Oppenheimer captured the Oscar for Best Editing, with Jennifer Lame acknowledged with her first win from her first career nomination.
Lame acknowledged husband-wife producing-directing duo Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan in her acceptance speech. She called Thomas a “bad-ass producer,” saying she makes “these complicated, beautiful films, and you’re unflappable and I’m in awe of you. “Chris Nolan, you’re OK too,” she joked.
Turning more serious, she continued, “I was terrified, like I am right now, when I first got hired to work to work with you.
It felt like you took a huge risk hiring me but you never made me feel that way. You instilled so much confidence in me and I looked forward to going to work every day.” PREVIOUSLY: Robert Downey Jr.
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