Satellite Awards / Film / Best Visual Effects

The Satellite Award Best Visual Effects honors the outstanding achievements of the animation technicians in a film.

The visual effects of a film from the previous year are always awarded.

statistics
Most frequently honored trick technician	Robert Legato and Joe Letteri (three wins each)
Most frequently nominated trick technician	Joe Letteri (seven nominations)
Most frequently nominated trick technician without a win	Scott Farrar (six nominations)

Nominations and winners

1996-1999

year	Award winners	Movie	Nominations
1996	Volker Engel and Douglas Smith	Independence Day	Scott Squires for Dragonheart Jim Mitchell , Michael L. Fink and David Andrews for Mars Attacks! John Knoll for Star Trek: The First Contact Stefen Fangmeier for Twister
1997	Ken Ralston	Contact	Mark Stetson for The Fifth Element Richard Baker for Men in Black Phil Tippett , Scott E. Anderson for Starship Troopers Robert Legato for Titanic
1998	Ellen Somers	Beyond the horizon	Richard R. Hoover and Pat McClung for Armageddon Animal Logic , Mill Film and Rhythm & Hues for Piggy Babe in the Big City Neil Corbould , Stefen Fangmeier and Roger Guyett for Saving Private Ryan Terry D. Frazee for Star Trek: The riot
1999	Jerome Chen , John Dykstra , Eric Allard, and Henry F. Anderson III	Stuart Little	Steve Courtley , Brian Cox and John Gaeta for Matrix John Andrew Berton Jr. , Chris Corbould , Mark Freund and Steve Hamilton for The Mummy Jim Mitchell and Joss Williams for Sleepy Hollow Peter Hutchinson , John Knox , Judith Weaver and Dennis Muren for Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace Kyle Cooper for Titus

2000-2009

year	Award winners	Movie	Nominations
2000	John Nelson	gladiator	Pat McClung for Charlie's Angels Kevin Scott Mack for The Grinch Richard Yuricich for Mission: Impossible II Kent Houston for Vertical Limit
2001	Chris Godfrey	Moulin Rouge	Robert Legato , Nick Davis , John Richardson and Roger Guyett for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Jim Mitchell for Jurassic Park III Jim Rygiel , Richard Taylor , Alex Funke and Randall William Cook for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Eric Brevig for Pearl Harbor
2002	Jim Rygiel , Joe Letteri , Alex Funke and Randall William Cook	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	R. Bruce Steinheimer , Michael Owens , Edward Hirsh and Jon Alexander for Gangs of New York Scott Farrar for Minority Report Michael J. McAlister for Road to Perdition John Dykstra for Spider-Man
2003	Stefen Fangmeier , Nathan McGuinness , Robert Stromberg and Daniel Sudick	Master & Commander - To the end of the world	Howard Berger and Greg Nicotero for Kill Bill - Volume 1 Jeffrey A. Okun for Last Samurai Jim Rygiel , Joe Letteri , Randall William Cook and Alex Funke for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of King John Knoll for Pirates of the Caribbean Pablo Helman , Danny Gordon Taylor , Allen Hall and John Rosengrant for Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
2004	Robert Legato , Peter G. Travers , Matthew Gratzner, and R. Bruce Steinheimer Andy Brown and Kirsty Millar	Aviator House of Flying Daggers	John E. Sullivan for Collateral Michele Ferrone and Louis Morin for Forget Mine Not! Stephen Lawes , Scott E. Anderson and Darin Hollings for Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow John Dykstra , Scott Stokdyk , Anthony LaMolinara and John Frazier for Spider-Man 2
2005	John Knoll , Roger Guyett , Rob Coleman and Brian Gernand	Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith	Robert Rodriguez for Sin City Tom Wood for Kingdom of Heaven Frankie Chung for Kung Fu Hustle Dennis Muren , Pablo Helman , Randy Dutra and Daniel Sudick for War of the Worlds
2006	John Knoll and Hal T. Hickel	Pirates of the Caribbean 2	Kevin Ahern for The Da Vinci Code Michael Owens , Matthew E. Butler , Bryan Grill and Steve Riley for Flags of Our Fathers Jeremy Dawson and Dan Schrecker for The Fountain Everett Burrell and Edward Irastorza for Pan's Labyrinth Dan Glass for V for Vendetta John Bruno for X-Men: The last stand
2007	Chris Watts , Grant Freckelton , Derek Wentworth and Daniel Leduc	300	Scott Farrar for Transformers Michael L. Fink for Der Goldene Kompass Peter Chiang , Charlie Noble , David Vickery and Mattias Lindahl for The Bourne Ultimatum Thomas Schelesny , Matt Jacobs and Tom Gibbons for Verwünscht Rob Engle , Jerome Chen , Sean Phillips , Kenn McDonald and Michael Lantieri for The Legend of Beowulf
2008	Chris Godfrey , James E. Price, and Diana Giorgiutti	Australia	Nick Davis , Chris Corbould , Tim Webber and Paul J. Franklin for The Dark Knight Jeffrey A. Okun for The Day the Earth Stood Still John Nelson , Shane Mahan , Daniel Sudick and Ben Snow for Iron Man Chris Corbould and Kevin Tod Haug for a quantum of comfort
2009	Volker Engel , Marc Weigert and Mike Vézina	2012	Craig Hayes for Red Cliff Robert Habros , Charlie Bradbury , Stephen Pepper and Winston Helgason for District 9 Tim Ledbury for The Fantastic Mr. Fox John Paul Docherty and Richard Bain for The Cabinet of Doctor Parnassus Scott Farrar , Scott Benza , Wayne Billheimer and John Frazier for Transformers - The Revenge

2010-2019

year	Award winners	Movie	Nominations
2010	Ken Ralston , David Schaub , Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips	Alice in Wonderland	James Winnifrith , Adam Gascoyne and Tim Caplan for 127 Hours Nathan McGuinness and Paul O'Shea for Unstoppable Grant Freckelton , Chris Bone and Craig Welsh for The Legend of the Guardians Janek Sirrs , Ben Snow and Ged Wright for Iron Man 2 Paul J. Franklin , Chris Corbould , Andrew Lockley and Pete Bebb for Inception
2011	Robert Legato , Ben Grossmann , Alex Henning and Adam Watkins	Hugo Cabret	David Vickery , Greg Butler , John Richardson and Tim Burke for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 Jeff Capogreco , Joe Letteri and R. Christopher White for Planet of the Apes: Prevolution Dennis Muren , Kim Libreri , Paul Kavanagh and Russell Earl for Super 8 John Frazier , Matthew E. Butler , Scott Benza and Scott Farrar for Transformers 3 Ben Morris for Companions
2012	Jim Gibbs , Kevin Baillie , Michael Lantieri and Ryan Tudhope	Flight	Dan Glass , Geoffrey Hancock and Stéphane Ceretti for Cloud Atlas Chris Corbould and Paul J. Franklin for The Dark Knight Rises Bill Westenhofer and Guillaume Rocheron for Life of Pi: Schiffbruch mit Tiger Charley Henley , Martin Hill and Richard Stammers for Prometheus - Dunklezeichen Andrew Whitehurst , Asregadoo Arundi and Steven Begg for James Bond 007: Skyfall
2013	Tim Webber , Chris Lawrence , David Shirk and Neil Corbould	Gravity	Brendon O'Dell , Colin Davies and Bob Munroe for All Is Lost Markus Manninen and Matt Baer for The Croods Jim Schwalm , Scott Stokdyk and Troy Saliba for The Fantastic World of Oz Antoine Moulineau , Jody Johnson and Mark Hodgkins for Rush - Alles für den victory Andrew R. Jones , Jessica Norman , Matt Johnson and Scott Farrar for World War Z
2014	Joe Letteri , Dan Lemmon and Matt Kutcher	Planet of the Apes: Revolution	Stéphane Ceretti for Guardians of the Galaxy Andrew Lockley , Ian Hunter , Paul J. Franklin and Scott R. Fisher for Interstellar Christian Irles , Matthew Johnson and Stefano Pepin for Into the Woods Ben Snow , Burt Dalton , Dan Schrecker and Marc Chu for Noah John Frazier , Pat Tubach , Scott Benza, and Scott Farrar for Transformers: Age of Extinction
2015	Kevin Baillie , Jim Gibbs , Viktor Muller and Sébastien Moreau	The Walk	Stefan Andersson , Dadi Einarsson , Arne Kaupang and Richard Van Den Bergh for Everest Tim Alexander , Glen McIntosh , Tony Plett and Michael Meinardus for Jurassic World Andrew Jackson , Tom Wood , Dan Oliver and Andy Williams for Mad Max: Fury Road Richard Stammers , Chris Lawrence , Anders Langlands and Steven Warner for The Martian - Rescues Mark Watney Steve Begg and Chris Corbould for James Bond 007: Specter
2016	Robert Legato , Andrew R. Jones , Adam Valdez, and Dan Lemmon	The Jungle Book	Joe Letteri , Ken McGaugh, Mark Gee and Kevin Andrew Smith for BFG - Big Friendly Giant Mark O. Forker, Pavel Hristov, Michael Huber and Robert J. Bruce for Billy Lynn's crazy heroic tour Ryan Tudhope, Jonathan Rothbart, Vincent Cirelli for Deadpool Stéphane Ceretti , Paul Corbould , Richard Bluff , Vincent Cirelli for Doctor Strange Michael Owens , Mark Curtis, Bryan Litson, Jan Dubberke for Sully
2017	Richard R. Hoover , Paul Lambert , John Nelson and Gerd Nefzer	Blade Runner 2049	Andrew Jackson , Andrew Lockley , Scott Fisher and Paul Corbould for Dunkirk Joe Letteri , Dan Lemmon , Daniel Barrett and Joel Whist for Planet of the Apes: Survival Dennis Berardi, Trey Harrell and Kevin Scott for Shape of Water - The Whispering of Water N.N. for Alien: Covenant N.N. for Wonder Woman
2018	Geoffrey Baumann , Craig Hammack and Daniel Sudick	Black panther	Dan DeLeeuw , Russell Earl , Kelly Port and Daniel Sudick for Avengers: Infinity War Tim Burke , Andy Kind, Christian Manz and David Watkins for Fantastic Beasts: Grindelwald's Crimes Erik Winquist , Thrain Shadbolt and David Clayton for Rampage - Big Meets Bigger Roger Guyett , Grady Cofer, Matthew E. Butler and Dave Shirk for Ready Player One N.N. for Jurassic World: The Fallen Kingdom
2019	Joe Letteri and Eric Saindon	Alita: Battle Angel	Matt Aitken , Dan DeLeeuw , Russell Earl and Daniel Sudick for Avengers: Endgame Mark Byers, Olivier Dumont and Kathy Siegel for Le Mans 66 - Against Any Chance Pablo Helman for The Irishman Mathew Giampa, Bryan Godwin and Edwin Rivera for Joker Andrew R. Jones , Robert Legato , Elliot Newman and Adam Valdez for The Lion King