Which Academy Award did Jurassic Park win for its dinosaur effects?

Jurassic Park won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects for its groundbreaking dinosaur effects.

The 1993 film combined full-size animatronic creatures created by Stan Winston’s team with computer-generated imagery from Industrial Light & Magic. This blend made the dinosaurs appear unusually lifelike for the period, especially the Tyrannosaurus and Velociraptors.

At the 65th Academy Awards, Jurassic Park also received awards for Best Sound Editing and Best Sound Mixing. Its visual-effects victory is sometimes confused with a general “special effects” award, but the official Oscar category was Best Visual Effects.

The film’s effects were important because they demonstrated that computer-generated creatures could share the screen convincingly with human actors and practical models. The achievement helped establish Jurassic Park as a landmark in modern visual-effects history.