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The 88th Academy Awards | 2016
Dolby Theatre at the Hollywood & Highland Center
Sunday, February 28, 2016
Honoring movies released in 2015
Highlights
BEST DIRECTING
Alejandro G. Iñárritu

"The Revenant"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Mark Rylance

for his performance in "Bridge of Spies"

BEST PICTURE
"Spotlight"

Michael Sugar, Steve Golin, Nicole Rocklin and Blye Pagon Faust, Producers

Memorable Moments
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Leonardo DiCaprio accepts the Oscar® for Performance by an actor in a Leading role, for work on “The Revenant”

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Alicia Vikander accepts the Oscar® for Performance by an actress in a supporting role, for her role in “The Danish Girl”

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BB-8, R2-D2, C-3PO at The 88th Oscars®

WINNERS & NOMINEES
Actor in a Leading Role
Winner
Leonardo DiCaprio
The Revenant
Nominees
Bryan Cranston
Trumbo
Nominees
Matt Damon
The Martian
Nominees
Michael Fassbender
Steve Jobs
Nominees
Eddie Redmayne
The Danish Girl
Actor in a Supporting Role
Winner
Mark Rylance
Bridge of Spies
Nominees
Christian Bale
The Big Short
Nominees
Tom Hardy
The Revenant
Nominees
Mark Ruffalo
Spotlight
Nominees
Sylvester Stallone
Creed
Actress in a Leading Role
Winner
Brie Larson
Room
Nominees
Cate Blanchett
Carol
Nominees
Jennifer Lawrence
Joy
Nominees
Charlotte Rampling
45 Years
Nominees
Saoirse Ronan
Brooklyn
Actress in a Supporting Role
Winner
Alicia Vikander
The Danish Girl
Nominees
Jennifer Jason Leigh
The Hateful Eight
Nominees
Rooney Mara
Carol
Nominees
Rachel McAdams
Spotlight
Nominees
Kate Winslet
Steve Jobs
Animated Feature Film
Winner
Inside Out
Pete Docter and Jonas Rivera
Nominees
Anomalisa
Charlie Kaufman, Duke Johnson and Rosa Tran
Nominees
Boy and the World
Alê Abreu
Nominees
Shaun the Sheep Movie
Mark Burton and Richard Starzak
Nominees
When Marnie Was There
Hiromasa Yonebayashi and Yoshiaki Nishimura
Cinematography
Winner
The Revenant
Emmanuel Lubezki
Nominees
Carol
Ed Lachman
Nominees
The Hateful Eight
Robert Richardson
Nominees
Mad Max: Fury Road
John Seale
Nominees
Sicario
Roger Deakins
Costume Design
Winner
Mad Max: Fury Road
Jenny Beavan
Nominees
Carol
Sandy Powell
Nominees
Cinderella
Sandy Powell
Nominees
The Danish Girl
Paco Delgado
Nominees
The Revenant
Jacqueline West
Directing
Winner
The Revenant
Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Nominees
The Big Short
Adam McKay
Nominees
Mad Max: Fury Road
George Miller
Nominees
Room
Lenny Abrahamson
Nominees
Spotlight
Tom McCarthy
Documentary (Feature)
Winner
Amy
Asif Kapadia and James Gay-Rees
Nominees
Cartel Land
Matthew Heineman and Tom Yellin
Nominees
The Look of Silence
Joshua Oppenheimer and Signe Byrge Sørensen
Nominees
What Happened, Miss Simone?
Liz Garbus, Amy Hobby and Justin Wilkes
Nominees
Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom
Evgeny Afineevsky and Den Tolmor
Documentary (Short Subject)
Winner
A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness
Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
Nominees
Body Team 12
David Darg and Bryn Mooser
Nominees
Chau, beyond the Lines
Courtney Marsh and Jerry Franck
Nominees
Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah
Adam Benzine
Nominees
Last Day of Freedom
Dee Hibbert-Jones and Nomi Talisman
Film Editing
Winner
Mad Max: Fury Road
Margaret Sixel
Nominees
The Big Short
Hank Corwin
Nominees
The Revenant
Stephen Mirrione
Nominees
Spotlight
Tom McArdle
Nominees
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Maryann Brandon and Mary Jo Markey
Foreign Language Film
Winner
Son of Saul
Hungary
Nominees
Embrace of the Serpent
Colombia
Nominees
Mustang
France
Nominees
Theeb
Jordan
Nominees
A War
Denmark
Makeup and Hairstyling
Winner
Mad Max: Fury Road
Lesley Vanderwalt, Elka Wardega and Damian Martin
Nominees
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared
Love Larson and Eva von Bahr
Nominees
The Revenant
Siân Grigg, Duncan Jarman and Robert Pandini
Music (Original Score)
Winner
The Hateful Eight
Ennio Morricone
Nominees
Bridge of Spies
Thomas Newman
Nominees
Carol
Carter Burwell
Nominees
Sicario
Jóhann Jóhannsson
Nominees
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
John Williams
Music (Original Song)
Winner
Spectre
“Writing’s On The Wall” from Spectre; Music and Lyric by Jimmy Napes and Sam Smith
Nominees
Fifty Shades of Grey
“Earned It” from Fifty Shades of Grey; Music and Lyric by The Weeknd, Ahmad Balshe, Jason Quenneville and Stephan Moccio
Nominees
Racing Extinction
“Manta Ray” from Racing Extinction; Music by J. Ralph, Lyric by Anohni
Nominees
Youth
“Simple Song #3” from Youth; Music and Lyric by David Lang
Nominees
The Hunting Ground
“Til It Happens To You” from The Hunting Ground; Music and Lyric by Diane Warren and Lady Gaga
Best Picture
Winner
Spotlight
Michael Sugar, Steve Golin, Nicole Rocklin and Blye Pagon Faust, Producers
Nominees
The Big Short
Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner, Producers
Nominees
Bridge of Spies
Steven Spielberg, Marc Platt and Kristie Macosko Krieger, Producers
Nominees
Brooklyn
Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey, Producers
Nominees
Mad Max: Fury Road
Doug Mitchell and George Miller, Producers
Nominees
The Martian
Simon Kinberg, Ridley Scott, Michael Schaefer and Mark Huffam, Producers
Nominees
The Revenant
Arnon Milchan, Steve Golin, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Mary Parent and Keith Redmon, Producers
Nominees
Room
Ed Guiney, Producer
Production Design
Winner
Mad Max: Fury Road
Production Design: Colin Gibson; Set Decoration: Lisa Thompson
Nominees
Bridge of Spies
Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Rena DeAngelo and Bernhard Henrich
Nominees
The Danish Girl
Production Design: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Michael Standish
Nominees
The Martian
Production Design: Arthur Max; Set Decoration: Celia Bobak
Nominees
The Revenant
Production Design: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Hamish Purdy
Short Film (Animated)
Winner
Bear Story
Gabriel Osorio and Pato Escala
Nominees
Prologue
Richard Williams and Imogen Sutton
Nominees
Sanjay’s Super Team
Sanjay Patel and Nicole Grindle
Nominees
We Can’t Live without Cosmos
Konstantin Bronzit
Nominees
World of Tomorrow
Don Hertzfeldt
Short Film (Live Action)
Winner
Stutterer
Benjamin Cleary and Serena Armitage
Nominees
Ave Maria
Basil Khalil and Eric Dupont
Nominees
Day One
Henry Hughes
Nominees
Everything Will Be Okay (Alles Wird Gut)
Patrick Vollrath
Nominees
Shok
Jamie Donoughue
Sound Editing
Winner
Mad Max: Fury Road
Mark Mangini and David White
Nominees
The Martian
Oliver Tarney
Nominees
The Revenant
Martin Hernandez and Lon Bender
Nominees
Sicario
Alan Robert Murray
Nominees
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Matthew Wood and David Acord
Sound Mixing
Winner
Mad Max: Fury Road
Chris Jenkins, Gregg Rudloff and Ben Osmo
Nominees
Bridge of Spies
Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom and Drew Kunin
Nominees
The Martian
Paul Massey, Mark Taylor and Mac Ruth
Nominees
The Revenant
Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño, Randy Thom and Chris Duesterdiek
Nominees
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Andy Nelson, Christopher Scarabosio and Stuart Wilson
Visual Effects
Winner
Ex Machina
Andrew Whitehurst, Paul Norris, Mark Ardington and Sara Bennett
Nominees
Mad Max: Fury Road
Andrew Jackson, Tom Wood, Dan Oliver and Andy Williams
Nominees
The Martian
Richard Stammers, Anders Langlands, Chris Lawrence and Steven Warner
Nominees
The Revenant
Rich McBride, Matthew Shumway, Jason Smith and Cameron Waldbauer
Nominees
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Neal Scanlan and Chris Corbould
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Winner
The Big Short
Screenplay by Charles Randolph and Adam McKay
Nominees
Brooklyn
Screenplay by Nick Hornby
Nominees
Carol
Screenplay by Phyllis Nagy
Nominees
The Martian
Screenplay by Drew Goddard
Nominees
Room
Screenplay by Emma Donoghue
Writing (Original Screenplay)
Winner
Spotlight
Written by Josh Singer & Tom McCarthy
Nominees
Bridge of Spies
Written by Matt Charman and Ethan Coen & Joel Coen
Nominees
Ex Machina
Written by Alex Garland
Nominees
Inside Out
Screenplay by Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley; Original story by Pete Docter, Ronnie del Carmen
Nominees
Straight Outta Compton
Screenplay by Jonathan Herman and Andrea Berloff; Story by S. Leigh Savidge & Alan Wenkus and Andrea Berloff

0-9

The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared
1 NOMINATION
  • Makeup and Hairstyling - Love Larson and Eva von Bahr
45 Years
1 NOMINATION
  • Actress in a Leading Role - Charlotte Rampling

A

Amy
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Documentary (Feature) - Asif Kapadia and James Gay-Rees
Anomalisa
1 NOMINATION
  • Animated Feature Film - Charlie Kaufman, Duke Johnson and Rosa Tran
Ave Maria
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Film (Live Action) - Basil Khalil and Eric Dupont

B

Bear Story
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Short Film (Animated) - Gabriel Osorio and Pato Escala
The Big Short
5 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
  • * Writing (Adapted Screenplay) - Screenplay by Charles Randolph and Adam McKay
  • Actor in a Supporting Role - Christian Bale
  • Directing - Adam McKay
  • Film Editing - Hank Corwin
  • Best Picture - Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner, Producers
Body Team 12
1 NOMINATION
  • Documentary (Short Subject) - David Darg and Bryn Mooser
Boy and the World
1 NOMINATION
  • Animated Feature Film - Alê Abreu
Bridge of Spies
6 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
  • * Actor in a Supporting Role - Mark Rylance
  • Music (Original Score) - Thomas Newman
  • Best Picture - Steven Spielberg, Marc Platt and Kristie Macosko Krieger, Producers
  • Production Design - Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Rena DeAngelo and Bernhard Henrich
  • Sound Mixing - Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom and Drew Kunin
  • Writing (Original Screenplay) - Written by Matt Charman and Ethan Coen & Joel Coen
Brooklyn
3 NOMINATIONS
  • Actress in a Leading Role - Saoirse Ronan
  • Best Picture - Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey, Producers
  • Writing (Adapted Screenplay) - Screenplay by Nick Hornby

C

Carol
6 NOMINATIONS
  • Actress in a Leading Role - Cate Blanchett
  • Actress in a Supporting Role - Rooney Mara
  • Cinematography - Ed Lachman
  • Costume Design - Sandy Powell
  • Music (Original Score) - Carter Burwell
  • Writing (Adapted Screenplay) - Screenplay by Phyllis Nagy
Cartel Land
1 NOMINATION
  • Documentary (Feature) - Matthew Heineman and Tom Yellin
Chau, beyond the Lines
1 NOMINATION
  • Documentary (Short Subject) - Courtney Marsh and Jerry Franck
Cinderella
1 NOMINATION
  • Costume Design - Sandy Powell
Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah
1 NOMINATION
  • Documentary (Short Subject) - Adam Benzine
Creed
1 NOMINATION
  • Actor in a Supporting Role - Sylvester Stallone

D

The Danish Girl
4 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
  • * Actress in a Supporting Role - Alicia Vikander
  • Actor in a Leading Role - Eddie Redmayne
  • Costume Design - Paco Delgado
  • Production Design - Production Design: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Michael Standish
Day One
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Film (Live Action) - Henry Hughes

E

Embrace of the Serpent
1 NOMINATION
  • Foreign Language Film - Colombia
Everything Will Be Okay (Alles Wird Gut)
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Film (Live Action) - Patrick Vollrath
Ex Machina
2 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
  • * Visual Effects - Andrew Whitehurst, Paul Norris, Mark Ardington and Sara Bennett
  • Writing (Original Screenplay) - Written by Alex Garland

F

Fifty Shades of Grey
1 NOMINATION
  • Music (Original Song) - “Earned It” from Fifty Shades of Grey; Music and Lyric by The Weeknd, Ahmad Balshe, Jason Quenneville and Stephan Moccio

G

A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Documentary (Short Subject) - Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

H

The Hateful Eight
3 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
  • * Music (Original Score) - Ennio Morricone
  • Actress in a Supporting Role - Jennifer Jason Leigh
  • Cinematography - Robert Richardson
The Hunting Ground
1 NOMINATION
  • Music (Original Song) - “Til It Happens To You” from The Hunting Ground; Music and Lyric by Diane Warren and Lady Gaga

I

Inside Out
2 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
  • * Animated Feature Film - Pete Docter and Jonas Rivera
  • Writing (Original Screenplay) - Screenplay by Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley; Original story by Pete Docter, Ronnie del Carmen

J

Joy
1 NOMINATION
  • Actress in a Leading Role - Jennifer Lawrence

L

Last Day of Freedom
1 NOMINATION
  • Documentary (Short Subject) - Dee Hibbert-Jones and Nomi Talisman
The Look of Silence
1 NOMINATION
  • Documentary (Feature) - Joshua Oppenheimer and Signe Byrge Sørensen

M

Mad Max: Fury Road
10 NOMINATIONS, 6 WINS
  • * Costume Design - Jenny Beavan
  • * Film Editing - Margaret Sixel
  • * Makeup and Hairstyling - Lesley Vanderwalt, Elka Wardega and Damian Martin
  • * Production Design - Production Design: Colin Gibson; Set Decoration: Lisa Thompson
  • * Sound Editing - Mark Mangini and David White
  • * Sound Mixing - Chris Jenkins, Gregg Rudloff and Ben Osmo
  • Cinematography - John Seale
  • Directing - George Miller
  • Best Picture - Doug Mitchell and George Miller, Producers
  • Visual Effects - Andrew Jackson, Tom Wood, Dan Oliver and Andy Williams
The Martian
7 NOMINATIONS
  • Actor in a Leading Role - Matt Damon
  • Best Picture - Simon Kinberg, Ridley Scott, Michael Schaefer and Mark Huffam, Producers
  • Production Design - Production Design: Arthur Max; Set Decoration: Celia Bobak
  • Sound Editing - Oliver Tarney
  • Sound Mixing - Paul Massey, Mark Taylor and Mac Ruth
  • Visual Effects - Richard Stammers, Anders Langlands, Chris Lawrence and Steven Warner
  • Writing (Adapted Screenplay) - Screenplay by Drew Goddard
Mustang
1 NOMINATION
  • Foreign Language Film - France

P

Prologue
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Film (Animated) - Richard Williams and Imogen Sutton

R

Racing Extinction
1 NOMINATION
  • Music (Original Song) - “Manta Ray” from Racing Extinction; Music by J. Ralph, Lyric by Anohni
The Revenant
12 NOMINATIONS, 3 WINS
  • * Actor in a Leading Role - Leonardo DiCaprio
  • * Cinematography - Emmanuel Lubezki
  • * Directing - Alejandro G. Iñárritu
  • Actor in a Supporting Role - Tom Hardy
  • Costume Design - Jacqueline West
  • Film Editing - Stephen Mirrione
  • Makeup and Hairstyling - Siân Grigg, Duncan Jarman and Robert Pandini
  • Best Picture - Arnon Milchan, Steve Golin, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Mary Parent and Keith Redmon, Producers
  • Production Design - Production Design: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Hamish Purdy
  • Sound Editing - Martin Hernandez and Lon Bender
  • Sound Mixing - Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño, Randy Thom and Chris Duesterdiek
  • Visual Effects - Rich McBride, Matthew Shumway, Jason Smith and Cameron Waldbauer
Room
4 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
  • * Actress in a Leading Role - Brie Larson
  • Directing - Lenny Abrahamson
  • Best Picture - Ed Guiney, Producer
  • Writing (Adapted Screenplay) - Screenplay by Emma Donoghue

S

Sanjay’s Super Team
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Film (Animated) - Sanjay Patel and Nicole Grindle
Shaun the Sheep Movie
1 NOMINATION
  • Animated Feature Film - Mark Burton and Richard Starzak
Shok
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Film (Live Action) - Jamie Donoughue
Sicario
3 NOMINATIONS
  • Cinematography - Roger Deakins
  • Music (Original Score) - Jóhann Jóhannsson
  • Sound Editing - Alan Robert Murray
Son of Saul
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Foreign Language Film - Hungary
Spectre
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Music (Original Song) - “Writing’s On The Wall” from Spectre; Music and Lyric by Jimmy Napes and Sam Smith
Spotlight
6 NOMINATIONS, 2 WINS
  • * Best Picture - Michael Sugar, Steve Golin, Nicole Rocklin and Blye Pagon Faust, Producers
  • * Writing (Original Screenplay) - Written by Josh Singer & Tom McCarthy
  • Actor in a Supporting Role - Mark Ruffalo
  • Actress in a Supporting Role - Rachel McAdams
  • Directing - Tom McCarthy
  • Film Editing - Tom McArdle
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
5 NOMINATIONS
  • Film Editing - Maryann Brandon and Mary Jo Markey
  • Music (Original Score) - John Williams
  • Sound Editing - Matthew Wood and David Acord
  • Sound Mixing - Andy Nelson, Christopher Scarabosio and Stuart Wilson
  • Visual Effects - Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Neal Scanlan and Chris Corbould
Steve Jobs
2 NOMINATIONS
  • Actor in a Leading Role - Michael Fassbender
  • Actress in a Supporting Role - Kate Winslet
Straight Outta Compton
1 NOMINATION
  • Writing (Original Screenplay) - Screenplay by Jonathan Herman and Andrea Berloff; Story by S. Leigh Savidge & Alan Wenkus and Andrea Berloff
Stutterer
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Short Film (Live Action) - Benjamin Cleary and Serena Armitage

T

Theeb
1 NOMINATION
  • Foreign Language Film - Jordan
Trumbo
1 NOMINATION
  • Actor in a Leading Role - Bryan Cranston

W

A War
1 NOMINATION
  • Foreign Language Film - Denmark
We Can’t Live without Cosmos
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Film (Animated) - Konstantin Bronzit
What Happened, Miss Simone?
1 NOMINATION
  • Documentary (Feature) - Liz Garbus, Amy Hobby and Justin Wilkes
When Marnie Was There
1 NOMINATION
  • Animated Feature Film - Hiromasa Yonebayashi and Yoshiaki Nishimura
Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom
1 NOMINATION
  • Documentary (Feature) - Evgeny Afineevsky and Den Tolmor
World of Tomorrow
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Film (Animated) - Don Hertzfeldt

Y

Youth
1 NOMINATION
  • Music (Original Song) - “Simple Song #3” from Youth; Music and Lyric by David Lang
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