La La Land, a musical about pursuing one’s dreams, made a number of dreams come true at this year’s Academy Awards. The film, which was nominated in a record-tying 14 categories, snagged the Oscar statue in six of those categories including Best Director for Damien Chazelle, Best Actress for Emma Stone, Original Song and Original Score. Chazelle’s win places him as the youngest person to be awarded an Oscar in the Best Director category.
But it was the drama Moonlight which took home the top prize of Best Picture. It was a nice bookend to the evening as Mahershala Ali started off the night with his win for Best Supporting Actor for his work in the film. Moonlight also won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Moonlight also swept the Independent Spirit Awards the previous evening.
Casey Affleck took home the award for Best Actor for his work in the drama Manchester By The Sea just one day after he won a similar honor at the Independent Spirit Awards. The film also won Best Screenplay.
Zootopia won the Best Animated Feature Academy Award in a year that featured a number of strong nominees in the category. While Disney’s PIXAR division did not have a feature film in nomination this year, it did win the Oscar for Best Animated Short with Piper.
Costume Designer Colleen Atwood took home her fourth Academy Award. The win tied her with Charles LeMaire and Milena Canonero, but still keeps her shy of the record-breaking eight wins racked up by the iconic Edith Head.
Despite the controversies over its origins as a television project and its length, OJ: Made In America won the Best Documentary Feature.
Here is the complete list of nominees –
BEST PICTURE
La La Land
BEST DIRECTOR
Damien Chazelle, La La Land
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Emma Stone, La La Land
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Viola Davis, Fences
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Mahershala Ali, Moonlight
ANIMATED FEATURE
Zootopia
ANIMATED SHORT
Piper
CINEMATOGRAPHY
La La Land
COSTUME DESIGN
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
DOCUMENTARY, FEATURE
OJ: Made in America
DOCUMENTARY, SHORT
The White Helmets
EDITING
Hacksaw Ridge
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
The Salesman
LIVE ACTION SHORT
Sing
MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
Suicide Squad
ORIGINAL SCORE
La La Land
ORIGINAL SONG
“City of Stars” – La La Land
PRODUCTION DESIGN
La La Land
SCREENPLAY, ADAPTED
Moonlight
Lion
Hacksaw Ridge
Arrival
Fences
Hidden Figures
SCREENPLAY, ORIGINAL
Manchester by the Sea
SOUND EDITING
Arrival
SOUND MIXING
Hacksaw Ridge
VISUAL EFFECTS
The Jungle Book
