Oscar Winners (1927—present)

Note: The names of many categories have changed over the years. When the category had a different name at the time the Oscar was given, that name may appear in square brackets at the end of the listing. These notations are for reference only and may not be complete.

Best Cinematography

  • 2023
  • Oppenheimer — Hoyte van Hoytema
  • 2022
  • All Quiet on the Western Front — James Friend
  • 2021
  • Dune — Greig Fraser
  • 2020
  • Mank — Erik Messerschmidt
  • 2019
  • 1917 — Roger Deakins
  • 2018
  • Roma — Alfonso Cuarón
  • 2017
  • Blade Runner 2049 — Roger Deakins
  • 2016
  • La La Land — Linus Sandgren
  • 2014
  • Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) — Emmanuel Lubezki
  • 2013
  • Gravity — Emmanuel Lubezki
  • 2012
  • Life of Pi — Claudio Miranda
  • 2011
  • Hugo — Robert Richardson
  • 2010
  • Inception — Wally Pfister
  • 2009
  • Avatar — Mauro Fiore
  • 2008
  • Slumdog Millionaire — Anthony Dod Mantle
  • 2007
  • There Will Be Blood — Robert Elswit
  • 2006
  • Pan's Labyrinth — Guillermo Navarro
  • 2005
  • Memoirs of a Geisha — Dion Beebe
  • 2004
  • The Aviator — Robert Richardson
  • 2003
  • Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World — Russell Boyd
  • 2002
  • Road to Perdition — Conrad L. Hall
  • 2001
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring — Andrew Lesnie
  • 2000
  • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon — Peter Pau
  • 1999
  • American Beauty — Conrad L. Hall
  • 1998
  • Saving Private Ryan — Janusz Kaminski
  • 1997
  • Titanic — Russell Carpenter
  • 1996
  • The English Patient — John Seale
  • 1995
  • Braveheart — John Toll
  • 1994
  • Legends of the Fall — John Toll
  • 1993
  • Schindler's List — Janusz Kaminski
  • 1992
  • A River Runs through It — Philippe Rousselot
  • 1991
  • JFK — Robert Richardson
  • 1990
  • Dances With Wolves — Dean Semler
  • 1989
  • Glory — Freddie Francis
  • 1988
  • Mississippi Burning — Peter Biziou
  • 1987
  • The Last Emperor — Vittorio Storaro
  • 1986
  • The Mission — Chris Menges
  • 1985
  • Out of Africa — David Watkin
  • 1984
  • The Killing Fields — Chris Menges
  • 1983
  • Fanny & Alexander — Sven Nykvist
  • 1982
  • Gandhi — Ronnie Taylor, Billy Williams
  • 1981
  • Reds — Vittorio Storaro
  • 1980
  • Tess — Ghislain Cloquet, Geoffrey Unsworth
  • 1979
  • Apocalypse Now — Vittorio Storaro
  • 1978
  • Days of Heaven — Nestor Almendros
  • 1977
  • Close Encounters of the Third Kind — Vilmos Zsigmond
  • 1976
  • Bound for Glory — Haskell Wexler
  • 1975
  • Barry Lyndon — John Alcott
  • 1974
  • The Towering Inferno — Fred Koenekamp, Joseph Biroc
  • 1973
  • Cries and Whispers — Sven Nykvist
  • 1972
  • Cabaret — Geoffrey Unsworth
  • 1971
  • Fiddler on the Roof — Oswald Morris
  • 1970
  • Ryan's Daughter — Freddie Young
  • 1969
  • Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid — Conrad Hall
  • 1968
  • Romeo and Juliet — Pasqualino De Santis
  • 1967
  • Bonnie and Clyde — Burnett Guffey
  • 1966
  • Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? — Haskell Wexler [Best Cinematography, Black and White]
  • A Man for All Seasons — Ted Moore [Best Cinematography, Color]
  • 1965
  • Ship of Fools — Ernest Laszlo [Best Cinematography, Black and White]
  • Doctor Zhivago — Freddie Young [Best Cinematography, Color]
  • 1964
  • My Fair Lady — Harry Stradling [Best Cinematography, Color]
  • Zorba the Greek — Walter Lassally [Best Cinematography, Black and White]
  • 1963
  • Cleopatra — Leon Shamroy [Best Cinematography, Color]
  • Hud — James Wong Howe [Best Cinematography, Black and White]
  • 1962
  • Lawrence of Arabia — Fred A. Young [Best Cinematography, Color]
  • The Longest Day — Jean Bourgoin, Walter Wottitz [Best Cinematography, Black and White]
  • 1961
  • The Hustler — Eugen Shuftan [Best Cinematography, Black and White]
  • West Side Story — Daniel L. Fapp [Best Cinematography, Color]
  • 1960
  • Sons and Lovers — Freddie Francis [Best Cinematography, Black and White]
  • Spartacus — Russell Metty [Best Cinematography, Color]
  • 1959
  • Ben-Hur — Robert L. Surtees [Best Cinematography, Color]
  • The Diary of Anne Frank — William C. Mellor [Best Cinematography, Black and White]
  • 1958
  • The Defiant Ones — Sam Leavitt [Best Cinematography, Black and White]
  • Gigi — Joseph Ruttenberg [Best Cinematography, Color]
  • 1957
  • The Bridge on the River Kwai — Jack Hildyard
  • 1956
  • Around the World in 80 Days — Lionel Lindon [Best Cinematography, Color]
  • Somebody Up There Likes Me — Joseph Ruttenberg [Best Cinematography, Black and White]
  • 1955
  • The Rose Tattoo — James Wong Howe [Best Cinematography, Black and White]
  • To Catch a Thief — Robert Burks [Best Cinematography, Color]
  • 1954
  • On the Waterfront — Boris Kaufman [Best Cinematography, Black and White]
  • Three Coins in the Fountain — Milton Krasner [Best Cinematography, Color]
  • 1953
  • From Here to Eternity — Burnett Guffey [Best Cinematography, Black and White]
  • Shane — Loyal Griggs [Best Cinematography, Color]
  • 1952
  • The Bad and the Beautiful — Robert Surtees [Best Cinematography, Black and White]
  • The Quiet Man — Winton C. Hoch, Archie Stout [Best Cinematography, Color]
  • 1951
  • A Place in the Sun — William C. Mellor [Best Cinematography, Black and White]
  • An American in Paris — John Alton, Alfred Gilks [Best Cinematography, Color]
  • 1950
  • The Third Man — Robert Krasker [Best Cinematography, Black and White]
  • King Solomon's Mines — Robert Surtees [Best Cinematography, Color]
  • 1949
  • Battleground — Paul C. Vogel [Best Cinematography, Black and White]
  • She Wore a Yellow Ribbon — Winton Hoch [Best Cinematography, Color]
  • 1948
  • Joan of Arc — Winton Hoch, William V. Skall, Joseph Valentine [Best Cinematography, Color]
  • The Naked City — William Daniels [Best Cinematography, Black and White]
  • 1947
  • Great Expectations — Guy Green [Best Cinematography, Black and White]
  • Black Narcissus — Jack Cardiff [Best Cinematography, Color]
  • 1946
  • The Yearling — Arthur Arling, Leonard Smith, Charles Rosher [Best Cinematography, Color]
  • Anna and the King of Siam — Arthur Miller [Best Cinematography, Black and White]
  • 1945
  • Leave Her to Heaven — Leon Shamroy [Best Cinematography, Color]
  • The Picture of Dorian Gray — Harry Stradling [Best Cinematography, Black and White]
  • 1944
  • Wilson — Leon Shamroy [Best Cinematography, Color]
  • Laura — Joseph LaShelle [Best Cinematography, Black and White]
  • 1943
  • The Song of Bernadette — Arthur Miller [Best Cinematography, Black and White]
  • Phantom of the Opera — W. Howard Greene, Hal Mohr [Best Cinematography, Color]
  • 1942
  • Mrs. Miniver — Joseph Ruttenberg [Best Cinematography, Black and White]
  • The Black Swan — Leon Shamroy [Best Cinematography, Color]
  • 1941
  • How Green Was My Valley — Arthur Miller [Best Cinematography, Black and White]
  • Blood and Sand — Ray Rennahan, Ernest Palmer [Best Cinematography, Color]
  • 1940
  • Rebecca — George Barnes [Best Cinematography, Black and White]
  • The Thief of Bagdad — Georges Perinal [Best Cinematography, Color]
  • 1939
  • Gone with the Wind — Ray Rennahan, Ernest Haller [Best Cinematography, Color]
  • Wuthering Heights — Gregg Toland [Best Cinematography, Black and White]
  • 1938
  • The Great Waltz — Joseph Ruttenberg
  • 1937
  • The Good Earth — Karl Freund
  • 1936
  • Anthony Adverse — Gaetano Gaudio
  • 1935
  • A Midsummer Night's Dream — Hal Mohr
  • 1934
  • Cleopatra — Victor Milner
  • 1932/33
  • A Farewell to Arms — Charles Bryant Lang, Jr.
  • 1931/32
  • Shanghai Express — Lee Garmes
  • 1930/31
  • Tabu — Floyd Crosby
  • 1929/30
  • With Byrd at the South Pole — Willard Van Der Veer, Joseph T. Rucker
  • 1928/29
  • White Shadows in the South Seas — Clyde De Vinna
  • 1927/28
  • Sunrise — Charles Rosher
  • Sunrise — Karl Struss

Best Production Design

  • 2023
  • Poor Things — Zsuzsa Mihalek, Shona Heath, James Price
  • 2022
  • All Quiet on the Western Front — Christian M. Goldbeck, Ernestine Hipper
  • 2021
  • Dune — Zsuzsanna Sipos, Patrice Vermette
  • 2020
  • Mank — Donald Graham Burt, Jan Pascale
  • 2019
  • Once Upon a Time in Hollywood — Barbara Ling, Nancy Haigh
  • 2018
  • Black Panther — Hannah Beachler, Jay Hart
  • 2017
  • The Shape of Water — Shane Vieau, Paul Denham Austerberry, Jeff Melvin
  • 2016
  • La La Land — David Wasco, Sandy Reynolds-Wasco
  • Bridge of Spies — David Wasco, Sandy Reynolds-Wasco
  • 2015
  • Mad Max: Fury Road — Lisa Thompson, Colin Gibson
  • 2014
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel — Adam Stockhausen, Anna Pinnock
  • 2013
  • The Great Gatsby — Beverley Dunn, Catherine Martin
  • 2012
  • Lincoln — Jim Erickson, Rick Carter
  • 2011
  • Hugo — Francesca Lo Schiavo, Dante Ferretti [Best Art Direction]
  • 2010
  • Alice in Wonderland — Karen O'Hara, Robert Stromberg [Best Art Direction]
  • 2009
  • Avatar — Robert Stromberg, Kim Sinclair, Rick Carter [Best Art Direction]
  • 2008
  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button — Victor J. Zolfo, Donald Graham Burt [Best Art Direction]
  • 2007
  • Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street — Francesca Lo Schiavo, Dante Ferretti [Best Art Direction]
  • 2006
  • Pan's Labyrinth — Pilar Revuelta, Eugenio Caballero [Best Art Direction]
  • 2005
  • Memoirs of a Geisha — Gretchen Rau, John Myhre [Best Art Direction]
  • 2004
  • The Aviator — Francesca Lo Schiavo, Dante Ferretti [Best Art Direction]
  • 2003
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King — Alan Lee, Dan Hennah, Grant Major [Best Art Direction]
  • 2002
  • Chicago — Gordon Sim, John Myhre [Best Art Direction]
  • 2001
  • Moulin Rouge — Brigitte Broch, Catherine Martin [Best Art Direction]
  • 2000
  • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon — Tim Yip [Best Art Direction]
  • 1999
  • Sleepy Hollow — Rick Heinrichs, Peter Young [Best Art Direction]
  • 1998
  • Shakespeare in Love — Jill Quertier, Martin Childs [Best Art Direction]
  • 1997
  • Titanic — Michael Ford, Peter Lamont [Best Art Direction]
  • 1996
  • The English Patient — Stephenie McMillan, Stuart Craig [Best Art Direction]
  • 1995
  • Restoration — Eugenio Zanetti [Best Art Direction]
  • 1994
  • The Madness of King George — Carolyn Scott, Ken Adam [Best Art Direction]
  • 1993
  • Schindler's List — Ewa Braun, Allan Starski [Best Art Direction]
  • 1992
  • Howards End — Luciana Arrighi, Ian Whittaker [Best Art Direction]
  • 1991
  • Bugsy — Nancy Haigh, Dennis Gassner [Best Art Direction]
  • 1990
  • Dick Tracy — Rick Simpson, Richard Sylbert [Best Art Direction]
  • 1989
  • Batman — Anton Furst, Peter Young [Best Art Direction]
  • 1988
  • Dangerous Liaisons — Gerard James, Stuart Craig [Best Art Direction]
  • 1987
  • The Last Emperor — Ferdinando Scarfiotti, Osvaldo Desideri, Bruno Cesari [Best Art Direction]
  • 1986
  • A Room with a View — Elio Altamura, Brian Savegar, Brian Ackland-Snow, Gianni Quaranta [Best Art Direction]
  • 1985
  • Out of Africa — Stephen Grimes, Josie MacAvin [Best Art Direction]
  • 1984
  • Amadeus — Karel Cerny, Patrizia Von Brandenstein [Best Art Direction]
  • 1983
  • Fanny & Alexander — Anna Asp [Best Art Direction]
  • 1982
  • Gandhi — Bob Laing, Michael Seirton, Stuart Craig [Best Art Direction]
  • 1981
  • Raiders of the Lost Ark — Michael Ford, Leslie Dilley, Norman Reynolds [Best Art Direction]
  • 1980
  • Tess — Jack Stephens, Pierre Guffroy [Best Art Direction]
  • 1979
  • All That Jazz — Gary Brink, Tony Walton, Edward Stewart, Philip Rosenberg [Best Art Direction]
  • 1978
  • Heaven Can Wait — Edwin O'Donovan, Paul Sylbert, George Gaines [Best Art Direction]
  • 1977
  • Star Wars — Leslie Dilley, Roger Christian, John Barry, Norman Reynolds [Best Art Direction]
  • 1976
  • All the President's Men — George Jenkins, George Gaines [Best Art Direction]
  • 1975
  • Barry Lyndon — Roy Walker, Vernon Dixon, Ken Adam [Best Art Direction]
  • 1974
  • The Godfather Part II — Dean Tavoularis, George R. Nelson, Angelo Graham [Best Art Direction]
  • 1973
  • The Sting — James Payne, Henry Bumstead [Best Art Direction]
  • 1972
  • Cabaret — Rolf Zehetbauer, Jurgen Kiebach, Herbert Strabel [Best Art Direction]
  • 1971
  • Nicholas and Alexandra — Jack Maxsted, Ernest Archer, Gil Parrondo, Vernon Dixon, John Box [Best Art Direction]
  • 1970
  • Patton — Antonio Mateos, Gil Parrondo, Pierre-Louis Thevenet, Urie McCleary [Best Art Direction]
  • 1969
  • Hello, Dolly! — Raphael Bretton, Herman Blumenthal, John DeCuir, Walter M. Scott, Jack Martin Smith, George Hopkins [Best Art Direction]
  • 1968
  • Oliver! — Ken Muggleston, Vernon Dixon, Terence Marsh, John Box [Best Art Direction]
  • 1967
  • Camelot — John Truscott, John W. Brown, Edward Carrere [Best Art Direction]
  • 1966
  • Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? — Richard Sylbert, George James Hopkins [Best Art Direction]
  • Fantastic Voyage — Dale Hennesy, Stuart A. Reiss, Walter M. Scott, Jack Martin Smith [Best Art Direction]
  • 1965
  • Ship of Fools — Robert Clatworthy, Joseph Kish [Best Art Direction]
  • Doctor Zhivago — Terry Marsh, John Box, Dario Simoni [Best Art Direction]
  • 1964
  • My Fair Lady — Cecil Beaton, Gene Allen, George James Hopkins [Best Art Direction]
  • Zorba the Greek — Vassilis Fotopoulos [Best Art Direction]
  • 1963
  • Cleopatra — John DeCuir, Walter M. Scott, Jack Martin Smith, Paul S. Fox, Ray Moyer, Boris Juraga, Maurice Pelling, Herman Blumenthal, Hilyard Brown, Elven Webb [Best Art Direction]
  • America America — Gene Callahan [Best Art Direction]
  • 1962
  • Lawrence of Arabia — John Stoll, John Box, Dario Simoni [Best Art Direction]
  • To Kill a Mockingbird — Oliver Emert, Henry Bumstead, Alexander Golitzen [Best Art Direction]
  • 1961
  • The Hustler — Gene Callahan, Harry Horner [Best Art Direction]
  • West Side Story — Victor A. Gangelin, Boris Leven [Best Art Direction]
  • 1960
  • The Apartment — Alexander Trauner, Edward G. Boyle [Best Art Direction]
  • Spartacus — Eric Orbom, Julia Heron, Russell A. Gausman, Alexander Golitzen [Best Art Direction]
  • 1959
  • Ben-Hur — Edward Carfagno, Hugh Hunt, William A. Horning [Best Art Direction]
  • The Diary of Anne Frank — Lyle R. Wheeler, Stuart A. Reiss, Walter M. Scott, George W. Davis [Best Art Direction]
  • 1958
  • Gigi — Henry Grace, Keogh Gleason, Preston Ames, William A. Horning [Best Art Direction]
  • 1957
  • Sayonara — Ted Haworth, Robert Priestley [Best Art Direction]
  • 1956
  • The King and I — Lyle R. Wheeler, John DeCuir, Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox [Best Art Direction]
  • Somebody Up There Likes Me — F. Keogh Gleason, Malcolm F. Brown, Edwin B. Willis, Cedric Gibbons [Best Art Direction]
  • 1955
  • The Rose Tattoo — Tambi Larsen, Hal Pereira, Arthur Krams, Sam Comer [Best Art Direction]
  • Picnic — Jo Mielziner, Robert Priestley, William Flannery [Best Art Direction]
  • 1954
  • On the Waterfront — Richard Day [Best Art Direction]
  • 20,000 Leagues under the Sea — Emile Kuri, John Meehan [Best Art Direction]
  • 1953
  • Julius Caesar — Edward Carfagno, Hugh Hunt, Edwin B. Willis, Cedric Gibbons [Best Art Direction]
  • The Robe — Walter M. Scott, George W. Davis, Paul S. Fox, Lyle Wheeler [Best Art Direction]
  • 1952
  • The Bad and the Beautiful — Keogh Gleason, Edward Carfagno, Edwin B. Willis, Cedric Gibbons [Best Art Direction]
  • Moulin Rouge — Marcel Vertes, Paul Sheriff [Best Art Direction]
  • 1951
  • A Streetcar Named Desire — George James Hopkins, Richard Day [Best Art Direction]
  • An American in Paris — Keogh Gleason, Preston Ames, Edwin B. Willis, Cedric Gibbons [Best Art Direction]
  • 1950
  • Sunset Blvd. — Ray Moyer, Sam Comer, John Meehan, Hans Dreier [Best Art Direction]
  • Samson and Delilah — Walter Tyler, Ray Moyer, Sam Comer, Hans Dreier [Best Art Direction]
  • 1949
  • The Heiress — Harry Horner, Emile Kuri, John Meehan [Best Art Direction]
  • Little Women — Jack D. Moore, Paul Groesse, Edwin B. Willis, Cedric Gibbons [Best Art Direction]
  • 1948
  • Hamlet — Roger K. Furse, Carmen Dillon [Best Art Direction]
  • The Red Shoes — Hein Heckroth, Arthur Lawson [Best Art Direction]
  • 1947
  • Great Expectations — Wilfred Shingleton, John Bryan [Best Art Direction]
  • Black Narcissus — Alfred Junge, Alfred Junge [Best Art Direction]
  • 1946
  • The Yearling — Paul Groesse, Edwin B. Willis, Cedric Gibbons [Best Art Direction]
  • Anna and the King of Siam — Frank E. Hughes, Thomas Little, William Darling, Lyle Wheeler [Best Art Direction]
  • 1945
  • Blood on the Sun — A. Roland Fields, Wiard Ihnen [Best Art Direction]
  • Frenchman's Creek — Ernst Fegte, Sam Comer, Hans Dreier [Best Art Direction]
  • 1944
  • Gaslight — Paul Huldschinsky, William Ferrari, Edwin B. Willis, Cedric Gibbons [Best Art Direction]
  • Wilson — Thomas Little, Wiard Ihnen [Best Art Direction]
  • 1943
  • The Song of Bernadette — Thomas Little, William Darling, James Basevi [Best Art Direction]
  • Phantom of the Opera — Ira S. Webb, John B. Goodman, Russell A. Gausman, Alexander Golitzen [Best Art Direction]
  • 1942
  • This above All — Joseph Wright, Thomas Little, Richard Day [Best Art Direction]
  • My Gal Sal — Joseph Wright, Thomas Little, Richard Day [Best Art Direction]
  • 1941
  • Blossoms in the Dust — Urie McCleary, Edwin B. Willis, Cedric Gibbons [Best Art Direction]
  • How Green Was My Valley — Thomas Little, Nathan Juran, Richard Day [Best Art Direction]
  • 1940
  • Pride and Prejudice — Paul Groesse, Cedric Gibbons [Best Art Direction]
  • The Thief of Bagdad — Vincent Korda [Best Art Direction]
  • 1939
  • Gone with the Wind — Lyle Wheeler [Best Art Direction]
  • 1938
  • The Adventures of Robin Hood — Carl J. Weyl [Best Art Direction]
  • 1937
  • Lost Horizon — Stephen Goosson [Best Art Direction]
  • 1936
  • Dodsworth — Richard Day [Best Art Direction]
  • 1935
  • The Dark Angel — Richard Day [Best Art Direction]
  • 1934
  • The Merry Widow — Fredric Hope, Cedric Gibbons [Best Art Direction]
  • 1932/33
  • Cavalcade — William S. Darling [Best Art Direction]
  • 1931/32
  • Transatlantic — Gordon Wiles [Best Art Direction]
  • 1930/31
  • Cimarron — Max Rée [Best Art Direction]
  • 1929/30
  • King of Jazz — Herman Rosse [Best Art Direction]
  • 1928/29
  • The Bridge of San Luis Rey — Cedric Gibbons [Best Art Direction]
  • 1927/28
  • The Dove — William Cameron Menzies [Best Art Direction]
  • Tempest — William Cameron Menzies [Best Art Direction]

Best Costume Design

  • 2023
  • Poor Things — Holly Waddington
  • 2022
  • Black Panther: Wakanda Forever — Ruth Carter
  • 2021
  • Cruella — Jenny Beavan
  • 2020
  • Ma Rainey's Black Bottom — Ann Roth
  • 2019
  • Little Women — Jacqueline Durran
  • 2018
  • Black Panther — Ruth Carter
  • 2017
  • Phantom Thread — Mark Bridges
  • 2016
  • Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them — Colleen Atwood
  • 2015
  • Mad Max: Fury Road — Jenny Beavan
  • 2014
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel — Milena Canonero
  • 2013
  • The Great Gatsby — Catherine Martin
  • 2012
  • Anna Karenina — Jacqueline Durran
  • 2011
  • The Artist — Mark Bridges
  • 2010
  • Alice in Wonderland — Colleen Atwood
  • 2009
  • The Young Victoria — Sandy Powell
  • 2008
  • The Duchess — Michael O'Connor
  • 2007
  • Elizabeth: The Golden Age — Alexandra Byrne
  • 2006
  • Marie Antoinette — Milena Canonero
  • 2005
  • Memoirs of a Geisha — Colleen Atwood
  • 2004
  • The Aviator — Sandy Powell
  • 2003
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King — Richard Taylor, Ngila Dickson
  • 2002
  • Chicago — Colleen Atwood
  • 2001
  • Moulin Rouge — Angus Strathie, Catherine Martin
  • 2000
  • Gladiator — Janty Yates
  • 1999
  • Topsy-Turvy — Lindy Hemming
  • 1998
  • Shakespeare in Love — Sandy Powell
  • 1997
  • Titanic — Deborah L. Scott
  • 1996
  • The English Patient — Ann Roth
  • 1995
  • Restoration — James Acheson
  • 1994
  • The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert — Lizzy Gardiner, Tim Chappel
  • 1993
  • The Age of Innocence — Gabriella Pescucci
  • 1992
  • Bram Stoker's Dracula — Eiko Ishioka
  • 1991
  • Bugsy — Albert Wolsky
  • 1990
  • Cyrano de Bergerac — Franca Squarciapino
  • 1989
  • Henry V — Phyllis Dalton
  • 1988
  • Dangerous Liaisons — James Acheson
  • 1987
  • The Last Emperor — James Acheson
  • 1986
  • A Room with a View — Jenny Beavan, John Bright
  • 1985
  • Ran — Emi Wada
  • 1984
  • Amadeus — Theodor Pistek
  • 1983
  • Fanny & Alexander — Marik Vos
  • 1982
  • Gandhi — Bhanu Athaiya, John Mollo
  • 1981
  • Chariots of Fire — Milena Canonero
  • 1980
  • Tess — Anthony Powell
  • 1979
  • All That Jazz — Albert Wolsky
  • 1978
  • Death on the Nile — Anthony Powell
  • 1977
  • Star Wars — John Mollo
  • 1976
  • Fellini's Casanova — Danilo Donati
  • 1975
  • Barry Lyndon — Milena Canonero, Ulla-Britt Soderlund
  • 1974
  • The Great Gatsby — Theoni V. Aldredge
  • 1973
  • The Sting — Edith Head
  • 1972
  • Travels with My Aunt — Anthony Powell
  • 1971
  • Nicholas and Alexandra — Antonio Castillo, Yvonne Blake
  • 1970
  • Cromwell — Nino Novarese
  • 1969
  • Anne of the Thousand Days — Margaret Furse
  • 1968
  • Romeo and Juliet — Danilo Donati
  • 1967
  • Camelot — John Truscott
  • 1966
  • Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? — Irene Sharaff
  • A Man for All Seasons — Joan Bridge, Elizabeth Haffenden
  • 1965
  • Darling — Julie Harris
  • Doctor Zhivago — Phyllis Dalton
  • 1964
  • My Fair Lady — Cecil Beaton
  • The Night of the Iguana — Dorothy Jeakins
  • 1963
  • Cleopatra — Irene Sharaff, Renie, Vittorio Nino Novarese
  • Federico Fellini's 8-1/2 — Piero Gherardi
  • 1962
  • What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? — Norma Koch
  • The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm — Mary Wills
  • 1961
  • La Dolce Vita — Piero Gherardi
  • West Side Story — Irene Sharaff
  • 1960
  • The Facts of Life — Edward Stevenson, Edith Head
  • Spartacus — Bill Thomas, Valles
  • 1959
  • Ben-Hur — Elizabeth Haffenden
  • Some Like It Hot — Orry-Kelly
  • 1958
  • Gigi — Cecil Beaton
  • 1957
  • Les Girls — Orry-Kelly
  • 1956
  • The King and I — Irene Sharaff [Best Costume Design, Color]
  • The Solid Gold Cadillac — Jean Louis [Best Costume Design, Black-and-White]
  • 1955
  • I'll Cry Tomorrow — Helen Rose [Best Costume Design, Black-and-White]
  • Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing — Charles LeMaire [Best Costume Design, Color]
  • 1954
  • Sabrina — Edith Head [Best Costume Design, Black-and-White]
  • Gate of Hell — Sanzo Wada [Best Costume Design, Color]
  • 1953
  • The Robe — Emile Santiago, Charles LeMaire [Best Costume Design, Color]
  • Roman Holiday — Edith Head [Best Costume Design, Black-and-White]
  • 1952
  • The Bad and the Beautiful — Helen Rose [Best Costume Design, Black-and-White]
  • Moulin Rouge — Marcel Vertes [Best Costume Design, Color]
  • 1951
  • A Place in the Sun — Edith Head [Best Costume Design, Black-and-White]
  • An American in Paris — Irene Sharaff, Orry-Kelly, Walter Plunkett [Best Costume Design, Color]
  • 1950
  • All about Eve — Charles LeMaire, Edith Head [Best Costume Design, Black-and-White]
  • Samson and Delilah — Gwen Wakeling, Elois Jenssen, Dorothy Jeakins, Gile Steele, Edith Head [Best Costume Design, Color]
  • 1949
  • The Heiress — Gile Steele, Edith Head [Best Costume Design, Black-and-White]
  • The Adventures of Don Juan — Travilla, Leah Rhodes, Marjorie Best [Best Costume Design, Color]
  • 1948
  • Hamlet — Roger K. Furse [Best Costume Design, Black-and-White]
  • Joan of Arc — Dorothy Jeakins, Karinska [Best Costume Design, Color]

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Note: These are the competitive award winners only. In 1964 & 1968 ,Honorary Oscars were awarded for special achievements in makeup.

  • 2023: Poor Things — Mark Coulier, Nadia Stacey, Josh Weston
  • 2022: The Whale — Adrien Morot, Anne Marie Bradley, Judy Chin
  • 2021: The Eyes of Tammy Faye — Stephanie Ingram, Linda Dowds, Justin Raleigh
  • 2020: Ma Rainey's Black Bottom — Jamika Wilson, Mia Neal, Sergio López-Rivera
  • 2019: Bombshell — Kazu Hiro, Anne Morgan, Vivian Baker
  • 2018: Vice — Greg Cannom, Patricia DeHaney, Kate Biscoe
  • 2017: Darkest Hour — Kazuhiro Tsuji, Lucy Sibbick, David Malinowski
  • 2016: Suicide Squad — Alessandro Bertolazzi, Giorgio Gregorini, Christopher Nelson
  • 2015: Mad Max: Fury Road — Damian Martin, Elka Wardega, Lesley Vanderwalt
  • 2014: The Grand Budapest Hotel — Mark Coulier, Frances Hannon
  • 2013: Dallas Buyers Club — Robin Mathews, Adruitha Lee
  • 2012: Les Misérables — Lisa Westcott, Julie Dartnell
  • 2011: The Iron Lady — Mark Coulier, J. Roy Helland [Best Makeup]
  • 2010: The Wolfman — Rick Baker, Dave Elsey [Best Makeup]
  • 2009: Star Trek — Joel Harlow, Mindy Hall, Barney Burman [Best Makeup]
  • 2008: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button — Greg Cannom [Best Makeup]
  • 2007: La Vie en Rose — Didier Lavergne, Jan Archibald [Best Makeup]
  • 2006: Pan's Labyrinth — Montse Ribé, David Martí [Best Makeup]
  • 2005: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe — Howard Berger, Tami Lane [Best Makeup]
  • 2004: Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events — Bill Corso, Valli O'Reilly [Best Makeup]
  • 2003: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King — Richard Taylor, Peter King [Best Makeup]
  • 2002: Frida — John Jackson, Beatrice De Alba [Best Makeup]
  • 2001: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring — Peter Owen, Richard Taylor [Best Makeup]
  • 2000: Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas — Rick Baker, Gail Ryan [Best Makeup]
  • 1999: Topsy-Turvy — Trefor Proud, Christine Blundell [Best Makeup]
  • 1998: Elizabeth — Jenny Shircore [Best Makeup]
  • 1997: Men in Black — Rick Baker, David LeRoy Anderson [Best Makeup]
  • 1996: The Nutty Professor — Rick Baker, David LeRoy Anderson [Best Makeup]
  • 1995: Braveheart — Peter Frampton, Paul Pattison, Lois Burwell [Best Makeup]
  • 1994: Ed Wood — Rick Baker, Ve Neill, Yolanda Toussieng [Best Makeup]
  • 1993: Mrs. Doubtfire — Ve Neill, Greg Cannom, Yolanda Toussieng [Best Makeup]
  • 1992: Bram Stoker's Dracula — Michèle Burke, Greg Cannom, Matthew W. Mungle [Best Makeup]
  • 1991: Terminator 2: Judgment Day — Stan Winston, Jeff Dawn [Best Makeup]
  • 1990: Dick Tracy — Doug Drexler, John Caglione, Jr. [Best Makeup]
  • 1989: Driving Miss Daisy — Kevin Haney, Manlio Rocchetti, Lynn Barber [Best Makeup]
  • 1988: Beetlejuice — Steve La Porte, Robert Short, Ve Neill [Best Makeup]
  • 1987: Harry and the Hendersons — Rick Baker [Best Makeup]
  • 1986: The Fly — Stephan Dupuis, Chris Walas [Best Makeup]
  • 1985: Mask — Michael Westmore, Zoltan Elek [Best Makeup]
  • 1984: Amadeus — Paul LeBlanc, Dick Smith [Best Makeup]
  • 1982: Quest for Fire — Sarah Monzani, Michèle Burke [Best Makeup]
  • 1981: An American Werewolf in London — Rick Baker [Best Makeup]

Best Film Editing

  • 2023: Oppenheimer — Jennifer Lame
  • 2022: Everything Everywhere All at Once — Paul Rogers
  • 2021: Dune — Joe Walker
  • 2020: Sound of Metal — Mikkel E. G. Nielsen
  • 2019: Ford v Ferrari — Michael McCusker, Andrew Buckland
  • 2018: Bohemian Rhapsody — John Ottman
  • 2017: Dunkirk — Lee Smith
  • 2016: Hacksaw Ridge — John Gilbert
  • 2015: Mad Max: Fury Road — Margaret Sixel
  • 2014: Whiplash — Tom Cross
  • 2013: Gravity — Mark Sanger, Alfonso Cuarón
  • 2012: Argo — William Goldenberg
  • 2011: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo — Angus Wall, Kirk Baxter
  • 2010: The Social Network — Angus Wall, Kirk Baxter
  • 2009: The Hurt Locker — Bob Murawski, Chris Innis
  • 2008: Slumdog Millionaire — Chris Dickens
  • 2007: The Bourne Ultimatum — Christopher Rouse
  • 2006: The Departed — Thelma Schoonmaker
  • 2005: Crash — Hughes Winborne
  • 2004: The Aviator — Thelma Schoonmaker
  • 2003: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King — Jamie Selkirk
  • 2002: Chicago — Martin Walsh
  • 2001: Black Hawk Down — Pietro Scalia
  • 2000: Traffic — Stephen Mirrione
  • 1999: The Matrix — Zach Staenberg
  • 1998: Saving Private Ryan — Michael Kahn
  • 1997: Titanic — Richard A. Harris, Conrad Buff, James Cameron
  • 1996: The English Patient — Walter Murch
  • 1995: Apollo 13 — Mike Hill, Dan Hanley
  • 1994: Forrest Gump — Arthur Schmidt
  • 1993: Schindler's List — Michael Kahn
  • 1992: Unforgiven — Joel Cox
  • 1991: JFK — Joe Hutshing, Pietro Scalia
  • 1990: Dances With Wolves — Neil Travis
  • 1989: Born on the Fourth of July — David Brenner, Joe Hutshing
  • 1988: Who Framed Roger Rabbit — Arthur Schmidt
  • 1987: The Last Emperor — Gabriella Cristiani
  • 1986: Platoon — Claire Simpson
  • 1985: Witness — Thom Noble
  • 1984: The Killing Fields — Jim Clark
  • 1983: The Right Stuff — Lisa Fruchtman, Tom Rolf, Glenn Farr, Stephen A. Rotter, Douglas Stewart
  • 1982: Gandhi — John Bloom
  • 1981: Raiders of the Lost Ark — Michael Kahn
  • 1980: Raging Bull — Thelma Schoonmaker
  • 1979: All That Jazz — Alan Heim
  • 1978: The Deer Hunter — Peter Zinner
  • 1977: Star Wars — Marcia Lucas, Richard Chew, Paul Hirsch
  • 1976: Rocky — Richard Halsey, Scott Conrad
  • 1975: Jaws — Verna Fields
  • 1974: The Towering Inferno — Harold F. Kress, Carl Kress
  • 1973: The Sting — William Reynolds
  • 1972: Cabaret — David Bretherton
  • 1971: The French Connection — Jerry Greenberg
  • 1970: Patton — Hugh S. Fowler
  • 1969: Z — Françoise Bonnot
  • 1968: Bullitt — Frank P. Keller
  • 1967: In the Heat of the Night — Hal Ashby
  • 1966: Grand Prix — Stewart Linder, Fredric Steinkamp, Henry Berman, Frank Santillo
  • 1965: The Sound of Music — William Reynolds
  • 1964: Mary Poppins — Cotton Warburton
  • 1963: How the West Was Won — Harold F. Kress
  • 1962: Lawrence of Arabia — Anne Coates
  • 1961: West Side Story — Thomas Stanford
  • 1960: The Apartment — Daniel Mandell
  • 1959: Ben-Hur — Ralph E. Winters, John D. Dunning
  • 1958: Gigi — Adrienne Fazan
  • 1957: The Bridge on the River Kwai — Peter Taylor
  • 1956: Around the World in 80 Days — Paul Weatherwax, Gene Ruggiero
  • 1955: Picnic — Charles Nelson, William A. Lyon
  • 1954: On the Waterfront — Gene Milford
  • 1953: From Here to Eternity — William Lyon
  • 1952: High Noon — Harry Gerstad, Elmo Williams
  • 1951: A Place in the Sun — William Hornbeck
  • 1950: King Solomon's Mines — Conrad A. Nervig, Ralph E. Winters
  • 1949: Champion — Harry Gerstad
  • 1948: The Naked City — Paul Weatherwax
  • 1947: Body and Soul — Francis Lyon, Robert Parrish
  • 1946: The Best Years of Our Lives — Daniel Mandell
  • 1945: National Velvet — Robert J. Kern
  • 1944: Wilson — Barbara McLean
  • 1943: Air Force — George Amy
  • 1942: The Pride of the Yankees — Daniel Mandell
  • 1941: Sergeant York — William Holmes
  • 1940: North West Mounted Police — Anne Bauchens
  • 1939: Gone with the Wind — James E. Newcom, Hal C. Kern
  • 1938: The Adventures of Robin Hood — Ralph Dawson
  • 1937: Lost Horizon — Gene Milford, Gene Havlick
  • 1936: Anthony Adverse — Ralph Dawson
  • 1935: A Midsummer Night's Dream — Ralph Dawson
  • 1934: Eskimo — Conrad Nervig

Best Sound

  • 2023
  • The Zone of Interest — Tarn Willers, Johnnie Burn
  • 2022
  • Top Gun: Maverick — James H. Mather, Al Nelson, Mark Taylor, Chris Burdon, Mark Weingarten
  • 2021
  • Dune — Theo Green, Mac Ruth, Ron Bartlett, Doug Hemphill, Mark Mangini
  • 2020
  • Sound of Metal — Michelle Couttolenc, Jaime Baksht, Carlos Cortés, Phillip Bladh, Nicolas Becker
  • 2019
  • 1917 — Mark Taylor, Stuart Wilson [Best Sound Mixing]
  • Ford v Ferrari — Donald Sylvester [Best Sound Editing]
  • 2018
  • Bohemian Rhapsody — John Warhurst, Nina Hartstone [Best Sound Editing]
  • Bohemian Rhapsody — John Casali, Tim Cavagin, Paul Massey [Best Sound Mixing]
  • 2017
  • Dunkirk — Alex Gibson, Richard King [Best Sound Editing]
  • Dunkirk — Mark Weingarten, Gary A. Rizzo, Gregg Landaker [Best Sound Mixing]
  • 2016
  • Hacksaw Ridge — Robert Mackenzie, Peter Grace, Andy Wright, Kevin O'Connell [Best Sound Mixing]
  • Arrival — Sylvain Bellemare [Best Sound Editing]
  • Sully — Robert Mackenzie, Peter Grace, Andy Wright, Kevin O'Connell [Best Sound Mixing]
  • 2015
  • Mad Max: Fury Road — David White, Mark Mangini [Best Sound Editing]
  • Mad Max: Fury Road — Ben Osmo, Gregg Rudloff, Chris Jenkins [Best Sound Mixing]
  • 2014
  • American Sniper — Bub Asman, Alan Robert Murray [Best Sound Editing]
  • Whiplash — Thomas Curley, Ben Wilkins, Craig Mann [Best Sound Mixing]
  • 2013
  • Gravity — Christopher Benstead, Niv Adiri, Skip Lievsay, Chris Munro [Best Sound Mixing]
  • Gravity — Glenn Freemantle [Best Sound Editing]
  • 2012
  • Les Misérables — Simon Hayes, Mark Paterson, Andy Nelson [Best Sound Mixing]
  • Zero Dark Thirty — Paul N.J. Ottosson [Best Sound Editing]
  • Skyfall — Karen Baker Landers, Per Hallberg [Best Sound Editing]
  • 2011
  • Hugo — John Midgley, Tom Fleischman [Best Sound Mixing]
  • Hugo — Philip Stockton, Eugene Gearty [Best Sound Editing]
  • 2010
  • Inception — Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo, Ed Novick [Best Sound Mixing]
  • Inception — Richard King [Best Sound Editing]
  • 2009
  • The Hurt Locker — Ray Beckett, Paul N.J. Ottosson [Best Sound Mixing]
  • The Hurt Locker — Paul N.J. Ottosson [Best Sound Editing]
  • 2008
  • The Dark Knight — Richard King [Best Sound Editing]
  • Slumdog Millionaire — Resul Pookutty, Richard Pryke, Ian Tapp [Best Sound Mixing]
  • 2007
  • The Bourne Ultimatum — Kirk Francis, Scott Millan, David Parker [Best Sound Mixing]
  • The Bourne Ultimatum — Karen Baker Landers, Per Hallberg [Best Sound Editing]
  • 2006
  • Dreamgirls — Bob Beemer, Michael Minkler, Willie Burton [Best Sound Mixing]
  • Letters from Iwo Jima — Bub Asman, Alan Robert Murray [Best Sound Editing]
  • 2005
  • King Kong — Michael Hedges, Hammond Peek, Michael Semanick, Christopher Boyes [Best Sound Mixing]
  • King Kong — Mike Hopkins, Ethan Van der Ryn [Best Sound Editing]
  • 2004
  • Ray — Steve Cantamessa, Greg Orloff, Scott Millan, Bob Beemer [Best Sound Mixing]
  • The Incredibles — Michael Silvers, Randy Thom [Best Sound Editing]
  • 2003
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King — Michael Hedges, Hammond Peek, Michael Semanick, Christopher Boyes [Best Sound Mixing]
  • Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World — Richard King [Best Sound Editing]
  • 2002
  • Chicago — Dominick Tavella, David Lee, Michael Minkler
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers — Michael Hopkins, Ethan Van der Ryn [Best Sound Editing]
  • 2001
  • Black Hawk Down — Myron Nettinga, Chris Munro, Michael Minkler
  • Pearl Harbor — Christopher Boyes, George Watters II [Best Sound Editing]
  • 2000
  • Gladiator — Ken Weston, Scott Millan, Bob Beemer
  • U-571 — Jon Johnson [Best Sound Editing]
  • 1999
  • The Matrix — Gregg Rudloff, John Reitz, David Lee, David Campbell
  • The Matrix — Dane A. Davis [Best Sound Effects Editing]
  • 1998
  • Saving Private Ryan — Gary Rydstrom, Ronald Judkins, Andy Nelson, Gary Summers
  • Saving Private Ryan — Gary Rydstrom, Richard Hymns [Best Sound Effects Editing]
  • 1997
  • Titanic — Gary Rydstrom, Mark Ulano, Tom Johnson, Gary Summers
  • Titanic — Tom Bellfort, Christopher Boyes [Best Sound Effects Editing]
  • 1996
  • The English Patient — David Parker, Mark Berger, Walter Murch, Chris Newman
  • The Ghost and the Darkness — Bruce Stambler [Best Sound Effects Editing]
  • 1995
  • Apollo 13 — Rick Dior, Scott Millan, Steve Pederson, David MacMillan
  • Braveheart — Per Hallberg, Lon Bender [Best Sound Effects Editing]
  • 1994
  • Speed — David R. B. MacMillan, Bob Beemer, Gregg Landaker, Steve Maslow
  • Speed — Stephen Hunter Flick [Best Sound Effects Editing]
  • 1993
  • Jurassic Park — Gary Rydstrom, Ron Judkins, Shawn Murphy, Gary Summers
  • Jurassic Park — Gary Rydstrom, Richard Hymns [Best Sound Effects Editing]
  • 1992
  • The Last of the Mohicans — Doug Hemphill, Mark Smith, Chris Jenkins, Simon Kaye
  • Bram Stoker's Dracula — David E. Stone, Tom C. McCarthy [Best Sound Effects Editing]
  • 1991
  • Terminator 2: Judgment Day — Gary Rydstrom, Tom Johnson, Lee Orloff, Gary Summers
  • Terminator 2: Judgment Day — Gary Rydstrom, Gloria S. Borders [Best Sound Effects Editing]
  • 1990
  • Dances With Wolves — Greg Watkins, Bill W. Benton, Jeffrey Perkins, Russell Williams II
  • The Hunt for Red October — George Watters II, Cecelia Hall [Best Sound Effects Editing]
  • 1989
  • Glory — Gregg C. Rudloff, Russell Williams II, Elliot Tyson, Donald O. Mitchell
  • Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade — Ben Burtt, Richard Hymns [Best Sound Effects Editing]
  • 1988
  • Bird — Vern Poore, Willie D. Burton, Dick Alexander, Les Fresholtz
  • Who Framed Roger Rabbit — Louis L. Edemann, Charles L. Campbell [Best Sound Effects Editing]
  • 1987
  • The Last Emperor — Ivan Sharrock, Bill Rowe
  • 1986
  • Platoon — Charles 'Bud' Grenzbach, Richard Rogers, Simon Kaye, John K. Wilkinson
  • Aliens — Don Sharpe [Best Sound Effects Editing]
  • 1985
  • Out of Africa — Peter Handford, Larry Stensvold, Gary Alexander, Chris Jenkins
  • Back to the Future — Robert Rutledge, Charles L. Campbell [Best Sound Effects Editing]
  • 1984
  • Amadeus — Tom Scott, Todd Boekelheide, Mark Berger, Chris Newman
  • 1983
  • The Right Stuff — Randy Thom, Tom Scott, David MacMillan, Mark Berger
  • The Right Stuff — Jay Boekelheide [Best Sound Effects Editing]
  • 1982
  • E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial — Don Digirolamo, Robert Glass, Robert Knudson, Gene Cantamessa
  • E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial — Ben Burtt, Charles L. Campbell [Best Sound Effects Editing]
  • 1981
  • Raiders of the Lost Ark — Gregg Landaker, Steve Maslow, Bill Varney, Roy Charman
  • 1980
  • The Empire Strikes Back — Peter Sutton, Gregg Landaker, Steve Maslow, Bill Varney
  • 1979
  • Apocalypse Now — Nat Boxer, Richard Beggs, Mark Berger, Walter Murch
  • 1978
  • The Deer Hunter — Darin Knight, William McCaughey, Aaron Rochin, Richard Portman
  • 1977
  • Star Wars — Derek Ball, Bob Minkler, Ray West, Don MacDougall
  • 1976
  • All the President's Men — Jim Webb, Dick Alexander, Arthur Piantadosi, Les Fresholtz
  • 1975
  • Jaws — John Carter, Roger Heman, Robert L. Hoyt, Earl Madery
  • 1974
  • Earthquake — Melvin Metcalfe, Sr., Ronald Pierce
  • 1973
  • The Exorcist — Chris Newman, Robert Knudson
  • 1972
  • Cabaret — Robert Knudson, David Hildyard
  • 1971
  • Fiddler on the Roof — David Hildyard, Gordon K. McCallum
  • 1970
  • Patton — Douglas Williams, Don Bassman
  • 1969
  • Hello, Dolly! — Murray Spivack, Jack Solomon
  • 1968
  • Oliver! — Shepperton Studio Sound Department
  • 1967
  • In the Heat of the Night — Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department
  • The Dirty Dozen — John Poyner [Best Sound Effects]
  • 1966
  • Grand Prix — Franklin E. Milton, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department
  • Grand Prix — Gordon Daniel [Best Sound Effects]
  • 1965
  • The Sound of Music — James P. Corcoran, Fred Hynes, Todd-AO Sound Department, 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department
  • The Great Race — Tregoweth Brown [Best Sound Effects]
  • 1964
  • My Fair Lady — George R. Groves, Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department
  • Goldfinger — Norman Wanstall [Best Sound Effects]
  • 1963
  • How the West Was Won — Franklin E. Milton, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department
  • It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World — Walter G. Elliott [Best Sound Effects]
  • 1962
  • Lawrence of Arabia — Shepperton Studio Sound Department, John Cox
  • 1961
  • West Side Story — Gordon E. Sawyer, Fred Hynes, Todd-AO Sound Department, Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department
  • 1960
  • The Alamo — Gordon E. Sawyer, Fred Hynes, Todd-AO Sound Department, Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department
  • 1959
  • Ben-Hur — Franklin E. Milton, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department
  • 1958
  • South Pacific — Fred Hynes, Todd-AO Sound Department
  • 1957
  • Sayonara — Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, George Groves [Best Sound Recording]
  • 1956
  • The King and I — Carl Faulkner, 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department [Best Sound Recording]
  • 1955
  • Oklahoma! — Fred Hynes, Todd-AO Sound Department [Best Sound Recording]
  • 1954
  • The Glenn Miller Story — Leslie I. Carey, Universal-International Studio Sound Department [Best Sound Recording]
  • 1953
  • From Here to Eternity — John P. Livadary, Columbia Studio Sound Department [Best Sound Recording]
  • 1952
  • Breaking the Sound Barrier — London Film Sound Department [Best Sound Recording]
  • 1951
  • The Great Caruso — Douglas Shearer, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department [Best Sound Recording]
  • 1950
  • All about Eve — 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton [Best Sound Recording]
  • 1949
  • Twelve O'Clock High — 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton [Best Sound Recording]
  • 1948
  • The Snake Pit — 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton [Best Sound Recording]
  • 1947
  • The Bishop's Wife — Gordon Sawyer, Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department [Best Sound Recording]
  • 1946
  • The Jolson Story — John Livadary, Columbia Studio Sound Department [Best Sound Recording]
  • 1945
  • The Bells of St. Mary's — Stephen Dunn, RKO Radio Studio Sound Department [Best Sound Recording]
  • 1944
  • Wilson — 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, E. H. Hansen [Best Sound Recording]
  • 1943
  • This Land Is Mine — Stephen Dunn, RKO Radio Studio Sound Department [Best Sound Recording]
  • 1942
  • Yankee Doodle Dandy — Nathan Levinson, Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department [Best Sound Recording]
  • 1941
  • That Hamilton Woman — Jack Whitney, General Service Sound Department [Best Sound Recording]
  • 1940
  • Strike Up the Band — Douglas Shearer, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department [Best Sound Recording]
  • 1939
  • When Tomorrow Comes — Bernard B. Brown, Universal Studio Sound Department [Best Sound Recording]
  • 1938
  • The Cowboy and the Lady — Thomas T. Moulton, United Artists Studio Sound Department [Best Sound Recording]
  • 1937
  • The Hurricane — Thomas T. Moulton, United Artists Studio Sound Department [Best Sound Recording]
  • 1936
  • San Francisco — Douglas Shearer, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department [Best Sound Recording]
  • 1935
  • Naughty Marietta — Douglas Shearer, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department [Best Sound Recording]
  • 1934
  • One Night of Love — John Livadary, Columbia Studio Sound Department [Best Sound Recording]
  • 1932/33
  • A Farewell to Arms — Paramount Studio Sound Department, Franklin B. Hansen [Best Sound Recording]
  • 1931/32
  • 1930/31
  • 1929/30
  • The Big House — Douglas Shearer, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department [Best Sound Recording]

Best Visual Effects

  • 2023: Godzilla Minus One — Kiyoko Shibuya, Masaki Takahashi, Takashi Yamazaki, Tatsuji Nojima
  • 2022: Avatar: The Way of Water — Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Daniel Barrett, Eric Saindon
  • 2021: Dune — Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, Brian Connor and Gerd Nefzer
  • 2020: Tenet — Andrew Jackson, Scott R. Fisher, David Lee and Andrew Lockley
  • 2019: 1917 — Greg Butler, Guillaume Rocheron, Dominic Tuohy
  • 2018: First Man — Ian Hunter, Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, J.D. Schwalm
  • 2017: Blade Runner 2049 — Richard R. Hoover, John Nelson, Paul Lambert, Gerd Nefzer
  • 2016: The Jungle Book — Robert Legato, Andrew R. Jones, Dan Lemmon, Adam Valdez
  • 2015: Ex Machina — Paul Norris, Mark Ardington, Sara Bennett, Andrew Whitehurst
  • 2014: Interstellar — Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Scott Fisher, Ian Hunter
  • 2013: Gravity — Neil Corbould, Tim Webber, David Shirk, Chris Lawrence
  • 2012: Life of Pi — Bill Westenhofer, Erik-Jan De Boer, Guillaume Rocheron, Donald R. Elliott
  • 2011: Hugo — Rob Legato, Ben Grossmann, Alex Henning, Joss Williams
  • 2010: Inception — Chris Corbould, Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Peter Bebb
  • 2009: Avatar — Stephen Rosenbaum, Joe Letteri, Andrew R. Jones, Richard Baneham
  • 2008: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button — Craig Barron, Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton
  • 2007: The Golden Compass — Michael Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris, Trevor Wood
  • 2006: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest — Allen Hall, Charles Gibson, John Knoll, Hal Hickel
  • 2005: King Kong — Richard Taylor, Joe Letteri, Brian Van't Hul, Christian Rivers
  • 2004: Spider-Man 2 — John Dykstra, John Frazier, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara
  • 2003: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King — Alex Funke, Jim Rygiel, Randall William Cook, Joe Letteri
  • 2002: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers — Alex Funke, Jim Rygiel, Randall William Cook, Joe Letteri
  • 2001: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring — Mark Stetson, Jim Rygiel, Randall William Cook, Richard Taylor
  • 2000: Gladiator — Rob Harvey, John Nelson, Neil Corbould, Tim Burke
  • 1999: The Matrix — Steve Courtley, Jon Thum, Janek Sirrs, John Gaeta
  • 1998: What Dreams May Come — Joel Hynek, Stuart Robertson, Kevin Mack, Nicholas Brooks
  • 1997: Titanic — Thomas L. Fisher, Robert Legato, Michael Kanfer, Mark Lasoff
  • 1996: Independence Day — Clay Pinney, Douglas Smith, Joseph Viskocil, Volker Engel
  • 1995: Babe — John Cox, Scott E. Anderson, Charles Gibson, Neal Scanlan
  • 1994: Forrest Gump — Ken Ralston, Allen Hall, George Murphy, Stephen Rosenbaum
  • 1993: Jurassic Park — Dennis Muren, Phil Tippett, Stan Winston, Michael Lantieri
  • 1992: Death Becomes Her — Ken Ralston, Doug Chiang, Doug Smythe, Tom Woodruff, Jr.
  • 1991: Terminator 2: Judgment Day — Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Robert Skotak, Gene Warren, Jr.
  • 1990: Total Recall — Rob Bottin, Tim McGovern, Alex Funke, Eric Brevig
  • 1989: The Abyss — Dennis Muren, John Bruno, Hoyt Yeatman, Dennis Skotak
  • 1988: Who Framed Roger Rabbit — Richard Williams, Ken Ralston, George Gibbs, Edward Jones
  • 1987: Innerspace — Dennis Muren, William George, Kenneth Smith, Harley Jessup
  • 1986: Aliens — Stan Winston, Robert Skotak, John Richardson, Suzanne Benson
  • 1985: Cocoon — Ken Ralston, Ralph McQuarrie, Scott Farrar, David Berry
  • 1984: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom — Dennis Muren, Michael McAlister, George Gibbs, Lorne Peterson
  • 1982: E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial — Carlo Rambaldi, Dennis Muren, Kenneth F. Smith
  • 1981: Raiders of the Lost Ark — Richard Edlund, Bruce Nicholson, Joe Johnston, Kit West
  • 1979: Alien — Carlo Rambaldi, Nick Allder, Denys Ayling, H.R. Giger, Brian Johnson
  • 1977: Star Wars — John Stears, Robert Blalack, John Dykstra, Richard Edlund, Grant McCune
  • 1971: Bedknobs and Broomsticks — Eustace Lycett, Danny Lee, Alan Maley [Best Special Visual Effects]
  • 1970: Tora! Tora! Tora! — L. B. Abbott, A. D. Flowers [Best Special Visual Effects]
  • 1969: Marooned — Robbie Robertson [Best Special Visual Effects]
  • 1968: 2001: A Space Odyssey — Stanley Kubrick [Best Special Visual Effects]
  • 1967: Doctor Dolittle — L. B. Abbott [Best Special Visual Effects]
  • 1966: Fantastic Voyage — Art Cruickshank [Best Special Visual Effects]
  • 1965: Thunderball — John Stears [Best Special Visual Effects]
  • 1964: Mary Poppins — Eustace Lycett, Hamilton Luske, Peter Ellenshaw [Best Special Visual Effects]
  • 1963: Cleopatra — Emil Kosa, Jr. [Best Special Effects]
  • 1962: The Longest Day — Robert MacDonald, Jacques Maumont [Best Special Effects]
  • 1961: The Guns of Navarone — Bill Warrington, Vivian C. Greenham [Best Special Effects]
  • 1960: The Time Machine — Tim Baar, Gene Warren [Best Special Effects]
  • 1959: Ben-Hur — A. Arnold Gillespie, Robert MacDonald, Milo Lory [Best Special Effects]
  • 1958: tom thumb — Tom Howard [Best Special Effects]
  • 1957: The Enemy Below — Walter Rossi [Best Special Effects]
  • 1956: The Ten Commandments — John Fulton [Best Special Effects]
  • 1955: The Bridges at Toko-Ri — Paramount Studio [Best Special Effects]
  • 1954: 20,000 Leagues under the Sea — Walt Disney Studios [Best Special Effects]
  • 1953: The War of the Worlds — Paramount Studio [Best Special Effects]
  • 1952: Plymouth Adventure — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [Best Special Effects]
  • 1951: When Worlds Collide — Paramount [Best Special Effects]
  • 1950: Destination Moon — George Pal Productions [Best Special Effects]
  • 1949: Mighty Joe Young — ARKO Productions [Best Special Effects]
  • 1948: Portrait of Jennie — Paul Eagler, James G. Stewart, Clarence Slifer, Charles Freeman, Russell Shearman, J. McMillan Johnson [Best Special Effects]
  • 1947: Green Dolphin Street — Douglas Shearer, A. Arnold Gillespie, Warren Newcombe, Michael Steinore [Best Special Effects]
  • 1946: Blithe Spirit — Thomas Howard [Best Special Effects]
  • 1945: Wonder Man — John Fulton, Arthur W. Johns [Best Special Effects]
  • 1944: Thirty Seconds over Tokyo — Douglas Shearer, A. Arnold Gillespie, Warren Newcombe, Donald Jahraus [Best Special Effects]
  • 1943: Crash Dive — Fred Sersen, Roger Heman [Best Special Effects]
  • 1942: Reap the Wild Wind — Farciot Edouart, Gordon Jennings, Louis Mesenkop, William L. Pereira [Best Special Effects]
  • 1941: I Wanted Wings — Farciot Edouart, Gordon Jennings, Louis Mesenkop [Best Special Effects]
  • 1940: The Thief of Bagdad — Lawrence Butler, Jack Whitney [Best Special Effects]
  • 1939: The Rains Came — E. H. Hansen, Fred Sersen [Best Special Effects]
  • 1927/28: Wings — Roy Pomeroy [Best Engineering Effects]