Saturn Award for Best Special Effects
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The Saturn Award for Best Special / Visual Effects is one of the annual awards given by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. The Saturn Awards, which are the oldest film-specialized awards to reward science fiction, fantasy, and horror achievements (the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation is the oldest award for science fiction and fantasy films), included the category for the first time at the 2nd Saturn Awards in 1975.
Winners and nomineesEdit
1970sEdit
| Year | Recipients | Film |
|---|---|---|
1973 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
(2nd) |
Marcel Vercoutere | The Exorcist |
1974/1975 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
(3rd) | ||
| Douglas Knapp, Bill Taylor, John Carpenter, Dan O'Bannon | Dark Star | |
1976 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
(4th) | ||
| L. B. Abbott (for his career) | ||
1977 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
(5th) | ||
| John Dykstra, John Stears | Star Wars | |
| Douglas Trumbull | Close Encounters of the Third Kind | |
| Albert Whitlock, Chuck Gaspar (Van der Veer Photo Effects) | Exorcist II: The Heretic | |
| Ray Harryhausen | Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger | |
1978 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
(6th) |
Colin Chilvers | Superman |
| Henry Millar (Van der Veer Photo Effects) | Capricorn One | |
| Ira Anderson Jr. | Damien: Omen II | |
| Dell Rheaume, Russel Hessey | Invasion of the Body Snatchers | |
| Albert Whitlock | The Wiz | |
1979 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
(7th) |
Douglas Trumbull, John Dykstra, Richard Yuricich | Star Trek: The Motion Picture |
| Brian Johnson, Nick Allder | Alien | |
| Peter Ellenshaw | The Black Hole | |
| John Evans, John Richardson | Moonraker | |
| Robbie Knott | The Muppet Movie |
1980sEdit
| Year | Recipients | Film |
|---|---|---|
1980 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
(8th) |
Brian Johnson, Richard Edlund | The Empire Strikes Back |
| Chuck Comisky | Battle Beyond the Stars | |
| Richard Albain Jr., Tommy Lee Wallace, James F. Liles | The Fog | |
| Dave Allen, Peter Kuran | The Howling | |
| Gary Zeller | Scanners | |
1981 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
(9th) |
Richard Edlund | Raiders of the Lost Ark |
| Ray Harryhausen | Clash of the Titans | |
| Brian Johnson, Dennis Muren | Dragonslayer | |
| John Stears | Outland | |
| Jon Bunker | Time Bandits | |
1982 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
(10th) |
Carlo Rambaldi, Dennis Muren | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial |
| Douglas Trumbull, Richard Yuricich | Blade Runner | |
| Roy Field, Brian Smithies | The Dark Crystal | |
| Tom Campbell, William T. Conway, John Carl Buechler, Steve Neill | Forbidden World | |
| Rob Bottin | The Thing | |
1983 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
(11th) |
Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, Ken Ralston | Return of the Jedi |
| (Entertainment Effects Group) | Brainstorm | |
| Ian Wingrove | Never Say Never Again | |
| Lee Dyer | Something Wicked This Way Comes | |
| Chuck Comisky, Kenneth Jones, Lawrence E. Benson Template:Nowrap | Strange Invaders | |
1984 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
(12th) |
Chris Walas | Gremlins |
| Richard Edlund | 2010 | |
| Lawrence E. Benson | Creature | |
| Barry Nolan | Dune | |
| Ralph Winter | Star Trek III: The Search for Spock | |
1985 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
(13th) |
Kevin Pike | Back to the Future |
| (The L.A. Effects Group) | Commando | |
| Bruce Nicholson, Ralph Winter | Explorers | |
| Richard Edlund | Fright Night | |
| (Apogee) | Lifeforce | |
1986 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
(14th) |
Stan Winston, Robert Skotak, Dennis Skotak Template:Nowrap | Aliens |
| Lyle Conway | Little Shop of Horrors | |
| Richard Edlund | Poltergeist II: The Other Side | |
| Syd Mead, Eric Allard | Short Circuit | |
| Ken Ralston, Michael Lantieri | Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home | |
1987 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
(15th) |
Peter Kuran, Phil Tippett, Rob Bottin, Rocco Gioffre | RoboCop |
| Vern Hyde, Doug Beswick, Tom Sullivan | Evil Dead II | |
| Dennis Muren, Bill George, Harley Jessup, Kenneth Smith | Innerspace | |
| Richard Edlund | Masters of the Universe | |
| Joel Hynek, Stan Winston, Richard Greenberg, Robert M. Greenberg | Predator | |
| Michael Lantieri (Industrial Light & Magic) | The Witches of Eastwick | |
1988 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
(16th) |
George Gibbs, Ken Ralston, Richard Williams Template:Nowrap | Who Framed Roger Rabbit |
| Peter Kuran, Alan Munro, Ted Rae, Robert Short | Beetlejuice | |
| Kevin Pike, Hoyt Yeatman, Will Vinton | Moonwalker | |
| Eric Brevig, Allen Hall (Dream Quest Images) | Scrooged | |
| Eric Allard, Jeff Jarvis | Short Circuit 2 | |
| John Richardson (Industrial Light & Magic) | Willow | |
1989/1990 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
(17th) |
Ken Ralston (Industrial Light & Magic) | Back to the Future Part II |
| (Industrial Light & Magic, Dream Quest Images, Template:Nowrap, Wonderworks) | The Abyss | |
| Richard Conway, Kent Houston | The Adventures of Baron Munchausen | |
| Bruce Nicholson, John T. Van Vliet, Richard Edlund, Laura Buff | Ghost | |
| Rick Baker, Ken Pepiot, Dennis Michelson | Gremlins 2: The New Batch | |
| Rick Fichter, David Sosalla, Peter Chesney | Honey, I Shrunk the Kids | |
| Phil Tippett, Rob Bottin, Peter Kuran | RoboCop 2 | |
| Thomas L. Fisher, Eric Brevig, Rob Bottin (Dream Quest Images, Template:Nowrap, Stetson Visual Services Inc.) | Total Recall | |
| Tom Woodruff Jr., Alec Gillis (4-Ward Productions, Illusion Arts Inc., Template:Nowrap) | Tremors |
1990sEdit
2000sEdit
2010sEdit
2020sEdit
| Year | Recipients | Film |
|---|---|---|
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(50th) |
John “D.J.” Des Jardin, Bryan Hirota, Kevin Andrew Smith, Pier Lefebvre, and Mike Meinardus | Godzilla vs. Kong |
| Jorundur Rafn Arnarson, Joe Letteri, and Erik Winquist | Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness | |
| Sheena Duggal and Alessandro Ongaro | Ghostbusters: Afterlife | |
| David Vickery | Jurassic World Dominion | |
| Joe Farrell, Dan Oliver, Christopher Townsend, and Sean Noel Walker | Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings | |
| Scott Edelstein, Kelly Port, Dan Sudick, and Chris Waegner | Spider-Man: No Way Home | |
| Scott R. Fisher and Ryan Tudhope | Top Gun: Maverick | |
2022/2023 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
(51st) |
Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, and Daniel Barrett | Avatar: The Way of Water |
| Jay Cooper, Ian Comley, Andrew Roberts, and Neil Corbould | The Creator | |
| Stephane Ceretti, Alexis Wajsbrot, Guy Williams, and Dan Sudick | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 | |
| Andrew Whitehurst, Kathy Siegel, Robert Weaver, and Alistair Williams | Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny | |
| Alex Wuttke, Simone Coco, Jeff Sutherland, and Neil Corbould | Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One | |
| Andrew Jackson, Giacomo Mineo, Scott R. Fisher, and Dave Drzewiecki | Oppenheimer | |
2023/2024 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
(52nd) |
Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe and Gerd Nefzer | Dune: Part Two |
| Alec Gillis, Eric Barba, Nelson Sepulveda-Fauser, Daniel Macarin, and Shane Mahan | Alien: Romulus | |
| Angus Bickerton, James Brennan-Craddock, Neal Scanlan, and Stefano Pepin | Beetlejuice Beetlejuice | |
| Swen Gillberg, Matthew Twyford, Vincent Papaix, and Dominic Tuohy | Deadpool & Wolverine | |
| Takashi Yamazaki, Kiyoko Shibuya, Masaki Takahashi, and Tatsuji Nojima | Godzilla Minus One | |
| Luke Millar, David Clayton, Keith Herft and Peter Stubbs | Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes | |
| Ben Snow, Florian Witzel, Charles Lai, Scott R. Fisher, Dave Crispino, and Bill Georgiou | Twisters |
External linksEdit
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