The branches are actors, associates, casting directors, cinematographers, costume designers, directors, documentary, executives, film editors, makeup and hairstylists, marketing and public relations, members-at-large, members-at-large (artists’ representatives), music, producers, production design, short films and feature animation, sound, visual effects and writers. Seventeen branches are represented within the near 10,000 person membership. Since 1927, nominees and winners have been selected by members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, is Hollywood’s most prestigious artistic award in the film industry. Gordon Jennings and Ken Ralston have five wins each.Ģ021 Oscars predictions are here. New Oscar prediction updates for Visual Effects include 'Mank,' 'Mulan,' 'Tenet' and 'Greyhound.
The magnificent Dennis Muren has a stellar 6 Oscars in this category which include “The Abyss,” “Terminator 2: Judgment Day” and “Jurassic Park.” He also 2 Special Achievement Oscars for “The Empire Strikes Back” and “Return of the Jedi” of the “Star Wars" series. The most significant Oscar “losers,” meaning most nominated and walk away with zero awards, are 1977’s “The Turning Point” and 1985’s “The Color Purple” at 11 each. “La La Land” is the only film of the three to have lost best picture. The most nominated films in Academy history are “All About Eve,” “Titanic” and “La La Land” at 14. The most awarded films in Oscar history are “Ben-Hur,” “Titanic” and “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” at 11 statuettes. John Desjardin, Bryan Hirota, Kevin Smith, Mike Meinardus Stephane Ceretti, Daniele Bigi, Matt Aitken, Neil Corbould “Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings”Ĭhristopher Townsend, Joe Farrell, Sean Walker, Dan Oliver Swen Gillberg, Bryan Grill, Nikos Kalaitzidis, Dan Sudick Geoffrey Baumann, Dave Hodgins, Craig Hammack, Paul CorbouldĪlessandro Ongaro, Sheena Duggal, Aharon Bourland, Pier Lefebvreĭan Glass, Huw J Evans, Tom Debenham, J.D. Kelly Port, Chris Waegner, Scott Edelstein, Dan Sudick
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences first recognized the technical contributions of special effects to movies at its inaugural dinner in 1928, presenting a plaque for Best Engineering Effects to the first Best Picture Oscar winner, the World War I. Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, Brian Connor, Gerd Nefzer The Academy Award for Best Visual Effects is an Academy Award that recognizes the finest or most outstanding visual effects in film.