First awarded 2006 | Instituted 2006 | |
Currently held by Andrew Jackson, Holly Radcliffe, Dan Oliver, Andy Williams, Tom Wood and Fiona Crawford, Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) Winners & Nominees Game of ThronesJoe Bauer - Steve Kullback - Glenn Melenhorst -, Game of Thrones, Winner, X-Men: ApocalypseJohn Dykstra - Blondel Aidoo - Cam Waldbauer -, X-Men: Apocalypse, Nominee, Gods of EgyptJames Whitlam - Andrew Hellen - Julian Dimsey, Gods of Egypt, Nominee, Mad Max: Fury RoadDan Oliver - Holly Radcliffe - Andrew Jackson -, Mad Max: Fury Road, Winner, Avengers: Age of UltronChristopher Townsend - Ryan Stafford - Paul Butterworth -, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Nominee, PanMarc Varisco - Chas Jarrett - Alana Newell -, Pan, Nominee, Ted 2Glenn Melenhorst - Ineke Majoor, Ted 2, Nominee, The Lego MovieChris McKay - Aidan Sarsfield - Amber Naismith -, The Lego Movie, Winner, X-Men: Days of Future PastRichard Stammers - Blondel Aidoo - Tim Crosbie -, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Nominee, The Water DivinerPrue Fletcher - Marc Varisco - Adam Paschke -, The Water Diviner, Nominee, Walking with DinosaursWill Reichelt - Emmanuel Blasset - Luke Hetherington, Walking with Dinosaurs, Nominee, Iron SkySamuli Torssonen - Jussi Lehtiniemi - Juuso Kaari -, Iron Sky, Winner, Utopia GirlsKylie Robertson - Rebecca Stegh, Utopia Girls, Nominee, The SapphiresJames Rogers, The Sapphires, Nominee, Killer EliteIneke Majoor - Julian Dimsey, Killer Elite, Nominee, Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'HooleGrant Freckelton, Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole, Winner, CloudstreetScott Zero, Cloudstreet, Nominee, The HunterFelix Crawshaw - James Rogers, The Hunter, Nominee, SanctumGlenn Melenhorst - Ineke Majoor - Peter Webb -, Sanctum, Nominee | ||
The AACTA Award for Best Visual Effects or Animation (previously Best Visual Effects) is an award presented by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) for achievements in visual effects in film, television, documentary and short film. The award was first presented by the Australian Film Institute (AFI)at the Australian Film Institute Awards (known commonly as the AFI Awards) from 2006-2010, prior to the establishment of the Academy. In 2014 the award for Best Visual Effects was renamed Best Visual Effects or Animation. Additionally, this category is now open to any film, television or documentary production, regardless of geography, which has had 100% of its visual effects and animation made in Australia.
Winners and nominees
In the following table, winners are listed first, in boldface and highlighted in gold; those listed below the winner that are not in boldface or highlighted are the nominees.