1963-1980
Emil Kosa Jr. (1963)Peter Ellenshaw , Eustace Lycett and Hamilton Luske (1964)John Stears (1965)Art Cruickshank (1966)L. B. Abbott (1967)Stanley Kubrick (1968)Robbie Robertson (1969)
L. B. Abbott and A. D. Flowers (1970)Alan Maley , Eustace Lycett and Danny Lee (1971)L. B. Abbott and A. D. Flowers (1972)No Award (1973)
Frank Brendel, Glen Robinson and Albert Whitlock (1974)
Glen Robinson and Albert Whitlock (1975)Carlo Rambaldi , Glen Robinson and Frank Van der Veer (1976)John Stears , John Dykstra , Richard Edlund , Grant McCune and Robert Blalack (1977)Les Bowie , Colin Chilvers , Denys Coop , Roy Field , Derek Meddings and Zoran Perisic (1978)H. R. Giger , Carlo Rambaldi , Brian Johnson , Nick Allder and Dennis Ayling (1979)Brian Johnson , Richard Edlund , Dennis Muren and Bruce Nicholson (1980) 1981-2000
Richard Edlund , Kit West , Bruce Nicholson and Joe Johnston (1981)Carlo Rambaldi , Dennis Muren and Kenneth F. Smith (1982)Richard Edlund , Dennis Muren , Ken Ralston and Phil Tippett (1983)Dennis Muren , Michael J. McAlister , Lorne Peterson and George Gibbs (1984)Ken Ralston , Ralph McQuarrie , Scott Farrar and David Berry (1985)Robert Skotak , Stan Winston , John Richardson and Suzanne Benson (1986)Dennis Muren , William George , Harley Jessup and Kenneth F. Smith (1987)Ken Ralston , Richard Williams , Edward Jones and George Gibbs (1988)John Bruno , Dennis Muren , Hoyt Yeatman and Dennis Skotak (1989)Eric Brevig , Rob Bottin , Tim McGovern and Alex Funke (1990)Dennis Muren , Stan Winston , Gene Warren Jr. and Robert Skotak (1991)Ken Ralston , Doug Chiang , Douglas Smythe and Tom Woodruff Jr. (1992)Dennis Muren , Stan Winston , Phil Tippett and Michael Lantieri (1993)Ken Ralston , George Murphy , Stephen Rosenbaum and Allen Hall (1994)Scott E. Anderson , Charles Gibson , Neal Scanlan and John Cox (1995)Volker Engel , Douglas Smith , Clay Pinney and Joe Viskocil (1996)Robert Legato , Mark Lasoff , Thomas L. Fisher and Michael Kanfer (1997)Joel Hynek , Nicholas Brooks , Stuart Robertson and Kevin Mack (1998)John Gaeta , Janek Sirrs , Steve Courtley , and Jon Thum (1999)John Nelson , Neil Corbould , Tim Burke and Rob Harvey (2000) 2001-present
Jim Rygiel , Randall William Cook , Richard Taylor and Mark Stetson (2001)Jim Rygiel , Joe Letteri , Randall William Cook and Alex Funke (2002)Jim Rygiel , Joe Letteri , Randall William Cook and Alex Funke (2003)John Dykstra , Scott Stokdyk , Anthony LaMolinara and John Frazier (2004)Joe Letteri , Brian Van't Hul , Christian Rivers and Richard Taylor (2005)John Knoll , Hal Hickel , Charles Gibson and Allen Hall (2006)Michael L. Fink , Bill Westenhofer , Ben Morris and Trevor Wood (2007)Eric Barba , Steve Preeg , Burt Dalton and Craig Barron (2008)Joe Letteri , Stephen Rosenbaum , Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones (2009)Paul Franklin , Chris Corbould , Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb (2010)Robert Legato , Joss Williams , Ben Grossmann and Alex Henning (2011)Bill Westenhofer , Guillaume Rocheron , Erik-Jan de Boer and Donald R. Elliott (2012)Tim Webber , Chris Lawrence , Dave Shirk and Neil Corbould (2013)Paul Franklin , Andrew Lockley , Ian Hunter and Scott R. Fisher (2014)Mark Williams Ardington , Sara Bennett , Paul Norris and Andrew Whitehurst (2015)Robert Legato , Adam Valdez , Andrew R. Jones and Dan Lemmon (2016)John Nelson , Gerd Nefzer , Paul Lambert and Richard R. Hoover (2017)Paul Lambert , Ian Hunter , Tristan Myles and J. D. Schwalm (2018)Guillaume Rocheron , Greg Butler and Dominic Tuohy (2019)Scott R. Fisher , Andrew Jackson , David Lee and Andrew Lockley (2020)
1982–2000
Richard Edlund (1982)Richard Edlund , Dennis Muren , Ken Ralston and Kit West (1983)Dennis Muren , George Gibbs , Michael J. McAlister and Lorne Peterson (1984)George Gibbs and Richard Conway (1985)Robert Skotak , Brian Johnson , John Richardson and Stan Winston (1986)Michael Lantieri , Michael Owens, Ed Jones and Bruce Walters (1987)George Gibbs , Richard Williams , Ken Ralston and Ed Jones (1988)Ken Ralston , Michael Lantieri , John Bell and Steve Gawley (1989)The special visual effects team of Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
Stan Winston , Dennis Muren , Gene Warren Jr. and Robert Skotak (1991)Michael Lantieri , Ken Ralston , Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr., Doug Chiang and Douglas Smythe (1992)Dennis Muren , Stan Winston , Phil Tippett and Michael Lantieri (1993)Ken Ralston , George Murphy , Stephen Rosenbaum , Doug Chiang and Allen Hall (1994)Robert Legato , Michael Kanfer , Matt Sweeney and Leslie Ekker (1995)Stefen Fangmeier , John Frazier , Henry LaBounta and Habib Zargarpour (1996)Mark Stetson , Karen Goulekas , Nick Allder , Neil Corbould and Nick Dudman (1997)Stefen Fangmeier , Roger Guyett and Neil Corbould (1998)John Gaeta , Steve Courtley , Janek Sirrs and Jon Thum (1999)Stefen Fangmeier , John Frazier , Walt Conti , Habib Zargarpour and Tim Alexander (2000) 2001–present
Jim Rygiel , Richard Taylor , Alex Funke , Randall William Cook and Mark Stetson (2001)Jim Rygiel , Joe Letteri , Randall William Cook and Alex Funke (2002)Joe Letteri , Jim Rygiel , Randall William Cook and Alex Funke (2003)Karen Goulekas , Neil Corbould , Greg Strause and Remo Balcells (2004)Joe Letteri , Christian Rivers , Brian Van't Hul and Richard Taylor (2005)John Knoll , Hal Hickel , Charles Gibson and Allen Hall (2006)Michael Fink, Bill Westenhofer , Ben Morris and Trevor Wood (2007)
Eric Barba , Craig Barron , Nathan McGuinness and Edson Williams (2008)Joe Letteri , Stephen Rosenbaum , Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones (2009)Chris Corbould , Paul Franklin , Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb (2010)Tim Burke , John Richardson , Greg Butler and David Vickery (2011)Bill Westenhofer , Guillaume Rocheron and Erik-Jan de Boer (2012)Tim Webber , Chris Lawrence , Dave Shirk , Neil Corbould and Nikki Penny (2013)Paul Franklin , Scott R. Fisher , Andrew Lockley and Ian Hunter (2014)Chris Corbould , Roger Guyett , Paul Kavanagh and Neal Scanlan (2015)Robert Legato , Dan Lemmon , Andrew R. Jones and Adam Valdez (2016)Richard R. Hoover , Paul Lambert , Gerd Nefzer and John Nelson (2017)Geoffrey Baumann, Jesse James Chisholm, Craig Hammack and Dan Sudick (2018)
Greg Butler , Guillaume Rocheron and Dominic Tuohy (2019)Scott R. Fisher , Andrew Jackson and Andrew Lockley (2020)
Marcel Vercoutere (1972) Joe Dante and Mark Goldblatt (1973)Douglas Knapp , Bill Taylor, John Carpenter , and Dan O'Bannon (1974/75)L. B. Abbott (1976)John Dykstra and John Stears (1977)Colin Chilvers (1978)Douglas Trumbull , John Dykstra , and Richard Yuricich (1979)Brian Johnson and Richard Edlund (1980)Richard Edlund (1981)Carlo Rambaldi and Dennis Muren (1982)Richard Edlund , Dennis Muren , and Ken Ralston (1983)Chris Walas (1984)Kevin Pike (1985)Stan Winston , Robert Skotak and Dennis Skotak (1986)Peter Kuran, Phil Tippett , Rob Bottin , and Rocco Gioffre (1987) George Gibbs , Ken Ralston , and Richard Williams (1988)Ken Ralston (1989/90)Stan Winston (1991)Ken Ralston , Tom Woodruff Jr., and Alec Gillis (1992)Dennis Muren , Stan Winston , Phil Tippett , and Michael Lantieri (1993)John Bruno (1994)Stan Parks (1995)Volker Engel , Clay Pinney , Douglas Smith , and Joe Viskocil (1996)Phil Tippett , Scott E. Anderson , Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr., John Richardson (1997)Volker Engel , Patrick Tatopoulos , Karen E. Goulekas , and Clay Pinney (1998)Rob Coleman , John Knoll , Dennis Muren , and Scott Squires (1999)Scott E. Anderson , Craig Hayes , Scott Stokdyk , and Stan Parks (2000)Dennis Muren , Scott Farrar , Stan Winston , Michael Lantieri (2001)Rob Coleman , Pablo Helman , John Knoll , and Ben Snow (2002)Jim Rygiel , Joe Letteri , Randall William Cook , and Alex Funke (2003)John Dykstra , Scott Stokdyk , Anthony LaMolinara , and John Frazier (2004)Joe Letteri , Richard Taylor , Christian Rivers , and Brian Van't Hul (2005)John Knoll , Hal T. Hickel , Charles Gibson , and Allen Hall (2006)Scott Farrar , Scott Benza , Russell Earl , and John Frazier (2007)Nick Davis , Chris Corbould , Timothy Webber , and Paul J. Franklin (2008)Joe Letteri , Stephen Rosenbaum , Richard Baneham , and Andrew R. Jones (2009)Chris Corbould , Andrew Lockley , Paul J. Franklin , and Peter Bebb (2010)Dan Lemmon , Joe Letteri , R. Christopher White , and Daniel Barrett (2011)Janek Sirrs , Jeff White , Guy Williams , and Dan Sudick (2012)Tim Webber , Chris Lawrence , Dave Shirk , and Neil Corbould (2013)Paul J. Franklin , Andrew Lockley , Ian Hunter , and Scott R. Fisher (2014)Roger Guyett , Patrick Tubach , Neal Scanlan , and Chris Corbould (2015)John Knoll , Mohen Leo , Hal Hickel , and Neil Corbould (2016)Christopher Townsend , Guy Williams , Jonathan Fawkner , and Dan Sudick (2017)Dan DeLeeuw , Matt Aitken , Russell Earl , and Dan Sudick (2018/2019)Roger Guyett , Neal Scanlan , Patrick Tubach , and Dominic Tuohy (2019/2020) Note: The years are listed as per convention, usually the year of film release; the ceremonies are usually held the next year.
