Yes, it was the year of Leo… after six nominations for an Academy Award, perseverance, honing his craft, fighting the good fight for our environment (mother nature is thankful) and getting mauled by a bear, Leonardo DiCaprio, doesn’t have to dream in gold anymore!
Here is the complete list of winners for the 88th Academy Awards along with select photos of the winners and their dreams of gold fulfilled
- Best Picture: “Spotlight”
- Direction: “The Revenant,” Alejandro G. Iñárritu
- Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio, “The Revenant”
- Actress: Brie Larson, “Room”
- Supporting Actor: Mark Rylance, “Bridge of Spies”
- Supporting Actress: Alicia Vikander, “The Danish Girl”
- Adapted Screenplay: “The Big Short,” Charles Randolph and Adam McKay
- Original Screenplay: “Spotlight,” Josh Singer and Tom McCarthy
- Cinematography: “The Revenant,” Emmanuel Lubezki
- Production Design: “Mad Max: Fury Road,” Colin Gibson and Lisa Thompson (set decoration)
- Film Editing: “Mad Max: Fury Road,” Margaret Sixel
- Visual Effects: “Ex Machina,” Andrew Whitehurst, Paul Norris, Mark Ardington and Sara Bennett
- Costume Design: “Mad Max: Fury Road,” Jenny Beavan
- Makeup: “Mad Max: Fury Road,” Lesley Vanderwalt, Elka Wardega and Damian Martin
- Sound Editing: “Mad Max: Fury Road,” Mark Mangini and David White
- Sound Mixing: “Mad Max: Fury Road,” Chris Jenkins, Gregg Rudloff and Ben Osmo
- Score: “The Hateful Eight,” Ennio Morricone
- Song: “Writing’s on the Wall,” from “Spectre,” Jimmy Napes and Sam Smith
- Foreign Language Film: “Son of Saul” (Hungary)
- Animated Feature: “Inside Out”
- Documentary Feature: “Amy”
- Animated Short: “Bear Story”
- Documentary Short: “A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness”
- Live Action Short: “Stutterer”
Winners by Film – the Breakdown
- “Mad Max: Fury Road”: 6
- “The Revenant”: 3
- “Spotlight”: 2
- “Amy”: 1
- “Bear Story”: 1
- “The Big Short”: 1
- “Bridge of Spies”: 1
- “The Danish Girl”: 1
- “Ex Machina”: 1
- “A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness”: 1
- “The Hateful Eight”: 1
- “Inside Out”: 1
- “Room”: 1
- “Son of Saul”: 1
- “Spectre”: 1
- “Stutterer”: 1
