95th Academy Awards
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The 95th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), took place on March 12, 2023, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles. During the gala, the AMPAS presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 23 categories honoring films released in 2022. The ceremony, televised in the United States by ABC, was produced by Glenn Weiss and Ricky Kirshner, with Weiss also serving as director. Comedian Jimmy Kimmel hosted the show for the third time, following the 89th ceremony in 2017 and the 90th ceremony in 2018. In related events, the Academy held its 13th annual Governors Awards ceremony at the Fairmont Century Plaza Hotel in Century City, California, on November 19, 2022. The Academy Scientific and Technical Awards were presented by host Simu Liu on February 24, 2023, in a ceremony at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles. Everything Everywhere All at Once won seven awards, including Best Picture. Other winners included All Quiet on the Western Front with four awards, The Whale with two, and Avatar: The Way of Water, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse, The Elephant Whisperers, Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio, An Irish Goodbye, Navalny, RRR, Top Gun: Maverick, and Women Talking with one. The telecast drew 18.75 million viewers in the United States.
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| Best Picture Everything Everywhere All at Once – Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, and Jonathan Wang, producers‡ All Quiet on the Western Front – Malte Grunert, producer Avatar: The Way of Water – James Cameron and Jon Landau, producers The Banshees of Inisherin – Graham Broadbent, Peter Czernin, and Martin McDonagh, producers Elvis – Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Martin, Gail Berman, Patrick McCormick, and Schuyler Weiss, producers The Fabelmans – Kristie Macosko Krieger, Steven Spielberg, and Tony Kushner, producers Tár – Todd Field, Alexandra Milchan, and Scott Lambert, producers Top Gun: Maverick – Tom Cruise, Christopher McQuarrie, David Ellison, and Jerry Bruckheimer, producers Triangle of Sadness – Erik Hemmendorff and Philippe Bober, producers Women Talking – Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, and Frances McDormand, producers | Best Directing Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All at Once‡ Martin McDonagh – The Banshees of Inisherin Steven Spielberg – The Fabelmans Todd Field – Tár Ruben Östlund – Triangle of Sadness |
| Best Actor in a Leading Role Brendan Fraser – The Whale as Charlie‡ Austin Butler – Elvis as Elvis Presley Colin Farrell – The Banshees of Inisherin as Pádraic Súilleabháin Paul Mescal – Aftersun as Calum Patterson Bill Nighy – Living as Mr. Rodney Williams | Best Actress in a Leading Role Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All at Once as Evelyn Quan Wang‡ Cate Blanchett – Tár as Lydia Tár Ana de Armas – Blonde as Norma Jeane Andrea Riseborough – To Leslie as Leslie Rowlands Michelle Williams – The Fabelmans as Mitzi Fabelman |
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All at Once as Waymond Wang‡ Brendan Gleeson – The Banshees of Inisherin as Colm Doherty Brian Tyree Henry – Causeway as James Aucoin Judd Hirsch – The Fabelmans as Uncle Boris Barry Keoghan – The Banshees of Inisherin as Dominic Kearney | Best Actress in a Supporting Role Jamie Lee Curtis – Everything Everywhere All at Once as Deirdre Beaubeirdre‡ Angela Bassett – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever as Queen Ramonda Hong Chau – The Whale as Liz Kerry Condon – The Banshees of Inisherin as Siobhán Súilleabháin Stephanie Hsu – Everything Everywhere All at Once as Joy Wang / Jobu Tupaki |
| Best Writing (Original Screenplay) Everything Everywhere All at Once – Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert‡ The Banshees of Inisherin – Martin McDonagh The Fabelmans – Steven Spielberg and Tony Kushner Tár – Todd Field Triangle of Sadness – Ruben Östlund | Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay) Women Talking – Sarah Polley; based on the novel by Miriam Toews‡ All Quiet on the Western Front – Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson, and Ian Stokell; based on the novel by Erich Maria Remarque Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery – Rian Johnson; based on characters created by Johnson and the film Knives Out Living – Kazuo Ishiguro; based on the original motion picture screenplay Ikiru by Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, and Hideo Oguni Top Gun: Maverick – Screenplay by Ehren Kruger, Eric Warren Singer, and Christopher McQuarrie; story by Peter Craig and Justin Marks; based on the film Top Gun written by Jim Cash and Jack Epps Jr. |
| Best Animated Feature Film Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio – Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson, Gary Ungar, and Alex Bulkley‡ Marcel the Shell with Shoes On – Dean Fleischer Camp, Elisabeth Holm, Andrew Goldman, Caroline Kaplan, and Paul Mezey Puss in Boots: The Last Wish – Joel Crawford and Mark Swift The Sea Beast – Chris Williams and Jed Schlanger Turning Red – Domee Shi and Lindsey Collins | Best International Feature Film All Quiet on the Western Front (Germany) – directed by Edward Berger‡ Argentina, 1985 (Argentina) – directed by Santiago Mitre Close (Belgium) – directed by Lukas Dhont EO (Poland) – directed by Jerzy Skolimowski The Quiet Girl (Ireland) – directed by Colm Bairéad |
| Best Documentary Feature Film Navalny – Daniel Roher, Odessa Rae, Diane Becker, Melanie Miller, and Shane Boris‡ All That Breathes – Shaunak Sen, Aman Mann, and Teddy Leifer All the Beauty and the Bloodshed – Laura Poitras, Howard Gertler, John Lyons, Nan Goldin, and Yoni Golijov Fire of Love – Sara Dosa, Shane Boris, and Ina Fichman A House Made of Splinters – Simon Lereng Wilmont and Monica Hellström | Best Documentary Short Film The Elephant Whisperers – Kartiki Gonsalves and Guneet Monga‡ Haulout – Evgenia Arbugaeva and Maxim Arbugaev How Do You Measure a Year? – Jay Rosenblatt The Martha Mitchell Effect – Anne Alvergue and Beth Levison Stranger at the Gate – Joshua Seftel and Conall Jones |
| Best Short Film (Live Action) An Irish Goodbye – Tom Berkeley and Ross White‡ Ivalu – Anders Walter and Rebecca Pruzan Le pupille – Alice Rohrwacher and Alfonso Cuarón Night Ride – Eirik Tveiten and Gaute Lid Larssen The Red Suitcase – Cyrus Neshvad | Best Short Film (Animated) The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse – Charlie Mackesy and Matthew Freud‡ The Flying Sailor – Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis Ice Merchants – João Gonzalez and Bruno Caetano My Year of Dicks – Sara Gunnarsdóttir and Pamela Ribon An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It – Lachlan Pendragon |
| Best Music (Original Score) All Quiet on the Western Front – Volker Bertelmann‡ Babylon – Justin Hurwitz The Banshees of Inisherin – Carter Burwell Everything Everywhere All at Once – Son Lux The Fabelmans – John Williams | Best Music (Original Song) "Naatu Naatu" from RRR – Music by M. M. Keeravani; lyrics by Chandrabose‡ "Applause" from Tell It Like a Woman – Music and lyrics by Diane Warren "Hold My Hand" from Top Gun: Maverick – Music and lyrics by Lady Gaga and BloodPop "Lift Me Up" from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Music by Tems, Rihanna, Ryan Coogler, and Ludwig Göransson; lyrics by Tems and Ryan Coogler "This Is a Life" from Everything Everywhere All at Once – Music by Ryan Lott, David Byrne, and Mitski; lyrics by Ryan Lott and David Byrne |
| Best Sound Top Gun: Maverick – Mark Weingarten, James H. Mather, Al Nelson, Chris Burdon, and Mark Taylor‡ All Quiet on the Western Front – Viktor Prášil, Frank Kruse, Markus Stemler, Lars Ginzel, and Stefan Korte Avatar: The Way of Water – Julian Howarth, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Dick Bernstein, Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, and Michael Hedges The Batman – Stuart Wilson, William Files, Douglas Murray, and Andy Nelson Elvis – David Lee, Wayne Pashley, Andy Nelson, and Michael Keller | Best Production Design All Quiet on the Western Front – Production design: Christian M. Goldbeck; set decoration: Ernestine Hipper‡ Avatar: The Way of Water – Production design: Dylan Cole and Ben Procter; set decoration: Vanessa Cole Babylon – Production design: Florencia Martin; set decoration: Anthony Carlino Elvis – Production design: Catherine Martin and Karen Murphy; set decoration: Bev Dunn The Fabelmans – Production design: Rick Carter; set decoration: Karen O'Hara |
| Best Cinematography All Quiet on the Western Front – James Friend‡ Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths – Darius Khondji Elvis – Mandy Walker Empire of Light – Roger Deakins Tár – Florian Hoffmeister | Best Makeup and Hairstyling The Whale – Adrien Morot, Judy Chin, and Annemarie Bradley‡ All Quiet on the Western Front – Heike Merker and Linda Eisenhamerová The Batman – Naomi Donne, Mike Marino, and Mike Fontaine Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Camille Friend and Joel Harlow Elvis – Mark Coulier, Jason Baird, and Aldo Signoretti |
| Best Costume Design Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Ruth E. Carter‡ Babylon – Mary Zophres Elvis – Catherine Martin Everything Everywhere All at Once – Shirley Kurata Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris – Jenny Beavan | Best Film Editing Everything Everywhere All at Once – Paul Rogers‡ The Banshees of Inisherin – Mikkel E. G. Nielsen Elvis – Matt Villa and Jonathan Redmond Tár – Monika Willi Top Gun: Maverick – Eddie Hamilton |
| Best Visual Effects Avatar: The Way of Water – Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, and Daniel Barrett‡ All Quiet on the Western Front – Frank Petzold, Viktor Müller, Markus Frank, and Kamil Jafar The Batman – Dan Lemmon, Russell Earl, Anders Langlands, and Dominic Tuohy Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Geoffrey Baumann, Craig Hammack, R. Christopher White, and Dan Sudick Top Gun: Maverick – Ryan Tudhope, Seth Hill, Bryan Litson, and Scott R. Fisher | |
| Nominations | Film |
| 11 | Everything Everywhere All at Once |
| 9 | All Quiet on the Western Front |
| The Banshees of Inisherin | |
| 8 | Elvis |
| 7 | The Fabelmans |
| 6 | Tár |
| Top Gun: Maverick | |
| 5 | Black Panther: Wakanda Forever |
| 4 | Avatar: The Way of Water |
| 3 | Babylon |
| The Batman | |
| Triangle of Sadness | |
| The Whale | |
| 2 | Living |
| Women Talking |
| Awards | Film |
| 7 | Everything Everywhere All at Once |
| 4 | All Quiet on the Western Front |
| 2 | The Whale |
| Name(s) | Role |
| Sylvia Villagran | Served as announcer for the 95th Academy Awards |
| Emily Blunt Dwayne Johnson | Presented the award for Best Animated Feature |
| Ariana DeBose Troy Kotsur | Presented the awards for Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress |
| Cara Delevingne | Introduced the performance of "Applause" |
| Riz Ahmed Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson | Presented the award for Best Documentary Feature Film and Best Live Action Short Film |
| Halle Bailey Melissa McCarthy | Presented the trailer for The Little Mermaid |
| Michael B. JordanJonathan Majors | Presented the award for Best Cinematography |
| Donnie Yen | Introduced the performance of "This Is a Life" |
| Jennifer ConnellySamuel L. Jackson | Presented the award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling |
| Morgan FreemanMargot Robbie | Presented the Warner Bros. 100 Years tribute |
| Paul DanoJulia Louis-Dreyfus | Presented the award for Best Costume Design |
| Deepika Padukone | Introduced the performance of "Naatu Naatu" |
| Eva LongoriaJanet Yang | Presented a montage promoting the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures |
| Antonio BanderasSalma Hayek Pinault | Presented the award for Best International Feature Film |
| Elizabeth OlsenPedro Pascal | Presented the awards for Best Documentary Short Film and Best Animated Short Film |
| Hugh GrantAndie MacDowell | Presented the award for Best Production Design |
| John ChoMindy Kaling | Presented the award for Best Original Score |
| Elizabeth Banks | Presented the award for Best Visual Effects |
| Danai Gurira | Introduced the performance of "Lift Me Up" |
| Andrew GarfieldFlorence Pugh | Presented the awards for Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay |
| Kate HudsonJanelle Monáe | Presented the award for Best Sound and Best Original Song |
| John Travolta | Presented the "In Memoriam" segment |
| Zoe SaldañaSigourney Weaver | Presented the award for Best Film Editing |
| Idris ElbaNicole Kidman | Presented the award for Best Director |
| Halle BerryJessica Chastain | Presented the awards for Best Actor and Best Actress |
| Harrison Ford | Presented the award for Best Picture |
| Name | Role | Work |
| Rickey Minor | Music director Conductor | Orchestral |
| Sofia Carson Diane Warren | Performers | "Applause" from Tell It Like a Woman |
| David Byrne Stephanie Hsu Son Lux | Performers | "This Is a Life" from Everything Everywhere All at Once |
| Kaala Bhairava Rahul Sipligunj | Performers | "Naatu Naatu" from RRR |
| Lady Gaga | Performer | "Hold My Hand" from Top Gun: Maverick |
| Rihanna | Performer | "Lift Me Up" from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever |
| Lenny Kravitz | Performer | "Calling All Angels" during the annual "In Memoriam" tribute |
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