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Best Special Effects

24 ceremonies · 1939-1962

1962 (35TH)
Poster for The Longest Day
Robert MacDonald, Jacques Maumont
The Longest Day
1961 (34TH)
Poster for The Guns of Navarone
Bill Warrington, Vivian C. Greenham
The Guns of Navarone
1960 (33RD)
Poster for The Time Machine
Gene Warren, Tim Baar
The Time Machine
1959 (32ND)
Poster for Ben-Hur
A. Arnold Gillespie, Robert MacDonald, Milo Lory
Ben-Hur
1958 (31ST)
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Tom Howard
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1962 (35th)
Best Special Effects
Robert MacDonald, Jacques Maumont
The Longest Day
A. Arnold Gillespie, Milo Lory
Mutiny on the Bounty
1961 (34th)
Best Special Effects
Bill Warrington, Vivian C. Greenham
The Guns of Navarone
Robert A. Mattey, Eustace Lycett
The Absent Minded Professor
1960 (33rd)
Best Special Effects
Gene Warren, Tim Baar
The Time Machine
A.J. Lohman
The Last Voyage
1959 (32nd)
Best Special Effects
A. Arnold Gillespie, Robert MacDonald, Milo Lory
Ben-Hur
L. B. Abbott, James B. Gordon, Carl Faulkner
Journey to the Center of the Earth
1958 (31st)
Best Special Effects
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A. Arnold Gillespie, Harold Humbrock
Torpedo Run
1957 (30th)
Best Special Effects
Walter Rossi
The Enemy Below
Louis Lichtenfield
The Spirit of St. Louis
1956 (29th)
Best Special Effects
John Fulton
The Ten Commandments
A. Arnold Gillespie, Irving Ries, Wesley C. Miller
Forbidden Planet
1955 (28th)
Best Special Effects
Paramount Studio
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
Associated British Picture Corporation, Ltd.
The Dam Busters
20th Century-Fox Studio
The Rains of Ranchipur
1954 (27th)
Best Special Effects
Walt Disney Studios
20,000 Leagues under the Sea
20th Century-Fox Studio
Hell and High Water
Warner Bros. Studio
Them!
1953 (26th)
Best Special Effects
Paramount Studio
The War of the Worlds
1952 (25th)
Best Special Effects
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Plymouth Adventure
1951 (24th)
Best Special Effects
Paramount
When Worlds Collide
1950 (23rd)
Best Special Effects
George Pal Productions
Destination Moon
Cecil B. DeMille Productions
Samson and Delilah
1949 (22nd)
Best Special Effects
ARKO Productions
Mighty Joe Young
Walter Wanger Pictures
Tulsa
1948 (21st)
Best Special Effects
Paul Eagler, J. McMillan Johnson, Russell Shearman, Clarence Slifer, Charles Freeman, James G. Stewart
Portrait of Jennie
Ralph Hammeras, Fred Sersen, Edward Snyder, Roger Heman
Deep Waters
1947 (20th)
Best Special Effects
A. Arnold Gillespie, Warren Newcombe, Douglas Shearer, Michael Steinore
Green Dolphin Street
Farciot Edouart, Devereux Jennings, Gordon Jennings, Wallace Kelley, Paul Lerpae, George Dutton
Unconquered
1946 (19th)
Best Special Effects
Thomas Howard
Blithe Spirit
William McGann, Nathan Levinson
A Stolen Life
1945 (18th)
Best Special Effects
John Fulton, Arthur W. Johns
Wonder Man
Fred Sersen, Sol Halprin, Roger Heman, Harry Leonard
Captain Eddie
Jack Cosgrove
Spellbound
A. Arnold Gillespie, Donald Jahraus, Robert A. MacDonald, Michael Steinore
They Were Expendable
Lawrence W. Butler, Ray Bomba
A Thousand and One Nights
1944 (17th)
Best Special Effects
A. Arnold Gillespie, Donald Jahraus, Warren Newcombe, Douglas Shearer
Thirty Seconds over Tokyo
Paul Detlefsen, John Crouse, Nathan Levinson
The Adventures of Mark Twain
Vernon L. Walker, James G. Stewart, Roy Granville
Days of Glory
David Allen, Ray Cory, Robert Wright, Russell Malmgren, Harry Kusnick
Secret Command
John R. Cosgrove, Arthur Johns
Since You Went Away
Gordon Jennings, Farciot Edouart, George Dutton
The Story of Dr. Wassell
Fred Sersen, Roger Heman
Wilson
1943 (16th)
Best Special Effects
Fred Sersen, Roger Heman
Crash Dive
Hans Koenekamp, Rex Wimpy, Nathan Levinson
Air Force
Vernon L. Walker, James G. Stewart, Roy Granville
Bombardier
Clarence Slifer, R. O. Binger, Thomas T. Moulton
The North Star
Gordon Jennings, Farciot Edouart, George Dutton
So Proudly We Hail!
A. Arnold Gillespie, Donald Jahraus, Michael Steinore
Stand By for Action
1942 (15th)
Best Special Effects
Gordon Jennings, Farciot Edouart, William L. Pereira, Louis Mesenkop
Reap the Wild Wind
Fred Sersen, Roger Heman, George Leverett
The Black Swan
Byron Haskin, Nathan Levinson
Desperate Journey
Howard Lydecker, Daniel J. Bloomberg
Flying Tigers
John Fulton, Bernard B. Brown
Invisible Agent
Lawrence Butler, William H. Wilmarth
Jungle Book
A. Arnold Gillespie, Warren Newcombe, Douglas Shearer
Mrs. Miniver
Vernon L. Walker, James G. Stewart
The Navy Comes Through
Ronald Neame, C. C. Stevens
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
Jack Cosgrove, Ray Binger, Thomas T. Moulton
The Pride of the Yankees
1941 (14th)
Best Special Effects
Farciot Edouart, Gordon Jennings, Louis Mesenkop
I Wanted Wings
Farciot Edouart, Gordon Jennings, Louis Mesenkop
Aloma of the South Seas
A. Arnold Gillespie, Douglas Shearer
Flight Command
John Fulton, John Hall
The Invisible Woman
Byron Haskin, Nathan Levinson
The Sea Wolf 
Lawrence Butler, William H. Wilmarth
That Hamilton Woman
Roy Seawright, Elmer Raguse
Topper Returns
Fred Sersen, E. H. Hansen
A Yank in the R.A.F.
1940 (13th)
Best Special Effects
Lawrence Butler, Jack Whitney
The Thief of Bagdad
Fred Sersen, E. H. Hansen
The Blue Bird
A. Arnold Gillespie, Douglas Shearer
Boom Town
John P. Fulton, Bernard B. Brown, Joseph Lapis
The Boys from Syracuse
Gordon Jennings, Farciot Edouart
Dr. Cyclops
Paul Eagler, Thomas T. Moulton
Foreign Correspondent
John P. Fulton, Bernard B. Brown, William Hedgecock
The Invisible Man Returns
R. T. Layton, R. O. Binger, Thomas T. Moulton
The Long Voyage Home
Roy Seawright, Elmer Raguse
One Million B.C.
Jack Cosgrove, Arthur Johns
Rebecca
Byron Haskin, Nathan Levinson
The Sea Hawk
Vernon L. Walker, John O. Aalberg
Swiss Family Robinson
Farciot Edouart, Gordon Jennings, Loren Ryder
Typhoon
Howard J. Lydecker, William Bradford, Ellis J. Thackery, Herbert Norsch
Women in War
1939 (12th)
Best Special Effects
Fred Sersen, E. H. Hansen
The Rains Came
John R. Cosgrove, Fred Albin, Arthur Johns
Gone with the Wind
Roy Davidson, Edwin C. Hahn
Only Angels Have Wings
Byron Haskin, Nathan Levinson
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
Roy Seawright
Topper Takes a Trip
Farciot Edouart, Gordon Jennings, Loren Ryder
Union Pacific
A. Arnold Gillespie, Douglas Shearer
The Wizard of Oz
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1Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer119120
2Warner Bros. Studio107310
3Paramount335611
420th Century-Fox Studio20479
5Nathan Levinson70241
6Douglas Shearer62217
7Thomas T. Moulton40205
8E. H. Hansen31142
9Loren Ryder20140
10A. Arnold Gillespie123123
11Bernard B. Brown30111
12John O. Aalberg10100
13Gordon Jennings9292
14Farciot Edouart9292
15Jack Whitney1182
16Fred Sersen8282
17Walt Disney Studios1181
18Daniel J. Bloomberg1080
19Elmer Raguse2080
20John Fulton6262
21J. McMillan Johnson1161
22L. B. Abbott1054
23Carl Faulkner1051
24Roger Heman5151
25Jack Cosgrove5050
26George Dutton3050
27Eustace Lycett1042
28James G. Stewart4141
29Arthur Johns4141
30Lawrence Butler4141
31Cecil B. DeMille Productions1041
32Vernon L. Walker4040
33Wesley C. Miller1040
34Byron Haskin4040
35Louis Mesenkop3232
36Robert A. MacDonald3232
37Warren Newcombe3232
38Walter Rossi1131
39Michael Steinore3131
40Donald Jahraus3131
41R. O. Binger3030
42Roy Seawright3030
43Ralph Hammeras1030
44Ronald Neame1030
45Walter Wanger Pictures1030
46Thomas Howard2222
47ARKO Productions1121
48Paul Eagler2121
49Milo Lory2121
50Clarence Slifer2121
51Howard J. Lydecker2020
52Roy Granville2020
53William H. Wilmarth2020
54William L. Pereira1111
55Vivian C. Greenham1111
56Bill Warrington1111
57Jacques Maumont1111
58George Pal Productions1111
59Charles Freeman1111
60Russell Shearman1111
61Gene Warren1111
62Tim Baar1111
63Louis Lichtenfield1010
64Fred Albin1010
65Edwin C. Hahn1010
66Roy Davidson1010
67Joseph Lapis1010
68William Hedgecock1010
69R. T. Layton1010
70Herbert Norsch1010
71William Bradford1010
72Ellis J. Thackery1010
73John Hall1010
74George Leverett1010
75C. C. Stevens1010
76Hans Koenekamp1010
77Rex Wimpy1010
78John Crouse1010
79Paul Detlefsen1010
80Russell Malmgren1010
81Robert Wright1010
82David Allen1010
83Ray Cory1010
84Harry Kusnick1010
85Harry Leonard1010
86Sol Halprin1010
87Ray Bomba1010
88William McGann1010
89Paul Lerpae1010
90Wallace Kelley1010
91Devereux Jennings1010
92Edward Snyder1010
93Associated British Picture Corporation, Ltd.1010
94Irving Ries1010
95Harold Humbrock1010
96James B. Gordon1010
97A.J. Lohman1010
98Robert A. Mattey1010
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Best Special Effects
1939-1962