2025 Oscars — Visual Effects

Dune: Part Two won Visual Effects at the 2025 Oscars. All 5 nominees are listed below, winner first. The other nominees were Alien: Romulus, Better Man, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes and Wicked. Each film links to its complete award history. The links below go to the 2024 and 2026 Visual Effects races.

Last updated August 12, 2026

Dune: Part Two(2024)
Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe and Gerd Nefzer
Winner
Alien: Romulus(2024)
Eric Barba, Nelson Sepulveda-Fauser, Daniel Macarin and Shane Mahan
Better Man(2024)
Luke Millar, David Clayton, Keith Herft and Peter Stubbs
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes(2024)
Erik Winquist, Stephen Unterfranz, Paul Story and Rodney Burke
Wicked(2024)
Pablo Helman, Jonathan Fawkner, David Shirk and Paul Corbould