Oscar 2018 Award

The Academy Award mainly known as Oscar Award is an award for American actors given annually by Academy of Motion Picture Art and Sciences (AMPAS).

Each winners are given a copy of golden statuette officially called the Academy Award of Merit. Below are some details about the 90th Oscar Award.

The Academy Award was hosted March 4,2018 rather than its usual late February at Dolby Theatre in Hollywood,Los Angeles, California.

The Academy awards (Oscar) was presented in 24 categories by AMPAS,these categories include;

• Best Actor in a Supporting Role
• Best Actor in a Leading Role
• Best Actress in a Leading Role
• Best Actress in a Supporting Role
• Best Adapted Screenplay
• Best Animated Feature
• Best Animated Short Film
• Best Art Direction
• Best Cinematography
• Best Costume Design
• Best Director
• Best Documentary Feature
• Best Documentary Short Subject
• Best Film Editing
• Best Foreign Language Film
• Best Makeup
• Best Original Score
• Best Original Screenplay
• Best Original Song
• Best Original Story
• Best Picture
• Best Sound Editing
• Best Sound Mixing
• Best Visual Effects
• Live Action Short Film

After Billy Crystall hosted the ceremony back-to-back in 1997 and 1998, Jimmy Kimmel who hosted for this year's award happens to be the first to host this ceremony back-to-back (2017 and 2018).The event was televised in the United States by American Broadcasting Company (ABC), produced by Michael De Luca and Jennifer Told and directed by Glenn Weiss.

The shape of water had the highest number of Nominees with thirteen nomination ahead of Dunkirk which had eight and Three Billboard Outside Ebbing, Missouri With Seven nominess.

 Oscar Award Nominees?

BEST PICTURE

CALL ME BY YOUR NAME

DARKEST HOUR

DUNKIRK

GET OUT

LADY BIRD

PHANTOM THREAD

THE POST

WINNER! - THE SHAPE OF WATER

THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

Timothée Chalamet CALL ME BY YOUR NAME

Daniel Day-Lewis PHANTOM THREAD

Daniel Kaluuya GET OUT

WINNER! - Gary Oldman DARKEST HOUR

Denzel Washington ROMAN J. ISRAEL, ESQ.

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

Sally Hawkins in THE SHAPE OF WATER

WINNER! - Frances McDormand THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI

Margot Robbie I, TONYA

Saoirse Ronan LADY BIRD

Meryl Streep THE POST

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Willem Dafoe THE FLORIDA PROJECT

Woody Harrelson THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI

Richard Jenkins THE SHAPE OF WATER

Christopher Plummer ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD

WINNER! - Sam Rockwell THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOUROLE

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Mary J. Blige MUDBOUND

WINNER! - Allison Janney I, TONYA

Lesley Manville PHANTOM THREAD

Laurie Metcalf LADY BIRD

Octavia Spencer THE SHAPE OF WATER

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

THE BOSS BABY
THE BREADWINNER
WINNER! - COCO
FERDINAND
LOVING VINCENT

CINEMATOGRAPHY

WINNER! - BLADE RUNNER 2049
DARKEST HOUR
DUNKIRK
MUDBOUND
THE SHAPE OF WATER

COSTUME DESIGN

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
DARKEST HOUR
WINNER! - PHANTOM THREAD
THE SHAPE OF WATER
VICTORIA & ABDUL

DIRECTING

DUNKIRK
GET OUT
LADY BIRD
PHANTOM THREAD
WINNER! - THE SHAPE OF WATER

DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)

ABACUS: SMALL ENOUGH TO JAIL
FACES PLACES
WINNER! - ICARUS
LAST MEN IN ALEPPO
STRONG ISLAND

DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT)

EDITH+EDDIE
WINNER! - HEAVEN IS A TRAFFIC JAM ON THE 405
HEROIN(E)
KNIFE SKILLS
TRAFFIC STOP

FILM EDITING

BABY DRIVER
WINNER! - DUNKIRK
I, TONYA
THE SHAPE OF WATER
THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

WINNER! - A FANTASTIC WOMAN
THE INSULT
LOVELESS
ON BODY AND SOUL
THE SQUARE

MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

WINNER! - DARKEST HOUR
VICTORIA & ABDUL
WONDER

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)

DUNKIRK
PHANTOM THREAD
WINNER! - THE SHAPE OF WATER
STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI
THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)

"Mighty River" from MUDBOUND
"Mystery Of Love" from CALL ME BY YOUR NAME
WINNER - "Remember Me" from COCO
"Stand Up For Something" from MARSHALL
"This Is Me" from THE GREATEST SHOWMAN

PRODUCTION DESIGN

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
BLADE RUNNER 2049
DARKEST HOUR
DUNKIRK
WINNER! - THE SHAPE OF WATER

SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)

WINNER! - DEAR BASKETBALL
GARDEN PARTY
LOU (Walt Disney)
NEGATIVE SPACE
REVOLTING RHYMES

SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)

DEKALB ELEMENTARY
THE ELEVEN O'CLOCK
MY NEPHEW EMMETT
WINNER! - THE SILENT CHILD
WATU WOTE/ALL OF US


SOUND EDITING

BABY DRIVER
BLADE RUNNER 2049
WINNER! - DUNKIRK
THE SHAPE OF WATER
STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI

SOUND MIXING

BABY DRIVER
BLADE RUNNER 2049
WINNER! - DUNKIRK
THE SHAPE OF WATER
STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI

VISUAL EFFECTS

WINNER! - BLADE RUNNER 2049
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2
KONG: SKULL ISLAND
STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI
WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES

WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)

WINNER! - CALL ME BY YOUR NAME
THE DISASTER ARTIST
LOGAN
MOLLY'S GAME
MUDBOUND

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)

THE BIG SICK
WINNER! - GET OUT
LADY BIRD
THE SHAPE OF WATER
THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI