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Dec 3, 2023 · In this article, we’ll take you on a cinematic journey through the full list of Academy Award winners for Best VFX and highlight the top 10 films that have left an indelible mark on the history of cinema with their astonishing visual effects.
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.
Which of the nominees of the 2019 Academy Award for Best Achievement in Visual Effects do you think should win? See the full list of nominations here. See the 2019 Oscars page here.
Feb 25, 2019 · First Man, the moonshot tale of Neil Armstrong in the launchpad years before his historic voyage won the Academy Award for visual effects, topping a field of eclectic competitors that...
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The Academy Award for Best Visual Effects is an Academy Award that recognizes the finest or most outstanding visual effects in film.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences first recognized the technical contributions of special effects to movies at its inaugural dinner in 1928, presenting a plaque for Best Engineering Effects to the first Best Picture Oscar winner, the World War I flying drama Wings.
Producer David O. Selznick, then production head at RKO Studios, petitioned the Academy Board of Governors to recognize the work of animator Willis O'Brien for his groundbreaking work on 1933's King Kong (1933).
But it was not until 1938 when a film was actually recognized for its effects work, when a "Special Achievement Award for Special Effects" was given to the Paramount film Spawn of the North. The following year, Best Special Effects became a recognized category, although on occasion the Academy has chosen to honor a single film outright rather than nominate two or more films. From 1939 to 1963, it was an award for a film's visual effects as well as audio effects, so usually it was given to two persons, although some years only one or the other type of effect was recognised. In 1964, it was given only for visual effects, and the following year the name of the category was changed to Best Special Visual Effects.
•1927/28: The category was named Best Engineering Effects
11th Academy Awards, 1938 Special Achievement Academy Award — Spawn of the North — Gordon Jennings, Farciot Edouart, Loyal Griggs
•1939 - 1963: The category was named Best Special Effects
•1964 - 1971: The category was named Best Special Visual Effects
1970s
45th Academy Awards, 1972 Special Achievement Academy Award — The Poseidon Adventure — L. B. Abbott, A. D. Flowers
The 91st Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2018 and took place on February 24, 2019, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles.
Mar 8, 2023 · This year's Best Visual Effects nominees include All Quiet on the Western Front (Frank Petzold, Viktor Müller, Markus Frank and Kamil Jafar), Avatar: The Way of Water (Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon and Daniel Barrett), The Batman (Dan Lemmon, Russell Earl, Anders Langlands and Dominic Tuohy), Black Panther: Wakanda ...
