For viewers who tune into the ninety-fifth annual Academy Awards on Sunday , March 12 , 2023 , it may have felt like the filmmakers behindEverything Everywhere All at Onceshould have just remained on level to cut down on their commute . The film , which was nominated for 11 Academy Award , won seven , include Best Picture , Best Director(s ) , Best Original Screenplay , Best Actress , Best Supporting Actress , Best Supporting Actor , and Best Editing .
While telling , the total number of wins did n’t quite oppose the big three : Ben - Hur(1959),Titanic(1997 ) , andThe Lord of the Rings : The Return of the King(2003)each won11 Oscars ( include Best Picture ) their respective years . And of those three , only Peter Jackson ’s pic went undefeated , scoring a win in every family it was name in .
ButEEAAOmanaged to score a number of other commendable achievement . PerNewsweek , the film marks the first time a pure science - fiction film has earned aBest Picturetrophy , though that depends jolly on how you define sci - fi . The Lord of the Ringsfranchise is more readily separate as phantasy ; one could also argue the merits of 2017 ’s Best Picture winnerThe Shape of Wateras sci - fi or fantasy . In any case , the Academy often seems reticent to recognise literary genre word picture , makingEEAAOpart of some exclusive company .
Another first : Michelle Yeoh became thefirst Asiatic performerto gain a Best Actress trophy . Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert , have sex collectively as the Daniels , also became the first non - sibling directors to win a directing trophy . ( The Coens did it in 2007 forNo Country for Old Men . )
And while it was n’t a first , the celluloid ’s three acting trophies ( for Yeoh , Jamie Lee Curtis , and Ke Huy Quan ) punctuate just the third time a motion-picture show has scored three wins in the four major playing categories . The other two : A Streetcar Named Desire(1951 ) andNetwork(1976 ) .
Other seven - time Oscar succeeder : Schindler ’s List(1993),Dances With Wolves(1990 ) , andLawrence of Arabia(1962 ) , among others .
