Saturn Award for Best Special Effects

Year Recipients Film Stan Winston (Industrial Light & Magic, Fantasy II Film Effects, 4-Ward Productions) Terminator 2: Judgment Day Richard Yuricich, Kevin Yagher (Video Image) Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey Syd Dutton, Bill Taylor, Gene Warren Jr. (Illusion Arts Inc.) Frankenstein Unbound Stan Winston, Joel Hynek (R/Greenberg Associates Inc.) Predator 2 Ken Ralston (Industrial Light & Magic) The Rocketeer (Perpetual Motion Pictures, Dream Quest Images) Warlock Ken Ralston, Tom Woodruff Jr., Alec Gillis (Industrial Light & Magic) Death Becomes Her Alan Munro (Visual Concept Engineering (VCE), Alterian, Inc., David Miller Creations) The Addams Family George Gibbs, Richard Edlund, Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr. Alien 3 Richard Taylor, Bob McCarron Braindead (Dead Alive) Roman Coppola Bram Stoker’s Dracula Frank Ceglia, Paul Haines, Tom Ceglia The Lawnmower Man Bruce Nicholson, Ned Gorman (Industrial Light & Magic) Memoirs of an Invisible Man Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Phil Tippett, Michael Lantieri Jurassic Park Michael J. McAlister, Kimberly Nelson LoCascio Demolition Man (Pacific Data Images (PDI), 4-Ward Productions) Heart and Souls (Buena Vista Visual Effects, Matte World Digital, Rhythm & Hues) Hocus Pocus John E. Sullivan (Sony Pictures Imageworks [us], Boss Film Studios, Fantasy II Film Effects, Visual Concept Engineering (VCE), The Baer Animation Company Inc.) Last Action Hero Ariel Velasco-Shaw, Eric Leighton, Gordon Baker The Nightmare Before Christmas Richard Edlund Solar Crisis John Bruno (Digital Domain) True Lies Andrew Mason (International Creative Effects) The Crow Ken Ralston (Industrial Light & Magic) Forrest Gump (Illusion Arts Inc., Fantasy II Film Effects, Visual Concept Engineering) The Shadow Jeffrey A. Okun, Patrick Tatopoulos Stargate Gregory L. McMurry Timecop Stan Parks (Industrial Light & Magic, Amalgamated Dynamics) Jumanji John Dykstra, Thomas L. Fisher, Andrew Adamson, Eric Durst Batman Forever Scott Farrar, Stan Winston, Michael Lantieri (Industrial Light & Magic) Congo Eric Brevig (Industrial Light & Magic) The Indian in the Cupboard Joel Hynek (Mass. Illusions LLC) Judge Dredd Richard Edlund, Steve Johnson Species Volker Engel, Clay Pinney, Douglas Smith, Joe Viskocil Independence Day Scott Squires, Phil Tippett, James Straus, Kit West Dragonheart Wes Takahashi, Charlie McClellan, Richard Taylor The Frighteners Jim Mitchell, Michael L. Fink, David Andrews, Michael Lantieri (Industrial Light & Magic, Warner Digital Studios) Mars Attacks! John Knoll (Industrial Light & Magic) Star Trek: First Contact Stefen Fangmeier, John Frazier, Habib Zargarpour, Henry LaBounta Twister Phil Tippett, Scott E. Anderson, Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr., John Richardson Starship Troopers Pitof, Erik Henry, Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr. Alien Resurrection Ken Ralston, Stephen Rosenbaum, Jerome Chen, Mark Holmes Contact Karen E. Goulekas, Mark Stetson The Fifth Element Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Michael Lantieri, Randy Dutra The Lost World: Jurassic Park Eric Brevig, Peter Chesney, Rob Coleman, Rick Baker Men in Black Volker Engel, Patrick Tatopoulos, Karen E. Goulekas, Clay Pinney Godzilla Pat McClung, Richard R. Hoover, John Frazier Armageddon Andrew Mason, Mara Bryan, Peter Doyle, Tom Davies Dark City Angus Bickerton Lost in Space Rick Baker, Hoyt Yeatman, Allen Hall, Jim Mitchell Mighty Joe Young Roger Guyett, Stefen Fangmeier, Neil Corbould Saving Private Ryan Rob Coleman, John Knoll, Dennis Muren, Scott Squires Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace Stan Winston, Bill George, Kim Bromley, Robert Stadd Galaxy Quest John Gaeta, Janek Sirrs, Steve Courtley, Jon Thum The Matrix John Andrew Berton Jr., Daniel Jeannette, Ben Snow, Chris Corbould The Mummy Jim Mitchell, Joss Williams, Kevin Yagher, Mark S. Miller Sleepy Hollow John Dykstra, Henry F. Anderson III, Jerome Chen, Eric Allard Stuart Little