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The Academy Award for Best Visual Effects is presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) for the best achievement in visual effects. It has been handed to four members of the team directly responsible for creating the film's visual effects since 1980 .
* Special Foreign Language Film Award - Special Award Writing (Screenplay) - Cesare Zavattini
May 10, 2014 · Willis O'Brien Wins Special Effects: 1950 Oscars. Patricia Neal presents Willis O'Brien the Oscar for Special Effects for Mighty Joe Young at the 22nd Academy Awards. Hosted by Paul...
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Films that have been awarded the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Pages in category "Films that won the Best Visual Effects Academy Award" The following 82 pages are in this category, out of 82 total. This list may not reflect recent changes . 0–9. 1917 (2019 film) 2001: A Space Odyssey.
- History of The Best Visual Effects Oscar
- Requirements and Eligibility
- Notable Winners
A special award for visual effects was given at the very first Academy Awards in 1929. Roy Pomeroy won for Best Engineering Effects for the 1927 film Wings (which also received the first Academy Award for Best Picture). However, an Oscar for visual effects was not granted again until the 11th Academy Awards in 1939 for the adventure film Spawn of t...
Any feature that qualifies under the standard Academy Awards rules is eligible in the Best Visual Effects category, and all eligible films appear on a nominations ballot that is voted on by the Executive Committee of the Visual Effects Branch of the Academy to narrow the field to a maximum of 20 films. A film's visual effects are judged on the basi...
Dennis Muren has received the most Oscars for Visual Effects with eight wins. He won six of his Oscars competitively (for 1982's E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, 1984's Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, 1987's Innerspace, 1989's The Abyss, 1991'sTerminator 2: Judgment Day, and 1993's Jurassic Park) and two as Special Achievement Awards (for 1980's T...
The 23rd Academy Awards were held on March 29, 1951, honoring the films of 1950. All About Eve received a record 14 nominations, besting the previous record of 13 set by Gone with the Wind in 1939.
22th Academy Awards (1950) ... Best Effects, Special Effects. ARKO Productions. Winner. Mighty Joe Young (1949) 6.0. 437 . Ernest B. Schoedsack. Terry Moore, Ben ...
