Ireland’s latest Oscar winner says he’s looking forward to spending some time with his kids.
Richard Baneham scooped the Visual Effects award for his work on Avatar at the ceremony overnight in Los Angeles.
The animator from Tallaght was amazed at the fact that Ireland had a total of five award nominations, saying it was ‘ridiculous’ for such a small nation.
And he has this message for his supporters here: “Anything’s possible” he said.
“It seems like a ridiculous thing to say – but the simple fact of the matter is you get out there, do it, do the work honestly and you never know what might come your way” he added.
OSCARS – LIST:
Full list of Oscars winners:
BEST PICTURE: The Hurt Locker
BEST ACTOR: Jeff Bridges for Crazy Heart
BEST ACTRESS: Sandra Bullock in The Blind Side
DIRECTOR: Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: The Secret in Their Eye (El Secreto de Sus Ojos) — Argentina.
SUPPORTING ACTOR: Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds.
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Mo’Nique for Precious.
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Mark Boal for The Hurt Locker
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Geoffrey Fletcher for Precious – based on the Novel ‘Push’.
ANIMATED FEATURE: Up by Pete Docter.
ANIMATED SHORT FILM: Logorama by Nicolas Schmerkin.
ART DIRECTION: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg for art direction and Kim Sinclair for set decoration on Avatar.
COSTUME DESIGN: Sandy Powell for The Young Victoria.
MAKEUP: Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow for Star Trek
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Mauro Fiore for Avatar.
LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM: The New Tenants by Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson.
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: The Cove by Louie Psihoyos and Fisher Stevens.
DOCUMENTARY SHORT: Music by Prudence by Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett.
VISUAL EFFECTS: Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones for Avatar.
SOUND EDITING: Paul N.J. Ottosson for The Hurt Locker.
SOUND MIXING: Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett for The Hurt Locker.
FILM EDITING: Bob Murawski and Chris Innis for The Hurt Locker.
ORIGINAL SCORE: Michael Giacchino for Up.
ORIGINAL SONG: The Weary Kind from Crazy Heart.
