97th Oscars® Production Team Announced

The Oscars® executive producer and showrunner Raj Kapoor and executive producer Katy Mullan announced their production team for the 97th Oscars, hosted by Conan O'Brien and airing live on ABC March 2, 2025, at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT.

Rob Paine returns as co-executive producer and Taryn Hurd and Sarah Levine Hall return as producers. Supervising choreographer Mandy Moore and lighting designers Bob Dickinson and Noah Mitz also rejoin the team. Producers Jeff Ross and Mike Sweeney join the team for the first time.


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Writers for this year's show include Amberia Allen, José Arroyo, Josh Comers, Dan Cronin, Jessie Gaskell, Skyler Higley, Berkley Johnson, Ian Karmel, Brian Kiley, Laurie Kilmartin, Carol Leifer, Jon Macks, Conan O'Brien, Matt O'Brien, Agathe Panaretos and Mike Sweeney.

As previously announced, the show's production team also includes director Hamish Hamilton, production designers Misty Buckley and Alana Billingsley, and music director Michael Bearden.


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The 97th Oscars will be held on Sunday, March 2, 2025, at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood and will be televised live on ABC, streamed live on Hulu and airs live in more than 200 territories worldwide.
 

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