HPA Award for Outstanding Visual Effects – Feature Film

The Hollywood Professional Association Award for Outstanding Visual Effects in a Feature Film is an annual award, given by the Hollywood Professional Association (HPA) to post production workers in the film and television industry, in this case visual effects artists. It was first awarded in 2006, and, outside of 2007 and 2008, has been presented every year since. From 2006 to 2012, the category was titled HPA Award for Outstanding Compositing - Feature Film.

Winners and nominees

2000s

Outstanding Compositing - Feature Film

Year	Film	Winners/Nominees
2006 [1]	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	Eddie Pasquarello, Kimberly Lashbrook, Tory Mercer, Gregory Salter
	King Kong	Erik Winquist, Charles Tait, Johan Åberg, G.G. Heitmann Demers
2009 [2]	Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	Nelson Sepulveda, Ben O'Brien, Matt Brumit, Robert Hoffmeister
	Star Trek	Eddie Pasquarello, Grady Cofer, Gregory Salter, Conny Fauser

2010s

Year	Film	Winners/Nominees
2010 [3]	Avatar	Erik Winquist, Robin Hollander, Erich Eder, Giuseppe Tagliavini
	Avatar	Eddie Pasquarello, Ben O'Brien, Conny Fauser, Jason Billington
	Iron Man 2	Jon Alexander, Patrick Brennan, Amy Shepard, Jason Porter
	Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time	Christian Zeh, Mark Bakowski, Adrian Metzelaar, John Peck
	Sherlock Holmes	Kate Windibank, Jan Adamczyk, Sam Osborne, Alex Cumming
2011 [4][5]	Transformers: Dark of the Moon	Jeff Sutherland, Jason Billington, Christopher Balog, Ben O'Brien
	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader	Julien Goldsbrough, Alex Payman, Jan Adamczyk
	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1	Christian Kaestner, Kyle McCulloch, Russell Horth, Conrad Olson
	Water for Elephants	Paul Graff, Brian Sales, Gregory S. Scribner, Christina Spring
	X-Men: First Class	Matt Holland, Tim Hey, Norman Cates, G.G. Heitmann Demers
2012 [6][7]	The Avengers	Nelson Sepulveda, Alan Travis (rotoscoping supervisors); Peter Demarest (digital compositor); Chris Bayz (digital artist)
	The Avengers	Matt Holland, Tim Hey (compositing supervisors); Caterina Schiffers (digital compositor); Steve McGillen (senior compositor)
	Battleship	Marshall Richard Krasser (compositing supervisor); Ben O'Brien, Sherry Hitch (cg sequence supervisors); Michael Conte (digital artist)
	John Carter	Zave Jackson, Helen Newby (visual effects supervisors); Aymeric Perceval (senior compositor); Jamie Wood (composite supervisor)
	Prometheus	Alfred Mürrle, Christoph Salzmann, Florian Schroeder, Paul Redican (compositing leads)

Outstanding Visual Effects - Feature Film

Year	Film	Winners/Nominees
2013 [8][9]	Pacific Rim	Lindy DeQuattro, Eddie Pasquarello, Nigel Sumner (visual effects supervisors); Derrick Carlin, Chris Lentz (animation supervisors)
	The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey	Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, R. Christopher White (visual effects supervisors); David Clayton, Eric Reynolds (animation supervisors)
	Iron Man 3	Guy Williams, Matt Aitken (visual effects supervisors); Aaron Gilman (animation supervisor); Daniel Macarin, Thrain Shadbolt (cg supervisors)
	Man of Steel	Keith Miller (visual effects supervisor); Daniel Barrett (animation supervisor); Phillip Leonhardt, Thelvin Cabezas, Mark Tait (cg supervisors)
	Star Trek Into Darkness	Daniel Pearson (cg supervisor); Jay Cooper, Alex Prichard (compositing supervisors); Adrien Saint Girons (lead lighting technical director); Adam Watkins (digital effects supervisor)
2014 [10][11]	Dawn of the Planet of the Apes	Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Erik Winquist, Keith Miller (visual effects supervisors); Paul Story (animation supervisor)
	Captain America: The Winter Soldier	Russell Earl (visual effects supervisor), Steve Rawlins (animation supervisor), François Lambert (compositing supervisor), Daniel Pearson (cg supervisor), Johan Thorngren (digital matte supervisor)
	Gravity	Tim Webber (visual effects supervisor), Chris Lawrence (cg supervisor), Max Solomon (animation supervisor), Paul Beilby (cg lighting supervisor), Stuart Penn (cg sequence supervisor)
	The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug	Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, R. Christopher White (visual effects supervisors); David Clayton, Eric Reynolds (animation supervisors)
	Maleficent	Carey Villegas, Adam Valdez, Seth Maury (visual effects supervisors); Kevin T. Hahn (compositing supervisor); David Seager (cg supervisor)
2015 [12]	The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies	Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, R. Christopher White, Matt Aitken (visual effects supervisors); David Clayton (animation supervisor)
	Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)	Ara Khanikian, Sébastien Moreau (visual effects supervisors); Sebastien Francoeur (cg supervisor); Patrick David (lead compositor); Laurent Spillemaecker (lead compositor)
	Into the Woods	Matt Johnson, Christian Irles (visual effects supervisors); Dann Tarmy (cg supervisor); Nicolas Chevallier (compositing supervisor); Benoit Dubuc (animation supervisor)
	Jurassic World	Tim Alexander, Martyn 'Moose' Culpitt (visual effects supervisors); Glen McIntosh, Kevin Martel (animation supervisors); Tony Plett (lead digital artist)
	Tomorrowland	Craig Hammack, Eddie Pasquarello (visual effects supervisors); François Lambert (compositing supervisor); Maia Kayser (animation supervisor); Barry Williams (lead digital artist)
2016 [13]	The Jungle Book	Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Charley Henley, Keith Miller (visual effects supervisors); Andrew R. Jones (animation supervisor)
	Captain America: Civil War	Russell Earl (visual effects supervisor), Steve Rawlins (animation supervisor), François Lambert (compositing supervisor), Pat Conran (cg supervisor), Rhys Claringbull (cg lead artist)
	The Martian	Chris Lawrence (visual effects supervisor), Neil Weatherley (cg supervisor), Bronwyn Edwards (compositing supervisor), Dale Newton (animation supervisor)
	Star Wars: The Force Awakens	Jay Cooper (compositing supervisor), Yannick Dusseault (visual effects art director), Rick Hankins (lead digital artist), Carlos Munoz (asset and environment supervisor), Polly Ing (cg supervisor)
	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows	Pablo Helman, Robert Weaver (visual effects supervisors); Kevin Martel (animation supervisor); Shawn Kelly (lead animator); Nelson Sepulveda (compositing supervisor)
2017 [14]	War for the Planet of the Apes	Dan Lemmon, Anders Langlands, Luke Millar, Erik Winquist (visual effects supervisors); Daniel Barrett (animation supervisor)
	Beauty and the Beast	Kyle McCulloch, Glen Pratt, Richard R. Hoover (visual effects supervisors); Dale Newton (animation supervisor); Neil Weatherley (cg supervisor)
	Ghost in the Shell	Guillaume Rocheron, Axel Bonami, Asregadoo Arundi (visual effects supervisors); Ruslan Borysov (compositing supervisor); Pier Lefebvre (lead matte painter)
	Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2	Guy Williams, Kevin Andrew Smith (visual effects supervisor); Charles Tait (compositing supervisor); Daniel Macarin (cg supervisor); David Clayton (animation supervisor)
	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales	Gary Brozenich, Sheldon Stopsack, Patrick Ledda (visual effects supervisors); Richard Clegg (cg supervisor); Richard Little (compositing supervisor)
2018 [15]	Avengers: Infinity War	Matt Aitken, Charles Tait (visual effects supervisors); Paul Story (animation supervisor); David Conley, Marvyn Young (visual effects producers)
	Blade Runner 2049	Richard Clegg (visual effects supervisor); Wesley Chandler (animation supervisor); Axel Akesson (asset supervisor); Stefano Carta, Ian Cooke-Grimes (digital artists)
	Maze Runner: The Death Cure	R. Christopher White, Daniel Macarin (visual effects supervisors); Phillip Leonhardt (cg supervisor); Paul Ramsden, Jeremy Fort (digital artists)
	Rampage	Erik Winquist, Thrain Shadbolt (visual effects supervisors); Ben Pickering (visual effects producer); Stephen Unterfranz (cg supervisor); David Clayton (animation supervisor)
	Thor: Ragnarok	Kyle McCulloch, Alexis Wajsbrot (visual effects supervisors); Harry Bardak (cg supervisor); Benjamin Loch (digital artist)
2019 [16]	The Lion King	Robert Legato, Elliot Newman, Adam Valdez (visual effects supervisors); Andrew R. Jones (animation supervisor); Audrey Ferrara (environments supervisor); Tom C. Peitzman (visual effects producer)
	Alita: Battle Angel	Eric Saindon (visual effects supervisor); Michael Cozens (animation supervisor); Dejan Momcilovic (motion capture supervisor); Mark Haenga (lead facial modeler); Kevin L. Sherwood (visual effects producer)
	Avengers: Endgame	Matt Aitken (visual effects supervisor); Sidney Kombo (animation supervisor); Sean Noel Walker (cg supervisor); David Conley, Marvyn Young (visual effects producers)
	Detective Pikachu	Jonathan Fawkner, Carlos Monzon (visual effects supervisors); Gavin McKenzie (compositing supervisor); Dale Newton (animation supervisor); Fabio Zangla (cg supervisor)
	Spider-Man: Far From Home	Alexis Wajsbrot (visual effects supervisor), Stephen Kennedy (compositing supervisor), Nathan McConnel (animation supervisor), Sylvain Degrotte (cg supervisor), Jonathan Opgenhaffen (concept artist)