Oscars 2021: Nomadland And Director Chloé Zhao Win Big – The Winners List In Full

Chloe Zhao – Oscars 2021

by James White |
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The 2021 Oscars – or the 93rd Academy Awards, to give them their full, official title – were handed out on Sunday night, with history made more than once. Most notably, Nomadland director Chloé Zhao became the first Asian woman to lift the directing trophy, while Minari's Youn Yuh-jung was named the second Asian woman to win for acting.

With a producing team that included Steven Soderbergh, this year's ceremony looked to eschew the Zoompocalypse that has afflicted so many award events this year (and lots of our lives). The physical, in-person aspect was back as much as possible. The event was hosted mostly at LA's Union Station (with some moments at the ceremony's usual haunt of the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, eerily empty), and had the vibe of a nightclub more than a traditional gong show. Mostly, it was about the makers and performers. The speeches were allowed to run as long as needed, and there was a pleasing focus on talking up those nominated rather than long clip packages about certain films or random movie-adjacent subjects. It was inclusive, diverse and felt refreshing if still slightly strange thanks to the necessary safety protocols, but took an unusual left turn when the Best Picture award was given out before the main acting categories.

Brits did well, with Emerald Fennell scoring Best Screenplay for Promising Young Woman and Daniel Kaluuya taking home Best Supporting Actor, while making his poor mum blush while talking about his parents having sex. There were a lot of expected winners – Soul triumphed again, the Ma Rainey's Black Bottom team got more awards for their hair, make-up and costuming efforts, while Nomadland was the Best Picture, even if it didn't quite win everything that it might have.

Here is the full list of winners:

Best Picture

Nomadland – Winner

The Father

Judas And The Black Messiah

Mank

Minari

Promising Young Woman

Sound Of Metal

The Trial Of The Chicago 7

Best Director

Chloé Zhao - Nomadland – Winner

Thomas Vinterberg - Another Round

David Fincher - Mank

Lee Isaac Chung - Minari

Emerald Fennell - Promising Young Woman

Best Actress

Frances McDormand - Nomadland – Winner

Viola Davis - Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Andra Day - The United States V. Billie Holiday

Vanessa Kirby - Pieces Of A Woman

Carey Mulligan - Promising Young Woman

Best Actor

Anthony Hopkins - The Father – Winner

Riz Ahmed - Sound Of Metal

Chadwick Boseman - Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Gary Oldman - Mank

Steven Yeun - Minari

Best Supporting Actress

Yuh-Jung Youn - Minari – Winner

Maria Bakalova - Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

Glenn Close - Hillbilly Elegy

Olivia Colman - The Father

Amanda Seyfried - Mank

Best Supporting Actor

Daniel Kaluuya - Judas And The Black Messiah – Winner

Sacha Baron Cohen - The Trial Of The Chicago 7

Leslie Odom Jr. - One Night In Miami

Paul Raci - Sound Of Metal

Lakeith Stanfield - Judas And The Black Messiah

Best Adapted Screenplay

The Father - Christopher Hampton, Florian Zeller - Winner

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm - Peter Baynham, Sacha Baron Cohen, Jena Friedman, Anthony Hines, Lee Kern, Dan Mazer, Nina Pedrad, Erica Rivinoja, Dan Swimer

Nomadland - Chloé Zhao

One Night In Miami - Kemp Powers

The White Tiger - Ramin Bahrani

Best Original Screenplay

Promising Young Woman - Emerald Fennell – Winner

Judas And The Black Messiah - Will Berson, Shaka King, Keith Lucas, Kenneth Lucas

Minari - Lee Isaac Chung

Sound Of Metal - Abraham Marder, Darius Marder, Derek Cianfrance

The Trial Of The Chicago 7 - Aaron Sorkin

Best Costume Design

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom - Winner

Emma

Mank

Mulan

Pinocchio

Best Original Score

Soul – Winner

Da 5 Bloods

Mank

Minari

News Of The World

Best Sound

Sound Of Metal – Winner

Greyhound

Mank

News Of The World

Soul

Best Animated Feature Film

Soul – Winner

Onward

Over The Moon

Shaun The Sheep Movie: Farmageddon

Wolfwalkers

Best Cinematography

Mank – Winner

Judas And The Black Messiah

News Of The World

Nomadland

The Trial Of The Chicago 7

Best Documentary Feature

My Octopus Teacher – Winner

Collective

Crip Camp

The Mole Agent

Best Film Editing

Sound Of Metal – Winner

The Father

Nomadland

Promising Young Woman

The Trial Of The Chicago 7

Best International Feature Film

Another Round - Denmark – Winner

Better Days - Hong Kong

Collective - Romania

The Man Who Sold His Skin - Tunisia

Quo Vadis, Aida?- Bosnia and Herzegovina

Best Makeup And Hairstyling

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – Winner

Emma

Hillbilly Elegy

Mank

Pinocchio

Best Original Song

Fight For You - Judas And The Black Messiah – Winner

Hear My Voice - The Trial Of The Chicago 7

Húsavík - Eurovision Song Contest: The Story Of Fire Saga

Io Si - Seen - The Life Ahead

Speak Now - One Night In Miami

Best Production Design

Mank – Winner

The Father

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

News of the World

Tenet

Best Visual Effects

Tenet Winner

Love And Monsters

The Midnight Sky

Mulan

The One And Only Ivan

Best Live Action Short Film

Two Distant Strangers – Winner

Feeling Through

The Letter Room

The Present

White Eye

Best Documentary Short Subject

Colette – Winner

A Concerto Is A Conversation

Do Not Split

Hunger Ward

A Love Song for Latasha

Best Animated Short Film

If Anything Happens I Love You – Winner

Burrow

Genius Loci

Opera

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