disney 2020 oscar wins

Not without its expected bit of surprises and controversies, the 92nd Annual Academy Awards have concluded and at the end of the night, Disney landed 4 WINS! The most notable win for Disney included TOY STORY 4 (Animated Feature Film) plus additional wins for Fox features, JOJO RABBIT and FORD V FERRARI.

Awards Won

Here’s the wins directly under the house of mouse:

  • ANIMATED FEATURE FILM — Toy Story 4 — Josh Cooley, Mark Nielsen and Jonas Rivera

Disney also inherited a few Oscar wins due to its acquisitions and distribution including:

  • ADAPTED SCREENPLAY — Jojo Rabbit — Taika Waititi
  • SOUND EDITING — Ford V Ferrari — Donald Sylvester
  • FILM EDITING — Ford V Ferrari — Michael McCusker and Andrew Buckland

Awards Missed

Disney had 23 total nominations this year; awards they missed out on included:

  • BEST PICTURE — Ford V Ferrari — Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping and James Mangold, Producers
  • BEST PICTURE — Jojo Rabbit — Carthew Neal, Taika Waititi and Chelsea Winstanley, Producers
  • SHORT FILM (ANIMATED) — Kitbull — Rosana Sullivan and Kathryn Hendrickson
  • COSTUME DESIGN — Jojo Rabbit — Mayes C. Rubeo
  • DOCUMENTARY – FEATURE — The Cave — Feras Fayyad, Kirstine Barfod and Sigrid Dyekjær
  • ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE — Jojo Rabbit — Scarlett Johansson
  • SOUND EDITING — Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker — Matthew Wood and David Acord
  • SOUND MIXING 
    • Ad Astra — Gary Rydstrom, Tom Johnson and Mark Ulano
    • Ford V Ferrari — Paul Massey, David Giammarco and Steven A. Morrow
  • PRODUCTION DESIGN — Jojo Rabbit — Production Design: Ra Vincent, Set Decoration: Nora Sopková
  • FILM EDITING — Jojo Rabbit — Tom Eagles
  • VISUAL EFFECTS
    • Avengers: Endgame — Dan DeLeeuw, Russell Earl, Matt Aitken and Dan Sudick
    • The Lion King — Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R. Jones and Elliot Newman
    • Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker — Roger Guyett, Neal Scanlan, Patrick Tubach and Dominic Tuohy
  • MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING — Maleficent: Mistress of Evil — Paul Gooch, Arjen Tuiten and David White
  • MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE) — Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker — John Williams
  • MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)
    • “Into The Unknown” from “Frozen II” — Music and Lyric by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez
    • “I Can’t Let You Throw Yourself Away” from “Toy Story 4” — Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
    • “I’m Standing With You” from Breakthrough — Music and Lyric by Diane Warren

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A few special musical performances that had Disney fans swaying included… Idina Menzel, Aurora, and nine of the world’s Elsas performed a special performance of “Into the Unknown!”

Randy Newman also graced the stage to perform the endearing “I Can’t Let You Throw Yourself Away” from TOY STORY 4.

Last year, Disney took home FOUR Oscar statues; three for BLACK PANTHER and one for animated short BAO!

You can check out the full list of nominations and winners at oscar.com.