95th Academy Awards
The 95th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, took place on March 12, 2023, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles. During the gala, the AMPAS presented Academy Awards in 23 categories honoring films released in 2022. The ceremony, televised in the United States by ABC, was produced by Glenn Weiss and Ricky Kirshner, with Weiss also serving as director. Comedian Jimmy Kimmel hosted the show for the third time, following the 89th ceremony in 2017 and the 90th ceremony in 2018.
In related events, the Academy held its 13th annual Governors Awards ceremony at the Fairmont Century Plaza Hotel in Century City, California, on November 19, 2022. The Academy Scientific and Technical Awards were presented by host Simu Liu on February 24, 2023, in a ceremony at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles.
Everything Everywhere All at Once won seven awards, including Best Picture. Other winners included All Quiet on the Western Front with four awards, The Whale with two, and Avatar: The Way of Water, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse, The Elephant Whisperers, Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio, An Irish Goodbye, Navalny, RRR, Top Gun: Maverick, and Women Talking with one. The telecast drew 18.75 million viewers in the United States.
Winners and nominees
The nominees for the 95th Academy Awards were announced on January 24, 2023, at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, by actors Riz Ahmed and Allison Williams. Everything Everywhere All at Once led all nominees with eleven nominations; All Quiet on the Western Front and The Banshees of Inisherin tied for second with nine nominations each.The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on March 12, 2023. Everything Everywhere All at Once became the first science fiction film to win Best Picture, and became the third film, alongside A Streetcar Named Desire and Network, to win three acting awards. Best Director winners Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert became the third pair of directors to win for the same film. For the first time since the 7th ceremony in 1935, all five Best Actor nominees were first-time nominees. Michelle Yeoh became the first Asian winner for Best Actress and the second woman of color overall after Halle Berry, who won for her performance in Monster's Ball. Furthermore, she became the first woman to identify as Asian to be nominated in that category. Ke Huy Quan became the first Vietnamese person to win an Oscar and the second Asian winner for Best Supporting Actor after Haing S. Ngor, who won for his role in The Killing Fields.
The 42-year span between Judd Hirsch's first nomination, for his supporting role in Ordinary People, and his second, for The Fabelmans, set the record for the longest gap between Oscar nominations. At age 90, Best Original Score nominee John Williams became the oldest person nominated competitively in Oscars history. Best Costume Design winner Ruth E. Carter became the first Black woman to win two Oscars.
Awards
Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger.Governors Awards
The Academy held its 13th annual Governors Awards ceremony on November 19, 2022, during which the following awards were presented:Honorary Awards
- To Euzhan Palcy, a masterful filmmaker who broke ground for Black women directors and inspired storytellers of all kinds across the globe.
- To Diane Warren, for her genius, generosity and passionate commitment to the power of song in film.
- To Peter Weir, a fearless and consummate filmmaker who has illuminated the human experience with his unique and expansive body of work.
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
- Michael J. Fox"For his tireless advocacy of research on Parkinson's disease alongside his boundless optimism exemplifies the impact of one person in changing the future for millions."
Films with multiple nominations and awards
| Nominations | Film |
| 11 | Everything Everywhere All at Once |
| 9 | All Quiet on the Western Front |
| 9 | The Banshees of Inisherin |
| 8 | Elvis |
| 7 | The Fabelmans |
| 6 | Tár |
| 6 | Top Gun: Maverick |
| 5 | Black Panther: Wakanda Forever |
| 4 | Avatar: The Way of Water |
| 3 | Babylon |
| 3 | The Batman |
| 3 | Triangle of Sadness |
| 3 | The Whale |
| 2 | Living |
| 2 | Women Talking |
| Awards | Film |
| 7 | Everything Everywhere All at Once |
| 4 | All Quiet on the Western Front |
| 2 | The Whale |
Presenters and performers
The following individuals, listed in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers:| Name | Role |
| Served as announcer for the 95th Academy Awards | |
| Presented the award for Best Animated Feature | |
| Presented the awards for Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress | |
| Introduced the performance of "Applause" | |
| Presented the award for Best Documentary Feature Film and Best Live Action Short Film | |
| Presented the trailer for The Little Mermaid | |
| Presented the award for Best Cinematography | |
| Introduced the performance of "This Is a Life" | |
| Presented the award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling | |
| Presented the Warner Bros. 100 Years tribute | |
| Presented the award for Best Costume Design | |
| Introduced the performance of "Naatu Naatu" | |
| Presented a montage promoting the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures | |
Salma Hayek Pinault | Presented the award for Best International Feature Film |
| Presented the awards for Best Documentary Short Film and Best Animated Short Film | |
| Presented the award for Best Production Design | |
| Presented the award for Best Original Score | |
| Presented the award for Best Visual Effects | |
| Introduced the performance of "Lift Me Up" | |
| Presented the awards for Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay | |
| Presented the award for Best Sound and Best Original Song | |
| Presented the "In Memoriam" segment | |
| Presented the award for Best Film Editing | |
| Presented the award for Best Director | |
| Presented the awards for Best Actor and Best Actress | |
| Presented the award for Best Picture |
| Name | Role | Work |
| Orchestral | ||
| Performers | "Applause" from Tell It Like a Woman | |
| Performers | "This Is a Life" from Everything Everywhere All at Once | |
| Performers | "Naatu Naatu" from RRR | |
| Lady Gaga | Performer | "Hold My Hand" from Top Gun: Maverick |
| Rihanna | Performer | "Lift Me Up" from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever |
| Performer | "Calling All Angels" during the annual "In Memoriam" tribute |
Ceremony information
In September 2022, the Academy hired television producers Glenn Weiss and Ricky Kirshner to oversee production of the 2023 ceremony. AMPAS president Janet Yang and CEO Bill Kramer remarked that they looked "to deliver an exciting and energized show" with Weiss and Kirshner. Two months later, comedian and talk show host Jimmy Kimmel was announced as host of the gala. "Being invited to host the Oscars for a third time is either a great honor or a trap," Kimmel stated in a press release regarding his selection. "Either way, I am grateful to the Academy for asking me so quickly after everyone good said no", he concluded. Furthermore, AMPAS announced that all 23 categories would be presented live during the gala. The announcement came in response to an internal survey which indicated negative feedback regarding the previous year's decision to present eight below-the-line categories prior to the live portion of last year's gala.In light of the Chris Rock–Will Smith slapping incident during the previous year's telecast, AMPAS announced that the organization hired a "crisis team" in the event a similar altercation or if an unexpected fiasco arose. In an interview published by Time magazine, Kramer explained: "We have a whole crisis team, something we've never had before, and many plans in place. We've run many scenarios. So it is our hope that we will be prepared for anything that we may not anticipate right now but that we're planning for just in case it does happen."
Several others participated in the production of the ceremony and related events. Rickey Minor served as musical director for the ceremony. Production designers Misty Buckley and Alana Billingsley, who were the first women-led design team for an Oscars telecast, designed a new stage for the show. According to Buckley and Billingsley, the stage was designed to resemble Art Deco movie palaces from the Golden Age of Hollywood. Additionally, the set utilized several LED panels that were used to display the category names, winners' names, or images from the nominated films. Notably, the arrivals area along Hollywood Boulevard outside the Dolby Theatre was lined with a champagne-colored carpet, marking the first time since the 32nd ceremony in 1960 that a non-red colored carpet was utilized for the gala. According to red carpet consultant Lisa Love, the production team chose a lighter shade of carpet color in order to not clash with a sienna-colored tent erected to shield attendees from the sun or potential rain. She also added that the shades of color for both the carpet and tent were inspired by "watching the sunset on a white-sand beach at the 'golden hour' with a glass of champagne in hand, evoking calm and peacefulness".
Lady Gaga was initially not scheduled to perform her nominated song "Hold My Hand" from Top Gun: Maverick due to prior commitments involving her role in Joker: Folie à Deux. On the morning of the ceremony, however, it was reported that Gaga would perform at the ceremony. Meanwhile, actress Glenn Close, who was originally scheduled as a presenter during the gala, canceled her appearance due to a positive COVID-19 test.