# Saturn Award for Best Special Effects

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 nominees
### 1970s

| Year | Recipients | Film |
| 1973 (2nd) | Marcel Vercoutere | The Exorcist |
| 1974/1975 (3rd) |
| 1974/1975 (3rd) | Douglas Knapp, Bill Taylor, John Carpenter, Dan O'Bannon | Dark Star |
| 1976 (4th) |
| 1976 (4th) | L. B. Abbott (for his career) | |
| 1977 (5th) |
| 1977 (5th) | John Dykstra, John Stears | Star Wars |
| 1977 (5th) | Douglas Trumbull | Close Encounters of the Third Kind |
| 1977 (5th) | Albert Whitlock, Chuck Gaspar (Van der Veer Photo Effects) | Exorcist II: The Heretic |
| 1977 (5th) | Ray Harryhausen | Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger |
| 1978 (6th) | Colin Chilvers | Superman |
| 1978 (6th) | Henry Millar (Van der Veer Photo Effects) | Capricorn One |
| 1978 (6th) | Ira Anderson Jr. | Damien: Omen II |
| 1978 (6th) | Dell Rheaume, Russel Hessey | Invasion of the Body Snatchers |
| 1978 (6th) | Albert Whitlock | The Wiz |
| 1979 (7th) | Douglas Trumbull, John Dykstra, Richard Yuricich | Star Trek: The Motion Picture |
| 1979 (7th) | Brian Johnson, Nick Allder | Alien |
| 1979 (7th) | Peter Ellenshaw | The Black Hole |
| 1979 (7th) | John Evans, John Richardson | Moonraker |
| 1979 (7th) | Robbie Knott | The Muppet Movie |

### 1980s

| Year | Recipients | Film |
| 1980 (8th) | Brian Johnson, Richard Edlund | The Empire Strikes Back |
| 1980 (8th) | Chuck Comisky | Battle Beyond the Stars |
| 1980 (8th) | Richard Albain Jr., Tommy Lee Wallace, James F. Liles | The Fog |
| 1980 (8th) | Dave Allen, Peter Kuran | The Howling |
| 1980 (8th) | Gary Zeller | Scanners |
| 1981 (9th) | Richard Edlund | Raiders of the Lost Ark |
| 1981 (9th) | Ray Harryhausen | Clash of the Titans |
| 1981 (9th) | Brian Johnson, Dennis Muren | Dragonslayer |
| 1981 (9th) | John Stears | Outland |
| 1981 (9th) | Jon Bunker | Time Bandits |
| 1982 (10th) | Carlo Rambaldi, Dennis Muren | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial |
| 1982 (10th) | Douglas Trumbull, Richard Yuricich | Blade Runner |
| 1982 (10th) | Roy Field, Brian Smithies | The Dark Crystal |
| 1982 (10th) | Tom Campbell, William T. Conway, John Carl Buechler, Steve Neill | Forbidden World |
| 1982 (10th) | Rob Bottin | The Thing |
| 1983 (11th) | Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, Ken Ralston | Return of the Jedi |
| 1983 (11th) | (Entertainment Effects Group) | Brainstorm |
| 1983 (11th) | Ian Wingrove | Never Say Never Again |
| 1983 (11th) | Lee Dyer | Something Wicked This Way Comes |
| 1983 (11th) | Chuck Comisky, Kenneth Jones, Lawrence E. Benson (Private Stock Effects Inc.) | Strange Invaders |
| 1984 (12th) | Chris Walas | Gremlins |
| 1984 (12th) | Richard Edlund | 2010 |
| 1984 (12th) | Lawrence E. Benson | Creature |
| 1984 (12th) | Barry Nolan | Dune |
| 1984 (12th) | Ralph Winter | Star Trek III: The Search for Spock |
| 1985 (13th) | Kevin Pike | Back to the Future |
| 1985 (13th) | (The L.A. Effects Group) | Commando |
| 1985 (13th) | Bruce Nicholson, Ralph Winter | Explorers |
| 1985 (13th) | Richard Edlund | Fright Night |
| 1985 (13th) | (Apogee) | Lifeforce |
| 1986 (14th) | Stan Winston, Robert Skotak, Dennis Skotak (The L.A. Effects Group) | Aliens |
| 1986 (14th) | Lyle Conway | Little Shop of Horrors |
| 1986 (14th) | Richard Edlund | Poltergeist II: The Other Side |
| 1986 (14th) | Syd Mead, Eric Allard | Short Circuit |
| 1986 (14th) | Ken Ralston, Michael Lantieri | Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home |
| 1987 (15th) | Peter Kuran, Phil Tippett, Rob Bottin, Rocco Gioffre | RoboCop |
| 1987 (15th) | Vern Hyde, Doug Beswick, Tom Sullivan | Evil Dead II |
| 1987 (15th) | Dennis Muren, Bill George, Harley Jessup, Kenneth Smith | Innerspace |
| 1987 (15th) | Richard Edlund | Masters of the Universe |
| 1987 (15th) | Joel Hynek, Stan Winston, Richard Greenberg, Robert M. Greenberg | Predator |
| 1987 (15th) | Michael Lantieri (Industrial Light & Magic) | The Witches of Eastwick |
| 1988 (16th) | George Gibbs, Ken Ralston, Richard Williams (Industrial Light & Magic) | Who Framed Roger Rabbit |
| 1988 (16th) | Peter Kuran, Alan Munro, Ted Rae, Robert Short | Beetlejuice |
| 1988 (16th) | Kevin Pike, Hoyt Yeatman, Will Vinton | Moonwalker |
| 1988 (16th) | Eric Brevig, Allen Hall (Dream Quest Images) | Scrooged |
| 1988 (16th) | Eric Allard, Jeff Jarvis | Short Circuit 2 |
| 1988 (16th) | John Richardson (Industrial Light & Magic) | Willow |
| 1989/1990 (17th) | Ken Ralston (Industrial Light & Magic) | Back to the Future Part II |
| 1989/1990 (17th) | (Industrial Light & Magic, Dream Quest Images, Fantasy II Film Effects, Wonderworks) | The Abyss |
| 1989/1990 (17th) | Richard Conway, Kent Houston | The Adventures of Baron Munchausen |
| 1989/1990 (17th) | Bruce Nicholson, John T. Van Vliet, Richard Edlund, Laura Buff | Ghost |
| 1989/1990 (17th) | Rick Baker, Ken Pepiot, Dennis Michelson | Gremlins 2: The New Batch |
| 1989/1990 (17th) | Rick Fichter, David Sosalla, Peter Chesney | Honey, I Shrunk the Kids |
| 1989/1990 (17th) | Phil Tippett, Rob Bottin, Peter Kuran | RoboCop 2 |
| 1989/1990 (17th) | Thomas L. Fisher, Eric Brevig, Rob Bottin (Dream Quest Images, Industrial Light & Magic, Stetson Visual Services Inc.) | Total Recall |
| 1989/1990 (17th) | Tom Woodruff Jr., Alec Gillis (4-Ward Productions, Illusion Arts Inc., Fantasy II Film Effects) | Tremors |

### 1990s

| Year | Recipients | Film |
| 1991 (18th) | Stan Winston (Industrial Light & Magic, Fantasy II Film Effects, 4-Ward Productions) | Terminator 2: Judgment Day |
| 1991 (18th) | Richard Yuricich, Kevin Yagher (Video Image) | Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey |
| 1991 (18th) | Syd Dutton, Bill Taylor, Gene Warren Jr. (Illusion Arts Inc.) | Frankenstein Unbound |
| 1991 (18th) | Stan Winston, Joel Hynek (R/Greenberg Associates Inc.) | Predator 2 |
| 1991 (18th) | Ken Ralston (Industrial Light & Magic) | The Rocketeer |
| 1991 (18th) | (Perpetual Motion Pictures, Dream Quest Images) | Warlock |
| 1992 (19th) | Ken Ralston, Tom Woodruff Jr., Alec Gillis (Industrial Light & Magic) | Death Becomes Her |
| 1992 (19th) | Alan Munro (Visual Concept Engineering (VCE), Alterian, Inc., David Miller Creations) | The Addams Family |
| 1992 (19th) | George Gibbs, Richard Edlund, Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr. | Alien 3 |
| 1992 (19th) | Richard Taylor, Bob McCarron | Braindead (Dead Alive) |
| 1992 (19th) | Roman Coppola | Bram Stoker's Dracula |
| 1992 (19th) | Frank Ceglia, Paul Haines, Tom Ceglia | The Lawnmower Man |
| 1992 (19th) | Bruce Nicholson, Ned Gorman (Industrial Light & Magic) | Memoirs of an Invisible Man |
| 1993 (20th) | Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Phil Tippett, Michael Lantieri | Jurassic Park |
| 1993 (20th) | Michael J. McAlister, Kimberly Nelson LoCascio | Demolition Man |
| 1993 (20th) | (Pacific Data Images (PDI), 4-Ward Productions) | Heart and Souls |
| 1993 (20th) | (Buena Vista Visual Effects, Matte World Digital, Rhythm & Hues) | Hocus Pocus |
| 1993 (20th) | John E. Sullivan (Sony Pictures Imageworks [us], Boss Film Studios, Fantasy II Film Effects, Visual Concept Engineering (VCE), The Baer Animation Company Inc.) | Last Action Hero |
| 1993 (20th) | Ariel Velasco-Shaw, Eric Leighton, Gordon Baker | The Nightmare Before Christmas |
| 1993 (20th) | Richard Edlund | Solar Crisis |
| 1994 (21st) | John Bruno (Digital Domain) | True Lies |
| 1994 (21st) | Andrew Mason (International Creative Effects) | The Crow |
| 1994 (21st) | Ken Ralston (Industrial Light & Magic) | Forrest Gump |
| 1994 (21st) | (Illusion Arts Inc., Fantasy II Film Effects, Visual Concept Engineering) | The Shadow |
| 1994 (21st) | Jeffrey A. Okun, Patrick Tatopoulos | Stargate |
| 1994 (21st) | Gregory L. McMurry | Timecop |
| 1995 (22nd) | Stan Parks (Industrial Light & Magic, Amalgamated Dynamics) | Jumanji |
| 1995 (22nd) | John Dykstra, Thomas L. Fisher, Andrew Adamson, Eric Durst | Batman Forever |
| 1995 (22nd) | Scott Farrar, Stan Winston, Michael Lantieri (Industrial Light & Magic) | Congo |
| 1995 (22nd) | Eric Brevig (Industrial Light & Magic) | The Indian in the Cupboard |
| 1995 (22nd) | Joel Hynek (Mass. Illusions LLC) | Judge Dredd |
| 1995 (22nd) | Richard Edlund, Steve Johnson | Species |
| 1996 (23rd) | Volker Engel, Clay Pinney, Douglas Smith, Joe Viskocil | Independence Day |
| 1996 (23rd) | Scott Squires, Phil Tippett, James Straus, Kit West | Dragonheart |
| 1996 (23rd) | Wes Takahashi, Charlie McClellan, Richard Taylor | The Frighteners |
| 1996 (23rd) | Jim Mitchell, Michael L. Fink, David Andrews, Michael Lantieri (Industrial Light & Magic, Warner Digital Studios) | Mars Attacks! |
| 1996 (23rd) | John Knoll (Industrial Light & Magic) | Star Trek: First Contact |
| 1996 (23rd) | Stefen Fangmeier, John Frazier, Habib Zargarpour, Henry LaBounta | Twister |
| 1997 (24th) | Phil Tippett, Scott E. Anderson, Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr., John Richardson | Starship Troopers |
| 1997 (24th) | Pitof, Erik Henry, Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr. | Alien Resurrection |
| 1997 (24th) | Ken Ralston, Stephen Rosenbaum, Jerome Chen, Mark Holmes | Contact |
| 1997 (24th) | Karen E. Goulekas, Mark Stetson | The Fifth Element |
| 1997 (24th) | Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Michael Lantieri, Randy Dutra | The Lost World: Jurassic Park |
| 1997 (24th) | Eric Brevig, Peter Chesney, Rob Coleman, Rick Baker | Men in Black |
| 1998 (25th) | Volker Engel, Patrick Tatopoulos, Karen E. Goulekas, Clay Pinney | Godzilla |
| 1998 (25th) | Pat McClung, Richard R. Hoover, John Frazier | Armageddon |
| 1998 (25th) | Andrew Mason, Mara Bryan, Peter Doyle, Tom Davies | Dark City |
| 1998 (25th) | Angus Bickerton | Lost in Space |
| 1998 (25th) | Rick Baker, Hoyt Yeatman, Allen Hall, Jim Mitchell | Mighty Joe Young |
| 1998 (25th) | Roger Guyett, Stefen Fangmeier, Neil Corbould | Saving Private Ryan |
| 1999 (26th) | Rob Coleman, John Knoll, Dennis Muren, Scott Squires | Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace |
| 1999 (26th) | Stan Winston, Bill George, Kim Bromley, Robert Stadd | Galaxy Quest |
| 1999 (26th) | John Gaeta, Janek Sirrs, Steve Courtley, Jon Thum | The Matrix |
| 1999 (26th) | John Andrew Berton Jr., Daniel Jeannette, Ben Snow, Chris Corbould | The Mummy |
| 1999 (26th) | Jim Mitchell, Joss Williams, Kevin Yagher, Mark S. Miller | Sleepy Hollow |
| 1999 (26th) | John Dykstra, Henry F. Anderson III, Jerome Chen, Eric Allard | Stuart Little |

### 2000s

| Year | Recipients | Film |
| 2000 (27th) | Scott E. Anderson, Craig Hayes, Scott Stokdyk, Stan Parks | Hollow Man |
| 2000 (27th) | Michael Lantieri, David Drzewiecki (Amalgamated Dynamics, Rhythm, Hues Cinesite, VCE.Com) | The 6th Day |
| 2000 (27th) | Kevin Scott Mack, Matthew E. Butler, Bryan Grill, Allen Hall | How the Grinch Stole Christmas |
| 2000 (27th) | Stefen Fangmeier, Habib Zargarpour, Tim Alexander, John Frazier | The Perfect Storm |
| 2000 (27th) | Michael L. Fink, Michael J. McAlister, David Prescott, Theresa Ellis Rygiel | X-Men |
| 2001 (28th) | Dennis Muren, Scott Farrar, Stan Winston, Michael Lantieri | A.I. Artificial Intelligence |
| 2001 (28th) | Arthur Windus, Val Wardlaw, Hal Bertram, Nick Drew, Seb Caudron | Brotherhood of the Wolf |
| 2001 (28th) | Robert Legato, Nick Davis, Roger Guyett, John Richardson | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone |
| 2001 (28th) | Jim Mitchell, Danny Gordon Taylor, Donald Elliott, John Rosengrant | Jurassic Park III |
| 2001 (28th) | Jim Rygiel, Randall William Cook, Richard Taylor, Mark Stetson | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring |
| 2001 (28th) | John Andrew Berton Jr., Daniel Jeannette, Neil Corbould, Thomas Rosseter | The Mummy Returns |
| 2002 (29th) | Rob Coleman, Pablo Helman, John Knoll, Ben Snow | Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones |
| 2002 (29th) | Jim Mitchell, Nick Davis, John Richardson, Bill George | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets |
| 2002 (29th) | Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook, Alex Funke | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers |
| 2002 (29th) | Scott Farrar, Henry LaBounta, Michael Lantieri, Nathan McGuinness | Minority Report |
| 2002 (29th) | John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara, John Frazier | Spider-Man |
| 2002 (29th) | Joel Hynek, Matthew E. Butler, Sean Andrew Faden, John Frazier | XXX |
| 2003 (30th) | Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook, Alex Funke | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King |
| 2003 (30th) | Dennis Muren, Edward Hirsh, Colin Brady, Michael Lantieri | Hulk |
| 2003 (30th) | John Gaeta, Kim Libreri, George Murphy, Craig Hayes | The Matrix Revolutions |
| 2003 (30th) | John Knoll, Hal T. Hickel, Terry D. Frazee, Charles Gibson | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl |
| 2003 (30th) | Pablo Helman, Danny Gordon Taylor, Allen Hall, John Rosengrant | Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines |
| 2003 (30th) | Michael L. Fink, Richard E. Hollander, Stephen Rosenbaum, Mike Vézina | X2 |
| 2004 (31st) | John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara, John Frazier | Spider-Man 2 |
| 2004 (31st) | Peter Chiang, Pablo Helman, Thomas J. Smith | The Chronicles of Riddick |
| 2004 (31st) | Karen E. Goulekas, Neil Corbould, Greg Strause, Remo Balcells | The Day After Tomorrow |
| 2004 (31st) | Roger Guyett, Tim Burke, Bill George, John Richardson | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban |
| 2004 (31st) | John Nelson, Andrew R. Jones, Erik Nash, Joe Letteri | I, Robot |
| 2004 (31st) | Scott Squires, Ben Snow, Daniel Jeannette, Syd Dutton | Van Helsing |
| 2005 (32nd) | Joe Letteri, Richard Taylor, Christian Rivers, Brian Van't Hul | King Kong |
| 2005 (32nd) | Janek Sirrs, Dan Glass, Chris Corbould, Paul J. Franklin | Batman Begins |
| 2005 (32nd) | Dean Wright, Bill Westenhofer, Jim Berney, Scott Farrar | The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe |
| 2005 (32nd) | Jim Mitchell, Tim Alexander, Timothy Webber, John Richardson | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire |
| 2005 (32nd) | John Knoll, Roger Guyett, Rob Coleman, Brian Gernand | Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith |
| 2005 (32nd) | Dennis Muren, Pablo Helman, Randy Dutra, Dan Sudick | War of the Worlds |
| 2006 (33rd) | John Knoll, Hal T. Hickel, Charles Gibson, Allen Hall | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest |
| 2006 (33rd) | Karin Joy, John Andrew Berton Jr., Blair Clark, John Dietz | Charlotte's Web |
| 2006 (33rd) | Jeremy Dawson, Dan Schrecker, Mark G. Soper, Peter Parks | The Fountain |
| 2006 (33rd) | Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Pat Tubach, Dan Sudick | Mission: Impossible III |
| 2006 (33rd) | Mark Stetson, Neil Corbould, Richard R. Hoover, Jon Thum | Superman Returns |
| 2006 (33rd) | John Bruno, Eric Saindon, Craig Lyn, Mike Vézina | X-Men: The Last Stand |
| 2007 (34th) | Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Russell Earl, John Frazier | Transformers |
| 2007 (34th) | Chris Watts, Grant Freckelton, Derek Wentworth, Daniel Leduc | 300 |
| 2007 (34th) | Michael L. Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris, Trevor Wood | The Golden Compass |
| 2007 (34th) | Tim Burke, John Richardson, Paul J. Franklin, Greg Butler | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix |
| 2007 (34th) | John Knoll, Hal T. Hickel, Charles Gibson, John Frazier | Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End |
| 2007 (34th) | Scott Stokdyk, Peter Nofz, Spencer Cook, John Frazier | Spider-Man 3 |
| 2008 (35th) | Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Timothy Webber, Paul J. Franklin | The Dark Knight |
| 2008 (35th) | Dean Wright, Wendy Rogers | The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian |
| 2008 (35th) | Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton, Craig Barron | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button |
| 2008 (35th) | Mike Wassel, Adrian De Wet, Andrew Chapman, Eamonn Butler | Hellboy II: The Golden Army |
| 2008 (35th) | Pablo Helman, Dan Sudick | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull |
| 2008 (35th) | John Nelson, Ben Snow, Dan Sudick, Shane Mahan | Iron Man |
| 2009 (36th) | Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham, Andrew R. Jones | Avatar |
| 2009 (36th) | Volker Engel, Marc Weigert, Mike Vézina | 2012 |
| 2009 (36th) | Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros, Matt Aitken | District 9 |
| 2009 (36th) | Tim Burke, John Richardson, Nicolas Aithadi, Tim Alexander | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince |
| 2009 (36th) | Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh, Burt Dalton | Star Trek |
| 2009 (36th) | John 'D.J.' Des Jardin, Peter G. Travers, Joel Whist, Jessica Norman | Watchmen |

### 2010s

| Year | Recipients | Film |
| 2010 (37th) | Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley, Paul J. Franklin, Peter Bebb | Inception |
| 2010 (37th) | Ken Ralston, Carey Villegas, Tom C. Peitzman, David Schaub | Alice in Wonderland |
| 2010 (37th) | Barrie Hemsley, Angus Bickerton | The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader |
| 2010 (37th) | Nicolas Aithadi, John Richardson, Christian Manz, Tim Burke | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 |
| 2010 (37th) | Ged Wright, Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Dan Sudick | Iron Man 2 |
| 2010 (37th) | Karl Denham, Steve Preeg, Eric Barba, Nikos Kalaitzidis | Tron: Legacy |
| 2011 (38th) | Dan Lemmon, Joe Letteri, R. Christopher White, Daniel Barrett | Rise of the Planet of the Apes |
| 2011 (38th) | Scott E. Anderson, Matt Aitken, Joe Letteri, Matthias Menz, Keith Miller | The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn |
| 2011 (38th) | Mark G. Soper, Christopher Townsend, Paul Corbould | Captain America: The First Avenger |
| 2011 (38th) | Tim Burke, Greg Butler, John Richardson, David Vickery | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 |
| 2011 (38th) | Steve Riley, Russell Earl, Kim Libreri, Dennis Muren | Super 8 |
| 2011 (38th) | Scott Benza, John Frazier, Matthew E. Butler, Scott Farrar | Transformers: Dark of the Moon |
| 2012 (39th) | Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams, Dan Sudick | The Avengers |
| 2012 (39th) | Grady Cofer, Pablo Helman, Jeanie King, Burt Dalton | Battleship |
| 2012 (39th) | Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton, R. Christopher White | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey |
| 2012 (39th) | Chris Corbould, Peter Chiang, Scott R. Fisher, Sue Rowe | John Carter |
| 2012 (39th) | Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan de Boer, Donald Elliott | Life of Pi |
| 2012 (39th) | Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, Phil Brennan, Neil Corbould, Michael Dawson | Snow White and the Huntsman |
| 2013 (40th) | Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk, Neil Corbould | Gravity |
| 2013 (40th) | Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton, Eric Reynolds | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug |
| 2013 (40th) | Joe Letteri, John 'D.J.' Des Jardin, Dan Lemmon | Man of Steel |
| 2013 (40th) | John Knoll, James E. Price, Clay Pinney, Rocco Larizza | Pacific Rim |
| 2013 (40th) | Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Ben Grossmann, Burt Dalton | Star Trek Into Darkness |
| 2013 (40th) | Jake Morrison, Paul Corbould, Mark Breakspear | Thor: The Dark World |
| 2014 (41st) | Paul J. Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter, Scott R. Fisher | Interstellar |
| 2014 (41st) | Dan DeLeeuw, Russell Earl, Bryan Grill, Dan Sudick | Captain America: The Winter Soldier |
| 2014 (41st) | Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Daniel Barrett, Erik Winquist | Dawn of the Planet of the Apes |
| 2014 (41st) | Gary Brozenich, Nick Davis, Jonathan Fawkner, Matthew Rouleau | Edge of Tomorrow |
| 2014 (41st) | Stephane Ceretti, Nicolas Aithadi, Jonathan Fawkner, Paul Corbould | Guardians of the Galaxy |
| 2014 (41st) | Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton, R. Christopher White | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies |
| 2015 (42nd) | Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Neal Scanlan, Chris Corbould | Star Wars: The Force Awakens |
| 2015 (42nd) | Paul Corbould, Christopher Townsend, Ben Snow, Paul Butterworth | Avengers: Age of Ultron |
| 2015 (42nd) | Andrew Whitehurst, Paul Norris, Mark Williams Ardington, Sara Bennett | Ex Machina |
| 2015 (42nd) | John Rosengrant, Michael Lantieri, Tim Alexander | Jurassic World |
| 2015 (42nd) | Andrew Jackson, Tom Wood, Dan Oliver, Andy Williams | Mad Max: Fury Road |
| 2015 (42nd) | Richard Stammers, Anders Langlands, Chris Lawrence, Steven Warner | The Martian |
| 2016 (43rd) | John Knoll, Mohen Leo, Hal Hickel, Neil Corbould | Rogue One: A Star Wars Story |
| 2016 (43rd) | Louis Morin, Ryal Cosgrove | Arrival |
| 2016 (43rd) | Joe Letteri, Joel Whist | The BFG |
| 2016 (43rd) | Stephane Ceretti, Richard Bluff, Vincent Cirelli | Doctor Strange |
| 2016 (43rd) | Tim Burke, Christian Manz, David Watkins | Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them |
| 2016 (43rd) | Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R. Jones, Dan Lemmon | The Jungle Book |
| 2017 (44th) | Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Jonathan Fawkner, Dan Sudick | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 |
| 2017 (44th) | Geoffrey Baumann, Craig Hammack, Dan Sudick | Black Panther |
| 2017 (44th) | John Nelson, Paul Lambert, Richard R. Hoover, Gerd Nefzer | Blade Runner 2049 |
| 2017 (44th) | Stephen Rosenbaum, Jeff White, Scott Benza, Mike Meinardus | Kong: Skull Island |
| 2017 (44th) | Ben Morris, Mike Mulholland, Chris Corbould, Neal Scanlan | Star Wars: The Last Jedi |
| 2017 (44th) | Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Daniel Barrett, Joel Whist | War for the Planet of the Apes |
| 2018/2019 (45th) | Dan DeLeeuw, Matt Aitken, Russell Earl, Dan Sudick | Avengers: Endgame |
| 2018/2019 (45th) | Michael Mulholland, David Seager, Daniele Bigi, Jeff Capogreco | Aladdin |
| 2018/2019 (45th) | Guillaume Rocheron, Eric Frazier, Brian Connor, Peter Nofz | Godzilla: King of the Monsters |
| 2018/2019 (45th) | Huw J. Evans, Andrew Booth, Jody Johnson, Neil Corbould | Mission: Impossible – Fallout |
| 2018/2019 (45th) | Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Rick O'Connor | A Quiet Place |
| 2018/2019 (45th) | Roger Guyett, Grady Cofer, Matthew E. Butler, Dave Shirk | Ready Player One |
| 2018/2019 (45th) | Janek Sirrs, Theodore Bialek, Brendan Seals, Alexis Wajsbrot | Spider-Man: Far From Home |
| 2019/2020 (46th) | Roger Guyett, Neal Scanlan, Patrick Tubach, Dominic Tuohy | Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker |
| 2019/2020 (46th) | Scott R. Fisher, Allen Maris | Ad Astra |
| 2019/2020 (46th) | Mark Hawker, Yael Majors, Greg Steele | Birds of Prey |
| 2019/2020 (46th) | Nicholas Brooks, Kristy Hollidge | It Chapter Two |
| 2019/2020 (46th) | Ken Egly, Robert Legato | The Lion King |
| 2019/2020 (46th) | Mike Chambers, Scott R. Fisher, Andrew Jackson, Andrew Lockley | Tenet |
| 2019/2020 (46th) | Eric Barba, Neil Corbould, Vinod Gundre, Sheldon Stopsack | Terminator: Dark Fate |

### 2020s

| Year | Recipients | Film |
| 2021/2022 (50th) | John “D.J.” Des Jardin, Bryan Hirota, Kevin Andrew Smith, Pier Lefebvre, and Mike Meinardus | Godzilla vs. Kong |
| 2021/2022 (50th) | Jorundur Rafn Arnarson, Joe Letteri, and Erik Winquist | Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness |
| 2021/2022 (50th) | Sheena Duggal and Alessandro Ongaro | Ghostbusters: Afterlife |
| 2021/2022 (50th) | David Vickery | Jurassic World Dominion |
| 2021/2022 (50th) | Joe Farrell, Dan Oliver, Christopher Townsend, and Sean Noel Walker | Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings |
| 2021/2022 (50th) | Scott Edelstein, Kelly Port, Dan Sudick, and Chris Waegner | Spider-Man: No Way Home |
| 2021/2022 (50th) | Scott R. Fisher and Ryan Tudhope | Top Gun: Maverick |
| 2022/2023 (51st) | Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, and Daniel Barrett | Avatar: The Way of Water |
| 2022/2023 (51st) | Jay Cooper, Ian Comley, Andrew Roberts, and Neil Corbould | The Creator |
| 2022/2023 (51st) | Stephane Ceretti, Alexis Wajsbrot, Guy Williams, and Dan Sudick | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 |
| 2022/2023 (51st) | Andrew Whitehurst, Kathy Siegel, Robert Weaver, and Alistair Williams | Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny |
| 2022/2023 (51st) | Alex Wuttke, Simone Coco, Jeff Sutherland, and Neil Corbould | Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One |
| 2022/2023 (51st) | Andrew Jackson, Giacomo Mineo, Scott R. Fisher, and Dave Drzewiecki | Oppenheimer |