The 93rd Academy Awards were held tonight (April 25, 2021) and Pixar’s Soul was just awarded the win for Animated Feature Film. Taking the stage to accept the coveted award was director Pete Docter and producer Dana Murray.
Both Docter and Murray praised the cast, crew, cultural consultants on the film as well as their families. Pete ended the speech with a beautiful message, “My wish for all of us tonight is that we can follow the examples of Jazz musicians. That wherever we are, whatever we have, we turn it into something beautiful”. We couldn’t agree with that sentiment more — watch the acceptance speech embedded below.
In addition, Pixar’s Soul also took home the Oscar for Best Original Score with Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor, and Atticus Ross taking the stage to accept the award. Watch the acceptance speech below.
Congratulations to the entire crew Soul team as well as the team behind Pixar’s Onward and the other fantastic nominees.
History of Pixar Wins & Nominations at the Academy Awards
FEATURE FILMS
| Toy Story | • Original Score: Randy Newman – Nominated • Original Song: “You’ve Got a Friend in Me” – Nominated • Original Screenplay – Nominated • Special Achievement Award: John Lasseter – Won |
| A Bug’s Life | • Original Score: Randy Newman – Nominated |
| Toy Story 2 | • Original Song: “When She Loved Me” – Nominated |
| Monsters, Inc. | • Animated Feature Film – Nominated (Shrek, Won) • Original Score: Randy Newman – Nominated • Original Song: “If I Didn’t Have You” – Won • Sound Editing – Nominated |
| Finding Nemo | • Animated Feature Film: Andrew Stanton – Won • Original Score: Thomas Newman – Nominated • Sound Editing – Nominated • Original Screenplay – Nominated |
| The Incredibles | • Animated Feature Film: Brad Bird – Won • Sound Editing: Michael Silvers & Randy Thom – Won • Sound Mixing – Nominated • Original Screenplay – Nominated |
| Cars | • Animated Feature Film – Nominated (Happy Feet, Won) • Original Song: “Our Town” – Nominated |
| Ratatouille | • Animated Feature Film: Brad Bird – Won • Original Score: Michael Giacchino – Nominated • Sound Editing – Nominated • Sound Mixing – Nominated • Original Screenplay – Nominated |
| WALL•E | • Animated Feature Film: Andrew Stanton – Won • Original Score – Nominated • Original Song: “Down to Earth” – Nominated • Sound Editing – Nominated Best Sound Mixing – Nominated • Original Screenplay – Nominated |
| Up | • Animated Feature Film: Pete Docter – Won • Best Picture – Nominated • Original Score: Michael Giacchino – Won • Sound Editing – Nominated • Original Screenplay – Nominated |
| Toy Story 3 | • Animated Feature Film: Lee Unkrich – Won • Best Picture – Nominated • Original Song: “We Belong Together” – Won • Sound Editing – Nominated • Original Screenplay – Nominated |
| Cars 2 | No Academy Award nominations |
| Brave | • Animated Feature Film: Mark Andrews & Brenda Chapman – Won |
| Monsters University | No Academy Award nominations |
| Inside Out | • Animated Feature Film: Pete Docter & Jonas Rivera – Won • Original Screenplay – Nominated |
| The Good Dinosaur | No Academy Award nominations |
| Finding Dory | No Academy Award nominations |
| Cars 3 | No Academy Award nominations |
| Coco | • Animated Feature Film: Lee Unkrich – Won • Original Song: “Remember Me” – Won |
| Incredibles 2 | • Animated Feature Film – Nominated (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Won) |
| Toy Story 4 | • Animated Feature Film: Josh Cooley – Won • Original Song: “I Can’t Let You Throw Yourself Away” – Nominated |
| Onward | • Animated Feature Film – Nominated (Soul, Won) |
| Soul | • Animated Feature Film: Pete Docter – Won • Original Score: Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross – Won • Sound (Combined Editing & Mixing as of 2020) – Nominated |
SHORT FILMS
| Luxo, Jr. | Nominated (A Greek Tragedy, Won) |
| Tin Toy | John Lasseter & William (Bill) Reeves – Won |
| Geri’s Game | Jan Pinkava – Won |
| For The Birds | Ralph Eggleston – Won |
| Mike’s New Car | Nominated (The ChubbChubbs!, Won) |
| Boundin’ | Nominated (Harvie Krumpet, Won) |
| One Man Band | Nominated (The Moon & The Son: An Imagined Conversation, Won) |
| Lifted | Nominated (The Danish Poet, Won) |
| Presto | Nominated (La Maison en Petits Cubes, Won) |
| Day & Night | Nominated (The Lost Thing, Won) |
| La Luna | Nominated (The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore, Won) |
| Sanjay’s Super Team | Nominated (Bear Story, Won) |
| Piper | Alan Barillaro – Won |
| LOU | Nominated (Dear Basketball, Won) |
| Bao | Domee Shi – Won |
| Kitbull | Nominated (Hair Love, Won) |
| Burrow | Nominated (If Anything Happens I Love You, Won) |
