Special Achievement Academy Award facts for kids
The Special Achievement Award was a special Oscar given to people who did something amazing in a movie. It was for achievements that were super important but didn't fit into the regular yearly award categories. Think of it as a special prize for something truly unique and groundbreaking!
This award was given out from 1972 until 1995. It recognized incredible work in areas like visual effects, sound, and even animation. These were often things that pushed the boundaries of filmmaking at the time.
Award Winners: Special Movie Achievements
This table shows the talented people who received the Special Achievement Oscar. They were honored for their amazing contributions to movies. The award started in 1972 and celebrated many different kinds of movie magic.
| Year | Winner(s) | Achievement | Film |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 (45th) | L. B. Abbott A. D. Flowers |
Visual Effects (how things look on screen, like explosions or monsters) | The Poseidon Adventure |
| 1974 (47th) | Frank Brendel Glen Robinson Albert Whitlock |
Earthquake | |
| 1975 (48th) | Peter Berkos | Sound Effects (the sounds you hear, like crashes or whispers) | The Hindenburg |
| Albert Whitlock Glen Robinson |
Visual Effects | ||
| 1976 (49th) | Carlo Rambaldi Glen Robinson Frank Van der Veer |
King Kong | |
| L. B. Abbott Glen Robinson Matthew Yuricich |
Logan's Run | ||
| 1977 (50th) | Ben Burtt | Alien, Creature and Robot Voices | Star Wars |
| Frank Warner | Sound Effects Editing (making sure all the sounds fit perfectly) | Close Encounters of the Third Kind | |
| 1978 (51st) | Les Bowie Colin Chilvers Denys Coop Roy Field Derek Meddings Zoran Perisic |
Visual Effects | Superman |
| 1979 (52nd) | Alan Splet | Sound Editing | The Black Stallion |
| 1980 (53rd) | Brian Johnson Richard Edlund Dennis Muren Bruce Nicholson |
Visual Effects | The Empire Strikes Back |
| 1981 (54th) | Ben Burtt Richard L. Anderson |
Sound Effects Editing | Raiders of the Lost Ark |
| 1983 (56th) | Richard Edlund Dennis Muren Ken Ralston Phil Tippett |
Visual Effects | Return of the Jedi |
| 1984 (57th) | Kay Rose | Sound Effects Editing | The River |
| 1987 (60th) | Stephen Hunter Flick John Pospisil |
RoboCop | |
| 1988 (61st) | Richard Williams | Animation Direction (how animated characters move and act) | Who Framed Roger Rabbit |
| 1990 (63rd) | Eric Brevig Rob Bottin Tim McGovern Alex Funke |
Visual Effects | Total Recall |
| 1995 (68th) | John Lasseter | First Feature-Length Computer-Animated Movie | Toy Story |
| 2017 (90th) | Alejandro González Iñárritu | Virtual Reality (a computer-generated world you can explore) | Flesh and Sand |
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