"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
The first Oscar award for Special Effects was presented for Cleopatra (1963). The name of the award was later changed to Special Visual Effects and currently Visual Effects.
The Oscar went to the science-fiction film "Destination Moon."
The Best Visual Effects Oscar that year went to "Destination Moon."
Alien won the Oscar for Visual Effects in 1979.
Cocoon won the Oscar for Visual Effects in 1985.
The Matrix won the Oscar for Visual Effects in 1999.
Alien.
Babe (1995) was the last G-rated film to win the Oscar for Best Visual Effects.
He won an Oscar for 2001: A Space Odyssey. The category? Best Visual Effects.
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.
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.
Sally Field won the Oscar for Best Actress in a Leading Role in 1979.
Babe (1995) was the last G-rated film to win the Oscar for Best Visual Effects.
He won an Oscar for 2001: A Space Odyssey. The category? Best Visual Effects.
Gravity
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.
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.
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.
HR Giger was recruited by director Ridely Scott to design both the alien and its environment in the movie. The special effects team, which Giger was a part of, won an Oscar for Best Achievement for Visual Effects for the design work they had done on the film.