'Spotlight' Wins Best Picture; 'The Revenant' & 'Mad Max' Have Big Night
February 29, 2016

'Spotlight' Wins Best Picture; 'The Revenant' & 'Mad Max' Have Big Night

HOLLYWOOD — The 88th annual Academy Awards took place last night, honoring the best in the film community. The Revenant and Mad Max: Fury Road both came into the competition with the most nominations and both did well.  The Revenant  took home three Oscars, winning in the Leading Actor, Director and Cinematography categories.
Leonardo DiCaprio won his first award for his leading role. Director Alejandro G. Iñárritu took home the category’s Oscar, following the success he had last year with Birdman, which won 2014’s Best Picture, Director, and Writing. And Cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki won his third in a row, following 2013’s  Gravity and 2014’s  Birdman.

Mad Max: Fury Road also had a big night, winning top honors for Costume Design (Jenny Beavan), Film Editing (Margaret Sixel), Makeup and Hairstyling (Lesley Vanderwalt, Elka Wardega and Damian Martin), Production Design (Colin Gibson, Lisa Thompson), Sound Editing (Mark Mangini, David White), and Sound Mixing (Chris Jenkins, Gregg Rudloff and Ben Osmo).

But while The Revenant and  Mad Max: Fury Road led in nominations, the Best Picture Oscar went to  Spotlight (Michael Sugar, Steve Golin, Nicole Rocklin & Blye Pagon Faust), a film about investigative reporting, scandal and cover up inside the Catholic church.

Inside Out (Pete Docter, Jonas Rivera) was the winner in the Animated Feature category, and  Ex Machina (Andrew Whitehurst, Paul Norris, Mark Ardington and Sara Bennett) took home the Visual Effects Oscar, winning in a very competitive category that also include  Star Wars: The Force Awakens and  Mad Max: Fury Road.

The following is a complete list of last night’s winners:

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE 
LEONARDO DICAPRIO
The Revenant

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE 
MARK RYLANCE
Bridge of Spies

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
BRIE LARSON
Room

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
ALICIA VIKANDER
The Danish Girl

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM 
INSIDE OUT
Pete Docter and Jonas Rivera

BEST PICTURE
SPOTLIGHT
Michael Sugar, Steve Golin, Nicole Rocklin & Blye Pagon Faust, Producers

CINEMATOGRAPHY 
THE REVENANT
Emmanuel Lubezki 

COSTUME DESIGN
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
Jenny Beavan

DIRECTING 
THE REVENANT - Alejandro G. Iñárritu 

FILM EDITING 
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
Margaret Sixel

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM NOMINEES
SON OF SAUL - Hungary

MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING 
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
Lesley Vanderwalt, Elka Wardega and Damian Martin

PRODUCTION DESIGN 
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
Production Design: Colin Gibson; Set Decoration: Lisa Thompson

SOUND EDITING 
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
Mark Mangini and David White

SOUND MIXING
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
Chris Jenkins, Gregg Rudloff and Ben Osmo

VISUAL EFFECTS 
EX MACHINA
Andrew Whitehurst, Paul Norris, Mark Ardington and Sara Bennett

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)
THE HATEFUL EIGHT
Ennio Morricone

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY) 
SPOTLIGHT
Written by Josh Singer & Tom McCarthy

DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT) 
A GIRL IN THE RIVER: THE PRICE OF FORGIVENESS
Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)
AMY
Asif Kapadia and James Gay-Rees

SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
BEAR STORY
Gabriel Osorio and Pato Escala

SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
STUTTERER
Benjamin Cleary and Serena Armitage

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)
SPECTRE - “Writing’s On The Wall”  - Music and Lyric by Jimmy Napes and Sam Smith

WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY) 
THE BIG SHORT
Screenplay by Charles Randolph and Adam McKay