Winners Only by Category:
Visual Effects
Listed below are the Academy Award winners in the category of Visual Effects (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.
1963 (36th)
Cleopatra, 20th Century-Fox, Ltd.-MCL Films S.A.-WALWA Films S.A. Production; 20th Century-Fox. (Switzerland) Emil Kosa, Jr.1964 (37th)
Mary Poppins, Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista. Peter Ellenshaw, Eustace Lycett and Hamilton Luske.1965 (38th)
Thunderball, Albert R. Broccoli-Harry Saltzman Production; United Artists. (United Kingdom) John Stears.1966 (39th)
1967 (40th)
1968 (41st)
2001: A Space Odyssey, Polaris Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (United Kingdom/U.S.) Stanley Kubrick.1969 (42nd)
1970 (43rd)
1971 (44th)
Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista. Alan Maley, Eustace Lycett and Danny Lee.1972 (45th)
(Special Achievement Award)
1974 (47th)
(Special Achievement Award)
Earthquake, Universal-Mark Robson-Filmakers Group Production; Universal. Frank Brendel, Glen Robinson and Albert Whitlock.1975 (48th)
(Special Achievement Award)
The Hindenburg, Robert Wise-Filmakers Group-Universal Production; Universal. Albert Whitlock and Glen Robinson.1976 (49th)
(Special Achievement Award)
King Kong, Dino De Laurentiis Production; Paramount. Carlo Rambaldi, Glen Robinson and Frank Van der Veer.(Special Achievement Award)
Logan’s Run, Saul David Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. L. B. Abbott, Glen Robinson and Matthew Yuricich.1977 (50th)
Star Wars, Lucasfilm, Ltd. Production; 20th Century-Fox. John Stears, John Dykstra, Richard Edlund, Grant McCune and Robert Blalack.1978 (51st)
(Special Achievement Award)
Superman, Dovemead Ltd. Production; Alexander Salkind Presentation; Warner Bros. (United Kingdom) Les Bowie, Colin Chilvers, Denys Coop, Roy Field, Derek Meddings and Zoran Perisic.1979 (52nd)
Alien, 20th Century-Fox Productions, Ltd.; 20th Century-Fox. H. R. Giger, Carlo Rambaldi, Brian Johnson, Nick Allder and Denys Ayling.1980 (53rd)
(Special Achievement Award)
The Empire Strikes Back, Lucasfilm, Ltd. Production; 20th Century-Fox. Brian Johnson, Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren and Bruce Nicholson.1981 (54th)
Raiders of the Lost Ark, Lucasfilm, Ltd. Production; Paramount. Richard Edlund, Kit West, Bruce Nicholson and Joe Johnston.1982 (55th)
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Universal Pictures Production; Universal. Carlo Rambaldi, Dennis Muren and Kenneth F. Smith.1983 (56th)
(Special Achievement Award)
Return of the Jedi, Lucasfilm, Ltd. Production; 20th Century-Fox. Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, Ken Ralston and Phil Tippett.1984 (57th)
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Lucasfilm, Ltd. Production; Paramount. Dennis Muren, Michael McAlister, Lorne Peterson and George Gibbs.1985 (58th)
Cocoon, Fox-Zanuck/Brown Production; 20th Century Fox. Ken Ralston, Ralph McQuarrie, Scott Farrar and David Berry.1986 (59th)
Aliens, 20th Century Fox Film Production; 20th Century Fox. Robert Skotak, Stan Winston, John Richardson and Suzanne Benson.1987 (60th)
Innerspace, Warner Bros. Production; Warner Bros. Dennis Muren, William George, Harley Jessup and Kenneth Smith.1988 (61st)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Amblin Entertainment and Touchstone Pictures Production; Buena Vista. Ken Ralston, Richard Williams, Edward Jones and George Gibbs.1989 (62nd)
The Abyss, 20th Century Fox Film Production; 20th Century Fox. John Bruno, Dennis Muren, Hoyt Yeatman and Dennis Skotak.1990 (63rd)
(Special Achievement Award)
Total Recall, Carolco Pictures Production; Tri-Star. Eric Brevig, Rob Bottin, Tim McGovern and Alex Funke.1991 (64th)
Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Carolco Pictures Production; TriStar. Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Gene Warren, Jr. and Robert Skotak.1992 (65th)
Death Becomes Her, Universal Pictures Production; Universal. Ken Ralston, Doug Chiang, Doug Smythe and Tom Woodruff, Jr.1993 (66th)
Jurassic Park, Amblin Entertainment Production; Universal. Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Phil Tippett and Michael Lantieri.1994 (67th)
Forrest Gump, Steve Tisch/Wendy Finerman Production; Paramount. Ken Ralston, George Murphy, Stephen Rosenbaum and Allen Hall.1995 (68th)
Babe, Kennedy Miller Pictures Production; Universal. (Australia) Scott E. Anderson, Charles Gibson, Neal Scanlan and John Cox.1996 (69th)
Independence Day, 20th Century Fox Production; 20th Century Fox. Volker Engle, Douglas Smith, Clay Pinney and Joseph Viskocil.1997 (70th)
Titanic, Lightstorm Entertainment Production; 20th Century Fox and Paramount. Robert Legato, Mark Lasoff, Thomas L. Fisher and Michael Kanfer.1998 (71st)
What Dreams May Come, Interscope Communications Production in association with Metafilmics; PolyGram. Joel Hynek, Nicholas Brooks, Stuart Robertson and Kevin Mack.1999 (72nd)
The Matrix, Matrix Films Pty Ltd. Production; Warner Bros. John Gaeta, Janek Sirrs, Steve Courtley and Jon Thum.2000 (73rd)
Gladiator, Douglas Wick in association with Scott Free Production; DreamWorks and Universal. John Nelson, Neil Corbould, Tim Burke and Rob Harvey.2001 (74th)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, New Line Cinema and Wingnut Films Production; New Line. (New Zealand/U.S.A.) Jim Rygiel, Randall William Cook, Richard Taylor and Mark Stetson.2002 (75th)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, New Line Cinema and Wingnut Films Production; New Line. Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook and Alex Funke.2003 (76th)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Wingnut Films Production; New Line. (U.S.A./New Zealand) Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook and Alex Funke.2004 (77th)
Spider-Man 2, Columbia Pictures Production; Sony Pictures Releasing. John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara and John Frazier.2005 (78th)
King Kong, Universal Pictures Production; Universal. (New Zealand/U.S.A.) Joe Letteri, Brian Van’t Hul, Christian Rivers and Richard Taylor.2006 (79th)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, Walt Disney Pictures/Jerry Bruckheimer Films Production; Buena Vista. John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and Allen Hall.2007 (80th)
The Golden Compass, Scholastic/Depth of Field Production; New Line in association with Ingenious Film Partners. (U.S.A./United Kingdom) Michael Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris and Trevor Wood.2008 (81st)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Kennedy/Marshall Production; Paramount and Warner Bros. Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron.2009 (82nd)
Avatar, Lightstorm Entertainment Production; 20th Century Fox. Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones.2010 (83rd)
Inception, Warner Bros. UK Services Production; Warner Bros. Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb.2011 (84th)
Hugo, Paramount Pictures and GK Films Production; Paramount. Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossmann and Alex Henning.2012 (85th)
Life of Pi, Fox 2000 Pictures Production; 20th Century Fox. Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De Boer and Donald R. Elliott.2013 (86th)
Gravity, A Warner Bros. UK Services Limited Production; Warner Bros. Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk and Neil Corbould.2014 (87th)
Interstellar, a Warner Bros. Pictures Production; Paramount. Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter and Scott Fisher.2015 (88th)
Ex Machina, a DNA Films Production; A24. Andrew Whitehurst, Paul Norris, Mark Ardington and Sara Bennett.2016 (89th)
The Jungle Book, A Walt Disney Pictures/Fairview Entertainment production; Walt Disney. Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R. Jones and Dan Lemmon.2017 (90th)
Blade Runner 2049, An Alcon Entertainment Production; Warner Bros. John Nelson, Gerd Nefzer, Paul Lambert and Richard R. Hoover.2018 (91st)
First Man, A DreamWorks Pictures/Temple Hill Entertainment Production; Universal. Paul Lambert, Ian Hunter, Tristan Myles and J. D. Schwalm.2019 (92nd)
1917, A DreamWorks Pictures Production; Universal/Amblin Partners. Guillaume Rocheron, Greg Butler and Dominic Tuohy.2020 (93rd)
Tenet, A Syncopy Films Production; Warner Bros. Andrew Jackson, David Lee, Andrew Lockley and Scott Fisher.2021 (94th)
Dune, A Legendary Pictures Production; Warner Bros. Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, Brian Connor and Gerd Nefzer.2022 (95th)
Avatar: The Way of Water, 20th Century Studios Prod.; Walt Disney. Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon and Daniel Barrett.2023 (96th)
Godzilla Minus One, Toho Studios/Robot Communications Production; Toho International. Takashi Yamazaki, Kiyoko Shibuya, Masaki Takahashi and Tatsuji Nojima.