The AACTA Award for Best Visual Effects or Animation (previously Best Visual Effects) is an award presented by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) for achievements in visual effects in film, television, documentary and short film. The award was first presented by the Australian Film Institute (AFI) at the Australian Film Institute Awards (commonly known as the AFI Awards) in 2006, and continued until 2010, prior to the establishment of the Academy. In 2014 the award for Best Visual Effects was renamed Best Visual Effects or Animation. Additionally, this category is now open to any film, television or documentary production, regardless of geography, which has had 100% of its visual effects and animation created in Australia.
Winners and nominees In the following table, winners are listed first, in boldface and highlighted in gold; those listed below the winner that are not in boldface or highlighted are the nominees.Winners and nominees by year: 2006: 2007: 2008: 2009: 2010:
Year Nominee(s) Production AFI Awards 2006(48th) Rose Draper and Mike Seymour Hunt Angels Phil Stuart-Jones Kokoda Simon Rippingale, Tim Richter and Nina Gibbs Unfolding Florence - The Many Lives of Florence Broadhurst Barry Lanfranchi, James Maclachlan and Vanessa Magyar Wicked Science 2007(49th) Andrew Hellen, Dave Morley, Jason Bath and John Cox Rogue David Rutherford, Reigy Skwarko, Paul Siciliano and Delon Govender Air Australia Kirsty Millar and Chad Malbon Crocodile Dreaming Mike Seymour Spider 2008(50th) Barry Lanfranchi H2O: Just Add Water James Rogers Death Defying Acts Doug Bayne, Adam MacGowan, Michael Blake and Bill McGuire Double the Fist Matthew Graham and Steve Anderson Gabriel 2009(51st) Chris Godfrey, James E. Price, Andy Brown and Rob Duncan Australia Matt Drummond and Mike Dunn Death of the Megabeasts Sandy Widyanata, Eric So, Mathew Mackereth and Christopher Jackson Plastic Bertrand Polivka and Soren Jensen Scorched 2010(52nd) Peter Spierig, Michael Spierig, Rangi Sutton, James Rogers and Randy Vellacott Daybreakers Dave Morley, Felix Crawshaw, Claudia Lecaros and Tim Walker The Tree Wil Manning Tinglewood Chris Godfrey, Sigi Eimutis, Dave Morley and Tony Cole Tomorrow, When the War Began Scott Zero Cloudstreet AACTA Awards 2011(1st) Grant Freckelton Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole Lara Robinson Cloudstreet David Booth, Peter Webb, Ineke Majoor and Glenn Melenhorst Sanctum Felix Crawshaw and James Rogers The Hunter 2012(2nd) Samuli Torssonen, Jussi Lehtiniemi, Juuso Kaari, Kelly Lee Myers Iron Sky Ineke Majoor, Julian Dimsey Killer Elite James Rogers The Sapphires Kylie Robertson, Rebecca Stegh Utopia Girls 2013(3rd) Chris Godfrey, Prue Fletcher, Tony Cole, Andy Brown The Great Gatsby 2014(4th) Chris McKay, Amber Naismith, Aidan Sarsfield and Grant Freckelton The Lego Movie Will Reichelt, Luke Hetherington and Emmanuel Blasset Walking with Dinosaurs David Booth, Prue Fletcher, Marc Varisco and Adam Paschke The Water Diviner Richard Stammers, Blondel Aidoo, Cameron Waldbauer, Tim Crosbie and Adam Paschke X-Men: Days of Future Past 2015(5th) Andrew Jackson, Holly Radcliffe, Dan Oliver, Andy Williams, Tom Wood and Fiona Crawford Mad Max: Fury Road Christopher Townsend, Ryan Stafford, Paul Butterworth and Matt Estela Avengers: Age of Ultron Chas Jarrett, Dan Barrow, Mark Holt, Marc Varisco and Alana Newell Pan Glenn Melenhorst and Ineke Majoor Ted 2 2016(6th) Joe Bauer, Steve Kullback, Glenn Melenhorst and Ineke Majoor Game of Thrones (Season 6), episode 9: "Battle of the Bastards" (Showcase)|- | Joe Bauer, Steve Kullback, Sam Conway, Hubert Maston and Anthony Smith | Game of Thrones, episode 10: "(The Winds of Winter)" |- | Eric Durst, Jack Geist, Andrew Hellen, James Whitlam and Julian Dimsey | Gods of Egypt |- | John Dykstra, Matt Sloan, Blondel Aidoo, Stephen Hamilton, Tim Crosbie and Dennis Jones | X-Men: Apocalypse |- |rowspan=4| 2017(7th) | style="background:#ffff80;"| Joe Bauer, Steve Kullback, Glenn Melenhorst, Ineke Majoor, Josh Simmonds| style="background:#ffff80;"| Game of Thrones (Season 7), episode 4: "The Spoils of War" (Showcase)|- | Jason Billington, James Whitlam, Linda Luong | Deepwater Horizon |- | Brendan Seals, Steven Swanson, Raphael A. Pimentel, Andrew Zink | Doctor Strange |- | Rob Coleman, Amber Naismith, Miles Green, Damien Gray, Craig Welsh | The Lego Batman Movie |- |rowspan=4| 2018(8th) | style="background:#ffff80;"| Jason Bath, Brian Lynch, Matt Middleton, Simon Pickard, Will Reichelt, Peter Stubbs, Simon Whiteley| style="background:#ffff80;"| Peter Rabbit Michael Perdew, Raphael A. Pimentel, Brendan Seals, Andrew Zink Black Panther Fiona Chilton, Matt Everitt, Gregory Jowle, Kim Taylor, Simon Whiteley The Lego Ninjago Movie Kate Bernauer, Aevar Bjarnason, Matt Daly, Jonathan Dearing, Angelo Sahin Upgrade 2019(9th) Brendan Seals, Michael Perdew, Andrew Zink, Adam Gailey Spider-Man: Far From Home Kelvin McIlwain, Kimberly Nelson LoCascio, Josh Simmonds, David Nelson Aquaman Chris Townsend, Damien Carr, Paul Butterworth, Greg Jowle Captain Marvel Richard Stammers, Hal Couzens, Hayley Williams, Dennis Jones, Corinne Teng Dumbo Jonathan Dearing, Chris Spry I Am Mother 2020(10th) Tim Crosbie, Joy Wu, Jason Troughton, Tom Wood, Julian Hutchens The Eight Hundred Olivier Dumont, Kathy Siegel, Malte Sarnes, Mark Byers, Matt Grieg Ford v Ferrari Jonathan Dearing, Marcus Bolton, Matt Ebb, Aevar Bjarnason The Invisible Man Jimmy Uddo, Nicholas Brooks, Josh Simmonds, Ineke Majoor It Chapter Two Thomas Elder-Groebe, Mark Breakspear, Glenn Melenhorst, Ineke Majoor Jumanji: The Next Level 2021(11th) Matt Middleton, Simon Pickard, Simon Whiteley, Jason Bath & Will Reichelt Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway Jim Berney, Jake Morrison, J.D. Schwalm, Jamie Macdougall, Marla Henshaw, Malte Sarnes Jungle Cruise Chris Godfrey, Prue Fletcher, Avi Goodman, Nick TripodiMortal Kombat Dennis Jones, Dan Bethell, Chris Godfrey, Prue Fletcher, Peter Stubbs Nathan Ortiz, Damien Carr, Christopher Townsend & Josh Simmonds Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings 2022(12th) Tom Wood, Fiona Crawford, Julian Hutchens, Joshua Simmonds & Adam Hammond Elvis Sharna Hackett, Feargal Stewart, Christian So, Miles Green & Etienne Marc DC League of Super-Pets Kelly Port, Julia Neighly, Brendan Seals & Kilou Picard Spider-Man: No Way Home Jake Morrison, Lisa Marra, Dan Oliver, Dan Bethell & Ian Cope Thor: Love and Thunder Paul Butterworth, Eric Whipp, Jason Bath, Roy Malhi, Chris Spry, Alastair Stephen & Chris Davies Three Thousand Years of Longing 2023(13th) Andrew Whitehurst, Kathy Siegel, Alistair Williams, Julian Hutchens & Ian Cope Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny Jesse James Chisholm, Fiona Campbell Westgate, Jamie Macdougall, Rachel Copp & Paul Corbould Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania Kirsten Lepore, Brad Winderbaum, Raphael de Almeida Pimentel & Adam Goins I Am Groot (Season 2) Sophie Byrne, Tania Vincent, Ricard Cussó & Nathan Jurevicius Scarygirl Jason Hawkins, Mark Millar, Martina Joison, Flavia Riley & Matthew Chance Wolf Like Me 2024(14th) Luke Millar, Andy Taylor, Craig Young, and Tim Walker Better Man Nelson Sepulveda-Fauser, Jhon Alvarado, Alé Melendez, Sebastian Ravagnani, Nicolas Caillier Alien: Romulus Andrew Jackson, Jason Bath, Guido Wolter, Rachel Copp, Andy Williams Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga Matt Sloan, Chris McClintock, Matt Greig, Rachel Copp, Dan Oliver The Fall Guy Frazer Churchill, Fiona Chilton, Stephen King, Feargal Stewart, Alex Popescu Transformers One 2025(15th) Jeff Capogreco, Alex Popescu, Jhon Alvarado, Tomasz Wachnik, Kacy McDonald Tron: Ares Glenn Melenhorst, Dom Hellier, Nathan Ortiz, Nicholas Tripodi, Teresa Mathew How to Train Your Dragon Michael Ralla, James Alexander, Rachel Copp, Guido Wolter, Donnie Dean Sinners David Dally, Ilona Blyth, Matt Middleton, Stephen King, Nicolas Caillier Superman Genevieve Camilleri, Larry Van Duynhoven, Josh Simmonds, Jeremy Pronk, Steve Oakley Together
See also AACTA Awards
References
External links The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Official website