Year | Recipients | Film |
| Stan Winston (Industrial Light & Magic, Fantasy II Film Effects, 4-Ward Productions) | Terminator 2: Judgment Day |
Richard Yuricich, Kevin Yagher (Video Image) | Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey |
Syd Dutton, Bill Taylor, Gene Warren Jr. (Illusion Arts Inc.) | Frankenstein Unbound |
Stan Winston, Joel Hynek (R/Greenberg Associates Inc.) | Predator 2 |
Ken Ralston (Industrial Light & Magic) | The Rocketeer |
(Perpetual Motion Pictures, Dream Quest Images) | Warlock |
| Ken Ralston, Tom Woodruff Jr., Alec Gillis (Industrial Light & Magic) | Death Becomes Her |
Alan Munro (Visual Concept Engineering (VCE), Alterian, Inc., David Miller Creations) | The Addams Family |
George Gibbs, Richard Edlund, Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr. | Alien 3 |
Richard Taylor, Bob McCarron | Braindead (Dead Alive) |
Roman Coppola | Bram Stoker's Dracula |
Frank Ceglia, Paul Haines, Tom Ceglia | The Lawnmower Man |
Bruce Nicholson, Ned Gorman (Industrial Light & Magic) | Memoirs of an Invisible Man |
| Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Phil Tippett, Michael Lantieri | Jurassic Park |
Michael J. McAlister, Kimberly Nelson LoCascio | Demolition Man |
(Pacific Data Images (PDI), 4-Ward Productions) | Heart and Souls |
(Buena Vista Visual Effects, Matte World Digital, Rhythm & Hues) | Hocus Pocus |
John E. Sullivan (Sony Pictures Imageworks [us], Boss Film Studios, Fantasy II Film Effects, Visual Concept Engineering (VCE), The Baer Animation Company Inc.) | Last Action Hero |
Ariel Velasco-Shaw, Eric Leighton, Gordon Baker | The Nightmare Before Christmas |
Richard Edlund | Solar Crisis |
| John Bruno (Digital Domain) | True Lies |
Andrew Mason (International Creative Effects) | The Crow |
Ken Ralston (Industrial Light & Magic) | Forrest Gump |
(Illusion Arts Inc., Fantasy II Film Effects, Visual Concept Engineering) | The Shadow |
Jeffrey A. Okun, Patrick Tatopoulos | Stargate |
Gregory L. McMurry | Timecop |
| Stan Parks (Industrial Light & Magic, Amalgamated Dynamics) | Jumanji |
John Dykstra, Thomas L. Fisher, Andrew Adamson, Eric Durst | Batman Forever |
Scott Farrar, Stan Winston, Michael Lantieri (Industrial Light & Magic) | Congo |
Eric Brevig (Industrial Light & Magic) | The Indian in the Cupboard |
Joel Hynek (Mass. Illusions LLC) | Judge Dredd |
Richard Edlund, Steve Johnson | Species |
| Volker Engel, Clay Pinney, Douglas Smith, Joe Viskocil | Independence Day |
Scott Squires, Phil Tippett, James Straus, Kit West | Dragonheart |
Wes Takahashi, Charlie McClellan, Richard Taylor | The Frighteners |
Jim Mitchell, Michael L. Fink, David Andrews, Michael Lantieri (Industrial Light & Magic, Warner Digital Studios) | Mars Attacks! |
John Knoll (Industrial Light & Magic) | Star Trek: First Contact |
Stefen Fangmeier, John Frazier, Habib Zargarpour, Henry LaBounta | Twister |
| Phil Tippett, Scott E. Anderson, Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr., John Richardson | Starship Troopers |
Pitof, Erik Henry, Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr. | Alien Resurrection |
Ken Ralston, Stephen Rosenbaum, Jerome Chen, Mark Holmes | Contact |
Karen E. Goulekas, Mark Stetson | The Fifth Element |
Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Michael Lantieri, Randy Dutra | The Lost World: Jurassic Park |
Eric Brevig, Peter Chesney, Rob Coleman, Rick Baker | Men in Black |
| Volker Engel, Patrick Tatopoulos, Karen E. Goulekas, Clay Pinney | Godzilla |
Pat McClung, Richard R. Hoover, John Frazier | Armageddon |
Andrew Mason, Mara Bryan, Peter Doyle, Tom Davies | Dark City |
Angus Bickerton | Lost in Space |
Rick Baker, Hoyt Yeatman, Allen Hall, Jim Mitchell | Mighty Joe Young |
Roger Guyett, Stefen Fangmeier, Neil Corbould | Saving Private Ryan |
| Rob Coleman, John Knoll, Dennis Muren, Scott Squires | Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace |
Stan Winston, Bill George, Kim Bromley, Robert Stadd | Galaxy Quest |
John Gaeta, Janek Sirrs, Steve Courtley, Jon Thum | The Matrix |
John Andrew Berton Jr., Daniel Jeannette, Ben Snow, Chris Corbould | The Mummy |
Jim Mitchell, Joss Williams, Kevin Yagher, Mark S. Miller | Sleepy Hollow |
John Dykstra, Henry F. Anderson III, Jerome Chen, Eric Allard | Stuart Little |