Academy Award Winners and Nominees,
1977-present day
1977 Achievement in Visual Effects CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND Roy Arbogast, Douglas Trumbull, Matthew Yuricich, Gregory Jein, Richard Yuricich --> STAR WARS John Stears, John Dykstra, Richard Edlund, Grant McCune, Robert Blalack 1978 Special Achievement in Visual Effects --> SUPERMAN Les Bowie, Colin Chilvers, Denys Coop, Roy Field, Derek Meddings, Zoran Perisic 1979 Achievement in Visual Effects --> ALIEN H. R. Giger, Carlo Rambaldi, Brian Johnson, Nick Allder, Denys Ayling THE BLACK HOLE Peter Ellenshaw, Art Cruickshank, Eustace Lycett, Danny Lee, Harrison Ellenshaw, Joe Hale MOONRAKER Derek Meddings, Paul Wilson, John Evans 1941 William A. Fraker, A. D. Flowers, Gregory Jein STAR TREK - THE MOTION PICTURE Douglas Trumbull, John Dykstra, Richard Yuricich, Robert Swarthe, Dave Stewart, Grant McCune 1980 Special Achievement in Visual Effects --> THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK Brian Johnson, Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, Bruce Nicholson 1981 Achievement in Visual Effects DRAGONSLAYER Dennis Muren, Phil Tippett, Ken Ralston, Brian Johnson --> RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK Richard Edlund, Kit West, Bruce Nicholson, Joe Johnston 1982 Achievement in Visual Effects BLADE RUNNER Douglas Trumbull, Richard Yuricich, David Dryer --> E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL Carlo Rambaldi, Dennis Muren, Kenneth F. Smith POLTERGEIST Richard Edlund, Michael Wood, Bruce Nicholson 1983 Special Achievement in Visual Effects --> RETURN OF THE JEDI Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, Ken Ralston, Phil Tippett 1984 Achievement in Visual Effects GHOSTBUSTERS Richard Edlund, John Bruno, Mark Vargo, Chuck Gaspar --> INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM Dennis Muren, Michael McAlister, Lorne Peterson, George Gibbs 2010 Richard Edlund, Neil Krepela, George Jenson, Mark Stetson 1985 Achievement in Visual Effects --> COCOON Ken Ralston, Ralph McQuarrie, Scott Farrar, David Berry RETURN TO OZ Will Vinton, Ian Wingrove, Zoran Perisic, Michael Lloyd YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES Dennis Muren, Kit West, John Ellis, David Allen 1986 Achievement in Visual Effects --> ALIENS Robert Skotak, Stan Winston, John Richardson, Suzanne Benson LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS Lyle Conway, Bran Ferren, Martin Gutteridge POLTERGEIST II: THE OTHER SIDE Richard Edlund, John Bruno, Garry Waller, William Neil 1987 Achievement in Visual Effects --> INNERSPACE Dennis Muren, William George, Harley Jessup, Kenneth Smith PREDATOR Joel Hynek, Robert M. Greenberg, Richard Greenberg, Stan Winston 1988 Achievement in Visual Effects DIE HARD Richard Edlund, Al DiSarro, Brent Boates, Thaine Morris --> WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT Ken Ralston, Richard Williams, Edward Jones, George Gibbs WILLOW Dennis Muren, Michael McAlister, Phil Tippett, Chris Evans 1989 Achievement in Visual Effects --> THE ABYSS John Bruno, Dennis Muren, Hoyt Yeatman, Dennis Skotak THE ADVENTURES OF BARON MUNCHAUSEN Richard Conway, Kent Houston BACK TO THE FUTURE PART II Ken Ralston, Michael Lantieri, John Bell, Steve Gawley 1990 Special Achievement in Visual Effects --> TOTAL RECALL Eric Brevig, Rob Bottin, Tim McGovern, Alex Funke 1991 Achievement in Visual Effects BACKDRAFT Mikael Salomon, Allen Hall, Clay Pinney, Scott Farrar HOOK Eric Brevig, Harley Jessup, Mark Sullivan, Michael Lantieri --> TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Gene Warren Jr., Robert Skotak 1992 Achievement in Visual Effects ALIEN 3 Richard Edlund, Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr., George Gibbs BATMAN RETURNS Michael Fink, Craig Barron, John Bruno, Dennis Skotak --> DEATH BECOMES HER Ken Ralston, Doug Chiang, Doug Smythe, Tom Woodruff Jr. 1993 Achievement in Visual Effects CLIFFHANGER Neil Krepela, John Richardson, John Bruno, Pamela Easley --> JURASSIC PARK Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Phil Tippett, Michael Lantieri THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS Pete Kozachik, Eric Leighton, Ariel Velasco Shaw, Gordon Baker 1994 Achievement in Visual Effects --> FORREST GUMP Ken Ralston, George Murphy, Stephen Rosenbaum, Allen Hall THE MASK Scott Squires, Steve Williams, Tom Bertino, Jon Farhat TRUE LIES John Bruno, Thomas L. Fisher, Jacques Stroweis, Patrick McClung 1995 Achievement in Visual Effects APOLLO 13 Robert Legato, Michael Kanfer, Leslie Ekker and Matt Sweeney --> BABE Scott E. Anderson, Charles Gibson, Neal Scanlan and John Cox 1996 Achievement in Visual Effects DRAGONHEART Scott Squires, Phil Tippett, James Straus, Kit West --> INDEPENDENCE DAY Volker Engel, Douglas Smith, Clay Pinney, Joseph Viskocil TWISTER Stefen Fangmeier, John Frazier, Habib Zargarpour, Henry La Bounta 1997 Achievement in Visual Effects THE LOST WORLD Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Randal M. Dutra and Michael Lantieri STARSHIP TROOPERS Phil Tippett, Scott E. Anderson, Alec Gillis and John Richardson --> TITANIC Robert Legato, Mark Lasoff, Thomas L. Fisher and Michael Kanfer 1998 Achievement in Visual Effects ARMAGEDDON Richard R. Hoover, Pat McClung, John Frazier MIGHTY JOE YOUNG Rick Baker, Hoyt Yeatman, Allen Hall, Jim Mitchell --> WHAT DREAMS MAY COME Joel Hynek, Nicholas Brooks, Stuart Robertson, Kevin Scott Mack 1999 Achievement in Visual Effects --> THE MATRIX John Gaeta, Janek Sirrs, Steve Courtley, Jon Thum STAR WARS: EPISODE I - THE PHANTOM MENACE John Knoll, Dennis Muren, Scott Squires, Rob Coleman STUART LITTLE John Dykstra, Jerome Chen, Henry Anderson, Eric Allard 2000 Achievement in Visual Effects --> GLADIATOR John Nelson, Neil Corbould; Tim Burke, Rob Harvey THE HOLLOW MAN Scott E. Anderson, Craig Hayes, Scott Stokdyk; Stan Parks THE PERFECT STORM Stefen Fangmeier; Habib Zargarpour; John Frazier, Walt Conti 2001 Achievement in Visual Effects ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: AI Dennis Muren, Scott Farrar, Stan Winston, Michael Lantieri --> THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING Jim Rygiel, Randall William Cook, Richard Taylor, Mark Stetson PEARL HARBOR Eric Brevig, John Frazier, Edward Hirsh, Ben Snow 2002 Achievement in Visual Effects --> THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook, Alex Funke SPIDER-MAN John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara, John Frazier STAR WARS: EPISODE II - ATTACK OF THE CLONES Rob Coleman, Pablo Helman, John Knoll, Ben Snow 2003 Achievement in Visual Effects --> THE LORD OF THE RINGS: RETURN OF THE KING Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook, Alex Funke MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD Daniel Sudick, Stefen Fangmeier, Nathan McGuinness, Robert Stromberg PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL John Knoll, Hal T. Hickel, Charles Gibson, Terry D. Frazee 2004 Achievement in Visual Effects HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN Tim Burke, Roger Guyett, Bill George, John Richardson I, ROBOT John Nelson, Andy Jones, Erik Nash, Joe Letteri --> SPIDER-MAN 2 John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara, John Frazier 2005 Achievement in Visual Effects THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, WITH AND THE WARDROBE Dean Wright, Bill Westenhofer, Jim Berney, Scott Farrar --> KING KONG Joe Letteri, Brian Van't Hul, Christian Rivers, Richard Taylor WAR OF THE WORLDS Dennis Muren, Pablo Helman, Randal M. Dutra, Daniel Sudick 2006 Achievement in Visual Effects --> PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson, Allen Hall POSEIDON Boyd Shermis, Kim Libreri, Chas Jarrett, John Frazier SUPERMAN RETURNS Mark Stetson, Neil Corbould, Richard Hoover, Jon Thum 2007 Achievement in Visual Effects --> THE GOLDEN COMPASS Michael Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris and Trevor Wood PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD'S END John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and John Frazier TRANSFORMERS Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Russell Earl and John Frazier 2008 Achievement in Visual Effects --> THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTOM Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron THE DARK KNIGHT Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber and Paul Franklin IRON MAN John Nelson, Ben Snow, Dan Sudick and Shane Mahan 2009 Achievement in Visual Effects --> AVATAR Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones DISTRICT 9 Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros and Matt Aitken STAR TREK Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh and Burt Dalton 2010 Achievement in Visual Effects ALICE IN WONDERLAND Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas, Sean Phillips HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS, PART I Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz, Nicolas Aithadi HEREAFTER Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojansky, Joe Farrell --> INCEPTION Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley, Pete Bebb, Paul J. Franklin IRON MAN 2 Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright, Daniel Sudick 2011 Achievement in Visual Effects HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS, PART II Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler, John Richardson --> HUGO Robert Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossmann, Alex Henning REAL STEEL Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Danny Gordon Taylor, Swen Gillberg RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White, Daniel Barrett TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Matthew E. Butler, John Frazier 2012 Achievement in Visual Effects THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and R. Christopher White --> LIFE OF PI Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De Boer and Donald R. Elliott MARVEL'S THE AVENGERS Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams and Dan Sudick PROMETHEUS Richard Stammers, Trevor Wood, Charley Henley and Martin Hill SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, Philip Brennan, Neil Corbould and Michael Dawson 2013 Achievement in Visual Effects --> GRAVITY Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk and Neil Corbould IRON MAN 3 Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Erik Nash and Dan Sudick THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and Eric Reynolds THE LONE RANGER Tim Alexander, Gary Brozenich, Edson Williams and John Frazier STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Ben Grossmann and Burt Dalton 2014 Achievement in Visual Effects CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER Dan DeLeeuw, Russel Earl, Bryan Grill and Dan Sudick DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Daniel Barret and Erik Winquist GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY Stephane Ceretti, Nicolas Aithadi, Jonathan Fawkner and Paul Corobould --> INTERSTELLAR Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter and Scott Fisher X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST Richard Stammers, Lou Pecora, Tim Crosbie and Cameron Waldbauer 2015 Achievement in Visual Effects --> EX MACHINA Andrew Whitehurst, Paul Norris, Mark Ardington, Sara Bennett MAD MAX: FURY ROAD Andrew Jackson, Tom Wood, Dan Oliver, Andy Williams THE MARTIAN Richard Stammers, Anders Langlands, Chris Lawrence, Steven Warner THE REVENANT Rich McBride, Matthew Shumway, Jason Smith, Cameron Waldbauer STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Neal Scanlan, Chris Corbould 2016 DEEPWATER HORIZON Craig Hammack, Jason Snell, Jason Billington and Burt Dalton DOCTOR STRANGE Stephane Ceretti, Richard Bluff, Vincent Cirelli and Paul Corbould --> THE JUNGLE BOOK Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R. Jones and Dan Lemmon KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS Steve Emerson, Oliver Jones, Brian McLean and Brad Schiff ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY John Knoll, Mohen Leo, Hal Hickel and Neil Corbould 2017 --> BLADE RUNNER 2049 John Nelson, Gerd Nefzer, Paul Lambert and Richard R. Hoover GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL 2 Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Jonathan Fawkner and Dan Sudick KONG: SKULL ISLAND Stephen Rosenbaum, Jeff White, Scott Benza and Mike Meinardus STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI Ben Morris, Mike Mulholland, Neal Scanlan and Chris Corbould WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES Joe Letteri, Daniel Barrett, Dan Lemmon and Joel Whist 2018 AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR Dan DeLeeuw, Kelly Port, Russell Earl, and Dan Sudick CHRISTOPHER ROBIN Christopher Lawrence, Michael Eames, Theo Jones, and Chris Corbould --> FIRST MAN Paul Lambert, Ian Hunter, Tristan Myles, and J. D. Schwalm READY PLAYER ONE Roger Guyett, Grady Cofer, Matthew E. Butler, and David Shirk SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY Rob Bredow, Patrick Tubach, Neal Scanlan, and Dominic Tuohy 2019 AVENGERS: ENDGAME Dan DeLeeuw, Russell Earl, Matt Aitken, and Dan Sudick THE IRISHMAN Pablo Helman, Leandro Estebecorena, Nelson Sepulveda-Fauser, and Stephane Grabli THE LION KING Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R. Jones, and Elliot Newman 1917 Guillaume Rocheron, Greg Butler, and Dominic Tuohy STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER Roger Guyett, Neal Scanlan, Patrick Tubach, and Dominic Tuohy
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