After months of anticipation, the 95th Academy Awards (aka the Oscars) took place at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday night.
The 2023 Oscars have been a celebration of artistic excellence, showcasing the very best in filmmaking from around the world.
From captivating stories and stunning cinematography to outstanding performances, the nominees have set a high bar for the industry. So, without further ado, let’s take a look at the winners of the 2023 Oscars!
Best Picture
Everything Everywhere All at Once won the biggest award of the night, capping off an improbable awards season run.
Everything Everywhere All at Once — Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, and Jonathan Wang, producers
Nominees:
- All Quiet on the Western Front — Malte Grunert, producer
- Avatar: The Way of Water — James Cameron and Jon Landau, producers
- The Banshees of Inisherin — Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin and Martin McDonagh, producers
- Elvis — Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Martin, Gail Berman, Patrick McCormick and Schuyler Weiss, producers
- The Fabelmans — Kristie Macosko Krieger, Steven Spielberg and Tony Kushner, producers
- Tár — Todd Field, Alexandra Milchan and Scott Lambert, producers
- Top Gun: Maverick — Tom Cruise, Christopher McQuarrie, David Ellison and Jerry Bruckheimer, producers
- Triangle of Sadness — Erik Hemmendorff and Philippe Bober, producers
- Women Talking — Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner and Frances McDormand, producers
Best Lead Actress
Michelle Yeoh became the first Asian woman to win best actress. She said in her acceptance speech,
Ladies, don’t ever let anyone tell you that you are past your prime. For all the little boys and girls who look like me watching tonight, this is a beacon of hope and possibility.
Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
Nominees:
- Cate Blanchett (Tár)
- Ana de Armas (Blonde)
- Andrea Riseborough (To Leslie)
- Michelle Williams (The Fabelmans)
Best Lead Actor
Veteran actor Brendon Fraser, who suffered a career setback, finally got recognition by winning best actor award for his emotional performance as an extremely obese man in The Whale. He thanked his director Darren Aronofsky for “throwing me a creative lifeline and hauling me aboard.”
Brendan Fraser (The Whale)
Nominees:
- Austin Butler (Elvis)
- Colin Farrell (The Banshees of Inisherin)
- Paul Mescal (Aftersun)
- Bill Nighy (Living)
Best Director
Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
Nominees:
- Martin McDonagh (The Banshees of Inisherin)
- Steven Spielberg (The Fabelmans)
- Todd Field (Tár)
- Ruben Östlund (Triangle of Sadness)
Best Supporting Actress
Jamie Lee Curtis (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
Nominees:
- Angela Bassett (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever)
- Hong Chau (The Whale)
- Kerry Condon (The Banshees of Inisherin)
- Stephanie Hsu (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
Best Supporting Actor
Ke Huy Quan (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
Nominees:
- Brendan Gleeson (The Banshees of Inisherin)
- Brian Tyree Henry (Causeway)
- Judd Hirsch (The Fabelmans)
- Barry Keoghan (The Banshees of Inisherin)
Best Animated Feature Film
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio — Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson, Gary Ungar and Alex Bulkley
Nominees:
- Marcel the Shell With Shoes On — Dean Fleischer Camp, Elisabeth Holm, Andrew Goldman, Caroline Kaplan and Paul Mezey
- Puss in Boots: The Last Wish — Joel Crawford and Mark Swift
- The Sea Beast — Chris Williams and Jed Schlanger
- Turning Red — Domee Shi and Lindsey Collins
Best Original Song
“Naatu Naatu” from RRR — music by M.M. Keeravaani, lyric by Chandrabose
Nominees:
- “Applause” from Tell It Like a Woman — music and lyric by Diane Warren
- “Hold My Hand” from Top Gun: Maverick — music and lyric by Lady Gaga and BloodPop
- “Lift Me Up” from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever — music by Tems, Rihanna, Ryan Coogler and Ludwig Goransson; lyric by Tems and Ryan Coogler
- “This Is a Life” from Everything Everywhere All at Once — music by Ryan Lott, David Byrne and Mitski; lyric by Ryan Lott and David Byrne
Best Film Editing
Everything Everywhere All at Once — Paul Rogers
Nominees:
- The Banshees of Inisherin — Mikkel E.G. Nielsen
- Elvis — Matt Villa and Jonathan Redmond
- Tár — Monika Willi
- Top Gun: Maverick — Eddie Hamilton
Best Sound
Top Gun: Maverick — Mark Weingarten, James H. Mather, Al Nelson, Chris Burdon and Mark Taylor
Nominees:
- All Quiet on the Western Front — Viktor Prášil, Frank Kruse, Markus Stemler, Lars Ginzel and Stefan Korte
- Avatar: The Way of Water — Julian Howarth, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Dick Bernstein, Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers and Michael Hedges
- The Batman — Stuart Wilson, William Files, Douglas Murray and Andy Nelson
- Elvis — David Lee, Wayne Pashley, Andy Nelson and Michael Keller
Best Adapted Screenplay
Women Talking — Sarah Polley
Nominees:
- All Quiet on the Western Front — Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson and Ian Stokell
- Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery — Rian Johnson
- Living — Kazuo Ishiguro
- Top Gun: Maverick — screenplay by Ehren Kruger, Eric Warren Singer and Christopher McQuarrie; story by Peter Craig and Justin Marks
Best Original Screenplay
Everything Everywhere All at Once — Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
Nominees:
- The Banshees of Inisherin — Martin McDonagh
- The Fabelmans — Steven Spielberg and Tony Kushner
- Tár — Todd Field
- Triangle of Sadness — Ruben Östlund
Best Visual Effects
Avatar: The Way of Water — Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon and Daniel Barrett
Nominees:
- All Quiet on the Western Front — Frank Petzold, Viktor Müller, Markus Frank and Kamil Jafar
- The Batman — Dan Lemmon, Russell Earl, Anders Langlands and Dominic Tuohy
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever — Geoffrey Baumann, Craig Hammack, R. Christopher White and Dan Sudick
- Top Gun: Maverick — Ryan Tudhope, Seth Hill, Bryan Litson and Scott R. Fisher
Best Original Score
All Quiet on the Western Front — Volker Bertelmann
Nominees:
- Babylon — Justin Hurwitz
- The Banshees of Inisherin — Carter Burwell
- Everything Everywhere All at Once — Son Lux
- The Fabelmans — John Williams
Best Production Design
All Quiet on the Western Front — production design by Christian M. Goldbeck, set decoration by Ernestine Hipper
Nominees:
- Avatar: The Way of Water — production design by Dylan Cole and Ben Procter, set decoration by Vanessa Cole
- Babylon — production design by Florencia Martin, set decoration by Anthony Carlino
- Elvis — production design by Catherine Martin and Karen Murphy, set decoration by Bev Dunn
- The Fabelmans — production design by Rick Carter, set decoration by Karen O’Hara
Best Animated Short Film
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse — Charlie Mackesy and Matthew Freud
Nominees:
- The Flying Sailor — Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby
- Ice Merchants — João Gonzalez and Bruno Caetano
- My Year of Dicks — Sara Gunnarsdóttir and Pamela Ribon
- An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It — Lachlan Pendragon
Best Documentary Short Film
The Elephant Whisperers — Kartiki Gonsalves and Guneet Monga
Nominees:
- Haulout — Evgenia Arbugaeva and Maxim Arbugaev
- How Do You Measure a Year? — Jay Rosenblatt
- The Martha Mitchell Effect — Anne Alvergue and Beth Levison
- Stranger at the Gate — Joshua Seftel and Conall Jones
Best International Feature Film
All Quiet on the Western Front (Germany)
Nominees:
- Argentina, 1985 (Argentina)
- Close (Belgium)
- EO (Poland)
- The Quiet Girl (Ireland)
Best Costume Design
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever — Ruth E. Carter
Nominees:
- Babylon — Mary Zophres
- Elvis — Catherine Martin
- Everything Everywhere All at Once — Shirley Kurata
- Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris — Jenny Beavan
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
The Whale — Adrien Morot, Judy Chin and Anne Marie Bradley
Nominees:
- All Quiet on the Western Front — Heike Merker and Linda Eisenhamerová
- The Batman — Naomi Donne, Mike Marino and Mike Fontaine
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever — Camille Friend and Joel Harlow
- Elvis — Mark Coulier, Jason Baird and Aldo Signoretti
Best Cinematography
All Quiet on the Western Front — James Friend
Nominees:
- Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths — Darius Khondji
- Elvis — Mandy Walker
- Empire of Light — Roger Deakins
- Tár — Florian Hoffmeister
Best Live Action Short
An Irish Goodbye — Tom Berkeley and Ross White
Nominees:
- Ivalu — Anders Walter and Rebecca Pruzan
- Le Pupille — Alice Rohrwacher and Alfonso Cuarón
- Night Ride — Eirik Tveiten and Gaute Lid Larssen
- The Red Suitcase — Cyrus Neshvad
Best Documentary Feature Film
Navalny — Daniel Roher, Odessa Rae, Diane Becker, Melanie Miller and Shane Boris
Nominees:
- All That Breathes — Shaunak Sen, Aman Mann and Teddy Leifer
- All the Beauty and the Bloodshed — Laura Poitras, Howard Gertler, John Lyons, Nan Goldin and Yoni Golijov
- Fire of Love — Sara Dosa, Shane Boris and Ina Fichman
- A House Made of Splinters — Simon Lereng Wilmont and Monica Hellström
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