| 93rd Academy Awards | ||||
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| Date | April 25, 2021 | |||
| Site | Dolby Theatre Hollywood, California Union Station Los Angeles, California | |||
| Host | none | |||
| Highlights | ||||
| Best Picture | Nomadland | |||
| Most wins | Nomadland (3) | |||
| Most nominations | Mank (10) | |||
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The 93rd Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2020 and the first two months of 2021 and took place on April 25, 2021, at both the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles and the Union Station in Los Angeles, California. During the ceremony, AMPAS presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 23 categories. The ceremony was televised in the United States by ABC and produced by Jessie Collins, Stacey Sher, and Steven Soderbergh.
Nominations[]
On March 15, 2021, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced its nominees for the 93rd Academy Awards.
Best Picture[]
See also: Best Picture
- Winner
- Nomadland — Frances McDormand, Peter Spears, Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey and Chloé Zhao, producers
- Nominees
- The Father — David Parfitt, Jean-Louis Livi and Philippe Carcassonne, producers
- Judas and the Black Messiah — Shaka King, Charles D. King and Ryan Coogler, producers
- Mank — Ceán Chaffin, Eric Roth and Douglas Urbanski, producers
- Minari — Christina Oh, producer
- Promising Young Woman — Ben Browning, Ashley Fox, Emerald Fennell and Josey McNamara, producers
- Sound of Metal — Bert Hamelinick and Sacha Ben Harroche, producers
- The Trial of the Chicago 7 — Marc Platt and Stuart M. Besser, producers
Best Director[]
See also: Best Director
- Winner
- Nomadland — Chloé Zhao
- Nominees
- Minari — Lee Isaac Chung
- Promising Young Woman — Emerald Fennell
- Mank — David Fincher
- Another Round — Thomas Vinterberg
Best Actor[]
See also: Best Actor
- Winner
- Anthony Hopkins — The Father
- Nominees
- Riz Ahmed — Sound of Metal
- Chadwick Boseman — Ma Rainey's Black Bottom[1]
- Gary Oldman — Mank
- Steven Yeun — Minari
Best Actress[]
See also: Best Actress
- Winner
- Frances McDormand — Nomadland
- Nominees
- Viola Davis — Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
- Andra Day — The United States vs. Billie Holiday
- Vanessa Kirby — Pieces of a Woman
- Carey Mulligan — Promising Young Woman
Best Supporting Actor[]
See also: Best Supporting Actor
- Winner
- Daniel Kaluuya — Judas and the Black Messiah
- Nominees
- Sacha Baron Cohen — The Trial of the Chicago 7
- Leslie Odom Jr. — One Night in Miami…
- Paul Raci — Sound of Metal
- Lakeith Stanfield — Judas and the Black Messiah
Best Supporting Actress[]
See also: Best Supporting Actress
- Winner
- Youn Yuh-jung — Minari
- Nominees
- Maria Bakalova — Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
- Glenn Close — Hillbilly Elegy
- Olivia Colman — The Father
- Amanda Seyfried — Mank
Best Original Screenplay[]
See also: Best Original Screenplay
- Winner
- Promising Young Woman — Written by Emerald Fennell
- Nominees
- Judas and the Black Messiah — Screenplay by Will Berson and Shaka King; Story by Will Berson, Shaka King, Kenny Lucas and Keith Lucas
- Minari — Written by Lee Isaac Chung
- Sound of Metal — Screenplay by Darius Marder and Abraham Marder; Story by Darius Marder and Derek Cianfrance
- The Trial of the Chicago 7 — Written by Aaron Sorkin
Best Adapted Screenplay[]
See also: Best Adapted Screenplay
- Winner
- The Father — Screenplay by Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller
- Nominees
- Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan — Screenplay by Sacha Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines, Dan Swimer, Peter Baynham, Erica Rivinoja, Dan Mazer, Jena Friedman and Lee Kern; Story by Sacha Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines, Dan Swimer and Nina Pedrad
- Nomadland — Written for the Screen by Chloé Zhao
- One Night in Miami… — Screenplay by Kemp Powers
- The White Tiger — Written for the Screen by Ramin Bahrani
Best International Feature Film[]
See also: Best International Feature Film
- Winner
- Another Round from Denmark — directed by Thomas Vinterberg
- Nominees
- Better Days from Hong Kong — directed by Derek Tsang
- Collective from Romania — directed by Alexander Nanau
- The Man Who Sold His Skin from Tunisia — directed by Kaouther Ben Hania
- Quo Vadis, Aida? from Bosnia and Herzegovina — directed by Jasmila Žabnić
Best Cinematography[]
See also: Best Cinematography
- Winner
- Mank — Erik Messerschmidt
- Nominees
- Judas and the Black Messiah — Sean Bobbitt
- News of the World — Dariusz Wolski
- Nomadland — Joshua James Richards
- The Trial of the Chicago 7 — Phedon Papamichael
Best Costume Design[]
See also: Best Costume Design
- Winner
- Ma Rainey's Black Bottom — Ann Roth
- Nominees
- Emma. — Alexandra Byrne
- Mank — Trish Summerville
- Mulan — Bina Daigeler
- Pinocchio — Massimo Cantini Parrini
Best Production Design[]
See also: Best Production Design
- Winner
- Mank — Production Design: Donald Graham Burt; Set Decoration: Jan Pascale
- Nominees
- The Father — Production Design: Peter Francis; Set Decoration: Cathy Featherstone
- Ma Rainey's Black Bottom — Production Design: Mark Ricker; Set Decoration: Karen O'Hara and Diana Sroughton
- News of the World — Production Design: David Crank; Set Decoration: Elizabeth Keenan
- Tenet — Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Kathy Lucas
Best Makeup and Hairstyling[]
See also: Best Makeup and Hairstyling
- Winner
- Ma Rainey's Black Bottom — Sergio Lopez-Rivera, Mia Neal and Jamika Wilson
- Nominees
- Emma. — Marese Langan, Laura Allen and Claudia Stolze
- Hillbilly Elegy — Eryn Krueger Mekash, Matthew W. Mungle and Patricia Dehaney
- Mank — Gigi Williams, Kimberley Spiteri and Colleen LaBaff
- Pinocchio — Mark Coulier, Dalia Colli and Francesco Pegoretti
Best Sound[]
See also: Best Sound
- Winner
- Sound of Metal — Nicolas Becker, Jaime Baksht, Michelle Couttolenc, Carlos Cortés and Philip Bladh
- Nominees
- Greyhound — Warren Shaw, Michael Minkler, Beau Borders and David Wyman
- Mank — Ren Klyce, Jeremy Molod, David Parker, Nathan Nance and Drew Kunin
- News of the World — Oliver Tarney, Mike Prestwood Smith, William Miller and John Pritchett
- Soul — Ren Klyce, Coya Elliot and David Parker
Best Original Score[]
See also: Best Original Score
- Winner
- Soul — Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste
- Nominees
- Da 5 Bloods — Terence Blanchard
- Mank — Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
- Minari — Emile Mosseri
- News of the World — James Newton Howard
Best Original Song[]
See also: Best Original Song
- Winner
- "Fight for You" from Judas and the Black Messiah — Music by H.E.R. and Dernst Emile II; Lyric by H.E.R. and Tiara Thomas
- Nominees
- "Hear My Voice" from The Trial of the Chicago 7 — Music by Daniel Pemberton; Lyric by Daniel Pemberton and Celeste Waite
- "Husavik" from Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga — Music and Lyric by Savan Kotecha, Fat Max Gsus and Rickard Göransson
- "Io sì (Seen)" from The Life Ahead — Music by Diane Warren; Lyric by Diane Warren and Laura Pausini
- "Speak Now" from One Night in Miami… — Music and Lyric by Leslie Odom Jr. and Sam Ashworth
Best Film Editing[]
See also: Best Film Editing
- Winner
- Sound of Metal — Mikkel E.G. Nielsen
- Nominees
- The Father — Yorgos Lamprinos
- Nomadland — Chloé Zhao
- Promising Young Woman — Frédéric Thoraval
- The Trial of the Chicago 7 — Alan Baungarten
Best Visual Effects[]
See also: Best Visual Effects
- Winner
- Tenet — Andrew Jackson, David Lee, Andrew Lockley and Scott Fisher
- Nominees
- Love and Monsters — Matt Sloan, Genevieve Camailleri, Matt Everitt and Brian Cox
- The Midnight Sky — Matthew Kasmir, Chris Lawrence, Max Solomon and David Watkins
- Mulan — Sean Andrew Faden, Anders Langlands, Seth Maury and Steve Ingram
- The One and Only Ivan — Nick Davis, Greg Fisher, Ben Jones and Santiago Colomo Martinez
Best Animated Feature[]
See also: Best Animated Feature
- Winner
- Soul — Pete Docter and Dana Murray
- Nominees
- Onward — Dan Scanlon and Kori Rae
- Over the Moon — Glen Keane, Gennie Rim and Peilin Chou
- A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon — Richard Phelan, Will Becher and Paul Kewley
- Wolfwalkers — Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart, Paul Young and Stéphan Roelants
Best Animated Short[]
If Anything Happens I Love You
See also: Best Animated Short
- Winner
- If Anything Happens I Love You — Will McCormack and Michael Govier
- Nominees
- Burrow — Madeline Sharafian and Michael Capbarat
- Genius Loci — Adrien Mérigeau and Amaury Ovise
- Opera — Erick Oh
- Yes-People — Gísli Darri Halldórsson and Arnar Gunnarsson
Best Documentary Feature[]
See also: Best Documentary Feature
- Winner
- My Octopus Teacher — Pippa Ehrlich, James Reed and Craig Foster
- Nominees
- Collective — Alexander Nanau and Bianca Oana
- Crip Camp — Nicole Newnham, Jim LeBrecht and Sara Bolder
- The Mole Agent — Maite Alberdi and Marcela Santibáñez
- Time — Garrett Bradley, Lauren Domino and Kellen Quinn
Best Documentary Short[]
Colette
See also: Best Documentary Short
- Winner
- Colette — Anthony Giacchino and Alice Doyard
- Nominees
- A Concerto Is a Conversation — Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers
- Do Not Split — Anders Hammer and Charlotte Cook
- Hunger Ward — Skye Fitzgerald and Michael Shueuerman
- A Love Song to Latasha — Sophia Nahali Allison and Janice Duncan
Best Live Action Short[]
Two Distant Strangers
See also: Best Live Action Short
- Winner
- Two Distant Strangers — Travon Free and Martin Desmond Roe
- Nominees
- Feeling Through — Doug Roland and Susan Ruzenski
- The Letter Room — Elvira Lind and Sofia Sondervan
- The Present — Farah Nabulsi and Ossama Bawardi
- White Eye — Tomer Shushan and Shira Hochman
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award[]
- Tyler Perry - American actor, director, and producer
- Motion Picture & Television Fund
References[]
- ↑ This nomination is being given posthumously.