Saturn Award for Best Special Effects
{{short description|Award for special effects}}
{{Infobox award
| name = Saturn Award for
Best Special / Visual Effects
| awarded_for = Best special effects and visual effects of the year for a genre film
| presenter = Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films
| country = United States
| year = 1975
| holder = Dune: Part Two (2023/2024)
| website = {{URL|https://www.saturnawards.org}}
}}
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=
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rowspan=1| {{center|1973 (2nd)}} | style="background:lightyellow"| Marcel Vercoutere | style="background:lightyellow"| The Exorcist |
rowspan=2| {{center|1974/1975 (3rd)}} |
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| style="background:lightyellow"| Douglas Knapp, Bill Taylor, John Carpenter, Dan O'Bannon | style="background:lightyellow"| Dark Star |
rowspan=2| {{center|1976 (4th)}} |
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| style="background:lightyellow"| L. B. Abbott (for his career) | style="background:lightyellow"| |
rowspan=5| {{center|1977 (5th)}} |
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| style="background:lightyellow"| John Dykstra, John Stears | style="background:lightyellow"| Star Wars |
Douglas Trumbull |
Albert Whitlock, Chuck Gaspar (Van der Veer Photo Effects) |
Ray Harryhausen |
rowspan=5| {{center|1978 (6th)}} | style="background:lightyellow"| Colin Chilvers | style="background:lightyellow"| Superman |
Henry Millar (Van der Veer Photo Effects) |
Ira Anderson Jr. |
Dell Rheaume, Russel Hessey |
Albert Whitlock
| The Wiz |
rowspan=5| {{center|1979 (7th)}} | style="background:lightyellow"| Douglas Trumbull, John Dykstra, Richard Yuricich | style="background:lightyellow"| Star Trek: The Motion Picture |
Brian Johnson, Nick Allder
| Alien |
Peter Ellenshaw |
John Evans, John Richardson |
Robbie Knott |
=1980s=
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rowspan=5| {{center|1980 (8th)}} | style="background:lightyellow"| Brian Johnson, Richard Edlund | style="background:lightyellow"| The Empire Strikes Back |
Chuck Comisky |
Richard Albain Jr., Tommy Lee Wallace, James F. Liles
| The Fog |
Dave Allen, Peter Kuran |
Gary Zeller
| Scanners |
rowspan=5| {{center|1981 (9th)}} | style="background:lightyellow"| Richard Edlund | style="background:lightyellow"| Raiders of the Lost Ark |
Ray Harryhausen |
Brian Johnson, Dennis Muren |
John Stears
| Outland |
Jon Bunker |
rowspan=5| {{center|1982 (10th)}} | style="background:lightyellow"| Carlo Rambaldi, Dennis Muren | style="background:lightyellow"| E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial |
Douglas Trumbull, Richard Yuricich |
Roy Field, Brian Smithies |
Tom Campbell, William T. Conway, John Carl Buechler, Steve Neill |
Rob Bottin |
rowspan=5| {{center|1983 (11th)}} | style="background:lightyellow"| Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, Ken Ralston | style="background:lightyellow"| Return of the Jedi |
(Entertainment Effects Group) |
Ian Wingrove |
Lee Dyer |
Chuck Comisky, Kenneth Jones, Lawrence E. Benson {{nowrap|(Private Stock Effects Inc.)}} |
rowspan=5| {{center|1984 (12th)}} | style="background:lightyellow"| Chris Walas | style="background:lightyellow"| Gremlins |
Richard Edlund
| 2010 |
Lawrence E. Benson
| Creature |
Barry Nolan
| Dune |
Ralph Winter |
rowspan=5| {{center|1985 (13th)}} | style="background:lightyellow"| Kevin Pike | style="background:lightyellow"| Back to the Future |
(The L.A. Effects Group)
| Commando |
Bruce Nicholson, Ralph Winter |
Richard Edlund |
(Apogee) |
rowspan=5| {{center|1986 (14th)}} | style="background:lightyellow"| Stan Winston, Robert Skotak, Dennis Skotak {{nowrap|(The L.A. Effects Group)}} | style="background:lightyellow"| Aliens |
Lyle Conway |
Richard Edlund |
Syd Mead, Eric Allard |
Ken Ralston, Michael Lantieri |
rowspan=6| {{center|1987 (15th)}} | style="background:lightyellow"| Peter Kuran, Phil Tippett, Rob Bottin, Rocco Gioffre | style="background:lightyellow"| RoboCop |
Vern Hyde, Doug Beswick, Tom Sullivan |
Dennis Muren, Bill George, Harley Jessup, Kenneth Smith |
Richard Edlund |
Joel Hynek, Stan Winston, Richard Greenberg, Robert M. Greenberg
| Predator |
Michael Lantieri (Industrial Light & Magic) |
rowspan=6| {{center|1988 (16th)}} | style="background:lightyellow"| George Gibbs, Ken Ralston, Richard Williams {{nowrap|(Industrial Light & Magic)}} | style="background:lightyellow"| Who Framed Roger Rabbit |
Peter Kuran, Alan Munro, Ted Rae, Robert Short |
Kevin Pike, Hoyt Yeatman, Will Vinton |
Eric Brevig, Allen Hall (Dream Quest Images)
| Scrooged |
Eric Allard, Jeff Jarvis |
John Richardson (Industrial Light & Magic)
| Willow |
rowspan=9| {{center|1989/1990 (17th)}} | style="background:lightyellow"| Ken Ralston (Industrial Light & Magic) | style="background:lightyellow"| Back to the Future Part II |
(Industrial Light & Magic, Dream Quest Images, {{nowrap|Fantasy II Film Effects}}, Wonderworks) |
Richard Conway, Kent Houston |
Bruce Nicholson, John T. Van Vliet, Richard Edlund, Laura Buff
| Ghost |
Rick Baker, Ken Pepiot, Dennis Michelson |
Rick Fichter, David Sosalla, Peter Chesney |
Phil Tippett, Rob Bottin, Peter Kuran |
Thomas L. Fisher, Eric Brevig, Rob Bottin (Dream Quest Images, {{nowrap|Industrial Light & Magic}}, Stetson Visual Services Inc.) |
Tom Woodruff Jr., Alec Gillis (4-Ward Productions, Illusion Arts Inc., {{nowrap|Fantasy II Film Effects}})
| Tremors |
=1990s=
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rowspan=6| {{center|1991 (18th)}} | style="background:lightyellow"| Stan Winston (Industrial Light & Magic, Fantasy II Film Effects, {{nowrap|4-Ward Productions}}) | style="background:lightyellow"| Terminator 2: Judgment Day |
Richard Yuricich, Kevin Yagher (Video Image) |
Syd Dutton, Bill Taylor, Gene Warren Jr. (Illusion Arts Inc.) |
Stan Winston, Joel Hynek (R/Greenberg Associates Inc.) |
Ken Ralston (Industrial Light & Magic) |
(Perpetual Motion Pictures, Dream Quest Images)
| Warlock |
rowspan=7| {{center|1992 (19th)}} | style="background:lightyellow"| Ken Ralston, Tom Woodruff Jr., Alec Gillis {{nowrap|(Industrial Light & Magic)}} | style="background:lightyellow"| Death Becomes Her |
Alan Munro (Visual Concept Engineering (VCE), Alterian, Inc., {{nowrap|David Miller Creations}}) |
George Gibbs, Richard Edlund, Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr.
| Alien 3 |
Richard Taylor, Bob McCarron
| Braindead (Dead Alive) |
Roman Coppola |
Frank Ceglia, Paul Haines, Tom Ceglia |
Bruce Nicholson, Ned Gorman (Industrial Light & Magic) |
rowspan=7| {{center|1993 (20th)}} | style="background:lightyellow"| Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Phil Tippett, Michael Lantieri | style="background:lightyellow"| Jurassic Park |
Michael J. McAlister, Kimberly Nelson LoCascio |
(Pacific Data Images (PDI), 4-Ward Productions) |
(Buena Vista Visual Effects, Matte World Digital, Rhythm & Hues) |
John E. Sullivan (Sony Pictures Imageworks [us], Boss Film Studios, {{nowrap|Fantasy II Film Effects}}, Visual Concept Engineering (VCE), {{nowrap|The Baer Animation Company Inc.}}) |
Ariel Velasco-Shaw, Eric Leighton, Gordon Baker |
Richard Edlund |
rowspan=6| {{center|1994 (21st)}} | style="background:lightyellow"| John Bruno (Digital Domain) | style="background:lightyellow"| True Lies |
Andrew Mason (International Creative Effects)
| The Crow |
Ken Ralston (Industrial Light & Magic) |
(Illusion Arts Inc., Fantasy II Film Effects, Visual Concept Engineering) |
Jeffrey A. Okun, Patrick Tatopoulos
| Stargate |
Gregory L. McMurry
| Timecop |
rowspan=6| {{center|1995 (22nd)}} | style="background:lightyellow"| Stan Parks (Industrial Light & Magic, Amalgamated Dynamics) | style="background:lightyellow"| Jumanji |
John Dykstra, Thomas L. Fisher, Andrew Adamson, Eric Durst |
Scott Farrar, Stan Winston, Michael Lantieri (Industrial Light & Magic)
| Congo |
Eric Brevig (Industrial Light & Magic) |
Joel Hynek (Mass. Illusions LLC) |
Richard Edlund, Steve Johnson
| Species |
rowspan=6| {{center|1996 (23rd)}} | style="background:lightyellow"| Volker Engel, Clay Pinney, Douglas Smith, Joe Viskocil | style="background:lightyellow"| Independence Day |
Scott Squires, Phil Tippett, James Straus, Kit West |
Wes Takahashi, Charlie McClellan, Richard Taylor |
Jim Mitchell, Michael L. Fink, David Andrews, Michael Lantieri ({{nowrap|Industrial Light & Magic}}, Warner Digital Studios) |
John Knoll (Industrial Light & Magic) |
Stefen Fangmeier, John Frazier, Habib Zargarpour, Henry LaBounta
| Twister |
rowspan=6| {{center|1997 (24th)}} | style="background:lightyellow"| Phil Tippett, Scott E. Anderson, Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr., {{nowrap|John Richardson}} | style="background:lightyellow"| Starship Troopers |
Pitof, Erik Henry, Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr. |
Ken Ralston, Stephen Rosenbaum, Jerome Chen, Mark Holmes
| Contact |
Karen E. Goulekas, Mark Stetson |
Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Michael Lantieri, Randy Dutra |
Eric Brevig, Peter Chesney, Rob Coleman, Rick Baker |
rowspan=6| {{center|1998 (25th)}} | style="background:lightyellow"| Volker Engel, Patrick Tatopoulos, Karen E. Goulekas, Clay Pinney | style="background:lightyellow"| Godzilla |
Pat McClung, Richard R. Hoover, John Frazier |
Andrew Mason, Mara Bryan, Peter Doyle, Tom Davies |
Angus Bickerton |
Rick Baker, Hoyt Yeatman, Allen Hall, Jim Mitchell |
Roger Guyett, Stefen Fangmeier, Neil Corbould |
rowspan=6| {{center|1999 (26th)}} | style="background:lightyellow"| Rob Coleman, John Knoll, Dennis Muren, Scott Squires | style="background:lightyellow"| Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace |
Stan Winston, Bill George, Kim Bromley, Robert Stadd |
John Gaeta, Janek Sirrs, Steve Courtley, Jon Thum |
John Andrew Berton Jr., Daniel Jeannette, Ben Snow, Chris Corbould |
Jim Mitchell, Joss Williams, Kevin Yagher, Mark S. Miller |
John Dykstra, Henry F. Anderson III, Jerome Chen, Eric Allard |
=2000s=
=2010s=
=2020s=
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rowspan=7|{{center|2021/2022 (50th)}} | style="background:lightyellow"| John “D.J.” Des Jardin, Bryan Hirota, Kevin Andrew Smith, Pier Lefebvre, and Mike Meinardus | style="background:lightyellow"| Godzilla vs. Kong |
Jorundur Rafn Arnarson, Joe Letteri, and Erik Winquist |
Sheena Duggal and Alessandro Ongaro |
David Vickery |
Joe Farrell, Dan Oliver, Christopher Townsend, and Sean Noel Walker |
Scott Edelstein, Kelly Port, Dan Sudick, and Chris Waegner |
Scott R. Fisher and Ryan Tudhope |
rowspan=6| {{center|2022/2023 (51st)}} | style="background:lightyellow"| Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, and Daniel Barrett | style="background:lightyellow"| Avatar: The Way of Water |
Jay Cooper, Ian Comley, Andrew Roberts, and Neil Corbould |
Stephane Ceretti, Alexis Wajsbrot, Guy Williams, and Dan Sudick |
Andrew Whitehurst, Kathy Siegel, Robert Weaver, and Alistair Williams |
Alex Wuttke, Simone Coco, Jeff Sutherland, and Neil Corbould |
Andrew Jackson, Giacomo Mineo, Scott R. Fisher, and Dave Drzewiecki |
rowspan=7| {{center|2023/2024 (52nd)}} | style="background:lightyellow"| Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe and Gerd Nefzer | style="background:lightyellow"| Dune: Part Two |
Alec Gillis, Eric Barba, Nelson Sepulveda-Fauser, Daniel Macarin, and Shane Mahan |
Angus Bickerton, James Brennan-Craddock, Neal Scanlan, and Stefano Pepin |
Swen Gillberg, Matthew Twyford, Vincent Papaix, and Dominic Tuohy |
Takashi Yamazaki, Kiyoko Shibuya, Masaki Takahashi, and Tatsuji Nojima |
Luke Millar, David Clayton, Keith Herft and Peter Stubbs |
Ben Snow, Florian Witzel, Charles Lai, Scott R. Fisher, Dave Crispino, and Bill Georgiou
| Twisters |
External links
- {{official website|https://www.saturnawards.org}}
- IMDb: [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000004/1975/1 2nd], [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000004/1976/1 3rd], [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000004/1977/1 4th], [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000004/1978/1 5th], [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000004/1979/1 6th], [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000004/1980/1 7th], [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000004/1981/1 8th], [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000004/1982/1 9th], [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000004/1983/1 10th], [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000004/1984/1 11th], [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000004/1985/1 12th], [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000004/1986/1 13th], [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000004/1987/1 14th], [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000004/1988/1 15th], [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000004/1990/1 16th], [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000004/1991/1 17th], [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000004/1992/1 18th], [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000004/1993/1 19th], [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000004/1994/1 20th], [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000004/1995/1 21st], [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000004/1996/1 22nd], [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000004/1997/1 23rd], [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000004/1998/1 24th], [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000004/1999/1 25th], [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000004/2000/1 26th], [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000004/2001/1 27th], [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000004/2002/1 28th], [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000004/2003/1 29th], [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000004/2004/1 30th], [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000004/2005/1 31st], [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000004/2006/1 32nd], [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000004/2007/1 33rd], [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000004/2008/1 34th], [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000004/2009/1 35th], [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000004/2010/1 36th], [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000004/2011/1 37th], [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000004/2012/1 38th], [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000004/2013/1 39th], [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000004/2014/1 40th], [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000004/2015/1 41st], [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000004/2016/1 42nd], [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000004/2017/1 43rd], [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000004/2018/1 44th], [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000004/2019/1 45th], [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000004/2021/1 46th], [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000004/2022/1 50th]
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