By Maria Esteves – March 2, 2016

The 88th Academy Awards hosted by Chris Rock commenced Sunday, February 28, 2016 at Dolby Theatre & Highland Center, Hollywood, C.A. Presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (A.M.P.A.S.), the Oscars honor outstanding film achievements of 2015. Mad Max: Fury Road was top winner with six Oscars including Best Film Editing MARGARET SIXEL and Best Production Design COLIN GIBSON. Three Oscars went to The Revenant including Best Director ALEJANDRO G. IÑÁRRITU and Best Actor LEONARDO DiCAPRIO.

88th Academy Awards winners: (L-R)
Best Supporting Actor MARK RYLANCE, Bridge of Spies;
Best Supporting Actress ALICIA VIKANDER, The Danish Girl;
Best Actor LEONARDO DiCAPRIO, The Revenant;
Best Actress BRIE LARSON, Room.
Photo credit: Phil McCarten ©A.M.P.A.S.

Oscars 2016 winners are:

Best Picture

SPOTLIGHT, directed by Thomas McCarthy

Best Documentary Feature

AMY, directed by Asif Kapadia

Best Documentary Short

A GIRL IN THE RIVER: THE PRICE OF FORGIVENESS, directed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

Best Foreign Language

SON OF SAUL, directed by László Nemes (Hungary)

Best Animated Feature

INSIDE OUT, Pete Docter and Jonas Rivera

Best Animated Short

BEAR STORY, directed by Gabriel Osorio Vargas

Best Live Action Short

STUTTERER, directed by Benjamin Cleary and Serena Armitage

Best Director

ALEJANDRO G. IÑÁRRITU for The Revenant

Best Actor

LEONARDO DiCAPRIO in The Revenant

Photo credit: Phil McCarten ©A.M.P.A.S.

Best Actress

BRIE LARSON in Room

Best Supporting Actor

MARK RYLANCE in Bridge of Spies

Best Supporting Actress

ALICIA VIKANDER in The Danish Girl

Best Production Design 

COLIN GIBSON for Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Original Screenplay

  SPOTLIGHT, written by Josh Singer and Tom McCarthy

Best Adapted Screenplay

  THE BIG SHORT, screenplay by Charles Randolph and Adam McKay

Best Film Editing

  MAD MAX: FURY ROAD, editing by Margaret Sixel

Best Sound Editing 

MAD MAX: FURY ROAD, sound editing by Mark Mangini and David White

Best Sound Mixing

  MAD MAX: FURY ROAD, sound mixing by Chris Jenkins, Gregg Rudloff and Ben Osmo

Best Original Score

  THE HATEFUL EIGHT, composer Ennio Morricone

Best Original Song

  WRITING’S ON THE WALL from Spectre; music and lyric by Jimmy Napes and Sam Smith

Best Visual Effects

  EX MACHINA, visual effects by Andrew Whitehurst, Paul Norris, Mark Ardington and Sara Bennett

Best Cinematography

  THE REVENANT, cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki

Best Costume Design

  MAD MAX: FURY ROAD, costume designer Jenny Beavan

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

  MAD MAX: FURY ROAD, makeup and hairstyling artist Lesley Vanderwalt, Elka Wardega and Damian Martin