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John Knoll

Awards

John Knoll

18 wins & 59 nominations

Academy Awards, USA

  • James Earl Jones, Forest Whitaker, Wen Jiang, Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Daniel Naprous, Alan Tudyk, Donnie Yen, Spencer Wilding, and Riz Ahmed in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
    2017 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Achievement in Visual Effects
    • Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
    Shared with: Mohen Leo · Hal T. Hickel · Neil Corbould
  • Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
    2008 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Achievement in Visual Effects
    • Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
    Shared with: Hal T. Hickel · Charles Gibson · John Frazier
  • Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, and Keira Knightley in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
    2007 Winner Oscar
    • Best Achievement in Visual Effects
    • Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
    Shared with: Hal T. Hickel · Charles Gibson · Allen Hall
  • Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom, and Keira Knightley in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
    2004 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Visual Effects
    • Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
    Shared with: Hal T. Hickel · Charles Gibson · Terry D. Frazee
  • Samuel L. Jackson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Anthony Daniels, Frank Oz, Kenny Baker, Hayden Christensen, Temuera Morrison, Bodie Taylor, and Richard Stride in Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
    2003 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Visual Effects
    • Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
    Shared with: Rob Coleman · Pablo Helman · Ben Snow

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA

  • James Earl Jones, Forest Whitaker, Wen Jiang, Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Daniel Naprous, Alan Tudyk, Donnie Yen, Spencer Wilding, and Riz Ahmed in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
    2017 Winner Saturn Award
    • Best Special Effects
    • Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
    Shared with: Mohen Leo · Hal T. Hickel · Neil Corbould
  • Pacific Rim (2013)
    2014 Nominee Saturn Award
    • Best Special Effects
    • Pacific Rim
    Shared with: James E. Price · Clay Pinney · Rocco Larizza
  • Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
    2008 Nominee Saturn Award
    • Best Special Effects
    • Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
    Shared with: Hal T. Hickel · Charles Gibson · John Frazier
  • Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, and Keira Knightley in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
    2007 Winner Saturn Award
    • Best Special Effects
    • Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
    Shared with: Hal T. Hickel · Charles Gibson · Allen Hall
  • Samuel L. Jackson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, James Earl Jones, Frank Oz, Ian McDiarmid, Hayden Christensen, and Gene Bryant in Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
    2006 Nominee Saturn Award
    • Best Special Effects
    • Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
    Shared with: Roger Guyett · Rob Coleman · Brian Gernand

BAFTA Awards

  • James Earl Jones, Forest Whitaker, Wen Jiang, Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Daniel Naprous, Alan Tudyk, Donnie Yen, Spencer Wilding, and Riz Ahmed in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
    2017 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Achievement in Special Visual Effects
    • Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
    Shared with: Neil Corbould · Hal T. Hickel · Mohen Leo · Nigel Sumner
  • Pacific Rim (2013)
    2014 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Special Visual Effects
    • Pacific Rim
    Shared with: Hal T. Hickel · Lindy DeQuattro · Nigel Sumner
  • Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
    2008 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Special Visual Effects
    • Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
    Shared with: Charles Gibson · Hal T. Hickel · John Frazier
  • Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, and Keira Knightley in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
    2007 Winner BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Achievement in Special Visual Effects
    • Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
    Shared with: Hal T. Hickel · Charles Gibson · Allen Hall
  • Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom, and Keira Knightley in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
    2004 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Achievement in Special Visual Effects
    • Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
    Shared with: Hal T. Hickel · Terry D. Frazee · Charles Gibson

Primetime Emmy Awards

  • Carl Weathers, Giancarlo Esposito, Pedro Pascal, Shirley Henderson, Paul Sun-Hyung Lee, Katee Sackhoff, Amy Sedaris, Omid Abtahi, Emily Swallow, and Katy O'Brian in The Mandalorian (2019)
    2021 Winner Primetime Emmy
    • Outstanding Special Visual Effects in a Season or a Movie
    • The Mandalorian
    Shared with: Joe Bauer · Richard Bluff · Abbigail Keller · Hal T. Hickel · Roy K. Cancino · Enrico Damm · John Rosengrant · Joseph Kasparian

Satellite Awards

  • Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, and Keira Knightley in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
    2006 Winner Satellite Award
    • Best Visual Effects
    • Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
    Shared with: Hal T. Hickel
  • Samuel L. Jackson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, James Earl Jones, Frank Oz, Ian McDiarmid, Hayden Christensen, and Gene Bryant in Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
    2005 Winner Satellite Award
    • Outstanding Visual Effects
    • Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
    Shared with: Roger Guyett · Rob Coleman · Brian Gernand
  • Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom, and Keira Knightley in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
    2004 Nominee Golden Satellite Award
    • Best Visual Effects
    • Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
  • Alice Krige, Brent Spiner, and Patrick Stewart in Star Trek: First Contact (1996)
    1997 Nominee Golden Satellite Award
    • Best Visual Effects
    • Star Trek: First Contact

Hollywood Film Awards

  • Pacific Rim (2013)
    2013 Winner Hollywood Film Award
    • Visual Effects of the Year
    • Pacific Rim
  • Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, and Keira Knightley in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
    2006 Winner Hollywood Film Award
    • Visual Effects of the Year
    • Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Seattle Film Critics Awards

  • Pacific Rim (2013)
    2014 Nominee Seattle Film Critics Award
    • Best Visual Effects
    • Pacific Rim
    Shared with: James E. Price · Lindy DeQuattro · Hal T. Hickel

Visual Effects Society Awards

  • Jude Law, Kerry Condon, Nick Frost, and Alia Shawkat in Skeleton Crew (2024)
    2025 Nominee VES Award
    • Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode
    • Skeleton Crew
    S1.E5 You Have a Lot to Learn About Pirates (2024)
    Shared with: Paul V. Molles · Jhon Alvarado · Jeff Capogreco
  • Carl Weathers, Giancarlo Esposito, Pedro Pascal, Shirley Henderson, Paul Sun-Hyung Lee, Katee Sackhoff, Amy Sedaris, Omid Abtahi, Emily Swallow, and Katy O'Brian in The Mandalorian (2019)
    2021 Nominee VES Award
    • Outstanding Model in a Photoreal or Animated Project
    • The Mandalorian
    S2.E8 Chapter 16: The Rescue (2020) for "Light Cruiser"
    Shared with: John Goodson · Dan Patrascu · Rene Garcia
  • James Earl Jones, Forest Whitaker, Wen Jiang, Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Daniel Naprous, Alan Tudyk, Donnie Yen, Spencer Wilding, and Riz Ahmed in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
    2017 Nominee VES Award
    • Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature
    • Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
    Shared with: Erin D. O'Connor · Hal T. Hickel · Nigel Sumner · Neil Corbould
  • John Knoll
    2017 Winner Hall of Fame
  • Pacific Rim (2013)
    2014 Nominee VES Award
    • Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Feature Motion Picture
    • Pacific Rim
    Shared with: Susan Greenhow · Christopher Raimo · Hal T. Hickel

Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards

  • Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom, and Keira Knightley in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
    2004 Nominee PFCS Award
    • Best Visual Effects
    • Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
    Shared with: Hal T. Hickel · Charles Gibson · Terry D. Frazee
  • Samuel L. Jackson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Anthony Daniels, Frank Oz, Kenny Baker, Hayden Christensen, Temuera Morrison, Bodie Taylor, and Richard Stride in Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
    2003 Nominee PFCS Award
    • Best Visual Effects
    • Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
    Shared with: Rob Coleman · Pablo Helman · Ben Snow

DVD Exclusive Awards

  • George Lucas, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Anthony Daniels, Liam Neeson, John Williams, Jake Lloyd, Kenny Baker, Ahmed Best, Keira Knightley, Ray Park, and Peter Serafinowicz in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
    2001 Nominee Video Premiere Award
    • Best Audio Commentary
    • Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
    (Fox).
    Shared with: George Lucas · Rick McCallum · Ben Burtt · Rob Coleman · Dennis Muren · Scott Squires

St. Louis Film Critics Association, US

  • Pacific Rim (2013)
    2013 Nominee SLFCA Award
    • Best Visual Effects
    • Pacific Rim
    Shared with: Susan Greenhow · Christopher Raimo · Hal T. Hickel

CinEuphoria Awards

  • Pacific Rim (2013)
    2014 Nominee CinEuphoria
    • Best Special Effects (Sound or Visual) - International Competition
    • Pacific Rim

Online Film & Television Association

  • James Earl Jones, Forest Whitaker, Wen Jiang, Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Daniel Naprous, Alan Tudyk, Donnie Yen, Spencer Wilding, and Riz Ahmed in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
    2017 Nominee OFTA Film Award
    • Best Visual Effects
    • Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
    Shared with: Mohen Leo · Hal T. Hickel · Neil Corbould
  • Pacific Rim (2013)
    2014 Nominee OFTA Film Award
    • Best Visual Effects
    • Pacific Rim
    Shared with: Susan Greenhow · Christopher Raimo · Hal T. Hickel
  • Tom Cruise, Simon Pegg, Jeremy Renner, and Paula Patton in Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)
    2012 Nominee OFTA Film Award
    • Best Visual Effects
    • Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
    Shared with: Russell Earl · Matthew Gratzner · Sébastien Moreau
  • Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
    2008 Nominee OFTA Film Award
    • Best Visual Effects
    • Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
    Shared with: Hal T. Hickel · Charles Gibson · John Frazier
  • Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, and Keira Knightley in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
    2007 Nominee OFTA Film Award
    • Best Visual Effects
    • Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
    Shared with: Hal T. Hickel · Charles Gibson · Allen Hall

International Online Film Critics' Poll

  • Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
    2009 Nominee IOFCP Award
    • Best Visual Effects
    • Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
    Shared with: John Frazier · Hal T. Hickel · Charles Gibson

Awards Circuit Community Awards

  • James Earl Jones, Forest Whitaker, Wen Jiang, Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Daniel Naprous, Alan Tudyk, Donnie Yen, Spencer Wilding, and Riz Ahmed in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
    2016 Nominee ACCA
    • Best Visual Effects
    • Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
    Shared with: Mohen Leo · Hal T. Hickel · Neil Corbould

Italian Online Movie Awards (IOMA)

  • Pacific Rim (2013)
    2014 Nominee IOMA
    • Best Special Effects (Migliori effetti speciali)
    • Pacific Rim
    Shared with: James E. Price · Clay Pinney · Rocco Larizza

International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)

  • James Earl Jones, Forest Whitaker, Wen Jiang, Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Daniel Naprous, Alan Tudyk, Donnie Yen, Spencer Wilding, and Riz Ahmed in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
    2017 Nominee INOCA
    • Best Visual Effects
    • Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
    Shared with: Mohen Leo · Hal T. Hickel · Neil Corbould
  • Pacific Rim (2013)
    2014 2nd Place INOCA
    • Best Visual Effects
    • Pacific Rim
    2nd place. Tied with Iron Man 3 (2013), The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) and Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) with only one vote each.
    Shared with: Hal T. Hickel · Lindy DeQuattro · Nigel Sumner
  • Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom, and Keira Knightley in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
    2004 Nominee INOCA
    • Best Visual Effects
    • Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
    Shared with: Hal T. Hickel · Charles Gibson · Terry D. Frazee
  • Samuel L. Jackson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Anthony Daniels, Frank Oz, Kenny Baker, Hayden Christensen, Temuera Morrison, Bodie Taylor, and Richard Stride in Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
    2003 Nominee INOCA
    • Best Visual Effects
    • Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
    Shared with: Rob Coleman · Pablo Helman · Ben Snow

Gold Derby Awards

  • James Earl Jones, Forest Whitaker, Wen Jiang, Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Daniel Naprous, Alan Tudyk, Donnie Yen, Spencer Wilding, and Riz Ahmed in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
    2017 Nominee Gold Derby Film Award
    • Visual Effects
    • Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
    Shared with: Mohen Leo · Hal T. Hickel · Neil Corbould
  • Pacific Rim (2013)
    2014 Nominee Gold Derby Film Award
    • Visual Effects
    • Pacific Rim
    Shared with: Hal T. Hickel · Lindy DeQuattro · Nigel Sumner
  • Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
    2008 Nominee Gold Derby Film Award
    • Visual Effects
    • Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
    Shared with: John Frazier · Charles Gibson · Hal T. Hickel
  • Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, and Keira Knightley in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
    2007 Winner Gold Derby Film Award
    • Visual Effects
    • Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
    Shared with: Hal T. Hickel · Charles Gibson · Allen Hall
  • Samuel L. Jackson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, James Earl Jones, Frank Oz, Ian McDiarmid, Hayden Christensen, and Gene Bryant in Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
    2006 Nominee Gold Derby Film Award
    • Visual Effects
    • Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
    Shared with: Roger Guyett · Rob Coleman · Brian Gernand

Nevada Film Critics Society

  • James Earl Jones, Forest Whitaker, Wen Jiang, Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Daniel Naprous, Alan Tudyk, Donnie Yen, Spencer Wilding, and Riz Ahmed in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
    2016 Winner NFCS Award
    • Best Visual Effects
    • Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
    Shared with: Mohen Leo · Hal T. Hickel · Neil Corbould

Dragon Awards

  • James Earl Jones, Forest Whitaker, Wen Jiang, Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Daniel Naprous, Alan Tudyk, Donnie Yen, Spencer Wilding, and Riz Ahmed in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
    2017 Nominee Dragon Award
    • Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Movie
    • Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
    Shared with: Gareth Edwards · Chris Weitz · Tony Gilroy · Gary Whitta

Seattle Film Critics Society

  • James Earl Jones, Forest Whitaker, Wen Jiang, Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Daniel Naprous, Alan Tudyk, Donnie Yen, Spencer Wilding, and Riz Ahmed in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
    2017 Nominee SFCS Award
    • Best Visual Effects
    • Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
    Shared with: Mohen Leo · Hal T. Hickel · Neil Corbould

Children's & Family Emmy Awards

  • Jude Law, Kerry Condon, Nick Frost, and Alia Shawkat in Skeleton Crew (2024)
    2026 Winner Children's & Family Emmy Award
    • Outstanding Visual Effects For A Live Action Program
    • Skeleton Crew
    For Season 1
    Shared with: Bobo Skipper · Joseph Kasparian · Andy Walker · Christopher Balog · Eddie Pasquarello · Shawn Kelly · Nicole Kiele Matteson · Paul V. Molles · Jeff Capogreco · Abbigail Keller

DIGITAL CREATION GENIE AWARDS

  • John Knoll
    2019 Winner Genie Award
    • Genie d'Honneur
    Shared with: Eve Ramboz

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