Effects

Outstanding achievement in visual effects

All Guilds

Rich Picks Only

2025

Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Daniel Barrett, and Eric SaindonOscarBAFTAVES

· Visual Effects Supervisor Avatar: Fire and Ash

David Zaretti, Charlie Noble, Brandon K. McLaughlin, and Russell BowenOscarBAFTA

· Visual Effects Supervisor The Lost Bus

Cody Gramstad

· Visual Effects Art Director Tron: Ares

Simon Stanley-Clamp

· Visual Effects Supervisor Warfare

Pablo Helman, David Shirk, and Robert Weaver

· Visual Effects Supervisor Wicked: For Good

Nick Grace, Fabio Leporelli, Kevin Estey, and Matteo StiratiVES

A Minecraft Movie

Julian Teo, Edgar Rodriguez, Patrick Yu Wang, Ferdi Scheepers, Anna-Christine Lykkegaard, Ben Rush, Catherine Luo, and Marco BurbanoVES

Elio

Nicolas Chevallier, Robert Harrington, Keith Dawson, Ryan Tudhope, Raushan Raj, Hugo Gauvreau, Chris Davies, and Amaury RosparsOscarBAFTAVES

Dennis Berardi, Ayo Burgess, Ivan Busquets, and José GranellBAFTA

Frankenstein

Christian Manz, Francois Lambert, Glen McIntosh, and Terry PalmerBAFTA

How to Train Your Dragon

Stephen Aplin, Charmaine Chan, Neil Corbould, and David VickeryOscar

Jurassic World: Rebirth

Sophia (Seung Hee) Lee, Andrea Centeno, Marc Souliere, and Joshua BeveridgeVES

KPop Demon Hunters

Claus Pedersen, Matthew Shumway, Enrique Mateo-Sagasta, and Xiying ZhaiVES

Lilo & Stitch

Donnie Dean, Michael Ralla, Guido Wolter, and Espen NordahlOscar

Sinners

Can Chang, Martine Chartrand, Elona Musha, Marianne Morency, Nicolas Caillier, Loic Mireault, Matthias Schoenegger, and Bryan SmeallVES

Superman

Adam Green, Jesse Erickson, Jennifer Stratton, and Christoffer PedersenVES

Zootopia 2

2024

Erik Winquist, Paul Story, Rodney Burke, and Stephen UnterfranzOscarBAFTAVES

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

Shane Mahan, Nelson Sepulveda-Fauser, Daniel Macarin, and Eric BarbaOscar

Alien: Romulus

Lisa Renney, David Scott, Dave Cook, Angela Barson, and Pavel Ságner

Nosferatu

J.D. Schwalm, Michelle Rose, Chris Zeh, David Simpson, and Freddy Salazar

Civil War

Gerd Nefzer, Rhys Salcombe, Stephen James, and Paul LambertOscarBAFTAVES

Dune: Part Two

Peter Stubbs, David Clayton, Luke Millar, Keith Herft, Eteuati Tema, Gordon Spencer de Haseth, Milton Ramírez, Eva Snyder, Markus Reithoffer, Seoungseok Charlie Kim, Andrea Merlo, and Mark McNichollOscarBAFTAVES

Better Man

Nikki Penny, Neil Corbould, Mark Bakowski, and Pietro PontiBAFTA

Gladiator II

Alexander Alvarado, Amanda Wagner, Brenda Lin Zhang, and Brianne FranciscoVES

Inside Out 2

Amelie Talarmain, Klaus Skovbo, Valentina Rosselli, and Eli De KoninckVES

Mufasa: The Lion King

Fabio Lignini, Yukinori Inagaki, Owen Demers, Austin Casale, Hyun Huh, Sondra L. Verlander, Eszter Offertaler, and Baptiste Van OpstalVES

The Wild Robot

Gaspard Roche, Adrien Montero, Guillaume Arantes, and Anne-Claire LerouxVES

Thelma the Unicorn

Alison Evans, Emanuel Nevado, Jo Fenton, and Andy SymanowskiVES

Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

Jonathan Fawkner, Pablo Helman, David Shirk, Paul Corbould, and Anthony SmithOscarBAFTA

Wicked

2023

Masaki Takahashi, Takashi Yamazaki, Kiyoko Shibuya, and Tatsuji NojimaOscarVES

Godzilla Minus One

Simone Coco, Neil Corbould, Charley Henley, and Luc-Ewen Martin-FenouilletOscarBAFTA

Napoleon

Andrew Roberts, Jay Cooper, Ian Comley, and Neil CorbouldOscarBAFTAVES

The Creator

Andrew Whitehurst, Alistair Williams, Julian Hutchens, and Robert Weaver

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Larrú Pau Costa, Laura Pedro Ezequiel, Micaela Gagliano, and Félix Bergés

Society of the Snow

Jacob Burstein, Felix Slinger-Thompson, Thomas Ward, and Andrew ButlerVES

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom

Benjamin Su, Patrick Witting, Jonathan Hoffman, Dave Strick, Gwendelyn Enderoglu, Jared Fong, Jacob Kuenzel, and Max GilbertVES

Elemental

Stephane Ceretti, Alexis Wajsbrot, Guy Williams, Theo Bialek, Nathan Abbot, Andrea De Martis, Nathan McConnel, Antony Magdalinidis, Beck Veitch, Indah Maretha, Rachel Williams, and Steve McGillenOscarBAFTAVES

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

Julien Forest, Javier Roca, Dominik Kirouac, and Thomas BourdisVES

John Wick: Chapter 4

Neil Corbould, Simone Coco, Jeff Sutherland, and Alex WuttkeOscarBAFTA

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

Jane Paton, Simon Hughes, Tim Barter, and Dean koonjulBAFTA

Poor Things

Humberto Rosa, Christopher Mangnall, Craig Feifarek, Christophers Rowan Young, Nideep Varghese, Lo Kelly, Bret St.Clair, and Kieron Cheuk-ChiVES

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Gregory Coelho, Olivier Pierre, Anne-Claire Leroux, and Simon CuisinierVES

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

Valentina Ercolani, Gabor Foner, Dale Newton, and Kunal AyerVES

Wonka

2022

Daniel Barrett, Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, and Richard BanehamOscarBAFTAVES

Avatar: The Way of Water

Zak Stoltz and Jonathan KombrinckBAFTA

Everything Everywhere All at Once

Bryan Litson, Seth Hill, Scott R. Fisher, and Ryan TudhopeOscarBAFTAVES

Top Gun: Maverick

Guillaume Rocheron

Nope

Julian Foddy, Joe Letteri, and Oliver Dumont

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

Markus Frank, Kamil Jafar, Frank Petzold, Viktor Müller, and Frank PetzoidOscarBAFTA

All Quiet on the Western Front

Krzysztof Boyoko, Alvise Avati, Chris McGaw, and Bore ŞahinVES

Beast

Geoffrey Baumann, Craig Hammack, R. Christopher White, and Dan SudickOscar

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Valentina Rosselli, Kyoungmin Kim, Armita Khanlarpour, and Christophe ParadisVES

Disney's Pinocchio

Charles Greenfield, Kim Slate, Noel Estevez-Baker, Oliver Beale, Brian Leif Hansen, Peter Saunders, Shani Lang-Rinderspacher, and Richard PickersgillVES

Guillermo del Toro's 'Pinocchio'

Martine Chartrand, Victor Dinis, Fernando Lopes Herrera, and Lucie MartinettoVES

Slumberland

Louis Jones, Cameron Black, Leticia Gillett, and Dan LipsonVES

Strange World

Russell Earl, Dan Lemmon, Anders Langlands, Dominic Tuohy, Stephen Tong, Eva Snyder, Beck Veitch, and Rachel E. HerbertOscarBAFTAVES

The Batman

Kureha Yokoo, Christopher Bolwyn, Ethan Dean, and Bill ShefflerVES

Turning Red

2021

Paul Lambert, Brian Connor, Gerd Nefzer, and Tristan MylesOscarBAFTAVES

Dune

Christopher Townsend, Dan Oliver, Joe Farrell, and Sean Noel WalkerOscarVES

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Joel Green, Charlie Noble, Chris Corbould, and Jonathan FawknerOscarBAFTA

No Time to Die

Bryan Grill, Nikos Kalaitzidis, Swen Gillberg, and Dan SudickOscarBAFTA

Free Guy

J. D. Schwalm and Pau CostaBAFTA

The Matrix Resurrections

Daniel Harkness, Michael Melchiorre, Tim Crowson, and Simon TwineVES

Black Widow

Sergi Caballer, Jose Luis "Weecho" Velasquez, Mary Twohig, and Kelly McClanahanVES

Encanto

Simon Allen, Harinarayan Rajeev, Paul Nelson, and Matthias SchoeneggerVES

Finch

Sachin Tyagi, Pierre-Loïc Hamon, Nandini Nambiar, and Loïc MireaultVES

Flora & Ulysses

Sheena Duggal, Alessandro Ongaro, Aharon Bourland, and Pier LefebvreBAFTA

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

Claus Pedersen, Rasely Ma, Alexander Lee, and Gary WuVES

Jungle Cruise

Gwendelyn Enderoglu, Tanja Krampfert, Laurie Nguyen Kim, and Maria LeeVES

Luca

Punn Wiantrakoon, Vicky YuTzu Lin, Erik Hansen, and Brian MenzVES

Raya and the Last Dragon

Dan Sudick, Chris Waegner, Kelly Port, Scott Edelstein, Zac Campbell, Frida Nerdal, Louis Corr, and Kelvin YeeOscarVES

Spider-Man: No Way Home

Soh-I Jeong, Lindsey Olivares, Kurt Judson, and Rohini KumarVES

The Mitchells vs. the Machines

Richard Spriggs, Ricardo Silva, Lucas Cuenca, and Federico FrassinelliVES

Venom: Let There Be Carnage

2020

David Lee, Andrew Jackson, Andrew Lockley, and Scott FisherOscarBAFTA

Tenet

Nicholas Papworth, Mike Nixon, Jeremy Smith, and Yashdeep SawantBAFTA

Greyhound

Ben Jones, Santiago Colomo Martinez, Nick Davis, and Greg FisherOscarBAFTA

The One and Only Ivan

Johnny Han, Ryan Laney, Maxwell Anderson, and Piers Dennis

Welcome to Chechnya

Matthew Kasmir, Max Solomon, David Watkins, and Christopher LawrenOscarBAFTA

The Midnight Sky

Matt Everitt, Brian Cox, Genevieve Camailleri, and Matt SloanOscar

Love and Monsters

Sean Faden, Steven Ingram, Seth Maury, Anders Langlands, and Steve IngramOscarBAFTA

Mulan

2019

Guillaume Rocheron, Greg Butler, and Dominic TuohyOscarBAFTA

1917

Adam Valdez, Robert Legato, Elliot Newman, and Andrew R. JonesOscarBAFTA

The Lion King

Russell Earl, Dan DeLeeuw, Dan Sudick, and Matt AitkenOscarBAFTA

Avengers: Endgame

Roger Guyett, Dominic Tuohy, Neal Scanlan, Patrick Tubach, and Paul KavanaghOscarBAFTA

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Nelson Sepulveda-Fauser, Pablo Helman, Leandro Estebecorena, Stephane Grabli, and Ivan BusquetsOscarBAFTA

The Irishman

2018

Matthew E. Butler, Grady Cofer, Roger Guyett, and David ShirkOscarBAFTA

Ready Player One

Paul Lambert, J. D. Schwalm, Ian Hunter, and Tristan MylesOscarBAFTA

First Man

Dan Sudick, Russell Earl, Kelly Port, and Dan DeLeeuwOscarBAFTA

Avengers: Infinity War

Jesse James Chisholm, Craig Hammack, Geoffrey Baumann, and Dan SudickBAFTA

Black Panther

Theo Jones, Chris Corbould, Michael Eames, and Christopher LawrenceOscar

Christopher Robin

David Watkins, Christian Manz, Tim Burke, and Andy KindBAFTA

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald

Neal Scanlan, Patrick Tubach, Dominic Tuohy, and Rob BredowOscar

Solo: A Star Wars Story

2017

Richard R. Hoover, Paul Lambert, John Nelson, and Gerd NefzerOscarBAFTA

Blade Runner 2049

Joel Whist, Daniel Barrett, Joe Letteri, and Dan LemmonOscarBAFTA

War for the Planet of the Apes

Mike Hill, Trey Harrell, Kevin Scott, and Dennis BerardiBAFTA

The Shape of Water

Stephen Rosenbaum, Jeff White, Scott Benza, and Mike MeinardusOscar

Kong: Skull Island

Guy Williams, Christopher Townsend, Dan Sudick, and Jonathan FawknerOscar

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

Scott Fisher, Andrew Lockley, Paul Corbould, and Andrew JacksonBAFTA

Dunkirk

Mike Mulholland, Chris Corbould, Neal Scanlan, Ben Morris, and Stephen AplinOscarBAFTA

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

2016

Steve Emerson, Brian McLean, Brad Schiff, and Oliver JonesOscar

Kubo and the Two Strings

Paul Corbould, Richard Bluff, Stephane Ceretti, and Vincent CirelliOscarBAFTA

Doctor Strange

Dan Lemmon, Adam Valdez, Andrew R. Jones, and Robert LegatoOscarBAFTA

The Jungle Book

Louis MorinBAFTA

Arrival

Jason Snell, Jason Billington, Burt Dalton, and Craig HammackOscar

Deepwater Horizon

Pablo Grillo, Christian Manz, Tim Burke, and David WatkinsBAFTA

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

John Knoll, Mohen Leo, Hal Hickel, Neil Corbould, and Nigel SumnerOscarBAFTA

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

2015

Matt Shumway, Jason Smith, Rich McBride, and Cameron WaldbauerOscar

The Revenant

Tim Alexander, Glen McIntosh, Michael Meinardus, and Tony Plett

Jurassic World

Paul Norris, Sara Bennett, Andrew Whitehurst, and Mark ArdingtonOscarBAFTA

Ex Machina

Dan Oliver, Andrew Jackson, Andy Williams, and Tom WoodOscarBAFTA

Mad Max: Fury Road

Chris Lawrence, Richard Stammers, Steven Warner, and Anders LanglandsOscarBAFTA

The Martian

Jake Morrison, Dan Sudick, Alex Wuttke, and Greg SteeleBAFTA

Ant-Man

Roger Guyett, Chris Corbould, Neal Scanlan, Patrick Tubach, and Paul KavanaghOscarBAFTA

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

2014

Daniel Barrett, Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, and Erik WinquistOscarBAFTA

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

Stephane Ceretti, Nicolas Aithadi, Paul Corbould, and Jonathan FawknerOscarBAFTA

Guardians of the Galaxy

Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter, Paul J. Franklin, and Scott R. FisherOscarBAFTA

Interstellar

Dan DeLeeuw, Dan Sudick, Russell Earl, and Bryan GrillOscar

Captain America: The Winter Soldier

David Clayton, Eric Saindon, R. Christopher White, and Joe LetteriBAFTA

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

Cameron Waldbauer, Tim Crosbie, Richard Stammers, Lou Pecora, and Anders LanglandsOscarBAFTA

X-Men: Days of Future Past

2013

Neil Corbould, Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, and Dave ShirkOscarBAFTA

Gravity

Eric Saindon, Eric Reynolds, Joe Letteri, and David ClaytonOscarBAFTA

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Guy Williams, Christopher Townsend, Dan Sudick, Erik Nash, and Bryan GrillOscarBAFTA

Iron Man 3

John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Nigel Sumner, and Lindy DeQuattroBAFTA

Pacific Rim

Roger Guyett, Ben Grossmann, Patrick Tubach, and Burt DaltonOscarBAFTA

Star Trek Into Darkness

John Frazier, Tim Alexander, Edson Williams, and Gary BrozenichOscar

The Lone Ranger

2012

Donald R. Elliott, Erik-Jan de Boer, Bill Westenhofer, and Guillaume RocheronOscarBAFTA

Life of Pi

Martin Hill, Trevor Wood, Richard Stammers, and Charley HenleyOscarBAFTA

Prometheus

Joe Letteri, David Clayton, Eric Saindon, and R. Christopher WhiteOscarBAFTA

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Janek Sirrs, Dan Sudick, Jeff White, and Guy WilliamsOscar

Marvel's 'The Avengers'

Neil Corbould, Philip Brennan, Michael Dawson, and Cedric Nicolas-TroyanOscar

Snow White and the Huntsman

Guy Williams, Janek Sirrs, Dan Sudick, and Jeff WhiteBAFTA

The Avengers

Chris Corbould, Paul Franklin, Peter Bebb, and Andrew LockleyBAFTA

The Dark Knight Rises

2011

Dan Glass

The Tree of Life

Christopher Townsend

Captain America: The First Avenger

Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White, and Joe LetteriOscarBAFTA

Rise of the Planet of the Apes

Shailendra Swarnkar and Guy Williams

X-Men: First Class

Greg Na Butler, Tim Burke, David Vickery, and John RichardsonOscarBAFTA

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2

Alex Henning, Robert Legato, Ben Grossmann, and Joss WilliamsOscarBAFTA

Hugo

Dan Taylor, John Rosengrant, Swen Gillberg, and Erik NashOscar

Real Steel

Joe Letteri, Wayne Stables, Jamie Beard, and Keith MillerBAFTA

The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn

Matthew E. Butler, Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, and John FrazierOscar

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Neil Corbould and Ben MorrisBAFTA

War Horse

2010

Dan SchreckerBAFTA

Black Swan

Richard Bain and Frazer Churchill

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World

Paul J. Franklin and Peter BebbOscarBAFTA

Inception

Sean Phillips, Carey Villegas, Ken Ralston, David Schaub, and Sean PhilipsOscarBAFTA

Alice in Wonderland

Nicolas Aithadi, John Richardson, Tim Burke, and Christian ManzOscarBAFTA

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1

Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojanski, Michael Owens, and Joe FarrellOscar

Hereafter

Ged Wright, Dan Sudick, Ben Snow, and Janek SirrsOscar

Iron Man 2

Guido Quaroni, David Ryu, and Michael FongBAFTA

Toy Story 3

2009

Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Stephen Rosenbaum, and Andrew R. JonesOscarBAFTA

Avatar

Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Matt Aitken, and Robert HabrosOscarBAFTA

District 9

Marc Weigert and Volker Engel

2012

Tim Alexander, Nicolas Aithadi, John Richardson, and Tim BurkeBAFTA

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Russell Earl, Burt Dalton, Roger Guyett, and Paul KavanaghOscarBAFTA

Star Trek

Richard StutsmanBAFTA

The Hurt Locker

2008

Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton, Craig Barron, and Eric BarbaOscarBAFTA

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Ben Snow, John Nelson, Shane Mahan, and Dan SudickOscarBAFTA

Iron Man

Paul J. Franklin, Tim Webber, Nick Davis, and Chris CorbouldOscarBAFTA

The Dark Knight

Pablo HelmanBAFTA

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Chris Corbould and Kevin Tod HaugBAFTA

Quantum of Solace

2007

Scott Benza, Scott Farrar, John Frazier, and Russell EarlOscar

Transformers

Hal Hickel, John Knoll, Charles Gibson, and John FrazierOscarBAFTA

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

John Richardson, Tim Burke, Chris Shaw, and Emma NortonBAFTA

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Scott Stokdyk, Peter Nofz, Spencer Cook, and John FrazierBAFTA

Spider-Man 3

Mattias Lindahl, Peter Chiang, Charlie Noble, and Joss WilliamsBAFTA

The Bourne Ultimatum

Trevor Wood, Bill Westenhofer, Michael Fink, and Ben MorrisOscarBAFTA

The Golden Compass

2006

John Knoll, Charles Gibson, Hal Hickel, and Allen HallOscarBAFTA

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

John Paul, Chris Corbould, Steven Begg, and Ditch DoyBAFTA

Casino Royale

Paul Corbould, Tim Webber, Mike Eames, and Frazer ChurchillBAFTA

Children of Men

Everett Burrell, Montse Ribé, Edward Irastorza, and David MartíBAFTA

Pan's Labyrinth (El laberinto del fauno)

Boyd Shermis, Kim Libreri, Chas Jarrett, and John FrazierOscar

Poseidon

Mark Stetson, Richard R. Hoover, Neil Corbould, and Jon ThumOscarBAFTA

Superman Returns

2005

Richard Taylor, Joe Letteri, Brian Van't Hul, and Christian RiversOscarBAFTA

King Kong

Janek Sirrs, Chris Corbould, and Paul FranklinBAFTA

Batman Begins

Nick Davis, Jon Thum, and Joss WilliamsBAFTA

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Jim Mitchell, John Richardson, Tim Webber, and Tim AlexanderBAFTA

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Scott Farrar, Bill Westenhofer, Jim Berney, and Dean WrightOscarBAFTA

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Dan Sudick, Randal M. Dutra, Pablo Helman, and Dennis MurenOscar

War of the Worlds

Hall of Fame

All-time leading nominees & winners

Joe Letteri

Paul Lambert

Richard Baneham

Gerd Nefzer

Guillaume Rocheron

Daniel Barrett

Eric Saindon

Russell Earl

Andrew R. Jones

Eric Barba

Scott Benza

Neil Corbould

Charles Gibson

Hal Hickel

Andrew Jackson

Hall of Fame

All-time leading nominees & winners

Joe Letteri

Paul Lambert

Richard Baneham

Gerd Nefzer

Guillaume Rocheron

Daniel Barrett

Eric Saindon

Russell Earl

Andrew R. Jones

Eric Barba

Scott Benza

Neil Corbould

Charles Gibson

Hal Hickel

Andrew Jackson

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