Oscars 2023: Winners and Highlights

The 95th annual Academy Awards took place Sunday night live from the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, capping off an improbable awards season run by winning the movie business’s highest honor.

“Everything Everywhere All at Once” dominated the Oscars, winning seven awards, including best picture, best actress, best director, best editing, best supporting actor, best supporting actress, and best original screenplay.

The movie follows a laundrette owner - played by Yeoh - who must connect different versions of herself in the parallel universe to stop someone who intends to harm the multiverse.

Directors Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert took home the directing prize. Michelle Yeoh won best actress, making her the first Asian star to take the award. Kwan and Scheinert won the best original screenplay.

Ke Huy Quan made history after becoming the first Asian in 38 years to win the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor — Haing S Ngor previously won the award for the 1985 movie "The Killing Fields". 

Quan was honored for his portrayal of Waymond Wang, the affable and loving husband of the protagonist Evelyn, played by Michelle Yeoh, in "Everything Everywhere All at Once".

The former child star who appeared in “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” and “The Goonies”, Quan had given up on acting in past years, frustrated by his lack of opportunities.

After winning his career major nod, Quan had a heart-touching reunion with his former "Indiana Jones" co-star Harrison Ford at the ceremony.

The reunion took place when Ford took to the stage to announce "Everything Everywhere All At Once" won the Best Picture category.

Ford presented the cast and directors with the award and had a sweet interaction with Quan on stage. The duo embraced out of sheer excitement and smiled while they hugged.

Quan and Ford starred together in 1984’s "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom".

Ahead of the star-studded ceremony, Ford spoke about his love for Quan and his career comeback.

“I’m so happy for him. He’s a great guy. He’s a wonderful actor. He was when he was a little kid, and he still is. I’m glad. I’m very happy for him,” he said.

Jamie Lee Curtis, who has been a film icon since the 1978 horror classic “Halloween”, has also picked an Oscar for best supporting actress for her portrayal of Deirdre Beaubeirdre in the movie. It was her first Academy Award in a four-decade acting career.

“All Quiet on the Western Front” won four early on, mainly in the technical categories.

’90s heartthrob Brendan Fraser made history after becoming the first Canadian to receive an Oscar for Best Actor for his performance in “The Whale”, a transformative role in which he revived a career that was once so bright.

Ruth E. Carter has become the first Black woman to win two Oscars.

Carter, who in 2019 became the first Black person to win the Oscar for costume design for her work on Marvel’s “Black Panther,” was recognized for the film’s sequel, “Wakanda Forever”.

Other major winners included Guillermo del Toro’s “Pinocchio”, which was named best animated film, as well as “Women Talking,” which earned best adapted screenplay for Sarah Polley.

“Navalny,” a look at Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, won best documentary. Yulia Navalny, the imprisoned politician’s wife, came to the stage after the award was announced with a message aimed at Vladimir Putin.

“I’m dreaming of the day when you will be free and our country will be free,” she said.

John Travolta introduced the Oscars In Memoriam segment, tearing up while remembering his “Grease” co-star Olivia Newton-John.

“They’ve made us smile, and became dear friends who we will always remain hopelessly devoted to,”Travolta said.

The Oscars recognized the actors and filmmakers lost over the past year in the annual In Memoriam segment, which this year unfurled to the sound of Lenny Kravitz playing “Calling All Angels”. The emotional segment is a viewer favorite, but omissions of high-profile Hollywood figures spark annual debate.

The show commemorated Anne Heche, “Triangle of Sadness” star Charlbi Dean, and Paul Sorvino. However, all three were memorialized on the Oscars website.

Among the other stars not mentioned on-screen were Leslie Jordan, Gilbert Gottfried, Tom Sizemore, and Cindy Williams.

The show is able to add entries to its In Memoriam list up to the actual ceremony date, which means that the celebrities included died from last year’s Oscars on March 27 to this year’s on March 12.

Hollywood greats like actors James Caan, Louise Fletcher, Angela Lansbury, Raquel Welch, and Gina Lollobrigida, directors Bob Rafaelson and Wolfgang Petersen, and songwriter Burt Bacharach were recognized. The final slide was reserved for Walter Mirisch, a producer and former Academy president.

This year’s ceremony drew extra attention after Will Smith charged the stage and slapped Chris Rock for making a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith’s bald head (Pinkett Smith suffers from alopecia which leads to hair loss) during last year’s show. Host Jimmy Kimmel brought it up every chance he could Sunday night.

The Oscars made some notable cosmetic changes, subbing in a champagne-colored carpet for the familiar red one.

Here is the full list of winners:

Best Picture

“Everything Everywhere All at Once” — Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert and Jonathan Wang, producers (Winner)

“All Quiet on the Western Front” — Malte Grunert, producer

“Avatar: The Way of Water” — James Cameron and Jon Landau, producers

“The Banshees of Inisherin” — Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin and Martin McDonagh, producers

“Elvis” — Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Martin, Gail Berman, Patrick McCormick and Schuyler Weiss, producers

“The Fabelmans” — Kristie Macosko Krieger, Steven Spielberg and Tony Kushner, producers

“Tár” — Todd Field, Alexandra Milchan and Scott Lambert, producers

“Top Gun: Maverick” — Tom Cruise, Christopher McQuarrie, David Ellison and Jerry Bruckheimer, producers

“Triangle of Sadness” — Erik Hemmendorff and Philippe Bober, producers

“Women Talking” — Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner and Frances McDormand, producers

Best Lead Actress

Michelle Yeoh “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (Winner)

Cate Blanchett “Tár”

Ana de Armas “Blonde”

Andrea Riseborough “To Leslie”

Michelle Williams “The Fabelmans”

Best Lead Actor

Brendan Fraser “The Whale”  (Winner)

Austin Butler “Elvis”

Colin Farrell “The Banshees of Inisherin”

Paul Mescal “Aftersun”

Bill Nighy “Living”

Best Director

Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert “Everything Everywhere All at Once”  (Winner)

Martin McDonagh “The Banshees of Inisherin”

Steven Spielberg “The Fabelmans”

Todd Field “Tár”

Ruben Östlund “Triangle of Sadness”

Best Film Editing

“Everything Everywhere All at Once” — Paul Rogers  (Winner)

“The Banshees of Inisherin” — Mikkel E.G. Nielsen

“Elvis” — Matt Villa and Jonathan Redmond

“Tár” — Monika Willi

“Top Gun: Maverick” — Eddie Hamilton

Best Original Song

“Naatu Naatu” from “RRR” — music by M.M. Keeravaani, lyric by Chandrabose  (Winner)

“Applause” from “Tell It Like a Woman” — music and lyric by Diane Warren

“Hold My Hand” from “Top Gun: Maverick” — music and lyric by Lady Gaga and BloodPop

“Lift Me Up” from “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” — music by Tems, Rihanna, Ryan Coogler and Ludwig Goransson; lyric by Tems and Ryan Coogler

“This Is a Life” from “Everything Everywhere All at Once” — music by Ryan Lott, David Byrne and Mitski; lyric by Ryan Lott and David Byrne

Best Sound

“Top Gun: Maverick” — Mark Weingarten, James H. Mather, Al Nelson, Chris Burdon and Mark Taylor  (Winner)

“All Quiet on the Western Front” — Viktor Prášil, Frank Kruse, Markus Stemler, Lars Ginzel and Stefan Korte

“Avatar: The Way of Water” — Julian Howarth, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Dick Bernstein, Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers and Michael Hedges

“The Batman” — Stuart Wilson, William Files, Douglas Murray and Andy Nelson

“Elvis” — David Lee, Wayne Pashley, Andy Nelson and Michael Keller

Best Adapted Screenplay

“Women Talking” — Sarah Polley  (Winner)

“All Quiet on the Western Front” — Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson and Ian Stokell

“Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” — Rian Johnson

“Living” — Kazuo Ishiguro

“Top Gun: Maverick” — screenplay by Ehren Kruger, Eric Warren Singer and Christopher McQuarrie; story by Peter Craig and Justin Marks

Best Original Screenplay

“Everything Everywhere All at Once” — Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert  (Winner)

“The Banshees of Inisherin” — Martin McDonagh

“The Fabelmans” — Steven Spielberg and Tony Kushner

“Tár” — Todd Field

“Triangle of Sadness” — Ruben Östlund

Best Visual Effects

“Avatar: The Way of Water” — Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon and Daniel Barrett  (Winner)

“All Quiet on the Western Front” — Frank Petzold, Viktor Müller, Markus Frank and Kamil Jafar

“The Batman” — Dan Lemmon, Russell Earl, Anders Langlands and Dominic Tuohy

“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” — Geoffrey Baumann, Craig Hammack, R. Christopher White and Dan Sudick

“Top Gun: Maverick” — Ryan Tudhope, Seth Hill, Bryan Litson and Scott R. Fisher

Best Original Score

“All Quiet on the Western Front” — Volker Bertelmann  (Winner)

“Babylon” — Justin Hurwitz

“The Banshees of Inisherin” — Carter Burwell

“Everything Everywhere All at Once” — Son Lux

“The Fabelmans” — John Williams

Best Production Design

“All Quiet on the Western Front” — production design by Christian M. Goldbeck, set decoration by Ernestine Hipper  (Winner)

“Avatar: The Way of Water” — production design by Dylan Cole and Ben Procter, set decoration by Vanessa Cole

“Babylon” — production design by Florencia Martin, set decoration by Anthony Carlino

“Elvis” — production design by Catherine Martin and Karen Murphy, set decoration by Bev Dunn

“The Fabelmans” — production design by Rick Carter, set decoration by Karen O’Hara

Best Animated Short Film

“The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse” — Charlie Mackesy and Matthew Freud (Winner)

“The Flying Sailor” — Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby

“Ice Merchants” — João Gonzalez and Bruno Caetano

“My Year of Dicks” — Sara Gunnarsdóttir and Pamela Ribon

“An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It” — Lachlan Pendragon

Best Documentary Short Film

“The Elephant Whisperers” — Kartiki Gonsalves and Guneet Monga  (Winner)

“Haulout” — Evgenia Arbugaeva and Maxim Arbugaev

“How Do You Measure a Year?” — Jay Rosenblatt

“The Martha Mitchell Effect” — Anne Alvergue and Beth Levison

“Stranger at the Gate” — Joshua Seftel and Conall Jones

Best International Feature Film

“All Quiet on the Western Front” — Germany  (Winner)

“Argentina, 1985” — Argentina

“Close” — Belgium

“EO” — Poland 

“The Quiet Girl — Ireland

Best Costume Design

“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” — Ruth E. Carter (Winner)

“Babylon” — Mary Zophres

“Elvis” — Catherine Martin

“Everything Everywhere All at Once” — Shirley Kurata

“Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris” — Jenny Beavan

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

“The Whale” — Adrien Morot, Judy Chin and Anne Marie Bradley  (Winner)

“All Quiet on the Western Front” — Heike Merker and Linda Eisenhamerová

“The Batman” — Naomi Donne, Mike Marino and Mike Fontaine

“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” — Camille Friend and Joel Harlow

“Elvis” — Mark Coulier, Jason Baird and Aldo Signoretti

Best Cinematography

“All Quiet on the Western Front” — James Friend  (Winner)

“Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths” — Darius Khondji

“Elvis” — Mandy Walker

“Empire of Light” — Roger Deakins

“Tár” — Florian Hoffmeister

Best Live Action Short

“An Irish Goodbye” — Tom Berkeley and Ross White (Winner)

“Ivalu” — Anders Walter and Rebecca Pruzan

“Le Pupille” — Alice Rohrwacher and Alfonso Cuarón

“Night Ride” — Eirik Tveiten and Gaute Lid Larssen

“The Red Suitcase” — Cyrus Neshvad

Best Documentary Feature Film

“Navalny” — Daniel Roher, Odessa Rae, Diane Becker, Melanie Miller and Shane Boris (Winner)

“All That Breathes” — Shaunak Sen, Aman Mann and Teddy Leifer

“All the Beauty and the Bloodshed” — Laura Poitras, Howard Gertler, John Lyons, Nan Goldin and Yoni Golijov

“Fire of Love” — Sara Dosa, Shane Boris and Ina Fichman

“A House Made of Splinters” — Simon Lereng Wilmont and Monica Hellström

Best Supporting Actress

Jamie Lee Curtis “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (Winner)

Angela Bassett “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”

Hong Chau “The Whale”

Kerry Condon “The Banshees of Inisherin”

Stephanie Hsu “Everything Everywhere All at Once”

Best Supporting Actor

Ke Huy Quan “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (Winner)

Brendan Gleeson “The Banshees of Inisherin”

Brian Tyree Henry “Causeway”

Judd Hirsch “The Fabelmans”

Barry Keoghan “The Banshees of Inisherin”

Best Animated Feature Film

“Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” — Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson, Gary Ungar and Alex Bulkley  (Winner)

“Marcel the Shell With Shoes On” — Dean Fleischer Camp, Elisabeth Holm, Andrew Goldman, Caroline Kaplan and Paul Mezey

“Puss in Boots: The Last Wish” — Joel Crawford and Mark Swift

“The Sea Beast” — Chris Williams and Jed Schlanger

“Turning Red” — Domee Shi and Lindsey Collins