2024 Academy Awards: “Oppenheimer” Leads the Way With Seven Wins

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Cillian Murphy of "Oppenheimer" celebrates backstage with his Best Actor Oscar in March 2024. Photo by Pat Benic/UPI/Shutterstock (14384521bp)

Oppenheimer came into this year’s Academy Awards with a whopping 13 nods, and it lived up to the hype. Christopher Nolan’s atomic bomb epic was crowned as the top winner at the Oscars on Sunday night, and it collected seven awards, including the coveted best picture.

In addition to beating the likes of Barbie, The Holdovers, Poor Things, and Killers of the Flower Moon to win best picture, Oppenheimer also won Christopher Nolan his first Oscar for best director.

Cillian Murphy and Robert Downey Jr. won Oscars for best actor and best supporting actor, respectively, for their performances in Oppenheimer. Emma Stone (best actress for Poor Things) and Da’Vine Joy Randolph (best supporting actress for The Holdovers) also walked away with acting Oscars.

Oppenheimer came out victorious in several technical categories, including best original score, best cinematography, and best film editing. The list of major winners also included Poor Things with four Oscars and The Zone of Interest with two, including best international feature film.

The 96th Academy Awards returned to the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on March 10, with Jimmy Kimmel hosting the festivities for the fourth time.

LIST OF WINNERS AT THE 2024 ACADEMY AWARDS:

Best Picture
Oppenheimer
Emma Thomas, Charles Roven, and Christopher Nolan, Producers

Actress in a Leading Role
Emma Stone
Poor Things

Directing
Oppenheimer
Christopher Nolan

Actor in a Leading Role
Cillian Murphy
Oppenheimer

Music (Original Song)

“What Was I Made For?” from Barbie
Music and Lyric by Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell

Music (Original Score)
Oppenheimer
Ludwig Göransson

Sound
The Zone of Interest
Tarn Willers and Johnnie Burn

Live Action Short Film
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
Wes Anderson and Steven Rales

Cinematography
Oppenheimer
Hoyte van Hoytema

Documentary Feature Film
20 Days in Mariupol
Mstyslav Chernov, Michelle Mizner and Raney Aronson-Rath

Documentary Short Film
The Last Repair Shop
Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers

Film Editing
Oppenheimer
Jennifer Lame

Visual Effects
Godzilla Minus One
Takashi Yamazaki, Kiyoko Shibuya, Masaki Takahashi and Tatsuji Nojima

Actor in a Supporting Role
Robert Downey Jr.
Oppenheimer

International Feature Film
The Zone of Interest (UK)

Costume Design
Poor Things
Holly Waddington

Production Design
Poor Things
Production Design: James Price and Shona Heath; Set Decoration: Zsuzsa Mihalek

Makeup and Hairstyling
Poor Things
Nadia Stacey, Mark Coulier and Josh Weston

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
American Fiction
Written for the screen by Cord Jefferson

Writing (Original Screenplay)
Anatomy of a Fall
Screenplay – Justine Triet and Arthur Harari

Animated Feature Film
The Boy and the Heron
Hayao Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki

Animated Short Film
War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko
Dave Mullins and Brad Booker

Actress in a Supporting Role
Da’Vine Joy Randolph
The Holdovers