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Best Engineering Effects

At the first ceremony, the Academy Award for Best Engineering Effects was presented to Roy Pomeroy for Wings. Also nominated in this category were Ralph Hammeras and Nugent Slaughter, both of whom had no specific film titles cited in their nominations. Nonetheless, Academy records indicated that Slaughter was most often mentioned in connection with The Jazz Singer.

The Academy Award for Best Engineering Effects was discontinued after the first ceremony.

In subsequent years, however, "Special Achievement Awards for Special Effects" were conferred. ... Special Achievement Academy Award

At the 12th Academy Awards (1939), "Best Special Effects" became a recognized category.

From the 12th Academy Awards (1939) until the 35th Academy Awards (1962), both visual effects artists and sound effects artists competed in the combined Best Special Effects category.

At the 36th Academy Awards (1963), the name of the category was changed to "Best Visual Effects", its current title.

History of the award

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences first recognized the technical contributions of special effects to movies at its inaugural dinner in 1929, presenting a plaque for "Best Engineering Effects" to the first Best Picture Oscar winner, the World War I flying drama Wings.

Producer David O. Selznick, then production head at RKO Studios, petitioned the Academy Board of Governors to recognize the work of animator Willis O'Brien for his groundbreaking work on 1933's King Kong.

It was not until 1938 when a film was actually recognized for its effects work, when a "Special Achievement Award for Special Effects" was given to the Paramount film Spawn of the North. The following year, "Best Special Effects" became a recognized category, although on occasion the Academy has chosen to honor a single film outright rather than nominate two or more films. From 1939 to 1963, it was an award for a film's visual effects as well as audio effects, so it was often given to two persons, although some years only one or the other type of effect was recognized. In 1964, it was given only for visual effects, and the following year the name of the category was changed to "Best Special Visual Effects".

Honorees for this award have been bestowed several times as a Special Achievement Academy Award. In 1977, the category was given its current name "Best Visual Effects." For decades, shortlisted finalists were selected by a steering committee. They are presently chosen by the visual effects branch executive committee. 1990 was the last year there were no official nominees. Back to the Future Part III, Dick Tracy, Ghost and Total Recall advanced to a second stage of voting, but only Total Recall received a requisite average and it was given a special achievement Oscar.

To date, there have been two wholly Animated films nominated in this category: The Nightmare Before Christmas in 1993 and Kubo and the Two Strings in 2016. There has been one semi-animated film nominated, which also won: Who Framed Roger Rabbit in 1988.

Substance of the notes

Honorary --- Circus .... [1] ... [2] ... [3] ... [4]

honorary ... Jazz Singer .... talkie cannot compete for BP with silent films

Other

• color codes ... 1st row ... 2nd row ... uneven row .... other articles ... parallel / consistent

• competitive awards only ... add to 2 and 91 and NOM/AWD

• fix 91

• fix 2

• fix 1 ------------ Most Awards / Most Nom's

Milestones

[5]

Call AMPAS

• issue about "search" function NOT working with Boolean "and" etc.

• any "official" info on web sites ... about Chaplin

• ... about Jazz Singer

• ... about Unique and Artistic / distinction

Notable awards and nominations

• Jazz Singer cannot compete unfairly for Best Pix ..........

• Wings most expensive to date

• most awards SET

• most nom's SET

• Emil Jannings was FIRST ever ... awarded ahead of time

• Gaynor youngest until 1986 Marlee Matlin

• Joseph Farnham was the very first Academy Award winner to die. He died in 1931 of a heart attack while living in Los Angeles, California and w

• section on Best Unique Pic

• first posthumous

• first Special Awards

Correct alphabetization of Spanish names

Oftentimes, Spanish people have two "last names". For example: Alejandro González Iñárritu. When you alphabetize his name, does it go under "G" for González? Or does it go under "I" for Iñárritu? And where are the "rules" for this? Is there a "standard" / accepted practice? Or is it merely discretionary, such that either way is acceptable? Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 16:08, 4 October 2019 (UTC)

The article you need to read is Spanish naming customs. --Xuxl (talk) 16:54, 4 October 2019 (UTC)

For Wikipedia, rule is in Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Spain_&_Spanish-related_articles#3_Naming_conventions. Per that, the maternal surname is not used in alphabetization so González would go under G. Spanish_naming_customs#Indexing suggests that this convention is followed for English-language publications generally. 70.67.193.176 (talk) 16:57, 4 October 2019 (UTC)

So, for alphabetical purposes, he goes under "G" and not "I" ... correct? Now, if he is referred to in the article, should he be referred to as González ... or as Iñárritu?

Example A: Alejandro González Iñárritu is an Academy Award winner. González was born in 1963. or

Example B: Alejandro González Iñárritu is an Academy Award winner. Iñárritu was born in 1963.

Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 17:04, 4 October 2019 (UTC)

See the lede of the article Xuxl linked. There are different rules for how to alphabetize and for which name to use. Alphabetization always uses the paternal surname but per the article, it's not so consistent for which name is used to refer to people. This can mean someone is referred to by one name but alphabetized under the other. 70.67.193.176 (talk) 17:25, 4 October 2019 (UTC)

Thanks. I read it. Does Wikipedia have any "rule" ... as to whether we should be doing Example "A" above or Example "B" above? Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 17:41, 4 October 2019 (UTC)

The example of Roberto Clemente Walker is useful. He's in the Hall of Fame category under "C", not "W". ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 19:52, 4 October 2019 (UTC)

Well, since the name to use when referring to him is a matter of finding out what individuals use, I think the appropriate rule is probably Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(people)#Multiple_and_changed_surnames_–_patronymics_and_matronymics. In the specific case of Alejandro González Iñárritu, he's using Iñárritu, as in sources like [6][7][8]. He still gets alphabetized under G, per the rule. :) 70.67.193.176 (talk) 20:43, 4 October 2019 (UTC)

Thanks, all. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 20:57, 5 October 2019 (UTC)

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