46th Annual NAACP Image Awards Nominee announced Feb 6 on TV One 8pm

The 46th Annual NAACP Image Awards Nominee were just announced which will take place on Feb 6 in LA and will be broadcast LIVE on TV One with the red carpet airing at 8pm and the show starting at 9pm. Below are the nominees of this years award.

#ImageAwards Outstanding Comedy Series - @black_ishabc, @SHO_HouseOfLies, @KeyAndPeele, @OITNB, @BETRealHusbands

#ImageAwards Outstanding Drama Series - @beingmaryjane, @GreysABC, @HouseofCards, @HowToGetAwayABC, @scandalabc

#ImageAwards Outstanding New Artist - @3winansbrothers, @aloeblacc, @ImEricaCampbell, @JheneAiko, @livwarfield

#ImageAwards Outstanding Female Artist - @aliciakeys, @Beyonce, @IAMJHUD, @ledisi, @maryjblige

#ImageAwards Outstanding Male Artist - @johnlegend, @MusicByKEM, @kendricklamar, @michaeljackson, @Pharrell

#imageAwards Outstanding Song - @Usher #GoodKisser, @kendricklamar #I, @Beyonce #PrettyHurts, @aloeblacc #TheMan, @aliciakeys #WeAreHere

#ImageAwards Outstanding Album nominees - @ArethaFranklin, @Beyonce, @Pharrell, @IAMJHUD, @tonibraxton/@KennyEdmonds

#ImageAwards Outstanding Motion Picture - #Belle, @BeyondTheLights, @dearwhitepeople, @GetOnUpMovie, @SelmaMovie

#ImageAwards Entertainer of the Year - @Beyonce, @chrisrock, @kendricklamar, @KeyAndPeele, @shondarhimes, @TherealTaraji, @violadavis

Here is a list of Image Award nominees in the film and television categories:

MOTION PICTURE

Outstanding Motion Picture 
“Belle” (Fox Searchlight Pictures/ DJ Films)
“Beyond The Lights” (Relativity Media)
“Dear White People” (Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions)
“Get On Up” (Universal Pictures)
“Selma” (Paramount Pictures)

Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
Chadwick Boseman – “Get On Up” (Universal Pictures)
David Oyelowo – “Selma” (Paramount Pictures)
Denzel Washington – “The Equalizer” (Columbia Pictures)
Idris Elba – “No Good Deed” (Screen Gems)
Nate Parker – “Beyond The Lights” (Relativity Media)

Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture
Gugu Mbatha-Raw – “Belle” (Fox Searchlight Pictures/ DJ Films)
Quvenzhané Wallis – “Annie” (Columbia Pictures)
Taraji P. Henson – “No Good Deed” (Screen Gems)
Tessa Thompson – “Dear White People” (Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions)
Viola Davis – “The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby” (The Weinstein Company)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
André Holland – “Selma” (Paramount Pictures)
Cedric the Entertainer – “Top Five” (Paramount Pictures)
Common – “Selma” (Paramount Pictures)
Danny Glover – “Beyond The Lights” (Relativity Media)
Wendell Pierce – “Selma” (Paramount Pictures)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
Carmen Ejogo – “Selma” (Paramount Pictures)
Jill Scott – “Get On Up” (Universal Pictures)
Octavia Spencer – “Get On Up” (Universal Pictures)
Oprah Winfrey – “Selma” (Paramount Pictures)
Viola Davis – “Get On Up” (Universal Pictures)

Outstanding Independent Motion Picture
“Belle” (Fox Searchlight Pictures/ DJ Films)
“Dear White People” (Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions)
“Half of a Yellow Sun” (monterey media inc.)
“JIMI: All Is By My Side” (XLrator Media)
“Life of a King” (Animus Films/Serena Films)

DOCUMENTARY

Outstanding Documentary – (Film)
“Documented” (Apo Anak Productions)
“Finding Fela” (Jigsaw Productions)
“I Am Ali” (Focus World/Fisheye Films)
“Keep On Keepin On” (RADiUS)
“Through A Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People” (Chimpanzee Productions, Inc.)

Outstanding Documentary – (Television)

“American Experience: Freedom Summer” (PBS)
“Bad Boys” (ESPN)
“Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown” (HBO)
“Rand University” (ESPN)
“The War Comes Home: Soledad O’Brien Reports” (CNN)

WRITING

Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series
Aisha Muharrar – “Parks and Recreation” – Ann & Chris (NBC)
Brigette Munoz-Liebowitz – “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” – Road Trip (FOX)
Mindy Kaling – “The Mindy Project” – Danny and Mindy (FOX)
Regina Hicks – “Instant Mom” – A Kids’s Choice (Nickelodeon and Nick@Nite)
Sara Hess – “Orange is the New Black” – It Was the Change (Netflix)

Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series
Erika Green Swafford – “How to Get Away with Murder” – Let’s Get To Scooping (ABC)
Mara Brock Akil – “Being Mary Jane” – Uber Love (BET)
Warren Leight, Julie Martin – “Law & Order: SVU” – American Disgrace (NBC)
Zahir McGhee – “Scandal” – Mama Said Knock You Out (ABC)
Zoanne Clack – “Grey’s Anatomy” – You Be Illin’ (ABC)

Outstanding Writing in a Television Movie
Karin Gist, Regina Hicks – “Drumline: A New Beat” (VH1)
Reggie Bythewood – “Gun Hill” (BET)
Sharon Brathwaite, Peres Owino – “Seasons of Love” (Lifetime Networks)
Shernold Edwards – “A Day Late and a Dollar Short” (Lifetime Networks)
Sterling Anderson, Maria Nation – “The Gabby Douglas Story” (Lifetime Networks)

Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture
Chris Rock – “Top Five” (Paramount Pictures)
Justin Simien – “Dear White People” (Roadside Attractions and Lionsgate)
Margaret Nagle – “The Good Lie” (Alcon Entertainment)
Misan Sagay – “Belle” (Fox Searchlight Pictures/ DJ Films)
Richard Wenk – “The Equalizer” (Columbia Pictures)

DIRECTING

Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series
Ken Whittingham – “Parks and Recreation” – Prom (NBC)
Ken Whittingham – “The Mindy Project” – Think Like a Peter (FOX)
Linda Mendoza – “Bad Judge” – One Brave Waitress (NBC)
Reginald Hudlin – “Bad Judge” – Knife to a Gunfight (NBC)
Stan Lathan – “Real Husbands of Hollywood” – No New Friends (BET)

Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series
Anton Cropper – “Suits” – One-Two-Three Go… (USA)
Carl Franklin – “House of Cards” – Chapter 14 (Netflix)
Cary Joji Fukunaga – “True Detective” – Who Goes There (HBO)
Hanelle Culpepper – “Criminal Minds” – The Edge of Winter (CBS)
Millicent Shelton – “The Divide” – And the Little Ones Get Caught (WE tv)

Outstanding Directing in a Television Movie
Bille Woodruff – “Drumline: A New Beat” (VH1)
Greg Champion – “The Gabby Douglas Story” (Lifetime Networks)
Michael Wilson – “The Trip to Bountiful” (Lifetime Networks)
Reggie Bythewood – “Gun Hill” (BET)
Stephen Tolkin – “A Day Late and a Dollar Short” (Lifetime Networks)

Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture
Amma Asante – “Belle” (Fox Searchlight Pictures/ DJ Films)
Antoine Fuqua – “The Equalizer” (Columbia Pictures)
Ava DuVernay – “Selma” (Paramount Pictures)
Gina Prince-Bythewood – “Beyond The Lights” (Relativity Media)
John Ridley – “JIMI: All Is By My Side” (XLrator Media)

ANIMATED/CGI

Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance – (Television or Film)
Jamie Foxx – “Rio 2″ (20th Century Fox)
Loretta Devine – “Doc McStuffins” (Disney Junior)
Morgan Freeman – “The Lego Movie” (Warner Bros. Pictures/Village Roadshow Pictures/Ratpac-
Dune Entertainment/Lego System A/S/VertigoEntertainment/Lin Pictures)
Tracy Morgan – “The Boxtrolls” (Focus Features)
Zoe Saldana – “The Book of Life” (20th Century Fox)