The 2022 Oscar Winners

So, the Oscars were last night. That happened. As usual, I like some of the choices, hate others, and haven’t seen most of the movie if I’m being honest. I’m sure they’re lovely and as good as people say, but year by year, decreasing exponentially, I find I have less and less interest in the Academy Awards. I’m not trying to sound cool, but there are thousands of other movies I’d rather watch. That’s all. 

 

There ceremony was, also as usual, a mixed bag. I watch more for the spectacle than anything else. There were some moving speeches from emotional filmmakers, painful comedy bits that should have been bumped instead of the awards they actually did bump and award off-screen, and those stupid-ass things they let the internet vote on. Those were so pointless. Will Smith did get on stage and slap Chris Rock in the face for talking shit about Jada Pinkett Smith, so that was interesting and unexpected.

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That’s all I really have to say, and with that, here are the winners of the 2022 Oscars. Do with this information what you will.

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2022 Oscar Winners:

Best Picture:

CODA

 

Best Director:

Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog

 

Best Actress:

Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye

 

Best Actor:

Will Smith, King Richard

 

Best Supporting Actress:

Ariana DeBose, West Side Story

Best Supporting Actor:

Troy Kotsur, CODA

 

Best Original Screenplay

Kenneth Branagh, Belfast

 

Best Adapted Screenplay

Siân Heder, CODA

Best Cinematography

Greg Fraser, Dune

Best Film Editing

Joe Walker, Dune

Best Animated Feature

Encanto

Best Animated Short
The Windshield Wiper

 

Best Live-Action Short
The Long Goodbye

Best International Feature

Drive My Car (Japan)

Best Documentary Feature
Summer of Soul

Best Documentary Short
The Queen of Basketball

 

Best Original Score
Hans Zimmer, Dune

Best Original Song
"No Time to Die" from No Time to Die — Music and Lyric by Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell

Best Sound

Mac Ruth, Mark Mangini, Theo Green, Doug Hemphill, and Ron Bartlett, Dune

 

Best Costume Design

Jenny Beavan, Cruella

Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Linda Dowds, Stephanie Ingram and Justin Raleigh, The Eyes of Tammy Faye

Best Production Design

Dune — Production Design: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Zsuzsanna Sipos

 

Best Visual Effects

Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, Brian Connor, and Gerd Nefzer, Dune