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Oscars 2016 - Winners and Nominees

2016 Academy Awards Winners

Best Motion Picture of the Year

Spotlight
Spotlight * WINNER

Mad Max: Fury Road

The Big Short

The Martian

Brooklyn

The Revenant

Bridge of Spies

Room


Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

Leonardo DiCaprio
Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant) * WINNER

Michael Fassbender (Steve Jobs)

Bryan Cranston (Trumbo)

Eddie Redmayne (The Danish Girl)

Matt Damon (The Martian)







Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

Brie Larson
Brie Larson (Room) * WINNER

Charlotte Rampling (45 Years)

Cate Blanchett (Carol)

Saoirse Ronan (Brooklyn)

Jennifer Lawrence (Joy)







Best Achievement in Directing


Alejandro González Iñárritu
Alejandro González Iñárritu (The Revenant) * WINNER

Lenny Abrahamson (Room)

Adam McKay (The Big Short)

Tom McCarthy (Spotlight)

George Miller (Mad Max: Fury Road)



Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song

Spectre
Spectre (Writing's On The Wall - Sam Smith, James Napier) * WINNER

Racing Extinction (Manta Ray - J. Ralph, Antony Hegarty)

Fifty Shades of Grey (Earned It - The Weeknd, Belly, Jason 'DaHeala' Quenneville, Stephan Moccio)

Youth  (Simple Song #3 - David Lang)

The Hunting Ground (Til It Happens to You - Diane Warren, Lady Gaga)







Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score


The Hateful Eight
The Hateful Eight (Ennio Morricone) * WINNER

Sicario (Jóhann Jóhannsson)

Bridge of Spies (Thomas Newman)

Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (John Williams)

Carol (Carter Burwell)







Best Foreign Language Film of the Year

Son of Saul
Son of Saul * WINNER

Mustang

Embrace of the Serpent

Theeb

A War







Best Short Film, Live Action

Stutterer
Stutterer * WINNER

Everything Will Be Okay

Ave Maria

Shok

Day One







Best Documentary, Feature

Amy
Amy * WINNER

What Happened, Miss Simone?

Cartel Land

Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom

The Look of Silence







Best Documentary, Short Subject

A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness
A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness * WINNER

Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah

Body Team 12

Last Day of Freedom

War Within the Walls







Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

Mark Rylance
Mark Rylance (Bridge of Spies) * WINNER

Mark Ruffalo (Spotlight)

Christian Bale (The Big Short)

Sylvester Stallone (Creed)

Tom Hardy (The Revenant)







Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

Alicia Vikander
Alicia Vikander (The Danish Girl) * WINNER

Rachel McAdams (Spotlight)

Jennifer Jason Leigh (The Hateful Eight)

Kate Winslet (Steve Jobs)

Rooney Mara (Carol)







Best Achievement in Visual Effects

Ex Machina
Ex Machina * WINNER

The Revenant

Mad Max: Fury Road

Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens

The Martian







Best Achievement in Sound Mixing

Mad Max: Fury Road
Mad Max: Fury Road * WINNER

The Revenant

Bridge of Spies

Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens

The Martian







Best Achievement in Cinematography

The Revenant
The Revenant (Emmanuel Lubezki) * WINNER

Mad Max: Fury Road (John Seale)

Carol (Edward Lachman)

Sicario (Roger Deakins)

The Hateful Eight (Robert Richardson)







Best Achievement in Costume Design

Mad Max: Fury Road
Mad Max: Fury Road (Jenny Beavan) * WINNER

The Danish Girl (Paco Delgado)

Carol (Sandy Powell)

The Revenant (Jacqueline West)

Cinderella (Sandy Powell)







Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published

The Big Short
The Big Short (Charles Randolph, Adam McKay) * WINNER

The Martian (Drew Goddard)

Brooklyn (Nick Hornby)

Room (Emma Donoghue)

Carol (Phyllis Nagy)

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