ILM Project Awards
Star Wars (1977)
Win:
Best Special Effects -
Saturn Award
Nominees: John Dykstra and John Stears
Awarded: January 14, 1978 (The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films)
Star Wars (1977)
Win:
Best Achievement in Visual Effects -
Academy Award (Oscar)
Awarded: April 03, 1978 (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences)
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Win:
Best Special Effects -
Saturn Award
Nominees: Richard Edlund and Brian Johnson
Awarded: January 01, 1981 (The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films)
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Win:
Best Achievement in Visual Effects -
Academy Award (Oscar)
Awarded: March 31, 1981 (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Win:
Best Achievement in Visual Effects -
Academy Award (Oscar)
Awarded: March 29, 1982 (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences)
Dragonslayer (1981)
Nomination:
Best Achievement in Visual Effects -
Academy Award (Oscar)
Awarded: March 29, 1982 (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Win:
Best Special Effects -
Saturn Award
Nominees: Richard Edlund
Awarded: July 27, 1982 (The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films)
Dragonslayer (1981)
Nomination:
Best Special Effects -
Saturn Award
Nominees: Dennis Muren and Brian Johnson
Awarded: July 27, 1982 (The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films)
Poltergeist (1982)
Win:
Best Special Visual Effects -
BAFTA Awards
Nominees: Richard Edlund
Awarded: February 13, 1983 (British Academy of Film and Television Arts)
Poltergeist (1982)
Nomination:
Best Achievement in Visual Effects -
Academy Award (Oscar)
Nominees: Richard Edlund, Bruce Nicholson and Michael Wood
Awarded: April 11, 1983 (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences)