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, UK, USA) 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. (UK) John Stears.

1966  (39th)

Fantastic Voyage, 20th Century-Fox. Art Cruickshank.

1967  (40th)

Doctor Dolittle, Apjac Productions; 20th Century-Fox. L. B. Abbott.

1968  (41st)

2001: A Space Odyssey, Polaris Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (UK, USA) Stanley Kubrick.

1969  (42nd)

Marooned, Frankovich-Sturges Production; Columbia. Robbie Robertson.

1970  (43rd)

Tora! Tora! Tora!, 20th Century-Fox. (Japan, USA) A. D. Flowers and L. B. Abbott.

1971  (44th)

Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista. Alan Maley, Eustace Lycett and Danny Lee.

1972  (45th)

(Special Achievement Award)

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

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. (USA, UK, Canada, Switzerland) Les Bowie, Colin Chilvers, Denys Coop, Roy Field, Derek Meddings and Zoran Perisic.

1979  (52nd)

Alien, 20th Century-Fox Productions, Ltd.; 20th Century-Fox. (UK, USA) 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. (USA, UK) 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. (USA, Mexico) 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, USA) 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. (USA, New Zealand) 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. (USA, UK, Malta, Morocco) 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, USA) 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. (New Zealand, USA) 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. (New Zealand, USA) 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, USA, Germany) 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. (UK, USA) 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. (UK, USA) Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones.

2010  (83rd)

Inception, Warner Bros. UK Services Production; Warner Bros. (USA, UK) Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb.

2011  (84th)

Hugo, Paramount Pictures and GK Films Production; Paramount. (USA, UK, France) Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossmann and Alex Henning.

2012  (85th)

Life of Pi, Fox 2000 Pictures Production; 20th Century Fox. (USA, Taiwan, UK, Canada) Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De Boer and Donald R. Elliott.

2013  (86th)

Gravity, A Warner Bros. UK Services Limited Production; Warner Bros. (UK, USA) Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk and Neil Corbould.

2014  (87th)

Interstellar, a Warner Bros. Pictures Production; Paramount. (USA, UK, Canada) Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter and Scott Fisher.

2015  (88th)

Ex Machina, a DNA Films Production; A24. (UK) Andrew Whitehurst, Paul Norris, Mark Ardington and Sara Bennett.

2016  (89th)

The Jungle Book, A Walt Disney Pictures/Fairview Entertainment production; Walt Disney. (UK, USA) Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R. Jones and Dan Lemmon.

2017  (90th)

Blade Runner 2049, An Alcon Entertainment Production; Warner Bros. (USA, UK, Hungary, Canada, Spain) John Nelson, Gerd Nefzer, Paul Lambert and Richard R. Hoover.

2018  (91st)

First Man, A DreamWorks Pictures/Temple Hill Entertainment Production; Universal. (USA, Japan) Paul Lambert, Ian Hunter, Tristan Myles and J. D. Schwalm.

2019  (92nd)

1917, A DreamWorks Pictures Production; Universal/Amblin Partners. (UK, USA) Guillaume Rocheron, Greg Butler and Dominic Tuohy.

2020  (93rd)

Tenet, A Syncopy Films Production; Warner Bros. (USA, UK) Andrew Jackson, David Lee, Andrew Lockley and Scott Fisher.

2021  (94th)

Dune, A Legendary Pictures Production; Warner Bros. (Canada, USA) 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. (Japan) Takashi Yamazaki, Kiyoko Shibuya, Masaki Takahashi and Tatsuji Nojima.