| Satellite Award for Best Visual Effects | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Best Visual Effects |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | International Press Academy |
| First award | 1996 |
| Currently held by | Simone Coco,Neil Corbould, Jeff Sutherland, and Alex Wuttke –Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (2023) |
TheSatellite Award for Best Visual Effects is one of the annualSatellite Awards given by theInternational Press Academy.
| Year | Film | Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Independence Day | Volker Engel andDouglas Smith |
| Dragonheart | Scott Squires | |
| Mars Attacks! | Jim Mitchell, Michael L. Fink, David Andrews | |
| Star Trek: First Contact | John Knoll | |
| Twister | Stefen Fangmeier | |
| 1997 | Contact | Ken Ralston |
| The Fifth Element | Mark Stetson | |
| Men in Black | Richard Baker | |
| Starship Troopers | Phil Tippett, Scott E. Anderson | |
| Titanic | Robert Legato | |
| 1998 | What Dreams May Come | Ellen Somers |
| Armageddon | Richard R. Hoover, Pat McClung | |
| Babe: Pig in the City | Rhythm & Hues, Mill Film, Animal Logic Film | |
| Saving Private Ryan | Neil Corbould,Stefen Fangmeier, Roger Guyett | |
| Star Trek: Insurrection | Terry D. Frazee | |
| 1999 | Stuart Little | Jerome Chen,John Dykstra, Henry F. Anderson III and Eric Allard |
| The Matrix | Steve Courtley, Brian Cox, John Gaeta | |
| The Mummy | John Andrew Berton Jr., Chris Corbould, Mark Freund, Steve Hamilton | |
| Sleepy Hollow | Jim Mitchell, Joss Williams | |
| Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace | Peter Hutchinson, John Knox, Judith Weaver, Dennis Muren | |
| Titus | Kyle Cooper |
| Year | Film | Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Alice in Wonderland | Ken Ralston,David Schaub,Carey Villegas andSean Phillips |
| 127 Hours | Adam Gascoyne, James Winnifrith, Tim Caplan | |
| Inception | Paul J. Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley, Pete Bebb | |
| Iron Man 2 | Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright | |
| Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole | Grant Freckelton, Chris Bone, Craig Welsh | |
| Unstoppable | Nathan McGuinness, Paul O'Shea | |
| 2011 | Hugo | Robert Legato,Ben Grossmann,Alex Henning and Adam Watkins |
| Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 | David Vickery, Greg Butler, John Richardson, Tim Burke | |
| Rise of the Planet of the Apes | Jeff Capogreco,Joe Letteri, R. Christopher White | |
| Super 8 | Dennis Muren, Kim Libreri, Paul Kavanagh,Russell Earl | |
| Transformers: Dark of the Moon | John Frazier, Matthew Butler, Scott Benza, Scott Farrar | |
| War Horse | Ben Morris | |
| 2012 | Flight | Jim Gibbs, Kevin Baillie,Michael Lantieri and Ryan Tudhope |
| Cloud Atlas | Dan Glass, Geoffrey Hancock, Stephane Ceretti | |
| The Dark Knight Rises | Chris Corbould, Paul Franklin | |
| Life of Pi | Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron | |
| Prometheus | Charley Henley, Martin Hill, Richard Stammers | |
| Skyfall | Andrew Whitehurst, Arundi Asregadoo, Steve Begg | |
| 2013 | Gravity | Tim Webber,Chris Lawrence,Dave Shirk andNeil Corbould |
| All Is Lost | Brendon O’Dell, Colin Davies, Robert Munroe | |
| The Croods | Markus Manninen, Matt Baer | |
| Oz the Great and Powerful | James Schwalm, Scott Stokdyk, Troy Saliba | |
| Rush | Antoine Moulineau, Jody Johnson, Mark Hodgkins | |
| World War Z | Andrew R. Jones, Jessica Norman, Matt Johnson, Scott Farrar | |
| 2014 | Dawn of the Planet of the Apes | Joe Letteri,Dan Lemmon and Matt Kutcher |
| Guardians of the Galaxy | Stephane Ceretti | |
| Interstellar | Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter, Paul Franklin, Scott Fisher | |
| Into the Woods | Christian Irles, Matt Johnson, Stefano Pepin | |
| Noah | Ben Snow, Burt Dalton, Dan Schrecker, Marc Chu | |
| Transformers: Age of Extinction | John Frazier, Patrick Tubach, Scott Benza, Scott Farrar | |
| 2015 [1] | The Walk | Jim Gibbs, Kevin Baillie, Viktor Muller and Sébastien Moreau |
| Everest | Dadi Einarsson, Matthias Bjarnason, Glen Pratt, Richard Van Den Bergh | |
| Jurassic World | Tim Alexander, Glen McIntosh, Tony Plett, Michael Meinardus | |
| Mad Max: Fury Road | Andrew Jackson, Tom Wood, Dan Oliver, Andy Williams | |
| The Martian | Richard Stammers, Anders Langlands,Chris Lawrence, Steven Warner | |
| Spectre | Steven Begg, Chris Corbould | |
| 2016 [2] | The Jungle Book | Robert Legato,Dan Lemmon,Andrew R. Jones andAdam Valdez |
| The BFG | Joe Letteri, Ken McGaugh, Mark Gee, Kevin Andrew Smith | |
| Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk | Mark O. Forker, Pavel Hristov, Michael Huber, Robert J. Bruce | |
| Deadpool | Ryan Tudhope, Jonathan Rothbart, Vincent Cirelli | |
| Doctor Strange | Stephane Ceretti, Paul Corbould, Richard Bluff, Vincent Cirelli | |
| Sully | Michael Owens, Mark Curtis, Bryan Litson, Jan Dubberke | |
| 2017 [3] | Blade Runner 2049 | John Nelson,Paul Lambert,Richard R. Hoover andGerd Nefzer |
| Alien: Covenant | ||
| Dunkirk | ||
| The Shape of Water | ||
| War for the Planet of the Apes | ||
| Wonder Woman | ||
| 2018 [4] | Black Panther | Geoffrey Baumann, Jesse James Chisholm,Craig Hammack andDan Sudick |
| Avengers: Infinity War | ||
| Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald | ||
| Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom | ||
| Rampage | ||
| Ready Player One | ||
| 2019[5] | Alita: Battle Angel | Joe Letteri andEric Saindon |
| Avengers: Endgame | Matt Aitken,Dan DeLeeuw,Russell Earl, andDan Sudick | |
| Ford v Ferrari | Mark Byers, Olivier Dumont, and Kathy Siegel | |
| The Irishman | Pablo Helman | |
| Joker | Mathew Giampa, Bryan Godwin, and Edwin Rivera | |
| The Lion King | Andrew R. Jones,Robert Legato, Elliot Newman, andAdam Valdez | |