The 88th Annual Academy Awards took place last night on 29th February at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. Where Spotlight won the best picture and Mad Max: Fury Road came with the 2nd most nominated movie in the Oscars as its closest rival The Revenant which had 3rd most nominated film on 2016 Oscars.
Spotlight’s wins bookended the Oscars, as it won the night’s first award for best Original Screenplay. And the The Revenant director Alejandro G. Inarritu won the best director of the year and became the only second helmer to win back to back Oscars. However the film also won the best actor awards for Leonardo DiCaprio who won best actor in his sixth nomination.
Here is the complete list of the winners.
Best Picture: Spotlight
Best Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
Best Actress: Brie Larson, Room
Best Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu, The Revenant
Best Original Song: “Writing’s On The Wall” from Spectre Music and Lyric by Jimmy Napes and Sam Smith
Best Original Score: The Hateful Eight
Ennio Morricone
Best Foreign Language Film: Son of Saul (Hungary)
Best Live Action Short Film: Stutterer Benjamin Cleary and Serena Armtiage
Best Documentary Feature:Amy Asif Kapadia and James Gay-Rees
Best Documentary Short Subject: A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
Best Supporting Actor: Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies
Best Animated Feature Film: Inside Out Pete Docter and Jonas Rivera
Best Animated Short Film: Bear Story Gabriel Osorio and Pato Escala
Best Visual Effects: Ex Machina Andrew Whitehurst, Paul Norris, Mark Ardington and Sara Bennett
Best Sound Mixing: Mad Max: Fury Road Chris Jenkins, Gregg Rudloff and Ben Osmo
Best Sound Editing: Mad Max: Fury Road Mark Mangini and David White
Best Film Editing: Mad Max: Fury Road Margaret Sixel
Best Cinematography: The Revenant Emmanuel Lubezki
Best Makeup and Hairstyling: Mad Max: Fury Road Lesley Vanderwalt, Elka Wardega and Damian Martin
Best Production Design: Mad Max: Fury Road Production Design: Colin Gibson; Set Decoration: Lisa Thompson
Best Costume Design: Mad Max: Fury Road Jenny Beavan
Best Supporting Actress: Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl
Adapted Screenplay: The Big Short Screenplay by Charles Randolph and Adam McKay
Best Original Screenplay: Spotlight Written by Josh Singer & Tom McCarthy