| Year |
Visual effects artists |
Motion Picture |
1991
(18th) |
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 |
1992
(19th) |
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 ‡ |
| Roman Coppola |
Bram Stoker's Dracula |
| Richard Taylor, Bob McCarron |
Braindead (Dead Alive) |
| Frank Ceglia, Paul Haines, Tom Ceglia |
The Lawnmower Man |
| Bruce Nicholson, Ned Gorman (Industrial Light & Magic) |
Memoirs of an Invisible Man |
1993
(20th) |
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 |
1994
(21st) |
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 |
1995
(22nd) |
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 |
1996
(23rd) |
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 ‡ |
1997
(24th) |
Phil Tippett, Scott E. Anderson, Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr., John Richardson |
Starship Troopers ‡ |
| Eric Brevig, Peter Chesney, Rob Coleman, Rick Baker |
Men in Black |
| Karen E. Goulekas, Mark Stetson |
The Fifth Element |
| Pitof, Erik Henry, Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr. |
Alien: Resurrection |
| Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Michael Lantieri, Randy Dutra |
The Lost World: Jurassic Park ‡ |
| Ken Ralston, Stephen Rosenbaum, Jerome Chen, Mark Holmes |
Contact |
1998
(25th) |
Volker Engel, Patrick Tatopoulos, Karen E. Goulekas, Clay Pinney |
Godzilla |
| Rick Baker, Hoyt Yeatman, Allen Hall, Jim Mitchell |
Mighty Joe Young ‡ |
| Angus Bickerton |
Lost in Space |
| Roger Guyett, Stefen Fangmeier, Neil Corbould |
Saving Private Ryan |
| Andrew Mason, Mara Bryan, Peter Doyle, Tom Davies |
Dark City |
| Pat McClung, Richard R. Hoover, John Frazier |
Armageddon ‡ |
1999
(26th) |
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 ‡ |