95th Academy Awards Oscars 2023: Celebrating the Best in Film

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The 95th Academy Awards, which celebrated the best movies of 2022, were presented on March 12, 2023, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. The ceremony, which was once again hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, was put together by Ricky Kirshner and Glenn Weiss and broadcast on ABC.

Everything Everywhere All at Once, which garnered the most nominations with eleven and won seven awards, including Best Picture, was the night’s big winner. Other notable winners included All Quiet on the Western Front with four and The Whale with two.

Best Picture

‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ Team Accepts Best Picture with Message of Kindness during the Oscars show at the 95th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, US, March 12, 2023.
‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ Team Accepts Best Picture with Message of Kindness during the Oscars show at the 95th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, US, March 12, 2023.

Everything Everywhere All at Once – Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, and Jonathan Wang, producers
All Quiet on the Western Front – Malte Grunert, producer
Avatar: The Way of Water – James Cameron and Jon Landau, producers
The Banshees of Inisherin – Graham Broadbent, Peter Czernin, and Martin McDonagh, producers
Elvis – Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Martin, Gail Berman, Patrick McCormick, and Schuyler Weiss, producers
The Fabelmans – Kristie Macosko Krieger, Steven Spielberg, and Tony Kushner, producers
Tár – Todd Field, Alexandra Milchan, and Scott Lambert, producers
Top Gun: Maverick – Tom Cruise, Christopher McQuarrie, David Ellison, and Jerry Bruckheimer, producers
Triangle of Sadness – Erik Hemmendorff and Philippe Bober, producers
Women Talking – Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, and Frances McDormand, producers

Best Director

From left: Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert win the Oscar for Best Director for "Everything Everywhere All at Once" during the Oscars show at the 95th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, US, March 12, 2023.
From left: Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert win the Oscar for Best Director for “Everything Everywhere All at Once” during the Oscars show at the 95th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, US, March 12, 2023.

Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All at Once
Martin McDonagh – The Banshees of Inisherin
Steven Spielberg – The Fabelmans
Todd Field – Tár
Ruben Östlund – Triangle of Sadness

Best Actor

Brendan Fraser wins the Oscar for Best Actor for "The Whale" during the Oscars show at the 95th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, US, March 12, 2023.
Brendan Fraser wins the Oscar for Best Actor for “The Whale” during the Oscars show at the 95th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, US, March 12, 2023.

Brendan Fraser – The Whale as Charlie
Austin Butler – Elvis as Elvis Presley
Colin Farrell – The Banshees of Inisherin as Pádraic Súilleabháin
Paul Mescal – Aftersun as Calum Paterson
Bill Nighy – Living as Mr. Rodney Williams

Best Actress

Michelle Yeoh wins the Oscar for Best Actress for "Everything Everywhere All at Once" during the Oscars show at the 95th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, US, March 12, 2023.
Michelle Yeoh wins the Oscar for Best Actress for “Everything Everywhere All at Once” during the Oscars show at the 95th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, US, March 12, 2023.

Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All at Once as Evelyn Quan Wang
Ana de Armas – Blonde as Norma Jeane
Cate Blanchett – Tár as Lydia Tár
Andrea Riseborough – To Leslie as Leslie Rowlands
Michelle Williams – The Fabelmans as Mitzi Schildkraut-Fabelman

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Best Supporting Actor

Ke Huy Quan wins the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for "Everything Everywhere All at Once" during the Oscars show at the 95th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S., March 12, 2023. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
Ke Huy Quan wins the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for “Everything Everywhere All at Once” during the Oscars show at the 95th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S., March 12, 2023. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All at Once as Waymond Wang
Brendan Gleeson – The Banshees of Inisherin as Colm Doherty
Brian Tyree Henry – Causeway as James Aucoin
Judd Hirsch – The Fabelmans as Boris Schildkraut
Barry Keoghan – The Banshees of Inisherin as Dominic Kearney

Best Supporting Actress

Jamie Lee Curtis wins the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for "Everything Everywhere All at Once" during the Oscars show at the 95th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, US, March 12, 2023.
Jamie Lee Curtis wins the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for “Everything Everywhere All at Once” during the Oscars show at the 95th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, US, March 12, 2023.

Jamie Lee Curtis – Everything Everywhere All at Once as Deirdre Beaubeirdre
Angela Bassett – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever as Queen Ramonda
Hong Chau – The Whale as Liz
Kerry Condon – The Banshees of Inisherin as Siobhán Súilleabháin
Stephanie Hsu – Everything Everywhere All at Once as Joy Wang / Jobu Tupaki

Best Original Screenplay

From left: Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert win the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for "Everything Everywhere All at Once", Daniel Kwan Thanks Daniel Scheinert, Who Pays Tribute To His Public School Teachers As Duo Nabs Original Screenplay Oscar during the Oscars show at the 95th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, US, March 12, 2023.
From left: Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert win the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for “Everything Everywhere All at Once“, Daniel Kwan Thanks Daniel Scheinert, Who Pays Tribute To His Public School Teachers As Duo Nabs Original Screenplay Oscar during the Oscars show at the 95th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, US, March 12, 2023.

Everything Everywhere All at Once – Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
The Banshees of Inisherin – Martin McDonagh
The Fabelmans – Steven Spielberg and Tony Kushner
Tár – Todd Field
Triangle of Sadness – Ruben Östlund

Best Adapted Screenplay

Sarah Polley accepts the Best Adapted Screenplay award for "Women Talking" onstage during the 95th Annual Academy Awards at Dolby Theatre on March 12, 2023, in Hollywood, California. — Kevin Winter / Getty Images
Sarah Polley accepts the Best Adapted Screenplay award for “Women Talking” onstage during the 95th Annual Academy Awards at Dolby Theatre on March 12, 2023, in Hollywood, California. — Kevin Winter / Getty Images

Women Talking – Sarah Polley; based on the novel by Miriam Toews
All Quiet on the Western Front – Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson, and Ian Stokell; based on the novel by Erich Maria Remarque
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery – Rian Johnson; based on characters created by Johnson and the film Knives Out
Living – Kazuo Ishiguro; based on the original motion picture screenplay Ikiru by Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, and Hideo Oguni
Top Gun: Maverick – Screenplay by Ehren Kruger, Eric Warren Singer, and Christopher McQuarrie; Story by Peter Craig and Justin Marks; based on the film Top Gun written by Jim Cash and Jack Epps Jr.

Best Animated Feature Film

Guillermo del Toro accepts the Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film for "Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio" during the Oscars show at the 95th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S., March 12, 2023. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
Guillermo del Toro accepts the Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film for “Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio” during the Oscars show at the 95th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S., March 12, 2023. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio – Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson, Gary Ungar, and Alex Bulkley
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On – Dean Fleischer Camp, Elisabeth Holm, Andrew Goldman, Caroline Kaplan, and Paul Mezey
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish – Joel Crawford and Mark Swift
The Sea Beast – Chris Williams and Jed Schlanger
Turning Red – Domee Shi and Lindsey Collins

Best International Feature Film

Edward Berger accepts the Oscar forBest International Feature Film for "All Quiet on the Western Front" during the Oscars show at the 95th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S., March 12, 2023.
Edward Berger accepts the Oscar forBest International Feature Film for “All Quiet on the Western Front” during the Oscars show at the 95th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S., March 12, 2023.

All Quiet on the Western Front (Germany) – directed by Edward Berger
Argentina, 1985 (Argentina) – directed by Santiago Mitre
Close (Belgium) – directed by Lukas Dhont
EO (Poland) – directed by Jerzy Skolimowski
The Quiet Girl (Ireland) – directed by Colm Bairéad

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Best Documentary Feature

Yulia Navalnya (second left), the wife of jailed dissident Alexei Navalny, speaks next to her daughter Daria (far left) and director Daniel Roher (far right) after Navalny won the Academy Award for best feature documentary. " during the Oscars show in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S., March 12, 2023. Photograph: Carlos Barría/Reuters
Yulia Navalnya (second left), the wife of jailed dissident Alexei Navalny, speaks next to her daughter Daria (far left) and director Daniel Roher (far right) after Navalny won the Academy Award for best feature documentary. ” during the Oscars show in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S., March 12, 2023. Photograph: Carlos Barría/Reuters

Navalny – Daniel Roher, Odessa Rae, Diane Becker, Melanie Miller, and Shane Boris
All That Breathes – Shaunak Sen, Aman Mann, and Teddy Leifer
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed – Laura Poitras, Howard Gertler, John Lyons, Nan Goldin, and Yoni Golijov
Fire of Love – Sara Dosa, Shane Boris, and Ina Fichman
A House Made of Splinters – Simon Lereng Wilmont and Monica Hellström

Best Documentary Short Subject

Kartiki Gonsalves and Guneet Monga accept the Best Documentary Short Subject award for "The Elephant Whisperers" onstage during the 95th Annual Academy Awards at Dolby Theatre on March 12, 2023, in Hollywood, California. 
Kartiki Gonsalves and Guneet Monga accept the Best Documentary Short Subject award for “The Elephant Whisperers” onstage during the 95th Annual Academy Awards at Dolby Theatre on March 12, 2023, in Hollywood, California. 

The Elephant Whisperers – Kartiki Gonsalves and Guneet Monga
Haulout – Evgenia Arbugaeva and Maxim Arbugaev
How Do You Measure a Year? – Jay Rosenblatt
The Martha Mitchell Effect – Anne Alvergue and Beth Levison
Stranger at the Gate – Joshua Seftel and Conall Jones

Best Live Action Short Film

Filmmaker Ross White, actor James Martin, filmmaker Tom Berkeley, and screenwriter Seamus O'Hara accept the Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film for An Irish Goodbye onstage during the 95th Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California on 12 March 2023 (Image: Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty Images)
Filmmaker Ross White, actor James Martin, filmmaker Tom Berkeley, and screenwriter Seamus O’Hara accept the Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film for An Irish Goodbye onstage during the 95th Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California on 12 March 2023 (Image: Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty Images)

An Irish Goodbye – Tom Berkeley and Ross White
Ivalu – Anders Walter and Rebecca Pruzan
Le pupille – Alice Rohrwacher and Alfonso Cuarón
Night Ride – Eirik Tveiten and Gaute Lid Larssen
The Red Suitcase – Cyrus Neshvad

Best Animated Short Film

Charlie Mackesy left, and Matthew Freud accepts the award for Best Animated Short Film for "The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse" at the Oscars on Sunday, March 12, 2023, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles (Chris Pizzello/AP)
Charlie Mackesy left, and Matthew Freud accepts the award for Best Animated Short Film for “The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse” at the Oscars on Sunday, March 12, 2023, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles (Chris Pizzello/AP)

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse – Charlie Mackesy and Matthew Freud
The Flying Sailor – Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis
Ice Merchants – João Gonzalez and Bruno Caetano
My Year of Dicks – Sara Gunnarsdóttir and Pamela Ribon
An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It – Lachlan Pendragon

Best Original Score

Volker Bertelmann accepts the Oscar for Best Original Score for "All Quiet on the Western Front" during the Oscars show at the 95th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S., March 12, 2023. Picture: Getty
Volker Bertelmann accepts the Oscar for Best Original Score for “All Quiet on the Western Front” during the Oscars show at the 95th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S., March 12, 2023. Picture: Getty

All Quiet on the Western Front – Volker Bertelmann
Babylon – Justin Hurwitz
The Banshees of Inisherin – Carter Burwell
Everything Everywhere All at Once – Son Lux
The Fabelmans – John Williams

Best Original Song

M.M. Keeravaani, left, and Chandrabose, winners of the award for Best Original Song for ‘Naatu Naatu’ from ‘RRR’ pose in the press room at the Oscars | Photo Credit: AP
M.M. Keeravaani, left, and Chandrabose, winners of the award for Best Original Song for ‘Naatu Naatu’ from ‘RRR’ pose in the press room at the Oscars | Photo Credit: AP

“Naatu Naatu” from RRR – Music by M. M. Keeravani; Lyrics by Chandrabose
“Applause” from Tell It Like a Woman – Music and lyrics by Diane Warren
“Hold My Hand” from Top Gun: Maverick – Music and lyrics by Lady Gaga and BloodPop
“Lift Me Up” from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Music by Tems, Rihanna, Ryan Coogler, and Ludwig Göransson; Lyrics by Tems and Ryan Coogler
“This Is a Life” from Everything Everywhere All at Once – Music by Ryan Lott, David Byrne, and Mitski; Lyrics by Ryan Lott and David Byrne

Best Sound

Mark Weingarten, James H. Mather, Al Nelson, Chris Burdon, and Mark Taylor accept the award for Best Sound for "Top Gun: Maverick" at the Oscars on Sunday, March 12, 2023, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles
Mark Weingarten, James H. Mather, Al Nelson, Chris Burdon, and Mark Taylor accept the award for Best Sound for “Top Gun: Maverick” at the Oscars on Sunday, March 12, 2023, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles

Top Gun: Maverick – Mark Weingarten, James H. Mather, Al Nelson, Chris Burdon, and Mark Taylor
All Quiet on the Western Front – Viktor Prášil, Frank Kruse, Markus Stemler, Lars Ginzel, and Stefan Korte
Avatar: The Way of Water – Julian Howarth, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Dick Bernstein, Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, and Michael Hedges
The Batman – Stuart Wilson, William Files, Douglas Murray, and Andy Nelson
Elvis – David Lee, Wayne Pashley, Andy Nelson, and Michael Keller

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Best Production Design

Ernestine Hipper and Christian M. Goldbeck accept the award for Best Production Design for "All Quiet on the Western Front" at the Oscars on Sunday, March 12, 2023, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles
Ernestine Hipper and Christian M. Goldbeck accept the award for Best Production Design for “All Quiet on the Western Front” at the Oscars on Sunday, March 12, 2023, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles

All Quiet on the Western Front – Production Design: Christian M. Goldbeck; Set Decoration: Ernestine Hipper
Avatar: The Way of Water – Production Design: Dylan Cole and Ben Procter; Set Decoration: Vanessa Cole
Babylon – Production Design: Florencia Martin; Set Decoration: Anthony Carlino
Elvis – Production Design: Catherine Martin and Karen Murphy; Set Decoration: Bev Dunn
The Fabelmans – Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Karen O’Hara

Best Cinematography

James Friend accepts the Best Cinematography award for "All Quiet on the Western Front" onstage during the 95th Annual Academy Awards on Sunday, March 12, 2023, at Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California. Pic/AFP
James Friend accepts the Best Cinematography award for “All Quiet on the Western Front” onstage during the 95th Annual Academy Awards on Sunday, March 12, 2023, at Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California. Pic/AFP

All Quiet on the Western Front – James Friend
Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths – Darius Khondji
Elvis – Mandy Walker
Empire of Light – Roger Deakins
Tár – Florian Hoffmeister

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Adrien Morot, Judy Chin, and Anne Marie Bradley accept the Best Makeup and Hairstyling award for "The Whale" onstage during the 95th Annual Academy Awards on Sunday, March 12, 2023, at Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.
Adrien Morot, Judy Chin, and Anne Marie Bradley accept the Best Makeup and Hairstyling award for “The Whale” onstage during the 95th Annual Academy Awards on Sunday, March 12, 2023, at Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.

The Whale – Adrien Morot, Judy Chin, and Anne Marie Bradley
All Quiet on the Western Front – Heike Merker and Linda Eisenhamerová
The Batman – Naomi Donne, Mike Marino, and Mike Fontaine
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Camille Friend and Joel Harlow
Elvis – Mark Coulier, Jason Baird, and Aldo Signoretti

Best Costume Design

Ruth E. Carter accepts the Best Costume Design award for "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" onstage during the 95th Annual Academy Awards on Sunday, March 12, 2023, at Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Gett
Ruth E. Carter accepts the Best Costume Design award for “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” onstage during the 95th Annual Academy Awards on Sunday, March 12, 2023, at Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Gett

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Ruth E. Carter
Babylon – Mary Zophres
Elvis – Catherine Martin
Everything Everywhere All at Once – Shirley Kurata
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris – Jenny Beavan

Best Film Editing

Paul Rogers accepts the Best Film Editing award for "Everything Everywhere All at Once" onstage during the 95th Annual Academy Awards on Sunday, March 12, 2023, at Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.
Paul Rogers accepts the Best Film Editing award for “Everything Everywhere All at Once” onstage during the 95th Annual Academy Awards on Sunday, March 12, 2023, at Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.

Everything Everywhere All at Once – Paul Rogers
The Banshees of Inisherin – Mikkel E. G. Nielsen
Elvis – Matt Villa and Jonathan Redmond
Tár – Monika Willi
Top Gun: Maverick – Eddie Hamilton

Best Visual Effects

Richard Baneham is congratulated after winning the Best Visual Effects award for "Avatar: The Way of Water" during the 95th Annual Academy Awards. Picture: Kevin Winter/Getty Images
Richard Baneham is congratulated after winning the Best Visual Effects award for “Avatar: The Way of Water” during the 95th Annual Academy Awards. Picture: Kevin Winter/Getty Images

Avatar: The Way of Water – Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, and Daniel Barrett
All Quiet on the Western Front – Frank Petzold, Viktor Müller, Markus Frank, and Kamil Jafar
The Batman – Dan Lemmon, Russell Earl, Anders Langlands, and Dominic Tuohy
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Geoffrey Baumann, Craig Hammack, R. Christopher White, and Dan Sudick
Top Gun: Maverick – Ryan Tudhope, Seth Hill, Bryan Litson, and Scott R. Fisher

Nine awards were won in total by A24, more than any other studio or distributor. The studio won the “top five” prizes—Best Picture and the four acting awards—between Everything Everywhere All at Once and The Whale. Overall, the 95th Academy Awards was a night to remember, honoring the best in film and showcasing the talent and diversity of the industry.

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