The 97th annual Academy Awards, or the Oscars, are now officially underway and will be celebrating achievements in filmmaking for the year 2024. The ceremony is hosted by Conan O’Brien and will see a variety of Hollywood’s finest members presenting each award. From celebrated acting performances to technical excellence, check back for a live, complete list of those who take home the coveted Oscar statuettes for each category.
Actor in a Supporting Role
Yura Borisov, Anora
Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain (WINNER)
Edward Norton, A Complete Unknown
Guy Pearce, The Brutalist
Jeremy Strong, The Apprentice
Last year’s winner of the award, Robert Downey Jr., presented the honor to Kieran Culkin for his work in A Real Pain. Culkin has won every equivalent precursor to the award at this year’s various awards ceremonies. Culkin went on to thank his wife, and his A Real Pain co-star, director, and screenwriter Jesse Eisenberg.
Animated Feature Film
Flow (Gints Zilbalodis, Matīss Kaža, Ron Dyens and Gregory Zalcman) (WINNER)
Inside Out 2 (Kelsey Mann and Mark Nielsen)
Memoir of a Snail (Adam Elliot and Liz Kearney)
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (Nick Park, Merlin Crossingham and Richard Beek)
The Wild Robot (Chris Sanders and Jeff Hermann)
Andrew Garfield and Goldie Hawn presented the honor to Flow. The movie, originating from Latvia, marks the country’s and the filmmakers’ first nomination and win.
Animated Short Film
Beautiful Men (Nicolas Keppens and Brecht Van Elslande)
In the Shadow of the Cypress (Shirin Sohani and Hossein Molayemi) (WINNER)
Magic Candies (Daisuke Nishio and Takashi Washio)
Wander to Wonder (Nina Gantz and Stienette Bosklopper)
Yuck! (Loïc Espuche and Juliette Marquet)
The filmmakers noted how they had just landed in Los Angeles mere hours before the ceremony. They dedicated their win to their country of Iran and the ongoing struggle of the nation’s people.
Costume Design
A Complete Unknown (Arianne Phillips)
Conclave (Lisy Christl)
Gladiator II (Janty Yates and Dave Crossman)
Nosferatu (Linda Muir)
Wicked (Paul Tazewell) (WINNER)
Lily-Rose Depp, Elle Fanning, John Lithgow, Connie Nielsen, and Bowen Yang were the presenters for the award and highlighted each of the respective nominees. The award went to Paul Tazewell for Wicked. Tazewell was previously nominated for West Side Story and is the first Black man to receive the honor.
Writing (Original Screenplay)
Anora (Written by Sean Baker) (WINNER)
The Brutalist (Written by Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold)
A Real Pain (Written by Jesse Eisenberg)
September 5 (Written by Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum; Co-Written by Alex David)
The Substance (Written by Coralie Fargeat)
Amy Poehler presented the award to Sean Baker for Anora. He thanked distributor Neon as well as the film’s producers, cast, and the sex worker community.
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
A Complete Unknown (Screenplay by James Mangold and Jay Cocks)
Conclave (Screenplay by Peter Straughan) (WINNER)
Emilia Pérez (Screenplay by Jacques Audiard; In collaboration with Thomas Bidegain, Léa Mysius and Nicolas Livecchi)
Nickel Boys (Screenplay by RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes)
Sing Sing (Screenplay by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar; Story by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence Maclin, John “Divine G” Whitfield)
The win went to Peter Straughan for Conclave. It marks his first win and second nomination. He thanked the source material’s author Robert Harris and Conclave director Edward Berger.
Makeup and Hairstyling
A Different Man (Mike Marino, David Presto and Crystal Jurado)
Emilia Pérez (Julia Floch Carbonel, Emmanuel Janvier and Jean-Christophe Spadaccini)
Nosferatu (David White, Traci Loader and Suzanne Stokes-Munton)
The Substance (Pierre-Olivier Persin, Stéphanie Guillon and Marilyne Scarselli) (WINNER)
Wicked (Frances Hannon, Laura Blount and Sarah Nuth)
Scarlett Johannson and June Squibb presented the award to The Substance. The team thanked director Coralie Fargeat and highlighted Demi Moore’s patience in the makeup chair.
Film Editing
Anora (Sean Baker) (WINNER)
The Brutalist (David Jancso)
Conclave (Nick Emerson)
Emilia Pérez (Juliette Welfling)
Wicked (Myron Kerstein)
Kill Bill Vol 1 & 2 star Daryl Hannah presented the award to Sean Baker for Anora. This marks his second win of the night of his four nominations. Baker thanked his wife and producer of the film, Samantha Kwan.
Actress in a Supporting Role
Monica Barbaro, A Complete Unknown
Ariana Grande, Wicked
Felicity Jones, The Brutalist
Isabella Rossellini, Conclave
Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez (WINNER)
Last year’s recipient, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, presented the award to Zoe Saldaña after highlighting all nominees. This is Saldaña’s first win and nomination. She immediately honored her mother and family as well as her fellow nominees and Emilia Pérez director Jacques Audiard. She also mentioned how she is the first American of Dominican origin to win the award, but noted that she will not “be the last”.
Production Design
The Brutalist (Production Design: Judy Becker; Set Decoration: Patricia Cuccia)
Conclave (Production Design: Suzie Davies; Set Decoration: Cynthia Sleiter)
Dune: Part Two (Production Design: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau)
Nosferatu (Production Design: Craig Lathrop; Set Decoration: Beatrice Brentnerová)
Wicked (Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Lee Sandales) (WINNER)
Ben Stiller presented the award to Wicked upon a faulty set-piece. This is Wicked’s second win of the night. The designers noted how the film was one of the greatest experiences of their lives and highlighted director John M. Chu.
Music (Original Song)
“El Mal” from Emilia Pérez (Music by Clément Ducol and Camille; Lyric by Clément Ducol, Camille and Jacques Audiard) (WINNER)
“The Journey” from The Six Triple Eight (Music and Lyric by Diane Warren)
“Like a Bird” from Sing Sing (Music and Lyric by Abraham Alexander and Adrian Quesada)
“Mi Camino” from Emilia Pérez (Music and Lyric by Camille and Clément Ducol)
“Never Too Late” from Elton John: Never Too Late (Music and Lyric by Elton John, Brandi Carlile, Andrew Watt and Bernie Taupin)
Musician Mick Jagger presented the award to “El Mal”, joking about how Bob Dylan was the first choice as presenter. Clément Ducol, Camille, and Jacques Audiard accepted the award. They went on to vocalize on stage.
Documentary Short Film
Death by Numbers (Kim A. Snyder and Janique L. Robillard)
I Am Ready, Warden (Smriti Mundhra and Maya Gnyp)
Incident (Bill Morrison and Jamie Kalven)
Instruments of a Beating Heart (Ema Ryan Yamazaki and Eric Nyari)
The Only Girl in the Orchestra (Molly O’Brien and Lisa Remington) (WINNER)
Selena Gomez and Samuel L. Jackson presented the following two categories. Awarding The Only Girl in the Orchestra for Short Film. The filmmakers noted how “art gives meaning” to the chaos we’re living through, and highlighted the all-female team behind the film.
Documentary Feature Film
Black Box Diaries (Shiori Ito, Eric Nyari and Hanna Aqvilin)
No Other Land (Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal and Yuval Abraham) (WINNER)
Porcelain War (Brendan Bellomo, Slava Leontyev, Aniela Sidorska and Paula DuPre’ Pesmen)
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat (Johan Grimonprez, Daan Milius and Rémi Grellety)
Sugarcane (Julian Brave NoiseCat, Emily Kassie and Kellen Quinn)
The Palestinian-Israeli filmmakers platformed the ongoing “ethnic cleansing” affecting the Palestinian people.
Sound
A Complete Unknown (Tod A. Maitland, Donald Sylvester, Ted Caplan, Paul Massey and David Giammarco)
Dune: Part Two (Gareth John, Richard King, Ron Bartlett and Doug Hemphill) (WINNER)
Emilia Pérez (Erwan Kerzanet, Aymeric Devoldère, Maxence Dussère, Cyril Holtz and Niels Barletta)
Wicked (Simon Hayes, Nancy Nugent Title, Jack Dolman, Andy Nelson and John Marquis)
The Wild Robot (Randy Thom, Brian Chumney, Gary A. Rizzo and Leff Lefferts)
Miley Cyrus and Miles Teller presented the award to Dune: Part Two. The designers highlighted director Denis Villeneuve.
Visual Effects
Alien: Romulus (Eric Barba, Nelson Sepulveda-Fauser, Daniel Macarin and Shane Mahan)
Better Man (Luke Millar, David Clayton, Keith Herft and Peter Stubbs)
Dune: Part Two (Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe and Gerd Nefzer) (WINNER)
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (Erik Winquist, Stephen Unterfranz, Paul Story and Rodney Burke)
Wicked (Pablo Helman, Jonathan Fawkner, David Shirk and Paul Corbould)
Stars of the upcoming Snow White live-action adaptation Rachel Zegler and Gal Gadot presented the award to Dune: Part Two.
Live-Action Short Film
A Lien (Sam Cutler-Kreutz and David Cutler-Kreutz)
Anuja (Adam J. Graves and Suchitra Mattai)
I’m Not a Robot (Victoria Warmerdam and Trent) (WINNER)
The Last Ranger (Cindy Lee and Darwin Shaw)
The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent (Nebojša Slijepčević and Danijel Pek)
Ana De Armas presented the award to the Dutch Science-Fiction short film.
Cinematography
The Brutalist (Lol Crawley) (WINNER)
Dune: Part Two (Greig Fraser)
Emilia Pérez (Paul Guilhaume)
Maria (Ed Lachman)
Nosferatu (Jarin Blaschke)
Joe Alwyn, Alba Rohrwacher, Zoe Saldaña, Dave Bautista, and Willem Dafoe presented the award to Lol Crawley. This is his first win and nomination. This marks The Brutalist‘s first win of the night.
International Feature Film
I’m Still Here (Brazil) (WINNER)
The Girl With the Needle (Denmark)
Emilia Pérez (France)
The Seed of the Sacred Fig (Germany)
Flow (Latvia)
Penélope Cruz presented the award, which marks Brazil’s first Oscar win. Walter Salles dedicated to the real-life Eunice Paiva and Brazilian cinema.
Music (Original Score)
The Brutalist (Daniel Blumberg) (WINNER)
Conclave (Volker Bertelmann)
Emilia Pérez (Clément Ducol and Camille)
Wicked (John Powell and Stephen Schwartz)
The Wild Robot (Kris Bowers)
Mark Hamill presented the award to Daniel Blumberg, marking his first win and nomination. He honored Brutalist director Brady Corbet as his “artistic soulmate”.
Actor in a Leading Role
Adrien Brody, The Brutalist (WINNER)
Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown
Colman Domingo, Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes, Conclave
Sebastian Stan, The Apprentice
Last year’s recipient of the award, Cillian Murphy, presented the award to Adrien Brody. This marks Brody’s second win and nomination for the category, previously winning for 2002’s The Pianist. He acknowledged director Brady Corbet and distributor A24’s contribution to independent film. He ended his speech by encouraging the audience to “fight for what’s right” and “let’s rebuild together”.
Directing
Jacques Audiard, Emilia Pérez
Sean Baker, Anora (WINNER)
Brady Corbet, The Brutalist
Coralie Fargeat, The Substance
James Mangold, A Complete Unknown
Quentin Tarantino presented the award to Sean Baker. Baker thanked Quentin Tarantino for casting Anora star Mikey Madison in his 2019 film Once Upon a Time…In Hollywood, stating how without the choice, there would be no Anora. Baker went on to platform the importance of movie theaters and implored producers and distributors to prioritize theatrical releases.
Actress in a Leading Role
Cynthia Erivo, Wicked
Karla Sofía Gascón, Emilia Pérez
Mikey Madison, Anora (WINNER)
Demi Moore, The Substance
Fernanda Torres, I’m Still Here
Last year’s recipient of the award, Emma Stone, presented the award to Mikey Madison after highlighting each performer. The win is also her first nomination. Madison went on to thank her family and Anora crew, highlighting director Sean Baker. She also platformed the sex worker community mentioning how meeting and working alongside so many of them was an “honor”.
Best Picture
Anora (Alex Coco, Samantha Quan and Sean Baker, Producers) (WINNER)
The Brutalist (Nick Gordon, Brian Young, Andrew Morrison, D.J. Gugenheim and Brady Corbet, Producers)
A Complete Unknown (Fred Berger, James Mangold and Alex Heineman, Producers)
Conclave (Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell and Michael A. Jackman, Producers)
Dune: Part Two (Mary Parent, Cale Boyter, Tanya Lapointe and Denis Villeneuve, Producers)
Emilia Pérez (Pascal Caucheteux and Jacques Audiard, Producers)
I’m Still Here (Maria Carlota Bruno and Rodrigo Teixeira, Producers)
Nickel Boys (Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner and Joslyn Barnes, Producers)
The Substance (Coralie Fargeat, Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner, Producers)
Wicked (Marc Platt, Producer)
When Harry Met Sally‘s Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan presented the highest award to Anora, marking five out of six wins tonight. Producer Alex Coco mentioned the importance of independent film. Samantha Kwan encouraged the “dreamers” watching to make their films and tell their stories. Director Sean Baker concluded the speech with “long live independent film.”
