Academy Award for Special Achievement

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Academy Honorary Award film award

The Academy Award for Special Achievement is an occasional honorary Oscar presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize exceptional contributions or achievements in filmmaking that do not fit into existing award categories.

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Label Occurrences
Special Achievement Academy Award 4
Academy Award for Special Achievement canonical 2
Special Academy Award 1

Statements (26)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Academy Honorary Award ⓘ
film award ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Special Achievement Award ⓘ
awardedFor achievements not covered by existing Oscar categories ⓘ
exceptional contributions to filmmaking ⓘ
ceremonyContext Academy Award ⓘ
surface form: Academy Awards
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
distinctFrom Honorary Academy Award ⓘ
surface form: Academy Honorary Award (general)
firstAwardedFor visual effects in "Bedknobs and Broomsticks" ⓘ
firstRecipient Alan Maley NERFINISHED ⓘ
Danny Lee ⓘ
Eustace Lycett ⓘ
frequency occasional ⓘ
inception 1972 ⓘ
isHonorary true ⓘ
notableRecipient Ben Burtt ⓘ
Edwin Catmull ⓘ
surface form: Ed Catmull

Gary Rydstrom ⓘ
John Lasseter ⓘ
Richard Williams ⓘ
presentedBy Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ⓘ
selectionProcess voted by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ⓘ
typicalFieldsRecognized animation ⓘ
sound design ⓘ
technical innovation in filmmaking ⓘ
visual effects ⓘ

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Richard Edlund → awardReceived → Academy Award for Special Achievement ⓘ
Dennis Muren → awardReceived → Academy Award for Special Achievement ⓘ
Carlo Rambaldi → awardReceived → Academy Award for Special Achievement ⓘ
this entity surface form: Special Achievement Academy Award
Carlo Rambaldi → receivedFor → Academy Award for Special Achievement ⓘ
this entity surface form: Special Achievement Academy Award for King Kong (1976)
John Dykstra → awardReceived → Academy Award for Special Achievement ⓘ
this entity surface form: Special Achievement Academy Award
Adolph Zukor → awarded → Academy Award for Special Achievement ⓘ
this entity surface form: Special Academy Award
The Empire Strikes Back → award → Academy Award for Special Achievement ⓘ
this entity surface form: Special Achievement Academy Award for Visual Effects
Special Achievement Academy Award for Animation Direction → isA → Academy Award for Special Achievement ⓘ
this entity surface form: Special Achievement Oscar
Ben Burtt → awardReceived → Academy Award for Special Achievement ⓘ
this entity surface form: Special Achievement Academy Award
John → awardReceived → Academy Award for Special Achievement ⓘ
subject surface form: John Lasseter
this entity surface form: Special Achievement Academy Award