By Maria Esteves – March 2, 2016
The 88th Academy Awards hosted by Chris Rock commenced Sunday, February 28, 2016 at Dolby Theatre & Highland Center, Hollywood, C.A. Presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (A.M.P.A.S.), the Oscars honor outstanding film achievements of 2015. Mad Max: Fury Road was top winner with six Oscars including Best Film Editing MARGARET SIXEL and Best Production Design COLIN GIBSON. Three Oscars went to The Revenant including Best Director ALEJANDRO G. IÑÁRRITU and Best Actor LEONARDO DiCAPRIO.
88th Academy Awards winners: (L-R)
Best Supporting Actor MARK RYLANCE, Bridge of Spies;
Best Supporting Actress ALICIA VIKANDER, The Danish Girl;
Best Actor LEONARDO DiCAPRIO, The Revenant;
Best Actress BRIE LARSON, Room.
Photo credit: Phil McCarten ©A.M.P.A.S.
Oscars 2016 winners are:
Best Picture
SPOTLIGHT, directed by Thomas McCarthy
Best Documentary Feature
AMY, directed by Asif Kapadia
Best Documentary Short
A GIRL IN THE RIVER: THE PRICE OF FORGIVENESS, directed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
Best Foreign Language
SON OF SAUL, directed by László Nemes (Hungary)
Best Animated Feature
INSIDE OUT, Pete Docter and Jonas Rivera
Best Animated Short
BEAR STORY, directed by Gabriel Osorio Vargas
Best Live Action Short
STUTTERER, directed by Benjamin Cleary and Serena Armitage
Best Director
ALEJANDRO G. IÑÁRRITU for The Revenant
Best Actor
LEONARDO DiCAPRIO in The Revenant
Photo credit: Phil McCarten ©A.M.P.A.S.
Best Actress
BRIE LARSON in Room
Best Supporting Actor
MARK RYLANCE in Bridge of Spies
Best Supporting Actress
ALICIA VIKANDER in The Danish Girl
Best Production Design
COLIN GIBSON for Mad Max: Fury Road
Best Original Screenplay
SPOTLIGHT, written by Josh Singer and Tom McCarthy
Best Adapted Screenplay
THE BIG SHORT, screenplay by Charles Randolph and Adam McKay
Best Film Editing
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD, editing by Margaret Sixel
Best Sound Editing
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD, sound editing by Mark Mangini and David White
Best Sound Mixing
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD, sound mixing by Chris Jenkins, Gregg Rudloff and Ben Osmo
Best Original Score
THE HATEFUL EIGHT, composer Ennio Morricone
Best Original Song
WRITING’S ON THE WALL from Spectre; music and lyric by Jimmy Napes and Sam Smith
Best Visual Effects
EX MACHINA, visual effects by Andrew Whitehurst, Paul Norris, Mark Ardington and Sara Bennett
Best Cinematography
THE REVENANT, cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki
Best Costume Design
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD, costume designer Jenny Beavan
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD, makeup and hairstyling artist Lesley Vanderwalt, Elka Wardega and Damian Martin