Academy Awards or Oscar Awards
The Academy Awards, or “Oscars”, is a group of twenty-four artistic and technical honors given annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to recognize excellence in cinematic achievements in the United States film industry as assessed by the Academy’s voting membership. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a statuette, officially called the Academy Award of Merit, which has become commonly known by its nickname “Oscar.” The awards, first presented in 1929 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, are overseen by AMPAS.
The awards ceremony was first broadcast on radio in 1930 and televised for the first time in 1953. It is now seen live in more than 200 countries and can be streamed live online. The Academy Awards ceremony is the oldest entertainment awards ceremony. Its equivalents the Emmy Awards for television, the Tony Awards for theater, and the Grammy Awards for music and recording are modeled after the Academy Awards.
The 89th Academy Awards ceremony honoring the best films of 2016, were held on February 26, 2017 at th
e Dolby Theatre. The ceremony was hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and was broadcast on ABC. A total of 3,048 Oscars have been awarded from the inception of the award through the 88th.
| Award | Awardee |
| Best Picture | ‘Moonlight’ by Adele Romanski, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner |
| Best Actress in a Leading Role | Emma Stone for ‘La La Land’ |
| Best Actor in a Leading Role | Casey Affleck for ‘Manchester By The Sea’ |
| Best Director | Damien Chazelle for ‘La La Land’ |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney for ‘Moonlight’ |
| Best Original Screenplay | Kenneth Lonergan for ‘Manchester By The Sea’ |
| Best Original Song | City Of Stars’ from ‘La La Land’ by Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul |
| Best Original Score | Justin Hurwitz for ‘La La Land’ |
| Best Cinematography | Linus Sandgren for ‘La La Land’ |
| Best Live Action Short | ‘Sing’ by Kristof Deak and Anna Udvardy |
| Best Documentary Short | The White Helmets’ by Orlando Von Einsiedel and Joanna Natasegara |
| Best Film Editing | John Gilbert for ‘Hacksaw Ridge’ |
| Best Visual Effects | Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R Jones and Dan Lemmon for ‘The Jungle Book’ |
| Best Production Design | David Wasco and Sandy Reynolds
Wasco for ‘La La Land’ |
| Best Animated Feature | ‘Zootopia’ by Byron Howard, Rich Moore and Clark Spencer |
| Best Animated Short | ‘Piper’ by Alan Barillaro and Marc Sondheimer |
| Best Foreign Language Film | ‘The Salesman’ by Asghar Farhadi |
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Viola Davis for ‘Fences’ |
| Best Sound Mixing
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Kevin O’Connell, Andy Wright, Robert Mackenzie and Peter Grace for ‘Hacksaw Ridge’ |
| Best Sound Editing | Sylvian Bellemare for ‘Arrival’ |
| Best Documentary Feature | Ezra Edelman and Caroline Waterlow for ‘O J: Made In America’ |
| Best Costume Design | Colleen Atwood for ‘Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them’ |
| Best Makeup and Hairstyling | Alessandro Bertolazzi, Giorgio Gregorini and Christopher Nelson for ‘Suicide Squad’ |
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male) | Mahershala Ali for ‘Moonlight’ |
