“Oppenheimer” won the 96th Academy Awards in Los Angeles. The biographical historical film by Christopher Nolan won seven trophies on Sunday (local time), including in important categories such as “Best Film”, “Best Actor” (Cillian Murphy) and “Best Director”.
Sandra Hueller was nominated in the “Best Actress” category for her film “Anatomy of a Case”. She came away empty-handed, Emma Stone celebrated the award for her performance in “Poor Things”.
The German directors Wim Wenders and İlker Çatak their films “Perfect Days” (for Japan) and “The Teacher’s Room” (for Germany) came away empty-handed in the “Best International Film” category. “The Zone of Interest” (for Great Britain), which also stars Sandra Hülser, took home the trophy.
Hülser was also able to celebrate Justine Triet and Arthur Harariwhich won Best Original Screenplay for the film “Anatomy of a Case.”
Host Jimmy Kimmel led through the almost three and a half hour show, which was staged more quickly than in previous years. The highlight for many was the actor’s appearance Ryan Gosling, who sang the song “I’m Just Ken” from the film “Barbie” with dozens of dancing men. Suddenly Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash was on stage.
Ryan Gosling sang “I’m Just Ken” from “Barbie” along with Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash.
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After “Oppenheimer,” “Poor Things” was the second most successful film of the night at the Dolby Theater with four Oscars. You can see which films and actresses and actors won in which categories here.
Oscars winners 2024 at a glance
Best movie: “Oppenheimer“
Best Actor: Cillian Murphy in “Oppenheimer”
Cillian Murphy giving his acceptance speech.
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- Bradley Cooper in “Maestro”
- Colman Domingo in “Rustin”
- Paul Giamatti in “The Holdovers”
- Jeffrey Wright in “American Fiction”
Best Actress: Emma Stone in “Poor Things”
Best Director: Christopher Nolan for “Oppenheimer”
- Justine Triet for “Anatomy of a Case”
- Martin Scorsese for “Killers of the Flower Moon”
- Giorgos Lanthimos for “Poor Things”
- Jonathan Glazer for “The Zone of Interest”
Best Supporting Actor: Robert Downey Jr. in “Oppenheimer”
- Sterling K. Brown in “American Fiction”
- Robert De Niro in “Killers of the Flower Moon”
- Ryan Gosling in “Barbie”
- Mark Ruffalo in “Poor Things”
The best supporting actress: Da’Vine Joy Randolph in “The Holdovers”
- Emily Blunt in “Oppenheimer”
- Danielle Brooks in “The Color Purple”
- America Ferrera in “Barbie”
- Jodie Foster in “Nyad”,
Best International Film: “The Zone of Interest” (Great Britain)
Best Original Screenplay: Justine Triet and Arthur Harari for “Anatomy of a Case”
- David Hemingson for “The Holdovers”
- Bradley Cooper and Josh Singer for “Maestro”
- Samy Burch and Alex Mechanik for “May December”
- Celine song for “Past Lives”
Best Adapted Screenplay: Cord Jefferson for “American Fiction”
- Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach for “Barbie”
- Christopher Nolan for “Oppenheimer”
- Tony McNamara for “Poor Things”
- Jonathan Glazer for “The Zone of Interest”
Best camera: “Oppenheimer” (Hoyte van Hoytema)
- “El Conde” (Edward Lachman)
- “Killers of the Flower Moon” (Rodrigo Prieto)
- “Maestro” (Matthew Libatique)
- “Poor Things” (Robbie Ryan)
Best Production Design: “Poor Things” (Shona Heath, James Price and Szusza Mihalek)
- “Barbie” (Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer)
- “Killers of the Flower Moon” (Jack Fisk and Adam Willis), “Napoleon” (Arthur Max and Claire Kaufman)
- “Oppenheimer” (Ruth DeJong and Claire Kaufmann)
Best Costume Design: “Poor Things” (Holly Waddington)
- “Barbie” (Jacqueline Durran)
- “Killers of the Flower Moon” (Jaqueline West)
- “Napoleon” (David Crossman, Janty Yates)
- “Oppenheimer” (Ellen Mirojnick)
Best sound: “The Zone of Interest” (Tam Willers, Johnnie Burn)
- “The Creator” (Ian Voigt, Erik Aadahl, Ethan Van der Ryn, Tom Ozanich, Dean Zupancic)
- “Maestro” (Steven A. Morrow, Richard King, Jason Ruder, Tom Ozanic, Dean Zupancic)
- “Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One” (Chris Munro, James H. Mather, Chris Burdon, Mark Taylor)
- “Oppenheimer” (Willie Burton, Richard King, Gary A. Rizzo, Kevin O’Connell)
Best Editing: “Oppenheimer” (Jennifer Lame)
- “Anatomy of a Case” (Laurent Sénéchal)
- “The Holdovers” (Kevin Trent)
- “Killers of the Flower Moon” (Thelma Schoonmaker)
- “Poor Things” (Yorgos Mavropsaridis)
Best Visual Effects: “Godzilla Minus One”
- “The Creator”
- “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3”
- “Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One”
- “Napoleon”
Best Makeup and Hairstyles: “Poor Things” (Nadia Stacey, Mark Couler, Josh Weston)
- “Golda” (Karen Hartley Thomas, Suzi Battersby, Ashra Kelly-Blue)
- “Maestro” (Kazu Hiro, Kay Georgiou, Lori McCoy-Bell)
- “Oppenheimer” (Luisa Abel, Jason Hamer, Jaime Leigh McIntosh, Ahou Mofid)
- “The Snow Company” (Ana López-Puigcerver, David Martí and Montse Ribé)
Best Song: What Was I Made For by Billie Eilish in “Barbie”
Best film music: “Oppenheimer” (Ludwig Göransson)
Best Animated Feature Film: “The Boy and the Heron”
Best Animated Short Film (Short Subject Animated): “War is Over! Inspired by the Music by John and Yoko”
- “Letter to a Pig”
- “Ninty-five Senses”
- “Our uniform”
- “Pachyderm”
Best Short Film: “I See Something You Don’t See (The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar)”
- “The After”
- “Invincible”
- “Ridder Lykke (Knight of Fortune)”
- “Red, White and Blue”
Best Documentary: “20 days in Mariupol”
Best documentary short film: “The Last Repair Shop”
- “The ABCs of the book ban” (ABCs of Book Banning)
- “The Barber of Little Rock”
- “Island in Between”
- “Nai Nai and Wai Po”