Oscars Sets Production Team for 98th Academy Awards

This year’s ceremony will air live on Mar. 15 from the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood. Ahead of this year’s Academy Awards, executive producer and showrunner Raj Kapoor and executive producer Katy Mullan have announced their production team for the 98th Oscars.

Rob Paine will once again return as co-executive producer and Hamish Hamilton as director, along with Taryn Hurd and Sarah Levine Hall as producers.

Writers for this year’s show will include Amberia Allen, José Arroyo, Josh Comers, Dan Cronin, Jessie Gaskell, Skyler Higley, Berkley Johnson, Ian Karmel, Brian Kiley, Laurie Kilmartin, Carol Leifer, Todd Levin, Jon Macks, Conan O’Brien, Matt O’Brien, Agathe Panaretos and Mike Sweeney. As previously announced, Sweeney is also returning as a producer for a second time, along with Jeff Ross.

Also returning to this year’s production are music director Michael Bearden, production designers Misty Buckley and Alana Billingsley, lighting designers Bob Dickinson and Noah Mitz and supervising choreographer Mandy Moore.

Earlier this year, Buckley and Billingsley earned an Emmy for outstanding production design for a variety special, along with art directors John Zuiker and Margaux Lapresle for their work on the 2025 Oscars. The production team for the ceremony also received Emmy nominations for outstanding variety special (live), outstanding directing for a variety special, outstanding music direction, outstanding choreography for a variety special or reality programming and outstanding sound mixing for a variety series or special.

The 98th Academy Awards, hosted by Conan O’Brien, will be held at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood. The ceremony will air live on ABC and stream live on Hulu on Sunday, Mar. 15, at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT.