By Maria Esteves – March 5, 2018
The 90th Academy Awards hosted by Jimmy Kimmel commenced Sunday, March 4, 2018 at the Dolby Theatre, Hollywood, CA, live telecast on ABC Network and live stream in over 225 countries. Presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (A.M.P.A.S.), the Oscars honored outstanding film achievements of 2017. The Shape of Water is winner of four Oscars including Best Director GUILLERMO DEL TORO and Best Picture. Three Oscars went to Dunkirk including Best Film Editing LEE SMITH.
Featured performers at year’s Oscars were Gael García Bernal, Mary J. Blige, Common, Andra Day, Natalia LaFourcade, Miguel, Keala Settle and Sufjan Stevens.
Oscars 2018 winners are:
Best Picture
THE SHAPE OF WATER, directed by Guillermo del Toro
Best Documentary Feature
ICARUS, directed by Bryan Fogel and Dan Cogan
Best Documentary Short
HEAVEN IS A TRAFFIC JAM ON THE 405, directed by Frank Stiefel
Best Foreign Language
A FANTASTIC WOMAN, directed by Sebastián Lelio (Chile)
Best Animated Feature
COCO, directed by Lee Unkrich and Darla K. Anderson
Best Animated Short
DEAR BASKETBALL, directed by Glen Keane and Kobe Bryant
Best Live Action Short
THE SILENT CHILD, directed by Chris Overton and Rachel Shenton
Best Director
GUILLERMO DEL TORO for The Shape of Water
Best Actor
GARY OLDMAN for Darkest Hour
Best Actress
FRANCES MCDORMAND for Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Supporting Actor
SAM ROCKWELL for Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Supporting Actress
ALLISON JANNEY for I, Tonya
Best Production Design
PAUL DENHAM AUSTERBERRY for The Shape of Water
Best Original Screenplay
GET OUT, written by Jordan Peele
Best Adapted Screenplay
CALL ME BY YOUR NAME, screenplay by James Ivory
Best Film Editing
DUNKIRK, editing by Lee Smith
Best Sound Editing
DUNKIRK, sound editing by Richard King and Alex Gibson
Best Sound Mixing
DUNKIRK, sound mixing by Mark Weingarten, Gregg Landaker & Gary A. Rizzo
Best Original Score
THE SHAPE OF WATER, composer Alexandre Desplat
Best Original Song
REMEMBER ME from Coco; music and lyric by Kristen Anderson Lopez & Robert Lopez
Best Visual Effects
BLADE RUNNER 2049, visual effects by John Nelson, Paul Lambert, Richard R. Hoover & Gerd Nefzer
Best Cinematography
BLADE RUNNER 2049, cinematographer Roger A. Deakins
Best Costume Design
PHANTOM THREAD, costume designer Mark Bridges
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
DARKEST HOUR, makeup and hairstyling artist Kazuhiro Tsuji, David Malinowski & Lucy Sibbick