The Academy controversially cut eight awards categories from its Oscars broadcast this year, those crediting behind-the-scenes work – here’s who won.
In a decision that was controversial to say the least, The Academy decided to cut its telecast short by giving awards for eight categories off-air. It was a move that understandably hurt the affected parties – most of whom are people who already work behind-the-scenes and deserve recognition.
While the cameras were focused on the red carpet outside, inside the Dolby Theatre Jason Momoa and Josh Brolin hosted the 60-minute pre-show awards. The categories included Production Design, Editing, Score, and Sound, as well as Documentary Short, Makeup and Hairstyling, Animated Short, and Live Action Short.
To give these categories the recognition they deserve, here’s the full list of Oscars pre-show winners, and their acceptance speeches. Finding video footage of the full speeches proved to be a bit more tricky than you might expect, which just goes to show even more that these categories deserved to be televised properly. We’ve included footage of the full speeches where possible.
Best Production Design
Winners: Patrice Vermette and Zsuzsanna Sipos for Dune
Here’s the production design speech with a shout out to the late director Jean-Marc Vallee pic.twitter.com/Ex1i31mYFt
— Kyle Buchanan (@kylebuchanan) March 27, 2022
Best Editing
Winner: Joe Walker for Dune
DUNE editor Joe Walker delivers the funniest speech of the night, about how his kids used his Oscar nomination to expertly clown on him pic.twitter.com/CYItMjHBgm
— Kyle Buchanan (@kylebuchanan) March 27, 2022
Best Original Score
Winner: Hans Zimmer for Dune (again)
Zimmer was busy with a concert tour, so was unable to accept the award himself. However, Jason Momoa gladly accepted on his behalf.
Best Sound
Winners: Mac Ruth, Mark Mangini, Theo Green, Doug Hemphill, and Ron Bartlett for (you guessed it) Dune
Here’s the full acceptance speech for Best Sound… pic.twitter.com/GXsLfrRxSn
— Kyle Buchanan (@kylebuchanan) March 27, 2022
Best Documentary Short
Winner: Ben Proudfoot for Queen Of Basketball
“If there is anyone out there that still doubts whether there’s an audience for female athletes, let this Academy Award be the answer.”
Ben Proudfoot accepts Academy Award Best Documentary Short for “The Queen of Basketball.”https://t.co/1H1Y9jC9bl#oscars pic.twitter.com/y7CjC7UINz
— ABC News (@ABC) March 28, 2022
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Winner: Linda Dowds, Stephanie Ingram, and Justin Raleigh for The Eyes Of Tammy Faye
Jessica Chastain made sure she’d be in the room when her EYES OF TAMMY FAYE team won hair and makeup. You can see her embracing them in this video. pic.twitter.com/LAwCViBvp2
— Kyle Buchanan (@kylebuchanan) March 27, 2022
Best Animated Short
Winner: Alberto Mielgo and Leo Sanchez for The Windshield Wiper
And here’s the full speech for animated short pic.twitter.com/y3nLCPqIct
— Kyle Buchanan (@kylebuchanan) March 27, 2022
Best Live Action Short
Winners: Riz Ahmed and Aniel Karia for The Long Goodbye
“This is for everyone who feels like they’re stuck in No Man’s Land,” says Riz Ahmed in his full speech. “You’re not alone. We’ll meet you there.” pic.twitter.com/ZT1yRnwYg0
— Kyle Buchanan (@kylebuchanan) March 27, 2022
It’s truly a shame that these awards weren’t properly televised this year, and that the winners full speeches are tricky to find. It just goes to show that by cutting the craft awards out of the broadcast, all The Academy’s done is lessen our knowledge of the great talents working in these fields.
It’ll be interesting to see what it chooses to do going forward.
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