The 3D space drama “Gravity” of Alfonso Cuaron won his first trophy at the 86th Academy awards in the film editing category. It swept the Oscars in technical categories by taking home five early awards.
Cuaron is also up for the best picture and best director Oscar shared his first trophy in the film editing category with Mark Sanger.
The film, starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney, had a clean sweep when it came to the technical categories for bringing alive the beauty and terror of outer space in a magical way through 3D.
“Gravity” was a winner for cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki for his stunning camera work.
It had defeated films like “The Grand Master”, “Inside Llewyn Davis”, “Nebraska” and “Prisoners”.
The film won in sound editing and mixing categories for Glenn Freemantle and Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead and Chris Munro.
Visual Effects trophy too went to “Gravity” with Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk and Neil Corbould sharing the Oscar.
The other technical trophies of the night were won by “The Great Gatsby”, which had a cameo by Indian star Amitabh Bachchan.
The complete list of Oscar winner is:
Best Picture: 12 Years a Slave
Actor: Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club
Actress: Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
Supporting Actor: Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club
Supporting Actress: Lupita Nyong’o, 12 Years a Slave
Directing: Alfonso Cuaron, Gravity
Foreign Language Film: The Great Beauty, Italy.
Adapted Screenplay: John Ridley, 12 Years a Slave
Original Screenplay: Spike Jonze, Her
Animated Feature Film: Frozen
Production Design: The Great Gatsby
Cinematography: Gravity
Sound Mixing: Gravity
Sound Editing: Gravity
Original Score: Gravity, Steven Price.
Original Song: ‘Let It Go’ from ‘Frozen’
Costume: The Great Gatsby
Makeup and Hairstyling: Dallas Buyers Club
Animated Short Film: Mr. Hublot
Documentary Feature: 20 Feet from Stardom
Documentary (short subject): The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life
Film Editing: Gravity
Live Action Short Film: Helium
Visual Effects: Gravity
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