Satellite Award for Best Visual Effects

Satellite Award for Best Visual Effects
Awarded forBest Visual Effects
CountryUnited States
Presented byInternational Press Academy
First awarded1996
Currently held bySimone Coco, Neil Corbould, Jeff Sutherland, and Alex Wuttke – Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (2023)

The Satellite Award for Best Visual Effects is one of the annual Satellite Awards given by the International Press Academy.

Winners and nominees

1990s

Year Film Recipient(s)
1996 Independence Day Volker Engel and Douglas Smith
Dragonheart Scott Squires
Mars Attacks! Jim Mitchell, Michael L. Fink, David Andrews
Star Trek: First Contact John Knoll
Twister Stefen Fangmeier
1997 Contact Ken Ralston
The Fifth Element Mark Stetson
Men in Black Richard Baker
Starship Troopers Phil Tippett, Scott E. Anderson
Titanic Robert Legato
1998 What Dreams May Come Ellen Somers
Armageddon Richard R. Hoover, Pat McClung
Babe: Pig in the City Rhythm & Hues, Mill Film, Animal Logic Film
Saving Private Ryan Neil Corbould, Stefen Fangmeier, Roger Guyett
Star Trek: Insurrection Terry D. Frazee
1999 Stuart Little Jerome Chen, John Dykstra, Henry F. Anderson III and Eric Allard
The Matrix Steve Courtley, Brian Cox, John Gaeta
The Mummy John Andrew Berton Jr., Chris Corbould, Mark Freund, Steve Hamilton
Sleepy Hollow Jim Mitchell, Joss Williams
Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace Peter Hutchinson, John Knox, Judith Weaver, Dennis Muren
Titus Kyle Cooper

2000s

Year Film Recipient(s)
2000 Gladiator John Nelson
Charlie's Angels Pat McClung
How the Grinch Stole Christmas Kevin Scott Mack
Mission: Impossible 2 Richard Yuricich
Vertical Limit Kent Houston
2001 Moulin Rouge! Chris Godfrey
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Robert Legato, Nick Davis, John Richardson, Roger Guyett
Jurassic Park III Jim Mitchell
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Jim Rygiel, Richard Taylor, Alex Funke, Randall William Cook
Pearl Harbor Eric Brevig
2002 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, Edward Hirsh, Jon Alexander
Minority Report Scott Farrar
Road to Perdition Michael J. McAlister
Spider-Man John Dykstra
2003 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Stefen Fangmeier, Nathan McGuinness, Robert Stromberg and Dan Sudick
Kill Bill: Volume 1 Howard Berger, Greg Nicotero
The Last Samurai Jeffrey A. Okun
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook, Alex Funke
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl John Knoll
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines Pablo Helman, Danny Gordon Taylor, Allen Hall, John Rosengrant
2004 The Aviator Andy Brown and Kirsty Millar
House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu) Robert Legato, Peter G. Travers, Matthew Gratzner and R. Bruce Steinheimer
Collateral John E. Sullivan
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Michele Ferrone, Louis Morin
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow Stephen Lawes, Scott E. Anderson, Darin Hollings
Spider-Man 2 John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara, John Frazier
2005 Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith John Knoll and Hal Hickel
Kingdom of Heaven Tom Wood
Kung Fu Hustle (Kung fu) Frankie Chung
Sin City Robert Rodriguez
War of the Worlds Dennis Muren, Pablo Helman, Randal M. Dutra, Daniel Sudick
2006 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest John Knoll and Hal Hickel
The Da Vinci Code Kevin Ahern
Flags of Our Fathers Michael Owens, Matthew E. Butler, Bryan Grill, Steve Riley
The Fountain Jeremy Dawson, Dan Schrecker
Pan's Labyrinth (El laberinto del fauno) Everett Burrell, Edward Irastorza
V for Vendetta Dan Glass
X-Men: The Last Stand John Bruno
2007 300 Chris Watts, Grant Freckelton, Derek Wentworth and Daniel Leduc
Beowulf Rob Engle, Jerome Chen, Sean Phillips, Kenn McDonald, Michael Lantieri
The Bourne Ultimatum Peter Chiang, Charlie Noble, David Vickery, Mattias Lindahl
Enchanted Thomas Schelesny, Matt Jacobs, Tom Gibbons
The Golden Compass Michael L. Fink
Transformers Scott Farrar
2008 Australia Chris Godfrey, James E. Price and Diana Giorgiutti
The Dark Knight Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber, Paul J. Franklin
The Day the Earth Stood Still Jeffrey A. Okun
Iron Man John Nelson, Shane Mahan, Ben Snow, Daniel Sudick
Quantum of Solace Chris Corbould, Kevin Tod Haug
2009 2012 Volker Engel, Marc Weigert and Mike Vézina
District 9 Robert Habros, Charlie Bradbury, Stephen Pepper, Winston Helgason
Fantastic Mr Fox Tim Ledbury
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus John Paul Docherty, Richard Bain
Red Cliff (Chi bi) Craig Hayes
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Wayne Billheimer, John Frazier

2010s

Year Film Recipient(s)
2010 Alice in Wonderland Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips
127 Hours Adam Gascoyne, James Winnifrith, Tim Caplan
Inception Paul J. Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley, Pete Bebb
Iron Man 2 Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole Grant Freckelton, Chris Bone, Craig Welsh
Unstoppable Nathan McGuinness, Paul O'Shea
2011 Hugo Robert Legato, Ben Grossmann, Alex Henning and Adam Watkins
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 David Vickery, Greg Butler, John Richardson, Tim Burke
Rise of the Planet of the Apes Jeff Capogreco, Joe Letteri, R. Christopher White
Super 8 Dennis Muren, Kim Libreri, Paul Kavanagh, Russell Earl
Transformers: Dark of the Moon John Frazier, Matthew Butler, Scott Benza, Scott Farrar
War Horse Ben Morris
2012 Flight Jim Gibbs, Kevin Baillie, Michael Lantieri and Ryan Tudhope
Cloud Atlas Dan Glass, Geoffrey Hancock, Stephane Ceretti
The Dark Knight Rises Chris Corbould, Paul Franklin
Life of Pi Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron
Prometheus Charley Henley, Martin Hill, Richard Stammers
Skyfall Andrew Whitehurst, Arundi Asregadoo, Steve Begg
2013 Gravity Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk and Neil Corbould
All Is Lost Brendon O’Dell, Colin Davies, Robert Munroe
The Croods Markus Manninen, Matt Baer
Oz the Great and Powerful James Schwalm, Scott Stokdyk, Troy Saliba
Rush Antoine Moulineau, Jody Johnson, Mark Hodgkins
World War Z Andrew R. Jones, Jessica Norman, Matt Johnson, Scott Farrar
2014 Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon and Matt Kutcher
Guardians of the Galaxy Stephane Ceretti
Interstellar Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter, Paul Franklin, Scott Fisher
Into the Woods Christian Irles, Matt Johnson, Stefano Pepin
Noah Ben Snow, Burt Dalton, Dan Schrecker, Marc Chu
Transformers: Age of Extinction John Frazier, Patrick Tubach, Scott Benza, Scott Farrar
2015
[1]
The Walk Jim Gibbs, Kevin Baillie, Viktor Muller and Sébastien Moreau
Everest Dadi Einarsson, Matthias Bjarnason, Glen Pratt, Richard Van Den Bergh
Jurassic World Tim Alexander, Glen McIntosh, Tony Plett, Michael Meinardus
Mad Max: Fury Road Andrew Jackson, Tom Wood, Dan Oliver, Andy Williams
The Martian Richard Stammers, Anders Langlands, Chris Lawrence, Steven Warner
Spectre Steven Begg, Chris Corbould
2016
[2]
The Jungle Book Robert Legato, Dan Lemmon, Andrew R. Jones and Adam Valdez
The BFG Joe Letteri, Ken McGaugh, Mark Gee, Kevin Andrew Smith
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk Mark O. Forker, Pavel Hristov, Michael Huber, Robert J. Bruce
Deadpool Ryan Tudhope, Jonathan Rothbart, Vincent Cirelli
Doctor Strange Stephane Ceretti, Paul Corbould, Richard Bluff, Vincent Cirelli
Sully Michael Owens, Mark Curtis, Bryan Litson, Jan Dubberke
2017
[3]
Blade Runner 2049 John Nelson, Paul Lambert, Richard R. Hoover and Gerd Nefzer
Alien: Covenant
Dunkirk
The Shape of Water
War for the Planet of the Apes
Wonder Woman
2018
[4]
Black Panther Geoffrey Baumann, Jesse James Chisholm, Craig Hammack and Dan Sudick
Avengers: Infinity War
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Rampage
Ready Player One
2019[5] Alita: Battle Angel Joe Letteri and Eric Saindon
Avengers: Endgame Matt Aitken, Dan DeLeeuw, Russell Earl, and Dan Sudick
Ford v Ferrari Mark Byers, Olivier Dumont, and Kathy Siegel
The Irishman Pablo Helman
Joker Mathew Giampa, Bryan Godwin, and Edwin Rivera
The Lion King Andrew R. Jones, Robert Legato, Elliot Newman, and Adam Valdez

2020s

Year Film Recipient(s)
2020 Tenet Scott R. Fisher and Andrew Jackson
Birds of Prey Thrain Shadbolt and Kevin Souls
Greyhound Peter Bebb and Nathan McGuinness
Mank Simon Carr, Pablo Helman, James Pastorius, and Wei Zheng
The Midnight Sky Matt Kasmir and Chris Lawrence
Mulan Sean Andrew Faden
2021 Dune Brian Connor, Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, and Gerd Nefzer
Eternals Matt Aitken, Daniele Bigi, Stephane Ceretti, and Neil Corbould
Godzilla vs. Kong John Desjardin, Bryan Hirota, Tamara Watts Kent, and Kevin Smith
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Joe Farrell, Dan Oliver, Christopher Townsend, and Sean Noel Walker
The Suicide Squad Jonathan Fawkner, Kelvin McIlwain, Dan Sudick, and Guy Williams
The Tomorrow War Carmelo Leggiero, James E. Price, J. D. Schwalm, Randall Starr, and Sheldon Stopsack
2022
[6]
Avatar: The Way of Water Richard Baneham, Daniel Barrett, Joe Letteri, and Eric Saindon
Babylon Jay Cooper, Ebrahim Jahromi, Kevin Martel, and Elia Popov
The Batman Russell Earl, Anders Langlands, Dan Lemmon, and Dominic Tuohy
Good Night Oppy Ivan Busquets, Marko Chulev, Abishek Nair, and Steven Nichols
RRR V. Srinivas Mohan
Top Gun: Maverick Scott R. Fisher, Seth Hill, Bryan Litson, and Ryan Tudhope
2023
[7]
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One Simone Coco, Neil Corbould, Jeff Sutherland, and Alex Wuttke
The Creator Jay Cooper, Ian Comley, Neil Corbould, and Andrew Roberts
Napoleon Henry Badgett, Simone Coco, Neil Corbould, Charley Henley, and Luc-Ewen Martin-Fenouillet
Oppenheimer Dave Drzewiecki, Scott R. Fisher, Andrew Jackson, and Giacomo Mineo
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Bret St. Clair, Pav Grochola, Alan Hawkins, and Michael Lasker
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts Matt Aitken, Gary Brozenich, Ilya Churinov, Richard Little, Guillaume Murray, and J. D. Schwalm

References

  1. ^ "Satellite Awards (2015)". International Press Academy. IPA. December 2, 2015. pressacademy.com. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
  2. ^ "Satellite Awards (2016)" (PDF). International Press Academy. IPA. November 28, 2016. pressacademy.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 3, 2016. Retrieved November 29, 2016.
  3. ^ "'Dunkirk,' 'The Shape of Water' Lead Satellite Award Nominations". The Wrap. November 30, 2017. thewrap.com. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
  4. ^ "2018 NOMINATIONS BALLOT" (PDF). International Press Academy. November 28, 2018. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
  5. ^ "2019 Winners". International Press Academy. December 19, 2019. Retrieved December 19, 2019.
  6. ^ "The International Press Academy Announces Winners for the 27th Annual Satellite™ Awards". International Press Academy. March 3, 2023. Retrieved March 15, 2023.
  7. ^ "The International Press Academy Announces Winners for the 28th Annual SATELLITE™ Awards". International Press Academy. March 3, 2024. Retrieved March 7, 2024.