The 96th edition of the Academy Awards took place at the renowned Dolby Theater in Los Angeles, on 10th of March 2024, with Jimmy Kimmel returning as the host for the event. Cilian Murphy (Oppenheimer) and Emma Stone (Poor Things) wins the Academy Award for Best Actor and Actress in a leading role respectively. The renowned Christopher Nolan, wins the Best Director award for Oppenheimer. The Academy award for Best Picture was also bagged by Nolan’s Oppenheimer. Oppenheimer, was indeed a masterpiece by Nolan, led to the first Oscars for three legends of the Industry: Cillian Murphy, Robert Downey Jr., and Christopher Nolan himself.
Oscars 2024 was undoubtedly a complete ‘Oppenheimer’ show, as the fil won 7 out of its 13 nominations including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor. Other winnings of the film include Best Supporting Actor, Best Original Score, Best Cinematography and Best Film Editing. While there was talks of a competition between Barbie and Oppenheimer, with both receiving nominations in eight and thirteen categories respectively, it ultimately became clear that it was solely Oppenheimer’s night, not a blend of the two as “Barbenheimer”. Poor things also won 4 oscars, including the Best Actress in a leading Role.
Here is the Full List of Winners :
- Best picture: Oppenheimer
- Best director: Christopher Nolan (Oppenheimer)
- Best actor: Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer)
- Best actress: Emma Stone (Poor Things)
- Best supporting actress: Da’Vine Joy Randolph (The Holdovers)
- Best supporting actor: Robert Downey Jr. (Oppenheimer)
- Best original screenplay: Justine Triet and Arthur Harari (Anatomy of a Fall)
- Best adapted screenplay: Cord Jefferson (American Fiction)
- Best animated feature: The Boy and the Heron
- Best animated short: War is Over! Inspired by the Music of John Lennon and Yoko Ono
- Best international feature: The Zone of Interest (United Kingdom)
- Best documentary feature: 20 Days in Mariupol
- Best documentary short: The Last Repair Shop
- Best live action short: The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
- Best score: Ludwig Göransson (Oppenheimer)
- Best original song: Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell (What Was I Made For? , Barbie)
- Best sound: Tarn Willers and Johnnie Burn (The Zone of Interest)
- Best production design: James Price, Shona Heath and Zsuzsa Mihalek (Poor Things)
- Best cinematography: Hoyte van Hoytema (Oppenheimer)
- Best makeup and hairstyling: Nadia Stacey, Mark Coulier and Josh Weston (Poor Things)
- Best costume design: Holly Waddington (Poor Things)
- Best editing: Jennifer Lame (Oppenheimer)
- Best visual effects: Takashi Yamazaki, Kiyoko Shibuya, Masaki Takahashi and Tatsuji Nojima, (Godzilla Minus One)
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