Oscar Winners 2021
Best picture
Winner: Nomadland
Directing
Winner: Nomadland – Chloé Zhao
Actress in a leading role
Winner: Frances McDormand – Nomadland
Actress in a supporting role
Winner: Yuh-Jung Youn – Minari
Actor in a leading role
Winner: Anthony Hopkins – The Father
Actor in a supporting role
Winner: Daniel Kaluuya – Judas and the Black Messiah
Writing (adapted screenplay)
Winner: The Father – screenplay by Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller
Writing (original screenplay)
Winner: Promising Young Woman – written by Emerald Fennell
International feature film
Winner: Another Round – Denmark
Animated feature film
Winner: Soul – Pete Docter and Dana Murray
Documentary (feature)
Winner: My Octopus Teacher – Pippa Ehrlich, James Reed and Craig Foster
Documentary (short subject)
Winner: Colette – Anthony Giacchino and Alice Doyard
Cinematography
Winner: Mank – Erik Messerschmidt
Costume design
Winner: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – Ann Roth
Film editing
Winner: Sound of Metal – Mikkel E. G. Nielsen
Makeup and hairstyling
Winner: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – Sergio Lopez-Rivera, Mia Neal and Jamika Wilson
Music (original score)
Winner: Soul – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste
Music (original song)
Winner: ‘Fight for You’ from Judas and the Black Messiah – music by H.E.R. and Dernst Emile II; lyric by H.E.R. and Tiara Thomas
Production design
Winner: Mank – production design: Donald Graham Burt; set decoration: Jan Pascale
Short film (animated)
Winner: If Anything Happens I Love You – Will McCormack and Michael Govier
Short film (live action)
Winner: Two Distant Strangers – Travon Free and Martin Desmond Roe
Sound
Winner: Sound of Metal – Nicolas Becker, Jaime Baksht, Michelle Couttolenc, Carlos Cortés and Phillip Bladh
Visual effects
Winner: Tenet – Andrew Jackson, David Lee, Andrew Lockley and Scott Fisher