2016 Oscars 88th Academy Awards |
| Winners Announced: February 28, 2016 Held at: Dolby Theatre, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S. Host: Chris Rock Eligibility Year: 2015 |
2016 Oscar Nominees and Winners |
| Best Picture: Spotlight – Michael Sugar, Steve Golin, Nicole Rocklin and Blye Pagon Faust (WINNER) The Big Short – Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner Bridge of Spies – Steven Spielberg, Marc Platt and Kristie Macosko Krieger Brooklyn – Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey Mad Max: Fury Road – Doug Mitchell and George Miller The Martian – Simon Kinberg, Ridley Scott, Michael Schaefer and Mark Huffam The Revenant – Arnon Milchan, Steve Golin, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Mary Parent and Keith Redmon Room – Ed Guiney |
| Best Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu – The Revenant (WINNER) Adam McKay – The Big Short George Miller – Mad Max: Fury Road Lenny Abrahamson – Room Tom McCarthy – Spotlight |
| Best Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant as Hugh Glass (WINNER) Bryan Cranston – Trumbo as Dalton Trumbo Matt Damon – The Martian as Mark Watney Michael Fassbender – Steve Jobs as Steve Jobs Eddie Redmayne – The Danish Girl as Lili Elbe |
| Best Actress: Brie Larson – Room as Joy “Ma” Newsome (WINNER) Cate Blanchett – Carol as Carol Aird Jennifer Lawrence – Joy as Joy Mangano Charlotte Rampling – 45 Years as Kate Mercer Saoirse Ronan – Brooklyn as Eilis Lacey |
| Best Supporting Actor: Mark Rylance – Bridge of Spies as Rudolf Abel (WINNER) Christian Bale – The Big Short as Michael Burry Tom Hardy – The Revenant as John Fitzgerald Mark Ruffalo – Spotlight as Michael Rezendes Sylvester Stallone – Creed as Rocky Balboa |
| Best Supporting Actress: Alicia Vikander – The Danish Girl as Gerda Wegener (WINNER) Jennifer Jason Leigh – The Hateful Eight as Daisy Domergue Rooney Mara – Carol as Therese Belivet Rachel McAdams – Spotlight as Sacha Pfeiffer Kate Winslet – Steve Jobs as Joanna Hoffman |
| Best Original Screenplay: Spotlight – Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer (WINNER) Bridge of Spies – Matt Charman and Ethan Coen & Joel Coen Ex Machina – Alex Garland Inside Out – Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve and Josh Cooley; Original story by Pete Docter and Ronnie del Carmen Straight Outta Compton – Jonathan Herman and Andrea Berloff; Story by S. Leigh Savidge, Alan Wenkus and Andrea Berloff |
| Best Adapted Screenplay: The Big Short – Adam McKay and Charles Randolph based on the book by Michael Lewis (WINNER) Brooklyn – Nick Hornby based on the novel by Colm Tóibín Carol – Phyllis Nagy based on the novel The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith The Martian – Drew Goddard based on the novel by Andy Weir Room – Emma Donoghue based on her novel |
| Best Animated Feature Film: Inside Out – Pete Docter and Jonas Rivera (WINNER) Anomalisa – Charlie Kaufman, Duke Johnson and Rosa Tran Boy and the World – Alê Abreu Shaun the Sheep Movie – Mark Burton and Richard Starzak When Marnie Was There – Hiromasa Yonebayashi and Yoshiaki Nishimura |
| Best Foreign Language Film: Son of Saul (Hungary) in Hungarian – Directed by László Nemes (WINNER) Embrace of the Serpent (Colombia) in Spanish – Directed by Ciro Guerra Mustang (France) in Turkish – Directed by Deniz Gamze Ergüven Theeb (Jordan) in Arabic – Directed by Naji Abu Nowar A War (Denmark) in Danish – Directed by Tobias Lindholm |
| Best Documentary – Feature: Amy – Asif Kapadia and James Gay-Rees (WINNER) Cartel Land – Matthew Heineman and Tom Yellin The Look of Silence – Joshua Oppenheimer and Signe Byrge Sørensen What Happened, Miss Simone? – Liz Garbus, Amy Hobby and Justin Wilkes Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom – Evgeny Afineevsky and Den Tolmor |
| Best Documentary – Short Subject: A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness – Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy (WINNER) Body Team 12 – David Darg and Bryn Mooser Chau, Beyond the Lines – Courtney Marsh and Jerry Franck Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah – Adam Benzine Last Day of Freedom – Dee Hibbert-Jones and Nomi Talisman |
| Best Live Action Short Film: Stutterer – Benjamin Cleary and Serena Armitage (WINNER) Ave Maria – Eric Dupont and Basil Khalil Day One – Henry Hughes Everything Will Be Okay – Patrick Vollrath Shok – Jamie Donoughue |
| Best Animated Short Film: Bear Story – Pato Escala and Gabriel Osorio (WINNER) Prologue – Imogen Sutton and Richard Williams Sanjay’s Super Team – Nicole Grindle and Sanjay Patel We Can’t Live Without Cosmos – Konstantin Bronzit World of Tomorrow – Don Hertzfeldt |
| Best Original Score: The Hateful Eight – Ennio Morricone (WINNER) Bridge of Spies – Thomas Newman Carol – Carter Burwell Sicario – Jóhann Jóhannsson Star Wars: The Force Awakens – John Williams |
| Best Original Song: “Writing’s on the Wall” from Spectre – Music and Lyrics by Jimmy Napes and Sam Smith (WINNER) “Earned It” from Fifty Shades of Grey – Music and Lyrics by Ahmad Balshe, Stephan Moccio, Jason “Daheala” Quenneville and Abel Tesfaye “Manta Ray” from Racing Extinction – Music by J. Ralph; Lyrics by Anohni “Simple Song #3” from Youth – Music and Lyrics by David Lang “Til It Happens to You” from The Hunting Ground – Music and Lyrics by Lady Gaga and Diane Warren |
| Best Sound Editing: Mad Max: Fury Road – Mark A. Mangini and David White (WINNER) The Martian – Oliver Tarney The Revenant – Martin Hernández and Lon Bender Sicario – Alan Robert Murray Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Matthew Wood and David Acord |
| Best Sound Mixing: Mad Max: Fury Road – Chris Jenkins, Gregg Rudloff and Ben Osmo (WINNER) Bridge of Spies – Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom and Drew Kunin The Martian – Paul Massey, Mark Taylor and Mac Ruth The Revenant – Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño, Randy Thom and Chris Duesterdiek Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Andy Nelson, Christopher Scarabosio and Stuart Wilson |
| Best Production Design: Mad Max: Fury Road – Production Design: Colin Gibson; Set Decoration: Lisa Thompson (WINNER) Bridge of Spies – Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Rena DeAngelo and Bernhard Henrich The Danish Girl – Production Design: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Michael Standish The Martian – Production Design: Arthur Max; Set Decoration: Celia Bobak The Revenant – Production Design: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Hamish Purdy |
| Best Cinematography: The Revenant – Emmanuel Lubezki (WINNER) Carol – Edward Lachman The Hateful Eight – Robert Richardson Mad Max: Fury Road – John Seale Sicario – Roger Deakins |
Best Makeup: and Hairstyling: Mad Max: Fury Road – Lesley Vanderwalt, Elka Wardega and Damian Martin (WINNER) The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared – Love Larson and Eva von Bahr The Revenant – Siân Grigg, Duncan Jarman and Robert Pandini |
| Best Costume Design: Mad Max: Fury Road – Jenny Beavan (WINNER) Carol – Sandy Powell Cinderella – Sandy Powell The Danish Girl – Paco Delgado The Revenant – Jacqueline West |
| Best Film Editing: Mad Max: Fury Road – Margaret Sixel (WINNER) The Big Short – Hank Corwin The Revenant – Stephen Mirrione Spotlight – Tom McArdle Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Maryann Brandon and Mary Jo Markey |
| Best Visual Effects: Ex Machina – Mark Ardington, Sara Bennett, Paul Norris and Andrew Whitehurst (WINNER) Mad Max: Fury Road – Andrew Jackson, Dan Oliver, Andy Williams and Tom Wood The Martian – Anders Langlands, Chris Lawrence, Richard Stammers and Steven Warner The Revenant – Rich McBride, Matt Shumway, Jason Smith and Cameron Waldbauer Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Chris Corbould, Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach and Neal Scanlan |
| Academy Honorary Awards: Spike Lee Gena Rowlands |
| Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award: Debbie Reynolds |
