Oscar voor beste visuele effecten

De Academy Award voor beste visuele effecten (Engels: Academy Award for Best Visual Effects, ook bekend als Oscar voor beste visuele effecten) is een jaarlijkse filmprijs van de Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. De Oscar werd voor het eerst uitgereikt tijdens de 36ste Oscaruitreiking, voordien waren de visuele effecten samen met geluidseffecten ondergebracht bij de beste speciale effecten.

Tussen 1972 en 1977 was er geen aparte categorie voor visuele effecten. De Academy had de mogelijkheid een Academy Award voor bijzondere prestaties (Special Achievement Award) toe te kennen, een prijs voor bijdragen aan een film waar geen eigen categorie voor was. De categorie voor visuele effecten keerde terug in 1977, hoewel het tot 1995 mogelijk was dat de prijs werd uitgereikt in de vorm van een Academy Award voor bijzondere prestaties. De laatste keer dat dit gebeurde was in 1990.

Winnaars en genomineerden

De winnaars staan bovenaan in vette letters op een gele achtergrond. De overige films en effectenspecialisten die werden genomineerd staan eronder vermeld in alfabetische volgorde.

1963-1969

Jaar	Film	Genomineerde(n)
1963 (36e)
	Cleopatra	Emil Kosa jr.
	The Birds	Ub Iwerks
1964 (37e)
	Mary Poppins	Peter Ellenshaw, Eustace Lycett en Hamilton Luske
	7 Faces of Dr. Lao	Jim Danforth
1965 (38e)
	Thunderball	John Stears
	The Greatest Story Ever Told	J. McMillan Johnson
1966 (39e)
	Fantastic Voyage	Art Cruickshank
	Hawaii	Linwood G. Dunn
1967 (40e)
	Doctor Dolittle	L.B. Abbott
	Tobruk	Howard A. Anderson jr. en Albert Whitlock
1968 (41e)
	2001: A Space Odyssey	Stanley Kubrick
	Ice Station Zebra	Hal Millar en J. McMillan Johnson
1969 (42e)
	Marooned	Robbie Robertson
	Krakatoa, East of Java	Eugene Lourie en Alex Weldon

1970-1979

Jaar	Film	Genomineerde(n)
1970 (43e)
	Tora! Tora! Tora!	A.D. Flowers en L.B. Abbott
	Patton	Alex Weldon
1971 (44e)
	Bedknobs and Broomsticks	Alan Maley, Eustace Lycett en Danny Lee
	When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth	Jim Danforth en Roger Dicken
1972 (45e)
	The Poseidon Adventure	L.B. Abbott en A.D. Flowers
1973 (46e)
	Geen uitreiking in deze categorie.
1974 (47e)
	Earthquake	Frank Brendel en Glen Robinson en Albert Whitlock
1975 (48e)
	The Hindenburg	Albert Whitlock en Glen Robinson
1976 (49e)
	King Kong	Carlo Rambaldi, Glen Robinson en Frank Van der Veer
	Logan's Run	L.B. Abbott, Glen Robinson en Matthew Yuricich
1977 (50e)
	Star Wars	John Stears, John Dykstra, Richard Edlund, Grant McCune en Robert Blalack
	Close Encounters of the Third Kind	Roy Arbogast, Douglas Trumbull, Matthew Yuricich, Gregory Jein en Richard Yuricich
1978 (51e)
	Superman	Les Bowie, Colin Chilvers, Denys Coop, Roy Field, Derek Meddings en Zoran Perisic
1979 (52e)
	Alien	H.R. Giger, Carlo Rambaldi, Brian Johnson, Nick Allder en Denys Ayling
	1941	William A. Fraker, A.D. Flowers en Gregory Jein
	The Black Hole	Peter Ellenshaw, Art Cruickshank, Eustace Lycett, Danny Lee, Harrison Ellenshaw en Joe Hale
	Moonraker	Derek Meddings, Paul Wilson en John Evans
	Star Trek: The Motion Picture	Douglas Trumbull, John Dykstra, Richard Yuricich, Robert Swarthe, Dave Stewart en Grant McCune

1980-1989

Jaar	Film	Genomineerde(n)
1980 (53e)
	The Empire Strikes Back	Brian Johnson, Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren en Bruce Nicholson
1981 (54e)
	Raiders of the Lost Ark	Richard Edlund, Kit West, Bruce Nicholson en Joe Johnston
	Dragonslayer	Dennis Muren, Phil Tippett, Ken Ralston en Brian Johnson
1982 (55e)
	E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial	Carlo Rambaldi, Dennis Muren en Kenneth F. Smith
	Blade Runner	Douglas Trumbull, Richard Yuricich en David Dryer
	Poltergeist	Richard Edlund, Michael Wood en Bruce Nicholson
1983 (56e)
	Return of the Jedi	Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, Ken Ralston en Phil Tippett
1984 (57e)
	Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom	Dennis Muren, Michael McAlister, Lorne Peterson en George Gibbs
	2010	Richard Edlund, Neil Krepela, George Jenson en Mark Stetson
	Ghostbusters	Richard Edlund, John Bruno, Mark Vargo en Chuck Gaspar
1985 (58e)
	Cocoon	Ken Ralston, Ralph McQuarrie, Scott Farrar en David Berry
	Return to Oz	Will Vinton, Ian Wingrove, Zoran Perisic en Michael Lloyd
	Young Sherlock Holmes	Dennis Muren, Kit West, John Ellis en David Allen
1986 (59e)
	Aliens	Robert Skotak, Stan Winston, John Richardson en Suzanne Benson
	Little Shop of Horrors	Lyle Conway, Bran Ferren en Martin Gutteridge
	Poltergeist II: The Other Side	Richard Edlund, John Bruno, Garry Waller en William Neil
1987 (60e)
	Innerspace	Dennis Muren, William George, Harley Jessup en Kenneth Smith
	Predator	Joel Hynek, Robert M. Greenberg, Richard Greenberg en Stan Winston
1988 (61e)
	Who Framed Roger Rabbit	Ken Ralston, Richard Williams, Edward Jones en George Gibbs
	Die Hard	Richard Edlund, Al DiSarro, Brent Boates en Thaine Morris
	Willow	Dennis Muren, Michael McAlister, Phil Tippett en Chris Evans
1989 (62e)
	The Abyss	John Bruno, Dennis Muren, Hoyt Yeatman en Dennis Skotak
	The Adventures of Baron Munchausen	Richard Conway en Kent Houston
	Back to the Future Part II	Ken Ralston, Michael Lantieri, John Bell en Steve Gawley

1990-1999

Jaar	Film	Genomineerde(n)
1990 (63e)
	Total Recall	Eric Brevig, Rob Bottin, Tim McGovern en Alex Funke
1991 (64e)
	Terminator 2: Judgment Day	Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Gene Warren jr. en Robert Skotak
	Backdraft	Mikael Salomon, Allen Hall, Clay Pinney en Scott Farrar
	Hook	Eric Brevig, Harley Jessup, Mark Sullivan en Michael Lantieri
1992 (65e)
	Death Becomes Her	Ken Ralston, Doug Chiang, Doug Smythe en Tom Woodruff jr.
	Alien 3	Richard Edlund, Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff jr. en George Gibbs
	Batman Returns	Michael Fink, Craig Barron, John Bruno en Dennis Skotak
1993 (66e)
	Jurassic Park	Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Phil Tippett en Michael Lantieri
	Cliffhanger	Neil Krepela, John Richardson, John Bruno en Pamela Easley
	The Nightmare Before Christmas	Pete Kozachik, Eric Leighton, Ariel Velasco Shaw en Gordon Baker
1994 (67e)
	Forrest Gump	Ken Ralston, George Murphy, Stephen Rosenbaum en Allen Hall
	The Mask	Scott Squires, Steve Williams, Tom Bertino en Jon Farhat
	True Lies	John Bruno, Thomas L. Fisher, Jacques Stroweis en Patrick McClung
1995 (68e)
	Babe	Scott E. Anderson, Charles Gibson, Neal Scanlan en John Cox
	Apollo 13	Robert Legato, Michael Kanfer, Leslie Ekker en Matt Sweeney
1996 (69e)
	Independence Day	Volker Engel, Douglas Smith, Clay Pinney en Joseph Viskocil
	Dragonheart	Scott Squires, Phil Tippett, James Straus en Kit West
	Twister	Stefen Fangmeier, John Frazier, Habib Zargarpour en Henry La Bounta
1997 (70e)
	Titanic	Robert Legato, Mark Lasoff, Thomas L. Fisher en Michael Kanfer
	The Lost World: Jurassic Park	Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Randal M. Dutra en Michael Lantieri
	Starship Troopers	Phil Tippett, Scott E. Anderson, Alec Gillis en John Richardson
1998 (71e)
	What Dreams May Come	Joel Hynek, Nicholas Brooks, Stuart Robertson en Kevin Mack
	Armageddon	Richard R. Hoover, Pat McClung en John Frazier
	Mighty Joe Young	Rick Baker, Hoyt Yeatman, Allen Hall en Jim Mitchell
1999 (72e)
	The Matrix	John Gaeta, Janek Sirrs, Steve Courtley en Jon Thum
	Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace	John Knoll, Dennis Muren, Scott Squires en Rob Coleman
	Stuart Little	John Dykstra, Jerome Chen, Henry F. Anderson III en Eric Allard

2000-2009

Jaar	Film	Genomineerde(n)
2000 (73e)
	Gladiator	John Nelson, Neil Corbould, Tim Burke en Rob Harvey
	Hollow Man	Scott E. Anderson, Craig Hayes, Scott Stokdyk en Stan Parks
	The Perfect Storm	Stefen Fangmeier, Habib Zargarpour, John Frazier en Walt Conti
2001 (74e)
	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Jim Rygiel, Randall William Cook, Richard Taylor en Mark Stetson
	A.I.: Artificial Intelligence	Dennis Muren, Scott Farrar, Stan Winston en Michael Lantieri
	Pearl Harbor	Eric Brevig, John Frazier, Ed Hirsh en Ben Snow
2002 (75e)
	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook en Alex Funke
	Spider-Man	John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara en John Frazier
	Star Wars: Episode II: Attack of the Clones	Rob Coleman, Pablo Helman, John Knoll en Ben Snow
2003 (76e)
	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook en Alex Funke
	Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World	Dan Sudick, Stefen Fangmeier, Nathan McGuinness en Robert Stromberg
	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl	John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson en Terry Frazee
2004 (77e)
	Spider-Man 2	John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara en John Frazier
	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	Roger Guyett, Tim Burke, John Richardson en Bill George
	I, Robot	John Nelson, Andrew R. Jones, Erik Nash en Joe Letteri
2005 (78e)
	King Kong	Joe Letteri, Brian Van't Hul, Christian Rivers en Richard Taylor
	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe	Dean Wright, Bill Westenhofer, Jim Berney en Scott Farrar
	War of the Worlds	Dennis Muren, Pablo Helman, Randal M. Dutra en Daniel Sudick
2006 (79e)
	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson en Allen Hall
	Poseidon	Boyd Shermis, Kim Libreri, Chas Jarrett en John Frazier
	Superman Returns	Mark Stetson, Neil Corbould, Richard R. Hoover en Jon Thum
2007 (80e)
	The Golden Compass	Michael Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris en Trevor Wood
	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End	John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson en John Frazier
	Transformers	Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Russell Earl en John Frazier
2008 (81e)
	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton en Craig Barron
	The Dark Knight	Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber en Paul Franklin
	Iron Man	John Nelson, Ben Snow, Dan Sudick en Shane Mahan
2009 (82e)
	Avatar	Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham en Andrew R. Jones
	District 9	Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros en Matt Aitken
	Star Trek	Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh en Burt Dalton

2010-2019

Jaar	Film	Genomineerde(n)
2010 (83e)
	Inception	Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley en Peter Bebb
	Alice in Wonderland	Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas en Sean Phillips
	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1	Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz en Nicolas Aithadi
	Hereafter	Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojansky en Joe Farrell
	Iron Man 2	Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright en Daniel Sudick
2011 (84e)
	Hugo	Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossmann en Alex Henning
	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2	Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler en John Richardson
	Real Steel	Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Dan Taylor en Swen Gillberg
	Rise of the Planet of the Apes	Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White en Daniel Barrett
	Transformers: Dark of the Moon	Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Matthew Butler en John Frazier
2012 (85e)
	Life of Pi	Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan de Boer en Donald R. Elliott
	The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey	Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton en R. Christopher White
	Marvel's The Avengers	Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams en Dan Sudick
	Prometheus	Richard Stammers, Trevor Wood, Charley Henley en Martin Hill
	Snow White and the Huntsman	Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, Philip Brennan, Neil Corbould en Michael Dawson
2013 (86e)
	Gravity	Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, David Shirk en Neil Corbould
	The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug	Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton en Eric Reynolds
	Iron Man 3	Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Erik Nash en Dan Sudick
	The Lone Ranger	Tim Alexander, Gary Brozenich, Edson Williams en John Frazier
	Star Trek: Into Darkness	Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Ben Grossmann en Burt Dalton
2014 (87e)
	Interstellar	Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter en Scott Fisher
	Captain America: The Winter Soldier	Dan DeLeeuw, Russell Earl, Bryan Grill en Dan Sudick
	Dawn of the Planet of the Apes	Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Daniel Barrett en Erik Winquist
	Guardians of the Galaxy	Stephane Ceretti, Nicolas Aithadi, Jonathan Fawkner en Paul Corbould
	X-Men: Days of Future Past	Richard Stammers, Lou Pecora, Tim Crosbie en Cameron Waldbauer
2015 (88e)
	Ex Machina	Andrew Whitehurst, Paul Norris, Mark Ardington en Sara Bennett
	Mad Max: Fury Road	Andrew Jackson, Tom Wood, Dan Oliver en Andy Williams
	The Martian	Richard Stammers, Anders Langlands, Chris Lawrence en Steven Warner
	The Revenant	Rich McBride, Matthew Shumway, Jason Smith en Cameron Waldbauer
	Star Wars: The Force Awakens	Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Neal Scanlan en Chris Corbould
2016 (89e)
	The Jungle Book	Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R. Jones en Dan Lemmon
	Deepwater Horizon	Craig Hammack, Jason Snell, Jason Billington en Burt Dalton
	Doctor Strange	Stephane Ceretti, Richard Bluff, Vincent Cirelli en Paul Corbould
	Kubo and the Two Strings	Steve Emerson, Oliver Jones, Brian McLean en Brad Schiff
	Rogue One: A Star Wars Story	John Knoll, Mohen Leo, Hal Hickel en Neil Corbould
2017 (90e)
	Blade Runner 2049	John Nelson, Gerd Nefzer, Paul Lambert en Richard R. Hoover
	Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2	Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Jonathan Fawkner en Dan Sudick
	Kong: Skull Island	Stephen Rosenbaum, Jeff White, Scott Benza en Mike Meinardus
	Star Wars: The Last Jedi	Ben Morris, Mike Mulholland, Neal Scanlan en Chris Corbould
	War for the Planet of the Apes	Joe Letteri, Daniel Barrett, Dan Lemmon en Joel Whist
2018 (91e)
	First Man	Paul Lambert, Ian Hunter, Tristan Myles en J.D. Schwalm
	Avengers: Infinity War	Dan DeLeeuw, Kelly Port, Russell Earl en Dan Sudick
	Christopher Robin	Christopher Lawrence, Michael Eames, Theo Jones en Chris Corbould
	Ready Player One	Roger Guyett, Grady Cofer, Matthew E. Butler en David Shirk
	Solo: A Star Wars Story	Rob Bredow, Patrick Tubach, Neal Scanlan en Dominic Tuohy
2019 (92e)
	1917	Guillaume Rocheron, Greg Butler en Dominic Tuohy
	Avengers: Endgame	Dan DeLeeuw, Russell Earl, Matt Aitken en Dan Sudick
	The Irishman	Pablo Helman, Leandro Estebecorena, Nelson Sepulveda-Fauser en Stephane Grabli
	The Lion King	Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R. Jones en Elliot Newman
	Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker	Roger Guyett, Neal Scanlan, Patrick Tubach en Dominic Tuohy

2020-2029

Jaar	Film	Genomineerde(n)
2020 (93e)
	Tenet	Andrew Jackson, David Lee, Andrew Lockley en Scott Fisher
	Love and Monsters	Matt Sloan, Genevieve Camilleri, Matt Everitt en Brian Cox
	The Midnight Sky	Matthew Kasmir, Christopher Lawrence, Max Solomon en David Watkins
	Mulan	Sean Faden, Anders Langlands, Seth Maury en Steve Ingram
	The One and Only Ivan	Nick Davis, Greg Fisher, Ben Jones en Santiago Colomo Martinez
2021 (94e)
	Dune	Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, Brian Connor en Gerd Nefzer
	Free Guy	Swen Gillberg, Bryan Grill, Nikos Kalaitzidis en Dan Sudick
	No Time to Die	Charlie Noble, Joel Green, Jonathan Fawkner en Chris Corbould
	Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings	Christopher Townsend, Joe Farrell, Sean Noel Walker en Dan Oliver
	Spider-Man: No Way Home	Kelly Port, Chris Waegner, Scott Edelstein en Dan Sudick
2022 (95e)
	Avatar: The Way of Water	Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon en Daniel Barrett
	All Quiet on the Western Front	Frank Petzold, Viktor Müller, Markus Frank en Kamil Jafar
	The Batman	Dan Lemmon, Russell Earl, Anders Langlands en Dominic Tuohy
	Black Panther: Wakanda Forever	Geoffrey Baumann, Craig Hammack, R. Christopher White en Dan Sudick
	Top Gun: Maverick	Ryan Tudhope, Seth Hill, Bryan Litson en Scott R. Fisher
2023 (96e)
	Godzilla Minus One	Takashi Yamazaki, Kiyoko Shibuya, Masaki Takahashi en Tatsuji Nojima
	The Creator	Jay Cooper, Ian Comley, Andrew Roberts en Neil Corbould
	Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3	Stephane Ceretti, Alexis Wajsbrot, Guy Williams en Theo Bialek
	Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One	Alex Wuttke, Simone Coco, Jeff Sutherland en Neil Corbould
	Napoleon	Charley Henley, Luc-Ewen Martin-Fenouillet, Simone Coco en Neil Corbould
2024 (97e)
	Dune: Part Two	Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe en Gerd Nefzer
	Alien: Romulus	Eric Barba, Nelson Sepulveda-Fauser, Daniel Macarin en Shane Mahan
	Better Man	Luke Millar, David Clayton, Keith Herft en Peter Stubbs
	Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes	Erik Winquist, Stephen Unterfranz, Paul Story en Rodney Burke
	Wicked	Pablo Helman, Jonathan Fawkner, David Shirk en Paul Corbould

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