Mad Max: Fury Road won most of the production awards it was nominated for—but lost Best Director and Best Picture. It was up for ten nods in total.
George Miller’s masterpiece was awarded for:
Film Editing (Margaret Sixel)
Costume Design (Jenny Beavan)
Makeup (Lesley Vanderwalt, Elka Wardega and Damian Martin)
Sound Editing (Mark Mangini and David White)
Sound Mixing (Chris Jenkins, Gregg Rudloff and Ben Osmo)
Production design and set decoration (Production design by Colin Gibson; set decoration by Lisa Thompson)
‘Spotlight’, a film about the Boston Globe’s investigation into priest abuse, won best picture, taking home its second award of the night.
Leonardo DiCaprio, finally took home a much deserved Oscar. His director, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, had just gotten his second directing win in a row for “The Revenant.” The film came into the night with the most nominations at 12 and got three.