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) Robbie 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) 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) 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) 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 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) 2021–present Paul Lambert , Tristan Myles , Brian Connor , and Gerd Nefzer – Dune (2021) Joe Letteri , Richard Baneham , Eric Saindon , and Daniel Barrett – Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) Takashi Yamazaki , Kiyoko Shibuya , Masaki Takahashi , and Tatsuji Nojima – Godzilla Minus One (2023) Paul Lambert , Stephen James , Rhys Salcombe , and Gerd Nefzer – Dune: Part Two (2024) 