Ruth Carter took home the Oscar for her costume work on Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. She previously won the Oscar for Costume Design for Black Panther in 2019, the first African-American to do so. With two Oscar wins, she’s the first Black woman to win a second Oscar.
She’s a four time Academy Award nominee, having been nominated for Malcom X, Amistad, and the first Black Panther. She has been nominated for awards 84 times and won 45 times of those.
Black Panther can call itself an Oscar winning film… a multiple winning Oscar film.
Ruth Carter won for “Costume Design.” The film also won for “Production Design” with Hannah Beachler being honored for production design and Jay Hary being honored for set decoration. The film’s third win of the night was “Original Score” for Ludwig Goransson‘s work.
Black Panther tied with Roma and Green Book for the second most Oscar wins for the night tied. Bohemian Rhapsody won 4 times.
It was a Marvel night with Sony‘s Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse taking home best “Animated Feature Film” with Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman, Phil Lord, and Christopher Miller sharing the award.
But, Marvel didn’t win for everthing. Avengers: Infinity War lost to First Man for “Visual Effects.” Black Panther also lost out to Green Book for “Best Picture.”
Check out below for Tweets from the show including quotes from the winners.
#RuthCarter joining us now: "I dreamed of this night and prayed for it, not just as a hardworking costume designer but what it would mean for young people coming behind me." #BlackPanther#CostumeDesign#Oscars
#RuthCarter: "I started with Spike Lee indie films and rose through 50 films to 2 noms without a win. I hope now we won’t have to wait for another first. We have the first!"
#RuthCarter: "We’ve opened up the door for black creators. I’ve been digging deep and mentoring, doing whatever I could to raise others up. This means hope and others can come and win an Oscar like I did."
#RuthCarter: "I would tell my young self that through hard work and whatever you might have been afraid of, you’re doing the right thing. Fear not, tomorrow is yours."
Hannah Beachler: "You collaborate to make films. We’re all visual and bring that to the table. But– This Oscar is so yellow! I’m literally losing my mind!"
Hannah Beachler: "Everyone goes through moments of struggle, depression. It’s really about the people you surround yourself with. It’s like eating an elephant one spoonful at a time because #BlackPanther was just ginormous.”
Peter Ramsey: "We had talented people from all over the world working on this movie, whole different universes getting together to recognize their commonalities."
Peter Ramsey: "This is something that’s going to be taken to heart by millions of people. All the artists deeply felt the mission we were on. Miles had a lot of backup."
Bob Persichetti on the rest of their speech: "We were going to thank Stan Lee and Steve Ditko for inspiring this whole thing and being a force of believing human beings all have the capacity to be heroes."
This Sunday the Critics’ Choice Awards were held and both Black Panther and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse walked away winners.
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Versewon “Best Animated Feature” repeating its Golden Globe win in the same category. The film has momentum going into the Oscars. It beat The Grinch, Incredibles 2, Isle of Dogs, Mirai, and Ralph Breaks the Internet to walk away with the latest win.
Ruth Carter won for “Best Costume Design” for Black Panther besting Alexandra Byrne for Mary Queen of Scots, Julian Day for Bohemian Rhapsody, and Sandy Powell for The Favourite and Mary Poppins Returns.
Black Panther also walked away a winner for “Best Visual Effects” besting Avengers: Infinity War, First Man, Mary Poppins Returns, Mission: Impossible – Fallout, and Ready Player One.
But it wasn’t all celebrations. Black Panther walked away empty handed in numerous categories as well.
Black Panther was nominated for “Best Picture” which it lost to Roma. in “Best Acting Ensemble” this film lost to The Favourite. Michael B. Jordan was nominating for “Best Supporting Actor” for his role as Killmonger in Black Panther. He lost to Mahershala Ali for his role in Green Book. Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole were nominated for “Best Adapted Screenplay” for Black Panther. They lost to Barry Jenkins and If Beale Street Could Talk. Rachel Morrison was nominated for “Best Cinematography” for Black Panther and lost to Alfonso Cuarón and Roma. Black Panther was also nominated for “Best Hair and Makeup” losing to Vice.
Numerous comic films lost in “Best Action Movie” to Mission: Impossible – Fallout. Avengers: Infinity War, Black Panther, and Deadpool 2 were all nominated as well as Ready Player One and Widows.
In “Best Comedy,” Deadpool 2 and The Death of Stalin lost to Crazy Rich Asians. The Favourite, Game Night, and Sorry to Bother You were nominated as well.
Ryan Reynolds lost in “Best Actor in a Comedy” to Christian Bale for his role in Vice. Reynolds starred in the title role in Deadpool 2.
When it comes to music Black Panther came up empty handed as well. “All the Stars” lost to A Star is Born‘s “Shallow” in “Best Song” and and in “Best Score” Ludwig Göransson lost to Justin Hurwitz for First Man.
Comic adaptations were absent from television awards at the show.
