Winners Only by Category:
Special Achievement Award

Listed below are the Academy Award winners in the category of Special Achievement Award (non-winning nominations have been omitted from this list). Click on the name of a film or person in the list to display more information about that film or person. Or, click on a category in the column on the right to display the winners in that category.

1972  (45th)

(Visual Effects)

The Poseidon Adventure, Irwin Allen Production; 20th Century-Fox. L. B. Abbott and A. D. Flowers.

1974  (47th)

(Visual Effects)

Earthquake, Universal-Mark Robson-Filmakers Group Production; Universal. Frank Brendel, Glen Robinson and Albert Whitlock.

1975  (48th)

(Sound Effects)

The Hindenburg, Robert Wise-Filmakers Group-Universal Production; Universal. Peter Berkos.

(Visual Effects)

The Hindenburg, Robert Wise-Filmakers Group-Universal Production; Universal. Albert Whitlock and Glen Robinson.

1976  (49th)

(Visual Effects)

King Kong, Dino De Laurentiis Production; Paramount. Carlo Rambaldi, Glen Robinson and Frank Van der Veer.

Logan’s Run, Saul David Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. L. B. Abbott, Glen Robinson and Matthew Yuricich.

1977  (50th)

To Benjamin Burtt, Jr. for the creation of the alien, creature and robot voices featured in Star Wars.

(Sound Effects Editing)

Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Julia Phillips/Michael Phillips-Steven Spielberg Film Production; Columbia. Frank E. Warner.

1978  (51st)

(Visual Effects)

Superman, Dovemead Ltd. Production; Alexander Salkind Presentation; Warner Bros. (USA, UK, Canada, Switzerland) Les Bowie, Colin Chilvers, Denys Coop, Roy Field, Derek Meddings and Zoran Perisic.

1979  (52nd)

(Sound Editing)

The Black Stallion, Omni Zoetrope Production; United Artists. Alan Splet.

1980  (53rd)

(Visual Effects)

The Empire Strikes Back, Lucasfilm, Ltd. Production; 20th Century-Fox. Brian Johnson, Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren and Bruce Nicholson.

1981  (54th)

(Sound Effects Editing)

Raiders of the Lost Ark, Lucasfilm, Ltd. Production; Paramount. Ben Burtt and Richard L. Anderson.

1983  (56th)

(Visual Effects)

Return of the Jedi, Lucasfilm, Ltd. Production; 20th Century-Fox. Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, Ken Ralston and Phil Tippett.

1984  (57th)

(Sound Effects Editing)

The River, Universal Pictures Production; Universal. Kay Rose.

1987  (60th)

(Sound Effects Editing)

RoboCop, Tobor Pictures Production; Orion. Stephen Flick and John Pospisil.

1988  (61st)

(Animation Direction)

Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Amblin Entertainment and Touchstone Pictures Production; Buena Vista. Richard Williams.

1990  (63rd)

(Visual Effects)

Total Recall, Carolco Pictures Production; Tri-Star. (USA, Mexico) Eric Brevig, Rob Bottin, Tim McGovern and Alex Funke.

1995  (68th)

To John Lasseter for his inspired leadership of the Pixar Toy Story team, resulting in the first feature-length computer-animated film.