Last night’s 94th Academy Award was a night to remember in more ways than one. We’re recognizing the work and achievements of our alumni and the NYFA community as well as industry highlights and historic moments!
Dune won big last night with several awards including Best Cinematography and Best Visual Effects. NYFA 3D Animation and VFX Alum Francesco Panzieri was the in-house compositor for the adaptation of the Frank Herbert classic. In a Q&A with NYFA about the film, Panzieri told NYFA that he had been tapped for the project long before it began production; the in-house team at Wylie VFX sought his collaboration after Panzieri’s work on Terminator: Dark Fate.
NYFA Guest Speaker Steven Spielberg’sWest Side Story had a historic win with Ariana Debose taking home the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. Debose is the first openly queer Afro-Latina to win the award.
#OSCARS And the Oscar for Best Picture goes to… CODA · https://t.co/0EZAVpdTnw pic.twitter.com/pRz1bl6PaZ
— New York Film Academy (@NYFA) March 28, 2022
CODA also made Oscar history last night as the first-ever streaming film to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards. The film won in all three of its nomination categories including Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor, making Troy Kotsur the first deaf man to win an Academy Award for acting. CODA was nominated for Best Picture alongside Belfast, Dune, Drive My Car, King Richard, Licorice Pizza, Nightmare Alley, The Power of the Dog and West Side Story.
Jane Campion took home her first Best Director Oscar win for The Power of the Dog. She is the third woman to win in this Oscars category.
Our NYFA Guest Speakers also won big with Zach Baylin’s King Richard scoring Will Smith his first Oscar win. The actor had been nominated two times before for Ali and The Pursuit of Happyness; and Hal Tulchin would have been proud to see the fruits of his labor as Summer of Soul won Best Documentary. NYFA Guest Speakers David Dinerstein and Robert Fyvolent spoke with moderator and curator Tova Laiter about the film and why it took 50 years to bring Summer of Soul to the big screen.
#OSCARS Congratulations to this year's winners! Here's the full list: https://t.co/0EZAVpdTnw pic.twitter.com/KE58TK1wZF
— New York Film Academy (@NYFA) March 28, 2022
NYFA congratulates all of the winners!
BEST PICTURE
“Belfast”
“CODA” – Winner
“Don’t Look Up”
“Drive My Car”
“Dune”
“King Richard”
“Licorice Pizza”
“Nightmare Alley”
“The Power of the Dog”
“West Side Story”
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Jessie Buckley, “The Lost Daughter”
Ariana DeBose, “West Side Story” – Winner
Judi Dench, “Belfast”
Kirsten Dunst, “The Power of the Dog”
Aunjanue Ellis, “King Richard”
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Ciaran Hinds, “Belfast”
Troy Kotsur, “CODA” – Winner
Jesse Plemons, “The Power of the Dog”
J.K. Simmons, “Being the Ricardos”
Kodi Smit-McPhee, “The Power of the Dog”
INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
“Drive My Car” – Winner
“Flee”
“The Hand of God”
“Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom”
“The Worst Person in the World”
DOCUMENTARY (SHORT)
“Audible”
“Lead Me Home”
“The Queen of Basketball” – Winner
“Three Songs for Benazir”
“When We Were Bullies”
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
“Ascension”
“Attica”
“Flee”
“Summer of Soul” – Winner
Writing with Fire”
ORIGINAL SONG
“King Richard”
“Encanto”
“Belfast”
“No Time to Die” – Winner
“Four Good Days”
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
“Encanto” – Winner
“Flee”
“Luca”
“The Mitchells vs. The Machine”
“Raya and the Last Dragon”
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
“CODA” – Winner
“Drive My Car”
“Dune”
“The Lost Daughter”
“The Power of the Dog”
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
“Belfast” – Winner
“Don’t Look Up”
“King Richard”
“Licorice Pizza”
“The Worst Person in the World”
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Javier Bardem, “Being the Ricardos”
Benedict Cumberbatch, “The Power of the Dog”
Andrew Garfield, “Tick, Tick… Boom!”
Will Smith, “King Richard” – Winner
Denzel Washington, “The Tragedy of Macbeth”
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Jessica Chastain, “The Eyes of Tammy Faye” – Winner
Olivia Colman, “The Lost Daughter”
Penelope Cruz, “Parallel Mothers”
Nicole Kidman, “Being the Ricardos”
Kristen Stewart, “Spencer”
DIRECTOR
Kenneth Branagh, “Belfast”
Ryusuke Hamaguchi, “Drive My Car”
Paul Thomas Anderson, “Licorice Pizza”
Jane Campion, “The Power of the Dog” – Winner
Steven Spielberg, “West Side Story”
PRODUCTION DESIGN
“Dune” – Winner
“Nightmare Alley”
“The Power of the Dog”
“The Tragedy of Macbeth”
“West Side Story”
CINEMATOGRAPHY
“Dune” – Winner
“Nightmare Alley”
“The Power of the Dog”
“The Tragedy of Macbeth”
“West Side Story”
COSTUME DESIGN
“Cruella” – Winner
“Cyrano”
“Dune”
“Nightmare Alley”
“Westside Story”
ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND
“Belfast”
“Dune” – Winner
“No Time to Die”
“The Power of the Dog”
“Westside Story”
ANIMATED SHORT FILE
“Affairs of the Art”
“Bestia”
“Boxballet”
“Robin Robin”
“The Windshield Wiper” – Winner
LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
“Ala Kachuu — Take and Run”
“The Dress”
“The Long Goodbye” – Winner
“On My Mind”
“Please Hold”
ORIGINAL SCORE
“Don’t Look Up”
“Dune” – Winner
“Encanto”
“Parallel Mothers”
“The Power of the Dog”
VISUAL EFFECTS
“Dune” – Winner
“Free Guy”
“No Time to Die”
“Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings”
“Spider-Man: No Way Home”
FILM EDITING
“Don’t Look Up”
“Dune” – Winner
“King Richard”
“The Power of the Dog”
“Tick, Tick… Boom!”
MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
“Coming 2 America”
“Cruella” – Winner
“Dune”
“The Eyes of Tammy Faye” – Winner
“House of Gucci”