Statistics are valid through the 2003 (76th)
Academy Awards, presented on February 29, 2004
[NOTE: Special Effects
was a regular competitive category from 1939 - 1962. For the 1963 (36th)
Awards, the category was discontinued and replaced by two categories,
one for Sound Editing and one for Visual Effects.]
MOST NOMINATIONS
([#] indicates number of awards)
14
Dennis Muren [8]
10
Richard Edlund [4]
7
Ken Ralston [5]
6
John Bruno [1]
6
Phil Tippett [2]
6
Stan Winston [3]
5
John Frazier [0]
5
Michael Lantieri [1]
4
L. B. Abbott [4]
4
John Dykstra [1]
4
Glen Robinson [4]
MOST AWARDS
([#] indicates number of nominations)
8
Dennis Muren [14]
5
Ken Ralston [7]
4
L. B. Abbott [4]
4
Richard Edlund [10]
4
Glen Robinson [4]
3
Randall William Cook [3]
3
Alex Funke [3]
3
Carlo Rambaldi [3]
3
Jim Rygiel [3]
3
Stan Winston [6]
2
A. D. Flowers [3]
2
George Gibbs [3]
2
Brian Johnson [3]
2
Joe Letteri [2]
2
Eustace Lycett [3]
2
Bruce Nicholson [3]
2
Robert Skotak [2]
2
Kenneth F. Smith [2]
2
John Stears [2]
2
Phil Tippett [6]
2
Albert Whitlock [3]