MOVIES
Academy Awards
Most Wins for Visual Effects
This list features VFX artists that have won the most Best Visual Effects awards at the Academy Awards.
RANK | VFX ARTISTS | NOMINATIONS | WINS | FILMS |
1 | Dennis Muren | 15 | 8 | The Empire Strikes Back (1980) E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) Return of the Jedi (1983) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) Interspace (1987) The Abyss (1989) Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991) Jurassic Park (1993) |
2 | Joe Letteri | 12 | 5 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) King Kong (2005) Avatar (2009) Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) |
3 | Gordon Jennings | 10 | 5 | Spawn of the North (1938) I Wanted Wings (1941) Reap the Wild Wind (1942) When Worlds Collide (1951) The War of the Worlds (1953) |
4 | Ken Ralston | 8 | 5 | Return of the Jedi (1983) Cocoon (1985) Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) Death Becomes Her (1992) Forrest Gump (1994) |
5 | Richard Edlund | 10 | 4 | Star Wars (1977) The Empire Strikes Back (1980) Return of the Jedi (1983) Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) |
6 | L.B. Abbott | 5 | 4 | Doctor Dolittle (1967) Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) The Poseidon Adventure (1972) Logan’s Run (1976) |
7 | Glen Robinson | 4 | 4 | Earthquake (1974) The Hindenburg (1975) King Kong (1976) Logan’s Run (1976) |
8 | Paul Lambert | 4 | 4 | Blade Runner 2049 (2017) First Man (2018) Dune (2021) Dune: Part Two (2024) |
9 | A. Arnold Gillespie | 12 | 3 | Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944) Green Dolphin Street (1947) Ben-Hur (1959) |
10 | Farciot Edouart | 10 | 3 | Spawn of the North (1938) I Wanted Wings (1941) Reap the Wild Wind (1942), |
11 | Stan Winston | 6 | 3 | Aliens (1986) Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991) Jurassic Park (1993) |
12 | John P. Fulton | 5 | 3 | Wonder Man (1945) The Bridges of Toko-Ri (1955) The Ten Commandments (1956) |
13 | Robert Legato | 5 | 3 | Titanic (1997) Hugo (2011) The Jungle Book (2016) |
14 | Carlo Rambaldi | 3 | 3 | King Kong (1976) Alien (1979) E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) |
15 | Alex Funke | 3 | 3 | Total Recall (1990) The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) |
16 | Jim Rygiel | 3 | 3 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) |
17 | Randall William Cook | 3 | 3 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) |
18 | Andrew Lockley | 3 | 3 | Inception (2010) Interstellar (2014) Tenet (2020) |
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