96th Academy Awards
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The 96th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), took place on March 10, 2024, 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 2023. The ceremony, televised in the United States by ABC, was produced by Raj Kapoor and Katy Mullan, and was directed by Hamish Hamilton. Comedian Jimmy Kimmel hosted the show for the fourth time. He first presided over the 89th ceremony held in 2017, and had most recently hosted the previous year's ceremony. In related events, the Academy held its 14th Governors Awards ceremony at the Ray Dolby Ballroom of the Ovation Hollywood complex in Hollywood, on January 9, 2024. The Academy Scientific and Technical Awards were presented by host Natasha Lyonne on February 23, 2024, in a ceremony at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles. Oppenheimer won seven awards, including Best Picture. Other winners included Poor Things with four awards, The Zone of Interest with two, and 20 Days in Mariupol, American Fiction, Anatomy of a Fall, Barbie, The Boy and the Heron, Godzilla Minus One, The Holdovers, The Last Repair Shop, War Is Over!, and The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar with one. The telecast drew 19 million viewers in the United States.
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| Best Picture Oppenheimer – Emma Thomas, Charles Roven, and Christopher Nolan, producers ‡ American Fiction – Ben LeClair, Nikos Karamigios, Cord Jefferson, and Jermaine Johnson, producers Anatomy of a Fall – Marie-Ange Luciani and David Thion, producers Barbie – David Heyman, Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerley, and Robbie Brenner, producers The Holdove | Best Directing Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer ‡ Justine Triet – Anatomy of a Fall Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon Yorgos Lanthimos – Poor Things Jonathan Glazer – The Zone of Interest |
| Best Actor in a Leading Role Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer as J. Robert Oppenheimer ‡ Bradley Cooper – Maestro as Leonard Bernstein Colman Domingo – Rustin as Bayard Rustin Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers as Paul Hunham Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction as Thelonious "Monk" Ellison | Best Actress in a Leading Role Emma Stone – Poor Things as Bella Baxter ‡ Annette Bening – Nyad as Diana Nyad Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon as Mollie Burkhart Sandra Hüller – Anatomy of a Fall as Sandra Voyter Carey Mulligan – Maestro as Felicia Montealegre |
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer as Lewis Strauss ‡ Sterling K. Brown – American Fiction as Clifford "Cliff" Ellison Robert De Niro – Killers of the Flower Moon as William King Hale Ryan Gosling – Barbie as Ken Mark Ruffalo – Poor Things as Duncan Wedderburn | Best Actress in a Supporting Role Da'Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers as Mary Lamb ‡ Emily Blunt – Oppenheimer as Kitty Oppenheimer Danielle Brooks – The Color Purple as Sofia America Ferrera – Barbie as Gloria Jodie Foster – Nyad as Bonnie Stoll |
| Best Writing (Original Screenplay) Anatomy of a Fall – Justine Triet and Arthur Harari ‡ The Holdovers – David Hemingson Maestro – Bradley Cooper and Josh Singer May December – Screenplay by Samy Burch; Story by Samy Burch and Alex Mechanik Past Lives – Celine Song | Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay) American Fiction – Cord Jefferson; based on the novel Erasure by Percival Everett ‡ Barbie – Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach; based on Barbie by Mattel Oppenheimer – Christopher Nolan; based on the biography American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin Poo |
| Best Animated Feature Film The Boy and the Heron – Hayao Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki ‡ Elemental – Peter Sohn and Denise Ream Nimona – Nick Bruno, Troy Quane, Karen Ryan, and Julie Zackary Robot Dreams – Pablo Berger, Ibon Cormenzana, Ignasi Estapé, and Sandra Tapia Díaz Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson, Phil | Best International Feature Film The Zone of Interest (United Kingdom) in German, Polish, and Yiddish – directed by Jonathan Glazer ‡ Io capitano (Italy) in Wolof and French – directed by Matteo Garrone Perfect Days (Japan) in Japanese – directed by Wim Wenders Society of the Snow (Spain) in Spanish – directed by J. A. Bayona The Teachers' Lounge |
| Best Documentary Feature Film 20 Days in Mariupol – Mstyslav Chernov, Michelle Mizner, and Raney Aronson-Rath ‡ Bobi Wine: The People's President – Moses Bwayo, Christopher Sharp, and John Battsek The Eternal Memory – Maite Alberdi Four Daughters – Kaouther Ben Hania and Nadim Cheikhrouha To Kill a Tiger – Nisha Pahuja, Cornelia Principe, and Da | Best Documentary Short Film The Last Repair Shop – Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers ‡ The ABCs of Book Banning – Sheila Nevins and Trish Adlesic The Barber of Little Rock – John Hoffman and Christine Turner Island in Between – S. Leo Chiang and Jean Tsien Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó – Sean Wang and Sam Davis |
| Best Short Film (Live Action) The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar – Wes Anderson and Steven Rales ‡ The After – Misan Harriman and Nicky Bentham Invincible – Vincent René-Lortie and Samuel Caron Knight of Fortune – Lasse Lyskjær Noer and Christian Norlyk Red, White and Blue – Nazrin Choudhury and Sara McFarlane | Best Short Film (Animated) War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John and Yoko – Dave Mullins and Brad Booker ‡ Letter to a Pig – Tal Kantor and Amit R. Gicelter Ninety-Five Senses – Jared and Jerusha Hess Our Uniform – Yegane Moghaddam Pachyderme – Stéphanie Clément and Marc Rius |
| Best Music (Original Score) Oppenheimer – Ludwig Göransson ‡ American Fiction – Laura Karpman Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny – John Williams Killers of the Flower Moon – Robbie Robertson (p .) Poor Things – Jerskin Fendrix | Best Music (Original Song) "What Was I Made For?" from Barbie – Music and lyrics by Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell ‡ "The Fire Inside" from Flamin' Hot – Music and lyrics by Diane Warren "I'm Just Ken" from Barbie – Music and lyrics by Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt "It Never Went Away" from American Symphony – Music and lyrics by Jon Batiste |
| Best Sound The Zone of Interest – Tarn Willers and Johnnie Burn ‡ The Creator – Ian Voigt, Erik Aadahl, Ethan Van der Ryn, Tom Ozanich, and Dean Zupancic Maestro – Steven A. Morrow, Richard King, Jason Ruder, Tom Ozanich, and Dean Zupancic Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One – Chris Munro, James H. Mather, Chris Burdon, and Mark Taylor | Best Production Design Poor Things – Production Design: James Price and Shona Heath; Set Decoration: Zsuzsa Mihalek ‡ Barbie – Production Design: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer Killers of the Flower Moon – Production Design: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Adam Willis Napoleon – Production Design: Arthur Max; Set Decoration: Elli Griff |
| Best Cinematography Oppenheimer – Hoyte van Hoytema ‡ El Conde – Edward Lachman Killers of the Flower Moon – Rodrigo Prieto Maestro – Matthew Libatique Poor Things – Robbie Ryan | Best Makeup and Hairstyling Poor Things – Nadia Stacey, Mark Coulier, and Josh Weston ‡ Golda – Karen Hartley Thomas, Suzi Battersby, and Ashra Kelly-Blue Maestro – Kazu Hiro, Kay Georgiou, and Lori McCoy-Bell Oppenheimer – Luisa Abel Society of the Snow – Ana López-Puigcerver, David Martí, and Montse Ribé |
| Best Costume Design Poor Things – Holly Waddington ‡ Barbie – Jacqueline Durran Killers of the Flower Moon – Jacqueline West Napoleon – Janty Yates and Dave Crossman Oppenheimer – Ellen Mirojnick | Best Film Editing Oppenheimer – Jennifer Lame ‡ Anatomy of a Fall – Laurent Sénéchal The Holdovers – Kevin Tent Killers of the Flower Moon – Thelma Schoonmaker Poor Things – Yorgos Mavropsaridis |
| Best Visual Effects Godzilla Minus One – Takashi Yamazaki, Kiyoko Shibuya, Masaki Takahashi, and Tatsuji Nojima ‡ The Creator – Jay Cooper, Ian Comley, Andrew Roberts, and Neil Corbould Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 – Stéphane Ceretti, Alexis Wajsbrot, Guy Williams, and Theo Bialek Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One – Alex Wuttke, Sim | |
| Nominations | Film |
| 13 | Oppenheimer |
| 11 | Poor Things |
| 10 | Killers of the Flower Moon |
| 8 | Barbie |
| 7 | Maestro |
| 5 | American Fiction |
| Anatomy of a Fall | |
| The Holdovers | |
| The Zone of Interest | |
| 3 | Napoleon |
| 2 | The Creator |
| Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One | |
| Nyad | |
| Past Lives | |
| Society of the Snow |
| Awards | Film |
| 7 | Oppenheimer |
| 4 | Poor Things |
| 2 | The Zone of Interest |
| Name(s) | Role |
| David Alan Grier | Served as announcer for the 96th Academy Awards |
| Jamie Lee Curtis Regina King Rita Moreno Lupita Nyong'o Mary Steenburgen | Presented the award for Best Supporting Actress |
| Chris Hemsworth Anya Taylor-Joy | Presented the awards for Best Animated Short Film and Best Animated Feature Film |
| Melissa McCarthy Octavia Spencer | Presented the awards for Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay |
| Michael Keaton Catherine O'Hara | Presented the awards for Best Makeup and Hairstyling and Best Production Design |
| John Cena | Presented the award for Best Costume Design |
| Bad Bunny Dwayne Johnson | Presented the award for Best International Feature Film |
| Emily Blunt Ryan Gosling | Presented tribute to all the stunt performers in cinema history |
| Mahershala Ali Ke Huy Quan Tim Robbins Sam Rockwell Christoph Waltz | Presented the award for Best Supporting Actor |
| Danny DeVito Arnold Schwarzenegger | Presented the awards for Best Visual Effects and Best Film Editing |
| America Ferrera Kate McKinnon | Presented the awards for Best Documentary Short Film and Best Documentary Feature Film |
| Zendaya | Presented the award for Best Cinematography |
| Issa Rae Ramy Youssef | Presented the award for Best Live Action Short Film |
| John Mulaney | Presented the award for Best Sound |
| Cynthia Erivo Ariana Grande | Presented the awards for Best Original Score and Best Original Song |
| Nicolas Cage Brendan Fraser Ben Kingsley Matthew McConaughey Forest Whitaker | Presented the award for Best Actor |
| Steven Spielberg | Presented the award for Best Director |
| Sally Field Jessica Lange Jennifer Lawrence Charlize Theron Michelle Yeoh | Presented the award for Best Actress |
| Al Pacino | Presented the award for Best Picture |
| Name(s) | Role | Work |
| Rickey Minor | Musical director Conductor | Orchestral |
| Billie Eilish Finneas O'Connell | Performers | "What Was I Made For?" from Barbie |
| Scott George Osage singers and dancers | Performers | "Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People)" from Killers of the Flower Moon |
| Jon Batiste | Performer | "It Never Went Away" from American Symphony |
| Becky G | Performer | "The Fire Inside" from Flamin' Hot |
| Ryan Gosling Mark Ronson Simu Liu Scott Evans Ncuti Gatwa Kingsley Ben-Adir Slash Wolfgang Van Halen | Performers | "I'm Just Ken" from Barbie |
| Andrea Bocelli Matteo Bocelli | Performers | "Time to Say Goodbye" during the annual "In Memoriam" tribute |