James Cameron, directing "Titanic" (1997)
For me, when looking at this list of nearly fifty years of visual effects Oscar wins, I think one can see trends of the types of films (and directors) that make films that win the ultimate VFX award.
The Directors of Visual Effects Oscar Winning Films, 1977-2023
- 1977 - George Lucas, “Star Wars”
- 1978 - Richard Donner, “Superman”
- 1979 - Ridley Scott, “Alien”
- 1980 - Irvin Kershner, “The Empire Strikes Back”
- 1981 - Steven Spielberg, “Raiders of the Lost Ark”
- 1982 - Steven Spielberg, “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial”
- 1983 - Richard Marquand, “Return of the Jedi”
- 1984 - Steven Spielberg, “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom”
- 1985 - Ron Howard, “Cocoon”
- 1986 - James Cameron, “Aliens”
- 1987 - Joe Dante, “Innerspace”
- 1988 - Robert Zemeckis, “Who Framed Roger Rabbit”
- 1989 - James Cameron, “The Abyss”
- 1990 - Paul Verhoeven, “Total Recall”
- 1991 - James Cameron, “Terminator 2: Judgment Day”
- 1992 - Robert Zemeckis, “Death Becomes Her”
- 1993 - Steven Spielberg, “Jurassic Park”
- 1994 - Robert Zemeckis, “Forrest Gump”
- 1995 - Chris Noonan, “Babe”
- 1996 - Roland Emmerich, “Independence Day”
- 1997 - James Cameron, “Titanic”
- 1998 - Vincent Ward, “What Dreams May Come”
- 1999 - The Wachowskis, “The Matrix”
- 2000 - Ridley Scott, “Gladiator”
- 2001 - Peter Jackson, “The Fellowship of the Ring”
- 2002 - Peter Jackson, “The Two Towers”
- 2003 - Peter Jackson, “The Return of the King”
- 2004 - Sam Raimi, “Spider-Man 2”
- 2005 - Peter Jackson, “King Kong”
- 2006 - Gore Verbinski, “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest”
- 2007 - Chris Weitz, “The Golden Compass”
- 2008 - David Fincher, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
- 2009 - James Cameron, “Avatar”
- 2010 - Christopher Nolan, “Inception”
- 2011 - Martin Scorsese, “Hugo”
- 2012 - Ang Lee, “Life of Pi”
- 2013 - Alfonso Cuaron, “Gravity”
- 2014 - Christopher Nolan, “Interstellar”
- 2015 - Alex Garland, “Ex Machina”
- 2016 - Jon Favreau, “The Jungle Book”
- 2017 - Denis Villeneuve, “Blade Runner 2049”
- 2018 - Damien Chazelle, “First Man”
- 2019 - Sam Mendes, “1917”
- 2020 - Christopher Nolan, “Tenet”
- 2021 - Denis Villeneuve, “Dune”
- 2022 - James Cameron, “Avatar: The Way of Water”
- 2023 - Takashi Yamazaki, “Godzilla Minus One”
Steven Spielberg, directing "Raiders of the Lost Ark" (1981)
Directors with Multiple Wins
- 6 - James Cameron
- 4 - Steven Spielberg
- 4 - Peter Jackson
- 3 - Christopher Nolan
- 3 - Robert Zemeckis
- 2 - Ridley Scott
- 2 - Denis Villeneuve
Peter Jackson, directing "The Return of the King" (2003)
Directors with Visual Effects Experience
- 6 - James Cameron (artist, models, founded VFX company)
- 4 - Peter Jackson (founded VFX company)
- 1 - David Fincher (VFX artist)
- 1 - Gore Verbinski (VFX artist)
- 1 - Takashi Yamazaki (VFX supervisor)
- 1 - George Lucas (founded VFX company)
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