Academy Award for Visual Effects

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The Academy Award for Visual Effects is an Oscar given to one film each year that shows highest achievement in visual effects.

The category was called Best Special Effects when it was created in 1939. In 1963, the category was split into two: Best Special Visual Effects and Best Sound Effects. In 1972, the Academy stopped giving out awards for Visual Effects and instead gave Special Achievement Awards. However, this only happened for a handful of years; the category soon became an annual competitive award. The category was changed again in 1996 when it became simply Best Visual Effects.

For a film to be nominated for this award, the effects artist must have created something not available for filming. For example, an entirely digital Empire State Building could not make a movie eligible, since one can easily film the building; on the other hand, a recreation of ancient Rome could, since it is impossible to film. However, movies are judged on the quality of all of their effects shots, not just one scene.

Below is a list of films that have received an Oscar for Visual Effects.

Contents

1 1930s
2 1940s
3 1950s
4 1960s
5 1970s
6 1980s
7 1990s
8 2000s

1930s

1939 The Rains Came
* Gone with the Wind
* Only Angels Have Wings
* The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
* Topper Takes a Trip
* Union Pacific
* The Wizard of Oz

1940s

1940 The Thief of Bagdad
* The Blue Bird
* Boom Town
* The Boys from Syracuse
* Dr. Cyclops
* Foreign Correspondent
* The Invisible Man Returns
* The Long Voyage Home
* One Million B.C.
* Rebecca
* The Sea Hawk
* Swiss Family Robinson
* Typhoon
* Women in War
1941 I Wanted Wings
* Aloma of the South Seas
* Flight Command
* The Invisible Woman
* The Sea Wolf
* That Hamilton Woman
* Topper Returns
* Yank in the R.A.F.
1942 Reap the Wild Wind
* The Black Swan
* Desperate Journey
* Flying Tigers
* Invisible Agent
* Jungle Book
* Mrs. Miniver
* The Navy Comes Through
* One of Our Aircraft is Missing
* Pride of the Yankees
1943 Crash Dive
* Air Force
* Bombardier
* The North Star
* So Proudly We Hail!
* Stand by for Action
1944 Thirty Seconds over Tokyo
* The Adventures of Mark Twain
* Days of Glory
* Secret Command
* Since You Went Away
* The Story of Dr. Wassell
* Wilson
1945 Wonder Man
* Captain Eddie
* Spellbound
* They Were Expendable
* Thousand and One Nights
1946 Blithe Spirit
* A Stolen Life
1947 Green Dolphin Street
* Unconquered
1948 Portrait of Jennie
* Deep Waters
1949 Mighty Joe Young
* Tulsa

1950s

1960s

1970s

1970 Tora! Tora! Tora!
* Patton
1971 Bedknobs and Broomsticks
* When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth
1972 The Poseidon Adventure (Special Achievement Award)
1973 No award given
1974 Earthquake (Special Achievement Award)
1975 The Hindenburg (Special Achievement Award)
1976 King Kong and Logan's Run (Special Achievement Awards)
1977
* Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1978 (Special Achievement Award)
1979 Alien
* 1941
* The Black Hole
* Moonraker
*

1980s

1980 (Special Achievement Award)
1981 Raiders of the Lost Ark
* Dragonslayer
1982 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
* Blade Runner
* Poltergeist
1983 (Special Achievement Award)
1984 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
*
* Ghostbusters
1985 Cocoon
* Return to Oz
* Young Sherlock Holmes
1986 Aliens
* Little Shop of Horrors
* Poltergeist II: The Other Side
1987 Innerspace
* Predator
1988 Who Framed Roger Rabbit
* Die Hard
* Willow
1989 The Abyss
* The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
* Back to the Future Part II

1990s

1990 Total Recall (Special Achievement Award)
1991
* Hook
*
1992 Death Becomes Her
* Alien³
* Batman Returns
1993 Jurassic Park
* Cliffhanger
* The Nightmare Before Christmas
1994 Forrest Gump
* The Mask
* True Lies
1995 Babe
* Apollo 13
1996 Independence Day
* ''Dragonheart
* Twister
1997 Titanic
*
* Starship Troopers
1998 What Dreams May Come
* Armageddon
* Mighty Joe Young
1999 The Matrix
*
* Stuart Little

2000s

2000 Gladiator
* Hollow Man
* The Perfect Storm
2001
* Artificial Intelligence: AI
* Pearl Harbor
2002
* Spider-Man
*
2003
*
*
2004 Spider-Man 2
* Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
* I, Robot
2005 King Kong
*
* War of the Worlds

Academy Awards
Academy Award of Merit : Current Awards
Best Picture \| Best Leading Actor \| Best Leading Actress \| Best Supporting Actor \| Best Supporting Actress
Best Animated Feature \| Best Art Direction \| Best Cinematography \| Best Costume Design \| Best Director
Best Documentary Feature \| Best Documentary Short Subject \| Best Film Editing \| Best Foreign Language Film \| Best Makeup
Best Original Score \| Best Original Song \| Best Original Musical \| Best Animated Short Film \| Best Live Action Short Film \| Best Sound Mixing
Best Sound Editing \| Best Visual Effects \| Best Adapted Screenplay \| Best Original Screenplay
Academy Award of Merit : Retired awards
Best Assistant Director \| Best Dance Direction \| Best Engineering Effects \| Best Short Film - Color
Best Short Film - Live Action - 2 Reels \| Best Short Film - Novelty \| Best Original Story
Best Title Writing \| Best Unique and Artistic Quality of Production
Special Awards : Current Awards
Academy Honorary Award \| Academy Special Achievement Award \| Academy Award, Scientific or Technical
The Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award \| The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award \| Gordon E. Sawyer Award
Special Awards : Retired Awards
Academy Juvenile Award

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