Overview
- Warner Bros. took 11 Oscars, including Best Picture for One Battle After Another, with Paul Thomas Anderson winning Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay and Sean Penn taking Best Supporting Actor.
- Sinners earned Best Cinematography for Autumn Durald Arkapaw, the first win for a woman and woman of color in that category, alongside Michael B. Jordan’s Best Actor and Ryan Coogler’s Best Original Screenplay.
- Netflix tied its single-year record with seven wins, led by three craft awards for Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein and two for KPop Demon Hunters in Animated Feature and Original Song.
- Netflix also won Best Documentary Short (All The Empty Rooms) and Best Live Action Short (The Singers), as dedicated streamers totaled eight awards with Apple TV’s F1 taking Best Sound but none of the top prizes.
- Host Conan O’Brien quipped about Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos being in a theater for the first time, as the telecast unfolded with Warner Bros. on the verge of a Paramount Skydance takeover and ABC’s Oscars run nearing a 2029 YouTube handoff.