Each January, the entertainment community and film fans around the world turn their attention to the Academy Awards. Interest and anticipation build to a fevered pitch leading up to the Oscar ceremony, when hundreds of millions of movie lovers tune in to watch their favourite celebrities and learn who will receive the highest honours in filmmaking.
This year, the ceremony hosted by Chris Rock was one of the most eventful evenings in the Awards’ history. Following a not very appreciated joke about Jada Pinkett Smith’s shaved head, who announced last year she has alopecia, Will Smith got up from his chair, climbed onto the stage and slapped the host, telling him to not mention his wife again.
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Nevertheless, Chris Rock joked about it and went on with the ceremony, while Will Smith apologized for the incident during his acceptance speech.
The 2022 Oscar winners, by category, are:
1. 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
2. Actor in a Leading Role
Winner: Will Smith, for King Richard
Nominees:
- Javier Bardem, for Being the Ricardos
- Benedict Cumberbatch, for The Power of the Dog
- Andrew Garfield, for tick, tick…BOOM!
- Denzel Washington, for The Tragedy of Macbeth
3. Actor in a Supporting Role
Winner: Troy Kotsur, for CODA
Nominees:
- Ciarán Hinds, for Belfast
- Jesse Plemons, for The Power of the Dog
- J.K. Simmons, for Being the Ricardos
- Kodi Smit-McPhee, for The Power of the Dog
4. Actress in a Leading Role
Winner: Jessica Chastain, for The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Nominees:
- Olivia Colman, for The Lost Daughter
- Penélope Cruz, for Parallel Mothers
- Nicole Kidman, for Being the Ricardos
- Kristen Stewart, for Spencer
5. Actress in a Supporting Role
Winner: Ariana DeBose, for West Side Story
Nominees:
- Jessie Buckley, for The Lost Daughter
- Judi Dench, for Belfast
- Kirsten Dunst, for The Power of the Dog
- Aunjanue Ellis, for King Richard
6. Animated Feature Film
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
7. Cinematography
Winner: Dune, Greig Fraser
Nominees:
- Nightmare Alley, Dan Laustsen
- The Power of the Dog, Ari Wegner
- The Tragedy of Macbeth, Bruno Delbonnel
- West Side Story, Janusz Kaminski
8. Directing
Winner: The Power of the Dog, Jane Campion
Nominees:
- Belfast, Kenneth Branagh
- Drive My Car, Ryusuke Hamaguchi
- Licorice Pizza, Paul Thomas Anderson
- West Side Story, Steven Spielberg
9. 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
10. Documentary (Short Subject)
Winner: The Queen of Basketball, Ben Proudfoot
Nominees:
- Audible, Matt 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
11. International Feature Film
Winner: Drive My Car, Japan
Nominees:
- Flee, Denmark
- The Hand of God, Italy
- Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom, Bhutan
- The Worst Person in the World, Norway
12. Costume Design
Winner: Cruella, Jenny Beavan
Nominees:
- Cyrano, Massimo Cantini Parrini and Jacqueline Durran
- Dune, Jacqueline West and Robert Morgan
- Nightmare Alley, Luis Sequeira
- West Side Story, Paul Tazewell
13. 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
14. 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 Mowat, Love Larson and Eva von Bahr
- House of Gucci, Göran Lundström, Anna Carin Lock and Frederic Aspiras
15. Music (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, Jonny Greenwood
16. Music (Original Song)
Winner: No Time to Die, from No Time to Die; Music and Lyric by Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell
Nominees:
- 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
- Somehow You Do, from Four Good Days; Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
17. Production Design
Winner: Dune, Production Design: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Zsuzsanna Sipos
Nominees:
- Nightmare Alley, Production Design: Tamara Deverell; Set Decoration: Shane 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
18. Short Film (Animated)
Winner: The Windshield Wiper, Alberto Mielgo and Leo Sanchez
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
19. Short Film (Live Action)
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, Martin Strange-Hansen and Kim Magnusson
- Please Hold, K.D. Dávila and Levin Menekse
20. 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
21. 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
22. Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Winner: CODA, Screenplay by Siân Heder
Nominees:
- 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
23. Writing (Original Screenplay)
Winner: Belfast, Written by Kenneth Branagh
Nominees:
- 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
