After winning two personal Oscars and a total of seven awards for his groundbreaking ‘Gravity,’ Alfonso Cuaron became the first Latino to ever win an Academy Award for Best Director.  He also won for Editing and the film won for Cinematography,  Original Score, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing, and Visual Effects.

Upon accepting the directing Award from Angelina Jolie and Sidney Poitier, the Mexico native spoke of his ‘transformative film.’ He shared the award with his son Jonas who was also co-writer, and said of the film’s star Sandra Bullock, “You are Gravity.  You are the soul and heart of the film and a wonderful collaborator and one of best people I’ve ever met.” He also thanked his wife, George Clooney for ‘his trust,’ and the ‘wise guys’ of Warner Bros., later correcting himself and saying ‘wise people’ to avoid any misinterpretations. He went on to mention his friends and sometime collaborators, Mexican directors Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu and Guillermo del Toro. The acceptance speech ended in Spanish by thanking his mother, simply saying “Gracias a ti mama, por ti estoy aqui. Te amo.”

Cuaron began to develop ‘Gravity’ in 2010. Starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney, the film was released in the fall of 2013 and received ten Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture.

Kristen Anderson Lopez and Robert Lopez

Winning the Academy Award for  Original Song were the songwriting husband and wife team of Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson Lopez for ‘Let It Go’ from the film ‘Frozen.’ By winning, Robert Lopez became the youngest – and twelfth person in history – to enter the very exclusive  EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony) club. The 39 year old Lopez  has now also won three Tonys, two Emmys and a Grammy.

Mathew McConaughey (Best Actor) Cate Blanchett (Best Actress), Jared Leto (Supporting Actor), and Lupita Nyong’o (Supporting Actress)

The other big winners of the night included Mathew McConaughey (Best Actor) Cate Blanchett (Best Actress), Jared Leto (Supporting Actor), and Lupita Nyong’o (Supporting Actress).

Producers and cast of 12 Years a Slave

The Brad Pitt produced ’12 Years A Slave’ was chosen as Best Film.

Here’s the complete list of winners:

BEST PICTURE

“12 Years a Slave”

ACTOR

Matthew McConaughey, “Dallas Buyers Club”

ACTRESS

Cate Blanchett, “Blue Jasmine”

SUPPORTING ACTOR

Jared Leto, “Dallas Buyers Club”

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Lupita Nyong’o, “12 Years a Slave”

DIRECTOR

Alfonso Cuarón, “Gravity”

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

John Ridley, “12 Years a Slave”

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Spike Jonze, “Her”

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

“20 Feet from Stardom”

FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM

“The Great Beauty” (Italy)

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

“Frozen”

CINEMATOGRAPHY

Emmanuel Lubezki, “Gravity”

COSTUME DESIGN

“The Great Gatsby,” Catherine Martin

FILM EDITING

“Gravity,” Alfonso Cuarón and Mark Sanger

MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

“Dallas Buyers Club,” Adruitha Lee and Robin Mathews

ORIGINAL SONG

“Let It Go” from “Frozen,” music and lyrics by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez

ORIGINAL SCORE

“Gravity,” Steven Price

PRODUCTION DESIGN

“The Great Gatsby,” Catherine Martin (production design) and Beverley Dunn (set decoration)

SOUND EDITING

“Gravity,” Glenn Freemantle

SOUND MIXING

“Gravity,” Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead and Chris Munro

VISUAL EFFECTS

“Gravity,” Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, David Shirk and Neil Corbould

ANIMATED SHORT FILM

“Mr. Hublot”

DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM

“The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life”

LIVE-ACTION SHORT FILM

“Helium”