HOLLYWOOD — The 88th annual Academy Awards took place last night, honoring the best in the film community. The Revenant and Mad Max: Fury Road both came into the competition with the most nominations and both did well. The Revenant took home three Oscars, winning in the Leading Actor, Director and Cinematography categories.
Leonardo DiCaprio won his first award for his leading role. Director Alejandro G. Iñárritu took home the category’s Oscar, following the success he had last year with Birdman, which won 2014’s Best Picture, Director, and Writing. And Cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki won his third in a row, following 2013’s Gravity and 2014’s Birdman.
Mad Max: Fury Road also had a big night, winning top honors for Costume Design (Jenny Beavan), Film Editing (Margaret Sixel), Makeup and Hairstyling (Lesley Vanderwalt, Elka Wardega and Damian Martin), Production Design (Colin Gibson, Lisa Thompson), Sound Editing (Mark Mangini, David White), and Sound Mixing (Chris Jenkins, Gregg Rudloff and Ben Osmo).
But while The Revenant and Mad Max: Fury Road led in nominations, the Best Picture Oscar went to Spotlight (Michael Sugar, Steve Golin, Nicole Rocklin & Blye Pagon Faust), a film about investigative reporting, scandal and cover up inside the Catholic church.
Inside Out (Pete Docter, Jonas Rivera) was the winner in the Animated Feature category, and Ex Machina (Andrew Whitehurst, Paul Norris, Mark Ardington and Sara Bennett) took home the Visual Effects Oscar, winning in a very competitive category that also include Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Mad Max: Fury Road.
The following is a complete list of last night’s winners:
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
LEONARDO DICAPRIO
The Revenant
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
MARK RYLANCE
Bridge of Spies
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
BRIE LARSON
Room
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
ALICIA VIKANDER
The Danish Girl
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
INSIDE OUT
Pete Docter and Jonas Rivera
BEST PICTURE
SPOTLIGHT
Michael Sugar, Steve Golin, Nicole Rocklin & Blye Pagon Faust, Producers
CINEMATOGRAPHY
THE REVENANT
Emmanuel Lubezki
COSTUME DESIGN
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
Jenny Beavan
DIRECTING
THE REVENANT – Alejandro G. Iñárritu
FILM EDITING
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
Margaret Sixel
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM NOMINEES
SON OF SAUL – Hungary
MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
Lesley Vanderwalt, Elka Wardega and Damian Martin
PRODUCTION DESIGN
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
Production Design: Colin Gibson; Set Decoration: Lisa Thompson
SOUND EDITING
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
Mark Mangini and David White
SOUND MIXING
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
Chris Jenkins, Gregg Rudloff and Ben Osmo
VISUAL EFFECTS
EX MACHINA
Andrew Whitehurst, Paul Norris, Mark Ardington and Sara Bennett
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)
THE HATEFUL EIGHT
Ennio Morricone
WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
SPOTLIGHT
Written by Josh Singer & Tom McCarthy
DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT)
A GIRL IN THE RIVER: THE PRICE OF FORGIVENESS
Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)
AMY
Asif Kapadia and James Gay-Rees
SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
BEAR STORY
Gabriel Osorio and Pato Escala
SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
STUTTERER
Benjamin Cleary and Serena Armitage
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)
SPECTRE – “Writing’s On The Wall” – Music and Lyric by Jimmy Napes and Sam Smith
WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
THE BIG SHORT
Screenplay by Charles Randolph and Adam McKay
