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BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects

British film industry award

Field	Value
name	BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects
awarded_for	Best Special Visual Effects
presenter	British Academy of Film and Television Arts
location	United Kingdom
holder	Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Gerd Nefzer, and Rhys Salcombe for Dune: Part Two (2024)
website	http://www.bafta.org/

The BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects is a film award presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) at the annual British Academy Film Awards. This award recognises achievement in the crafts of special effects and visual effects.

BAFTA is a British organisation that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, and video games (and formerly also for children's film and television).

In the following lists, the titles and names in bold with a gold background are the winners and recipients respectively; those not in bold are the nominees. The years given are those in which the films under consideration were released, not the year of the ceremony, which always takes place the following year.

Winners and nominees

1980s

Year	Film	Recipient(s)
	Poltergeist	Richard Edlund
Blade Runner	Douglas Trumbull, Richard Yuricich and David Dryer
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial	Dennis Muren and Carlo Rambaldi
Tron	Richard Taylor and Harrison Ellenshaw
	Return of the Jedi	Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, Ken Ralston and Kit West
The Dark Crystal	Roy Field, Brian Smithies and Ian Wingrove
WarGames	Michael L. Fink, Joe Digaetano, Jack Cooperman, Don Hansard, Colin Cantwell and William A. Fraker
Zelig	Gordon Willis Joel Hynek, Stuart Robertson and Richard Greenberg
	Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom	Dennis Muren, George Gibbs, Michael J. McAlister and Lorne Peterson
The Company of Wolves	Christopher Tucker and Alan Whibley
Ghostbusters	Richard Edlund
The Killing Fields	Fred Cramer
	Brazil	George Gibbs and Richard Conway
Back to the Future	Kevin Pike and Ken Ralston
Legend	Nick Allder and Peter Voysey
The Purple Rose of Cairo	Greenberg Associates
	Aliens	Robert Skotak, Brian Johnson, Suzanne M. Benson, John Richardson and Stan Winston
The Mission	Peter Hutchinson
Dreamchild	Duncan Kenworthy, John Stephenson and Chris Carr
Labyrinth	Roy Field, Brian Froud, George Gibbs and Tony Dunsterville
	The Witches of Eastwick	Michael Lantieri, Michael Owens, Ed Jones and Bruce Walters
The Fly	Chris Walas, Jon Berg, Louis Craig and Hoyt Yeatman
Full Metal Jacket	John Evans
Little Shop of Horrors	Bran Ferren, Martin Gutteridge, Lyle Conway and Richard Conway
	Who Framed Roger Rabbit	George Gibbs, Richard Williams, Ken Ralston and Ed Jones
Beetlejuice	Peter Kuran, Alan Munro, Robert Short and Ted Rae
The Last Emperor	Giannetto De Rossi and Fabrizio Martinelli
RoboCop	Rob Bottin, Phil Tippett, Peter Kuran and Rocco Gioffre
	Back to the Future Part II	Ken Ralston, Michael Lantieri, John Bell and Steve Gawley
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen	Kent Houston and Richard Conway
Batman	Derek Meddings and John Evans
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade	George Gibbs, Michael J. McAlister, Mark Sullivan and John Ellis

1990s

Year	Film	Recipient(s)
	Honey, I Shrunk the Kids	Production Team
Dick Tracy	Production Team
Ghost
Total Recall
	Terminator 2: Judgment Day	Stan Winston, Dennis Muren, Gene Warren Jr. and Robert Skotak
Backdraft	Allen Hall, Scott Farrar, Clay Pinney and Mikael Salomon
Edward Scissorhands	Stan Winston
Prospero's Books	Frans Wamelink, Eve Ramboz and Masao Yamaguchi
	Death Becomes Her	Michael Lantieri, Ken Ralston, Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr., Doug Chiang and Douglas Smythe
Alien 3	Richard Edlund, George Gibbs, Alec Gillis and Tom Woodruff Jr.
Batman Returns	Michael L. Fink, John Bruno, Craig Barron and Dennis Skotak
Beauty and the Beast	Randy Fullmer
	Jurassic Park	Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Phil Tippett and Michael Lantieri
Aladdin	Don Paul and Steve Goldberg
Dracula	Roman Coppola, Gary Gutierrez, Michael Lantieri and Gene Warren Jr.
The Fugitive	William Mesa and Roy Arbogast
	Forrest Gump	Ken Ralston, George Murphy, Stephen Rosenbaum, Doug Chiang and Allen Hall
The Mask	Scott Squires, Steve 'Spaz' Williams, Tom Bertino and Jon Farhat
Speed	Boyd Shermis, John Frazier, Ron Brinkmann and Richard E. Hollander
True Lies	John Bruno, Thomas L. Fisher, Jacques Stroweis, Patrick McClung and Jamie Dixon
	Apollo 13	Robert Legato, Michael Kanfer, Matt Sweeney and Leslie Ekker
Babe	Scott E. Anderson, Neal Scanlan, John Cox, Chris Chitty and Charles Gibson
GoldenEye	Chris Corbould, Derek Meddings and Brian Smithies
Waterworld	Michael J. McAlister, Brad Kuehn, Robert Spurlock and Martin Bresin
	Twister	Stefen Fangmeier, John Frazier, Henry LaBounta and Habib Zargarpour
Independence Day	Tricia Henry Ashford, Volker Engel, Clay Pinney, Douglas Smith and Joe Viskocil
The Nutty Professor	Jon Farhat
Toy Story	Eben Fiske Ostby and Bill Reeves
	The Fifth Element	Mark Stetson, Karen Goulekas, Nick Allder, Neil Corbould and Nick Dudman
The Borrowers	Peter Chiang
Men in Black	Eric Brevig, Rick Baker, Rob Coleman and Peter Chesney
Titanic	Robert Legato, Mark Lasoff, Thomas L. Fisher and Michael Kanfer
	Saving Private Ryan	Stefen Fangmeier, Roger Guyett and Neil Corbould
Antz	Philippe Gluckman, John Bell, Kendal Cronkhite and Ken Bielenberg
Babe: Pig in the City	Bill Westenhofer, Neal Scanlan, Chris Godfrey and Grahame Andrew
The Truman Show	Michael J. McAlister, Brad Kuehn, Craig Barron and Peter Chesney
	The Matrix	John Gaeta, Steve Courtley, Janek Sirrs and Jon Thum
A Bug's Life	Bill Reeves, Eben Fiske Ostby, Rick Sayre and Sharon Calahan
The Mummy	John Berton, Daniel Jeannette, Ben Snow and Chris Corbould
Sleepy Hollow	Jim Mitchell, Kevin Yagher, Joss Williams and Paddy Eason
Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace	John Knoll, Dennis Muren, Scott Squires and Rob Coleman

2000s

Year	Film	Recipient(s)
	The Perfect Storm	Stefen Fangmeier, John Frazier, Walt Conti, Habib Zargarpour and Tim Alexander
Chicken Run	Paddy Eason, Mark Nelmes and Dave Alex Riddett
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	Rob Hodgson, Leo Lo, Jonathan F. Styrlund, Bessie Cheuk and Travis Baumann
Gladiator	John Nelson, Neil Corbould, Tim Burke and Rob Harvey
Vertical Limit	Kent Houston, Tricia Henry Ashford, Neil Corbould, John Paul Docherty and Dion Hatch
	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Jim Rygiel, Richard Taylor, Alex Funke, Randall William Cook and Mark Stetson
A.I. Artificial Intelligence	Dennis Muren, Scott Farrar and Michael Lantieri
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone	Robert Legato, Nick Davis, John Richardson, Roger Guyett and Jim Berney
Moulin Rouge!	Chris Godfrey andy Brown, Nathan McGuinness and Brian Cox
Shrek	Ken Bielenberg
	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook and Alex Funke
Gangs of New York	R. Bruce Steinheimer, Michael Owens, Ed Hirsh and Jon Alexander
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	Jim Mitchell, Nick Davis, John Richardson, Bill George and Nick Dudman
Minority Report	Scott Farrar, Michael Lantieri, Nathan McGuinness and Henry LaBounta
Spider-Man	John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, John Frazier and Anthony LaMolinara
	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Joe Letteri, Jim Rygiel, Randall William Cook and Alex Funke
Big Fish	Kevin Scott Mack, Seth Maury, Lindsay MacGowan and Paddy Eason
Kill Bill: Volume 1	Tommy Tom, Kia Kwan, Tam Wai, Kit Leung, Jaco Wong and Hin Leung
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World	Stefen Fangmeier, Nathan McGuinness, Robert Stromberg and Dan Sudick
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl	John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Terry Frazee and Charles Gibson
	The Day After Tomorrow	Karen Goulekas, Neil Corbould, Greg Strause and Remo Balcells
The Aviator	Robert Legato, Peter G. Travers, Matthew Gratzner and R. Bruce Steinheimer
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	John Richardson, Roger Guyett, Tim Burke, Bill George and Karl Mooney
House of Flying Daggers	Angie Lam andy Brown, Kirsty Millar and Luke Hetherington
Spider-Man 2	John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara and John Frazier
	King Kong	Joe Letteri, Christian Rivers, Brian Van't Hul and Richard Taylor
Batman Begins	Janek Sirrs, Dan Glass, Chris Corbould and Paul J. Franklin
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory	Nick Davis, Jon Thum, Chas Jarrett and Joss Williams
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe	Dean Wright, Bill Westenhofer, Jim Berney and Scott Farrar
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	Jim Mitchell, John Richardson, Tim Webber and Tim Alexander
	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and Allen Hall
Casino Royale	Steven Begg, Chris Corbould, John Paul and Ditch Doy
Children of Men	Frazer Churchill, Tim Webber, Mike Eames and Paul Corbould
Pan's Labyrinth	Edward Irastorza, Everett Burrell, David Martí and Montse Ribé
Superman Returns	Mark Stetson, Neil Corbould, Richard R. Hoover and Jon Thum
	The Golden Compass	Michael Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris and Trevor Wood
The Bourne Ultimatum	Peter Chiang, Charlie Noble, Mattias Lindahl and Joss Williams
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix	Tim Burke, John Richardson, Emma Norton and Chris Shaw
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End	John Knoll, Charles Gibson, Hal Hickel and John Frazier
Spider-Man 3	Scott Stokdyk, Peter Nofz, John Frazier and Spencer Cook
	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	Eric Barba, Craig Barron, Nathan McGuinness and Edson Williams
The Dark Knight	Chris Corbould, Nick Davis, Paul Franklin and Tim Webber
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	Pablo Helman
Iron Man	Shane Patrick Mahan, John Nelson and Ben Snow
Quantum of Solace	Chris Corbould and Kevin Tod Haug
	Avatar	Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones
District 9	Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros and Matt Aitken
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	John Richardson, Tim Burke, Tim Alexander and Nicolas Aithadi
The Hurt Locker	Richard Stutsman
Star Trek	Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh and Burt Dalton

2010s

Year	Film	Recipient(s)
	Inception	Chris Corbould, Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb
Alice in Wonderland	Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Sean Philips and Carey Villegas
Black Swan	Dan Schrecker
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1	Tim Burke, John Richardson, Nicolas Aithadi and Christian Manz
Toy Story 3	Guido Quaroni, Michael Fong and David Ryu
	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2	Tim Burke, John Richardson, Greg Butler and David Vickery
The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn	Joe Letteri, Keith Miller, Wayne Stables and Jamie Beard
Hugo	Robert Legato, Ben Grossmann and Joss Williams
Rise of the Planet of the Apes	Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon and R. Christopher White
War Horse	Ben Morris and Neil Corbould
	Life of Pi	Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron and Erik-Jan de Boer
The Avengers	Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams and Dan Sudick
The Dark Knight Rises	Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Peter Bebb and Andrew Lockley
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey	Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and R. Christopher White
Prometheus	Richard Stammers, Charley Henley, Trevor Wood and Paul Butterworth
	Gravity	Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk, Neil Corbould and Nikki Penny
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug	Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and Eric Reynolds
Iron Man 3	Bryan Grill, Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams and Dan Sudick
Pacific Rim	Hal Hickel, John Knoll, Lindy DeQuattro and Nigel Sumner
Star Trek Into Darkness	Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Ben Grossmann and Burt Dalton
	Interstellar	Paul Franklin, Scott R. Fisher, Andrew Lockley and Ian Hunter
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes	Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Erik Winquist and Daniel Barrett
Guardians of the Galaxy	Stephane Ceretti, Paul Corbould, Jonathan Fawkner and Nicolas Aithadi
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies	Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and R. Christopher White
X-Men: Days of Future Past	Richard Stammers, Anders Langlands, Tim Crosbie and Cameron Waldbauer
	Star Wars: The Force Awakens	Chris Corbould, Roger Guyett, Paul Kavanagh and Neal Scanlan
Ant-Man	Jake Morrison, Greg Steele, Dan Sudick and Alex Wuttke
Ex Machina	Mark Williams Ardington, Sara Bennett, Paul Norris and Andrew Whitehurst
Mad Max: Fury Road	Andrew Jackson, Dan Oliver, Tom Wood and Andy Williams
The Martian	Tim Ledbury, Richard Stammers and Steven Warner
	The Jungle Book	Robert Legato, Dan Lemmon, Andrew R. Jones and Adam Valdez
Arrival	Louis Morin
Doctor Strange	Richard Bluff, Stephane Ceretti, Paul Corbould and Jonathan Fawkner
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them	Tim Burke, Pablo Grillo, Christian Manz and David Watkins
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story	Neil Corbould, Hal Hickel, Mohen Leo, John Knoll and Nigel Sumner
	Blade Runner 2049	Richard R. Hoover, Paul Lambert, Gerd Nefzer and John Nelson
Dunkirk	Scott Fisher, Andrew Jackson, Paul Corbould and Andrew Lockley
The Shape of Water	Dennis Berardi, Trey Harrell, Mike Hill and Kevin Scott
Star Wars: The Last Jedi	Stephen Aplin, Chris Corbould, Ben Morris and Neal Scanlan
War for the Planet of the Apes	Daniel Barrett, Dan Lemmon, Joe Letteri and Joel Whist
	Black Panther	Geoffrey Baumann, Jesse James Chisholm, Craig Hammack and Dan Sudick
Avengers: Infinity War	Dan DeLeeuw, Russell Earl, Kelly Port and Dan Sudick
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald	Tim Burke, Andy Kind, Christian Manz, David Watkins
First Man	Ian Hunter, Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, J.D. Schwalm
Ready Player One	Matthew E. Butler, Grady Cofer, Roger Guyett, David Shirk
	1917	Greg Butler, Guillaume Rocheron and Dominic Tuohy
Avengers: Endgame	Dan DeLeeuw and Dan Sudick
The Irishman	Ivan Busquets, Leandro Estebecorena, Stephane Grabli and Pablo Helman
The Lion King	Andrew R. Jones, Robert Legato, Elliot Newman and Adam Valdez
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker	Roger Guyett, Paul Kavanagh, Neal Scanlan and Dominic Tuohy

2020s

Year	Film	Recipient(s)
	Tenet	Scott Fisher, Andrew Jackson and Andrew Lockley
Greyhound	Pete Bebb, Nathan McGuinness and Sebastian von Overheidt
The Midnight Sky	Matt Kasmir, Chris Lawrence and David Watkins
Mulan	Sean Faden, Steve Ingram, Anders Langlands and Seth Maury
The One and Only Ivan	Santiago Colomo Martinez, Nick Davis and Greg Fisher
	Dune	Brian Connor, Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles and Gerd Nefzer
Free Guy	Swen Gillberg, Bryan Grill, Nikos Kalaitzidis and Dan Sudick
Ghostbusters: Afterlife	Aharon Bourland, Sheena Duggal, Pier Lefebvre and Alessandro Ongaro
The Matrix Resurrections	Tom Debenham, Huw J. Evans, Dan Glass and J. D. Schwalm
No Time to Die	Mark Bakowski, Chris Corbould, Joel Green and Charlie Noble
	Avatar: The Way of Water	Richard Baneham, Daniel Barrett, Joe Letteri and Eric Saindon
All Quiet on the Western Front	Markus Frank, Kamil Jafar, Viktor Müller and Frank Petzold
The Batman	Russell Earl, Dan Lemmon, Anders Langlands and Dominic Tuohy
Everything Everywhere All at Once	Benjamin Brewer, Ethan Feldbau, Jonathan Kombrinck and Zak Stoltz
Top Gun: Maverick	Seth Hill, Scott R. Fisher, Bryan Litson and Ryan Tudhope
	Poor Things	Tim Barter, Simon Hughes, Dean Koonjul and Jane Paton
The Creator	Jonathan Bullock, Charmaine Chan, Ian Comley and Jay Cooper
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3	Theo Bialek, Stephane Ceretti, Alexis Wajsbrot and Guy Williams
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One	Neil Corbould, Simone Coco, Jeff Sutherland and Alex Wuttke
Napoleon	Henry Badgett, Neil Corbould, Charley Henley and Luc-Ewen Martin-Fenouillet
	Dune: Part Two	Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe and Gerd Nefzer
Better Man	Luke Millar, David Clayton, Keith Herft and Peter Stubbs
Gladiator II	Mark Bakowski, Neil Corbould, Nikki Penny, and Pietro Ponti
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes	Erik Winquist, Stephen Unterfranz, Paul Story and Rodney Burke
Wicked	Pablo Helman, Jonathan Fawkner, Anthony Smith and Paul Corbould
	Avatar: Fire and Ash	Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Daniel Barrett, and Eric Saindon
F1	Ryan Tudhope, Keith Alfred Dawson, Nicolas Chevallier, and Robert Harrington
Frankenstein	Dennis Berardi, Ayo Burgess, Ivan Busquets, and José Granell
How to Train Your Dragon	Christian Manz, Francois Lambert, Glen McIntosh, and Terry Palmer
The Lost Bus	Charlie Noble, Brandon K. McLaughlin, and David Zaretti

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