CODA Wins Best Picture at the 94th Academy Awards

Hollywoodreporter.com" CODA was named best picture at the 94th Academy Awards on Sunday night at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.

With his best supporting actor win, the film’s Troy Kotsur became only the second deaf person ever to win an Oscar, following in the footsteps of his CODA co-star Marlee Matlin, who won in 1987 for Children of a Lesser God.

CODA also won best adapted screenplay, with Siân Heder taking home the trophy.

Will Smith was named best leading actor for King Richard. The actor had previously taken the stage to slap presenter Chris Rock after the latter had made a joke about Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith. He used his speech to apologize.

Jessica Chastain was named best actress for The Eyes of Tammy Faye. Ariana DeBose won best supporting actress for West Side Story, becoming the first openly queer woman of color to win any category.

Belfast was named best original screenplay, scoring a win for Kenneth Branagh. Jane Campion went home with the best director Oscar for The Power of the Dog, becoming only the third woman ever to win the award, following in the footsteps of Kathryn Bigelow and Chloé Zhao.

Encanto was named best animated feature, while Japan’s Drive My Car won best international feature and Summer of Soul won best documentary feature.

Siblings Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell won the Oscar for best original song for “No Time to Die” from the James Bond movie of the same name.

Regina Hall, Amy Schumer and Wanda Sykes hosted, while Will Packer and Shayla Cowan produced the show.

Oscars were handed out in 23 categories, from best picture to best director, along with the acting categories and crafts categories including best sound, best production design, best makeup and hairstyling, and best visual effects. This year, a best popular film category was added to recognize a film chosen by fans, based on Twitter votes. That award went to Zack Snyder’s Army of the Dead.

In addition, the Academy moved forward with its controversial plan to present winners in eight categories — documentary short, film editing, makeup/hairstyling, original score, production design, animated short, live-action short and sound — ahead of the live telecast. Those Oscars were handed out inside the Dolby from 4-5 p.m. PT, with the presentations recorded and edited into the broadcast. Among those early categories, Dune went home with four awards: best sound, film editing, original score and production design. It also won best cinematography and best visual effects during the live broadcast.

BEST PICTURE

CODA (Philippe Rousselet, Fabrice Gianfermi and Patrick Wachsberger, Producers) (WINNER)

BEST DIRECTOR

Jane Campion (The Power of the Dog) (WINNER)

BEST ACTRESS

Jessica Chastain (The Eyes of Tammy Faye) (WINNER)

BEST ACTOR

Will Smith (King Richard) (WINNER)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Ariana DeBose (West Side Story) (WINNER)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Troy Kotsur (CODA) (WINNER)

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Cruella (Jenny Beavan) (WINNER)

BEST SOUND

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

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

Dune (Hans Zimmer) (WINNER)

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

CODA (screenplay by Siân Heder) (WINNER)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Belfast (written by Kenneth Branagh) (WINNER)

BEST ANIMATED SHORT

The Windshield Wiper (Alberto Mielgo and Leo Sanchez) (WINNER)

BEST LIVE-ACTION SHORT

The Long Goodbye (Aneil Karia and Riz Ahmed) (WINNER)

BEST FILM EDITING

Dune (Joe Walker) (WINNER)

BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

The Eyes of Tammy Faye (Linda Dowds, Stephanie Ingram and Justin Raleigh) (WINNER)

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

Encanto (Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Yvett Merino and Clark Spencer) (WINNER)

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

Summer of Soul (Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, Joseph Patel, Robert Fyvolent and David Dinerstein) (WINNER)

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT

The Queen of Basketball (Ben Proudfoot) (WINNER)

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

“No Time to Die” — music and lyrics by Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell (No Time to Die) (WINNER)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Dune (Greig Fraser) (WINNER)

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE

Drive My Car (Japan) (WINNER)

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

Dune (production design: Patrice Vermette; set decoration: Zsuzsanna Sipos) (WINNER)

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Dune (Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, Brian Connor and Gerd Nefzer) (WINNER)