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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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Special Effects
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
Tom Howard
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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
Byron Haskin, Nathan Levinson
Dive Bomber N
A. Arnold Gillespie, Douglas Shearer
Flight Command
John Fulton, John Hall
The Invisible Woman
Byron Haskin, Nathan Levinson
The Sea Wolf N
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