The 1996 Academy Award for Best Visual Effects went to the creative team of "Independence Day" -- Volker Engel, Douglas Smith, Clay Pinney and Joseph Viskocil.
Babe (1995) was the last G-rated film to win the Oscar for Best Visual Effects.
"The Golden Compass" (New Line in association with Ingenious Film Partners): Michael Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris and Trevor Wood "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" (Walt Disney): John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and John Frazier "Transformers" (DreamWorks and Paramount in association with Hasbro): Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Russell Earl and John Frazier
He won an Oscar for 2001: A Space Odyssey. The category? Best Visual Effects.
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
Raiders of the Lost Ark won 4 Oscars, for Best Editing, Art Direction, Sound and Visual Effects; Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom won 1 Oscar for Best Visual Effects; and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade won 1 Oscar for Best Sound Effects Editing. None of them won a SAG award or a Golden Globe.
The most recent winners of the Oscar for best visual effects were Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones for their work on Avatar. See related links to see a list of past winners.
1964's Goldfinger and 1965's Thunderball, the only Bond movies to win an Oscar.
One. Cecil B. DeMille's 1956 Biblical epic received the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects. Most observers would agree that John P. Fulton's special effects wizardry for the movie holds up well today.
Focusing on Raiders of the Lost Ark, it was nominated for Best Picture, Best Director in Steven Spielberg, Best Original Score and Best Cinematography. It did win Oscars for Best Visual Effects, Best Sound, Best Sound Effects Editing, Best Film Editing, and Best Art Direction.With Temple of Doom, it was nominated for Best Original Musical Score (John Williams), and won an Oscar for Best Visual Effects. With The Last Crusade, it was nominated for Best Original Score and Best Sound, and won an Oscar for Best Sound Editing.
Yes, it was nominated for Oscars in Best Art Direction, Best Visual Effects, and Best Makeup.
AACTA Award for Best Visual Effects was created in 2006.