Academy Awards

93rd Academy Awards

April 25, 2021Union StationFilms from 202024 categories
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Best Picture Winner

Nomadland

Nomadland

Best Picture

Director: Chloé Zhao

Studio: Searchlight Pictures

After losing everything in the Great Recession, a woman embarks on a journey through the American West, living as a van-dwelling modern-day nomad.

All Categories (24)

Animated Feature Film

Soul— Pete Docter and Dana Murray
Winner
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon— Richard Phelan, Will Becher and Paul Kewley
Onward— Dan Scanlon and Kori Rae
Over the Moon— Glen Keane, Gennie Rim and Peilin Chou
Wolfwalkers— Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart, Paul Young and Stéphan Roelants

Best Picture

Nomadland— Frances McDormand, Peter Spears, Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey and Chloé Zhao, Producers
Winner
Judas and the Black Messiah— Shaka King, Charles D. King and Ryan Coogler, Producers
Mank— Ceán Chaffin, Eric Roth and Douglas Urbanski, Producers
Minari— Christina Oh, Producer
Promising Young Woman— Ben Browning, Ashley Fox, Emerald Fennell and Josey McNamara, Producers
Sound of Metal— Bert Hamelinck and Sacha Ben Harroche, Producers
The Father— David Parfitt, Jean-Louis Livi and Philippe Carcassonne, Producers
The Trial of the Chicago 7— Marc Platt and Stuart Besser, Producers

Actor In A Leading Role

Anthony Hopkins— The Father {"Anthony"}
Winner
Chadwick Boseman— Ma Rainey's Black Bottom {"Levee"}
Gary Oldman— Mank {"Herman Mankiewicz"}
Riz Ahmed— Sound of Metal {"Ruben"}
Steven Yeun— Minari {"Jacob"}

Actor In A Supporting Role

Daniel Kaluuya— Judas and the Black Messiah {"Fred Hampton"}
Winner
Lakeith Stanfield— Judas and the Black Messiah {"Bill O’Neal"}
Leslie Odom, Jr.— One Night in Miami... {"Sam Cooke"}
Paul Raci— Sound of Metal {"Joe"}
Sacha Baron Cohen— The Trial of the Chicago 7 {"Abbie Hoffman"}

Actress In A Leading Role

Frances McDormand— Nomadland {"Fern"}
Winner
Andra Day— The United States vs. Billie Holiday {"Billie Holiday"}
Carey Mulligan— Promising Young Woman {"Cassandra"}
Vanessa Kirby— Pieces of a Woman {"Martha"}
Viola Davis— Ma Rainey's Black Bottom {"Ma Rainey"}

Actress In A Supporting Role

Yuh-Jung Youn— Minari {"Soonja"}
Winner
Amanda Seyfried— Mank {"Marion Davies"}
Glenn Close— Hillbilly Elegy {"Mamaw"}
Maria Bakalova— Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan {"Tutar Sagdiyev"}
Olivia Colman— The Father {"Anne"}

Directing

Nomadland— Chloé Zhao
Winner
Another Round— Thomas Vinterberg
Mank— David Fincher
Minari— Lee Isaac Chung
Promising Young Woman— Emerald Fennell

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

The Father— Screenplay by Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller
Winner
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan— Screenplay by Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines & Dan Swimer & Peter Baynham & Erica Rivinoja & Dan Mazer & Jena Friedman & Lee Kern; Story by Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines & Dan Swimer & Nina Pedrad
Nomadland— Written for the screen by Chloé Zhao
One Night in Miami...— Screenplay by Kemp Powers
The White Tiger— Written for the screen by Ramin Bahrani

Writing (Original Screenplay)

Promising Young Woman— Written by Emerald Fennell
Winner
Judas and the Black Messiah— Screenplay by Will Berson & Shaka King; Story by Will Berson & Shaka King and Kenny Lucas & Keith Lucas
Minari— Written by Lee Isaac Chung
Sound of Metal— Screenplay by Darius Marder & Abraham Marder; Story by Darius Marder & Derek Cianfrance
The Trial of the Chicago 7— Written by Aaron Sorkin

Cinematography

Mank— Erik Messerschmidt
Winner
Judas and the Black Messiah— Sean Bobbitt
News of the World— Dariusz Wolski
Nomadland— Joshua James Richards
The Trial of the Chicago 7— Phedon Papamichael

Music (Original Score)

Soul— Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste
Winner
Da 5 Bloods— Terence Blanchard
Mank— Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
Minari— Emile Mosseri
News of the World— James Newton Howard

Music (Original Song)

"Fight For You" from Judas and the Black Messiah— Music by H.E.R. and Dernst Emile II; Lyric by H.E.R. and Tiara Thomas
Winner
"Hear My Voice" from The Trial of the Chicago 7— Music by Daniel Pemberton; Lyric by Daniel Pemberton and Celeste Waite
"Husavik" from Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga— Music and Lyric by Savan Kotecha, Fat Max Gsus and Rickard Göransson
"Io Sì (Seen)" from The Life Ahead (La Vita Davanti a Se)— Music by Diane Warren; Lyric by Diane Warren and Laura Pausini
"Speak Now" from One Night in Miami...— Music and Lyric by Leslie Odom, Jr. and Sam Ashworth

Production Design

Mank— Production Design: Donald Graham Burt; Set Decoration: Jan Pascale
Winner
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom— Production Design: Mark Ricker; Set Decoration: Karen O'Hara and Diana Stoughton
News of the World— Production Design: David Crank; Set Decoration: Elizabeth Keenan
Tenet— Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Kathy Lucas
The Father— Production Design: Peter Francis; Set Decoration: Cathy Featherstone

Visual Effects

Tenet— Andrew Jackson, David Lee, Andrew Lockley and Scott Fisher
Winner
Love and Monsters— Matt Sloan, Genevieve Camilleri, Matt Everitt and Brian Cox
Mulan— Sean Faden, Anders Langlands, Seth Maury and Steve Ingram
The Midnight Sky— Matthew Kasmir, Christopher Lawrence, Max Solomon and David Watkins
The One and Only Ivan— Nick Davis, Greg Fisher, Ben Jones and Santiago Colomo Martinez

Film Editing

Sound of Metal— Mikkel E. G. Nielsen
Winner
Nomadland— Chloé Zhao
Promising Young Woman— Frédéric Thoraval
The Father— Yorgos Lamprinos
The Trial of the Chicago 7— Alan Baumgarten

Sound

Sound of Metal— Nicolas Becker, Jaime Baksht, Michellee Couttolenc, Carlos Cortés and Phillip Bladh
Winner
Greyhound— Warren Shaw, Michael Minkler, Beau Borders and David Wyman
Mank— Ren Klyce, Jeremy Molod, David Parker, Nathan Nance and Drew Kunin
News of the World— Oliver Tarney, Mike Prestwood Smith, William Miller and John Pritchett
Soul— Ren Klyce, Coya Elliott and David Parker

Costume Design

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom— Ann Roth
Winner
Emma— Alexandra Byrne
Mank— Trish Summerville
Mulan— Bina Daigeler
Pinocchio— Massimo Cantini Parrini

Makeup And Hairstyling

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom— Sergio Lopez-Rivera, Mia Neal and Jamika Wilson
Winner
Emma— Marese Langan, Laura Allen and Claudia Stolze
Hillbilly Elegy— Eryn Krueger Mekash, Matthew Mungle and Patricia Dehaney
Mank— Gigi Williams, Kimberley Spiteri and Colleen LaBaff
Pinocchio— Mark Coulier, Dalia Colli and Francesco Pegoretti

Documentary (Feature)

My Octopus Teacher— Pippa Ehrlich, James Reed and Craig Foster
Winner
Collective— Alexander Nanau and Bianca Oana
Crip Camp— Nicole Newnham, Jim LeBrecht and Sara Bolder
The Mole Agent— Maite Alberdi and Marcela Santibáñez
Time— Garrett Bradley, Lauren Domino and Kellen Quinn

Documentary (Short Subject)

Colette— Anthony Giacchino and Alice Doyard
Winner
A Concerto Is a Conversation— Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers
A Love Song for Latasha— Sophia Nahli Allison and Janice Duncan
Do Not Split— Anders Hammer and Charlotte Cook
Hunger Ward— Skye Fitzgerald and Michael Scheuerman

Short Film (Animated)

If Anything Happens I Love You— Will McCormack and Michael Govier
Winner
Burrow— Madeline Sharafian and Michael Capbarat
Genius Loci— Adrien Mérigeau and Amaury Ovise
Opera— Erick Oh
Yes-People— Gísli Darri Halldórsson and Arnar Gunnarsson

Short Film (Live Action)

Two Distant Strangers— Travon Free and Martin Desmond Roe
Winner
Feeling Through— Doug Roland and Susan Ruzenski
The Letter Room— Elvira Lind and Sofia Sondervan
The Present— Farah Nabulsi and Ossama Bawardi
White Eye— Tomer Shushan and Shira Hochman

International Feature Film

Another Round— Denmark
Winner
Better Days— Hong Kong
Collective— Romania
Quo Vadis, Aida?— Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Man Who Sold His Skin— Tunisia

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

Motion Picture & Television Fund
Winner
Tyler Perry
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