Academy Awards

Academy Awards
Current: 96th Academy Awards
The Academy Award of Merit
(the Oscar statuette)
Awarded forExcellence in the American and International film industry
CountryUnited States
Presented byAcademy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
First awardedMay 16, 1929 (1929-05-16)
Websiteoscars.org/oscars
Television/radio coverage
NetworkList of broadcasters

The Academy Awards, commonly known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the film industry. They are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) in the United States, in recognition of excellence in cinematic achievements as assessed by the Academy's voting membership.[1] The Oscars are widely considered to be the most prestigious awards in the film industry.[2]

The major award categories are presented during a live-televised Hollywood ceremony that is typically held in February or March. It is the oldest worldwide entertainment awards ceremony.[3] The 1st Academy Awards were held in 1929,[4] the second ceremony in 1930 was the first one broadcast by radio, and the 1953 ceremony was the first one televised.[3] It is also the oldest of the four major annual American entertainment awards; its equivalents – the Emmy Awards for television, the Tony Awards for theater, and the Grammy Awards for music – are modeled after the Academy Awards.[5] The Oscar statuette depicts a knight rendered in the Art Deco style.[6]

Most recent Academy Award winners
← 2022 Best in films in 2023 2024 →
 
Award Best Actor Best Actress
Winner Cillian Murphy
(Oppenheimer)
Emma Stone
(Poor Things)
 
Award Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress
Winner Robert Downey Jr.
(Oppenheimer)
Da'Vine Joy Randolph
(The Holdovers)
 
Award Best Director Best Original Screenplay
Winner Christopher Nolan
(Oppenheimer)
Justine Triet and Arthur Harari
(Anatomy of a Fall)

Previous Best Picture

Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Picture

Oppenheimer

  1. ^ Feinberg, Scott (January 20, 2020). "Oscars: What the '1917' PGA Win and 'Parasite' SAG Win Mean for Best Picture". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on January 11, 2023. Retrieved February 5, 2023.
  2. ^ Attributed to multiple references:
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  4. ^ Essex, Andrew (May 14, 1999). "The Birth of Oscar". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on November 11, 2013. Retrieved March 2, 2011.
  5. ^ Monush, Barry (February 9, 2012). "The Lure of Oscar: A Look at the Mightiest of All Award Shows, the Academy Awards". Paley Center for Media. Archived from the original on November 16, 2020. Retrieved October 29, 2019.
  6. ^ Nichols, Chris (February 25, 2016). "Meet George Stanley, Sculptor of the Academy Award". Los Angeles Magazine. Archived from the original on November 7, 2017. Retrieved November 6, 2017.