The 94th Academy Awards were held Monday, March 27, 2022, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. The award presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), is the most prestigious and sought-after honor in the sphere of entertainment worldwide.
The event was hosted by Regina Hall, Amy Schumer, and Wanda Sykes, marking the first time the award presentation has had several hosts since Anne Hathaway and James Franco co-hosted the 83rd edition in 2011.
'CODA,' an Apple TV drama that was a dark horse at the Oscars, made history on Sunday by becoming the first movie from a major streaming service to win an Oscar for best picture.
Troy Kotsur, who won the Academy Award for best supporting actor, became the first deaf person to do so. Marlee Matlin, who also appeared in 'CODA,' was the first deaf performer to win an Oscar in 1987 for her work in 'Children of a Lesser God.'
Riz Ahmed, a British-Pakistani actor, became the first Muslim actor to win an Oscar for his performance in Aneil Karia's live-action short film The Long Goodbye.
While Joseph Patel, of Indian heritage, who produced 'Summer of Soul,' became the 10th South Asian to receive an Academy Award after the film won the Oscar for best documentary feature.
See the complete list of winners at the 94th Academy Awards, including Ariana DeBose, Jessica Chastain, Troy Kotsur, Will Smith, and CODA below.
Oscar 2022: Complete List of Winners
- Best Picture – CODA (Written & directed by Sian Heder).
- Best Actor – Will Smith (King Richard).
- Best Actress – Jessica Chastain (The Eyes of Tammy Faye).
- Best Director – Jane Campion (The Power of the Dog).
- Best International Film – Drive My Car (Director: Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Japan).
- Best Supporting Actress – Ariana DeBose (West Side Story).
- Best Supporting Actor – Troy Kotsur (CODA).
- Best Animated Film – Encanto.
- Best Live-action Short Film – The Long Goodbye.
- Best Animated Short Film – The Windshield Piper.
- Best Documentary Short Film – The Queen of Basketball.
- Best Documentary Feature – Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution could not be televised).
- Best Adapted Screenplay – CODA.
- Best Original Screenplay – Belfast.
- Best Original Score – Hans Zimmer (Dune).
- Best Original Song – Billie Eilish & Finneas O'Connell ('No Time to Die' from 'No Time to Die').
- Best Sound – Dune (Mac Ruth, Theo Green, Mark Mangini, Ron Bartlett & Doug Hemphill).
- Best Cinematography – Greig Fraser (Dune).
- Best Visual Effects – Dune (Tristan Myles, Paul Lambert, Brian Connor & Gerd Nefzer).
- Namit Malhotra is the chairman and CEO of DNEG, a VFX And Animation Studio behind the Dune.
- Best Editing – Joe Walker (Dune).
- Best Production Design – Dune.
- Best Makeup & Hairstyling – The Eyes of Tammy (Stephanie Ingram, Linda Dowds & Justin Raleigh).
- Best Costume Design – Jenny Beavan (Cruella).
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India's Nominations for Oscar 2022
- Best Documentary – Writing With Fire (Directors: Rintu Thomas &Sushmit Ghosh).
- Theme – A group of entrepreneurial and courageous Dalit women in Bundelkhand who publish their own newspaper, Khabar Lahariya.
- The first Indian documentary nominated for an Academy Award was created by an all-India independent company.
The above list of Oscar 2022 winners would be extremely beneficial for many competitive examinations such as KAS, UPSC-prelims, Kerala PSC-prelims & mains, SSC, NDA, CDS Railways, Other State Service exams, and so on.
📝SideNotes:
- First Oscar-nominated Film of India – Mother India.
- Best International Feature Film category in 1958.
- First Indian to win an Oscar – Bhanu Athaiya.
- Best Costume Design in the 1983 film Gandhi.