Academy Special Achievement Award
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Special Achievement Award is an Academy Award given for an achievement which makes an exceptional contribution to the motion picture for which it was created, but for which there is no annual award category. Such award shall only be conferred, however, for achievements in productions which also qualify as an eligible release for distinguished achievements and meet the Academy's eligibility year and deadlines requirements.
- 1972: The Poseidon Adventure – L. B. Abbott, A. D. Flowers (visual effects)
- 1974: Earthquake – Frank Brendel, Glen Robinson, Albert Whitlock (visual effects)
- 1975: The Hindenburg – Peter Berkos (sound effects)
- 1975: The Hindenburg – Albert Whitlock, Glen Robinson (visual effects)
- 1976: King Kong – Carlo Rambaldi, Glen Robinson, Frank van der Veer (visual effects)
- 1976: Logan's Run – L. B. Abbott, Glen Robinson, Matthew Yuricich (visual effects)
- 1977: Star Wars – Ben Burtt (creation of the alien, creature, and robot voices)
- 1977: Close Encounters of the Third Kind – Frank Warner (sound effects editing)
- 1978: Superman – Les Bowie, Colin Chilvers, Denys Coop, Roy Field, Derek Meddings, Zoran Perisic (visual effects)
- 1979: The Black Stallion – Alan Splet (sound editing)
- 1980: The Empire Strikes Back – Brian Johnson, Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, Bruce Nicholson (visual effects)
- 1981: Raiders of the Lost Ark – Ben Burtt, Richard Anderson (sound effects editing)
- 1983: Return of the Jedi – Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, Ken Ralston, Phil Tippett (visual effects)
- 1984: The River – Kay Rose (sound effects editing)
- 1987: RoboCop – Stephen Flick, John Pospisil (sound effects editing)
- 1988: Who Framed Roger Rabbit – Richard Williams (animation direction)
- 1990: Total Recall – Eric Brevig, Rob Bottin, Tim McGovern, Alex Funke (visual effects)
- 1995: Toy Story – John Lasseter (first feature-length computer-animated film)
