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Academy Awards, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2007 - Medal of Commendation 
 
1993 Nominated Oscar Best Effects, Visual Effects
for: Alien³ (1992)
Shared with:
Alec Gillis
Tom Woodruff Jr.
George Gibbs

 
1989 Nominated Oscar Best Effects, Visual Effects
for: Die Hard (1988)
Shared with:
Al Di Sarro
Brent Boates
Thaine Morris

 
1987 Won Scientific and Engineering Award
Shared with:
Gene Whiteman (Boss Film Corp.)
David Grafton (Boss Film Corp.)
Mark West (Boss Film Corp.)
Jerry Jeffress (Boss Film Corp.)
Robert Wilcox (Boss Film Corp.)
For the design and development of a Zoom Aerial (ZAP) 65mm Optical Printer.
Nominated Oscar Best Effects, Visual Effects
for: Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986)
Shared with:
John Bruno
Gary Waller
Bill Neil

 
1985 Nominated Oscar Best Effects, Visual Effects
for: 2010 (1984)
Shared with:
Neil Krepela
George Jenson
Mark Stetson

Best Effects, Visual Effects
for: Ghost Busters (1984)
Shared with:
John Bruno
Mark Vargo
Chuck Gaspar

 
1984 Won Special Achievement Award
for: Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
Shared with:
Dennis Muren
Ken Ralston
Phil Tippett
For visual effects (statuette).
 
1983 Nominated Oscar Best Effects, Visual Effects
for: Poltergeist (1982)
Shared with:
Michael Wood
Bruce Nicholson

 
1982 Won Oscar Best Effects, Visual Effects
for: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Shared with:
Kit West
Bruce Nicholson
Joe Johnston

Scientific and Engineering Award
For the concept and engineering of a beam-splitter optical composite motion picture printer.

For the engineering of the Empire Motion Picture Camera System.
 
1981 Won Special Achievement Award
for: Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Shared with:
Brian Johnson
Dennis Muren
Bruce Nicholson
For visual effects (statuette).
 
1978 Won Oscar Best Effects, Visual Effects
for: Star Wars (1977)
Shared with:
John Stears
John Dykstra
Grant McCune
Robert Blalack

 
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1996 Nominated Saturn Award Best Special Effects
for: Species (1995)
Shared with:
Steve Johnson

 
1994 Nominated Saturn Award Best Special Effects
for: Solar Crisis (1990)
 
1993 Nominated Saturn Award Best Special Effects
for: Alien³ (1992)
Shared with:
George Gibbs
Alec Gillis
Tom Woodruff Jr.

 
1991 Nominated Saturn Award Best Special Effects
for: Ghost (1990)
Shared with:
Bruce Nicholson
John T. Van Vliet
Laura Buff

 
1988 Nominated Saturn Award Best Special Effects
for: Masters of the Universe (1987)
 
1987 Nominated Saturn Award Best Special Effects
for: Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986)
 
1986 Nominated Saturn Award Best Special Effects
for: Fright Night (1985)
 
1985 Nominated Saturn Award Best Special Effects
for: 2010 (1984)
 
1984 Won Saturn Award Best Special Effects
for: Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
Shared with:
Dennis Muren
Ken Ralston

 
1982 Won Saturn Award Best Special Effects
for: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
 
1981 Won Saturn Award Best Special Effects
for: Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Shared with:
Brian Johnson

 
American Society of Cinematographers, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2008 - President's Award 
 
BAFTA Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1993 Nominated BAFTA Film Award Best Special Effects
for: Alien³ (1992)
Shared with:
George Gibbs
Alec Gillis
Tom Woodruff Jr.

 
1985 Nominated BAFTA Film Award Best Special Visual Effects
for: Ghost Busters (1984)
 
1984 Won BAFTA Film Award Best Special Visual Effects
for: Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
Shared with:
Dennis Muren
Ken Ralston
Kit West

 
1983 Won BAFTA Film Award Best Special Visual Effects
for: Poltergeist (1982)
 
Emmy Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Nominated Emmy Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special
for: "Angels in America" (2003)
Shared with:
Ron Simonson (co-visual effects supervisor)
Liz Ralston (visual effects producer)
Stefano Trivelli (lead visual effects compositor)
Don Greenberg (lead visual effects compositor)
Lawrence Littleton (lead visual effects compositor)
Michele Moen (lead matte artist)
Steven Kirshoff (special effects supervisor)
Gregory Jein (lead model maker)
For part II ("Perestroika").
 
1979 Won Emmy Outstanding Individual Achievement - Creative Technical Crafts
for: "Battlestar Galactica" (1978)
Shared with:
John Dykstra (special effects coordinator)
Joe Goss (mechanical special effects)
For episode "Saga of a Star World".
 
Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1995 Won Best Special Effects
for: Species (1995)
Shared with:
Steve Johnson

 
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