“Anora” got its happily ever after. The indie about a sex worker from Brooklyn won five Oscars, including Best Actress for Mikey Madison, Best Picture and Best Director for Sean Baker, who matched Walt Disney’s record for winning four Academy Awards in one night.
An early indication that the night would swing “Anora’s” way came when it won Original Screenplay, beating “A Real Pain,” which many prognosticators had placed their bets on, and then picking up Best Editing. Those both went to Baker who, in the final stretch, also won director and picture, cementing his place alongside Disney in the history books. By the time Best Actress was announced and Madison beat the sentimental favorite Demi Moore (for “The Substance”), there was little mystery as to whether “Anora” would take Best Picture. In all, it won five of its six nominations, losing only supporting actor, which went, as expected, to Kieran Culkin for “A Real Pain.”
Supporting Actor was the show’s first category to be announced, and Culkin managed to one-up his Emmy acceptance speech when he stood on stage and proclaimed to his wife (seated in the audience) that he wanted a third child — by telling her he wanted a fourth.
Another category that went as predicted: Zoe Saldaña bagging supporting actress for “Emilia Pérez,” one of just two awards that the film won, despite racking up the most nominations (13). Jacques Audiard’s Spanish-language musical lost its Best Picture frontrunner status pretty much the moment star Karla Sofía Gascón’s history of bigoted tweets resurfaced last month, and it even lost international feature to Brazilian auteur Walter Salles’ “I’m Still Here.” (And yes, Gascón was in attendance and did get a shout-out from host Conan O’Brien, who absolutely killed throughout the show.) The only other award “Emilia Pérez” won was Original Song for “El Mal.”
Adrien Brody won his second Best Actor Oscar, for “The Brutalist,” which ended up winning three of its 10 nominations. In addition to lead actor, it won cinematography and score. Despite what looked like a late-stage surge after the BAFTAs and SAG, “Conclave” took home just one statuette, for Adapted Screenplay.
“Wicked” also went into the evening with 10 nominations, and left with two wins: costume design and production design. When Paul Tazewell became the first Black man to win costume design, he earned the first standing ovation of the night. “The Substance” won Makeup and Hairstyling, “No Other Land” won doc feature (despite still not being picked up by a U.S. distributor), and in an upset, animated feature went not to “The Wild Robot” as expected, but to “Flow,” which marked Latvia’s first ever Oscar win.
Below, the complete list of winners. Winners are indicated with *WINNER.
Best Picture
“Anora” *WINNER
The Brutalist”
“A Complete Unknown”
“Conclave”
“Dune: Part II”
“Emilia Pérez”
“I’m Still Here”
“Nickel Boys”
“The Substance”
“Wicked”
Best Director
Sean Baker, “Anora” *WINNER
Brady Corbet, “The Brutalist”
James Mangold, “A Complete Unknown”
Jacques Audiard, “Emilia Pérez”
Coralie Fargeat, “The Substance”
Actor in a Leading Role
Adrien Brody, “The Brutalist” *WINNER
Timothée Chalamet, “A Complete Unknown”
Colman Domingo, “Sing Sing”
Ralph Fiennes, “Conclave”
Sebastian Stan, “The Apprentice”
Actress in a Leading Role
Cynthia Erivo, “Wicked”
Mikey Madison, “Anora” *WINNER
Demi Moore, “The Substance”
Karla Sofía Gascón, “Emilia Pérez”
Fernanda Torres, “I’m Still Here”
Actor in a Supporting Role
Yura Borisov, “Anora”
Kieran Culkin, “A Real Pain” *WINNER
Edward Norton, “A Complete Unknown”
Guy Pearce, “The Brutalist”
Jeremy Strong, “The Apprentice”
Actress in a Supporting Role
Monica Barbaro, “A Complete Unknown”
Ariana Grande, “Wicked”
Felicity Jones, “The Brutalist”
Isabella Rossellini, “Conclave”
Zoe Saldaña, “Emilia Pérez” *WINNER
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
“A Complete Unknown,” James Mangold and Jay Cocks
“Conclave,” Peter Straughan *WINNER
“Emilia Pérez,” Jacques Audiard
“Nickel Boys,” RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes
“Sing Sing,” Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar
Writing (Original Screenplay)
“Anora,” Sean Baker *WINNER
“The Brutalist,” Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold
“A Real Pain,” Jesse Eisenberg
“September 5,” Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum
“The Substance,” Coralie Fargeat
International Feature Film
Brazil, “I’m Still Here” *WINNER
Denmark, “The Girl With the Needle”
France, “Emilia Pérez”
Germany, “The Seed of the Sacred Fig”
Latvia, “Flow”
Costume Design
“A Complete Unknown,” Arianne Phillips
“Conclave,” Lisy Christl
“Gladiator II,” Janty Yates and Dave Crossman
“Nosferatu,” Linda Muir
“Wicked,” Paul Tazewell *WINNER
Makeup and Hairstyling
“A Different Man,” Mike Marino, David Presto and Crystal Jurado
“Emilia Pérez,” Julia Floch Carbonel, Emmanuel Janvier and
Jean-Christophe Spadaccini
“Nosferatu,” David White, Traci Loader and Suzanne Stokes Munton
“The Substance,” Pierre-Olivier Persin, Stéphanie Guillon and
Marilyne Scarselli *WINNER
“Wicked,” Frances Hannon, Laura Blount and Sarah Nuth
Production Design
“The Brutalist,” Production Design: Judy Becker, Set Decoration: Patricia Cuccia
“Conclave,” Production Design: Suzie Davies, Set Decoration: Cynthia Sleiter
“Dune: Part II,” Production Design: Patrice Vermette, Set Decoration: Shane Vieau
“Nosferatu,” Production Design: Craig Lathrop, Set Decoration: Beatrice Brentnerová
“Wicked,” Production Design: Nathan Crowley, Set Decoration: Lee Sandale *WINNER
Music (Original Score)
“The Brutalist,” Daniel Blumberg *WINNER
“Conclave,” Volker Bertelmann
“Emilia Pérez,” Clément Ducol and Camille
“Wicked,” John Powell and Stephen Schwartz
“The Wild Robot,” Kris Bowers
Music (Original Song)
“El Mal” from “Emilia Pérez” *WINNER
“The Journey” from “The Six Triple Eight”
“Like a Bird” from “Sing Sing”
“Mi Camino” from “Emilia Pérez”
“Never Too Late” from “Elton John: Never Too Late”
Animated Feature Film
“Flow” *WINNER
“Inside Out 2”
“Memoir of a Snail”
“Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl”
“The Wild Robot”
Animated Short Film
“Beautiful Men”
“In the Shadow of the Cypress” *WINNER
“Magic Candies”
“Wander to Wonder”
“Yuck!”
Documentary Feature Film
“Black Box Diaries”
“No Other Land” *WINNER
“Porcelain War”
“Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat”
“Sugarcane”
Documentary Short Film
“Death by Numbers”
“I Am Ready, Warden”
“Incident”
“Instruments of a Beating Heart”
“The Only Girl in the Orchestra” *WINNER
Live-Action Short Film
“A Lien”
“Anuja”
“I’m Not a Robot” *WINNER
“The Last Ranger”
“The Man Who Would Not Remain Silent”
Cinematography
“The Brutalist,” Lol Crawley *WINNER
“Dune: Part Two,” Greig Fraser
“Emilia Pérez,” Paul Guilhaume
“Maria,” Ed Lachman
“Nosferatu,” Jarin Blaschke
Film Editing
“Anora,” Sean Baker *WINNER
“The Brutalist,” David Jancso
“Conclave,” Nick Emerson
“Emilia Pérez,” Juliette Welfling
“Wicked,” Myron Kerstein
Sound
“A Complete Unknown”
“Dune: Part Two” *WINNER
“Emilia Pérez”
“Wicked”
“The Wild Robot”
Visual Effects
“Alien: Romulus”
“A Better Man”
“Dune: Part Two” *WINNER
“Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes”
“Wicked”
