Will Smith took home the Best Actor award in a controversial awards night, which also saw the actor slap Chris Rock in the face for insulting his wife.
Elsewhere, CODA took home the award for Best Picture – becoming the first streaming-only film to win the award – whilst Jessica Chastain won Best Actress.
With much talk recently being about the tedium of awards nights, this was certainly one people won’t forget in a hurry. After Chris Rock made a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith, Will Smith took to the stage to slap him. The Academy Awards later issued an apology, saying it “does not condone violence of any form”.
Pinkett Smith’s shaved hairdo – saying, “Jada, can’t wait for GI Jane 2” – Will Smith walked up on-stage and slapped him, before sitting back down and shouting: “Keep my wife’s name out of your… mouth.”
The Academy does not condone violence of any form.
Tonight we are delighted to celebrate our 94th Academy Awards winners, who deserve this moment of recognition from their peers and movie lovers around the world.
— The Academy (@TheAcademy) March 28, 2022
Many had thought the impromptu moment was a comic stunt. To top it all off, Will Smith then went on to win the award for Best Actor, his first ever Oscar, for his role as the father of tennis legends Venus and Serena Williams in King Richard.
“I want to apologise to the Academy. I want to apologise to my all my fellow nominees,” Smith said in his speech, referring to the earlier incident.”
“Art imitates life. I look like the crazy father, just like they said about Richard Williams. But love will make you do crazy things.”
The event largely overshadowed some other more celebratory moments. CODA picked up the award for Best Picture, beating the favourite The Power of the Dog. Jane Campion, however, did scoop the award for Best Director, making it the first ever consecutive win for female directors at the Oscars.
Troy Kotsur became the first male deaf performer to win an Oscar, whilst Sir Kenneth Branagh also finally got his hand on one, winning Best Screenplay for Belfast. Branagh had previously been nominated for seven different categories throughout his career.
Ariana DeBose also won Best Supporting Actress – the first time the same role has won an Oscar on two occasions, after Rita Morenon won the same award also for playing Anita in West Side Story in 1962.
Here are the list of the winners in full:
Best Picture
“Belfast” (Focus Features)
A TKBC Production
Laura Berwick, Kenneth Branagh, Becca Kovacik and Tamar Thomas, Producers
“CODA” (Apple Original Films)
A Vendôme Pictures/Pathé in association with Apple Original Films Production
Philippe Rousselet, Fabrice Gianfermi and Patrick Wachsberger, Producers
“Don’t Look Up” (Netflix)
A Netflix/Hyperobject Industries Production
Adam McKay and Kevin Messick, Producers
“Drive My Car” (Sideshow and Janus Films)
A C&I Entertainment/Culture Entertainment/Bitters End Production
Teruhisa Yamamoto, Producer
“Dune” (Warner Bros.)
A Legendary Pictures Production
Mary Parent, Denis Villeneuve and Cale Boyter, Producers
“King Richard” (Warner Bros.)
A Star Thrower Entertainment/Westbrook Production
Tim White, Trevor White and Will Smith, Producers
“Licorice Pizza” (Metro Goldwyn Mayer/United Artists Releasing)
A Ghoulardi Film Company Production
Sara Murphy, Adam Somner and Paul Thomas Anderson, Producers
“Nightmare Alley” (Searchlight)
A Double Dare You Production
Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale and Bradley Cooper, Producers
“The Power of the Dog” (Netflix)
A See-Saw Films/Bad Girl Creek/Max Films in association with Brightstar/The New Zealand Film Commission/Cross City Films/BBC Film Production
Jane Campion, Tanya Seghatchian, Emile Sherman, Iain Canning and Roger Frappier, Producers
“West Side Story” (Walt Disney)
A 20th Century Studios Production
Steven Spielberg and Kristie Macosko Krieger, Producers
Actor in a Leading Role
Javier Bardem in “Being the Ricardos”
Benedict Cumberbatch in “The Power of the Dog”
Andrew Garfield in “tick, tick…BOOM!”
Will Smith in “King Richard”
Denzel Washington in “The Tragedy of Macbeth”
Actor in a Supporting Role
Ciarán Hinds in “Belfast”
Troy Kotsur in “CODA”
Jesse Plemons in “The Power of the Dog”
J.K. Simmons in “Being the Ricardos”
Kodi Smit-McPhee in “The Power of the Dog”
Actress in a Leading Role
Jessica Chastain in “The Eyes of Tammy Faye”
Olivia Colman in “The Lost Daughter”
Penélope Cruz in “Parallel Mothers”
Nicole Kidman in “Being the Ricardos”
Kristen Stewart in “Spencer”
Actress in a Supporting Role
Jessie Buckley in “The Lost Daughter”
Ariana DeBose in “West Side Story”
Judi Dench in “Belfast”
Kirsten Dunst in “The Power of the Dog”
Aunjanue Ellis in “King Richard”
Animated Feature Film
“Encanto”
Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Yvett Merino and Clark Spencer
“Flee”
Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Monica Hellström, Signe Byrge Sørensen and Charlotte De La Gournerie
“Luca”
Enrico Casarosa and Andrea Warren
“The Mitchells vs. the Machines”
Mike Rianda, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Kurt Albrecht
“Raya and the Last Dragon”
Don Hall, Carlos López Estrada, Osnat Shurer and Peter Del Vecho
Cinematography
“Dune” — Greig Fraser
“Nightmare Alley” — Dan Laustsen
“The Power of the Dog” — Ari Wegner
“The Tragedy of Macbeth” — Bruno Delbonnel
“West Side Story” — Janusz Kaminski
Costume Design
“Cruella” — Jenny Beavan
“Cyrano” — Massimo Cantini Parrini and Jacqueline Durran
“Dune” — Jacqueline West and Robert Morgan
“Nightmare Alley” — Luis Sequeira
“West Side Story” — Paul Tazewell
Directing
“Belfast” — Kenneth Branagh
“Drive My Car” — Ryusuke Hamaguchi
“Licorice Pizza” — Paul Thomas Anderson
“The Power of the Dog” — Jane Campion
“West Side Story” — Steven Spielberg
Documentary (Feature)
“Ascension”
Jessica Kingdon, Kira Simon-Kennedy and Nathan Truesdell
“Attica”
Stanley Nelson and Traci A. Curry
“Flee”
Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Monica Hellström, Signe Byrge Sørensen and Charlotte De La Gournerie
“Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, Joseph Patel, Robert Fyvolent and David Dinerstein
“Writing with Fire”
Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh
Documentary (Short Subject)
“Audible”
Matt Ogens and Geoff McLean
“Lead Me Home”
Pedro Kos and Jon Shenk
“The Queen of Basketball”
Ben Proudfoot
“Three Songs for Benazir”
Elizabeth Mirzaei and Gulistan Mirzaei
“When We Were Bullies”
Jay Rosenblatt
Film Editing
“Don’t Look Up” — Hank Corwin
“Dune” — Joe Walker
“King Richard” — Pamela Martin
“The Power of the Dog” — Peter Sciberras
“tick, tick…BOOM!” — Myron Kerstein and Andrew Weisblum
International Feature Film
“Drive My Car”
Japan
“Flee”
Denmark
“The Hand of God”
Italy
“Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom”
Bhutan
“The Worst Person in the World”
Norway
Makeup and Hairstyling
“Coming 2 America” — Mike Marino, Stacey Morris and Carla Farmer
“Cruella” — Nadia Stacey, Naomi Donne and Julia Vernon
“Dune” — Donald Mowat, Love Larson and Eva von Bahr
“The Eyes of Tammy Faye” — Linda Dowds, Stephanie Ingram and Justin Raleigh
“House of Gucci” — Göran Lundström, Anna Carin Lock and Frederic Aspiras
Music (Original Score)
“Don’t Look Up” — Nicholas Britell
“Dune” — Hans Zimmer
“Encanto” — Germaine Franco
“Parallel Mothers” — Alberto Iglesias
“The Power of the Dog” — Jonny Greenwood
Music (Original Song)
“Be Alive” from “King Richard”
Music and Lyric by DIXSON and Beyoncé Knowles-Carter
“Dos Oruguitas” from “Encanto”
Music and Lyric by Lin-Manuel Miranda
“Down To Joy” from “Belfast”
Music and Lyric by Van Morrison
“No Time To Die” from “No Time to Die”
Music and Lyric by Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell
“Somehow You Do” from “Four Good Days”
Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
Production Design
“Dune”
Production Design: Patrice Vermette, Set Decoration: Zsuzsanna Sipos
“Nightmare Alley”
Production Design: Tamara Deverell, Set Decoration: Shane Vieau
“The Power of the Dog”
Production Design: Grant Major, Set Decoration: Amber Richards
“The Tragedy of Macbeth”
Production Design: Stefan Dechant , Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
“West Side Story”
Production Design: Adam Stockhausen , Set Decoration: Rena DeAngelo
Short Film (Animated)
“Affairs of the Art”
Joanna Quinn and Les Mills
“Bestia”
Hugo Covarrubias and Tevo Díaz
“Boxballet”
Anton Dyakov
“Robin Robin”
Dan Ojari and Mikey Please
“The Windshield Wiper”
Alberto Mielgo and Leo Sanchez
Short Film (Live Action)
“Ala Kachuu – Take and Run”
Maria Brendle and Nadine Lüchinger
“The Dress”
Tadeusz Łysiak and Maciej Ślesicki
“The Long Goodbye”
Aneil Karia and Riz Ahmed
“On My Mind”
Martin Strange-Hansen and Kim Magnusson
“Please Hold”
K.D. Dávila and Levin Menekse
Sound
“Belfast” — Denise Yarde, Simon Chase, James Mather and Niv Adiri
“Dune” — Mac Ruth, Mark Mangini, Theo Green, Doug Hemphill and Ron Bartlett
“No Time to Die” — Simon Hayes, Oliver Tarney, James Harrison, Paul Massey and Mark Taylor
“The Power of the Dog” — Richard Flynn, Robert Mackenzie and Tara Webb
“West Side Story” — Tod A. Maitland, Gary Rydstrom, Brian Chumney, Andy Nelson and Shawn Murphy
Visual Effects
“Dune” — Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, Brian Connor and Gerd Nefzer
“Free Guy” — Swen Gillberg, Bryan Grill, Nikos Kalaitzidis and Dan Sudick
“No Time to Die” — Charlie Noble, Joel Green, Jonathan Fawkner and Chris Corbould
“Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” — Christopher Townsend, Joe Farrell, Sean Noel Walker and Dan Oliver
“Spider-Man: No Way Home” — Kelly Port, Chris Waegner, Scott Edelstein and Dan Sudick
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
“CODA” — Screenplay by Siân Heder
“Drive My Car” — Screenplay by Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Takamasa Oe
“Dune” — Screenplay by Jon Spaihts and Denis Villeneuve and Eric Roth
“The Lost Daughter” — Written by Maggie Gyllenhaal
“The Power of the Dog” — Written by Jane Campion
Writing (Original Screenplay)
“Belfast” — Written by Kenneth Branagh
“Don’t Look Up” — Screenplay by Adam McKay , Story by Adam McKay & David Sirota
“King Richard” — Written by Zach Baylin
“Licorice Pizza” — Written by Paul Thomas Anderson
“The Worst Person in the World” — Written by Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier
