88th Academy Awards: Best Visual Effects

The nominees are:

Ex Machina
Nominated Team and Oscar History:

* Mark Williams Ardington - first nomination

* Sara Bennett - first nomination

* Paul Norris - first nomination

* Andrew Whitehurst - first nomination


Mad Max: Fury Road
Nominated Team and Oscar History:

* Andrew Jackson - first nomination

* Dan Oliver - first nomination

* Andy Williams - first nomination

* Tom Wood - first nomination


The MartianNominated Team and Oscar History:

* Anders Langlands - first nomination

* Chris Lawrence - 1 win for Best Visual Effects for Gravity (2013)

* Richard Stammers - 2 previous nominations for Best Visual Effects for Prometheus (2012) and X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)

* Steven Warner - first nomination


The Revenant
Nominated Team and Oscar History:

* Richard McBride - first nomination

* Matt Shumway - first nomination

* Jason Smith - first nomination

* Cameron Waldbauer - 1 previous nomination for Best Visual Effects for X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)


Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Nominated Team and Oscar History:

* Chris Corbould - 1 win for Best Visual Effects for Inception (2010); 1 previous nomination for Best Visual Effects for The Dark Knight (2008)

* Roger Guyett - 3 previous nominations for Best Visual Effects for Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), Star Trek (2009), and Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)

* Neal Scanlan - 1 win for Best Visual Effects for Babe (1995)

* Pat Tubach - 1 previous nomination for Best Visual Effects of Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)


What I've Seen: Ex Machina, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Martian, The Revenant, Star Wars: The Force Awakens

My Pick: Mad Max: Fury Road

Not Nominated, But Should Have Been: Ant-Man

Predicted Winner: Mad Max: Fury Road