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Best Achievement in Visual Effects
Weekly Commentary (Updated March 7, 2024): “The Creator” has the advantage, but honesty, any film can win.
“Godzilla Minus One” is in the discussion and could be a cool choice for the Academy to make, similar to “Ex Machina.” However, don’t count out the power of Marvel Studios to give it the first win in this category with “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.”
Will Win: “The Creator” (Jay Cooper, Ian Comley, Andrew Roberts and Neil Corbould)
Could Win: “Godzilla Minus One” (Takashi Yamazaki, Kiyoko Shibuya, Masaki Takahashi and Tatsuji Nojima)
Should Win: “The Creator”
Should have been here: “Elemental” (Sanjay Bakshi, Stephen Marshall, Jon Reisch, Junyi Ling) and “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” (Michael Lasker, Alan Hawkins, Bret St. Clair, Pav Grochola)
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The 96th Oscars will be held on Sunday, March 10.
And the Nominees Are:
- “The Creator” (20th Century Studios) — Jay Cooper, Ian Comley, Andrew Roberts and Neil Corbould
- “Godzilla: Minus One” (Toho) — Takashi Yamazaki, Kiyoko Shibuya, Masaki Takahashi and Tatsuji Nojima
- “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” (Marvel Studios) — Stephane Ceretti, Alexis Wajsbrot, Guy Williams and Theo Bialek
- “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One” (Paramount Pictures) — Alex Wuttke, Simone Coco, Jeff Sutherland and Neil Corbould
- “Napoleon” (Apple Original Films/Sony Pictures) — Charley Henley, Luc-Ewen Martin-Fenouillet, Simone Coco and Neil Corbould
Eligible Titles (Alphabetized by Studio)**
- “Beau is Afraid” (A24)
- “Dream Scenario” (A24)
- “The Iron Claw” (A24)
- “Past Lives” (A24)
- “Priscilla” (A24)
- “Showing Up” (A24)
- “When You Finish Saving the World” (A24)
- “You Hurt My Feelings” (A24)
- “The Zone of Interest” (A24)
- “Air” (Amazon MGM Studios)
- “The Burial” (Amazon MGM Studios)
- “Cassandro” (Amazon MGM Studios)
- “Foe” (Amazon MGM Studios) — Jason Hawkins (VFX supervisor), Matthew Chance (head of 2D), Jordan McInnes (CG supervisor and rigging TD), Chris Gardner (FX TD)
- “Saltburn” (Amazon MGM Studios)
- “Fingernails” (Apple Original Films)
- “Flora and Son” (Apple Original Films)
- “Killers of the Flower Moon” (Apple Original Films/Paramount Pictures)
- “Napoleon” (Apple Original Films/Sony Pictures)
- “Across the River and Into the Trees” (Bleecker Street)
- “Golda” (Bleecker Street)
- “The Origin” (Bleecker Street)
- “Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken” (DreamWorks Animation)
- “Trolls Band Together” (DreamWorks Animation)
- “Asteroid City” (Focus Features)
- “Every Body” (Focus Features)
- “The Holdovers” (Focus Features)
- “A Thousand and One” (Focus Features)
- “The Boy and the Heron” (GKids)
- “BlackBerry” (IFC Films)
- “Monica” (IFC Films)
- “R.M.N.” (IFC Films)
- “The Taste of Things” (IFC Films/Sapan Studio)
- “Migration” (Illumination)
- “Flamin’ Hot” (Hulu/Searchlight Pictures)
- “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” (Illumination)
- “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret” (Lionsgate)
- “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” (Lionsgate)
- “John Wick Chapter 4” (Lionsgate)
- “Joy Ride” (Lionsgate)
- “Baby Ruby” (Magnet Releasing)
- “Little Richard: I Am Everything” (Magnolia Pictures)
- “Master Gardener” (Magnolia Pictures)
- “The Stones and Brian Jones” (Magnolia Pictures)
- “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quanumania” (Marvel Studios)
- “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” (Marvel Studios) — Stephane Ceretti, Alexis Wajsbrot, Guy Williams (visual effects supervisor), Dan Sudick (special effects supervisor)
- “The Marvels” (Marvel Studios)
- “Bottoms” (MGM/Orion) — Doug Stewart (visual effects supervisor)
- “The Boys in the Boat” (MGM) — Matt Kasmir (VFX supervisor)
- “Creed III” (MGM)
- “Landscape with Invisible Hand” (MGM)
- “American Fiction” (MGM)
- “The Eternal Memory” (MTV Documentary Films)
- “The Delinquents” (Mubi)
- “Fallen Leaves” (Mubi)
- “The Settlers” (Mubi)
- “Unclenching the Fists” (Mubi)
- “Anatomy of a Fall” (Neon)
- “Eileen” (Neon)
- “Ferrari” (Neon)
- “How to Blow Up a Pipeline” (Neon)
- “La Chimera” (Neon)
- “Longlegs” (Neon)
- “Mothers’ Instinct” (Neon)
- “Origin” (Neon)
- “Perfect Days” (Neon)
- “Robot Dreams” (Neon)
- “The Royal Hotel” (Neon)
- “American Symphony” (Netflix)
- “Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget” (Netflix)
- “The Deepest Breath” (Netflix)
- “El Conde” (Netflix)
- “Fair Play” (Netflix)
- “The Killer” (Netflix)
- “Leave the World Behind” (Netflix)
- “Leo” (Netflix)
- “May December” (Netflix)
- “Maestro” (Netflix)
- “The Magician’s Elephant” (Netflix)
- “Miraculous: Ladybug & Cat Noir: The Movie” (Netflix)
- “The Monkey King” (Netflix)
- “Nimona” (Netflix)
- “Nyad” (Netflix)
- “Pain Hustlers” (Netflix)
- “Rebel Moon” (Netflix)
- “Reptile” (Netflix)
- “Rustin” (Netflix)
- “Society of the Snow” (Netflix)
- “Stamped from the Beginning” (Netflix)
- “Dungeons & Dragons” (Paramount Pictures) — Ben Snow, Scott Benza, Khalid Almeerani, Sam Conway
- “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One” (Paramount Pictures) — Alex Wuttke, Simone Coco, Jeff Sutherland (visual effects supervisors), Neil Corbould (special effects supervisor)
- “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem” (Paramount Pictures) — Matthieu Rouxel (visual effects supervisor), Paul-Etienne Bourde (visual effects department supervisor), Giai Wong (visual effects department lead)
- “Transformers: Rise of the Beasts” (Paramount Pictures) — Gary Brozenich, Richard Little, Matt Aitken (visual effects supervisors), J.D. Schwalm (special effects supervisor)
- “Elemental” (Pixar) — Sanjay Bakshi (visual effects supervisor), Stephen Marshall, Jon Reisch (effects supervisors), Junyi Ling (character supervisor)
- “Black Ice” (Roadside Attractions)
- “Camp Hideout” (Roadside Attractions)
- “Dreamin’ Wild” (Roadside Attractions)
- “The Last Rider” (Roadside Attractions)
- “Moving On” (Roadside Attractions)
- “The Pod Generation” (Roadside Attractions/Vertical Entertainment)
- “Somewhere in Queens” (Roadside Attractions)
- “All of Us Strangers” (Searchlight Pictures)
- “Chevalier” (Searchlight Pictures)
- “Magazine Dreams” (Searchlight Pictures) **
- “Next Goal Wins” (Searchlight Pictures)
- “Poor Things” (Searchlight Pictures) — Simon Hughes (creative director)
- “Theater Camp” (Searchlight Pictures)
- “Dumb Money” (Sony Pictures)
- “The Equalizer 3” (Sony Pictures)
- “Gran Turismo” (Sony Pictures) — To be added
- “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” (Sony Pictures)
- “Freud’s Last Session” (Sony Pictures Classics)
- “A Little Prayer” (Sony Pictures Classics)
- “The Miracle Club” (Sony Pictures Classics)
- “Persian Version” (Sony Pictures Classics)
- “Shadya” (Sony Pictures Classics)
- “Shortcomings” (Sony Pictures Classics)
- “The Teachers’ Lounge” (Sony Pictures Classics)
- “They Shot the Piano Player” (Sony Pictures Classics)
- “Cocaine Bear” (Universal Pictures)
- “The Exorcist: Believer” (Universal Pictures)
- “Fast X” (Universal Pictures)
- “M3gan” (Universal Pictures)
- “Oppenheimer” (Universal Pictures)
- “She Came to Me” (Vertical Entertainment)
- “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom” (Warner Bros.)
- “Barbie” (Warner Bros.)
- “Blue Beetle” (Warner Bros.)
- “The Color Purple” (Warner Bros.)
- “The Flash” (Warner Bros.)
- “Wonka” (Warner Bros.)
- “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” (Walt Disney Pictures)
- “The Little Mermaid” (Walt Disney Pictures)
- “Wish” (Walt Disney Pictures)
2022 category winner: “Avatar: The Way of Water” (20th Century Studios) — Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, and Daniel Barrett
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