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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Spellbound (1945 film) → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Visual Effects ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Special Effects
Star Trek (2009 film) → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Visual Effects ⓘ
Star Trek Into Darkness → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Visual Effects ⓘ
Starship Troopers → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Visual Effects ⓘ
The Lost World: Jurassic Park → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Visual Effects ⓘ
The Perfect Storm → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Visual Effects ⓘ
Willow → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Visual Effects ⓘ
Interstellar → notableAward → Academy Award for Best Visual Effects ⓘ
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest → notableAward → Academy Award for Best Visual Effects ⓘ
Star Wars → notableAward → Academy Award for Best Visual Effects ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Awards for visual effects
WingNut Films → notableAwardReceived → Academy Award for Best Visual Effects ⓘ
BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects → notableSimilarAward → Academy Award for Best Visual Effects ⓘ
1917 (film) → oscarAward → Academy Award for Best Visual Effects ⓘ
Carlo Rambaldi → receivedFor → Academy Award for Best Visual Effects ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Visual Effects for E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Carlo Rambaldi → receivedFor → Academy Award for Best Visual Effects ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Visual Effects for Alien
John Dykstra → receivedFor → Academy Award for Best Visual Effects ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Visual Effects for Star Wars
John Dykstra → receivedFor → Academy Award for Best Visual Effects ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Visual Effects for Spider-Man 2
Saturn Award for Best Special Effects → relatedAward → Academy Award for Best Visual Effects ⓘ
Best Special Visual Effects → relatedTo → Academy Award for Best Visual Effects ⓘ
Visual Effects Society Awards → relatedTo → Academy Award for Best Visual Effects ⓘ
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button → won → Academy Award for Best Visual Effects ⓘ
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring → won → Academy Award for Best Visual Effects ⓘ
Avatar (2009 film) → wonAward → Academy Award for Best Visual Effects ⓘ
Weta Digital → wonAward → Academy Award for Best Visual Effects ⓘ