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Richard Edlund

Awards

Richard Edlund

19 wins & 18 nominations

Academy Awards, USA

  • Alien³ (1992)
    1993 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Effects, Visual Effects
    • Alien³
    Shared with: Alec Gillis · Tom Woodruff Jr. · George Gibbs
  • Bruce Willis in Die Hard (1988)
    1989 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Effects, Visual Effects
    • Die Hard
    Shared with: Al Di Sarro · Brent Boates · Thaine Morris
  • Heather O'Rourke in Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986)
    1987 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Effects, Visual Effects
    • Poltergeist II: The Other Side
    Shared with: John Bruno · Garry Waller · Bill Neil
  • Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray, and Harold Ramis in Ghostbusters (1984)
    1985 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Effects, Visual Effects
    • Ghostbusters
    Shared with: John Bruno · Mark Vargo · Chuck Gaspar
  • 2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984)
    1985 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Effects, Visual Effects
    • 2010: The Year We Make Contact
    Shared with: Neil Krepela · George Jenson · Mark Stetson

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA

  • Natasha Henstridge in Species (1995)
    1996 Nominee Saturn Award
    • Best Special Effects
    • Species
    Shared with: Steve Johnson
  • Solar Crisis (1990)
    1994 Nominee Saturn Award
    • Best Special Effects
    • Solar Crisis
  • Alien³ (1992)
    1993 Nominee Saturn Award
    • Best Special Effects
    • Alien³
    Shared with: George Gibbs · Alec Gillis · Tom Woodruff Jr.
  • Demi Moore and Patrick Swayze in Ghost (1990)
    1991 Nominee Saturn Award
    • Best Special Effects
    • Ghost
    Shared with: Bruce Nicholson · John T. Van Vliet · Laura Buff
  • Dolph Lundgren, Robert Duncan McNeill, and Courteney Cox in Masters of the Universe (1987)
    1988 Nominee Saturn Award
    • Best Special Effects
    • Masters of the Universe

American Society of Cinematographers, USA

  • Richard Edlund
    2008 Winner President's Award

BAFTA Awards

  • Alien³ (1992)
    1993 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Special Effects
    • Alien³
    Shared with: George Gibbs · Alec Gillis · Tom Woodruff Jr.
  • Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray, and Harold Ramis in Ghostbusters (1984)
    1985 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Special Visual Effects
    • Ghostbusters
  • Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, James Earl Jones, Warwick Davis, David Prowse, Billy Dee Williams, Michael Carter, and Larry Ward in Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
    1984 Winner BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Special Visual Effects
    • Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
    Shared with: Dennis Muren · Ken Ralston · Kit West
  • Heather O'Rourke in Poltergeist (1982)
    1983 Winner BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Special Visual Effects
    • Poltergeist

Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival

  • Natasha Henstridge in Species (1995)
    1995 Winner Best Special Effects
    • Species
    Shared with: Steve Johnson

Primetime Emmy Awards

  • Al Pacino and Emma Thompson in Angels in America (2003)
    2004 Nominee Primetime Emmy
    • Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special
    • Angels in America
    For part II ("Perestroika").
    Shared with: Ron Simonson · Liz Ralston · Stefano Trivelli · Don Greenberg · Lawrence Littleton · Michele Moen · Steven Kirshoff · Gregory Jein
  • Noah Hathaway, Lorne Greene, Dirk Benedict, Richard Hatch, Maren Jensen, and Laurette Spang in Battlestar Galactica (1978)
    1979 Winner Primetime Emmy
    • Outstanding Individual Achievement - Creative Technical Crafts
    • Battlestar Galactica
    For episode "Saga of a Star World".
    Shared with: John Dykstra · Joe Goss

Visual Effects Society Awards

  • Richard Edlund
    2013 Winner Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Richard Edlund
    2012 Winner VES Fellow

Awards Circuit Community Awards

  • Alien³ (1992)
    1992 Nominee ACCA
    • Best Visual Effects
    • Alien³
    Shared with: Alec Gillis · Tom Woodruff Jr. · George Gibbs

DIGITAL CREATION GENIE AWARDS

  • Richard Edlund
    2026 Winner Genie Award
    • Genie d'Honneur

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