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84th Academy Awards: Visual Effects

Nominees include Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, Hugo, Real Steel, Rise of the Planet of the Apes and Transformers: Dark of the Moon

NOMINEES

Although one might think that this is a relatively new category, it actually dates back to the very first Oscar ceremony when the Academy gave an award for ‘Best Engineering Effects’ to the World War I flying drama Wings (1927).

Willis O’Brien‘s animation work in King Kong (1933) raised the profile of visual effects but it wasn’t until 1938  that Spawn of the North was awarded a special achievement award.

From 1938 onwards Special Effects became a category, but until 1962 visual effects were shared with sound effects nominations in a combined category.

From 1964 until 1971, the name of the category was Best Special Visual Effects, but after 1977 was changed to Best Visual Effects.

HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS – PART 2

HUGO

REAL STEEL

RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES

TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON

Official Oscar site
Explore previous winners of Best Visual Effects at Wikipedia