BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects

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 Award for Best Special Visual Effects
Awarded for	Best Special Visual Effects
Location	United Kingdom
Presented by	British Academy of Film and Television Arts
Currently held by	Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Gerd Nefzer, and Rhys Salcombe for Dune: Part Two (2024)
Website	http://www.bafta.org/

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

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1980s

Year	Film	Recipient(s)
1982 (36th)	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
1983 (37th)	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
1984 (38th)	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
1985 (39th)	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
1986 (40th)	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
1987 (41st)	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
1988 (42nd)	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
1989 (43rd)	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)
1990 (44th)	Honey, I Shrunk the Kids	Production Team
	Dick Tracy	Production Team
	Ghost
	Total Recall
1991 (45th)	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
1992 (46th)	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
1993 (47th)	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
1994 (48th)	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
1995 (49th)	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
1996 (50th)	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
1997 (51st)	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
1998 (52nd)	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
1999 (53rd) [1]	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)
2000 (54th) [2][3]	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
2001 (55th) [4]	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
2002 (56th) [5]	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
2003 (57th) [6]	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
2004 (58th) [7]	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
2005 (59th) [8]	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
2006 (60th) [9]	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
2007 (61st) [10]	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
2008 (62nd) [11]	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
2009 (63rd) [12]	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)
2010 (64th) [13]	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
2011 (65th) [14]	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
2012 (66th) [15]	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
2013 (67th) [16]	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
2014 (68th) [17]	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
2015 (69th) [18]	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
2016 (70th) [19]	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
2017 (71st) [20]	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
2018 (72nd) [21]	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
2019 (73rd) [22]	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)
2020 (74th) [23]	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
2021 (75th) [24]	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
2022 (76th) [25]	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
2023 (77th) [26]	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
2024 (78th) [27]	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, David Shirk and Paul Corbould

See also

• Academy Award for Best Visual Effects
• Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Visual Effects