<i>La La Land</i> wins 6 Oscars; <i>Moonlight</i> takes Best Picture
Marc Loftus
February 27, 2017

La La Land wins 6 Oscars; Moonlight takes Best Picture

LOS ANGELES — The 89th Academy Awards were presented on Sunday, February 26th, and La La Land, with its 14 nominations going into the night, finished with six Oscar statuettes (almost 7!) by the time the ceremony had ended. The film was honored for Directing (Damien Chazelle), Cinematography (Linus Sandgren), Score (Justin Hurwitz), Song (Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul), Production Design (David Wasco & Sandy Reynolds-Wasco), and for its leading actress Emma Stone. Best Picture, however, went to Moonlight, which also won in the Supporting Actor category (Mahershala Ali).


Kubo and the Two Strings, which was nominated in both the Visual Effects category and the Animated Feature category, won neither. Instead, The Jungle Book won the Best Visual Effects Oscar (Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R. Jones & Dan Lemmon), and Zootopia took home the top Animated Feature honor (Byron Howard, Rich Moore and Clark Spencer).

Hacksaw Ridge was honored in the Editing category (John Gilbert), as well as for Sound Mixing (Kevin O’Connell, Andy Wright, Robert Mackenzie & Peter Grace).

The following is a complete list of nominees and winners from Hollywood’s biggest night.

Performance by an actor in a leading role

Casey Affleck in "Manchester by the Sea" - WINNER
Andrew Garfield in "Hacksaw Ridge"
Ryan Gosling in "La La Land"
Viggo Mortensen in "Captain Fantastic"
Denzel Washington in "Fences"
 
Performance by an actor in a supporting role

Mahershala Ali in "Moonlight" - WINNER
Jeff Bridges in "Hell or High Water"
Lucas Hedges in "Manchester by the Sea"
Dev Patel in "Lion"
Michael Shannon in "Nocturnal Animals"
 
Performance by an actress in a leading role

Isabelle Huppert in "Elle"
Ruth Negga in "Loving"
Natalie Portman in "Jackie"
Emma Stone in "La La Land" - WINNER
Meryl Streep in "Florence Foster Jenkins"
 
Performance by an actress in a supporting role

Viola Davis in "Fences" - WINNER
Naomie Harris in "Moonlight"
Nicole Kidman in "Lion"
Octavia Spencer in "Hidden Figures"
Michelle Williams in "Manchester by the Sea"
 


Best animated feature film of the year

"Kubo and the Two Strings" Travis Knight and Arianne Sutner
"Moana" John Musker, Ron Clements and Osnat Shurer
"My Life as a Zucchini" Claude Barras and Max Karli
"The Red Turtle" Michael Dudok de Wit and Toshio Suzuki
"Zootopia" Byron Howard, Rich Moore and Clark Spencer - WINNER
 


Achievement in cinematography

"Arrival" Bradford Young
"La La Land" Linus Sandgren - WINNER
"Lion" Greig Fraser
"Moonlight" James Laxton
"Silence" Rodrigo Prieto
 
Achievement in costume design

"Allied" Joanna Johnston
"Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" Colleen Atwood - WINNER
"Florence Foster Jenkins" Consolata Boyle
"Jackie" Madeline Fontaine
"La La Land" Mary Zophres
 


Achievement in directing

"Arrival" Denis Villeneuve
"Hacksaw Ridge" Mel Gibson
"La La Land" Damien Chazelle - WINNER
"Manchester by the Sea" Kenneth Lonergan
"Moonlight" Barry Jenkins
 
Best documentary feature

"Fire at Sea" Gianfranco Rosi and Donatella Palermo
"I Am Not Your Negro" Raoul Peck, Rémi Grellety and Hébert Peck
"Life, Animated" Roger Ross Williams and Julie Goldman
"O.J.: Made in America" Ezra Edelman and Caroline Waterlow - WINNER
"13th" Ava DuVernay, Spencer Averick and Howard Barish
 
Best documentary short subject

"Extremis" Dan Krauss
"4.1 Miles" Daphne Matziaraki
"Joe’s Violin" Kahane Cooperman and Raphaela Neihausen
"Watani: My Homeland" Marcel Mettelsiefen and Stephen Ellis
"The White Helmets" Orlando von Einsiedel and Joanna Natasegara - WINNER
 


Achievement in film editing

"Arrival"Joe Walker
"Hacksaw Ridge" John Gilbert - WINNER
"Hell or High Water" Jake Roberts
"La La Land" Tom Cross
"Moonlight" Nat Sanders and Joi McMillon
 
Best foreign language film of the year

"Land of Mine" Denmark
"A Man Called Ove" Sweden
"The Salesman" Iran - WINNER
"Tanna" Australia
"Toni Erdmann" Germany
 
Achievement in makeup and hairstyling

"A Man Called Ove" Eva von Bahr and Love Larson
"Star Trek Beyond" Joel Harlow and Richard Alonzo
"Suicide Squad" Alessandro Bertolazzi, Giorgio Gregorini and Christopher Nelson - WINNER
 
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

"Jackie" Mica Levi
"La La Land" Justin Hurwitz - WINNER
"Lion" Dustin O’Halloran and Hauschka
"Moonlight" Nicholas Britell
"Passengers" Thomas Newman
 
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)

"Audition (The Fools Who Dream)" from "La La Land" - Music by Justin Hurwitz; Lyric by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
"Can’t Stop The Feeling" from "Trolls" - Music and Lyric by Justin Timberlake, Max Martin and Karl Johan Schuster
"City Of Stars" from "La La Land" - Music by Justin Hurwitz; Lyric by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul - WINNER
"The Empty Chair" from "Jim: The James Foley Story" - Music and Lyric by J. Ralph and Sting
"How Far I’ll Go" from "Moana" - Music and Lyric by Lin-Manuel Miranda
 


Best motion picture of the year

"Arrival" Shawn Levy, Dan Levine, Aaron Ryder and David Linde, Producers
"Fences" Scott Rudin, Denzel Washington and Todd Black, Producers
"Hacksaw Ridge" Bill Mechanic and David Permut, Producers
"Hell or High Water" Carla Hacken and Julie Yorn, Producers
"Hidden Figures" Donna Gigliotti, Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping, Pharrell Williams and Theodore Melfi, Producers
"La La Land" Fred Berger, Jordan Horowitz and Marc Platt, Producers 
"Lion" Emile Sherman, Iain Canning and Angie Fielder, Producers
"Manchester by the Sea" Matt Damon, Kimberly Steward, Chris Moore, Lauren Beck and Kevin J. Walsh, Producers
"Moonlight" Adele Romanski, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner, Producers - WINNER
 
Achievement in production design

"Arrival" Production Design: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Paul Hotte
"Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" Production Design: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
"Hail, Caesar!" Production Design: Jess Gonchor; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
"La La Land" Production Design: David Wasco; Set Decoration: Sandy Reynolds-Wasco - WINNER
"Passengers" Production Design: Guy Hendrix Dyas; Set Decoration: Gene Serdena
 
Best animated short film

"Blind Vaysha" Theodore Ushev
"Borrowed Time" Andrew Coats and Lou Hamou-Lhadj
"Pear Cider and Cigarettes" Robert Valley and Cara Speller
"Pearl" Patrick Osborne
"Piper" Alan Barillaro and Marc Sondheimer - WINNER
 
Best live action short film

"Ennemis Intérieurs" Sélim Azzazi
"La Femme et le TGV" Timo von Gunten and Giacun Caduff
"Silent Nights" Aske Bang and Kim Magnusson
"Sing" Kristof Deák and Anna Udvardy - WINNER
"Timecode" Juanjo Giménez
 
Achievement in sound editing

"Arrival" Sylvain Bellemare - WINNER
"Deepwater Horizon" Wylie Stateman and Renée Tondelli
"Hacksaw Ridge" Robert Mackenzie and Andy Wright
"La La Land" Ai-Ling Lee and Mildred Iatrou Morgan
"Sully" Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman
 
Achievement in sound mixing

"Arrival" Bernard Gariépy Strobl and Claude La Haye
"Hacksaw Ridge" Kevin O’Connell, Andy Wright, Robert Mackenzie and Peter Grace - WINNER
"La La Land" Andy Nelson, Ai-Ling Lee and Steve A. Morrow
"Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" David Parker, Christopher Scarabosio and Stuart Wilson
"13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi" Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Mac Ruth
 


Achievement in visual effects

"Deepwater Horizon" Craig Hammack, Jason Snell, Jason Billington and Burt Dalton
"Doctor Strange" Stephane Ceretti, Richard Bluff, Vincent Cirelli and Paul Corbould
"The Jungle Book" Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R. Jones and Dan Lemmon - WINNER
"Kubo and the Two Strings" Steve Emerson, Oliver Jones, Brian McLean and Brad Schiff
"Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" John Knoll, Mohen Leo, Hal Hickel and Neil Corbould
 
Adapted screenplay

"Arrival" Screenplay by Eric Heisserer
"Fences" Screenplay by August Wilson
"Hidden Figures" Screenplay by Allison Schroeder and Theodore Melfi
"Lion" Screenplay by Luke Davies
"Moonlight" Screenplay by Barry Jenkins; Story by Tarell Alvin McCraney - WINNER
 
Original screenplay

"Hell or High Water" Written by Taylor Sheridan
"La La Land" Written by Damien Chazelle
"The Lobster" Written by Yorgos Lanthimos, Efthimis Filippou
"Manchester by the Sea" Written by Kenneth Lonergan - WINNER
"20th Century Women" Written by Mike Mills

PriceWaterhouseCoopers issues statement about Best Picture mix up.

“We sincerely apologize to "Moonlight," "La La Land," Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, and Oscar viewers for the error that was made during the award announcement for Best Picture. The presenters had mistakenly been given the wrong category envelope and when discovered, was immediately corrected. We are currently investigating how this could have happened, and deeply regret that this occurred.
“We appreciate the grace with which the nominees, the Academy, ABC, and Jimmy Kimmel handled the situation.” ---PwC