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Local 600 Academy Award Winners for Visual Effects

2017

JOHN NELSON
Blade Runner 2049

2016

ROBERT LEGATO
The Jungle Book

2007

MICHAEL FINK
The Golden Compass

2006

JOHN KNOLL
HAL T. HICKEL
CHARLES GIBSON
ALLEN HALL
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

2005

JOE LETTERI
BRIAN VAN'T HUL
CHRISTIAN RIVERS
RICHARD TAYLOR
King Kong

2004

JOHN DYKSTRA
JOHN FRAZIER
ANTHONY LAMOLINARA
SCOTT STOKDYK 
Spider-Man 2

2003

RANDALL WILLIAM COOK
ALEX FUNKE
JOE LETTERI
JIM RYGIEL 
The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King

2002

RANDALL WILLIAM COOK
ALEX FUNKE
JOE LETTERI
JIM RYGIEL 
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

2001

JIM RYGIEL
RANDALL WILLIAM COOK
RICHARD TAYLOR
MARK STETSON
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

2000

JOHN NELSON
TIM BURKE 
NEIL CORBOULD 
ROB HARVEY
Gladiator

1999

JOHN GAETA
JANEK SIRRS 
STEVE COURTLE 
JON THUM 
The Matrix

1998

JOEL HYNEK
NICHOLAS BROOKS
STUART ROBERTSON
KEVIN MACK
What Dreams May Come

1997

ROBERT LEGATO
MARK LASOFF
THOMAS L. FISHER
MICHAEL KANFER
Titanic

1996

VOLKER ENGEL
DOUGLAS SMITH 
CLAY PINNEY 
JOSEPH V. ISKOCIL 
Independence Day

1995

SCOTT E. ANDERSON 
CHARLES GIBSON 
NEAL SCANLAN 
JOHN COX 
Babe

1994

KEN RALSTON
GEORGE MURPHY 
STEPHEN ROSENBAUM 
ALLEN HALL 
Forrest Gump

1993

DENNIS MUREN
STAN WINSTON 
PHIL TIPPETT
MICHAEL LANTIERI 
Jurassic Park

1992

KEN RALSTON
DOUG CHIANG 
DOUG SMYTHE 
TOM WOODRUFF, JR.
Death Becomes Her

1991

DENNIS MUREN
STAN WINSTON
GENE WARREN, JR.
ROBERT SKOTAK
Terminator 2: Judgement Day

1990

ERIC BREVIG
ROB BOTTIN 
TIM MCGOVERN 
ALEX FUNKE 
Total Recall

1989

FREDDIE FRANCIS
Glory

1988

PETER BIZIOU
Mississippi Burning

1987

VITTORIO STORARO
The Last Emperor

1986

CHRIS MENGES
The Mission

1985

DAVID WATKIN
Out of Africa

1984

CHRIS MENGES
The Killing Fields

1983

SVEN NYKVIST
Fanny and Alexander

1982

BILLY WILLIAMS
RONNIE TAYLOR
Ghandi

1981

VITTORIO STORARO
Reds

1980

GEOFFREY UNSWORTH 
GHISLAIN CLOQUET
Tess

1979

VITTORIO STORARO
Apocalypse Now

1978

NESTOR ALMENDROS
Days of Heaven

1977

VILMOS ZSIGMOND
Close Encounters of the Third Kind

1976

HASKELL WEXLER
Bound for Glory

1975

JOHN ALCOTT 
Barry Lyndon

1974

FRED KOENEKAMP 
JOSEPH BIROC
The Towering Inferno

1973

SVEN NYKVIST 
Cries and Whispers

1972

GEOFFREY UNSWORTH
Cabaret

1971

OSWALD MORRIS 
Fiddler on the Roof

1970

FREDDIE YOUNG 
Ryan's Daughter

1969

ROBBIE ROBERTSON 
Marooned

1968

STANLEY KUBRICK
2001: A Space Odyssey

1967

L. B. ABBOTT
Doctor Dolittle

1966

ART CRUICKSHANK 
Fantastic Voyage

1965

JOHN STEARS
Thunderball

1964

PETER ELLENSHAW
HAMILTON LUSKE
EUSTACE LYCETT
Mary Poppins

1963

EMIL KOSA, JR.
Cleopatra