Awards

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).^[7]

Best Picture Nomadland– Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey, Frances McDormand, Peter Spears and Chloé Zhao The Father– Philippe Carcassonne, Jean-Louis Livi and David Parfitt Judas and the Black Messiah– Ryan Coogler, Charles D. King and Shaka King Mank– Ceán Chaffin, Eric Roth and Douglas Urbanski Minari– Christina Oh Promising Young Woman– Ben Browning, Emerald Fennell, Ashley Fox and Josey McNamara Sound of Metal– Bert Hamelinck and Sacha Ben Harroche The Trial of the Chicago 7– Stuart M. Besser and Marc Platt	Best Director Chloé Zhao– Nomadland Thomas Vinterberg– Another Round David Fincher– Mank Lee Isaac Chung– Minari Emerald Fennell– Promising Young Woman
Best Actor *Anthony Hopkins– The Father* as Anthony** Riz Ahmed– Sound of Metal as Ruben Stone Chadwick Boseman(posthumous)– Ma Rainey's Black Bottom as Levee Green Gary Oldman– Mank as Herman J. Mankiewicz Steven Yeun– Minari as Jacob Yi	Best Actress *Frances McDormand– Nomadland* as Fern** Viola Davis– Ma Rainey's Black Bottom as Ma Rainey Andra Day– The United States vs. Billie Holiday as Billie Holiday Vanessa Kirby– Pieces of a Woman as Martha Weiss Carey Mulligan– Promising Young Woman as Cassandra "Cassie" Thomas
Best Supporting Actor *Daniel Kaluuya– Judas and the Black Messiah* as Fred Hampton** Sacha Baron Cohen– The Trial of the Chicago 7 as Abbie Hoffman Leslie Odom Jr.– One Night in Miami... as Sam Cooke Paul Raci– Sound of Metal as Joe Lakeith Stanfield– Judas and the Black Messiah as William "Bill" O'Neal	Best Supporting Actress *Youn Yuh-jung– Minari* as Soon-ja** Maria Bakalova– Borat Subsequent Moviefilm as Tutar Sagdiyev Glenn Close– Hillbilly Elegy as Bonnie "Mamaw" Vance Olivia Colman– The Father as Anne Amanda Seyfried– Mank as Marion Davies
Best Original Screenplay Promising Young Woman– Emerald Fennell Judas and the Black Messiah– Screenplay by Will Berson and Shaka King; Story by Berson, King, Keith Lucas and Kenny Lucas Minari– Lee Isaac Chung Sound of Metal– Screenplay by Abraham Marder and Darius Marder; Story by Derek Cianfrance and D. Marder The Trial of the Chicago 7– Aaron Sorkin	Best Adapted Screenplay The Father– Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller, based on the play by Zeller Borat Subsequent Moviefilm– Screenplay by Sacha Baron Cohen, Peter Baynham, Jena Friedman, Anthony Hines, Lee Kern, Dan Mazer, Erica Rivinoja and Dan Swimer; Story by Baron Cohen, Hines, Nina Pedrad and Swimer; Based on the character by Baron Cohen Nomadland– Chloé Zhao, based on the book by Jessica Bruder One Night in Miami...– Kemp Powers, based on his play The White Tiger– Ramin Bahrani, based on the novel by Aravind Adiga
Best Animated Feature Film Soul– Pete Docter and Dana Murray Onward– Dan Scanlon and Kori Rae Over the Moon– Peilin Chou, Glen Keane, and Gennie Rin A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon– Will Becher, Paul Kewley, and Richard Phelan Wolfwalkers– Tomm Moore, Stéphan Roelants, Ross Stewart and Paul Young	Best International Feature Film Another Round (Denmark) in Danish – directed by Thomas Vinterberg Better Days (Hong Kong) in Mandarin – directed by Derek Tsang Collective (Romania) in Romanian – directed by Alexander Nanau The Man Who Sold His Skin (Tunisia) in Arabic – directed by Kaouther Ben Hania Quo Vadis, Aida? (Bosnia and Herzegovina) in Bosnian – directed by Jasmila Žbanić
Best Documentary Feature My Octopus Teacher – Pippa Ehrlich, Craig Foster and James Reed Collective – Alexander Nanau and Bianca Oana Crip Camp – Sara Bolder, Jim LeBrecht and Nicole Newnham The Mole Agent – Maite Alberdi and Marcela Santibáñez Time – Garrett Bradley, Lauren Domino and Kellen Quinn	Best Documentary Short Subject Colette– Alice Doyard and Anthony Giacchino A Concerto Is a Conversation– Kris Bowers and Ben Proudfoot Do Not Split– Charlotte Cook and Anders Hammer Hunger Ward– Skye Fitzgerald and Michael Shueuerman A Love Song for Latasha– Sophia Nahali Allison and Janice Duncan
Best Live Action Short Film Two Distant Strangers– Travon Free and Martin Desmond Roe Feeling Through– Doug Roland and Susan Ruzenski The Letter Room– Elvira Lind and Sofia Sondervan The Present– Ossama Bawardi and Farah Nabulsi White Eye– Shira Hochman and Tomer Shushan	Best Animated Short Film If Anything Happens I Love You– Michael Govier and Will McCormack Burrow– Michael Capbarat and Madeline Sharafian Genius Loci– Adrien Mérigeau and Amaury Ovise Opera– Erick Oh Yes-People– Arnar Gunnarsson and Gísli Darri Halldórsson
Best Original Score Soul– Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste Da 5 Bloods– Terence Blanchard Mank– Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross Minari– Emile Mosseri News of the World– James Newton Howard	Best Original Song *"Fight for You" from Judas and the Black Messiah* – Music by D'Mile and H.E.R.; lyric by H.E.R. and Tiara Thomas** "Hear My Voice" from The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Music by Daniel Pemberton; lyric by Celeste and Pemberton "Husavik" from Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga – Music and lyric by Rickard Göransson, Fat Max Gsus and Savan Kotecha "Io sì (Seen)" from The Life Ahead – Music by Diane Warren; lyric by Laura Pausini and Warren "Speak Now" from One Night in Miami... – Music and lyric by Sam Ashworth and Leslie Odom Jr.
Best Sound Sound of Metal– Jaime Baksht, Nicolas Becker, Philip Bladh, Carlos Cortés and Michelle Couttolenc Greyhound– Beau Borders, Michael Minkler, Warren Shaw and David Wyman Mank– Ren Klyce, Drew Kunin, Jeremy Molod, Nathan Nance and David Parker News of the World– William Miller, John Pritchett, Mike Prestwood Smith and Oliver Tarney Soul– Coya Elliot, Ren Klyce and David Parker	Best Production Design Mank– Production Design: Donald Graham Burt; Set Decoration: Jan Pascale The Father– Production Design: Peter Francis; Set Decoration: Cathy Featherstone Ma Rainey's Black Bottom– Production Design: Mark Ricker; Set Decoration: Karen O'Hara and Diana Stoughton News of the World– Production Design: David Crank; Set Decoration: Elizabeth Keenan Tenet– Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Kathy Lucas
Best Cinematography Mank – Erik Messerschmidt Judas and the Black Messiah – Sean Bobbitt News of the World – Dariusz Wolski Nomadland – Joshua James Richards The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Phedon Papamichael	Best Makeup and Hairstyling Ma Rainey's Black Bottom– Sergio Lopez-Rivera, Mia Neal and Jamika Wilson Emma.– Laura Allen, Marese Langan and Claudia Stolze Hillbilly Elegy– Patricia Dehaney, Eryn Krueger Mekash and Matthew W. Mungle Mank– Colleen LaBaff, Kimberley Spiteri and Gigi Williams Pinocchio– Dalia Colli, Mark Coulier and Francesco Pegoretti
Best Costume Design Ma Rainey's Black Bottom – Ann Roth Emma. – Alexandra Byrne Mank – Trish Summerville Mulan – Bina Daigeler Pinocchio – Massimo Cantini Parrini	Best Film Editing Sound of Metal– Mikkel E.G. Nielsen The Father– Yorgos Lamprinos Nomadland– Chloé Zhao Promising Young Woman– Frédéric Thoraval The Trial of the Chicago 7– Alan Baumgarten
Best Visual Effects Tenet– Scott R. Fisher, Andrew Jackson, David Lee and Andrew Lockley Love and Monsters– Genevieve Camailleri, Brian Cox, Matt Everitt and Matt Sloan The Midnight Sky– Matthew Kasmir, Chris Lawrence, Max Solomon and David Watkins Mulan– Sean Andrew Faden, Steve Ingram, Anders Langlands and Seth Maury The One and Only Ivan– Nick Davis, Greg Fisher, Ben Jones and Santiago Colomo Martinez

Governors Awards

The Academy cancelled its annual Governors Awards ceremony due to the COVID-19 pandemic and has planned to incorporate the winners into the Oscar ceremony.^[8] This is the first year of the Governors Awards in which there have not been any official winners of the Academy Honorary Award.

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

There were two recipients of the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award:^[9]

Tyler Perry– for his active engagement with philanthropy and charitable endeavors in recent years, including efforts to address homelessness and economic difficulties faced by members of the African-American community.
Motion Picture & Television Fund– being honored for the emotional and financial relief services it offers to members of the entertainment industry.