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| 1963–1980 |
- Emil Kosa Jr. - Cleopatra (1963)
- Peter Ellenshaw, Eustace Lycett, and Hamilton Luske - Mary Poppins (1964)
- John Stears - Thunderball (1965)
- Art Cruickshank - Fantastic Voyage (1966)
- L. B. Abbott - Doctor Dolittle (1967)
- Stanley Kubrick - 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
- Robie Robertson - Marooned (1969)
- A. D. Flowers and L. B. Abbott - Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
- Alan Maley, Eustace Lycett, and Danny Lee - Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
- L. B. Abbott and A. D. Flowers - The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
- No award given (1973)
- Frank Brendel, Glen Robinson, and Albert Whitlock - Earthquake (1974)
- Albert Whitlock and Glen Robinson - The Hindenburg (1975)
- Carlo Rambaldi, Glen Robinson, and Frank Van der Veer - King Kong (1976)
- John Stears, John Dykstra, Richard Edlund, Grant McCune, and Robert Blalack - Star Wars (1977)
- Les Bowie, Colin Chilvers, Denys Coop, Roy Field, Derek Meddings, and Zoran Perisic - Superman (1978)
- H. R. Giger, Carlo Rambaldi, Brian Johnson, Nick Allder, and Dennis Ayling - Alien (1979)
- Brian Johnson, Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, and Bruce Nicholson - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
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| 1981–2000 |
- Richard Edlund, Kit West, Bruce Nicholson, and Joe Johnston - Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
- Carlo Rambaldi, Dennis Muren, and Kenneth F. Smith - E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
- Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, Ken Ralston, and Phil Tippett - Return of the Jedi (1983)
- Dennis Muren, Michael J. McAlister, Lorne Peterson, and George Gibbs - Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
- Ken Ralston, Ralph McQuarrie, Scott Farrar, and David Berry - Cocoon (1985)
- Robert Skotak, Stan Winston, John Richardson, and Suzanne M. Benson - Aliens (1986)
- Dennis Muren, Bill George, Harley Jessup, and Kenneth F. Smith - Innerspace (1987)
- Ken Ralston, Richard Williams, Edward Jones, and George Gibbs - Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
- John Bruno, Dennis Muren, Hoyt Yeatman, and Dennis Skotak - The Abyss (1989)
- Eric Brevig, Rob Bottin, Tim McGovern, and Alex Funke - Total Recall (1990)
- Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Gene Warren Jr., and Robert Skotak - Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
- Ken Ralston, Doug Chiang, Douglas Smythe, and Tom Woodruff Jr. - Death Becomes Her (1992)
- Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Phil Tippett, and Michael Lantieri - Jurassic Park (1993)
- Ken Ralston, George Murphy, Stephen Rosenbaum, and Allen Hall - Forrest Gump (1994)
- Scott E. Anderson, Charles Gibson, Neal Scanlan, and John Cox - Babe (1995)
- Volker Engel, Douglas Smith, Clay Pinney, and Joe Viskocil - Independence Day (1996)
- Robert Legato, Mark Lasoff, Thomas L. Fisher, and Michael Kanfer - Titanic (1997)
- Joel Hynek, Nicholas Brooks, Stuart Robertson, and Kevin Mack - What Dreams May Come (1998)
- John Gaeta, Janek Sirrs, Steve Courtley, and Jon Thum - The Matrix (1999)
- John Nelson, Neil Corbould, Tim Burke, and Rob Harvey - Gladiator (2000)
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| 2001–2020 |
- Jim Rygiel, Randall William Cook, Richard Taylor, and Mark Stetson - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
- Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook, and Alex Funke - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
- Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook, and Alex Funke - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
- John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara, and John Frazier - Spider-Man 2 (2004)
- Joe Letteri, Brian Van't Hul, Christian Rivers, and Richard Taylor - King Kong (2005)
- John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson, and Allen Hall - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
- Michael L. Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris, and Trevor Wood - The Golden Compass (2007)
- Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton, and Craig Barron - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
- Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham, and Andrew R. Jones - Avatar (2009)
- Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley, and Peter Bebb - Inception (2010)
- Robert Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossmann, and Alex Henning - Hugo (2011)
- Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan de Boer, and Donald R. Elliott - Life of Pi (2012)
- Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk, and Neil Corbould - Gravity (2013)
- Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter, and Scott R. Fisher - Interstellar (2014)
- Mark Williams Ardington, Sara Bennett, Paul Norris, and Andrew Whitehurst - Ex Machina (2015)
- Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R. Jones, and Dan Lemmon - The Jungle Book (2016)
- John Nelson, Gerd Nefzer, Paul Lambert, and Richard R. Hoover - Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
- Paul Lambert, Ian Hunter, Tristan Myles, and J. D. Schwalm - First Man (2018)
- Guillaume Rocheron, Greg Butler, and Dominic Tuohy - 1917 (2019)
- Andrew Jackson, David Lee, Andrew Lockley, and Scott R. Fisher - Tenet (2020)
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| 1990s | |
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| 2000s |
- John Nelson (2000)
- Chris Godfrey (2001)
- Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook, and Alex Funke (2002)
- Stefen Fangmeier, Nathan McGuinness, Robert Stromberg, and Dan Sudick (2003)
- Andy Brown and Kirsty Millar / Robert Legato, Peter G. Travers, Matthew Gratzner, and R. Bruce Steinheimer (2004)
- John Knoll and Hal Hickel (2005)
- John Knoll and Hal Hickel (2006)
- Chris Watts, Grant Freckelton, Derek Wentworth, and Daniel Leduc (2007)
- Chris Godfrey, James E. Price, and Diana Giorgiutti (2008)
- Volker Engel, Marc Weigert, and Mike Vézina (2009)
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| 2010s |
- Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas, and Sean Phillips (2010)
- Robert Legato, Ben Grossmann, Alex Henning, and Adam Watkins (2011)
- Jim Gibbs, Kevin Baillie, Michael Lantieri, and Ryan Tudhope (2012)
- Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk, and Neil Corbould (2013)
- Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, and Matt Kutcher (2014)
- Jim Gibbs, Kevin Baillie, Viktor Muller, and Sébastien Moreau (2015)
- Robert Legato, Dan Lemmon, Andrew R. Jones, and Adam Valdez (2016)
- John Nelson, Paul Lambert, Richard R. Hoover, and Gerd Nefzer (2017)
- Geoffrey Baumann, Jesse James Chisholm, Craig Hammack, and Dan Sudick (2018)
- Joe Letteri and Eric Saindon (2019)
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