Oscars 2020 Winners: Parasite Makes History, Bong Joon Ho Becomes First Director From South Korea To Win In The Category

Bong Joon Ho's “Parasite” made history, Brad Pitt won his first acting Oscar, Laura Dern collected best supporting actress at a 92nd Academy Awards.

Bong's South Korean class satire took three big awards: best director, best original screenplay and best international film. All were the first Oscars for a Korean film. Bong and co-writer Han Jin Won became the first Asian writers to take the screenplay prize. Should “Parasite” win the night's final award, it would be the first non-English language film to win best picture.

As it has for much of awards season, “Parasite” appeared the favorite in the room. A standing ovation greeted Bong's win for international film. “I am ready to drink tonight,” said Bong to roars from the crowd. Unexpectedly called up again for best director, Bong saluted his fellow nominees, particularly Martin Scorsese, and concluded: “Now I'm ready to drink until tomorrow.”

The director was happy to be nominated and said that he never thought he would win. Martin Scorsese whose films Bong has learnt from even got a standing ovation during the speech.