Lights… Camera… Action.... Oscars!

BY: GABBIE K.

On February 10, 2020, the 2020 Oscars took place. The Oscars, for some, are used a sense of pride and recognition for their creations within the film and art industries. Also known as the ‘Academy Awards’, the Oscars bring famous actors, actresses, producers, directors, writers, and more, from all walks of life together to celebrate their achievements on the big screen. I may be biased, but I find tons of joy watching this award show every year.

Below, Oscar award winners and nominees for each category can be found.

Actor in a Leading Role:

Winner: Joaquin Phoenix (Joker)

Nominees: Antonio Banderas (Pain and Glory), Leonardo DiCaprio (Once Upon A Time...in Hollywood), Adam Driver (Marriage Story), Jonathan Pryce (The Two Popes)

Actor in a Supporting Role:

Winner: Brad Pitt (Once Upon A Time...in Hollywood)

Nominees: Tom Hanks (A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood), Anthony Hopkins (The Two Popes), Al Pacino (The Irishman), Joe Pesci (The Irishman)

Actress in a Leading Role:

Winner: Renée Zellweger (Judy)

Nominees: Cynthia Erivo (Harriet), Scarlett Johansson (Marriage Story), Saoirse Ronan (Little Women), Charlize Theron (Bombshell)

Actress in a Supporting Role:

Winner: Laura Dern (Marriage Story)

Nominees: Kathy Bates (Richard Jewell), Scarlett Johansson (Jojo Rabbit), Florence Pugh (Little Women), Margot Robbie (Bombshell)

Animated Feature Film:

Winner: Toy Story 4 (Josh Cooley, Mark Nielsen and Jonas Rivera),

Nominees: How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (Dean DeBlois, Bradford Lewis and Bonnie Arnold), I Lost My Body (Jérémy Clapin and Marc du Pontavice), Klaus (Sergio Pablos, Jinko Gotoh and Marisa Román), Missing Link (Chris Butler, Arianne Sutner and Travis Knight)

Cinematography:

Winner: 1917 (Roger Deakins)

Nominees: The Irishman (Rodrigo Prieto), Joker (Lawrence Sher), The Lighthouse (Jarin Blaschke), Once Upon A Time...In Hollywood (Robert Richardson)

Costume Design:

Winner: Little Women (Jacqueline Durran)

Nominees: The Irishman (Sandy Powell and Christopher Peterson), Jojo Rabbit (Mayes C. Rubeo), Joker (Mark Bridges), Once Upon A Time...In Hollywood (Arianne Phillips)

Directing:

Winner: Parasite (Bong Joon Ho)

Nominees: The Irishman (Martin Scorsese), Joker (Todd Phillips), 1917 (Sam Mendes), Once Upon A Time...In Hollywood (Quentin Tarantino)

Documentary (Feature):

Winner: American Factory (Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert and Jeff Reichert)

Nominees: The Cave (Feras Fayyad, Kirstine Barfod and Sigrid Dyekjær), The Edge of Democracy (Petra Costa, Joanna Natasegara, Shane Boris and Tiago Pavan), For Sama (Waad al-Kareab and Edward Watts), Honeyland (Ljubo Stefanov. Tamara Kotevska and Atanas Georgiev)

Documentary (Short Subject):

Winner: Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You’re A Girl) (Carol Dysinger and Elena Andreicheva)

Nominees: In The Absence (Yi Seung-Jun and Gary Byung-Seok Kam), Life Overtakes Me (John Haptas and Kristine Samuelson), St. Louis Superman (Smriti Mundhra and Sami Khan), Walk Run Cha-Cha (Laura Nix and Colette Sandstedt)

Film Editing:

Winner: Ford v Ferrari (Michael McCusker and Andrew Buckland)

Nominees: The Irishman (Thelma Schoonmaker), Jojo Rabbit (Tom Eagles), Joker (Jeff Groth), Parasite (Yang Jinmo)

International Feature Film:

Winner: Parasite (South Korea)

Nominees: Corpus Christi (Poland), Honeyland (North Macedonia), Les Misérables (France), Pain and Glory (Spain)

Makeup and Hairstyling:

Winner: Bombshell (Kazu Hiro, Anne Morgan and Vivian Baker)

Nominees: Joker (Nicki Ledermann and Kay Georgiou), Judy (Jeremy Woodhead), Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (Paul Gooch, Arjen Tuiten and David White), 1917 (Naomi Donne, Tristan Versluis and Rebecca Cole)

Music (Original Score):

Winner: Joker (Hildur Guðnadóttir)

Nominees: Little Women (Alexandre Desplat), Marriage Story (Randy Newman), 1917 (Thomas Newman), Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (John Williams)

Music (Original Song):

Winner: (I’m Gonna) Love Me Again (Rocketman)

Nominees: I Can’t Let You Throw Yourself Away (Toy Story 4), I’m Standing With You (Breakthrough), Into the Unknown (Frozen), Stand Up (Harriet)

Best Picture:

Winner: Parasite (Kwak Sin Ae and Bong Joon Ho, Producers)

Nominees: Ford v Ferrari (Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping and James Mangold, Producers), The Irishman (Martin Scorses, Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal and Emma Tillinger Koskoff, Producers), Jojo Rabbit (Carthew Neal, Taika Waititi and Chelsea Winstanley, Producers), Joker (Todd Phillips. Bradley Cooper and Emma Tillinger Koskoff, Producers), Little Women (Amy Pascal, Producer), Marriage Story (Noah Baumbach and David Heyman, Producers), 1917 (Sam Mendes, Pippa Harris, Jayne-Ann Tenggren and Callum McDougall, Producers), Once Upon A Time...In Hollywood (David Heyman, Shannon McIntosh and Quentin Tarantino, Producers)

Production Design:

Winner: Once Upon A Time...In Hollywood (Production Design: Barbara Ling; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh)

Nominees: The Irishman (Production Design: Bob Shaw; Set Decoration: Regina Graves), Jojo Rabbit (Production Design: Ra Vincent; Set Decoration: Nora Sopková), 1917 (Production Design: Ra Vincent; Set Decoration: Nora Sopková), Parasite (Production Design: Lee Ha Jun; Set Decoration: Cho Won Woo)

Short Film (Animated):

Winner: Hair Love (Matthew A. Cherry and Karen Rupert Toliver)

Nominees: Dcera (Daughter) (Daria Kashcheeva), Kitbull (Rosana Sullivan and Kathryn Hendrickson), Memorable (Bruno Collet and Jean-François Le Corre), Sister (Siqi Song)

Short Film (Live Action):

Winner: The Neighbors’ Window (Marshall Curry)

Nominees: Brotherhood (Meryam Joobeur and Maria Gracia Turgeon), Nefta Football Club (Yves Piat and Damien Megherbi), Saria (Bryan Buckley and Matt Lefebvre), A Sister (Delphine Girard)

Sound Editing:

Winner: Ford v Ferrari (Donald Sylvester)

Nominees: Joker (Alan Robert Murray), 1917 (Olivia Tarney and Rachael Tate), Once Upon A Time...In Hollywood (Wylie Stateman), Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (Matthew Wood and David Acord)

Sound Mixing:

Winner: 1917 (Mark Taylor and Stuart Wilson)

Nominees: Ad Astra (Gary Rydstrom, Tom Johnson and Mark Ulano), Ford v Ferrari (Paul Massey, David Giammarco and Steven A. Marrow), Joker (Tom Ozanic, Dean Zupancic and Tod Maitland), Once Upon A Time...In Hollywood (Michael Minkler, Christian P. Minkler and Mark Ulano)

Visual Effects:

Winner: 1917 (Guillaume Rocheron, Greg Butler and Dominic Tuohy)

Nominees: Avengers: Endgame (Dan DeLeeuw, Russell Earl, Matt Aitken and Dan Sudick), The Irishman (Pablo Helman, Leandro Estebecorena, Nelson Sepulveda-Fauser and Stephane Grabli), The Lion King (Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R. Jones and Elliot Newman), Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (Roger Guyett, Neal Scanlan, Patrick Tubach and Dominic Tuohy)

Writing (Adapted Screenplay):

Winner: Jojo Rabbit (Screenplay by Taika Waititi)

Nominees: The Irishman (Screenplay by Steven Zaillian), Joker (Written by Todd Phillips & Scott Silver), Little Women (Written for the screen by Greta Gerwig), The Two Popes (Written by Anthony McCarten)

Writing (Original Screenplay):

Winner: Parasite (Screenplay by Bong Joon Ho, Han Jin Won; Story by Bong Joon Ho)

Nominees: Knives Out (Written by Rian Johnson), Marriage Story (Written by Noah Baumbach), 1917 (Written by Sam Mendes & Krysty Wilson-Cairns), Once Upon A Time...In Hollywood (Written by Quentin Tarantino)

The fact that The Oscars provide awards to acknowledge and appreciate those within the film and movie industry is incredible. Providing an award show to appreciate our favorite actors, actresses, and big movie stars is much needed, and The Oscars do a fantastic job of praising and awarding them. If you’re a sucker for movies like I am, you’ll enjoy watching The Oscars when they are aired on TV every year.