MAD MAX: FURY ROAD cleaned up and won six awards at last night's 88th Academy Awards.
The film, produced by LFS alumnus and BFC Chairman Iain Smith, triumphed with its strong sensory style, picking up the most awards of any nominated film that night:
- 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: Production design by Colin Gibson; set decoration by Lisa Thompson
The six awards have added to a growing list of international awards and nominations for MAD MAX: FURY ROAD, including winning “Best Film/Best Picture” at AACTA Awards, Florida Film Critics Circle, International Federation of Film Critics, National Board of Review, Austin Film Critics Association, Chicago Film Critics Association, Online Film Critics Society, San Diego Film Critics Society, and San Francisco Film Critics Circle.
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD has also proved a hit with online critics and journalists, being named one of the best films of 2015 by numerous critics and publications and was ranked first on Metacritic and Rotten Tomatoes’ best scored film of 2015.
FURTHER ARTICLES
- Indiewire: http://www.indiewire.com/article/critics-pick-the-best-films-and-performances-of-2015-in-indiewires-annual-poll-20151214
- Metacritic: http://www.metacritic.com/feature/film-critics-list-the-top-10-movies-of-2015
- NYPost: http://nypost.com/2015/12/18/spotlight-and-mad-max-top-our-best-movies-of-the-year/#