Academy Award for Best Visual Effects

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Academy Award Oscar category film award

The Academy Award for Best Visual Effects is a prestigious Oscar category honoring outstanding achievement in visual effects work in feature films.

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Academy Award for Best Special Effects 7
Academy Award for Best Visual Effects (multiple films) 1
Academy Award for Best Visual Effects for Alien 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Academy Award ⓘ
Oscar category ⓘ
film award ⓘ
administeredBy Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ⓘ
surface form: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Visual Effects Branch
alsoKnownAs Academy Award for Best Visual Effects ⓘ
surface form: Oscar for Best Visual Effects
awardedFor outstanding achievement in visual effects ⓘ
awardFor visual effects in feature films ⓘ
ceremonyFrequency annually ⓘ
ceremonyType Academy Award ⓘ
surface form: Academy Awards
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
eligibility feature-length films ⓘ
films with significant visual effects work ⓘ
firstAwardedForFilmYear 1938 ⓘ
firstRecipientCompany 20th Century Fox ⓘ
surface form: 20th Century-Fox Studio
firstRecipientFilm The Rains Came ⓘ
formerName Academy Award for Best Visual Effects self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Best Engineering Effects

Best Special Effects ⓘ
Best Special Visual Effects ⓘ
frequentWinningStudio Digital Domain ⓘ
Industrial Light & Magic ⓘ
Weta Digital ⓘ
governingBody Academy Board of Governors ⓘ
hasSubdiscipline compositing ⓘ
computer-generated imagery ⓘ
digital visual effects ⓘ
practical effects ⓘ
inceptionYear 1939 ⓘ
industryRecognition considered one of the highest honors for visual effects artists ⓘ
languageOfOfficialName English ⓘ
notableMultipleWinner Dennis Muren ⓘ
Joe Letteri ⓘ
John Dykstra ⓘ
Ken Ralston ⓘ
Phil Tippett ⓘ
Richard Edlund ⓘ
partOf Academy Award ⓘ
surface form: Academy Awards of Merit
presentedBy Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ⓘ
relatedAward BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects ⓘ
Visual Effects Society Awards ⓘ
ruleChanges category rules periodically updated to reflect advances in visual effects technology ⓘ
scope feature films only ⓘ
selectionProcess final winners voted on by all active and life Academy members ⓘ
voted on by members of the Visual Effects Branch of the Academy ⓘ
typicalNumberOfNominees 3 to 5 films per year ⓘ
typicalRecipients lead visual effects artists ⓘ
special effects supervisors ⓘ
visual effects supervisors ⓘ

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The Guns of Navarone → academyAward → Academy Award for Best Visual Effects ⓘ
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King → academyAward → Academy Award for Best Visual Effects ⓘ
The Rains Came → academyAward → Academy Award for Best Visual Effects ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Special Effects
film "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo" → academyAward → Academy Award for Best Visual Effects ⓘ
subject surface form: Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
Who Framed Roger Rabbit → academyAward → Academy Award for Best Visual Effects ⓘ
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers → academyAwardNomination → Academy Award for Best Visual Effects ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Visual Effects → alsoKnownAs → Academy Award for Best Visual Effects ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oscar for Best Visual Effects
King Kong (2005 film) → award → Academy Award for Best Visual Effects ⓘ
Mighty Joe Young → award → Academy Award for Best Visual Effects ⓘ
subject surface form: Mighty Joe Young (1949 film)
Tenet → award → Academy Award for Best Visual Effects ⓘ
The Jungle Book (2016 film) → award → Academy Award for Best Visual Effects ⓘ
Backdraft → awardNomination → Academy Award for Best Visual Effects ⓘ
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954 film) → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Visual Effects ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Special Effects
Alien (1979 film) → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Visual Effects ⓘ
Ben-Hur → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Visual Effects ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Special Effects
Carlo Rambaldi → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Visual Effects ⓘ
Cocoon → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Visual Effects ⓘ
Death Becomes Her → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Visual Effects ⓘ
Dennis Muren → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Visual Effects ⓘ
Dune (2021 film) → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Visual Effects ⓘ
Ex Machina → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Visual Effects ⓘ
Gladiator → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Visual Effects ⓘ
Gravity → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Visual Effects ⓘ
Inception → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Visual Effects ⓘ
Industrial Light & Magic → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Visual Effects ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Visual Effects (multiple films)
Joe Johnston → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Visual Effects ⓘ
John Dykstra → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Visual Effects ⓘ
King Kong (1976 film) → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Visual Effects ⓘ
Life of Pi → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Visual Effects ⓘ
Phil Tippett → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Visual Effects ⓘ
Richard Edlund → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Visual Effects ⓘ
Terminator 2: Judgment Day → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Visual Effects ⓘ
The Longest Day → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Visual Effects ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Special Effects
The Matrix → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Visual Effects ⓘ
Willis H. O’Brien → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Visual Effects ⓘ
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences → awardsPresented → Academy Award for Best Visual Effects ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Visual Effects → formerName → Academy Award for Best Visual Effects self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Best Engineering Effects
Forrest Gump → hasAward → Academy Award for Best Visual Effects ⓘ
Academy Awards rules → includesSection → Academy Award for Best Visual Effects ⓘ
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The Rains Came → isFirstToWin → Academy Award for Best Visual Effects ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Special Effects
All Quiet on the Western Front → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Visual Effects ⓘ
subject surface form: All Quiet on the Western Front (2022 film)
Avengers: Endgame → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Visual Effects ⓘ
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977 film) → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Visual Effects ⓘ
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Dr. Cyclops → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Visual Effects ⓘ
Ghostbusters → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Visual Effects ⓘ
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Visual Effects ⓘ
Phil Tippett → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Visual Effects ⓘ
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Visual Effects ⓘ
Poltergeist → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Visual Effects ⓘ
Spellbound → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Visual Effects ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Special Effects