The 93rd Academy Awards ceremony was held on April 25, 2021, rather than its usual late-February date due to special reasons.
Winners
The nominees were announced on March 15. The winners were announced during the award ceremony. Chinese film-maker Chloé Zhao became the first woman of Asia to win Best Director and the second woman overall after Kathryn Bigelow, who claimed the title at the 2010 ceremony for directing The Hurt Locker. Best Actress winner Frances McDormand became the seventh person to win a third acting Oscar and the second to win Best Actress three times. As a producer of Nomadland, she was also the first person in history to win Oscars for both acting and producing for the same film. Best Supporting Actress winner Yuh-Jung Youn became the first Korean performer and the second Asian female to win an Oscar after Miyoshi Umeki, who won the same category for her role in 1957's Sayonara.
Part of awards
Best Actor Anthony Hopkins ——The Father as Anthony
Best Supporting Actress Yuh-Jung Youn —— Minari as Soon-ja
Best Director Chloé Zhao ——Nomadland
Best Production Design Mank ——Production Design: Donald Graham Burt; Set Decoration: Jan Pascale
Best Picture Nomadland——Frances McDormand, Peter Spears, and Chloé Zhao
Best Cinematography Mank ——Erik Messerschmidt
Best Costume Design Ma Rainey's Black Bottom —— Ann Roth
Best Supporting Actor Daniel Kaluuya —— Judas and the Black Messiah as Fred Hampton
Rule changes
Due to the ceremony date change, the Academy changed the qualification deadline for feature films(故事片)from December 31,2020 to February 28, 2021.The Academy also revised its release and distribution requirements by allowing for films that were released via video on demand or streaming(流媒体)to be qualified for the awards.
