LOS ANGELES: Director Christopher Nolan’s biopic film ‘Oppenheimer’ shinned at the Oscars 2024 with seven wins including Best Director, Best Film, and Best Leading Actor awards.
The film took a total of seven awards during the night, Christopher Nolan won best director, Cillian Murphy won best actor and Robert Downey Jr. won best supporting actor. The film also won awards for best cinematography, best original score and best film editing.
‘Poor Things’ had a rich showing with four Oscars. Emma Stone won best actress for ‘Poor Things’. The film also snapped up with three crafts wins for best costume design, production design and makeup and hairstyling.
Emma Stone beat out perceived frontrunner Lily Gladstone, who has scooped up numerous awards for her role in ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’. The winners of the 96th annual Academy Awards were unveiled at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood.
Da’Vine Joy Randolph won best supporting actress for ‘The Holdovers’. Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell won the Oscar for best original song for “What Was I Made For?” from ‘Barbie’.
‘Oppenheimer’ led the 2024 Oscar nominations, with the film nabbing a total of 13 nominations, followed by ‘Poor Things’ with 11, ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ with 10 and ‘Barbie’ with eight.
See the full winner’s list:
Best Picture
Oppenheimer; Emma Thomas, Charles Roven and Christopher Nolan
Actress in a Leading Role
Emma Stone; Poor Things
Directing
Christopher Nolan; Oppenheimer
Actor in a Leading Role
Cillian Murphy; Oppenheimer
Music (Original Song)
“What Was I Made For?” from Barbie; Music and Lyric by Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell
Music (Original Score)
Ludwig Goransson; Oppenheimer
Sound
The Zone of Interest; Tarn Willers and Johnnie Burn
Live Action Short Film
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar; Wes Anderson and Steven Rales
Cinematography
Hoyte van Hoytema; Oppenheimer
Documentary Feature Film
Days in Mariupol; Mstyslav Chernov, Michelle Mizner and Raney Aronson-Rath
Documentary Short Film
The Last Repair Shop; Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers
Film Editing
Oppenheimer; Jennifer Lame
Visual Effects
Godzilla Minus One; Takashi Yamazaki, Kiyoko Shibuya, Masaki Takahashi and Tatsuji Nojima
Actor in a Supporting Role
Robert Downey Jr.; Oppenheimer
International Feature Film
The Zone of Interest (UK)
Costume Design
Poor Things; Holly Waddington
Production Design
Poor Things, Production Design: James Price and Shona Heath; Set Decoration: Zsuzsa Mihalek
Makeup and Hairstyling
Poor Things; Nadia Stacey, Mark Coulier and Josh Weston
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Cord Jefferson; American Fiction
Writing (Original Screenplay)
Anatomy of a Fall; Justine Triet and Arthur Harari
Animated Feature Film
The Boy and the Heron; Hayao Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki
Animated Short Film
War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko; Dave Mullins and Brad Booker
Actress in a Supporting Role
Da’Vine Joy Randolph; The Holdovers. (ANI)