# Satellite Award for Best Visual Effects

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 |
| 1996 | Dragonheart | Scott Squires |
| 1996 | Mars Attacks! | Jim Mitchell, Michael L. Fink, David Andrews |
| 1996 | Star Trek: First Contact | John Knoll |
| 1996 | Twister | Stefen Fangmeier |
| 1997 | Contact | Ken Ralston |
| 1997 | The Fifth Element | Mark Stetson |
| 1997 | Men in Black | Richard Baker |
| 1997 | Starship Troopers | Phil Tippett, Scott E. Anderson |
| 1997 | Titanic | Robert Legato |
| 1998 | What Dreams May Come | Ellen Somers |
| 1998 | Armageddon | Richard R. Hoover, Pat McClung |
| 1998 | Babe: Pig in the City | Rhythm & Hues, Mill Film, Animal Logic Film |
| 1998 | Saving Private Ryan | Neil Corbould, Stefen Fangmeier, Roger Guyett |
| 1998 | Star Trek: Insurrection | Terry D. Frazee |
| 1999 | Stuart Little | Jerome Chen, John Dykstra, Henry F. Anderson III and Eric Allard |
| 1999 | The Matrix | Steve Courtley, Brian Cox, John Gaeta |
| 1999 | The Mummy | John Andrew Berton Jr., Chris Corbould, Mark Freund, Steve Hamilton |
| 1999 | Sleepy Hollow | Jim Mitchell, Joss Williams |
| 1999 | Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace | Peter Hutchinson, John Knox, Judith Weaver, Dennis Muren |
| 1999 | Titus | Kyle Cooper |

### 2000s

| Year | Film | Recipient(s) |
| 2000 | Gladiator | John Nelson |
| 2000 | Charlie's Angels | Pat McClung |
| 2000 | How the Grinch Stole Christmas | Kevin Scott Mack |
| 2000 | Mission: Impossible 2 | Richard Yuricich |
| 2000 | Vertical Limit | Kent Houston |
| 2001 | Moulin Rouge! | Chris Godfrey |
| 2001 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | Robert Legato, Nick Davis, John Richardson, Roger Guyett |
| 2001 | Jurassic Park III | Jim Mitchell |
| 2001 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Jim Rygiel, Richard Taylor, Alex Funke, Randall William Cook |
| 2001 | Pearl Harbor | Eric Brevig |
| 2002 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook and Alex Funke |
| 2002 | Gangs of New York | R. Bruce Steinheimer, Michael Owens, Edward Hirsh, Jon Alexander |
| 2002 | Minority Report | Scott Farrar |
| 2002 | Road to Perdition | Michael J. McAlister |
| 2002 | Spider-Man | John Dykstra |
| 2003 | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | Stefen Fangmeier, Nathan McGuinness, Robert Stromberg and Dan Sudick |
| 2003 | Kill Bill: Volume 1 | Howard Berger, Greg Nicotero |
| 2003 | The Last Samurai | Jeffrey A. Okun |
| 2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook, Alex Funke |
| 2003 | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | John Knoll |
| 2003 | Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines | Pablo Helman, Danny Gordon Taylor, Allen Hall, John Rosengrant |
| 2004 | The Aviator | Andy Brown and Kirsty Millar |
| 2004 | House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu) | Robert Legato, Peter G. Travers, Matthew Gratzner and R. Bruce Steinheimer |
| 2004 | Collateral | John E. Sullivan |
| 2004 | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | Michele Ferrone, Louis Morin |
| 2004 | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow | Stephen Lawes, Scott E. Anderson, Darin Hollings |
| 2004 | Spider-Man 2 | John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara, John Frazier |
| 2005 | Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith | John Knoll and Hal Hickel |
| 2005 | Kingdom of Heaven | Tom Wood |
| 2005 | Kung Fu Hustle (Kung fu) | Frankie Chung |
| 2005 | Sin City | Robert Rodriguez |
| 2005 | War of the Worlds | Dennis Muren, Pablo Helman, Randal M. Dutra, Daniel Sudick |
| 2006 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | John Knoll and Hal Hickel |
| 2006 | The Da Vinci Code | Kevin Ahern |
| 2006 | Flags of Our Fathers | Michael Owens, Matthew E. Butler, Bryan Grill, Steve Riley |
| 2006 | The Fountain | Jeremy Dawson, Dan Schrecker |
| 2006 | Pan's Labyrinth (El laberinto del fauno) | Everett Burrell, Edward Irastorza |
| 2006 | V for Vendetta | Dan Glass |
| 2006 | X-Men: The Last Stand | John Bruno |
| 2007 | 300 | Chris Watts, Grant Freckelton, Derek Wentworth and Daniel Leduc |
| 2007 | Beowulf | Rob Engle, Jerome Chen, Sean Phillips, Kenn McDonald, Michael Lantieri |
| 2007 | The Bourne Ultimatum | Peter Chiang, Charlie Noble, David Vickery, Mattias Lindahl |
| 2007 | Enchanted | Thomas Schelesny, Matt Jacobs, Tom Gibbons |
| 2007 | The Golden Compass | Michael L. Fink |
| 2007 | Transformers | Scott Farrar |
| 2008 | Australia | Chris Godfrey, James E. Price and Diana Giorgiutti |
| 2008 | The Dark Knight | Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber, Paul J. Franklin |
| 2008 | The Day the Earth Stood Still | Jeffrey A. Okun |
| 2008 | Iron Man | John Nelson, Shane Mahan, Ben Snow, Daniel Sudick |
| 2008 | Quantum of Solace | Chris Corbould, Kevin Tod Haug |
| 2009 | 2012 | Volker Engel, Marc Weigert and Mike Vézina |
| 2009 | District 9 | Robert Habros, Charlie Bradbury, Stephen Pepper, Winston Helgason |
| 2009 | Fantastic Mr Fox | Tim Ledbury |
| 2009 | The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus | John Paul Docherty, Richard Bain |
| 2009 | Red Cliff (Chi bi) | Craig Hayes |
| 2009 | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Wayne Billheimer, John Frazier |

### 2010s

| Year | Film | Recipient(s) |
| 2010 | Alice in Wonderland | Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips |
| 2010 | 127 Hours | Adam Gascoyne, James Winnifrith, Tim Caplan |
| 2010 | Inception | Paul J. Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley, Pete Bebb |
| 2010 | Iron Man 2 | Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright |
| 2010 | Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole | Grant Freckelton, Chris Bone, Craig Welsh |
| 2010 | Unstoppable | Nathan McGuinness, Paul O'Shea |
| 2011 | Hugo | Robert Legato, Ben Grossmann, Alex Henning and Adam Watkins |
| 2011 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 | David Vickery, Greg Butler, John Richardson, Tim Burke |
| 2011 | Rise of the Planet of the Apes | Jeff Capogreco, Joe Letteri, R. Christopher White |
| 2011 | Super 8 | Dennis Muren, Kim Libreri, Paul Kavanagh, Russell Earl |
| 2011 | Transformers: Dark of the Moon | John Frazier, Matthew Butler, Scott Benza, Scott Farrar |
| 2011 | War Horse | Ben Morris |
| 2012 | Flight | Jim Gibbs, Kevin Baillie, Michael Lantieri and Ryan Tudhope |
| 2012 | Cloud Atlas | Dan Glass, Geoffrey Hancock, Stephane Ceretti |
| 2012 | The Dark Knight Rises | Chris Corbould, Paul Franklin |
| 2012 | Life of Pi | Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron |
| 2012 | Prometheus | Charley Henley, Martin Hill, Richard Stammers |
| 2012 | Skyfall | Andrew Whitehurst, Arundi Asregadoo, Steve Begg |
| 2013 | Gravity | Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk and Neil Corbould |
| 2013 | All Is Lost | Brendon O’Dell, Colin Davies, Robert Munroe |
| 2013 | The Croods | Markus Manninen, Matt Baer |
| 2013 | Oz the Great and Powerful | James Schwalm, Scott Stokdyk, Troy Saliba |
| 2013 | Rush | Antoine Moulineau, Jody Johnson, Mark Hodgkins |
| 2013 | World War Z | Andrew R. Jones, Jessica Norman, Matt Johnson, Scott Farrar |
| 2014 | Dawn of the Planet of the Apes | Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon and Matt Kutcher |
| 2014 | Guardians of the Galaxy | Stephane Ceretti |
| 2014 | Interstellar | Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter, Paul Franklin, Scott Fisher |
| 2014 | Into the Woods | Christian Irles, Matt Johnson, Stefano Pepin |
| 2014 | Noah | Ben Snow, Burt Dalton, Dan Schrecker, Marc Chu |
| 2014 | Transformers: Age of Extinction | John Frazier, Patrick Tubach, Scott Benza, Scott Farrar |
| 2015 | The Walk | Jim Gibbs, Kevin Baillie, Viktor Muller and Sébastien Moreau |
| 2015 | Everest | Dadi Einarsson, Matthias Bjarnason, Glen Pratt, Richard Van Den Bergh |
| 2015 | Jurassic World | Tim Alexander, Glen McIntosh, Tony Plett, Michael Meinardus |
| 2015 | Mad Max: Fury Road | Andrew Jackson, Tom Wood, Dan Oliver, Andy Williams |
| 2015 | The Martian | Richard Stammers, Anders Langlands, Chris Lawrence, Steven Warner |
| 2015 | Spectre | Steven Begg, Chris Corbould |
| 2016 | The Jungle Book | Robert Legato, Dan Lemmon, Andrew R. Jones and Adam Valdez |
| 2016 | The BFG | Joe Letteri, Ken McGaugh, Mark Gee, Kevin Andrew Smith |
| 2016 | Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk | Mark O. Forker, Pavel Hristov, Michael Huber, Robert J. Bruce |
| 2016 | Deadpool | Ryan Tudhope, Jonathan Rothbart, Vincent Cirelli |
| 2016 | Doctor Strange | Stephane Ceretti, Paul Corbould, Richard Bluff, Vincent Cirelli |
| 2016 | Sully | Michael Owens, Mark Curtis, Bryan Litson, Jan Dubberke |
| 2017 | Blade Runner 2049 | John Nelson, Paul Lambert, Richard R. Hoover and Gerd Nefzer |
| Alien: Covenant ||
| Dunkirk ||
| The Shape of Water ||
| War for the Planet of the Apes ||
| Wonder Woman ||
| 2018 | Black Panther | Geoffrey Baumann, Jesse James Chisholm, Craig Hammack and Dan Sudick |
| Avengers: Infinity War ||
| Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald ||
| Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom ||
| Rampage ||
| Ready Player One ||
| 2019 | Alita: Battle Angel | Joe Letteri and Eric Saindon |
| 2019 | Avengers: Endgame | Matt Aitken, Dan DeLeeuw, Russell Earl, and Dan Sudick |
| 2019 | Ford v Ferrari | Mark Byers, Olivier Dumont, and Kathy Siegel |
| 2019 | The Irishman | Pablo Helman |
| 2019 | Joker | Mathew Giampa, Bryan Godwin, and Edwin Rivera |
| 2019 | The Lion King | Andrew R. Jones, Robert Legato, Elliot Newman, and Adam Valdez |

### 2020s

| Year | Film | Recipient(s) |
| 2020 | Tenet | Scott R. Fisher and Andrew Jackson |
| 2020 | Birds of Prey | Thrain Shadbolt and Kevin Souls |
| 2020 | Greyhound | Peter Bebb and Nathan McGuinness |
| 2020 | Mank | Simon Carr, Pablo Helman, James Pastorius, and Wei Zheng |
| 2020 | The Midnight Sky | Matt Kasmir and Chris Lawrence |
| 2020 | Mulan | Sean Andrew Faden |
| 2021 | Dune | Brian Connor, Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, and Gerd Nefzer |
| 2021 | Eternals | Matt Aitken, Daniele Bigi, Stephane Ceretti, and Neil Corbould |
| 2021 | Godzilla vs. Kong | John Desjardin, Bryan Hirota, Tamara Watts Kent, and Kevin Smith |
| 2021 | Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings | Joe Farrell, Dan Oliver, Christopher Townsend, and Sean Noel Walker |
| 2021 | The Suicide Squad | Jonathan Fawkner, Kelvin McIlwain, Dan Sudick, and Guy Williams |
| 2021 | The Tomorrow War | Carmelo Leggiero, James E. Price, J. D. Schwalm, Randall Starr, and Sheldon Stopsack |
| 2022 | Avatar: The Way of Water | Richard Baneham, Daniel Barrett, Joe Letteri, and Eric Saindon |
| 2022 | Babylon | Jay Cooper, Ebrahim Jahromi, Kevin Martel, and Elia Popov |
| 2022 | The Batman | Russell Earl, Anders Langlands, Dan Lemmon, and Dominic Tuohy |
| 2022 | Good Night Oppy | Ivan Busquets, Marko Chulev, Abishek Nair, and Steven Nichols |
| 2022 | RRR | V. Srinivas Mohan |
| 2022 | Top Gun: Maverick | Scott R. Fisher, Seth Hill, Bryan Litson, and Ryan Tudhope |
| 2023 | Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One | Simone Coco, Neil Corbould, Jeff Sutherland, and Alex Wuttke |
| 2023 | The Creator | Jay Cooper, Ian Comley, Neil Corbould, and Andrew Roberts |
| 2023 | Napoleon | Henry Badgett, Simone Coco, Neil Corbould, Charley Henley, and Luc-Ewen Martin-Fenouillet |
| 2023 | Oppenheimer | Dave Drzewiecki, Scott R. Fisher, Andrew Jackson, and Giacomo Mineo |
| 2023 | Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse | Bret St. Clair, Pav Grochola, Alan Hawkins, and Michael Lasker |
| 2023 | Transformers: Rise of the Beasts | Matt Aitken, Gary Brozenich, Ilya Churinov, Richard Little, Guillaume Murray, and J. D. Schwalm |