Oscar Highlights 2016
This is the list of Oscar Highlights from 2016.
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- DirectorTom McCarthyStarsMark RuffaloMichael KeatonRachel McAdamsThe true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core.Best Picture for Michael Sugar, Steve Golin, Nicole Rocklin, and Blye Pagon Faust
Best Original Screenplay for Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer - DirectorAlejandro G. IñárrituStarsLeonardo DiCaprioTom HardyWill PoulterA frontiersman on a fur trading expedition in the 1820s fights for survival after being mauled by a bear and left for dead by members of his own hunting team.Best Director for Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Best Actor for Leonardo DiCaprio as Hugh Glass
Best Cinematography for Emmanuel Lubezki - DirectorLenny AbrahamsonStarsBrie LarsonJacob TremblaySean BridgersA little boy is held captive in a room with his mother since his birth, so he has never known the world outside.Best Actress for Brie Larson as Joy "Ma" Newsome
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsTom HanksMark RylanceAlan AldaDuring the Cold War, an American lawyer is recruited to defend an arrested Soviet spy in court, and then help the CIA facilitate an exchange of the spy for the Soviet captured American U2 spy plane pilot, Francis Gary Powers.Best Supporting Actor for Mark Rylance as Rudolf Abel
- DirectorTom HooperStarsEddie RedmayneAlicia VikanderAmber HeardA fictitious love story loosely inspired by the lives of Danish artists Lili Elbe and Gerda Wegener. Lili and Gerda's marriage and work evolve as they navigate Lili's groundbreaking journey as a transgender pioneer.Best Supporting Actress for Alicia Vikander as Gerda Wegener
- DirectorAdam McKayStarsChristian BaleSteve CarellRyan GoslingIn 2006-2007 a group of investors bet against the United States mortgage market. In their research, they discover how flawed and corrupt the market is.Best Adapted Screenplay for Adam McKay and Charles Randolph from The Big Short by Michael Lewis
- DirectorLászló NemesStarsGéza RöhrigLevente MolnárUrs RechnA Jewish-Hungarian concentration camp prisoner sets out to give a child he mistook for his son a proper burial.Best Foreign Language Film, here, in Hungarian for László Nemes
- DirectorBenjamin ClearyStarsMatthew NeedhamChloe PirrieEric RichardA man whose lush inner thoughts are rendered mute by a crippling stutter feels isolated from the world despite a flourishing online relationship.Best Live Action Short Film for Benjamin Cleary and Serena Armitage
- DirectorPete DocterRonnie Del CarmenStarsAmy PoehlerBill HaderLewis BlackAfter young Riley is uprooted from her Midwest life and moved to San Francisco, her emotions - Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness - conflict on how best to navigate a new city, house, and school.Best Animated Feature Film for Pete Docter and Jonas Rivera
- DirectorJ. Rick CastanedaStarsTaylor CalmusChuck McCarthyFrank SmithA story that grabs you and won't let go, even when you really, really want it to.Best Animated Short Film for Pato Escala Pierart and Gabriel Osorio Vargas
- DirectorAsif KapadiaStarsAmy WinehouseMitch WinehouseMark RonsonArchival footage and personal testimonials present an intimate portrait of the life and career of British singer/songwriter Amy Winehouse.Best Documentary – Feature for Asif Kapadia and James Gay-Rees
- DirectorSharmeen Obaid-ChinoyStarsAsad JamalSabaA woman in Pakistan sentenced to death for falling in love becomes a rare survivor of the country's harsh judicial system.Best Documentary – Short Subject for Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
- DirectorQuentin TarantinoStarsSamuel L. JacksonKurt RussellJennifer Jason LeighIn the dead of a Wyoming winter, a bounty hunter and his prisoner find shelter in a cabin currently inhabited by a collection of nefarious characters.Best Original Score for Ennio Morricone
- DirectorSam MendesStarsDaniel CraigChristoph WaltzLéa SeydouxA cryptic message from James Bond's past sends him on a trail to uncover the existence of a sinister organisation named SPECTRE. With a new threat dawning, Bond learns the terrible truth about the author of all his pain in his most recent missions.Best Original Song for "Writing's on the Wall", by Jimmy Napes and Sam Smith
- DirectorGeorge MillerStarsTom HardyCharlize TheronNicholas HoultIn a post-apocalyptic wasteland, a woman rebels against a tyrannical ruler in search for her homeland with the aid of a group of female prisoners, a psychotic worshipper and a drifter named Max.Best Sound Editing for Mark A. Mangini and David White
Best Sound Mixing for Chris Jenkins, Gregg Rudloff, and Ben Osmo
Best Production Design for Colin Gibson and Lisa Thompson
Best Makeup and Hairstyling for Lesley Vanderwalt, Elka Wardega, and Damian Martin
Best Costume Design for Jenny Beavan
Best Film Editing for Margaret Sixel - DirectorAlex GarlandStarsAlicia VikanderDomhnall GleesonOscar IsaacA young programmer is selected to participate in a ground-breaking experiment in synthetic intelligence by evaluating the human qualities of a highly advanced humanoid A.I.Best Visual Effects for Mark Williams Ardington, Sara Bennett, Paul Norris, and Andrew Whitehurst