The 96th Academy Awards have been dished out at Hollywood’s annual lavish ceremony. The big winner on the night was Christopher Nolan’s epic biopic Oppenheimer which was nominated for 13 Oscars. It took home seven on the evening, including Best Picture. Nolan took home Best Director. Cillian Murphy also walked away with the Best Actor gong.
Best Actress went to Emma Stone for her remarkable performance in Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things.
Proceedings kicked off with the traditional first award of the night being for Best Actress in a Supporting Role which went to The Holdovers‘ Da’Vine Joy Randolph. Later in the evening, in the Supporting Actor category, Robert Downey Jr scored his first Oscar for Oppenheimer. He was nominated twice before for Chaplin and then again for Tropic Thunder.
Anatomy of a Fall picked up Best Original Screenplay while American Fiction was awarded Best Adapted Screenplay. The Zone of Interest made history by becoming the United Kingdom’s first-ever win for Best International Feature, while The Boy and the Heron was awarded the Best Animated Feature.
Best Original Song went to Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell for their son “What Am I Made For?” from Barbie. This was the second win for them following their award for the James Bond movie No Time To Die.
Killers of the Flower Moon, which had ten nominations, and Maestro, nominated for seven awards, went home with none.
The full list of winners are as follows (in the order in which they were presented).
Best Actress in a Supporting Role – Da’Vine Joy Randolph for The Holdovers
Best Animated Short – War is Over! Inspired by the Music of John and Yoko – Dave Mullins and Brad Booker
Best Animated Feature – The Boy and The Heron – Hayao Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki
Best Original Screenplay – Anatomy of a Fall – Justine Triet and Arthur Harari
Best Adapted Screenplay – American Fiction – Cord Jefferson
Best Make-Up and Hairstyling – Poor Things – Nadia Stacey, Mark Coulier and Josh Weston
Best Production Design – Poor Things – James Price and Shona Heath; Set Decoration: Zsuzsa Mihalek
Best Costume Design – Poor Things – Holly Waddington
Best International Feature – The Zone of Interest – United Kingdom
Best Actress in a Supporting Role – Robert Downey Jr. for Oppenheimer
Achievement in Visual Effects – Godzilla Minus One – Takashi Yamazaki, Kiyoko Shibuya, Masaki Takahashi and Tatsuji Nojima
Achievement in Film Editing – Oppenheimer – Jennifer Lame
Best Documentary Short – The Last Repair Shop – Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers
Best Documentary Feature – 20 Days In Mariupol – Mstyslav Chernov, Michelle Mizner and Raney Aronson-Rath
Best Cinematography – Oppenheimer – Hoyte van Hoytema
Best Sound – The Zone of Interest – Tarn Willers and Johnnie Burn
Best Original Score – Oppenheimer – Ludwig Göransson
Best Original Song – Barbie – Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell – “What Was I Made For?”
Best Actor – Cillian Murphy for Oppenheimer
Best Director – Christopher Nolan for Oppenheimer
Best Actress – Emma Stone – Poor Things
Best Picture – Oppenheimer
