year
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Award winners
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Movie
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Further nominations
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1975
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Marcel Vercoutere
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The exorcist
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No further nominations
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1976
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Doug Napp Bill Taylor John Carpenter Dan O'Bannon
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Dark Star
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No further nominations
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1977
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LB Abbott
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Special award for the entire work
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No further nominations
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1978
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John Dykstra John Stears
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war of stars
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Ray Harryhausen for Sindbad and the Eye of the Tiger Chuck Gaspar & Albert Whitlock for Exorcist II - The Heretic Douglas Trumbull for Close Encounters of the Third Kind
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1979
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Colin Chilvers
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Superman
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Henry Miller Jr. for Capricorn Ira Anderson Jr. for Damien - Omen II Dell Rheaume & Russel Hessey for The Body Eaters come Albert Whitlock for The Wiz - The Magic Land
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1980
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Douglas Trumbull John Dykstra Richard Yuricich
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Star Trek: The Movie
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Brian Johnson & Nick Allder for Alien Peter Ellenshaw for The Black Hole John Evans & John Richardson for Moonraker Robbie Knott for Muppet Movie
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1981
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Brian Johnson Richard Edlund
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The Empire Strikes Back
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Chuck Comisky for Sador - Rulers of Space Richard Albain , Tommy Lee Wallace & James F. Liles for The Fog Dave Allen & Peter Kuran for Das Tier Gary Zeller for Scanners - Your thoughts can kill
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1982
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Richard Edlund
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Hunter of the lost treasure
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Ray Harryhausen for Clash of the Titans Brian Johnson & Dennis Muren for The Dragon Slayer John Stears for Outland - Planet of the Damned Jon Bunker for Time Bandits
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1983
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Carlo Rambaldi Dennis Muren
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ET - The Alien
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Douglas Trumbull & Richard Yuricich for Blade Runner Roy Field & Brian Smithies for The Dark Crystal Tom Campbell , Bill Conway , John Carl Buechler & Steve Neill for Mutant - The Horror in Space Rob Bottin for The Thing from Another World
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1984
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Richard Edlund Dennis Muren Ken Ralston
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Return of the Jedi
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Entertainment Effects Group for Project Brainstorm Ian Wingrove for Never Say Never Lee Dyer for Evil Comes on Little Foot Chuck Comisky , Kenneth Jones & Lawrence E. Benson for The Secret of Centerville
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1985
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Chris Walas
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Gremlins - little monsters
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Richard Edlund for 2010: The Year We Contact Lawrence E. Benson for The Dark Powers of Darkness Barry Nolan for The Desert Planet Ralph Winter for Star Trek III: In Search of Mr. Spock
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1986
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Kevin Pike
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Back to the Future
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The LA Effects Group for Phantom Command Bruce Nicholson & Ralph Winter for Explorers - A Fantastic Adventure Richard Edlund for The Black Night - Fright Night Apogee, Inc. for Lifeforce - The Deadly Menace
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1987
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Stan Winston Robert Skotak Dennis Skotak
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Aliens - The Return
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Lyle Conway for The Little Horror Shop Richard Edlund for Poltergeist II - The Other Side Syd Mead & Eric Allard for Number 5 Lives! Ken Ralston & Michael Lantieri for Star Trek IV: Back to the Present
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1988
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Peter Kuran Phil Tippett Rob Bottin Rocco Gioffre
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RoboCop
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Vern Hyde , Doug Beswick & Tom Sullivan for Tanz der Teufel II - Now there is more dancing Dennis Muren , Bill George , Harley Jessup & Kenneth Smith for Die Reise ins Ich Richard Edlund for Masters of the Universe Joel Hynek , Stan Winston , Richard Greenberg & Robert M. Greenberg for Predator Michael Lantieri for The Witches of Eastwick
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1990
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George Gibbs Ken Ralston Richard Williams
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Wrong game with Roger Rabbit
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Alan Munro , Ted Rae & Robert Short for Beetlejuice Kevin Pike , Hoyt Yeatman & Will Vinton for Moonwalker Eric Brevig & Allen Hall for The Ghosts I Called ... Eric Allard & Jeff Jarvis for number 5 doesn't give up John Richardson for Willow
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1991
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Ken Ralston
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Back to the Future II
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Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) , Dream Quest Images , Fantasy II Film Effects & Wonderworks for Abyss - Abyss of Death Richard Conway & Kent Houston for The Adventures of Baron Münchhausen Bruce Nicholson , John T. Van Vliet , Richard Edlund & Laura Buff for Ghost - Message from Sam Rick Baker , Ken Pepiot & Dennis Michelson for Gremlins 2 - The Return of the Little Monsters Rick Fichter , David Sosalla & Peter Chesney for Darling, I've Shrunk the Kids Phil Tippett , Rob Bottin & Peter Kuran for RoboCop 2 Thomas L. Fisher , Eric Brevig & Rob Bottin for Total Recall - Total Recall Tom Woodruff Jr. & Alec Gillis for Tremors - In the Land of Rocket Worms
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1992
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Stan Winston
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Terminator 2 - Day of Reckoning
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Richard Yuricich & Kevin Yagher for Bill & Ted's Crazy Journey into the Future Syd Dutton , Bill Taylor & Gene Warren Jr. for Roger Corman's Frankenstein Stan Winston & Joel Hynek for Predator 2 Ken Ralston for Rocketeer Perpetual Motion Pictures & Dream Quest Images for Warlock - Satan's son
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1993
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Ken Ralston Tom Woodruff junior Alec Gillis
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Death suits her well
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Alan Munro for Addams Family George Gibbs , Richard Edlund , Alec Gillis & Tom Woodruff junior for Alien 3 Richard Taylor & Bob McCarron for Braindead Roman Coppola for Bram Stoker's Dracula Frank Ceglia , Paul Haines & Tom Ceglia for Der lawnmower man Bruce Nicholson & Ned Gorman for Chasing someone invisible
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1994
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Dennis Muren Stan Winston Phil Tippett Michael Lantieri
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Jurassic Park
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Michael J. McAlister & Kimberly K. Nelson for Demolition Man Pacific Data Images (PDI) & 4-Ward Productions for 4 Heavenly Friends Buena Vista Visual Effects , Matte World Digital & Rhythm & Hues for Hocus Pocus John E. Sullivan for Last Action Hero Ariel Velasco-Shaw , Eric Leighton & Gordon Baker for Nightmare Before Christmas Richard Edlund for Starfire
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1995
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John Bruno
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True Lies - True Lies
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Andrew Mason for The Crow, Ken Ralston for Forrest Gump Illusion Arts Inc. , Fantasy II Film Effects & Visual Concept Engineering (VCE) for Shadow and The Curse of Khan Jeffrey A. Okun & Patrick Tatopoulos for Stargate Gregory L. McMurry for Timecop
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1996
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Stan Parks
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Jumanji
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John Dykstra , Thomas L. Fisher , Andrew Adamson & Eric Durst for Batman Forever Scott Farrar , Stan Winston & Michael Lantieri for Congo Eric Brevig for The Indian in the Kitchen Cabinet Joel Hynek for Judge Dredd Richard Edlund & Steve Johnson for Species
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1997
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Volker Engel Clay Pinney Douglas Smith Joe Viskocil
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Independence Day
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Scott Squires , Phil Tippett , James Straus & Kit West for Dragonheart Wes Takahashi , Charlie McClellan & Richard Taylor for The Frighteners Jim Mitchell , Michael L. Fink , David Andrews & Michael Lantieri for Mars Attacks! John Knoll for Star Trek: First Contact Stefen Fangmeier , John Frazier , Habib Zargarpour & Henry LaBounta for Twister
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1998
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Phil Tippett Scott E. Anderson Alec Gillis Tom Woodruff Jr. John Richardson
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Starship Troopers
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Pitof , Erik Henry , Alec Gillis & Tom Woodruff junior for Alien - The Rebirth Ken Ralston , Stephen Rosenbaum , Jerome Chen & Mark Holmes for Contact Karen E. Goulekas & Mark Stetson for The Fifth Element Dennis Muren , Stan Winston , Michael Lantieri & Randy Dutra for Forgotten World: Jurassic Park Eric Brevig , Peter Chesney , Rob Coleman & Rick Baker for Men in Black
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1999
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Volker Engel Patrick Tatopolous Karen E. Goulekas Clay Pinney
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Godzilla
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Pat McClung , Richard R. Hoover & John Frazier for Armageddon - The Last Judgment Andrew Mason , Mara Bryan , Peter Doyle & Tom Davies for Dark City Angus Bickerton for Lost in Space Rick Baker , Hoyt Yeatman , Allen Hall & Jim Mitchell for My Great Friend Joe Roger Guyett , Stefen Fangmeier & Neil Corbould for Saving Private Ryan
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2000
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Rob Coleman John Knoll Dennis Muren Scott Squires
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Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
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Stan Winston , Bill George , Kim Bromley & Robert Stadd for Galaxy Quest - Planlos Through Space John Gaeta , Janek Sirrs , Steve Courtley & Jon Thum for Matrix John Andrew Berton junior , Daniel Jeannette , Ben Snow & Chris Corbould for Die Mummy Jim Mitchell , Joss Williams , Kevin Yagher & Mark S. Miller for Sleepy Hollow John Dykstra , Henry Anderson , Jerome Chen & Eric Allard for Stuart Little
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2001
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Scott E. Anderson Craig Hayes Scott Stokdyk Stan Parks
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Hollow Man - Invisible Danger
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Michael Lantieri & David Drzewiecki for The 6th Day Kevin Scott Mack , Matthew E. Butler , Bryan Grill & Allen Hall for The Grinch Stefen Fangmeier , Habib Zargarpour , Tim Alexander & John Frazier for The Storm Michael L. Fink , Michael J. McAlister , David Prescott & Theresa Ellis for X-Men
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2002
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Dennis Muren Scott Farrar Stan Winston Michael Lantieri
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AI - Artificial Intelligence
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Robert Legato , Nick Davis , Roger Guyett & John Richardson for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Jim Mitchell , Danny Gordon Taylor , Donald Elliott & John Rosengrant for Jurassic Park III Jim Rygiel , Randall William Cook , Richard Taylor & Mark Stetson for The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of John Andrew Berton Jr. , Daniel Jeannette , Neil Corbould & Thomas Rosseter for The Mummy Returns Arthur Windus , Val Wardlaw , Hal Bertram , Nick Drew & Seb Caudron for Pact of Wolves
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2003
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Rob Coleman Pablo Helman John Knoll Ben Snow
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Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
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Jim Mitchell , Nick Davis , John Richardson & Bill George for Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Jim Rygiel , Joe Letteri , Randall William Cook & Alex Funke for The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Scott Farrar , Henry LaBounta , Michael Lantieri & Nathan McGuinness for Minority Report John Dykstra , Scott Stokdyk , Anthony LaMolinara & John Frazier for Spider-Man Joel Hynek , Matthew E. Butler , Sean Andrew Faden & John Frazier for xXx - Triple X
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2004
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Jim Rygiel Joe Letteri Randall William Cook Alex Funke
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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
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Dennis Muren , Edward Hirsh , Colin Brady & Michael Lantieri for Hulk John Gaeta , Kim Libreri , George Murphy & Craig Hayes for Matrix Revolutions John Knoll , Hal T. Hickel , Terry D. Frazee , Charles Gibson & Pirates of the Caribbean Pablo Helman , Danny Gordon Taylor , Allen Hall & John Rosengrant for Terminator 3 - Rebellion of the Machines Michael L. Fink , Richard E. Hollander , Stephen Rosenbaum & Mike Vézina for X-Men 2
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2005
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John Dykstra Scott Stokdyk Anthony LaMolinara John Frazier
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Spider-Man 2
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Peter Chiang , Pablo Helman & Thomas J. Smith for Riddick: Chronicles of a Warrior Karen E. Goulekas , Neil Corbould , Greg Strause & Remo Balcells for The Day After Tomorrow Roger Guyett , Tim Burke , Bill George & John Richardson for Harry Potter and the Prisoners of Azkaban John Nelson , Andy Jones (VI) , Erik Nash & Joe Letteri for I, Robot Scott Squires , Ben Snow , Daniel Jeannette & Syd Dutton for Van Helsing
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2006
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Joe Letteri Richard Taylor Christian Rivers Brian Van't Hul
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King Kong
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Janek Sirrs , Dan Glass , Chris Corbould & Paul Franklin for Batman Begins Dean Wright , Bill Westenhofer , Jim Berney & Scott Farrar for The Chronicles of Narnia: The King of Narnia Jim Mitchell , Tim Alexander , Tim Webber & John Richardson for Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire John Knoll , Roger Guyett , Rob Coleman & Brian Gernand for Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith Dennis Muren , Pablo Helman , Randy Dutra & Daniel Sudick for War of the Worlds
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2007
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John Knoll Hal T. Hickel Charles Gibson Allen Hall
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Pirates of the Caribbean 2
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John Bruno , Eric Saindon , Craig Lyn & Michael Vezina for X-Men: The Last Stand Jeremy Dawson , Dan Schrecker , Mark G. Soper & Peter Parks for The Fountain Roger Guyett , Russell Earl , Patrick Tubach & Daniel Sudick for Mission: Impossible III Karin Joy , John Andrew Berton junior , Blair Clark & John Dietz for Piggy Wilbur and his friends Mark Stetson , Neil Corbould , Richard R. Hoover & Jon Thum for Superman Returns
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2008
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Scott Farrar Scott Benza Russell Earl John Frazier
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Transformers
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Chris Watts , Grant Freckelton , Derek Wentworth & Daniel Leduc for 300 Michael L. Fink , Bill Westenhofer , Ben Morris & Trevor Wood for The Golden Compass Tim Burke , John Richardson , Paul J. Franklin & Greg Butler for Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix John Knoll , Hal T. Hickel , Charles Gibson & John Frazier for Pirates of the Caribbean - At World's End Scott Stokdyk , Peter Nofz , Spencer Cook & John Frazier for Spider-Man 3
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2009
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Nick Davis Chris Corbould Tim Webber Paul Franklin
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The Dark Knight
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Eric Barba , Steve Preeg , Burt Dalton & Craig Barron for The Strange Case of Benjamin Button Pablo Helman & Daniel Sudick for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull John Nelson , Ben Snow , Daniel Sudick & Shane Mahan for Iron Man Michael J. Wassel , Adrian De Wet , Andrew Chapman & Eamonn Butler for Hellboy - The Golden Army Dean Wright & Wendy Rogers for The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian of Narnia
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2010
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Joe Letteri Robert Rosenbaum Richard Baneham Andrew R. Jones
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Avatar - Departure for Pandora
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Volker Engel , Marc Weigert & Mike Vézina for 2012 Dan Kaufman , Peter Muyzers , Robert Habros & Matt Aitken for District 9 Tim Burke , John Richardson , Nicolas Aithadi & Tim Alexander for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Roger Guyett , Russell Earl , Paul Kavanagh & Burt Dalton for Star Trek John Des Jardin , Peter G. Travers , Joel Whist & Jessica Norman for Watchmen - The Guardians
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2011
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Andrew Lockley Chris Corbould Paul Franklin
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Inception
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Ben Snow , Daniel Sudick , Janek Sirrs & Ged Wright for Iron Man 2 Tom C. Peitzman , Ken Ralston , David Schaub & Carey Villegas for Alice in Wonderland Eric Barba , Karl Denham , Steve Preeg & Nikos Kalaitzidis for Tron: Legacy Nicolas Aithadi , Christian Manz , John Richardson & Tim Burke for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1 Barrie Helmsley & Angus Bickerton for The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn
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2012
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R. Christopher White Joe Letteri Dan Lemmon Daniel Barrett
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Planet of the Apes: Prevolution
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David Vickery , Greg Butler , John Richardson & Tim Burke for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 Wayne Stables , Jamie Beard , Matthias Menz , Matt Aitken , Joe Letteri & Keith Miller for The Adventures of Tintin - The Secret of Unicorn Kim Libreri , Russell Earl , Steve Riley & Dennis Muren for Super 8 John Frazier , Scott Farrar , Scott Benza & Matthew E. Butler for Transformers 3 Paul Corbould , Christopher Townsend & Mark G. Soper for Captain America: The First Avenger
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2013
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Janek Sirrs Jeff White Guy Williams Dan Sudick
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Marvel's The Avengers
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Grady Cofer , Pablo Helman , Jeanie King & Burt Dalton for Battleship Joe Letteri , Eric Saindon , David Clayton & R. Christopher White for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Chris Corbould , Peter Chiang , Scott R. Fisher & Sue Rowe for John Carter - Between Two Worlds Bill Westenhofer , Guillaume Rocheron , Erik-Jan De Boer & Donald R. Elliott for Life of Pi: Schiffbruch with Tiger Cedric Nichols-Troyan, Philip Brennan , Neil Corbould & Michael Dawson for Snow White and the Huntsman
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2014
|
Tim Webber Chris Lawrence David Shirk Neil Corbould
|
Gravity
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Joe Letteri , Eric Saindon , David Clayton & Eric Reynolds for The Hobbit: Smaug's Desolation Joe Letteri , John Desjardin & Dan Lemmon for Man of Steel John Knoll , James E. Price , Clay Pinney & Rocco Larizza for Pacific Rim Patrick Tubach , Ben Grossmann & Burt Dalton for Star Trek Into Darkness Jake Morrison , Paul Corbould & Mark Breakspear for Thor - The Dark Kingdom
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2015
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Paul Franklin Andrew Lockley Ian Hunter Scott Fisher
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Interstellar
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Dan Daleeuw , Russell Earl , Bryan Grill & Daniel Sudick for The Return of the First Avenger Joe Letteri , Dan Lemmon , Daniel Barrett & Erik Winquist for Planet of the Apes: Revolution Gary Brozenich , Nick Davis , Jonathan Fawkner & Matthew Rouleau for Edge of Tomorrow Stéphane Ceretti , Nicholas Aithadi , Jonathan Fawkner & Paul Corbould for Guardians of the Galaxy Joe Letteri , Eric Saindon , David Clayton & R. Christopher White for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
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2016
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Roger Guyett Patrick Tubach Neal Scanlan Chris Corbould
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens
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Paul Corbould , Chris Townsend , Ben Snow & Paul Butterworth for Avengers: Age of Ultron Mark Williams Ardington , Sara Bennett , Paul Norris & Andrew Whitehurst for Ex Machina John Rosengrant , Michael Lantieri & Tim Alexander for Jurassic World Andrew Jackson , Dan Oliver , Andy Williams & Tom Wood for Mad Max: Fury Road Anders Langlands , Chris Lawrence , Richard Stammers & Steven Warner for Der Martianer - Rettet Mark Watney
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2017
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John Knoll Mohen Leo Hal T. Hickel Neil Corbould
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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
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Tim Burke , Christian Manz & David Watkins for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Stéphane Ceretti , Richard Bluff & Vincent Cirelli for Doctor Strange Robert Legato , Adam Valdez , Andrew R. Jones & Dan Lemmon for The Jungle Book Joe Letteri & Joel Whist for BFG - Big Friendly Giant Louis Morin & Ryal Cosgrove for Arrival
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2018
|
Christopher Townsend Guy Williams Jonathan Fawkner Dan Sudick
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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
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Geoffrey Baumann , Craig Hammack & Dan Sudick for Black Panther John Nelson , Paul Lambert , Richard R. Hoover & Gerd Nefzer for Blade Runner 2049 Stephen Rosenbaum , Jeff White , Scott Benza & Mike Meinardus for Kong: Skull Island Ben Morris , Mike Mulholland , Chris Corbould & Neal Scanlan for Star Wars: The Last Jedi Joe Letteri , Dan Lemmon , Daniel Barrett & Joel Whist for Planet of the Apes: Survival
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2019
|
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Avengers: Endgame
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A Quiet Place Aladdin Godzilla II: King of the Monsters Mission: Impossible - Fallout Ready Player One Spider-Man: Far From Home
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