All eyes were on "Oppenheimer" starring Cillian Murphy, Robert Downey Jr. and Emily Blunt at the Oscars on Sunday. The film dominated at the box office this year and throughout awards season.

Now it's been named Best Picture at the Academy Awards.

"Oppenheimer" won seven Oscars Sunday night, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor. It also won for Best Film Editing and Best Cinematography. Ludwig Göransson also took home the Oscar for Best Original Score.


Dutch cameraman Hoyte van Hoytema won an Oscar for the film Oppenheimer in the night from Sunday to Monday . He received the statuette during the ceremony at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles. This is the first time that 52-year-old Van Hoytema has won the most important film prize in the world.

It is the second time that Van Hoytema was nominated for an Oscar. The first time was for his work on the film Dunkirk . Van Hoytema looked happy with his win. “Silly,” he began his speech. The cameraman read his words of thanks from a note he had brought with him.

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His main message was a plea for the use of celluloid - the material on which analogue film is shot - instead of digital recording. “For all aspiring filmmakers: try to shoot on that great new thing they call celluloid,” says Van Hoytema. “It's much easier, and the images look so much better.”

He also thanked director Christopher Nolan and his wife, producer Emma Thomas. They have already made four films with Van Hoytema. “You were the best thing that could have happened to me in my career,” said Van Hoytema. “Without you this would never have happened.” He also thanked his wife and daughter, who have always supported him in his work.

The Swiss-born Dutchman studied film in Poland and started his career in Sweden. Van Hoytema then moved to Hollywood, where he has worked on numerous major international films over the last twelve years.