| 94th Academy Awards | ||||
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| Date | March 27, 2022 | |||
| Site | Dolby Theatre Hollywood, California | |||
| Host | Regina Hall Amy Schumer Wanda Sykes | |||
| Highlights | ||||
| Best Picture | CODA | |||
| Most wins | Dune (6) | |||
| Most nominations | The Power of the Dog (12) | |||
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The 94th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of the last ten months of 2021 and took place on March 27, 2022, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles. 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 Will Packer. Actress Regina Hall, actress and comedian Amy Schumer and actress and comedian Wanda Sykes co-hosted the show, being all their first time. It was also the first time since the 90th ceremony to have a host and the first since the 83rd ceremony to have more than one.
Nominations[]
On February 8, 2022, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced its nominees for the 94th Academy Awards.
Best Picture[]
See also: Best Picture
- Winner
- CODA — Philippe Rousselet, Fabrice Gianfermi and Patrick Wachsberger, producers
- Nominees
- Belfast — Laura Berwick, Kenneth Branagh, Becca Kovacik and Tamar Thomas, producers
- Don't Look Up — Adam McKay and Kevin Messick, producers
- Drive My Car — Teruhisa Yamamoto, producer
- Dune — Mary Parent, Denis Villeneuve and Cale Boyter, producers
- King Richard — Tim White, Trevor White and Will Smith, producers
- Licorice Pizza — Sara Murphy, Adam Somner and Paul Thomas Anderson, producers
- Nightmare Alley — Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale and Bradley Cooper, producers
- The Power of the Dog — Jane Campion, Tanya Seghatchian, Emile Sherman, Iain Canning and Roger Frappier, producers
- West Side Story — Steven Spielberg and Kristie Macosko Krieger, producers
Best Director[]
See also: Best Director
- Winner
- The Power of the Dog — Jane Campion
- Nominees
- Licorice Pizza — Paul Thomas Anderson
- Belfast — Kenneth Branagh
- Drive My Car — Ryusuke Hamaguchi
- West Side Story — Steven Spielberg
Best Actor[]
See also: Best Actor
- Winner
- Will Smith — King Richard
- Nominees
- Javier Bardem — Being the Ricardos
- Benedict Cumberbatch — The Power of the Dog
- Andrew Garfield — tick, tick… BOOM!
- Denzel Washington — The Tragedy of Macbeth
Best Actress[]
See also: Best Actress
- Winner
- Jessica Chastain — The Eyes of Tammy Faye
- Nominees
- Olivia Colman — The Lost Daughter
- Penélope Cruz — Parallel Mothers
- Nicole Kidman — Being the Ricardos
- Kristen Stewart — Spencer
Best Supporting Actor[]
See also: Best Supporting Actor
- Winner
- Troy Kotsur — CODA
- Nominees
- Ciarán Hinds — Belfast
- Jesse Plemons — The Power of the Dog
- J.K. Simmons — Being the Ricardos
- Kodi Smit-McPhee — The Power of the Dog
Best Supporting Actress[]
See also: Best Supporting Actress
- Winner
- Ariana DeBose — West Side Story
- Nominees
- Jessie Buckley — The Lost Daughter
- Judi Dench — Belfast
- Kirsten Dunst — The Power of the Dog
- Aunjanue Ellis — King Richard
Best Original Screenplay[]
See also: Best Original Screenplay
- Winner
- Belfast — Written by Kenneth Branagh
- Nominees
- Don't Look Up — Screenplay by Adam McKay; Story by Adam McKay and David Sirota
- King Richard — Written by Zach Baylin
- Licorice Pizza — Written by Paul Thomas Anderson
- The Worst Person in the World — Written by Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier
Best Adapted Screenplay[]
See also: Best Adapted Screenplay
- Winner
- CODA — Screenplay by Siân Heder
- Nominees
- Drive My Car — Screenplay by Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe
- Dune — Screenplay by Jon Spaihts, Denis Villeneuve and Eric Roth
- The Lost Daughter — Screenplay by Maggie Gyllenhaal
- The Power of the Dog — Written by Jane Campion
Best International Feature Film[]
See also: Best International Feature Film
- Winner
- Drive My Car from Japan — directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi
- Nominees
- Flee from Denmark — directed by Jonas Poher Rasmussen
- The Hand of God from Italy — directed by Paolo Sorrentino
- Lunanna: A Yak in the Classroom from Bhutan — directed by Pawo Choyning Dorji
- The Worst Person in the World from Norway — directed by Joachim Trier
Best Cinematography[]
See also: Best Cinematography
- Winner
- Dune — Greig Fraser
- Nominees
- Nightmare Alley — Dan Lausten
- The Power of the Dog — Ari Wegner
- The Tragedy of Macbeth — Bruno Delbonnel
- West Side Story — Janusz Kaminski
Best Costume Design[]
See also: Best Costume Design
- Winner
- Cruella — Jenny Beavan
- Nominees
- Cyrano — Massimo Cantini Parrini and Jacqueline Durran
- Dune — Jacqueline West and Bob Morgan
- Nightmare Alley — Luis Sequeira
- West Side Story — Paul Tazwell
Best Production Design[]
See also: Best Production Design
- Winner
- Dune — Production Design: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Zsuzsanna Sipos
- Nominees
- Nightmare Alley — Production Design: Tamara Deverell; Set Decoration: Sahen Vieau
- The Power of the Dog — Production Design: Grant Major; Set Decoration: Amber Richards
- The Tragedy of Macbeth — Production Design: Stefan Dechant; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
- West Side Story — Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Rena DeAngelo
Best Makeup and Hairstyling[]
See also: Best Makeup and Hairstyling
- Winner
- The Eyes of Tammy Faye — Linda Dowds, Stephanie Ingram and Justin Raleigh
- Nominees
- Coming 2 America — Mike Marino, Stacey Morris and Carla Farmer
- Cruella — Nadia Stacey, Naomi Donne and Julia Vernon
- Dune — Donald Mawat, Love Larson and Eva von Bahr
- House of Gucci — Göran Lundström, Anna Carin Lock and Frederic Aspiras
Best Sound[]
See also: Best Sound
- Winner
- Dune — Mac Ruth, Mark Mangini, Theo Green, Doug Hemphill and Ron Bartlett
- Nominees
- Belfast — Denise Yarde, Simon Chase, James Mather and Niv Adiri
- No Time to Die — Simon Hayes, Oliver Tarney, James Harrison, Paul Massey and Mark Taylor
- The Power of the Dog — Richard Flynn, Robert Mackenzie and Tara Webb
- West Side Story — Tod A. Maitland, Gary Rydstrom, Brian Chumney, Andy Nelson and Shawn Murphy
Best Original Score[]
See also: Best Original Score
- Winner
- Dune — Hans Zimmer
- Nominees
- Don't Look Up — Nicholas Britell
- Encanto — Germaine Franco
- Parallel Mothers — Alberto Iglesias
- The Power of the Dog — Johnny Greenwood
Best Original Song[]
See also: Best Original Song
- Winner
- "No Time to Die" from No Time to Die — Music and Lyric by Billie Eilish and Fineas O'Connell
- Nominees
- "Be Alive" from King Richard — Music and Lyric by DIXON and Beyoncé Knowles-Carter
- "Dos Oruguitas" from Encanto — Music and Lyric by Lin-Manuel Miranda
- "Down to Joy" from Belfast — Music and Lyric by Van Morrison
- "Somehow You Do" from Four Good Days — Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
Best Film Editing[]
See also: Best Film Editing
- Winner
- Dune — Joe Walker
- Nominees
- Don't Look Up — Hank Corwin
- King Richard — Pamela Martin
- The Power of the Dog — Peter Sciberras
- tick, tick… BOOM! — Myron Kerstein and Andrew Weisblum
Best Visual Effects[]
See also: Best Visual Effects
- Winner
- Dune — Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, Brian Connor and Gerd Nefzer
- Nominees
- Free Guy — Swen Gillberg, Bryan Grill, Nikos Kalaitzidis and Dan Sudick
- No Time to Die — Charlie Noble, Joel Green, Jonathan Fawkner and Chris Corbould
- Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings — Christopher Townsend, Joe Farrell, Sean Noel Walker and Dan Oliver
- Spider-Man: No Way Home — Kelly Port, Chris Waegner, Scott Edelstein and Dan Sudick
Best Animated Feature[]
See also: Best Animated Feature
- Winner
- Encanto — Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Yvett Merino and Clark Spencer
- Nominees
- Flee — Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Monica Hellström, Signe Byrge Sørensen and Charlotte De La Gournerie
- Luca — Enrico Casarosa and Andrea Warren
- The Mitchells vs. the Machines — Mike Rianda, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Kurt Albrecht
- Raya and the Last Dragon — Don Hall, Carlos López Estrada, Osnat Shurer and Peter Del Vecho
Best Animated Short[]
See also: Best Animated Short
- Winner
- The Windshield Wiper — Alberto Mielgo and Leo Snchez
- Nominees
- Affairs of the Art — Joanna Quinn and Les Mills
- Bestia — Hugo Covarrubias and Tevo DÍaz
- BoxBallet — Anton Dyakov
- Robin Robin — Dan Ojari and Mikey Please
Best Documentary Feature[]
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
See also: Best Documentary Feature
- Winner
- Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) — Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, Joseph Patel, Robert Fyvolent and David Dinerstein
- Nominees
- Ascension — Jessica Kingdon, Kira Simon-Kennedy and Nathan Truesdell
- Attica — Stanley Nelson and Traci A. Curry
- Flee — Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Monica Hellström, Signe Byrge Sørensen and Charlotte De La Gournerie
- Writing with Fire — Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh
Best Documentary Short[]
See also: Best Documentary Short
- Winner
- The Queen of Basketball — Ben Proudfoot
- Nominees
- Audible — Matthew Ogens and Geoff McLean
- Lead Me Home — Pedro Kos and Jon Shenk
- Three Songs for Benazir — Elizabeth Mirzaei and Gulistan Mirzaei
- When We Were Bullies — Jay Rosenblatt
Best Live Action Short[]
The Long Goodbye
See also: Best Live Action Short
- Winner
- The Long Goodbye — Aneil Karia and Riz Ahmed
- Nominees
- Ala Kachuu - Take and Run — Maria Brendle and Nadine Lüchinger
- The Dress — Tadeusz Łysiak and Maciej Ślesicki
- On My Mind — Martine Strange-Hansen and Kim Magnusson
- Please Hold — K.D. Dávila and Levin Menekse
Honorary Awards[]
- Samuel L. Jackson - American actor and producer
- Elaine May - American actress, screenwriter and director
- Liv Ullmann - Norwegian actress, screenwriter and director
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award[]
- Danny Glover - American actor and director