2012 Oscars — Visual Effects

Hugo won Visual Effects at the 2012 Oscars. All 5 nominees are listed below, winner first. The other nominees were Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, Real Steel, Rise of the Planet of the Apes and Transformers: Dark of the Moon. Each film links to its complete award history. The links below go to the 2011 and 2013 Visual Effects races.

Last updated August 12, 2026

Hugo(2011)
Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossmann and Alex Henning
Winner
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2(2011)
Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler and John Richardson
Real Steel(2011)
Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Dan Taylor and Swen Gillberg
Rise of the Planet of the Apes(2011)
Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White and Daniel Barrett
Transformers: Dark of the Moon(2011)
Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Matthew Butler and John Frazier