Oscar Winners 2016
Oscar award is one of the most prestigious awards in the entertainment industry around the world. The Oscar Awards or Academy Awards are given annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The first Oscar awards were given on 16th May 1929. Winners are chosen from 24 different categories in the entertainment industry. The design for the award statuette is credited to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) art director Cedric Gibbons. This year the 88th Academy Awards ceremony honored the best films of 2015 and took place at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood in Los Angeles.
• Best Picture ------------------ “Spotlight”
• Direction ------------------ Alejandro G. Iñárritu for “The Revenant”
• Actor ------------------ Leonardo DiCaprio for “The Revenant”
• Actress ------------------ Brie Larson for “Room”
• Supporting Actor ------------------ Mark Rylance for “Bridge of Spies”
• Supporting Actress ------------------ Alicia Vikander for “The Danish Girl”
• Original Screenplay ------------------ Josh Singer and Tom McCarthy for “Spotlight”
• Adapted Screenplay ------------------ Charles Randolph and Adam McKay for “The Big Short”
• Cinematography ------------------ Emmanuel Lubezki for “The Revenant,”
• Film Editing ------------------ Margaret Sixel for “Mad Max: Fury Road”
• Visual Effects ------------------ Andrew Whitehurst, Paul Norris, Mark Ardington and Sara Bennett for “Ex Machina”
• Production Design ------------------ Colin Gibson and Lisa Thompson for “Mad Max: Fury Road”
• Makeup ------------------ Lesley Vanderwalt, Elka Wardega and Damian Martin for “Mad Max: Fury Road”
• Costume Design- ----------------- Jenny Beavan for “Mad Max: Fury Road”
• Score ------------------ Ennio Morricone for “The Hateful Eight”
• Sound Editing ------------------ Mark Mangini and David White for “Mad Max: Fury Road”
• Sound Mixing ------------------ Chris Jenkins, Gregg Rudloff and Ben Osmo for “Mad Max: Fury Road”
• Song ------------------ “Writing’s on the Wall,” from “Spectre,” Jimmy Napes and Sam Smith
• Foreign Language Film ------------------ “Son of Saul” (Hungary)
• Live Action Short ------------------ “Stutterer”
• Animated Short ------------------ “Bear Story”
• Animated Feature ------------------ “Inside Out”
• Documentary Feature ------------------ “Amy”
• Documentary Short ------------------ “A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness”
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