The 2023 Academy Awards were presented Sunday at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles, and Everything Everywhere took a big win.
It was a night of historic wins at the 95th annual Academy Awards, taking place this Sunday at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles, California.
Two films quickly emerged as dominant forces in the race to pick up the most Oscar trophies: the German-language war epic All Quiet on the Western Front and the chaotic multiverse action comedy Everything Everywhere All at Once.
The latter ended up taking the most awards, with seven wins in some of the biggest categories, including best picture, best director, best original screenplay and three of the acting categories.
But All Quiet on the Western Front, an adaptation of Erich Maria Remarque’s 1929 anti-war novel, still garnered four wins, including a trophy for Best International Feature Film.
This year’s Oscars had a record number of Asian artists nominated for the acting categories — and Sunday’s ceremony delivered on that promise, awarding 60-year-old film icon Michelle Yeoh her first Asian Best Actress award.
Her Everything Everywhere All at Once co-star Ke Huy Quan – a former child star and refugee born in Vietnam – also took home the Best Supporting Actor award.
The country of India also made history with its first nomination and win in the best song category for the brace-breaking banger “Naatu Naatu” from the movie RRR.
Here’s a full list of winners:
Best Picture: Everything Everywhere All at Once, from producers Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert and Jonathan Wang
Actress in a Leading Role: Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Actor in a Leading Role: Brendan Fraser, The Whale
Actor in a Supporting Role: Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Supporting Actress: Jamie Lee Curtis, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Directed by: Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Animated Movie: Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson, Gary Ungar and Alex Bulkley)
Cinematography: James Friend, All Quiet on the Western Front
Costume Design: Ruth Carter, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Documentary feature: Daniel Roher, Odessa Rae, Diane Becker, Melanie Miller and Shane Boris, Navalny
Short documentary: Kartiki Gonsalves and Guneet Monga, The Elephant Whisperers
Film Editing: Paul Rogers, Everything Everywhere at Once
International feature film: All Quiet on the Western Front (Germany)
Makeup and hair styling: Adrien Morot, Judy Chin and Annemarie Bradley, The Whale
Music (original score): Volker Bertelmann, All Quiet on the Western Front
Music (Original Song): “Naatu Naatu” by RRR, with music by MM Keeravaani and lyrics by Chandrabose
Writing (adapted screenplay): Sarah Polley, Women Talking
Writing (original screenplay): Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Production Design: All Quiet on the Western Front, with production design by Christian M Goldbeck and set decoration by Ernestine Hipper
Short film (animated): Charlie Mackesy and Matthew Freud, The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and the Horse
Short film (live action): Tom Berkeley and Ross White, An Irish Goodbye
Sound: Mark Weingarten, James H. Mather, Al Nelson, Chris Burdon and Mark Taylor, Top Gun: Maverick
Visual Effects: Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon and Daniel Barrett, Avatar: The Way of Water
