Best Special Effects 1962: The Academy continued to be impressed by filmic recreations of battle, in 1962 awarding the Special Effects Oscar to the surprisingly excellent World War II omnibus directed by three directors, THE LONGEST DAY. This was the last time the award would be combined, starting in 1963 the Academy would honour visual and sound effects creation separately. The award was given to ROBERT MACDONALD for visual effects and JACQUES MAUMONT for audible effects. MacDonald also won for Ben-Hur (1959), was nominated for They Were Expendable (1945) and died in 1989. Maumont won on his only nomination (so far). MyOldAddiction.com #Oscars #VisualEffects #LongestDay #WorldWarII #JohnWayne #KenAnnakin #soundeffects #specialeffects
