2017 Oscars 89th Academy Awards

2017 Oscars 89th Academy Awards

  • Winners were revealed on February 26, 2017
  • The Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, served as the venue, continuing its longstanding relationship with the Oscars
  • Jimmy Kimmel played the role of host for the event
  • The films that came out in 2016 were under the eligibility umbrella for this ceremony
  • Noteworthy Moments: Moonlight won Best Picture in a surprise twist after La La Land was initially announced as the winner; Emma Stone received Best Actress for her role in La La Land; Casey Affleck won Best Actor for Manchester by the Sea
  • Trivia:
    1. The “envelope mishap” was one of the most talked-about Oscar moments ever. Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway mistakenly announced La La Land as Best Picture, only for the error to be corrected minutes later
    2. Moonlight‘s win marked it as the first LGBTQ+ film to win Best Picture
    3. Viola Davis, who won Best Supporting Actress for Fences, became the first black actor to win an Oscar, Emmy, and Tony for acting
    4. Mel Gibson returned to the Oscars with Hacksaw Ridge, receiving nominations after a long absence from the Academy Awards due to past controversies
    5. A tour bus of unsuspecting tourists was led into the ceremony as part of a skit, offering a moment of levity and surprise for both the audience and the tourists

2017 Oscar Nominees and Winners

Best Picture
Moonlight – Adele Romanski, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner (WINNER)
Arrival – Shawn Levy, Dan Levine, Aaron Ryder and David Linde
Fences – Scott Rudin, Denzel Washington and Todd Black
Hacksaw Ridge – Bill Mechanic and David Permut
Hell or High Water – Carla Hacken and Julie Yorn
Hidden Figures – Donna Gigliotti, Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping, Pharrell Williams and Theodore Melfi
La La Land – Fred Berger, Jordan Horowitz and Marc Platt
Lion – Emile Sherman, Iain Canning and Angie Fielder
Manchester by the Sea – Matt Damon, Kimberly Steward, Chris Moore, Lauren Beck and Kevin J. Walsh
Best Director
Damien Chazelle – La La Land (WINNER)
Denis Villeneuve – Arrival
Mel Gibson – Hacksaw Ridge
Kenneth Lonergan – Manchester by the Sea
Barry Jenkins – Moonlight
Best Actor
Casey Affleck – Manchester by the Sea as Lee Chandler (WINNER)
Andrew Garfield – Hacksaw Ridge as Desmond Doss
Ryan Gosling – La La Land as Sebastian “Seb” Wilder
Viggo Mortensen – Captain Fantastic as Ben Cash
Denzel Washington – Fences as Troy Maxson
Best Actress
Emma Stone – La La Land as Amelia “Mia” Dolan (WINNER)
Isabelle Huppert – Elle as Michèle Leblanc
Ruth Negga – Loving as Mildred Loving
Natalie Portman – Jackie as Jacqueline “Jackie” Kennedy
Meryl Streep – Florence Foster Jenkins as Florence Foster Jenkins
Best Supporting Actor
Mahershala Ali – Moonlight as Juan (WINNER)
Jeff Bridges – Hell or High Water as Marcus Hamilton
Lucas Hedges – Manchester by the Sea as Patrick Chandler
Dev Patel – Lion as Saroo Brierley
Michael Shannon – Nocturnal Animals as Detective Bobby Andes
Best Supporting Actress
Viola Davis – Fences as Rose Maxson (WINNER)
Naomie Harris – Moonlight as Paula
Nicole Kidman – Lion as Sue Brierley
Octavia Spencer – Hidden Figures as Dorothy Vaughan
Michelle Williams – Manchester by the Sea as Randi Chandler
Best Original Screenplay
Manchester by the Sea – Kenneth Lonergan (WINNER)
20th Century Women – Mike Mills
Hell or High Water – Taylor Sheridan
La La Land – Damien Chazelle
The Lobster – Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou
Best Adapted Screenplay
Moonlight – Barry Jenkins; Story by Tarell Alvin McCraney; based on the play In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue by Tarell Alvin McCraney (WINNER)
Arrival – Eric Heisserer; based on the short story “Story of Your Life” written by Ted Chiang
Fences – August Wilson (posthumous nomination); based on his play
Hidden Figures – Allison Schroeder and Theodore Melfi; based on the book by Margot Lee Shetterly
Lion – Luke Davies; based on the book A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley
Best Animated Feature Film
Zootopia – Byron Howard, Rich Moore and Clark Spencer (WINNER)
Kubo and the Two Strings – Travis Knight and Arianne Sutner
Moana – John Musker, Ron Clements and Osnat Shurer
My Life as a Zucchini – Claude Barras and Max Karli
The Red Turtle – Michaël Dudok de Wit and Toshio Suzuki
Best Foreign Language Film
The Salesman (Iran) in Persian – Directed by Asghar Farhadi (WINNER)
Land of Mine (Denmark) in Danish – Directed by Martin Zandvliet
A Man Called Ove (Sweden) in Swedish – Directed by Hannes Holm
Tanna (Australia) in Nauvhal – Directed by Martin Butler and Bentley Dean
Toni Erdmann (Germany) in German – Directed by Maren Ade
Best Documentary – Feature
O.J.: Made in America – Ezra Edelman and Caroline Waterlow (WINNER)
13th – Ava DuVernay, Spencer Averick and Howard Barish
Fire at Sea – Gianfranco Rosi and Donatella Palermo
I Am Not Your Negro – Raoul Peck, Rémi Grellety and Hébert Peck
Life, Animated – Roger Ross Williams and Julie Goldman
Best Documentary – Short Subject
The White Helmets – Orlando von Einsiedel and Joanna Natasegara (WINNER)
4.1 Miles – Daphne Matziaraki
Extremis – Dan Krauss
Joe’s Violin – Kahane Cooperman and Raphaela Neihausen
Watani: My Homeland – Marcel Mettelsiefen and Stephen Ellis
Best Live Action Short Film
Sing – Kristóf Deák and Anna Udvardy (WINNER)
Ennemis intérieurs – Sélim Azzazi
La femme et le TGV – Timo von Gunten and Giacun Caduff
Silent Nights – Aske Bang and Kim Magnusson
Timecode – Juanjo Giménez
Best Animated Short Film
Piper – Alan Barillaro and Marc Sondheimer (WINNER)
Blind Vaysha – Theodore Ushev
Borrowed Time – Andrew Coats and Lou Hamou-Lhadj
Pear Cider and Cigarettes – Robert Valley and Cara Speller
Pearl – Patrick Osborne
Best Original Score
La La Land – Justin Hurwitz (WINNER)
Jackie – Mica Levi
Lion – Dustin O’Halloran and Hauschka
Moonlight – Nicholas Britell
Passengers – Thomas Newman
Best Original Song
“City of Stars” from La La Land – Music by Justin Hurwitz; Lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (WINNER)
“Audition (The Fools Who Dream)” from La La Land – Music by Justin Hurwitz; Lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
“Can’t Stop the Feeling!” from Trolls – Music and Lyrics by Justin Timberlake, Max Martin and Karl Johan Schuster
“The Empty Chair” from Jim: The James Foley Story – Music and Lyrics by J. Ralph and Sting
“How Far I’ll Go” from Moana – Music and Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda
Best Sound Editing
Arrival – Sylvain Bellemare (WINNER)
Deepwater Horizon – Wylie Stateman and Renée Tondelli
Hacksaw Ridge – Robert Mackenzie and Andy Wright
La La Land – Ai-Ling Lee and Mildred Iatrou Morgan
Sully – Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman
Best Sound Mixing
Hacksaw Ridge – Kevin O’Connell, Andy Wright, Robert Mackenzie and Peter Grace (WINNER)
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi – Greg P. Russell,[N 1][32] Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Mac Ruth
Arrival – Bernard Gariépy Strobl and Claude La Haye
La La Land – Andy Nelson, Ai-Ling Lee and Steven A. Morrow
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story – David Parker, Christopher Scarabosio and Stuart Wilson
Best Production Design
La La Land – Production Design: David Wasco; Set Decoration: Sandy Reynolds-Wasco (WINNER)
Arrival – Production Design: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Paul Hotte
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them – Production Design: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
Hail, Caesar! – Production Design: Jess Gonchor; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
Passengers – Production Design: Guy Hendrix Dyas; Set Decoration: Gene Serdena
Best Cinematography
La La Land – Linus Sandgren (WINNER)
Arrival – Bradford Young
Lion – Greig Fraser
Moonlight – James Laxton
Silence – Rodrigo Prieto
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Suicide Squad – Alessandro Bertolazzi, Giorgio Gregorini and Christopher Nelson (WINNER)
A Man Called Ove – Eva von Bahr and Love Larson
Star Trek Beyond – Joel Harlow and Richard Alonzo
Best Costume Design
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them – Colleen Atwood (WINNER)
Allied – Joanna Johnston
Florence Foster Jenkins – Consolata Boyle
Jackie – Madeline Fontaine
La La Land – Mary Zophres
Best Film Editing
Hacksaw Ridge – John Gilbert (WINNER)
Arrival – Joe Walker
Hell or High Water – Jake Roberts
La La Land – Tom Cross
Moonlight – Nat Sanders and Joi McMillon
Best Visual Effects
The Jungle Book – Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R. Jones and Dan Lemmon (WINNER)
Deepwater Horizon – Craig Hammack, Jason Snell, Jason Billington and Burt Dalton
Doctor Strange – Stephane Ceretti, Richard Bluff, Vincent Cirelli and Paul Corbould
Kubo and the Two Strings – Steve Emerson, Oliver Jones, Brian McLean and Brad Schiff
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story – John Knoll, Mohen Leo, Hal Hickel and Neil Corbould
Governors Awards
The academy held its 8th annual Governors Awards ceremony on November 12, 2016, during which the following awards were presented:
Academy Honorary Awards
Main article: Academy Honorary Award
Jackie Chan — Hong Kong martial artist, actor, director, producer, and singer
Anne V. Coates — British film editor
Lynn Stalmaster — American casting director
Frederick Wiseman — American filmmaker, documentarian, and theatrical director