96th Academy Awards

96th Academy Awards
Date	March 10, 2024
Site	Dolby Theatre, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Hosted by	Jimmy Kimmel
Most awards	Oppenheimer (7)
Most nominations	Oppenheimer (13)
Website	https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2024
Television/radio coverage
Network	ABC
Produced by	Raj Kapoor, Katy Mullan
Directed by	Hamish Hamilton

The 96th Academy Awards was an award ceremony presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honoring the best movies of 2023. The event took place at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, on March 10, 2024. The ceremony was hosted by comedian Jimmy Kimmel for the fourth time. The producers of the ceremony were Raj Kapoor, Molly McNearney, and Katy Mullan. The director was Hamish Hamilton. It was televised in the United States by ABC.

Oppenheimer won seven awards in total, including Best Picture, followed by Poor Things and The Zone of Interest with four and two respectively.

Nominations

The nominations were announced on January 23, 2024. Oppenheimer led with thirteen nominations, followed by Poor Things and Killers of the Flower Moon with eleven and ten nominations respectively. "Barbenheimer" received a total of twenty-one nominations, eight for Barbie and thirteen for Oppenheimer. The acting nominees featured a record number of LGBTQ+ characters.

Awards

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).

Best Picture	Best Director
Oppenheimer – Emma Thomas, Charles Roven and Christopher Nolan, producers American Fiction – Ben LeClair, Nikos Karamigios, Cord Jefferson and Jermaine Johnson, producers Anatomy of a Fall – Marie-Ange Luciani and David Thion, producers Barbie – David Heyman, Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerley and Robbie Brenner, producers The Holdovers – Mark Johnson, producer Killers of the Flower Moon – Dan Friedkin, Bradley Thomas, Martin Scorsese and Daniel Lupi, producers Maestro – Bradley Cooper, Steven Spielberg, Fred Berner, Amy Durning and Kristie Macosko Krieger, producers Past Lives – David Hinojosa, Christine Vachon and Pamela Koffler, producers Poor Things – Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone, producers The Zone of Interest – James Wilson, producer	Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer Justine Triet – Anatomy of a Fall Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon Yorgos Lanthimos – Poor Things Jonathan Glazer – The Zone of Interest
Best Actor	Best Actress
Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer as J. Robert Oppenheimer Bradley Cooper – Maestro as Leonard Bernstein Colman Domingo – Rustin as Bayard Rustin Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers as Paul Hunham Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction as Thelonious "Monk" Ellison	Emma Stone – Poor Things as Bella Baxter Annette Bening – Nyad as Diana Nyad Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon as Mollie Burkhart Sandra Hüller – Anatomy of a Fall as Sandra Voyter Carey Mulligan – Maestro as Felicia Montealegre
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer as Lewis Strauss Sterling K. Brown – American Fiction as Clifford "Cliff" Ellison Robert De Niro – Killers of the Flower Moon as William King Hale Ryan Gosling – Barbie as Ken Mark Ruffalo – Poor Things as Duncan Wedderburn	Da'Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers as Mary Lamb Emily Blunt – Oppenheimer as Kitty Oppenheimer Danielle Brooks – The Color Purple as Sofia America Ferrera – Barbie as Gloria Jodie Foster – Nyad as Bonnie Stoll
Best Original Screenplay	Best Adapted Screenplay
Anatomy of a Fall – Justine Triet and Arthur Harari The Holdovers – David Hemingson Maestro – Bradley Cooper and Josh Singer May December – Screenplay by Samy Burch; Story by Samy Burch and Alex Mechanik Past Lives – Celine Song	American Fiction – Cord Jefferson; based on the novel Erasure by Percival Everett Barbie – Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach; based on characters created by Ruth Handler Oppenheimer – Christopher Nolan; based on the biography American Prometheus by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin Poor Things – Tony McNamara; based on the novel by Alasdair Gray The Zone of Interest – Jonathan Glazer; based on the novel by Martin Amis
Best Animated Feature	Best International Feature Film
The Boy and the Heron – Hayao Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki Elemental – Peter Sohn and Denise Ream Nimona – Nick Bruno, Troy Quane, Karen Ryan and Julie Zackary Robot Dreams – Pablo Berger, Ibon Cormenzana, Ignasi Estapé and Sandra Tapia Díaz Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Amy Pascal	The Zone of Interest (United Kingdom) – directed by Jonathan Glazer Io capitano (Italy) – directed by Matteo Garrone Perfect Days (Japan) – directed by Wim Wenders Society of the Snow (Spain) – directed by J. A. Bayona The Teachers' Lounge (Germany) – directed by İlker Çatak
Best Documentary Feature Film	Best Documentary Short Film
20 Days in Mariupol – Mstyslav Chernov, Michelle Mizner and Raney Aronson-Rath Bobi Wine: The People's President – Moses Bwayo, Christopher Sharp and John Battsek The Eternal Memory – Maite Alberdi, Juan de Dios Larraín, Pablo Larraín and Rocio Jadue Four Daughters – Kaouther Ben Hania and Nadim Cheikhrouha To Kill a Tiger – Nisha Pahuja, Cornelia Principe and David Oppenheim	The Last Repair Shop – Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers The ABCs of Book Banning – Sheila Nevins and Trish Adlesic The Barber of Little Rock – John Hoffman and Christine Turner Island in Between – S. Leo Chiang and Jean Tsien Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó – Sean Wang and Sam Davis
Best Live Action Short Film	Best Animated Short Film
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar – Wes Anderson and Steven Rales The After – Misan Harriman and Nicky Bentham Invincible – Vincent René-Lortie and Samuel Caron Knight of Fortune – Lasse Lyskjær Noer and Christian Norlyk Red, White and Blue – Nazrin Choudhury and Sara McFarlane	War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John and Yoko – Dave Mullins and Brad Booker Letter to a Pig – Tal Kantor and Amit R. Gicelter Ninety-Five Senses – Jared Hess and Jerusha Hess Our Uniform – Yegane Moghaddam Pachyderme – Stéphanie Clément and Marc Rius
Best Original Score	Best Original Song
Oppenheimer – Ludwig Göransson American Fiction – Laura Karpman Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny – John Williams Killers of the Flower Moon – Robbie Robertson (posthumous nomination) Poor Things – Jerskin Fendrix	"What Was I Made For?" from Barbie – Music and lyrics by Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell "The Fire Inside" from Flamin' Hot – Music and lyrics by Diane Warren "I'm Just Ken" from Barbie – Music and lyrics by Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt "It Never Went Away" from American Symphony – Music and lyrics by Jon Batiste and Dan Wilson "Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People)" from Killers of the Flower Moon – Music and lyrics by Scott George
Best Sound	Best Production Design
The Zone of Interest – Tarn Willers and Johnnie Burn The Creator – Ian Voigt, Erik Aadahl, Ethan Van der Ryn, Tom Ozanich and Dean Zupancic Maestro – Steven A. Morrow, Richard King, Jason Ruder, Tom Ozanich and Dean Zupancic Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One – Chris Munro, James H. Mather, Chris Burdon and Mark Taylor Oppenheimer – Willie Burton, Richard King, Gary A. Rizzo and Kevin O'Connell	Poor Things – Production Design: James Price and Shona Heath; Set Decoration: Zsuzsa Mihalek Barbie – Production Design: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer Killers of the Flower Moon – Production Design: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Adam Willis Napoleon – Production Design: Arthur Max; Set Decoration: Elli Griff Oppenheimer – Production Design: Ruth De Jong; Set Decoration: Claire Kaufman
Best Cinematography	Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Oppenheimer – Hoyte van Hoytema El Conde – Edward Lachman Killers of the Flower Moon – Rodrigo Prieto Maestro – Matthew Libatique Poor Things – Robbie Ryan	Poor Things – Nadia Stacey, Mark Coulier and Josh Weston Golda – Karen Hartley Thomas, Suzi Battersby and Ashra Kelly-Blue Maestro – Kazu Hiro, Kay Georgiou and Lori McCoy-Bell Oppenheimer – Luisa Abel Society of the Snow – Ana López-Puigcerver, David Martí and Montse Ribé
Best Costume Design	Best Film Editing
Poor Things – Holly Waddington Barbie – Jacqueline Durran Killers of the Flower Moon – Jacqueline West Napoleon – Janty Yates and Dave Crossman Oppenheimer – Ellen Mirojnick	Oppenheimer – Jennifer Lame Anatomy of a Fall – Laurent Sénéchal The Holdovers – Kevin Tent Killers of the Flower Moon – Thelma Schoonmaker Poor Things – Yorgos Mavropsaridis
Best Visual Effects
Godzilla Minus One – Takashi Yamazaki, Kiyoko Shibuya, Masaki Takahashi and Tatsuji Nojima The Creator – Jay Cooper, Ian Comley, Andrew Roberts and Neil Corbould Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 – Stephane Ceretti, Alexis Wajsbrot, Guy Williams and Theo Bialek Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One – Alex Wuttke, Simone Coco, Jeff Sutherland and Neil Corbould Napoleon – Charley Henley, Luc-Ewen Martin-Fenouillet, Simone Coco and Neil Corbould

Governors Awards

The 14th annual Governors Awards ceremony took place on January 9, 2024, hosted by John Mulaney. Honorary Awards were presented to Angela Bassett, Mel Brooks, Carol Littleton, and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to Michelle Satter.

Movies with multiple nominations and awards

Movies with multiple nominations

Nominations	Film
13	Oppenheimer
11	Poor Things
10	Killers of the Flower Moon
8	Barbie
7	Maestro
5	American Fiction
	Anatomy of a Fall
	The Holdovers
	The Zone of Interest
3	Napoleon
2	The Creator
	Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
	Nyad
	Past Lives
	Society of the Snow

Movies with multiple awards

Awards	Film
7	Oppenheimer
4	Poor Things
2	The Zone of Interest

Ceremony information

Producers Raj Kapoor and Katy Mullan were announced on October 17, 2023, with Hamish Hamilton as the director. On November 15, Jimmy Kimmel was announced as host, marking his fourth overall hosting role for the ceremony. On November 30, 2023, ABC and the Academy announced a change in the ceremony's start time to 4:00 p.m. PT (7:00 p.m. ET).

Diversity rules

This will be the first year that diversity rules for the Best Picture category become mandatory. Established under the Academy Aperture 2025 initiative, these rules aim to promote inclusive representation and employment in the film industry.

Barbie Director and Actress snubs

The snubbing of Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie from getting respective Academy Award nominations for Best Director and Best Actress for Barbie received criticism. Cast members expressed their reactions, and actor Ryan Gosling released a statement in response, emphasizing the significant contributions of Gerwig and Robbie to the movie's success.