Academy Award for Best Special Effects
Every winner and nominee of the Academy Award for Best Special Effects since 1940, newest first.
1968🏆 Winner
Doctor Dolittle1 nominee
1963🏆 Winner
The Longest Day1 nominee
1962🏆 Winner
The Guns of Navarone1 nominee
1961🏆 Winner
The Time Machine1 nominee
1960🏆 Winner
Ben-Hur1 nominee
1959🏆 Winner
Tom Thumb1 nominee
1958🏆 Winner
The Enemy Below1 nominee
1957🏆 Winner
The Ten Commandments1 nominee
1956🏆 Winner
The Bridges at Toko-Ri1 nominee
1955🏆 Winner
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea2 nominees
1954🏆 Winner
The War of the Worlds
1953🏆 Winner
Plymouth Adventure
1952🏆 Winner
When Worlds Collide
1951🏆 Winner
Destination Moon1 nominee
1950🏆 Winner
Mighty Joe Young1 nominee
1949🏆 Winner
Portrait of Jennie
1948🏆 Winner
Green Dolphin Street1 nominee
1947🏆 Winner
Blithe Spirit1 nominee
1946🏆 Winner
Wonder Man4 nominees
Nominees (4)
They Were ExpendableAlbert Arnold Gillespie, Donald Jahraus+2Nominee
Captain EddieFred Sersen, Sol Halperin+2Nominee
A Thousand and One NightsLawrence W. Butler, Ray BombaNominee
SpellboundJack CosgroveNominee1945🏆 Winner
Gran Hermano6 nominees
Nominees (6)
The Story of Dr. WassellFarciot Edouart, Gordon Jennings+1Nominee
Secret CommandDavid Allen, Ray Cory+3Nominee
Since You Went AwayJack Cosgrove, Arthur JohnsNominee
Days of GloryVernon L. Walker, James G. Stewart+1Nominee
The Adventures of Mark TwainPaul Detlefsen, John Crouse+1Nominee
WilsonFred Sersen, Roger Heman Sr.Nominee1944🏆 Winner
Crash Dive5 nominees
Nominees (5)
Air ForceHans F. Koenekamp, Rex Wimpy+1Nominee
So Proudly We HailFarciot Edouart, Gordon Jennings+1Nominee
The North StarClarence Slifer, Ray Binger+1Nominee
BombardierVernon L. Walker, James G. Stewart+1Nominee
Stand by for ActionAlbert Arnold Gillespie, Donald Jahraus+1Nominee1943🏆 Winner
Reap the Wild Wind9 nominees
Nominees (9)
Desperate JourneyByron Haskin, Nathan LevinsonNominee
Jungle BookLawrence W. Butler, William H. WilmarthNominee
The Pride of the YankeesJack Cosgrove, Ray Binger+1Nominee
Invisible AgentJohn P. Fulton, Bernard B. BrownNominee
One of Our Aircraft Is MissingRonald Neame, C. C. StevensNominee
Flying TigersHoward Lydecker, Daniel J. BloombergNominee
Mrs. MiniverAlbert Arnold Gillespie, Warren Newcombe+1Nominee
The Black SwanFred Sersen, Roger Heman Sr.+1Nominee
The Navy Comes ThroughVernon L. Walker, James G. StewartNominee1942🏆 Winner
I Wanted Wings7 nominees
Nominees (7)
The Sea WolfByron Haskin, Nathan LevinsonNominee
The Invisible WomanJohn P. Fulton, John D. HallNominee
Topper ReturnsRoy Seawright, Elmer A. RaguseNominee
That Hamilton WomanLawrence W. Butler, William H. WilmarthNominee
Aloma of the South SeasFarciot Edouart, Gordon Jennings+1Nominee
Flight CommandAlbert Arnold Gillespie, Douglas ShearerNominee
A Yank in the R.A.F.Fred Sersen, Edmund H. HansenNominee1941🏆 Winner
The Thief of Bagdad13 nominees
Nominees (13)
The Sea HawkByron Haskin, Nathan LevinsonNominee
Boom TownAlbert Arnold Gillespie, Douglas ShearerNominee
The Invisible Man ReturnsJohn P. Fulton, Bernard B. Brown+1Nominee
The Long Voyage HomeR. T. Layton, Ray Binger+1Nominee
The Boys from SyracuseJohn P. Fulton, Bernard B. Brown+1Nominee
The Blue BirdFred Sersen, Edmund H. HansenNominee
Women in WarHoward Lydecker, William Bradford+2Nominee
RebeccaJack Cosgrove, Arthur JohnsNominee
One Million B.C.Roy Seawright, Elmer A. RaguseNominee
TyphoonFarciot Edouart, Gordon Jennings+1Nominee
Swiss Family RobinsonVernon L. Walker, John O. AalbergNominee
Dr. CyclopsFarciot Edouart, Gordon JenningsNominee
Foreign CorrespondentPaul Eagler, Thomas T. MoultonNominee1940🏆 Winner
The Rains Came6 nominees
Nominees (6)
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and EssexByron Haskin, Nathan LevinsonNominee
Only Angels Have WingsRoy Davidson, Edwin C. HahnNominee
Union PacificFarciot Edouart, Gordon Jennings+1Nominee
The Wizard of OzAlbert Arnold Gillespie, Douglas ShearerNominee
Gone with the WindJack Cosgrove, Fred Albin+1Nominee
Topper Takes a TripRoy SeawrightNominee
