Through the Years

Film / Achievement in Special Visual Effects

Recent Winners

Winner

  • Robert Legato
  • Michael Kanfer
  • Matt Sweeney
  • Leslie Ekker

Apollo 13
Achievement in Special Visual Effects
Winner

  • Stefen Fangmeier
  • John Frazier
  • Henry Labounta
  • Habib Zargarpour

Twister
Achievement in Special Visual Effects
Winner

  • Mark Stetson
  • Karen E Goulekas
  • Nick Allder
  • Neil Corbould
  • Nick Dudman

The Fifth Element
Achievement in Special Visual Effects
Winner

  • Stefen Fangmeier
  • Roger Guyett
  • Neil Corbould

Saving Private Ryan
Achievement in Special Visual Effects
Winner

  • John Gaeta
  • Steve Courtley
  • Janek Sirrs
  • Jon Thum

The Matrix
Achievement in Special Visual Effects
Winner

  • Stefen Fangmeier
  • John Frazier
  • Walt Conti
  • Habib Zargarpour
  • Tim Alexander

The Perfect Storm
Achievement in Special Visual Effects
Winner

  • Jim Rygiel
  • Richard Taylor
  • Alex Funke
  • Randall William Cook
  • Mark Stetson

The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring
Achievement in Special Visual Effects
Winner

  • Jim Rygiel
  • Joe Letteri
  • Randall William Cook
  • Alex Funke

The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers
Achievement in Special Visual Effects

Through The Years

  • Winner

    • John Knoll
    • Hal Hickel
    • Charles Gibson
    • Allen Hall

    Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
    Achievement in Special Visual Effects
    Nominee

    • Mark Stetson
    • Neil Corbould
    • Richard Hoover
    • Jon Thum

    Superman Returns
    Achievement in Special Visual Effects
    Nominee

    • Frazer Churchill
    • Tim Webber
    • Michael Eames
    • Paul Corbould

    Children Of Men
    Achievement in Special Visual Effects
    Nominee

    • Edward Irastorza
    • Everett Burrell
    • David Marti
    • Montse Ribe

    Pan's Labyrinth
    Achievement in Special Visual Effects
    Nominee

    • Steve Begg
    • Chris Corbould
    • John Paul Docherty
    • Ditch Doy

    Casino Royale
    Achievement in Special Visual Effects
  • Winner

    • Joe Letteri
    • Christian Rivers
    • Brian Van?t Hul
    • Richard Taylor

    King Kong
    Achievement in Special Visual Effects
    Nominee

    • Jim Mitchell
    • John Richardson
    • Tim Webber
    • Tim Alexander

    Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire
    Achievement in Special Visual Effects
    Nominee

    • Nick Davis
    • Jon Thum
    • Chas Jarrett
    • Joss Williams

    Charlie And The Chocolate Factory
    Achievement in Special Visual Effects
    Nominee

    • Dean Wright
    • Bill Westenhofer
    • Jim Berney
    • Scott Farrar

    The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe
    Achievement in Special Visual Effects
    Nominee

    • Janek Sirrs
    • Dan Glass
    • Chris Corbould
    • Paul Franklin

    Batman Begins
    Achievement in Special Visual Effects
  • Winner

    • Karen E Goulekas
    • Neil Corbould
    • Greg Strause
    • Remo Balcells

    The Day After Tomorrow
    Achievement in Special Visual Effects
    Nominee

    • John Dykstra
    • Scott Stokdyk
    • Anthony LaMolinara
    • John Frazier

    Spider-Man 2
    Achievement in Special Visual Effects
    Nominee

    • Angie Lam
    • Andy Brown
    • Kirsty Millar
    • Luke Hetherington

    House Of Flying Daggers (Shi Mian Mai Fu)
    Achievement in Special Visual Effects
    Nominee

    • John Richardson
    • Roger Guyett
    • Tim Burke
    • Bill George
    • Karl Mooney

    Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban
    Achievement in Special Visual Effects
    Nominee

    • Rob Legato
    • Pete Travers
    • Matthew Gratzner
    • Bruce Steinheimer

    The Aviator
    Achievement in Special Visual Effects
  • Winner

    • Joe Letteri
    • Jim Rygiel
    • Randall William Cook
    • Alex Funke

    The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King
    Achievement in Special Visual Effects
    Nominee

    • John Knoll
    • Hal Hickel
    • Terry D Frazee
    • Charles Gibson

    Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl
    Achievement in Special Visual Effects
    Nominee

    • Stefen Fangmeier
    • Nathan McGuinness
    • Robert Stromberg
    • Daniel Sudick

    Master And Commander: The Far Side Of The World
    Achievement in Special Visual Effects
    Nominee

    • Tommy Tom
    • Tam Kia Kwan
    • Leung Wai Kit
    • Jaco Wong Hin Leung

    Kill Bill Vol 1
    Achievement in Special Visual Effects
    Nominee

    • Kevin Mack
    • Seth Maury
    • Lindsay MacGowan
    • Paddy Eason

    Big Fish
    Achievement in Special Visual Effects
  • Winner

    • Jim Rygiel
    • Joe Letteri
    • Randall William Cook
    • Alex Funke

    The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers
    Achievement in Special Visual Effects
    Nominee

    • John Dykstra
    • Scott Stokdyk
    • Anthony LaMolinara
    • John Frazier

    Spider-Man
    Achievement in Special Visual Effects
    Nominee

    • Scott Farrar
    • Michael Lantieri
    • Nathan McGuinness
    • Henry LaBounta

    Minority Report
    Achievement in Special Visual Effects
    Nominee

    • Jim Mitchell
    • Nick Davis
    • John Richardson
    • Bill George
    • Nick Dudman

    Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets
    Achievement in Special Visual Effects
    Nominee

    • Bruce Steinheimer
    • Michael Owens
    • Edward Hirsh
    • Jon Alexander

    Gangs Of New York
    Achievement in Special Visual Effects
  • Winner

    • Jim Rygiel
    • Richard Taylor
    • Alex Funke
    • Randall William Cook
    • Mark Stetson

    The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring
    Achievement in Special Visual Effects
    Nominee

    Ken Bielenberg

    Shrek
    Achievement in Special Visual Effects
    Nominee

    • Chris Godfrey
    • Andrew Brown
    • Nathan McGuinness
    • Brian Cox

    Moulin Rouge
    Achievement in Special Visual Effects
    Nominee

    • Robert Legato
    • Nick Davis
    • John Richardson
    • Roger Guyett
    • Jim Berney

    Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone
    Achievement in Special Visual Effects
    Nominee

    • Dennis Muren
    • Scott Farrar
    • Michael Lantieri

    AI: Artificial Intelligence
    Achievement in Special Visual Effects
  • Winner

    • Stefen Fangmeier
    • John Frazier
    • Walt Conti
    • Habib Zargarpour
    • Tim Alexander

    The Perfect Storm
    Achievement in Special Visual Effects
    Nominee

    • Kent Houston
    • Tricia Ashford
    • Neil Corbould
    • Paul Docherty
    • Dion Hatch

    Vertical Limit
    Achievement in Special Visual Effects
    Nominee

    • Rob Hodgson
    • Leo Lo
    • Jonathan F Strylund
    • Bessie Cheuk
    • Travis Baumann

    Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo Hu Cang Long)
    Achievement in Special Visual Effects
    Nominee

    • John Nelson
    • Tim Burke
    • Rob Harvey
    • Neil Corbould

    Gladiator
    Achievement in Special Visual Effects
    Nominee

    • Paddy Eason
    • Mark Nelmes
    • Dave Alex Riddett

    Chicken Run
    Achievement in Special Visual Effects
  • Winner

    • John Gaeta
    • Steve Courtley
    • Janek Sirrs
    • Jon Thum

    The Matrix
    Achievement in Special Visual Effects
    Nominee

    • John Knoll
    • Dennis Muren
    • Scott Squires
    • Rob Coleman

    Star Wars Episode One: The Phantom Menace
    Achievement in Special Visual Effects
    Nominee

    • Jimmy Mitchell
    • Kevin Yagher
    • Joss Williams
    • Paddy Eason

    Sleepy Hollow
    Achievement in Special Visual Effects
    Nominee

    • John Andrew Berton Jr
    • Daniel Jeanette
    • Ben Snow
    • Chris Corbould

    The Mummy
    Achievement in Special Visual Effects
    Nominee

    • Bill Reeves
    • Eben Ostby
    • Rick Sayre
    • Sharon Calahan

    A Bug's Life
    Achievement in Special Visual Effects
  • Winner

    • Stefen Fangmeier
    • Roger Guyett
    • Neil Corbould

    Saving Private Ryan
    Achievement in Special Visual Effects
    Nominee

    • Micheal J McAlister
    • Brad Kuehn
    • Craig Barron
    • Peter Chesney

    The Truman Show
    Achievement in Special Visual Effects
    Nominee

    • Bill Westenhofer
    • Neal Scanlan
    • Chris Godfrey
    • Grahame Andrew

    Babe: Pig In The City
    Achievement in Special Visual Effects
    Nominee

    • Ken Bielenberg
    • Philippe Gluckman
    • John Bell
    • Kendal Cronkhite

    Antz
    Achievement in Special Visual Effects
  • Winner

    • Mark Stetson
    • Karen E Goulekas
    • Nick Allder
    • Neil Corbould
    • Nick Dudman

    The Fifth Element
    Achievement in Special Visual Effects
    Nominee

    • Robert Legato
    • Mark Lasoff
    • Thomas L Fisher
    • Michael Kanfer

    Titanic
    Achievement in Special Visual Effects
    Nominee

    • Eric Brevig
    • Rick Baker
    • Rob Coleman
    • Peter Chesney

    Men In Black
    Achievement in Special Visual Effects
    Nominee

    Peter Chiang

    The Borrowers
    Achievement in Special Visual Effects
  • Winner

    • Stefen Fangmeier
    • John Frazier
    • Henry Labounta
    • Habib Zargarpour

    Twister
    Achievement in Special Visual Effects
    Nominee

    Jon Farhat

    Nutty Professor
    Achievement in Special Visual Effects
    Nominee

    • Eben Fiske Ostby
    • William Reeves

    Toy Story
    Achievement in Special Visual Effects
    Nominee

    • Tricia Ashford
    • Volker Engel
    • Clay Pinney
    • Douglas Smith
    • Joseph Viskocil

    Independence Day
    Achievement in Special Visual Effects
  • Winner

    • Robert Legato
    • Michael Kanfer
    • Matt Sweeney
    • Leslie Ekker

    Apollo 13
    Achievement in Special Visual Effects
    Nominee

    • Michael McAlister
    • Brad C Kuehn
    • Robert Spurlock
    • Martin R Bresin

    Waterworld
    Achievement in Special Visual Effects
    Nominee

    • Chris Corbould
    • Derek Meddings
    • Brian Smithies

    Goldeneye
    Achievement in Special Visual Effects
    Nominee

    • Scott E Anderson
    • Neal Scanlan
    • John Cox
    • Chris Chitty
    • Charles Gibson

    Babe
    Achievement in Special Visual Effects
  • Winner

    • Ken Ralston
    • George Murphy
    • Stephen Rosenbaum
    • Allen Hall
    • Doug Chiang

    Forrest Gump
    Achievement in Special Visual Effects
    Nominee

    • John Bruno
    • Thomas Fisher
    • Jacques Stroweis
    • Patrick McClung
    • Jamie Dixon

    True Lies
    Achievement in Special Visual Effects
    Nominee

    • Boyd Shermis
    • John Frazier
    • Ron Brinkman
    • Richard Hollander

    Speed
    Achievement in Special Visual Effects
    Nominee

    • Scott Squires
    • Steve Williams
    • Tom Bertino
    • Jon Farhat

    The Mask
    Achievement in Special Visual Effects
  • Winner

    • Dennis Muren
    • Stan Winston
    • Phil Tippett
    • Michael Lantieri

    Jurassic Park
    Achievement in Special Visual Effects
    Nominee

    • Roman Coppola
    • Gary Gutierrez
    • Michael Lantieri
    • Gene Warren Jr

    Bram Stoker's Dracula
    Achievement in Special Visual Effects
    Nominee

    • William Mesa
    • Roy Arbogast

    The Fugitive
    Achievement in Special Visual Effects
    Nominee

    • Don Paul
    • Steve Goldberg

    Aladdin
    Achievement in Special Visual Effects
  • Winner

    • Stan Winston
    • Dennis Muren
    • Gene Warren Jr
    • Robert Skotak

    Terminator 2: Judgement Day
    Achievement in Special Visual Effects
    Nominee

    Stan Winston

    Edward Scissorhands
    Achievement in Special Visual Effects
    Nominee

    • Frans Wamelink
    • Eve Ramboz
    • Masao Yamaguchi

    Prospero's Books
    Achievement in Special Visual Effects
    Nominee

    • Allen Hall
    • Scott Farrar
    • Clay Pinney
    • Mikael Salomon

    Backdraft
    Achievement in Special Visual Effects
  • Winner

    Production Team

    Honey I Shrunk The Kids
    Achievement in Special Visual Effects
    Nominee

    Production Team

    Total Recall
    Achievement in Special Visual Effects
    Nominee

    Production Team

    Ghost
    Achievement in Special Visual Effects
    Nominee

    Production Team

    Dick Tracy
    Achievement in Special Visual Effects
  • Winner

    • Ken Ralston
    • Michael Lantieri
    • John Bell
    • Steve Gawley

    Back To The Future II
    Achievement in Special Visual Effects
    Nominee

    • George Gibbs Michael McAlister
    • Mark Sullivan
    • John Ellis

    Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade
    Achievement in Special Visual Effects
    Nominee

    • Derek Meddings
    • John Evans

    Batman
    Achievement in Special Visual Effects
    Nominee

    • Kent Houston
    • Richard Conway

    The Adventures Of Baron Munchausen
    Achievement in Special Visual Effects
  • Winner

    • George Gibbs
    • Richard Williams
    • Ken Ralston
    • Edward Jones

    Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
    Achievement in Special Visual Effects
    Nominee

    • Gino De Rossi
    • Fabrizio Martinelli

    The Last Emperor
    Achievement in Special Visual Effects
    Nominee

    • Rob Bottin
    • Phil Tippett
    • Peter Kuran
    • Rocco Gioffre

    Robocop
    Achievement in Special Visual Effects
    Nominee

    • Peter Kuran
    • Alan Munro
    • Robert Short
    • Ted Rae

    Beetlejuice
    Achievement in Special Visual Effects
  • Winner

    • Michael Lanteri
    • Michael Owens
    • Edward L Jones
    • Bruce Walters

    Witches Of Eastwick
    Achievement in Special Visual Effects
    Nominee

    John Evans

    Full Metal Jacket
    Achievement in Special Visual Effects
    Nominee

    • Bran Ferren
    • Martin Gutteridge
    • Lyle Conway
    • Richard Conway

    Little Shop Of Horrors
    Achievement in Special Visual Effects
    Nominee

    • Chris Walas
    • Jon Berg
    • Louis Craig
    • Hoyt Yeatman

    The Fly
    Achievement in Special Visual Effects