Visual effects have come a long way since Star Wars took home the first Academy Award for Best Visual Effects in A look at every Visual Effects Oscar winner since the award’s inception.
When imagination becomes reality…
Universal 1996: Babe
20th Century Fox 1997: Independence Day
20th Century Fox 1998: Titanic
Universal 1999: What Dreams May Come
Warner Bros. 2000: The Matrix
DreamWorks 2001: Gladiator
Warner Bros. 2002: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Warner Bros. 2003: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Warner Bros. 2004: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Columbia 2005: Spider-Man 2
Universal 2006: King Kong
Disney 2007: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Warner Bros. 2008: The Golden Compass
Paramount 2009: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
20th Century Fox 2010: Avatar
Warner Bros. 2011: Inception
Paramount 2012: Hugo
20th Century Fox 2013: Life of Pi
Warner Bros. 2014: Gravity
Oscars 2015: 'Interstellar' Wins Best Visual Effects Interstellar took home the Academy Award for best special effects. The film beat out Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, X-Men: Days of Future Past and Guardians of the Galaxy to take home the Oscar.
Paramount 2015: Interstellar