1943 Oscars — Special Effects

Reap the Wild Wind won Special Effects at the 1943 Oscars. All 10 nominees are listed below, winner first. The other nominees were Desperate Journey, Flying Tigers, Invisible Agent, Jungle Book, Mrs. Miniver, One of Our Aircraft Is Missing, The Black Swan, The Navy Comes Through and The Pride of the Yankees. Each film links to its complete award history. The links below go to the 1942 and 1944 Special Effects races.

Last updated August 12, 2026

Reap the Wild Wind(1942)
Photographic Effects by Gordon Jennings, Farciot Edouart, William L. Pereira; Sound Effects by Louis Mesenkop
Winner
Desperate Journey(1942)
Photographic Effects by Byron Haskin; Sound Effects by Nathan Levinson
Flying Tigers(1942)
Photographic Effects by Howard Lydecker; Sound Effects by Daniel J. Bloomberg
Invisible Agent(1942)
Photographic Effects by John Fulton; Sound Effects by Bernard B. Brown
Jungle Book(1942)
Photographic Effects by Lawrence Butler; Sound Effects by William H. Wilmarth
Mrs. Miniver(1942)
Photographic Effects by A. Arnold Gillespie, Warren Newcombe; Sound Effects by Douglas Shearer
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing(1942)
Photographic Effects by Ronald Neame; Sound Effects by C. C. Stevens
The Black Swan(1942)
Photographic Effects by Fred Sersen; Sound Effects by Roger Heman, George Leverett
The Navy Comes Through(1942)
Photographic Effects by Vernon L. Walker; Sound Effects by James G. Stewart
The Pride of the Yankees(1942)
Photographic Effects by Jack Cosgrove, Ray Binger; Sound Effects by Thomas T. Moulton