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Die 95. Verleihung der Oscars (Academy Awards) wird am 12. März 2023 im Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles stattfinden. ActionNetwork.com hat über 50 potenzielle Rekorde gesammelt, die bei den 95. Academy Awards gebrochen werden könnten, u.a.:

OVERALL RECORDS 

• John Williams could become the oldest winner of a competitive Oscar (age 91) if he wins for scoring “The Fabelmans” (the record is currently held by James Ivory and Anne Roth, who were both 89 at the time of their respective wins)
• Ruth E. Carter could become the first African American woman to win multiple Oscars if she wins Best Costume Design for “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” (she previously won for the first instalment of “Black Panther”); if she wins, Carter would also join a group of only 4 other African Americans who have won 2 competitive Oscars (Denzel Washington, Willie D. Burton, Russel Williams II & Mahershala Ali)
• 95th Oscars could become the year when multiple Asian actors win in the same evening (Michelle Yeoh is nominated for Best Actress, Hong Chau and Stephanie Hsu are nominated for Best Supporting Actress, and Ke Huy Quan is nominated for Best Supporting Actor)
• Michelle Yeoh could become a performer that wins for portraying the most characters in one movie if she wins for “Everything Everywhere All At Once” (there are over 70 versions of Yeoh’s character Evelyn, most of which are portrayed by Yeoh)
• Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan could become the first actors to win for portraying Mandarin Chinese and Cantonese-speaking characters (their characters in “Everything Everywhere All At Once” speak Mandarin Chinese, Cantonese and English) 
• Alfonso Cuarón could break his tie with Walt Disney (4) and become the person with the most wins in distinct categories at the Oscars (he won for Best Film Editing, Best Director, Best Cinematography & Best Picture in the past, and this year he is nominated for Best Live Action Short for “Le Pupille”)
• After becoming one of only 5 people to receive a competitive Oscar nomination (for Best Original Song “Applause”) in the same year of receiving an honorary Oscar from the Academy, Diane Warren could become the first woman to ever win both in the same year and only the second person ever to do so after Jerome Robbins who won an honorary Oscar the same year he won for co-directing “West Side Story” in 1961
• Catherine Martin could extend her record as the most awarded Australian in the Oscars history – she won 4 Oscars in the past and she is nominated for 3 more Academy awards this year – Best Costume Design, Best Production Design & Best Picture for “Elvis” 

BEST PICTURE

• “Avatar: The Way of Water” could break the record for the highest-grossing film to win Best Picture, which is currently held by “Titanic” (also directed by James Cameron)
• “Avatar: The Way of Water” could join “The Godfather II” & “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” as a sequel that wins Best Picture
• Dede Gardener & Jeremy Kleiner, who co-produced “Women Talking” could tie the record for the most wins in the Best Picture category – 3 (They won in the past for co-producing “12 Years A Slave” & “Moonlight”); Dede Gardener could also extend her record as the most awarded woman in this category if “Women Talking” wins
• “All Quiet on the Western Front” could become the first German-speaking movie to win Best Picture; if it wins, it would also become only the second movie after Parasite to win Best Picture while also being nominated in the Best International Feature category 
• “All Quiet on the Western Front” could become Netflix’s first Best Picture win (the streaming service has been nominated in the Best Picture category 8 times but has not won yet)
• “Top Gun: Maverick” could also become the first sequel to win Best Picture without its predecessor being nominated in the past

BEST LEADING ACTRESS

• Cate Blanchett could join an elite group of only 4 other actresses that have won 3 or more Academy awards for acting (Meryl Streep, Ingrid Bergman, Frances McDormand and Katharine Hepburn) if she wins for “TÁR”
• Michelle Yeoh could become the first Malaysian to win an Oscar if she wins for “Everything Everywhere All At Once”; Yeoh could also become the first Southeast Asian actress to win in the Best Leading Actress category
• Ana de Armas could become the first Cuban to win the Oscar for an acting performance if she wins for “Blonde”; Ana de Armas would also become the first Latina ever to win in the Best Leading Actress category 
• Andrea Riseborough could become the first actress to ever win the Best Actress Oscar without winning nor being nominated for any major precursors (Golden Globes, Critics Choice Awards, BAFTA Awards, SAG Awards) – ever since all of the award shows have existed alongside each other, no actress has ever won without a previous nomination in at least one of the precursors

BEST LEADING ACTOR

• Paul Mescal could become the youngest winner in the Best Actor category ever if he wins for “Aftersun” (the record is currently held by Adrien Brody who was 29 at the time of his win for “The Pianist”, Mescal turned 27 on the 2nd of February) 
• Brendan Fraser could become the first Canadian to win Best Actor if he wins for “The Whale” (Fraser holds dual Canadian-American Citizenship)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR 

• Judd Hirsch could become the oldest winner in the Best Supporting Actor category if he wins for “The Fabelmans” (the record is currently held by Christopher Plummer who was 82 at the time of his win for “The Beginners”, Hirsch is 87); Hirsch would also become the overall oldest person to win for an acting performance (Anthony Hopkins currently holds that record after winning for “The Father” in 2021 at the age of 83)
• Ke Huy Quan could become the first Vietnam-born actor to win the Oscar for an acting performance if he wins for “Everything Everywhere All At Once”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• Angela Bassett could become the first actor to ever win for a performance in the Marvel Cinematic Universe movie; Bassett could also become the first actress to win for a comic book film performance
• Hong Chau could become the first actress of a Vietnamese descent to win the Oscar for an acting performance if she wins for “The Whale”
• Stephanie Hsu could become to first actress of a Chinese descent to win the Oscar for an acting performance if she wins for “Everything Everywhere All At Once” 

BEST DIRECTOR

• If The Daniels win for co-directing “Everything Everywhere All At Once”, it would make them the third duo to win the Best Director Oscar (in 1961, Jerome Robbins & Robert Wise won for “West Side Story” and in 2007, Joel Coen and Ethan Coen won for “No Country for Old Men”)
• Steven Spielberg could join an elite group of only 3 other directors (Billy Wilder, Jon Ford & Frank Capra) who won 3 or more Oscars for directing if he wins for “The Fabelmans” (Spielberg has won 2 times out of 9 nominations – in 1999 for “Saving Private Ryan” and in 1994 for “Schindler’s List”) 
• Steven Spielberg could become the oldest winning director in this category if he wins for “The Fabelmans” (the record is currently held by Clint Eastwood who was 74 at the time of his victory for “Million Dollar Baby”, Spielberg is 76) 
• Ruben Östlund could become the first Nordic director to win in this category if he wins for directing “The Triangle of Sadness”; Östlund is Swedish

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

• Mandy Walker could become the first woman ever to win in the Best Cinematography category if she wins for “Elvis”
• Darius Khondji could become to first Iranian to win in this category if he wins for “Bardo, A False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths”

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE

• Belgium (“Close”) or Ireland (The Quiet Girl”) could win for the first time in the Best International Feature category 

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

• John Williams could become the oldest winner in this category if he wins for “The Fabelmans” (the record is currency held by Ennio Morricone who was 87 at the time of his win for “The Hateful Eight”, Williams is 91); Williams could also extend his record as the second most awarded composer in the category – he has won 5 times out of record-breaking 48 nominations

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY 

• If “Top Gun: Maverick” wins, that would make it the victory with the highest number of credited writers on a screenplay – 5 
• Kazuo Ishiguro could become the first writer of Japanese descent to win for writing if he wins for “Living”

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

• Ruben Östlund could become the first Nordic writer to ever win in this category if he wins for writing “The Triangle of Sadness”; Östlund is Swedish
• Daniel Kwan could become the first writer of a Chinese descent to win if he wins for “Everything Everywhere All At Once”

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE 

• Pixar could extend its record as the studio with the most wins in this category (They have won 11 Oscars and they are nominated again in 2023 for “Turning Red”)

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

• Avatar could join a group of only 5 other franchises (Indiana Jones, Middle Earth, Aliens, King Kong, Star Wars) that have won multiple Oscars in different years in this category if the second instalment “Avatar: The Way of Water” wins (the first Avatar movie won the Best Visual Effects Oscar in 2010) 

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

• Diane Warren currently holds the record for the most nominations  in the Best Original Song category without a win – 14 – this year it could be Warren’s first victory if she wins for “Applause” from “Tell It Like a Woman” 
• Mitski could become the first artist of a Japanese descent to win in this category if she wins for co-writing “This is a Life” from “Everything Everywhere All At Once”
• Tems could become the first Nigerian to win an Oscar if she wins for co-writing Rihanna’s “Lift Me Up” from “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”

METHODOLOGY

• The records have been collected through an analysis of the previous Academy Awards ceremonies accessible through the official website of the Academy of Motion Pictures and Arts and its respective Wikipedia pages

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