Satellite Award for Best Visual Effects
| Satellite Award for Best Visual Effects | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Best Visual Effects |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | International Press Academy |
| First awarded | 1996 |
| Currently held by | Scott R. Fisher and Andrew Jackson – Tenet (2020) |
| Website | www |
The Satellite Award for Best Visual Effects is one of the annual Satellite Awards given by the International Press Academy.
Winners and nominees[]
1990s[]
| Year | Film | Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Independence Day | Volker Engel and Douglas Smith |
| Dragonheart | Scott Squires | |
| Mars Attacks! | Jim Mitchell, Michael L. Fink, and David Andrews | |
| Star Trek: First Contact | John Knoll | |
| Twister | Stefen Fangmeier | |
| 1997 | Contact | Ken Ralston |
| The Fifth Element | Mark Stetson | |
| Men in Black | Rick Baker | |
| Starship Troopers | Phil Tippett and Scott E. Anderson | |
| Titanic | Robert Legato | |
| 1998 | What Dreams May Come | Ellen Somers |
| Armageddon | Richard R. Hoover and Patrick McClung | |
| Babe: Pig in the City | N/A | |
| Saving Private Ryan | Neil Corbould, Stefen Fangmeier, and Roger Guyett | |
| Star Trek: Insurrection | Terry Frazee | |
| 1999 | Stuart Little | Jerome Chen, John Dykstra, Henry F. Anderson III, and Eric Allard |
| The Matrix | Steve Courtley, Brian Cox, and John Gaeta | |
| The Mummy | John Berton, Chris Corbould, Mark Freund, and Steve Hamilton | |
| Sleepy Hollow | Jim Mitchell and Joss Williams | |
| Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace | Peter Hutchinson, John Knox, Judith Weaver, and Dennis Muren | |
| Titus | Kyle Cooper |
2000s[]
| Year | Film | Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Gladiator | John Nelson |
| Charlie's Angels | Patrick McClung | |
| How the Grinch Stole Christmas | Kevin Mack | |
| Mission: Impossible 2 | Richard Yuricich | |
| Vertical Limit | Kent Houston | |
| 2001 | Moulin Rouge! | Chris Godfrey |
| Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone | Robert Legato, Nick Davis, John Richardson, and Roger Guyett | |
| Jurassic Park III | Jim Mitchell | |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Jim Rygiel, Richard Taylor, Alex Funke, and Randall William Cook | |
| Pearl Harbor | Eric Brevig | |
| 2002 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook, and Alex Funke |
| Gangs of New York | R. Bruce Steinheimer, Michael Owens, Ed Hirsh, and Jon Alexander | |
| Minority Report | Scott Farrar | |
| Road to Perdition | Michael J. McAlister | |
| Spider-Man | John Dykstra | |
| 2003 | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | Stefen Fangmeier, Nathan McGuinness, Robert Stromberg, and Dan Sudick |
| Kill Bill: Volume 1 | Howard Berger and Greg Nicotero | |
| The Last Samurai | Jeffrey A. Okun | |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook, and Alex Funke | |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | John Knoll | |
| Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines | Pablo Helman, Danny Gordon Taylor, Allen Hall, and John Rosengrant | |
| 2004 | The Aviator (TIE) | Robert Legato, Peter G. Travers, Matthew Gratzner, and R. Bruce Steinheimer (TIE) |
| House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu) (TIE) | Andy Brown and Kirsty Millar (TIE) | |
| Collateral | John E. Sullivan | |
| Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | Michele Ferrone and Louis Morin | |
| Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow | Stephen Lawes, Scott E. Anderson, and Darin Hollings | |
| Spider-Man 2 | John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara, and John Frazier | |
| 2005 | Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith | John Knoll and Hal Hickel |
| Kingdom of Heaven | Tom Wood | |
| Kung Fu Hustle (Kung Fu) | Frankie Chung | |
| Sin City | Robert Rodriguez | |
| War of the Worlds | Dennis Muren, Pablo Helman, Randal M. Dutra, and Dan Sudick | |
| 2006 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | John Knoll, and Hal Hickel |
| The Da Vinci Code | Kevin Ahern | |
| Flags of Our Fathers | Michael Owens, Matthew E. Butler, Bryan Grill, and Steve Riley | |
| The Fountain | Jeremy Dawson and Dan Schrecker | |
| Pan's Labyrinth (El laberinto del fauno) | Everett Burrell and Edward Irastorza | |
| V for Vendetta | Dan Glass | |
| X-Men: The Last Stand | John Bruno | |
| 2007 | 300 | Chris Watts, Grant Freckelton, Derek Wentworth, and Daniel Leduc |
| Beowulf | Rob Engle, Jerome Chen, Sean Phillips, Kenn McDonald, and Michael Lantieri | |
| The Bourne Ultimatum | Peter Chiang, Charlie Noble, David Vickery, and Mattias Lindahl | |
| Enchanted | Thomas Schelesny, Matt Jacobs, and Tom Gibbons | |
| The Golden Compass | Michael L. Fink | |
| Transformers | Scott Farrar | |
| 2008 | Australia | Chris Godfrey, James E. Price, and Diana Giorgiutti |
| The Dark Knight | Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber, and Paul Franklin | |
| The Day the Earth Stood Still | Jeffrey A. Okun | |
| Iron Man | John Nelson, Shane Mahan, Ben Snow, and Dan Sudick | |
| Quantum of Solace | Chris Corbould and Kevin Tod Haug | |
| 2009 | 2012 | Volker Engel, Marc Weigert, and Mike Vézina |
| District 9 | Robert Habros, Charlie Bradbury, Stephen Pepper, and Winston Helgason | |
| Fantastic Mr Fox | Tim Ledbury | |
| The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus | John Paul Docherty and Richard Bain | |
| Red Cliff (Chi bi) | Craig Hayes | |
| Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Wayne Billheimer, and John Frazier |
2010s[]
| Year | Film | Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 [1] |
Alice in Wonderland | Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas, and Sean Phillips |
| 127 Hours | Adam Gascoyne, James Winnifrith, and Tim Caplan | |
| Inception | Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley, and Peter Bebb | |
| Iron Man 2 | Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, and Ged Wright | |
| Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole | Grant Freckelton, Chris Bone, and Craig Welsh | |
| Unstoppable | Nathan McGuinness and Paul O'Shea | |
| 2011 [2] |
Hugo | Robert Legato, Ben Grossmann, Alex Henning, and Adam Watkins |
| Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 | David Vickery, Greg Butler, John Richardson, and Tim Burke | |
| Rise of the Planet of the Apes | Jeff Capogreco, Joe Letteri, and R. Christopher White | |
| Super 8 | Dennis Muren, Kim Libreri, Paul Kavanagh, and Russell Earl | |
| Transformers: Dark of the Moon | John Frazier, Matthew E. Butler, Scott Benza, and Scott Farrar | |
| War Horse | Ben Morris | |
| 2012 [3] |
Flight | Jim Gibbs, Kevin Baillie, Michael Lantieri, and Ryan Tudhope |
| Cloud Atlas | Dan Glass, Geoffrey Hancock, and Stephane Ceretti | |
| The Dark Knight Rises | Chris Corbould and Paul Franklin | |
| Life of Pi | Bill Westenhofer and Guillaume Rocheron | |
| Prometheus | Charley Henley, Martin Hill, and Richard Stammers | |
| Skyfall | Andrew Whitehurst, Arundi Asregadoo, and Steven Begg | |
| 2013 [4] |
Gravity | Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk, and Neil Corbould |
| All Is Lost | Brendon O'Dell, Colin Davies, and Robert Munroe | |
| The Croods | Markus Manninen and Matt Baer | |
| Oz the Great and Powerful | J. D. Schwalm, Scott Stokdyk, and Troy Saliba | |
| Rush | Antoine Moulineau, Jody Johnson, and Mark Hodgkins | |
| World War Z | Andrew R. Jones, Jessica Norman, Matt Johnson, and Scott Farrar | |
| 2014 [5] |
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes | Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, and Matt Kutcher |
| Guardians of the Galaxy | Stephane Ceretti | |
| Interstellar | Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter, Paul Franklin, and Scott R. Fisher | |
| Into the Woods | Christian Irles, Matt Johnson, and Stefano Pepin | |
| Noah | Ben Snow, Burt Dalton, Dan Schrecker, and Marc Chu | |
| Transformers: Age of Extinction | John Frazier, Patrick Tubach, Scott Benza, and Scott Farrar | |
| 2015 [6] |
The Walk | Jim Gibbs, Kevin Baillie, Viktor Muller, and Sébastien Moreau |
| Everest | Dadi Einarsson, Matthias Bjarnason, Glen Pratt, and Richard Van Den Bergh | |
| Jurassic World | Tim Alexander, Glen McIntosh, Tony Plett, and Michael Meinardus | |
| Mad Max: Fury Road | Andrew Jackson, Tom Wood, Dan Oliver, and Andy Williams | |
| The Martian | Richard Stammers, Anders Langlands, Chris Lawrence, and Steven Warner | |
| Spectre | Steven Begg and Chris Corbould | |
| 2016 [7] |
The Jungle Book | Robert Legato, Dan Lemmon, Andrew R. Jones, and Adam Valdez |
| The BFG | Joe Letteri, Ken McGaugh, Mark Gee, and Kevin Andrew Smith | |
| Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk | Mark O. Forker, Pavel Hristov, Michael Huber, and Robert J. Bruce | |
| Deadpool | Ryan Tudhope, Jonathan Rothbart, and Vincent Cirelli | |
| Doctor Strange | Stephane Ceretti, Paul Corbould, Richard Bluff, and Vincent Cirelli | |
| Sully | Michael Owens, Mark Curtis, Bryan Litson, and Jan Dubberke | |
| 2017 [8] |
Blade Runner 2049 | John Nelson, Paul Lambert, Richard R. Hoover, and Gerd Nefzer |
| Alien: Covenant | N/A | |
| Dunkirk | N/A | |
| The Shape of Water | N/A | |
| War for the Planet of the Apes | N/A | |
| Wonder Woman | N/A | |
| 2018 [9] |
Black Panther | Geoffrey Baumann, Jesse James Chisholm, Craig Hammack, and Dan Sudick |
| Avengers: Infinity War | N/A | |
| Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald | N/A | |
| Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom | N/A | |
| Rampage | N/A | |
| Ready Player One | N/A | |
| 2019 [10] |
Alita: Battle Angel | Joe Letteri, and Eric Saindon |
| Avengers: Endgame | Matt Aitken, Dan DeLeeuw, Russell Earl, and Dan Sudick | |
| Ford v Ferrari | Mark Byers, Olivier Dumont, and Kathy Siegel | |
| The Irishman | Pablo Helman | |
| Joker | Mathew Giampa, Bryan Godwin, and Edwin Rivera | |
| The Lion King | Andrew R. Jones, Robert Legato, Elliot Newman, and Adam Valdez |
2020s[]
| Year | Film | Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 [11] |
Tenet | Scott R. Fisher and Andrew Jackson |
| Birds of Prey | Thrain Shadbolt and Kevin Souls | |
| Greyhound | Peter Bebb and Nathan McGuinness | |
| Mank | Simon Carr, Pablo Helman, James Pastorius, and Wei Zheng | |
| The Midnight Sky | Matt Kasmir and Chris Lawrence | |
| Mulan | Sean Andrew Faden | |
| 2021 [12] |
TBA | TBA |
| Dune | Brian Connor, Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, and Gerd Nefzer | |
| Eternals | Matt Aitken, Daniele Bigi, Stephane Ceretti, and Neil Corbould | |
| Godzilla vs. Kong | John Desjardin, Bryan Hirota, Tamara Watts Kent, and Kevin Smith | |
| Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings | Joe Farrell, Dan Oliver, Christopher Townsend, and Sean Walker | |
| The Suicide Squad | Jonathan Fawkner, Kelvin McIlwain, Dan Sudick, and Guy Williams | |
| The Tomorrow War | Carmelo Leggiero, James E. Price, J. D. Schwalm, Randall Starr, and Sheldon Stopsack |
References[]
- ^ "2010 | Categories". International Press Academy.
- ^ "2011 | Categories". International Press Academy.
- ^ "2012 | Categories". International Press Academy.
- ^ "2013 | Categories". International Press Academy.
- ^ "2014 | Categories". International Press Academy.
- ^ "2015 | Categories". International Press Academy.
- ^ "2016 | Categories". International Press Academy.
- ^ "2017 Winners". International Press Academy.
- ^ "2018 Winners". International Press Academy.
- ^ "2019 Winners". International Press Academy.
- ^ "2020 Winners". International Press Academy.
- ^ "2021 Nominees". International Press Academy.
External links[]
Categories:
- Satellite Awards
- Film awards for Best Visual Effects