Oscars 2024 Winners: Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan, Robert Downey Jr.

Oscars 2024 Winners: Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan, Robert Downey Jr.

Summary

  •  Oppenheimer won seven Oscars, including Best Picture, Director, and Original Score
  • Robert Downey Jr. won his first Oscar for his role in Oppenheimer as Lewis Strauss
  • The full list of 2024 Oscar winners can be found below, including winners for Actor/Actress in a Leading/Supporting Role, Animated Feature Film, and more

Sunday night at the 96th Academy Awards saw Oppenheimer win big taking home seven Oscars including big wins for Christopher Nolan, Cillian Murphy, and Robert Downey Jr.

Oppenheimer won for Best Picture, Director, Actor in a Leading Role, Original Score, Cinematography, Film Editing, and Actor in a Supporting Role.

Robert Downey Jr. won his first Oscar, with his third time being nominated.

“Here’s my little secret, I needed this job more than it needed me. Chris (Nolan) knew it, Emma (Thomas) made sure she surrounded me with one of the great casts and crews of all time — Emily, Cillian, Matt Damon, Blunt — it was fantastic and I stand here a before you a better man because of it,” said Downey, Jr. “What we do is meaningful, and the stuff we decide to make is important.”

He continued, “Back to my publicist, my agent Philip Raskind, and Andrew Dunlap, and my den mother, Joy Fehily, thank you very much. I’m going to thank my stylist in case no one else does. Thanks, Erika, thank you very much. And I’m just going to say this, my entertainment lawyer, Tom Hansen, of 40 years, half of which he tried getting me insured and bailing me out of the hoosegow — thanks Bro!”

Check out the full list below where Godzilla Minus One also won big.

Oscars 2024: Robert Downey Jr. wins his first Academy Award for supporting actor in 'Oppenheimer'

NOMINEES
BOBI WINE: THE PEOPLE’S PRESIDENT
Moses Bwayo, Christopher Sharp and John Battsek
THE ETERNAL MEMORY
Maite Alberdi
FOUR DAUGHTERS
Kaouther Ben Hania and Nadim Cheikhrouha
TO KILL A TIGER
Nisha Pahuja, Cornelia Principe and David Oppenheim

DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM

THE LAST REPAIR SHOP
Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers

NOMINEES
THE ABCS OF BOOK BANNING
Sheila Nevins and Trish Adlesic
THE BARBER OF LITTLE ROCK
John Hoffman and Christine Turner
ISLAND IN BETWEEN
S. Leo Chiang and Jean Tsien
NǍI NAI & WÀI PÓ
Sean Wang and Sam Davis

FILM EDITING

OPPENHEIMER
Jennifer Lame

NOMINEES
ANATOMY OF A FALL
Laurent Sénéchal
THE HOLDOVERS
Kevin Tent
KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
Thelma Schoonmaker
POOR THINGS
Yorgos Mavropsaridis

INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM

THE ZONE OF INTEREST
United Kingdom

NOMINEES
IO CAPITANO
Italy
PERFECT DAYS
Japan
SOCIETY OF THE SNOW
Spain
THE TEACHERS’ LOUNGE
Germany

MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

POOR THINGS
Nadia Stacey, Mark Coulier and Josh Weston

NOMINEES
GOLDA
Karen Hartley Thomas, Suzi Battersby and Ashra Kelly-Blue
MAESTRO
Kazu Hiro, Kay Georgiou and Lori McCoy-Bell
OPPENHEIMER
Luisa Abel
SOCIETY OF THE SNOW
Ana López-Puigcerver, David Martí and Montse Ribé

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)

OPPENHEIMER
Ludwig Göransson

NOMINEES
AMERICAN FICTION
Laura Karpman
INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY
John Williams
KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
Robbie Robertson
POOR THINGS
Jerskin Fendrix

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)

WHAT WAS I MADE FOR?
from Barbie; Music and Lyric by Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell

NOMINEES
THE FIRE INSIDE
from Flamin’ Hot; Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
I’M JUST KEN

About Matt McGloin

Matt McGloin is the editor-in-chief and publisher of Cosmic Book News, the independent entertainment news site he founded in 2008. He covers movies, comics, TV, video games and pop culture and has reported major industry scoops over the years, including revealing the Avengers: Endgame title ahead of its official announcement. Through Cosmic Book News, he helped Marvel Comics promote Guardians of the Galaxy and Nova through exclusive previews, artwork, and interviews, with the site also quoted in solicitations and on comic covers. He also reported on Marvel’s Daredevil: Born Again retooling before it was later confirmed by the trades.

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