American filmmaker Sean Baker (b. 1971) triumphed at the 97th Academy Awards yesterday as he became the first person in Oscar history to win four competitive Academy Awards for the same film on the same Oscars night. His latest feature, “Anora,” won five, with four for Mr. Baker for co-producing, directing, editing and writing the film’s screenplay. His achievement is all the more remarkable since his independent low-budget film only cost $6 million to make; up until now, the film’s cumulative worldwide gross is about $40 million.

He had only forty people on the entire film crew and he edited the film with his wife and co-producer Samantha Quan from their living room couch.

“Anora” tells the story of a sex worker who marries the son of a Russian oligarch, and earned newcomer Mikey Madison the Best Actress Oscar. Adrien Brody, a previous winner for Roman Polanski’s “The Pianist” (2002), won his second Oscar for Best Actor for his role in “The Brutalist”; the film received two more Oscars for cinematography and original score. Kieran Culkin (“A Real Pain”) and Zoe Saldaña (“Emilia Pérez”) won in the supporting acting categories.

”Emilia Pérez” had garnered thirteen Oscar nominations in total this year, the most of any other film, and won a second Oscar for Best Original Song.

Among the many speeches, Adrien Brody’s and Sean Baker’s thoughts and comments were inspiring and encouraging. The latter said, “Movie theaters, especially independently-owned theaters, are struggling. During the pandemic, we lost 1,000 screens in the U.S., and we continue to lose them regularly. If we don’t reverse this trend, we’ll be losing a vital part of our culture; this is my battle cry. Filmmakers: keep making films for the big screen. I know I will.”

Television personality Conan O’Brien emceed the Oscars for the first time, taking over from Jimmy Kimmel, who hosted the three previous editions.

See the full list of nominees and winners (in bold) below.

Film

“Anora” directed by Sean Baker; produced by Sean Baker, Alex Coco, Samantha Quan
“The Brutalist” directed by Brady Corbet; produced by Brady Corbet, Nick Gordon, D.J. Gugenheim, Andrew Morrison, Brian Young
“A Complete Unknown” directed by James Mangold; produced by Fred Berger, Alex Heineman, James Mangold
“Conclave” directed by Edward Berger; produced by Alex Heineman, Juliette Howell, Tessa Ross,
“Dune: Part Two” directed by Denis Villeneuve; produced by Cale Boyter, Tanya Lapointe, Mary Parent, Denis Villeneuve
“Emilia Pérez” directed by Jacques Audiard; produced by Jacques Audiard, Pascal Caucheteux
“I’m Still Here” directed by Walter Salles; produced by Maria Carlota Bruno, Rodrigo Teixeira
“Nickel Boys” directed by RaMell Ross; produced by Joslyn Barnes, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner
“The Substance” directed by Coralie Fargeat; produced by Tim Bevan, Coralie Fargeat, Eric Fellner
“Wicked” directed by Jon M. Chu; produced by Marc Platt

International feature film

“Ainda Estou Aqui”/“I’m Still Here” (Brazil), directed by Walter Salles
“Pigen med nalen”/“The Girl With the Needle” (Denmark), directed by Magnus von Horn
“Emilia Pérez” (France), directed by Jacques Audiard
“Dâne-ye anjîr ma’âbed”/“The Seed of the Sacred Fig” (Germany), directed by Mohammad Rasoulof
“Straume”/“Flow” (Latvia), directed by Gints Zilbalodis

Animated feature film

“Straume” (“Flow”) directed by Gints Zilbalidos; produced by Gints Zilbalidos, Matīss Kaža, Ron Dyens, Gregory Zalcman
“Inside Out 2” directed by Kelsey Mann; produced by Mark Nielsen
“Memoir of a Snail” directed by Adam Elliot; produced by Adam Elliot, Liz Kearney
“Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Must Fowl” directed by Merlin Crossingham, Nick Park; produced by Richard Beek
“The Wild Robot” directed by Chris Sanders; produced by Jeff Hermann

Director

Jacques Audiard (“Emilia Pérez”)
Sean Baker (“Anora”)
Brady Corbet (“The Brutalist”)
Coralie Fargeat (“The Substance”)
James Mangold (“A Complete Unknown”)

Actor in a leading role

Adrian Brody (“The Brutalist”)
Timothée Chalamet (“A Complete Unknown”)
Colman Domingo (“Sing Sing”)
Ralph Fiennes (“Conclave”)
Sebastian Stan (“The Apprentice”)

Actress in a leading role

Cynthia Erivo (“Wicked”)
Karla Sofía Gascón (“Emilia Pérez”)
Mikey Madison (“Anora”)
Demi Moore (“The Substance”)
Fernanda Torres (“I’m Still Here”)

Actor in a supporting role

Yura Borisov (“Anora”)
Kieran Culkin (“A Real Pain”)
Edward Norton (“A Complete Unknown”)
Guy Pearce (“The Brutalist”)
Jeremy Strong (“The Apprentice”)

Actress in a supporting role

Monica Barbaro (“A Complete Unknown”)
Ariana Grande (“Wicked”)
Felicity Jones (“The Brutalist”)
Isabella Rossellini (“Conclave”)
Zoe Saldaña (“Emilia Pérez”)

Original screenplay

Sean Baker (“Anora”)
Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold (“The Brutalist”)
Jesse Eisenberg (“A Real Pain”)
Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum, Alex David (“September 5”)
Coralie Fargeat (“The Substance”)

Adapted screenplay

Jay Cocks, James Mangold (“A Complete Unknown”)
Peter Straughan (“Conclave”)
Jacques Audiard (“Emilia Pérez”)
RaMell Ross, Joslyn Barbes (“Nickel Boys”)
Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar; story by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence Maclin, John ‘Divine G’ Whitfield (“Sing Sing”)

Original score

Daniel Blumberg (“The Brutalist”)
Volker Bertelmann (“Conclave”)
Clément Ducol, Camille (“Emilia Pérez”)
John Powell, Stephen Schwartz (“Wicked”)
Kris Bowers (“The Wild Robot”)

Original song

Music and lyrics by Elton John, Brandi Carlile, Andrew Watt, Bernie Taupin (“Never Too Late” from “Elton John: Never Too Late”)
Music by Clément Ducol, Camille; lyrics by Jacques Audiard, Clément Ducol, Camille (“El Mal” from “Emilia Pérez”)
Music and lyrics by Clément Ducol, Camille (“Mi Camino” from “Emilia Pérez”)
Music and lyrics by Abraham Alexander, Adrian Quesada (“Like a Bird” from “Sing Sing”)
Music and lyrics by Diane Warren (“The Journey” from “The Six Triple Eight”)

Cinematography

Lol Crawley (“The Brutalist”)
Greig Fraser (“Dune: Part II”)
Paul Guilhaume (“Emilia Pérez”)
Ed Lachman (“Maria”)
Jarin Blaschke (“Nosferatu”)

Editing

Sean Baker (“Anora”)
David Jancso (“The Brutalist”)
Nick Emerson (“Conclave”)
Juliette Welfling (“Emilia Pérez”)
Myron Kerstein (“Wicked”)

Production design

Production design by Judy Becker; set decoration by Patricia Cuccia (“The Brutalist”)
Production design by Suzie Davies; set decoration by Cynthia Sleiter (“Conclave”)
Production design by Patrice Vermette; set decoration by Shane Vieau (“Dune: Part II”)
Production design by Craig Lathrop; set decoration by Beatrice Brentnerova (“Nosferatu”)
Production design by Nathan Crowley; set decoration by Lee Sandales (“Wicked”)

Costume design

Arianne Phillips (“A Complete Unknown”)
Lisy Christl (“Conclave”)
Janty Yates, Dave Crossman (“Gladiator II”)
Linda Muir (“Nosferatu”)
Paul Tazewell (“Wicked”)

Sound

Ted Caplan, David Giammarco, Tod A. Maitland, Paul Massey, Donald Sylvester (“A Complete Unknown”)
Ron Bartlett, Doug Hemphill, Gareth John, Richard King (“Dune: Part II”)
Niels Barletta, Aymeric Devoldère, Maxence Dussère, Cyril Holtz, Erwan Kerzanet (“Emilia Pérez”)
Jack Dolman, Simon Hayes, John Marquis, Andy Nelson, Nancy Tugent Title (“Wicked”)
Brian Chumney, Leff Lefferts, Gary A. Rizzo, Randy Thom (“The Wild Robot”)

Visual effects

Eric Barba, Daniel Macarin, Shane Mahan, Nelson Sepulveda-Fauser (“Alien: Romulus”)
David Clayton, Keith Herft, Luke Millar, Peter Stubbs (“Better Man”)
Stephen James, Paul Lambert, Gerd Nefzer, Rhys Salcombe (“Dune: Part II”)
Rodney Burke, Paul Story, Stephen Unterfranz, Erik Winquist (“Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes”)
Paul Corbould, Jonathan Fawkner, Pablo Helman, David Shirk (“Wicked”)

Makeup and hairstyling

Mike Marino, David Presto, Crystal Jurado (“A Different Man”)
Julia Floch Carbonel, Emmanuel Janvier, Jean-Christophe Spadaccini (“Emilia Pérez”)
David White, Traci Loader, Suzanne Stokes-Munton (“Nosferatu”)
Pierre-Olivier Persin, Stéphanie Guillon, Marilyne Scarselli (“The Substance”)
Francis Hannon, Laura Blount, Sarah Nuth (“Wicked”)

Documentary feature

“Black Box Diaries” directed by Shiori Ito; produced by Hanna Aqvilin, Eric Nyari
“No Other Land” directed by Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor; produced by Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor
“Porcelain War” directed by Brendan Bellomo, Slava Leontyev; produced by Aniela Sidorska, Paula DuPré Pesmen
“Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat” directed by Johan Grimonprez; produced by Rémi Grellety, Daan Milius
“Sugarcane” directed by Emily Kassie, Julian Brave NoiseCat; produced by Kellen Quinn

Documentary short

“Death by Numbers” directed by Kim A. Snyder; produced by Janique L. Robillard
“I Am Ready, Warden” directed by Smriti Mundhra; produced by Maya Gnyp
“Incident” directed by Bill Morrison; produced by Jamie Kalven
“Instruments of a Beating Heart” directed by Ema Ryan Yamazaki; produced by Eric Nyari
“The Only Girl in the Orchestra” directed by Molly O’Brien; produced by Lisa Remington

Live action short

“Anuja” directed by Adam J. Graves; produced by Suchitra Mattai
“Ik ben geen robot” (“I’m Not a Robot”) directed by Victoria Warmerdam; produced by Trent
“The Last Ranger” directed by Cindy Lee; produced by Darwin Shaw
“A Lien” directed by David Cutler-Kreutz, Sam Cutler-Kreutz; produced by David Cutler-Kreutz, Sam Cutler-Kreutz
“Covjek koji nije mogao sutjeti” (“The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent”) directed by Nebojsa Slijepcevic; produced by Danijel Pek

Animated short

“Beautiful Men” directed by Nicolas Keppens; produced by Brecht Van Elslande
“In the Shadow of the Cypress” directed by Hossein Molayemi, Shirin Sohani; produced by Hossein Molayemi, Shirin Sohani
“Magic Candies” directed by Daisuke Nishio; produced by Takashi Washio
“Wander to Wonder” directed by Nina Gantz; produced by Stienette Bosklopper
“Beurk! (“Yuck!”) directed by Loïc Espuche; produced by Juliette Marquet