32 wins & 34 nominations
- 2002 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
- Best Achievement in Special Visual Effects
Shared with: Scott Farrar · Michael Lantieri
- 1985 Winner Primetime Emmy
- Outstanding Special Visual Effects
Shared with: Michael Pangrazio · Phil Tippett · Jon Berg · Harley Jessup · John Ellis · Christopher Evans
- 2005 Nominee DVDX Award
- Best Audio Commentary (New for DVD)
For "The Empire Strikes Back" in the "Star Wars Trilogy"
2006 Winner Guinness World Record- most Oscar nominations for visual effects
Muren holds the record for the most Oscar nominations for visual effects. He has been nominated on 13 occasions, the first being in 1982 for Dragonslayer (USA, 1981) and the most recent being in 2006 for War of the Worlds (USA, 2005).- 1994 Winner Guinness World Record
- Most Oscars won for visual effects
- The Abyss
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day
- E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
- Jurassic Park
- Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
- Innerspace
Dennis Muren (USA) won the Academy Award for Visual Effects a total of six times between 1983 and 1994. He has also received two Special Achievement Awards, in 1981 for Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (USA, 1980) and in 1984 for Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (USA, 1983). He also received the Technical Achievement Award in 1982 "For the development of a Motion Picture Figure Mover for animation photography". In addition, Muren holds the record for the most Oscar nominations for visual effects. He has been nominated on 13 occasions, the first being in 1982 for Dragonslayer (USA, 1981) and the most recent being in 2006 for War of the Worlds (USA, 2005).
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