Viola Davis stars in Netflix's "Ma Rainey's Black Backside."NetflixIn a single night time, Netflix has almost doubled its variety of Oscar wins.Hea
Viola Davis stars in Netflix’s “Ma Rainey’s Black Backside.”
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In a single night time, Netflix has almost doubled its variety of Oscar wins.
Heading into Sunday’s 93rd annual Academy Awards ceremony, the streaming service had 36 Oscar nominations throughout 17 movies — probably the most of any distributor on this yr’s slate.
By the top of the night time, it garnered seven trophies. The second-highest tally went to Disney, which took dwelling 5 awards.
Since 2013, when Netflix earned its first nomination for finest documentary characteristic for “The Sq.,” the platform has taken dwelling eight Academy Awards. Now, its assortment is 15 sturdy.
Listed here are the awards Netflix gained Sunday night time:
- Greatest hairstyling and make-up for “Ma Rainey’s Black Backside”
- Greatest costume design for “Ma Rainey’s Black Backside”
- Greatest documentary characteristic for “My Octopus Instructor”
- Greatest live-action quick for “Two Distant Strangers”
- Greatest animated quick for “If Something Occurs I Love You”
- Greatest manufacturing design for “Mank”
- Greatest cinematography for “Mank”
“Ma Rainey’s Black Backside” earned Netflix two wins: finest hairstyling and make-up in addition to finest costume design.
Mia Neal and Jamika Wilson, two-thirds of the hairstyling and make-up workforce who labored on the movie, made historical past on Sunday. The pair are the primary Black ladies to obtain a nomination for finest make-up and hairstyling and, now, the primary to win. Make-up artist Sergio Lopez-Rivera can also be a part of the Oscar-winning workforce.
Netflix was anticipated to additionally take dwelling the win for finest actor, because the late Chadwick Boseman had posthumously obtained the perfect performing awards on the Critics Alternative, Golden Globes and Display Actors Guild awards this yr for his efficiency in “Ma Rainey’s Black Backside.” Nevertheless, the award went to Anthony Hopkins for his heartbreaking efficiency in “The Father.”
The streaming service’s movie “Mank,” which facilities round “Citizen Kane” co-writer Herman Mankiewicz, led the pack with 10 nominations. It secured two wins. One for finest manufacturing design and one for finest cinematography.
Netflix was additionally awarded finest live-action quick, finest animated quick and finest documentary characteristic.
The tech firm has steadily elevated its nominations at Hollywood’s high awards present over the past eight years, proving that it has made high quality choices in regards to the product it has acquired or produced in-house.
Netflix is thought for packing its platform with content material so as to maintain subscribers coming month after month, nevertheless it’s additionally drawing high expertise. This Oscar class alone included names like Aaron Sorkin, Viola Davis, Chadwick Boseman, David Fincher, Sacha Baron Cohen, in addition to Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross.
Nominations alone are sufficient to deliver status to the streaming service, however wins could be much more attractive to filmmakers in search of extra artistic freedom within the trade.
The trophies additionally might coax new subscribers to hitch the service in the event that they have not seen the profitable movies. That will be a welcome improvement given the disappointing subscriber progress Netflix posted within the first quarter. The corporate attributed the slowdown to the continued coronavirus pandemic, which has delayed a few of its high-profile reveals and movies.
Netflix shares are down greater than 6% for the reason that begin of the yr, bringing its market worth to $224 billion.