Oscars 2025 winners list: ‘Anora’ wins five Academy Awards, including four for filmmaker Sean Baker
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The 97th Academy Awards were presented Sunday at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, and on a show that ran nearly four hours and saw five different films win multiple awards, “Anora” filmmaker Sean Baker was the big winner with a record-tying four Oscars. Baker’s quartet of statuettes were for original screenplay, editing, director and best picture. Mikey Madison of “Anora” took the prize for actress in a leading role.
Adrien Brody won actor in a leading role for “The Brutalist,” and “A Real Pain’s” Kieran Culkin and “Emilia Pérez’s” Zoe Saldaña triumphed in the supporting acting categories. “Emilia Pérez” added a second win for original song for “El Mal.” In addition to Brody, “The Brutalist” won for cinematography and original score. Taking home two Oscars apiece were “Wicked” (costume design and production design) and “Dune: Part Two” (sound and visual effects).
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Best picture
“Anora” | WINNER
“The Brutalist”
“A Complete Unknown”
“Conclave”
“Dune: Part Two”
“Emilia Pérez”
“I’m Still Here”
“Nickel Boys”
“The Substance”
“Wicked”
Sean Baker and “Anora” made Oscars history; Mikey Madison and Adrien Brody won top acting prizes. Catch up on the winners, the fashion and what happened at the show.
Actress in a leading role
Cynthia Erivo, “Wicked”
Karla Sofía Gascón, “Emilia Pérez”
Mikey Madison, “Anora”| WINNER
Demi Moore, “The Substance”
Fernanda Torres, “I’m Still Here”
Directing
Sean Baker, “Anora”| WINNER
Brady Corbet, “The Brutalist”
James Mangold, “A Complete Unknown”
Jacques Audiard, “Emilia Pérez”
Coralie Fargeat, “The Substance”
Actor in a leading role
Adrien Brody, “The Brutalist”| WINNER
Timothée Chalamet, “A Complete Unknown”
Colman Domingo, “Sing Sing”
Ralph Fiennes, “Conclave”
Sebastian Stan, “The Apprentice”
Original score
Daniel Blumberg, “The Brutalist”| WINNER
Volker Bertelmann, “Conclave”
Clément Ducol and Camille, “Emilia Pérez”
John Powell and Stephen Schwartz, “Wicked”
Kris Bowers, “The Wild Robot”
International feature
“I’m Still Here”| WINNER
“The Girl With the Needle”
“Emilia Pérez”
“The Seed of the Sacred Fig”
“Flow”
Cinematography
Lol Crawley, “The Brutalist”| WINNER
Greig Fraser, “Dune: Part Two”
Paul Guilhaume, “Emilia Pérez”
Ed Lachman, “Maria”
Jarin Blaschke, “Nosferatu”
Live-action short
“A Lien”
“Anuja”
“I’m Not a Robot”| WINNER
“The Last Ranger”
“The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent”
Sean Baker and “Anora” made Oscars history; Mikey Madison and Adrien Brody won top acting prizes. Catch up on the winners, the fashion and what happened at the show.
Visual Effects
“Alien Romulus” (Eric Barba, Nelson Sepulveda-Fauser, Daniel Macarin and Shane Mahan)
“Better Man” (Luke Millar, David Clayton, Keith Herft and Peter Stubbs)
“Dune: Part Two” (Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe and Gerd Nefzer) | WINNER
“Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” (Erik Winquist, Stephen Unterfranz, Paul Story and Rodney Burk)
“Wicked” (Pablo Helman, Jonathan Fawkner, David Shirk and Paul Corbould)
Sound
“A Complete Unknown” (Tod A. Maitland, Donald Sylvester, Ted Caplan, Paul Massey and David Giammarco)
“Dune: Part Two” (Gareth John, Richard King, Ron Bartlett and Doug Hemphill) | WINNER
“Emilia Pérez” (Erwan Kerzanet, Aymeric Devoldère, Maxence Dussère, Cyril Holtz and Niels Barletta)
“Wicked” (Simon Hayes, Nancy Nugent Title, Jack Dolman, Andy Nelson and John Marquis)
“The Wild Robot” (Randy Thom, Brian Chumney, Gary A. Rizzo and Leff Lefferts)
Documentary feature
“Black Box Diaries”
“No Other Land” | WINNER
“Porcelain War”
“Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat”
“Sugarcane”
Documentary short
“Death by Numbers”
“I Am Ready, Warden”
“Incident”
“Instruments of a Beating Heart”
“The Only Girl in the Orchestra” | WINNER
Original song
“El Mal” from “Emilia Pérez” (Music by Clément Ducol and Camille; Lyric by Clément Ducol, Camille and Jacques Audiard) | WINNER
“The Journey” from “The Six Triple Eight” (Music and lyric by Diane Warren)
“Like a Bird” from “Sing Sing” (Music and lyric by Abraham Alexander and Adrian Quesada)
“Mi Camino” from “Emilia Pérez” (Music and lyric by Camille and Clément Ducol)
“Never Too Late” from “Elton John: Never Too Late” (Music and lyric by Elton John, Brandi Carlile, Andrew Watt and Bernie Taupin)
Production design
“The Brutalist” (Production design: Judy Becker; set decoration: Patricia Cuccia)
“Conclave” (Production design: Suzie Davies; set decoration: Cynthia Sleiter)
“Dune: Part Two” (Production design: Patrice Vermette; set decoration: Shane Vieau)
“Nosferatu” (Production design: Craig Lathrop; set decoration: Beatrice Brentnerová)
“Wicked” (Production design: Nathan Crowley; set decoration: Lee Sandales) | WINNER
‘I am a proud child of immigrant parents, with dreams and dignity and hardworking hands,’ said the ‘Emilia Pérez’ actor, adding that she’s the first American of Dominican origin to accept an Oscar.
Actress in a supporting role
Monica Barbaro, “A Complete Unknown”
Ariana Grande, “Wicked”
Felicity Jones, “The Brutalist”
Isabella Rossellini, “Conclave”
Zoe Saldaña, “Emilia Pérez” | WINNER
Film editing
Sean Baker, “Anora” | WINNER
Dávid Jancsó, “The Brutalist”
Nick Emerson, “Conclave”
Juliette Welfling, “Emilia Pérez”
Myron Kerstein, “Wicked”
Makeup and hairstyling
Mike Marino, David Presto and Crystal Jurado, “A Different Man”
Julia Floch-Carbonel, Emmanuel Janvier and Jean-Christophe Spadaccini, “Emilia Pérez”
David White, Traci Loader and Suzanne Stokes-Munton, “Nosferatu”
Pierre Olivier Persin, Stéphanie Guillon and Marilyne Scarselli, “The Substance” | WINNER
Frances Hannon, Laura Blount and Sarah Nuth, “Wicked”
Sean Baker and “Anora” made Oscars history; Mikey Madison and Adrien Brody won top acting prizes. Catch up on the winners, the fashion and what happened at the show.
Adapted screenplay
James Mangold and Jay Cocks, “A Complete Unknown”
Peter Straughan, “Conclave” | WINNER
Jacques Audiard, in collaboration with Thomas Bidegain, Léa Mysius and Nicolas Livecchi, “Emilia Pérez”
RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes, “Nickel Boys”
Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar; story by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence Maclin and John “Divine G” Whitfield, “Sing Sing”
Original screenplay
Sean Baker, “Anora” | WINNER
Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold, “The Brutalist”
Jesse Eisenberg, “A Real Pain”
Moritz Binder and Tim Fehlbaum; co-written by Alex David, “September 5”
Coralie Fargeat, “The Substance”
Costume design
Arianne Phillips, “A Complete Unknown”
Lisy Christl, “Conclave”
Janty Yates and Dave Crossman, “Gladiator II”
Linda Muir, “Nosferatu”
Paul Tazewell, “Wicked” | WINNER
Animated short
“Beautiful Men”
“In the Shadow of the Cypress” | WINNER
“Magic Candies”
“Wander to Wonder”
“Yuck!”
Animated feature
“Flow” | WINNER
“Inside Out 2”
“Memoir of a Snail”
“Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl”
“The Wild Robot”
Actor in a supporting role
Yura Borisov, “Anora”
Kieran Culkin, “A Real Pain” | WINNER
Edward Norton, “A Complete Unknown”
Guy Pearce, “The Brutalist”
Jeremy Strong, “The Apprentice”
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