What Academy Award did Disney’s 2016 film The Jungle Book win?

Disney’s 2016 film The Jungle Book won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects.

The award recognized the film’s extensive digital creation of animals, environments, and jungle landscapes. Nearly all of the animals were computer-generated, while actor Neel Sethi performed as Mowgli against largely constructed or digitally enhanced settings. The visual effects were supervised by Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R. Jones, and Dan Lemmon.

The Jungle Book won at the 89th Academy Awards, honoring films released in 2016. It was the only Oscar victory from its nomination at that ceremony. The film’s visual-effects achievement is distinct from awards for cinematography or production design: those categories evaluate different aspects of filmmaking, even though the finished jungle world depends on all of them working together.