Artist Creates Flip-Book Featuring Every 2023 Best Picture Oscar Nominee

An artist from St Louis, Missouri, managed to squeeze all 10 of the 2023 Best Picture Oscar nominees, plus one of the Best Animated Feature nominees, into an impressive flip-book.

The book was created by Ben Zurawski, a professional flip-book artist who goes by the name theflippist. He posted a YouTube video featuring the work on March 8. Zurawski told Storyful he’s thought about creating an Oscar-themed flip-book every time award season rolls around.

“I finally got to watch all this year’s best picture nominees, so I went for it. It took me about a week in total to draw by hand,” Zurawski said.

He told Storyful since he and his family moved to St Louis he hasn’t had much of a social life, but going to the movies, mostly by himself, has been a special escape for him.

“I’m really grateful for the power of movies, especially in a theater when I can,” he said. “I have two small dreams – to have my name in a movie credit and also see the Oscars in person someday.”

In order of appearance, the flip-book features a short scene, with accompanying audio from: Top Gun: Maverick; Elvis; Everything Everywhere All at Once; best animated feature nominee Marcel the Shell With Shoes On; The Banshees of Inisherin; Tar; Women Talking; Avatar: The Way of Water; Triangle of Sadness; All Quiet on the Western Front; and The Fabelmans. Credit: theflippist via Storyful

Video transcript

[ENGINE WHIRRING]

[ELVIS VOCALIZING]

- Just tell me what I've done to you.

[BLADE SLICING]

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

[ORCHESTRA PLAYING]

- Stay and fight? Leave.

[WATER SPLASHING]

- [RETCHES]

[FILM REEL CLICKING]

- And-- oh, it's lovely-- cut. Beautiful.

[ENGINE WHIRRING]

[ELVIS VOCALIZING]

- Just tell me what I've done to you.

[BLADE SLICING]

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

[ORCHESTRA PLAYING]

- Stay and fight? Leave.

[WATER SPLASHING]

- [RETCHES]

[FILM REEL CLICKING]

- And-- oh, that's lovely-- cut. Beautiful.