Oscars 2016: The Winners

Here’s a full rundown of all the winners of this year’s Oscars.

It’s the biggest date in Hollywood’s cinematic calendar and last night, the 88th Academy Awards – or, as you’re more likely to hear them referred to, The Oscars – were presented in the usual location of Los Angeles’s world-renowned Dolby Theatre, hosted by comedian Chris Rock.

With a build-up dominated by the much-publicised race row, given the complete lack of racial diversity amongst the nominees, and Leonardo DiCaprio’s performance in The Revenant touted to be his crowning glory, how did the event fare? We’ve got the full list of both nominees and winners in each category below.

N.B. – The winner of each category is displayed in bold.

Best Picture

  • The Big Short
  • Bridge of Spies
  • Brooklyn
  • Mad Max: Fury Road
  • The Martian
  • The Revenant
  • Room
  • Spotlight

Best Director

  • Adam Mckay – The Big Short
  • George Miller – Mad Max: Fury Road
  • Alejandro G Inarritu – The Revenant
  • Lenny Abrahamson – Room
  • Tom McCarthy – Spotlight

Best Actor

  • Bryan Cranston – Trumbo
  • Matt Damon – The Martian
  • Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant
  • Michael Fassbender – Steve Jobs
  • Eddie Redmayne – The Danish Girl

Best Actress

  • Cate Blanchett – Carol
  • Brie Larson – Room
  • Jennifer Lawrence – Joy
  • Charlotte Rampling – 45 Years
  • Saoirse Ronan – Brooklyn

Best Supporting Actor

  • Christian Bale – The Big Short
  • Tom Hardy – The Revenant
  • Mark Ruffalo – Spotlight
  • Mark Rylance – Bridge of Spies
  • Sylvester Stallone – Creed

Best Supporting Actress

  • Jennifer Jason Lee – The Hateful Eight
  • Rooney Mara – Carol
  • Rachel McAdams – Spotlight
  • Alicia Vikander – The Danish Girl
  • Kate Winslet – Steve Jobs

Best Original Screenplay

  • Bridge of Spies
  • Ex Machina
  • Inside Out
  • Spotlight
  • Straight Outta Compton

Best Adapted Screenplay

  • The Big Short
  • Brooklyn
  • Carol
  • The Martian
  • Room

Best Foreign Language Film

  • Embrace of the Serpant
  • Mustang
  • Son of Saul
  • Theeb
  • A War

Best Documentary Feature

  • Amy
  • Cartel Land
  • The Look of Silence
  • What Happened Miss Simone?
  • Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom

Best Documentary Short

  • Body Team 12
  • Chau, beyond the Lines
  • Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah
  • A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness
  • Last Day of Freedom

Best Live Action Short Film

  • Ave Maria
  • Day One
  • Everything Will Be Okay (Alles Wird Gut)
  • Shok
  • Stutterer

Best Animated Feature

  • Anomalisa
  • Inside Out
  • Shaun the Sheep
  • Boy and the Wild
  • When Marnie Was There

Best Animated Short Film

  • Bear Story
  • Prologue
  • Sanjay’s Super Team
  • We Can’t Live without Cosmos
  • World of Tomorrow

Best Cinematography

  • ​Carol
  • The Hateful Eight
  • Mad Max: Fury Road
  • The Revenant
  • Sicario

Best Film Editing

  • The Big Short
  • Mad Max: Fury Road
  • The Revenant
  • Star Wars: The Force Awakens
  • Spotlight

Best Production Design

  • Bridge of Spies
  • The Danish Girl
  • Mad Max: Fury Road
  • The Martian
  • The Revenant

Best Costume Design

  • Carol
  • Cinderella
  • The Danish Girl
  • Mad Max: Fury Road
  • The Revenant

Best Original Score

  • Bridge of Spies
  • Carol
  • The Hateful Eight
  • Sicario
  • Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best Original Song

  • ​’Earned It’ – 50 Shades of Grey
  • ‘Til It Happens To You’ – The Hunting Ground
  • ‘Writings On the Wall’ – SPECTRE
  • ‘Manta Ray’ – Racing Extinction
  • ‘Simple Song #3’ – Youth

Best Visual Effects

  • Ex Machina
  • Mad Max: Fury Road
  • The Martian
  • The Revenant
  • Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best Makeup & Hairstyling

  • Mad Max: Fury Road
  • The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared
  • The Revenant

Best Sound Mixing

  • Bridge of Spies
  • Mad Max: Fury Road
  • The Martian
  • The Revenant
  • Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best Sound Editing

  • Mad Max: Fury Road
  • The Martian
  • The Revenant
  • Sicario
  • Star Wars: The Force Awakens

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