This year’s Academy Awards ceremony was presented by Wanda Sykes, Regina Hall and Amy Schumer in a night one would describe as that of “fire and ice”. Last year’s Oscars was dominated by Nomadland which won Best Picture, Best Actress (Frances McDormand) and Best Director (Chloe Zhao) but this year’s biggest winner is Dune which bagged six awards. The Power of the Dog won only from the Directing category even though it dominated multiple categories. However, the 94th Academy Awards ceremony was overshadowed by an altercation between this year’s Oscar Best Actor, Will Smith and Chris Rock, which ensued because of a joke Rock made about Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett-Smith. Smith walked up on stage and hit Rock in the face, before shouting at him “leave my wife’s name out of your f***g mouth”.
The 94th Academy Award ceremony set a number of milestones with CODA being the first streaming service film (Apple TV+) to win Best Picture; Ariana DeBose became the first queer black woman to win in an acting category and Troy Kotsur of CODA became the first deaf man to win an Oscar Award for acting. With the shock and surprises in this year’s ceremony, “this is indeed the greatest night in the history of television”.
See the complete Oscars 2022 winners list below
Best Picture
• BELFAST
• CODA (Winner)
• DON’T LOOK UP
• DRIVE MY CAR
• DUNE
• LICORICE PIZZA
• NIGHTMARE ALLEY
• THE POWER OF THE DOG
• WEST SIDE STORY
Actor in a Leading Role
• Javier Bardem in BEING THE RICARDOS
• Benedict Cumberbatch in THE POWER OF THE DOG
• Andrew Garfield in TICK, TICK…BOOM
• Will Smith in KING RICHARD (Winner)
• Denzel Washington in THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH
Actor in a Supporting Role
• Ciarán Hinds in BELFAST
• Troy Kotsur in CODA (Winner)
• Jesse Plemons in THE POWER OF THE DOG
• J.K. Simmons in BEING THE RICARDOS
• Kodi Smit-McPhee in THE POWER OF THE DOG
Actress in a Leading Role
• Jessica Chastain in THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE (Winner)
• Olivia Colman in THE LOST DAUGHTER
• Penélope Cruz in PARALLEL MOTHERS
• Nicole Kidman in BEING THE RICARDOS
• Kristen Stewart in SPENCER
Actress in a Supporting Role
• Jessie Buckley in THE LOST DAUGHTER
• Ariana DeBose in WEST SIDE STORY (Winner)
• Judi Dench in BELFAST
• Kirsten Dunst in THE POWER OF THE DOG
• Aunjanue Ellis in KING RICHARD
Animated Feature Film
• ENCANTO (Winner)
• FLEE
• LUCA
• THE MITCHELLS VS. THE MACHINES
Cinematography
• DUNE (Winner)
• NIGHTMARE ALLEY
• THE POWER OF THE DOG
• THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH
• WEST SIDE STORY
Costume Design
• CRUELLA Jenny Beavan (Winner)
• CYRANO Massimo Cantini Parrini and Jacqueline Durran
• DUNE Jacqueline West and Robert Morgan
• NIGHTMARE ALLEY Luis Sequeira
• WEST SIDE STORY Paul Tazewell
Directing
• BELFAST Kenneth Branagh
• DRIVE MY CAR Ryusuke Hamaguchi
• LICORICE PIZZA Paul Thomas Anderson
• THE POWER OF THE DOG Jane Campion (Winner)
• WEST SIDE STORY Steven Spielberg
Documentary (Feature)
• ASCENSION
• ATTICA
• FLEE
• SUMMER OF SOUL (…OR, WHEN THE REVOLUTION COULD NOT BE TELEVISED) (Winner)
• WRITING WITH FIRE
Documentary (Short Subject)
• AUDIBLE
• LEAD ME HOME
• THE QUEEN OF BASKETBALL (Winner)
• THREE SONGS FOR BENAZIR
• WHEN WE WERE BULLIES
Film Editing
• DON’T LOOK UP Hank Corwin
• DUNE (Winner)
• KING RICHARD Pamela Martin
• THE POWER OF THE DOG Peter Sciberras
• TICK, TICK…BOOM! Myron Kerstein and Andrew Weisblum
International Feature Film
• DRIVE MY CAR (Winner)
Japan
• FLEE
Denmark
• THE HAND OF GOD
Italy
• LUNANA: A YAK IN THE CLASSROOM
Bhutan
• THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD
Norway
Makeup and Hairstyling
• CRUELLA
• DUNE
• THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE (Winner)
• HOUSE OF GUCCI
Music (Original Score)
• DON’T LOOK UP Nicholas Britell
• DUNE Hans Zimmer (Winner)
• ENCANTO Germaine Franco
• PARALLEL MOTHERS Alberto Iglesias
• THE POWER OF THE DOG Jonny Greenwood
Music (Original Song)
• “Be Alive” from KING RICHARD
Music and Lyric by DIXSON 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
• “No Time To Die” from NO TIME TO DIE (Winner) Music and Lyric by Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell • “Somehow You Do” from FOUR GOOD DAYS Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
Production Design
• DUNE (Winner)
• NIGHTMARE ALLEY
• THE POWER OF THE DOG
• THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH
• WEST SIDE STORY
Short Film (Animated)
• 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
• THE WINDSHIELD WIPER (Winner)
Alberto Mielgo and Leo Sanchez
Short Film (Live Action)
• ALA KACHUU – TAKE AND RUN
Maria Brendle and Nadine Lüchinger
• THE DRESS
Tadeusz Łysiak and Maciej Ślesicki
• THE LONG GOODBYE (Winner)
Aneil Karia and Riz Ahmed
• ON MY MIND
Martin Strange-Hansen and Kim Magnusson
• PLEASE HOLD
K.D. Dávila and Levin Menekse
Sound
• BELFAST
Denise Yarde, Simon Chase, James Mather and Niv Adiri
• DUNE (Winner)
Mac Ruth, Mark Mangini, Theo Green, Doug Hemphill and Ron Bartlett
• 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
Visual Effects
• DUNE (Winner)
• FREE GUY
• NO TIME TO DIE
• SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS
• SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
• CODA (Winner)
Screenplay by Siân Heder
• DRIVE MY CAR
Screenplay by Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Takamasa Oe
• DUNE
Screenplay by Jon Spaihts and Denis Villeneuve and Eric Roth
• THE LOST DAUGHTER
Written by Maggie Gyllenhaal
• THE POWER OF THE DOG
Written by Jane Campion
Writing (Original Screenplay)
• BELFAST
Written by Kenneth Branagh (Winner)
• DON’T LOOK UP
Screenplay by Adam McKay; Story by Adam McKay & 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, Joachim Trier
The 94th Oscars took place on Sunday, March 28, 2022.
