Joe Letteri

American visual effects artist

Joe Letteri ONZM
Letteri in 2012
Born	1957 (age 66–67) Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, United States
Occupation	Visual effects supervisor
Years active	1989–present

Joseph Bruce Letteri ONZM (born 1957) is a senior visual effects artist, winner of five Academy Awards, four BAFTA awards and four VES awards. He is the current Senior Visual Effects Supervisor of the Academy Award-winning Wētā FX having joined the company in 2001.^[1] He has received several awards and nominations as visual effects supervisor, the latest (as of March 2023^[update]) being Avatar: The Way of Water, and previously for War for the Planet of the Apes.^[2] He attended Center High School (Pennsylvania) in 1975 and graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in 1981. He gave the keynote address at UC Berkeley's December Convocation on 19 December 2010.

Filmography

Peter Pan & Wendy (2023) (senior visual effects supervisor)
Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) (production senior visual effects supervisor)
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022) (senior visual effects supervisor: Weta Visual Effects NZ)
The Batman (2022) (senior visual effects supervisor: Weta Digital)
Eternals (2021) (senior visual effects supervisor: Weta Digital)
The Suicide Squad (2021) (senior visual effects supervisor: Weta Digital)
Gemini Man (2019) (senior visual effects supervisor: Weta Digital)
Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)
The BFG (2016)
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) (senior visual effects supervisor: Weta Digital)
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
Man of Steel (2013) (visual effects supervisor: Weta Digital)^[3]
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) (senior visual effects supervisor: Weta Digital)^[4]
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) (visual effects supervisor: Weta Digital)
The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn (2011) (visual effects supervisor: Weta Digital)
Avatar (2009) (senior visual effects supervisor) (visual effects supervisor: Weta Digital)
The Lovely Bones (2009) (senior visual effects supervisor)
The Water Horse (2007) (visual effects supervisor)
X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) (senior visual effects supervisor: Weta Digital)
King Kong (2005) (senior visual effects supervisor)
I, Robot (2004) (visual effects supervisor: Weta Digital)
Van Helsing (2004) (visual effects supervisor: Weta Digital)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) (visual effects supervisor: Weta Digital)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) (visual effects supervisor: Weta Digital)
Magnolia (1999) (visual effects supervisor)
Jack Frost (1998) (visual effects supervisor)
Star Wars (1997) (visual effects supervisor: ILM) (1997 special edition) (as Joseph Letteri)
Daylight (1996) (co-visual effects supervisor)
Mission: Impossible (1996) (associate visual effects supervisor)
Casper (1995) (CG supervisor)
The Flintstones (1994) (computer graphics artist)
The Meteor Man (1993) (CG animator)
Jurassic Park (1993) (computer graphics artist)
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) (CG animator)
The Abyss (1989) (computer graphics technical director: ILM) (special edition)

Awards and nominations

Academy Award

2022 Oscar – winner for Best Visual Effects – Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
2017 Oscar – nomination for Best Visual Effects – War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)
2015 Oscar – nomination for Best Visual Effects – Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)
2014 Oscar – nomination for Best Visual Effects – The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
2013 Oscar – nomination for Best Visual Effects – The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
2012 Oscar – nomination for Best Visual Effects – Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
2010 Oscar – winner for Best Visual Effects – Avatar (2009)
2006 Oscar – winner for Best Visual Effects – King Kong (2005)
2005 Oscar – nomination for Best Visual Effects – I, Robot (2004)
2004 Oscar – winner for Best Visual Effects – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
2003 Oscar – winner for Best Visual Effects – The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

BAFTA

2011 BAFTA Film Award – nomination for best Special Visual Effects – Rise of the Planet of the Apes and The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn (2011)
2010 BAFTA Film Award – winner for best Special Visual Effects – Avatar (2009)
2006 BAFTA Film Award – winner for best Achievement in Special Visual Effects – King Kong (2005)
2004 BAFTA Film Award – winner for best Achievement in Special Visual Effects – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
2003 BAFTA Film Award – winner for best Achievement in Special Visual Effects – The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

References

^ Goldman, Naomi (2 January 2018). "Master Creature Creator Joe Letteri: 2018 VES GEORGES MÉLIÈS Award Winner". VFX Voice. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
^ Donovan, Sandra Fischione (12 March 2010). "Beaver County native wins fourth Oscar for visual effects". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Retrieved 7 April 2010.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Gilchrist, Todd (17 December 2011). "Effects Supremo Joe Letteri Says Zack Snyder is Placing Emphasis on In-Camera Effects in 'Man of Steel". The Playlist. Archived from the original on 8 January 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
^ "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey".

External links

Joe Letteri at IMDb
Awards for Joe Letteri at IMDb

Awards for Joe Letteri
v t e Academy Award for Best Visual Effects
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) 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 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)
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)

v t e BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects
1982–2000	Richard Edlund - Poltergeist (1982) Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, Ken Ralston, and Kit West - Return of the Jedi (1983) Dennis Muren, George Gibbs, Michael J. McAlister, and Lorne Peterson - Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) George Gibbs and Richard Conway - Brazil (1985) Robert Skotak, Brian Johnson, Suzanne M. Benson, John Richardson, and Stan Winston - Aliens (1986) Michael Lantieri, Michael Owens, Edward Jones, and Bruce Walters - The Witches of Eastwick (1987) George Gibbs, Richard Williams, Ken Ralston, and Edward Jones - Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) Ken Ralston, Michael Lantieri, John Bell, and Steve Gawley - Back to the Future Part II (1989) The production team of Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1990) Stan Winston, Dennis Muren, Gene Warren Jr., and Robert Skotak - Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) Michael Lantieri, Ken Ralston, Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr., Doug Chiang, and Douglas Smythe - Death Becomes Her (1992) Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Phil Tippett, and Michael Lantieri - Jurassic Park (1993) Ken Ralston, George Murphy, Stephen Rosenbaum, Doug Chiang, and Allen Hall - Forrest Gump (1994) Robert Legato, Michael Kanfer, Matt Sweeney, and Leslie Ekker - Apollo 13 (1995) Stefen Fangmeier, John Frazier, Henry LaBounta, and Habib Zargarpour - Twister (1996) Mark Stetson, Karen Goulekas, Nick Allder, Neil Corbould, and Nick Dudman - The Fifth Element (1997) Stefen Fangmeier, Roger Guyett, and Neil Corbould - Saving Private Ryan (1998) John Gaeta, Steve Courtley, Janek Sirrs, and Jon Thum - The Matrix (1999) Stefen Fangmeier, John Frazier, Walt Conti, Habib Zargarpour, and Tim Alexander - The Perfect Storm (2000)
2001–present	Jim Rygiel, Richard Taylor, Alex Funke, Randall William Cook, 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) Joe Letteri, Jim Rygiel, Randall William Cook, and Alex Funke - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) Karen Goulekas, Neil Corbould, Greg Strause, and Remo Balcells - The Day After Tomorrow (2004) Joe Letteri, Christian Rivers, Brian Van't Hul, 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, Craig Barron, Nathan McGuinness, and Edson Williams - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham, and Andrew R. Jones - Avatar (2009) Chris Corbould, Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, and Peter Bebb - Inception (2010) Tim Burke, John Richardson, Greg Butler, and David Vickery - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011) Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, and Erik-Jan de Boer - Life of Pi (2012) Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk, Neil Corbould, and Nikki Penny - Gravity (2013) Paul Franklin, Scott R. Fisher, Andrew Lockley, and Ian Hunter - Interstellar (2014) Chris Corbould, Roger Guyett, Paul Kavanagh, and Neal Scanlan - Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) Robert Legato, Dan Lemmon, Andrew R. Jones, and Adam Valdez - The Jungle Book (2016) Richard R. Hoover, Paul Lambert, Gerd Nefzer, and John Nelson - Blade Runner 2049 (2017) Geoffrey Baumann, Jesse James Chisholm, Craig Hammack, and Dan Sudick - Black Panther (2018) Greg Butler, Guillaume Rocheron, and Dominic Tuohy - 1917 (2019) Scott R. Fisher, Andrew Jackson, and Andrew Lockley - Tenet (2020) Brian Connor, Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, and Gerd Nefzer - Dune (2021) Richard Baneham, Daniel Barrett, Joe Letteri and Eric Saindon - Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) Simon Hughes - Poor Things (2023)

BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects

1982–2000

Richard Edlund - Poltergeist (1982)
Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, Ken Ralston, and Kit West - Return of the Jedi (1983)
Dennis Muren, George Gibbs, Michael J. McAlister, and Lorne Peterson - Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
George Gibbs and Richard Conway - Brazil (1985)
Robert Skotak, Brian Johnson, Suzanne M. Benson, John Richardson, and Stan Winston - Aliens (1986)
Michael Lantieri, Michael Owens, Edward Jones, and Bruce Walters - The Witches of Eastwick (1987)
George Gibbs, Richard Williams, Ken Ralston, and Edward Jones - Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
Ken Ralston, Michael Lantieri, John Bell, and Steve Gawley - Back to the Future Part II (1989)
The production team of Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1990)
Stan Winston, Dennis Muren, Gene Warren Jr., and Robert Skotak - Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
Michael Lantieri, Ken Ralston, Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr., Doug Chiang, and Douglas Smythe - Death Becomes Her (1992)
Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Phil Tippett, and Michael Lantieri - Jurassic Park (1993)
Ken Ralston, George Murphy, Stephen Rosenbaum, Doug Chiang, and Allen Hall - Forrest Gump (1994)
Robert Legato, Michael Kanfer, Matt Sweeney, and Leslie Ekker - Apollo 13 (1995)
Stefen Fangmeier, John Frazier, Henry LaBounta, and Habib Zargarpour - Twister (1996)
Mark Stetson, Karen Goulekas, Nick Allder, Neil Corbould, and Nick Dudman - The Fifth Element (1997)
Stefen Fangmeier, Roger Guyett, and Neil Corbould - Saving Private Ryan (1998)
John Gaeta, Steve Courtley, Janek Sirrs, and Jon Thum - The Matrix (1999)
Stefen Fangmeier, John Frazier, Walt Conti, Habib Zargarpour, and Tim Alexander - The Perfect Storm (2000)

2001–present

Jim Rygiel, Richard Taylor, Alex Funke, Randall William Cook, 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)
Joe Letteri, Jim Rygiel, Randall William Cook, and Alex Funke - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
Karen Goulekas, Neil Corbould, Greg Strause, and Remo Balcells - The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
Joe Letteri, Christian Rivers, Brian Van't Hul, 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, Craig Barron, Nathan McGuinness, and Edson Williams - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham, and Andrew R. Jones - Avatar (2009)
Chris Corbould, Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, and Peter Bebb - Inception (2010)
Tim Burke, John Richardson, Greg Butler, and David Vickery - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011)
Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, and Erik-Jan de Boer - Life of Pi (2012)
Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk, Neil Corbould, and Nikki Penny - Gravity (2013)
Paul Franklin, Scott R. Fisher, Andrew Lockley, and Ian Hunter - Interstellar (2014)
Chris Corbould, Roger Guyett, Paul Kavanagh, and Neal Scanlan - Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
Robert Legato, Dan Lemmon, Andrew R. Jones, and Adam Valdez - The Jungle Book (2016)
Richard R. Hoover, Paul Lambert, Gerd Nefzer, and John Nelson - Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
Geoffrey Baumann, Jesse James Chisholm, Craig Hammack, and Dan Sudick - Black Panther (2018)
Greg Butler, Guillaume Rocheron, and Dominic Tuohy - 1917 (2019)
Scott R. Fisher, Andrew Jackson, and Andrew Lockley - Tenet (2020)
Brian Connor, Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, and Gerd Nefzer - Dune (2021)
Richard Baneham, Daniel Barrett, Joe Letteri and Eric Saindon - Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
Simon Hughes - Poor Things (2023)

v t e Nikola Tesla Satellite Award
George Lucas (2002) James Cameron (2003) Jerry Lewis (2004) Stan Winston (2005) Richard Donner (2006) Dennis Muren (2007) Rick Baker (2008) Roger Deakins (2009) Robert A. Harris (2010) Douglas Trumbull (2011) Walter Murch (2012) Garrett Brown (2013) Industrial Light & Magic (2014) Robert Rutherford and Jonathan Miller (2015) John Toll (2016) Robert Legato (2017) Kevin Baillie (2018) Joe Letteri (2019) Dick Pope (2020) Joan Collins Carey (2021) Ryan Tudhope (2022) Neil Corbould (2023)

Nikola Tesla Satellite Award

George Lucas (2002)
James Cameron (2003)
Jerry Lewis (2004)
Stan Winston (2005)
Richard Donner (2006)
Dennis Muren (2007)
Rick Baker (2008)
Roger Deakins (2009)
Robert A. Harris (2010)
Douglas Trumbull (2011)
Walter Murch (2012)
Garrett Brown (2013)
Industrial Light & Magic (2014)
Robert Rutherford and Jonathan Miller (2015)
John Toll (2016)
Robert Legato (2017)
Kevin Baillie (2018)
Joe Letteri (2019)
Dick Pope (2020)
Joan Collins Carey (2021)
Ryan Tudhope (2022)
Neil Corbould (2023)

v t e Satellite Award for Best Visual Effects
1990s	Volker Engel and Douglas Smith (1996) Ken Ralston (1997) Ellen Somers (1998) Jerome Chen, John Dykstra, Henry F. Anderson III, and Eric Allard (1999)
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)
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)
2020s	Scott R. Fisher and Andrew Jackson (2020) Brian Connor, Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, and Gerd Nefzer (2021) Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, Richie Baneham, and Daniel Barrett (2022) Simone Coco, Neil Corbould, Jeff Sutherland, and Alex Wuttke (2023)

v t e Saturn Award for Best Special Effects
1970s	Marcel Vercoutere (1972) Joe Dante and Mark Goldblatt (1973) Douglas Knapp, Bill Taylor, John Carpenter, and Dan O'Bannon (1974/75) L. B. Abbott (1976) John Dykstra and John Stears (1977) Colin Chilvers (1978) Douglas Trumbull, John Dykstra, and Richard Yuricich (1979)
1980s	Brian Johnson and Richard Edlund (1980) Richard Edlund (1981) Carlo Rambaldi and Dennis Muren (1982) Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, and Ken Ralston (1983) Chris Walas (1984) Kevin Pike (1985) Stan Winston, Robert Skotak and Dennis Skotak (1986) Peter Kuran, Phil Tippett, Rob Bottin, and Rocco Gioffre (1987) George Gibbs, Ken Ralston, and Richard Williams (1988) Ken Ralston (1989/90)
1990s	Stan Winston (1991) Ken Ralston, Tom Woodruff Jr., and Alec Gillis (1992) Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Phil Tippett, and Michael Lantieri (1993) John Bruno (1994) Stan Parks (1995) Volker Engel, Clay Pinney, Douglas Smith, and Joe Viskocil (1996) Phil Tippett, Scott E. Anderson, Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr., John Richardson (1997) Volker Engel, Patrick Tatopoulos, Karen E. Goulekas, and Clay Pinney (1998) Rob Coleman, John Knoll, Dennis Muren, and Scott Squires (1999)
2000s	Scott E. Anderson, Craig Hayes, Scott Stokdyk, and Stan Parks (2000) Dennis Muren, Scott Farrar, Stan Winston, Michael Lantieri (2001) Rob Coleman, Pablo Helman, John Knoll, and Ben Snow (2002) Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook, and Alex Funke (2003) John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara, and John Frazier (2004) Joe Letteri, Richard Taylor, Christian Rivers, and Brian Van't Hul (2005) John Knoll, Hal T. Hickel, Charles Gibson, and Allen Hall (2006) Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Russell Earl, and John Frazier (2007) Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Timothy Webber, and Paul J. Franklin (2008) Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham, and Andrew R. Jones (2009)
2010s	Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley, Paul J. Franklin, and Peter Bebb (2010) Dan Lemmon, Joe Letteri, R. Christopher White, and Daniel Barrett (2011) Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams, and Dan Sudick (2012) Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk, and Neil Corbould (2013) Paul J. Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter, and Scott R. Fisher (2014) Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Neal Scanlan, and Chris Corbould (2015) John Knoll, Mohen Leo, Hal Hickel, and Neil Corbould (2016) Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Jonathan Fawkner, and Dan Sudick (2017) Dan DeLeeuw, Matt Aitken, Russell Earl, and Dan Sudick (2018/19) Roger Guyett, Neal Scanlan, Patrick Tubach, and Dominic Tuohy (2019/20)
2020s	John “D.J.” Des Jardin, Bryan Hirota, Kevin Andrew Smith, and Mike Meinardus (2021/22) Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, and Daniel Barrett (2022/23)
Note: The years are listed as per convention, usually the year of film release; the ceremonies are usually held the next year.