” were chosen for documentary short films. “Sanjay’s Super Team” is up for best animated short.

The Academy Awards ceremony will be held on Feb. 28.