96th Academy Awards

The 96th Academy Awards was an award ceremony presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honoring the best movies of 2023. The event took place at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, on March 10, 2024. The ceremony was hosted by comedian Jimmy Kimmel for the fourth time. The producers of the ceremony were Raj Kapoor, Molly McNearney, and Katy Mullan. The director was Hamish Hamilton. It was televised in the United States by ABC.

Oppenheimer won seven awards in total, including Best Picture, followed by Poor Things and The Zone of Interest with four and two respectively.

 Nominations 
The nominations were announced on January 23, 2024. Oppenheimer led with thirteen nominations, followed by Poor Things and Killers of the Flower Moon with eleven and ten nominations respectively. "Barbenheimer" received a total of twenty-one nominations, eight for Barbie and thirteen for Oppenheimer. The acting nominees featured a record number of LGBTQ+ characters.

 Awards 

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡). 

 Best Picture Best Director Oppenheimer – Emma Thomas, Charles Roven and Christopher Nolan, producers 
 American Fiction – Ben LeClair, Nikos Karamigios, Cord Jefferson and Jermaine Johnson, producers
 Anatomy of a Fall – Marie-Ange Luciani and David Thion, producers
 Barbie – David Heyman, Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerley and Robbie Brenner, producers
 The Holdovers – Mark Johnson, producer
 Killers of the Flower Moon – Dan Friedkin, Bradley Thomas, Martin Scorsese and Daniel Lupi, producers
 Maestro – Bradley Cooper, Steven Spielberg, Fred Berner, Amy Durning and Kristie Macosko Krieger, producers
 Past Lives – David Hinojosa, Christine Vachon and Pamela Koffler, producers
 Poor Things – Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone, producers
 The Zone of Interest – James Wilson, producer Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer 
 Justine Triet – Anatomy of a Fall
 Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon
 Yorgos Lanthimos – Poor Things
 Jonathan Glazer – The Zone of Interest Best Actor Best Actress Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer as J. Robert Oppenheimer 
 Bradley Cooper – Maestro as Leonard Bernstein
 Colman Domingo – Rustin as Bayard Rustin
 Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers as Paul Hunham
 Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction as Thelonious "Monk" Ellison Emma Stone – Poor Things as Bella Baxter 
 Annette Bening – Nyad as Diana Nyad
 Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon as Mollie Burkhart
 Sandra Hüller – Anatomy of a Fall as Sandra Voyter
 Carey Mulligan – Maestro as Felicia Montealegre Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer as Lewis Strauss 
 Sterling K. Brown – American Fiction as Clifford "Cliff" Ellison
 Robert De Niro – Killers of the Flower Moon as William King Hale
 Ryan Gosling – Barbie as Ken
 Mark Ruffalo – Poor Things as Duncan Wedderburn Da'Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers as Mary Lamb 
 Emily Blunt – Oppenheimer as Kitty Oppenheimer
 Danielle Brooks – The Color Purple as Sofia
 America Ferrera – Barbie as Gloria
 Jodie Foster – Nyad as Bonnie Stoll Best Original Screenplay Best Adapted Screenplay Anatomy of a Fall – Justine Triet and Arthur Harari 
 The Holdovers – David Hemingson
 Maestro – Bradley Cooper and Josh Singer
 May December – Screenplay by Samy Burch; Story by Samy Burch and Alex Mechanik
 Past Lives – Celine Song American Fiction – Cord Jefferson; based on the novel Erasure by Percival Everett 
 Barbie – Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach; based on characters created by Ruth Handler
 Oppenheimer – Christopher Nolan; based on the biography American Prometheus by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin
 Poor Things – Tony McNamara; based on the novel by Alasdair Gray
 The Zone of Interest – Jonathan Glazer; based on the novel by Martin Amis Best Animated Feature Best International Feature Film The Boy and the Heron – Hayao Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki 
 Elemental – Peter Sohn and Denise Ream
 Nimona – Nick Bruno, Troy Quane, Karen Ryan and Julie Zackary
  Robot Dreams – Pablo Berger, Ibon Cormenzana, Ignasi Estapé and Sandra Tapia Díaz
 Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Amy Pascal The Zone of Interest (United Kingdom) – directed by Jonathan Glazer 
 Io capitano (Italy) – directed by Matteo Garrone
 Perfect Days (Japan) – directed by Wim Wenders
 Society of the Snow (Spain) – directed by J. A. Bayona
 The Teachers' Lounge (Germany) – directed by İlker Çatak Best Documentary Feature Film Best Documentary Short Film 20 Days in Mariupol – Mstyslav Chernov, Michelle Mizner and Raney Aronson-Rath 
 Bobi Wine: The People's President – Moses Bwayo, Christopher Sharp and John Battsek
 The Eternal Memory – Maite Alberdi, Juan de Dios Larraín, Pablo Larraín and Rocio Jadue
 Four Daughters – Kaouther Ben Hania and Nadim Cheikhrouha
 To Kill a Tiger – Nisha Pahuja, Cornelia Principe and David Oppenheim The Last Repair Shop – Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers 
 The ABCs of Book Banning – Sheila Nevins and Trish Adlesic
 The Barber of Little Rock – John Hoffman and Christine Turner
 Island in Between – S. Leo Chiang and Jean Tsien
 Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó – Sean Wang and Sam Davis Best Live Action Short Film Best Animated Short Film The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar – Wes Anderson and Steven Rales 
 The After – Misan Harriman and Nicky Bentham
 Invincible – Vincent René-Lortie and Samuel Caron
 Knight of Fortune – Lasse Lyskjær Noer and Christian Norlyk
 Red, White and Blue – Nazrin Choudhury and Sara McFarlane War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John and Yoko – Dave Mullins and Brad Booker 
 Letter to a Pig – Tal Kantor and Amit R. Gicelter
 Ninety-Five Senses – Jared Hess and Jerusha Hess
 Our Uniform – Yegane Moghaddam
 Pachyderme – Stéphanie Clément and Marc Rius Best Original Score Best Original Song Oppenheimer – Ludwig Göransson 
 American Fiction – Laura Karpman
 Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny – John Williams
 Killers of the Flower Moon – Robbie Robertson 
 Poor Things – Jerskin Fendrix "What Was I Made For?" from Barbie – Music and lyrics by Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell 
 "The Fire Inside" from Flamin' Hot – Music and lyrics by Diane Warren
 "I'm Just Ken" from Barbie – Music and lyrics by Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt
 "It Never Went Away" from American Symphony – Music and lyrics by Jon Batiste and Dan Wilson
 "Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People)" from Killers of the Flower Moon – Music and lyrics by Scott George Best Sound Best Production Design The Zone of Interest – Tarn Willers and Johnnie Burn 
 The Creator – Ian Voigt, Erik Aadahl, Ethan Van der Ryn, Tom Ozanich and Dean Zupancic
 Maestro – Steven A. Morrow, Richard King, Jason Ruder, Tom Ozanich and Dean Zupancic
 Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One – Chris Munro, James H. Mather, Chris Burdon and Mark Taylor
 Oppenheimer – Willie Burton, Richard King, Gary A. Rizzo and Kevin O'Connell Poor Things – Production Design: James Price and Shona Heath; Set Decoration: Zsuzsa Mihalek 
 Barbie – Production Design: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
 Killers of the Flower Moon – Production Design: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Adam Willis
 Napoleon – Production Design: Arthur Max; Set Decoration: Elli Griff
 Oppenheimer – Production Design: Ruth De Jong; Set Decoration: Claire Kaufman Best Cinematography Best Makeup and Hairstyling Oppenheimer – Hoyte van Hoytema 
 El Conde – Edward Lachman
 Killers of the Flower Moon – Rodrigo Prieto
 Maestro – Matthew Libatique
 Poor Things – Robbie Ryan Poor Things – Nadia Stacey, Mark Coulier and Josh Weston 
 Golda – Karen Hartley Thomas, Suzi Battersby and Ashra Kelly-Blue
 Maestro – Kazu Hiro, Kay Georgiou and Lori McCoy-Bell
 Oppenheimer – Luisa Abel
 Society of the Snow – Ana López-Puigcerver, David Martí and Montse Ribé Best Costume Design Best Film Editing Poor Things – Holly Waddington 
 Barbie – Jacqueline Durran
 Killers of the Flower Moon – Jacqueline West
 Napoleon – Janty Yates and Dave Crossman
 Oppenheimer – Ellen Mirojnick Oppenheimer – Jennifer Lame 
 Anatomy of a Fall – Laurent Sénéchal
 The Holdovers – Kevin Tent
 Killers of the Flower Moon – Thelma Schoonmaker
 Poor Things – Yorgos Mavropsaridis Best Visual Effects Godzilla Minus One – Takashi Yamazaki, Kiyoko Shibuya, Masaki Takahashi and Tatsuji Nojima 
 The Creator – Jay Cooper, Ian Comley, Andrew Roberts and Neil Corbould
 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 – Stephane Ceretti, Alexis Wajsbrot, Guy Williams and Theo Bialek
 Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One – Alex Wuttke, Simone Coco, Jeff Sutherland and Neil Corbould
 Napoleon – Charley Henley, Luc-Ewen Martin-Fenouillet, Simone Coco and Neil Corbould

 Governors Awards 
The 14th annual Governors Awards ceremony took place on January 9, 2024, hosted by John Mulaney. Honorary Awards were presented to Angela Bassett, Mel Brooks, Carol Littleton, and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to Michelle Satter.

 Movies with multiple nominations and awards 

+ Movies with multiple nominations Nominations Film 13 Oppenheimer 11 Poor Things 10 Killers of the Flower Moon 8 Barbie 7 Maestro 5 American Fiction Anatomy of a Fall The Holdovers The Zone of Interest 3 Napoleon 2 The Creator  Nyad Past Lives Society of the Snow

+ Movies with multiple awards Awards Film 7 Oppenheimer 4 Poor Things 2 The Zone of Interest

 Ceremony information 
Producers Raj Kapoor and Katy Mullan were announced on October 17, 2023, with Hamish Hamilton as the director. On November 15, Jimmy Kimmel was announced as host, marking his fourth overall hosting role for the ceremony. On November 30, 2023, ABC and the Academy announced a change in the ceremony's start time to 4:00 p.m. PT (7:00 p.m. ET).

 Diversity rules 
This will be the first year that diversity rules for the Best Picture category become mandatory. Established under the Academy Aperture 2025 initiative, these rules aim to promote inclusive representation and employment in the film industry.

 Barbie Director and Actress snubs 
The snubbing of Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie from getting respective Academy Award nominations for Best Director and Best Actress for Barbie received criticism. Cast members expressed their reactions, and actor Ryan Gosling released a statement in response, emphasizing the significant contributions of Gerwig and Robbie to the movie's success.

 References 

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