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Toronto producer J. Miles Dale, who shared the best picture Oscar with director Guillermo del Toro, called the achievement B次元官网网址渁 watershed momentB次元官网网址� for Toronto and the Canadian film industry at large. The film was shot in Toronto and Hamilton and besides del Toro and the movieB次元官网网址檚 cinematographer, most of the crew members were Canadian.
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Earlier in the show, Canadians Paul Austerberry, Jeffrey A. Melvin and Shane Vieau shared the best production design trophy for crafting the look of the Cold War-era merman romance, which stars Sally Hawkins as a mute janitor who falls for a captive and abused amphibian creature, played by Doug Jones. The film also won the best director and original score Oscars.
Speaking to reporters backstage, Vieau noted that TorontoB次元官网网址檚 screen community had a huge year not only with the leading 13 Oscar nominations for B次元官网网址淭he Shape of Water,B次元官网网址� but also the accolades for TVB次元官网网址檚 B次元官网网址淭he HandmaidB次元官网网址檚 Tale,B次元官网网址� which was shot in the city.
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Melvin said after decades of growth, TorontoB次元官网网址檚 TV and film industries are truly B次元官网网址渨orld-class.B次元官网网址�
B次元官网网址淚 have 35 years in the business now and worked in Toronto almost exclusively, so IB次元官网网址檝e worked with and watched the business grow in Toronto and go from childrenB次元官网网址檚 television to Academy Award-winning films,B次元官网网址� said Melvin, who is based in Toronto.
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As they accepted their trophies onstage, the trio thanked their colleagues watching back home in Toronto.
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B次元官网网址淭hank you to the academy. Guillermo B次元官网网址� may you keep dreaming up your monsters and their wonderful stories so people like us can help shape their worlds.B次元官网网址�
It was the first Oscar nomination for the trio, who also won in the same category at the recent British Academy Film Awards.
Meanwhile, the winners of the best visual effects award for working on Quebec director Denis VilleneuveB次元官网网址檚 B次元官网网址淏lade Runner 2049B次元官网网址� thanked their B次元官网网址渇riends in Montreal,B次元官网网址� saying: B次元官网网址滿erci beaucoup, this is for you.B次元官网网址�
B次元官网网址淭hank you to Denis Villeneuve, whose guts are seen in every frame of this film, especially the visual effects,B次元官网网址� said John Nelson, who won alongside Gerd Nefzer, Paul Lambert and Richard R. Hoover.
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Kimmel mentioned another Canadian nominee in his opening segment B次元官网网址� B次元官网网址渢he magnificent Christopher PlummerB次元官网网址� B次元官网网址� who got a nod for his supporting role in B次元官网网址淎ll the Money in the World.B次元官网网址�
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