Apple CEO Tim Cook attended yesterday’s Oscars 2024 ceremony as Apple TV+ original content was nominated for 13 awards. Unfortunately for Cook and the company, it failed to materialize any of its nominations into a win following fierce competition from other productions.
Apple’s nominations roster comprised two titles – Riddley Scott’s Napoleon with three nominations and Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon with an impressive ten. The full list of nominated categories for both titles is as follows:
- Killers of the Flower Moon
- Best Picture
- Directing- Martin Scorsese
- Actress in a Leading Role – Lily Gladstone
- Actor in a Supporting Role – Robert De Niro
- Cinematography
- Film Editing
- Production Design
- Costume Design
- Music (Original Score) – Robbie Robertson
- Music (Original Song) – Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People)
- Napoleon
- Visual Effects
- Production Design
- Costume Design
Most of these categories were snatched up by Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer with seven wins and Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things with four. Winners of the categories Apple TV+ content was nominated for are:
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- Best Picture – Oppenheimer
- Directing – Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer
- Actress in a Leading Role – Emma Stone – Poor Things
- Actor in a Supporting Role – Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer
- Cinematography – Hoyte van Hoytema – Oppenheimer
- Film Editing – Oppenheimer
- Production Design – Poor Things
- Costume Design – Poor Things
- Music (Original Score) – Ludwig Göransson – Oppenheimer
- Music (Original Song) – What Was I Made For? – Barbie
Despite Apple being left empty-handed for this cycle of the Oscars, Apple TV+ original content has won multiple awards in the past few years. In 2022, Apple won its first-ever Best Picture award thanks to Sian Heder’s CODA. The title went on to score two additional wins, with Best Supporting Actor for Troy Kotsur and Best Adapted Screenplay for Sian Heder.
Apple had another smaller presence as an Oscar winner in 2023 with the Best Animated Short Film award given to Charlie Mackesy’s and Peter Baynton’s The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse. All in all, this year’s Oscars was a major disappointment for streaming services despite 32 total nominations and just a single win belonging to Netflix. The streaming giant produced Wes Anderson’s The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, which went on to win Best Live Action Short Film.
