Blackmagic Design Case Study - Blackmagic and the 2023 Academy Awards

Blackmagic Design Case Study: 2023 Academy Award Nominees — 2023 Oscar Award Winner for Best Overall Picture – Everything Everywhere All at Once

According to Blackmagic Design, more than 20 films using Blackmagic Design products have been nominated for the 2023 Academy Awards in a variety of categories including technical, documentary, short, international feature and animation.

Blackmagic Design congratulates the many filmmakers and works nominated for the 95th Academy Awards 2023, as well as those involved in using various Blackmagic Design production and post production products.

These works have been nominated and awarded for Academy Awards over the past 20 years using Blackmagic Design digital film cameras, DaVinci Resolve editing, grading, VFX and audio post production software, and other video production products. It joins the ranks of hundreds of award-winning works.

Examples of Academy Award nominated films using Blackmagic Design products in production:

“Argentina 1985: The Trial That Changed History”: DIT Martin Bendersky Uses DaVinci Resolve Studio for On-Set Grading
Avatar: Way of Water: Teranex AV, Smart Videohub 12G 40×40, DeckLink 8K Pro, UltraStudio 4K Extreme 3, ATEM 4 M/E Broadcast Studio 4K for production
“Sprites of Inisherin”: Ben Davis Cinematographer (BSC) Uses Blackmagic URSA Mini Pro 12K for Select Shots
“Everything Everywhere All at Once”: DIT Mathew Conrad Uses DaVinci Resolve Studio for On-Set Grading

Examples of Oscar-nominated films using DaVinci Resolve Studio for post-production:

“All the Beauty and the Bloodshed”: Graded by Nat Jencks, PostWorks New York
“Argentina 1985: The Trial That Changed History”: Graded by Luisa Cavanagh, Quanta Post
“Avatar: Way of Water” graded by Tashi Trieu (Lightstorm Entertainment)
“Babylon”: Graded by Matt Wallach (Company 3)
“Babylon”: Assistant Editor Ryan Chavez used DaVinci Resolve Studio for title creation and early color grading of some sequences; editorial team used UltraStudio 4K Mini for on-set projection and editing work
“Sprites of Inisherin”: Graded by Adam Glasman, Online graded by Guilhem Coulibaly (Goldcrest Post), Cinelab Film and Digital for on-set work and daily color
“THE BATMAN”: Graded by Dave Cole (FotoKem)
“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”: Graded by Tom Poole (Company 3)
“Elvis”: Graded by colorists Kim Rene Bjørge and Kali Bateman, lead colorist Brett Manson
“Empire of Light”: Graded by James Slattery (Company 3)
“Everything Everywhere All at Once”: Graded by Alex Bickel, Color Collective
“Fire of Love: The Couple Who Gave Their Lives to a Volcano”: Graded by Steven Mercier, Post Moderne
“How Do You Measure a Year”: Graded by Robert Arnold, RDAcolor
“Living”: Graded by Joseph Bicknell (Company 3)
“Navalinui”: Graded by Luke Cahill, Different By Design
“Stranger at the Gate”: Graded by Kath Raisch (Company 3)
“TAR”: Graded by Tim Massick (Company 3)
“Top Gun Maverick” graded by Stefan Sonnenfeld and second colorist Adam Nazarenko (Company 3)
“Inverted Triangle”: Graded by Oskar Larsson (Tint)
“The Whale”: Graded by Timothy Stipan (Company 3)
“Woman Talking Our Choice”: Graded by Mark Kueper (Picture Shop)