1963–1980 Emil Kosa Jr. –Cleopatra Peter Ellenshaw ,Eustace Lycett , andHamilton Luske –Mary Poppins John Stears –Thunderball Art Cruickshank –Fantastic Voyage L. B. Abbott –Doctor Dolittle Stanley Kubrick –2001: A Space Odyssey Robbie Robertson –Marooned A. D. Flowers andL. B. Abbott –Tora! Tora! Tora! Alan Maley ,Eustace Lycett , andDanny Lee –Bedknobs and Broomsticks L. B. Abbott andA. D. Flowers –The Poseidon Adventure Frank Brendel ,Glen Robinson , andAlbert Whitlock –Earthquake Albert Whitlock andGlen Robinson –The Hindenburg Carlo Rambaldi ,Glen Robinson , andFrank Van der Veer –King Kong John Stears ,John Dykstra ,Richard Edlund ,Grant McCune , andRobert Blalack –Star Wars Les Bowie ,Colin Chilvers ,Denys Coop ,Roy Field ,Derek Meddings , andZoran Perisic –Superman H. R. Giger ,Carlo Rambaldi ,Brian Johnson ,Nick Allder , andDennis Ayling –Alien Brian Johnson ,Richard Edlund ,Dennis Muren , andBruce Nicholson –The Empire Strikes Back 1981–2000 Richard Edlund ,Kit West ,Bruce Nicholson , andJoe Johnston –Raiders of the Lost Ark Carlo Rambaldi ,Dennis Muren , andKenneth F. Smith –E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Richard Edlund ,Dennis Muren ,Ken Ralston , andPhil Tippett –Return of the Jedi Dennis Muren ,Michael J. McAlister ,Lorne Peterson , andGeorge Gibbs –Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Ken Ralston ,Ralph McQuarrie ,Scott Farrar , andDavid Berry –Cocoon Robert Skotak ,Stan Winston ,John Richardson , andSuzanne M. Benson –Aliens Dennis Muren ,Bill George ,Harley Jessup , andKenneth F. Smith –Innerspace Ken Ralston ,Richard Williams ,Edward Jones , andGeorge Gibbs –Who Framed Roger Rabbit John Bruno ,Dennis Muren ,Hoyt Yeatman , andDennis Skotak –The Abyss Eric Brevig ,Rob Bottin ,Tim McGovern , andAlex Funke –Total Recall Dennis Muren ,Stan Winston ,Gene Warren Jr. , andRobert Skotak –Terminator 2: Judgment Day Ken Ralston ,Doug Chiang ,Douglas Smythe , andTom Woodruff Jr. –Death Becomes Her Dennis Muren ,Stan Winston ,Phil Tippett , andMichael Lantieri –Jurassic Park Ken Ralston ,George Murphy ,Stephen Rosenbaum , andAllen Hall –Forrest Gump Scott E. Anderson ,Charles Gibson ,Neal Scanlan , andJohn Cox –Babe Volker Engel ,Douglas Smith ,Clay Pinney , andJoe Viskocil –Independence Day Robert Legato ,Mark Lasoff ,Thomas L. Fisher , andMichael Kanfer –Titanic Joel Hynek ,Nicholas Brooks ,Stuart Robertson , andKevin Mack –What Dreams May Come John Gaeta ,Janek Sirrs ,Steve Courtley , andJon Thum –The Matrix John Nelson ,Neil Corbould ,Tim Burke , andRob Harvey –Gladiator 2001–2020 Jim Rygiel ,Randall William Cook ,Richard Taylor , andMark Stetson –The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Jim Rygiel ,Joe Letteri ,Randall William Cook , andAlex Funke –The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Jim Rygiel ,Joe Letteri ,Randall William Cook , andAlex Funke –The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King John Dykstra ,Scott Stokdyk ,Anthony LaMolinara , andJohn Frazier –Spider-Man 2 Joe Letteri ,Brian Van't Hul ,Christian Rivers , andRichard Taylor –King Kong John Knoll ,Hal Hickel ,Charles Gibson , andAllen Hall –Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Michael L. Fink ,Bill Westenhofer ,Ben Morris , andTrevor Wood –The Golden Compass Eric Barba ,Steve Preeg ,Burt Dalton , andCraig Barron –The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Joe Letteri ,Stephen Rosenbaum ,Richard Baneham , andAndrew R. Jones –Avatar Paul Franklin ,Chris Corbould ,Andrew Lockley , andPeter Bebb –Inception Robert Legato ,Joss Williams ,Ben Grossmann , andAlex Henning –Hugo Bill Westenhofer ,Guillaume Rocheron ,Erik-Jan de Boer , andDonald R. Elliott –Life of Pi Tim Webber ,Chris Lawrence ,Dave Shirk , andNeil Corbould –Gravity Paul Franklin ,Andrew Lockley ,Ian Hunter , andScott R. Fisher –Interstellar Mark Ardington ,Sara Bennett ,Paul Norris , andAndrew Whitehurst –Ex Machina Robert Legato ,Adam Valdez ,Andrew R. Jones , andDan Lemmon –The Jungle Book John Nelson ,Gerd Nefzer ,Paul Lambert , andRichard R. Hoover –Blade Runner 2049 Paul Lambert ,Ian Hunter ,Tristan Myles , andJ. D. Schwalm –First Man Guillaume Rocheron ,Greg Butler , andDominic Tuohy –1917 Andrew Jackson ,David Lee ,Andrew Lockley , andScott R. Fisher –Tenet 2021–present Paul Lambert ,Tristan Myles ,Brian Connor , andGerd Nefzer –Dune Joe Letteri ,Richard Baneham ,Eric Saindon , andDaniel Barrett –Avatar: The Way of Water Takashi Yamazaki ,Kiyoko Shibuya ,Masaki Takahashi , andTatsuji Nojima –Godzilla Minus One Paul Lambert ,Stephen James ,Rhys Salcombe , andGerd Nefzer –Dune: Part Two
1982–2000 Richard Edlund –Poltergeist Richard Edlund ,Dennis Muren ,Ken Ralston , andKit West –Return of the Jedi Dennis Muren ,George Gibbs ,Michael J. McAlister , andLorne Peterson –Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom George Gibbs andRichard Conway –Brazil Robert Skotak ,Brian Johnson ,Suzanne M. Benson ,John Richardson , andStan Winston –Aliens Michael Lantieri ,Michael Owens ,Edward Jones , and Bruce Walters –The Witches of Eastwick George Gibbs ,Richard Williams ,Ken Ralston , andEdward Jones –Who Framed Roger Rabbit Ken Ralston ,Michael Lantieri ,John Bell , andSteve Gawley –Back to the Future Part II The production team ofHoney, I Shrunk the Kids Stan Winston ,Dennis Muren ,Gene Warren Jr. , andRobert Skotak –Terminator 2: Judgment Day Michael Lantieri ,Ken Ralston , Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr.,Doug Chiang , and Douglas Smythe –Death Becomes Her Dennis Muren ,Stan Winston ,Phil Tippett , andMichael Lantieri –Jurassic Park Ken Ralston ,George Murphy ,Stephen Rosenbaum ,Doug Chiang , andAllen Hall –Forrest Gump Robert Legato ,Michael Kanfer ,Matt Sweeney , andLeslie Ekker –Apollo 13 Stefen Fangmeier ,John Frazier ,Henry LaBounta , andHabib Zargarpour –Twister Mark Stetson ,Karen Goulekas ,Nick Allder ,Neil Corbould , andNick Dudman –The Fifth Element Stefen Fangmeier ,Roger Guyett , andNeil Corbould –Saving Private Ryan John Gaeta ,Steve Courtley ,Janek Sirrs , andJon Thum –The Matrix Stefen Fangmeier ,John Frazier ,Walt Conti ,Habib Zargarpour , andTim Alexander –The Perfect Storm 2001–2020 Jim Rygiel ,Richard Taylor ,Alex Funke ,Randall William Cook , andMark Stetson –The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Jim Rygiel ,Joe Letteri ,Randall William Cook , andAlex Funke –The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Joe Letteri ,Jim Rygiel ,Randall William Cook , andAlex Funke –The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Karen Goulekas ,Neil Corbould ,Greg Strause , and Remo Balcells –The Day After Tomorrow Joe Letteri ,Christian Rivers ,Brian Van't Hul , andRichard Taylor –King Kong John Knoll ,Hal Hickel ,Charles Gibson , andAllen Hall –Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Michael L. Fink ,Bill Westenhofer ,Ben Morris , andTrevor Wood –The Golden Compass Eric Barba ,Craig Barron ,Nathan McGuinness , andEdson Williams –The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Joe Letteri ,Stephen Rosenbaum ,Richard Baneham , andAndrew R. Jones –Avatar Chris Corbould ,Paul Franklin ,Andrew Lockley , andPeter Bebb –Inception Tim Burke ,John Richardson ,Greg Butler , andDavid Vickery –Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 Bill Westenhofer ,Guillaume Rocheron , andErik-Jan de Boer –Life of Pi Tim Webber ,Chris Lawrence ,Dave Shirk ,Neil Corbould , and Nikki Penny –Gravity Paul Franklin ,Scott R. Fisher ,Andrew Lockley , andIan Hunter –Interstellar Chris Corbould ,Roger Guyett ,Paul Kavanagh , andNeal Scanlan -Star Wars: The Force Awakens Robert Legato ,Dan Lemmon ,Andrew R. Jones , andAdam Valdez –The Jungle Book Richard R. Hoover ,Paul Lambert ,Gerd Nefzer , andJohn Nelson –Blade Runner 2049 Geoffrey Baumann , Jesse James Chisholm,Craig Hammack , andDan Sudick –Black Panther Greg Butler ,Guillaume Rocheron , andDominic Tuohy –1917 Scott R. Fisher ,Andrew Jackson , andAndrew Lockley –Tenet 2021–present
1990s 2000s John Nelson (2000)Chris Godfrey (2001) Jim Rygiel ,Joe Letteri ,Randall William Cook , andAlex Funke (2002)Stefen Fangmeier ,Nathan McGuinness ,Robert Stromberg , andDan Sudick (2003)Andy Brown and Kirsty Millar /Robert Legato , Peter G. Travers, Matthew Gratzner, and R. Bruce Steinheimer (2004) John Knoll andHal Hickel (2005)John Knoll andHal Hickel (2006)Chris Watts ,Grant Freckelton , Derek Wentworth, and Daniel Leduc (2007)Chris Godfrey, James E. Price, and Diana Giorgiutti (2008) Volker Engel ,Marc Weigert , and Mike Vézina (2009)2010s Ken Ralston ,David Schaub ,Carey Villegas , andSean Phillips (2010)Robert Legato ,Ben Grossmann ,Alex Henning , and Adam Watkins (2011)Jim Gibbs, Kevin Baillie,Michael Lantieri , andRyan Tudhope (2012) Tim Webber ,Chris Lawrence ,Dave Shirk , andNeil Corbould (2013)Joe Letteri ,Dan Lemmon , and Matt Kutcher (2014)Jim Gibbs, Kevin Baillie, Viktor Muller, and Sébastien Moreau (2015) Robert Legato ,Dan Lemmon ,Andrew R. Jones , andAdam Valdez (2016)John Nelson ,Paul Lambert ,Richard R. Hoover , andGerd Nefzer (2017)Geoffrey Baumann , Jesse James Chisholm,Craig Hammack , andDan Sudick (2018)Joe Letteri andEric Saindon (2019)2020s Scott R. Fisher andAndrew Jackson (2020)Brian Connor ,Paul Lambert ,Tristan Myles , andGerd Nefzer (2021)Joe Letteri ,Eric Saindon ,Richie Baneham , andDaniel Barrett (2022)Simone Coco ,Neil Corbould ,Jeff Sutherland , andAlex Wuttke (2023)Mark Bakowski,Neil Corbould , Nikki Penny, and Pietro Ponti (2024)
L. B. Abbott ,A. D. Flowers (1972)Frank Brendel ,Glen Robinson ,Albert Whitlock (1974)Peter Berkos /Albert Whitlock ,Glen Robinson (1975)Carlo Rambaldi ,Glen Robinson ,Frank Van der Veer /L. B. Abbott ,Glen Robinson ,Matthew Yuricich (1976)Ben Burtt /Frank Warner (1977)Les Bowie ,Colin Chilvers ,Denys Coop ,Roy Field ,Derek Meddings ,Zoran Perisic (1978)Alan Splet (1979)Brian Johnson ,Richard Edlund ,Dennis Muren ,Bruce Nicholson (1980)Ben Burtt ,Richard L. Anderson (1981)Richard Edlund ,Dennis Muren ,Ken Ralston ,Phil Tippett (1983)Kay Rose (1984)Stephen Hunter Flick ,John Pospisil (1987)Richard Williams (1988)Eric Brevig ,Rob Bottin ,Tim McGovern ,Alex Funke (1990)John Lasseter (1995)Alejandro González Iñárritu (2017)
1970s 1980s 1990s Stan Winston (1991)Ken Ralston , Tom Woodruff Jr., and Alec Gillis (1992)Dennis Muren ,Stan Winston ,Phil Tippett , andMichael Lantieri (1993)John Bruno (1994)Stan Parks (1995)Volker Engel ,Clay Pinney ,Douglas Smith , andJoe Viskocil (1996)Phil Tippett ,Scott E. Anderson , Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr.,John Richardson (1997)Volker Engel ,Patrick Tatopoulos ,Karen E. Goulekas , andClay Pinney (1998)Rob Coleman ,John Knoll ,Dennis Muren , andScott Squires (1999)2000s Scott E. Anderson ,Craig Hayes ,Scott Stokdyk , andStan Parks (2000)Dennis Muren ,Scott Farrar ,Stan Winston ,Michael Lantieri (2001)Rob Coleman ,Pablo Helman ,John Knoll , andBen Snow (2002)Jim Rygiel ,Joe Letteri ,Randall William Cook , andAlex Funke (2003)John Dykstra ,Scott Stokdyk ,Anthony LaMolinara , andJohn Frazier (2004)Joe Letteri ,Richard Taylor ,Christian Rivers , andBrian Van't Hul (2005)John Knoll ,Hal T. Hickel ,Charles Gibson , andAllen Hall (2006)Scott Farrar ,Scott Benza ,Russell Earl , andJohn Frazier (2007)Nick Davis ,Chris Corbould ,Timothy Webber , andPaul J. Franklin (2008)Joe Letteri ,Stephen Rosenbaum ,Richard Baneham , andAndrew R. Jones (2009)2010s Chris Corbould ,Andrew Lockley ,Paul J. Franklin , andPeter Bebb (2010)Dan Lemmon ,Joe Letteri ,R. Christopher White , andDaniel Barrett (2011)Janek Sirrs ,Jeff White ,Guy Williams , andDan Sudick (2012)Tim Webber ,Chris Lawrence ,Dave Shirk , andNeil Corbould (2013)Paul J. Franklin ,Andrew Lockley ,Ian Hunter , andScott R. Fisher (2014)Roger Guyett ,Patrick Tubach ,Neal Scanlan , andChris Corbould (2015)John Knoll ,Mohen Leo ,Hal Hickel , andNeil Corbould (2016)Christopher Townsend ,Guy Williams ,Jonathan Fawkner , andDan Sudick (2017)Dan DeLeeuw ,Matt Aitken ,Russell Earl , andDan Sudick (2018/19)Roger Guyett ,Neal Scanlan ,Patrick Tubach , and Dominic Tuohy (2019/20)2020s Note: The years are listed as per convention, usually the year of film release; the ceremonies are usually held the next year.
