89th Academy Awards 89th Academy Awards The 89th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2016, and took place on February 26, 2017, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, at 5:30 p.m. PST. During the ceremony, AMPAS presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 24 categories. The ceremony, televised in the United States by ABC, was produced by Michael De Luca and Jennifer Todd and directed by Glenn Weiss. Comedian Jimmy Kimmel hosted the ceremony for the first time. In related events, the Academy held its
76th Academy Awards held in 1990 and had last hosted the 72nd ceremony held in 2000. Two weeks earlier in a ceremony at The Ritz-Carlton Huntington Hotel & Spa in Pasadena, California held on February 14, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Jennifer Garner. "" won all eleven awards it was nominated for, tying the Academy Awards record for most awards won (alongside "Ben-Hur" and "Titanic"), including Best Director for Peter Jackson and Best Picture. Other winners included "" and "Mystic River" with two awards and "The Barbarian Invasions", "Chernobyl Heart", "Cold Mountain", "Finding Nemo", "The Fog of War: