Special Effects

1927-28
Who won: Roy Pomeroy, Wings

1939 
Who won: The Rains Came, Fred Sersen, E.H. Hansen

1940 
Who won: The Thief of Bagdad, photographic effects by Lawrence Butler, sound effects by Jack Whitney

1941 
Who won: I Wanted Wings, photographic effects by Farciot Edouart, Gordon Jennings; sound effects by Louis Mesenkop

1942 
Who won: Reap the Wild Wind, photographic effects by Gordon Jennings, Farciot Edouart, William L. Pereira; sound effects by Louis Mesenkop

1943 
Who won: Crash Dive, photographic effects by Fred Sersen; sound effects by Roger Heman

1944 
Who won: Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo, photography effects by A. Arnold Gillespie, Donald Jahraus, Warren Newcombe; sound effects by Douglas Shearer

1945 
Who won: Wonder Man, photographic effects by John Fulton; sound effects by Arthur W. Johns

1946 
Who won: Blithe Spirit, special visual effects, Thomas Howard

1947 
Who won: Green Dolphin Street, visual effects by A. Arnold Gillespie, Warren Newcombe; audible effects by Douglas Shearer, Michael Steinore

1948 
Who won: Portrait of Jennie, visual effects by Paul Eagler, J. McMillan Johnson, Russell Shearman, Clarence Slifer; audible effects by Charles Freeman, James G. Stewart