| 88th Academy Awards | ||||
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| Date | February 28, 2016 | |||
| Site | Dolby Theatre Hollywood, California | |||
| Host | Chris Rock | |||
| Highlights | ||||
| Best Picture | Spotlight | |||
| Most wins | Mad Max: Fury Road (6) | |||
| Most nominations | The Revenant (12) | |||
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The 88th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2015 and took place on February 28, 2016, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST. During the ceremony, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 24 categories. The ceremony was televised in the United States by ABC, and produced by David Hill and Reginald Hudlin. Actor Chris Rock hosted the show for the second time, having previously hosted the 77th Academy Awards held in 2005.
In November 2015, the Academy announced the three nominees that were later honored with an Academy Honorary Award: the actress Debbie Reynolds, film director Spike Lee and actress Gena Rowlands. Reynolds received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarion Award for her humanitarian efforts that have brought credit to the industry.
Nominations & Winners[]
On January 14, 2016, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced its nominees for the 88th Academy Awards. The winners were announced on February 28, 2016, from the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California.
Best Picture[]
See also: Best Picture
- Winner
- Spotlight — Michael Sugar, Steve Golin, Nicole Rocklin and Blye Pagon Faust
- Nominees
- 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 González Iñárritu, Mary Parent and Keith Redmon
- Room — Ed Guiney
Best Director[]
See also: Best Director
- Winner
- Alejandro González Iñárritu — The Revenant
- Nominees
- Adam McKay — The Big Short
- George Miller — Mad Max: Fury Road
- Lenny Abrahamson — Room
- Tom McCarthy — Spotlight
Best Actor[]
See also: Best Actor
- Winner
- Leonardo DiCaprio — The Revenant
- Nominees
- Bryan Cranston — Trumbo
- Matt Damon — The Martian
- Michael Fassbender — Steve Jobs
- Eddie Redmayne — The Danish Girl
Best Actress[]
See also: Best Actress
- Winner
- Brie Larson — Room
- Nominees
- Cate Blanchett — Carol
- Jennifer Lawrence — Joy
- Charlotte Rampling — 45 Years
- Saoirse Ronan — Brooklyn
Best Supporting Actor[]
See also: Best Supporting Actor
- Winner
- Mark Rylance — Bridge of Spies
- Nominees
- Christian Bale — The Big Short
- Tom Hardy — The Revenant
- Mark Ruffalo — Spotlight
- Sylvester Stallone — Creed
Best Supporting Actress[]
See also: Best Supporting Actress
- Winner
- Alicia Vikander — The Danish Girl
- Nominees
- Jennifer Jason Leigh — The Hateful Eight
- Rooney Mara — Carol
- Rachel McAdams — Spotlight
- Kate Winslet — Steve Jobs
Best Original Screenplay[]
See also: Best Original Screenplay
- Winner
- Spotlight — Josh Singer and Tom McCarthy
- Nominees
- Bridge of Spies — Matt Charman, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen
- Ex Machina — Alex Garland
- Inside Out — Screenplay by Pete Docter,Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley; Original Story by Pete Docter and Ronnie del Carmen
- Straight Outta Compton — Screenplay by Jonathan Herman and Andrea Berloff; Story by S. Leigh Savidge, Alan Wenkus and Andrea Berloff
Best Adapted Screenplay[]
See also: Best Adapted Screenplay
- Winner
- The Big Short — Charles Randolph and Adam McKay
- Nominees
- Brooklyn — Nick Hornby
- Carol — Phyllis Nagy
- The Martian — Drew Goddard
- Room — Emma Donoghue
Best Animated Feature[]
See also: Best Animated Feature
- Winner
- Inside Out — Pete Docter and Jonas Rivera
- Nominees
- Anomalisa — Charlie Kaufman, Duke Johnson and Rosa Tran
- Boy & 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[]
See also: Best Foreign Language Film
- Winner
- Son of Saul from Hungary — directed by László Nemes
- Nominees
- Embrace of the Serpent from Colombia — directed by Ciro Guerra
- Mustang from France — directed by Deniz Gamze Ergüven
- Theeb from Jordan — directed by Naji Abu Nowar
- A War from Denmark — directed by Tobias Lindholm
Best Documentary Feature[]
See also: Best Documentary Feature
- Winner
- Amy — Asif Kapadia and James Gay-Rees
- Nominees
- Cartel Land — Matthew Heineman and Tom Yellin
- The Look of Silence — Joshua Oppenheimer and Signe Byrge Sorensen
- 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[]
See also: Best Documentary Short
- Winner
- A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness — Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
- Nominees
- 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[]
See also: Best Live Action Short
- Winner
- Stutterer — Benjamin Cleary and Serena Armitage
- Nominees
- Ave Maria — Basil Khalil and Eric Dupont
- Day One — Henry Hughes
- Everything Will Be Okay — Patrick Vollrath
- Shok — Jamie Donoughue
Best Animated Short[]
See also: Best Animated Short
- Winner
- Bear Story — Gabriel Osorio and Pato Escala
- Nominees
- Prologue — Richard Williams and Imogen Sutton
- Sanjay's Super Team — Sanjay Patel and Nicole Grindle
- We Can't Live Without Cosmos — Konstantin Bronzit
- World of Tomorrow — Don Hertzfeldt
Best Original Score[]
See also: Best Original Score
- Winner
- The Hateful Eight — Ennio Morricone
- Nominees
- Bridge of Spies — Thomas Newman
- Carol — Carter Burwell
- Sicario — Jóhann Jóhannsson
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens — John Williams
Best Original Song[]
See also: Best Original Song
- Winner
- Spectre — "Writing's on the Wall" -- Music and Lyrics by Jimmy Napes and Sam Smith
- Nominees
- Fifty Shades of Grey — "Earned It" -- Music and Lyrics by Abel Tesfaye, Ahmad Balshe, Jason Daheala Quenneville and Stephan Moccio
- Racing Extinction — "Manta Ray" -- Music by J. Ralph; Lyrics by Anohni
- Youth — "Simple Song #3" -- Music and Lyrics by David Lang
- The Hunting Ground — "Til It Happens to You" -- Music and Lyrics by Lady Gaga and Diane Warren
Best Cinematography[]
See also: Best Cinematography
- Winner
- The Revenant — Emmanuel Lubezki
- Nominees
- Carol — Ed Lachman
- The Hateful Eight — Robert Richardson
- Mad Max: Fury Road — John Seale
- Sicario — Roger Deakins
Best Costume Design[]
See also: Best Costume Design
- Winner
- Mad Max: Fury Road — Jenny Beavan
- Nominees
- Carol — Sandy Powell
- Cinderella — Sandy Powell
- The Danish Girl — Paco Delgado
- The Revenant — Jacqueline West
Best Film Editing[]
See also: Best Film Editing
- Winner
- Mad Max: Fury Road — Margaret Sixel
- Nominees
- The Big Short — Hank Corwin
- The Revenant — Stephen Mirrione
- Spotlight — Tom McArdle
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens — Maryann Brandon and Mary Jo Markey
Best Makeup and Hairstyling[]
See also: Best Makeup and Hairstyling
- Winner
- Mad Max: Fury Road — Lesley Vanderwalt, Elka Wardega and Damian Martin
- Nominees
- The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared — Love Larson and Eva von Bahr
- The Revenant — Siân Grigg, Duncan Jarman and Robert Pandini
Best Production Design[]
See also: Best Production Design
- Winner
- Mad Max: Fury Road — Production Design: Colin Gibson; Set Decoration: Lisa Thompson
- Nominees
- 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 Sound Editing[]
See also: Best Sound Editing
- Winner
- Mad Max: Fury Road — Mark Mangini and David White
- Nominees
- The Martian — Oliver Tarney
- The Revenant — Martin Hernandez and Lon Bender
- Sicario — Alan Robert Murray
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens — Matthew Wood and David Acord
Best Sound Mixing[]
See also: Best Sound Mixing
- Winner
- Mad Max: Fury Road — Chris Jenkins, Gregg Rudloff and Ben Osmo
- Nominees
- 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 Visual Effects[]
See also: Best Visual Effects
- Winner
- Ex Machina — Andrew Whitehurst, Paul Norris, Mark Ardington and Sara Bennett
- Nominees
- Mad Max: Fury Road — Andrew Jackson, Tom Wood, Dan Oliver and Andy Williams
- The Martian — Richard Stammers, Anders Langlands, Chris Lawrence and Steven Warner
- The Revenant — Rich McBride, Matthew Shumway, Jason Smith and Cameron Waldbauer
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens — Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Neal Scanlan and Chris Corbould