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MTV Video Music Award
for Best Visual Effects
Awarded for Visual effects
CountryUnited States
Presented by MTV
First awarded1984
Last awarded2023
Currently held byParliament – " Anti-Hero" by Taylor Swift ( 2023)
Website VMA website

The MTV Video Music Award for Best Visual Effects is a craft award given to the artist, the artist's manager, and the visual effects artists and/or visual effects company of the music video. From 1984 to 2006, the award's full name was Best Special Effects in a Video, and after a brief removal in 2007, its name was shortened to Best Special Effects between 2008 and 2011. In 2012, the category acquired its current name.

The biggest winners are director Jim Blashfield, special effects artist Sean Broughton, executive producer Loris Paillier and production company GloriaFX, with two wins each. In terms of nominations, visual effects company Mathematic is the biggest nominee in the category's history (seven nominations). Closely following are GloriaFX and Ingenuity Studios (formerly Ingenuity Engine), each receiving a total of six nominations. Special effects supervisors David Yardley and Fred Raimondi, as well as the companies Pixel Envy (headed by the Brothers Strause) and BUF come in third place, with four nominations apiece.

The performer whose videos have won the most awards is Peter Gabriel, garnering three Moonmen. Meanwhile, Missy Elliott's videos have received the most nominations with six.

No performer has won a Moonman in this category for working on their video's effects. However, David Byrne from Talking Heads (" Burning Down the House") and Adam Jones from Tool (" Prison Sex") have been nominated for doing such work.

Recipients

1980s

Year Winner(s) Work Nominees Ref.
1984 Godley & Creme " Rockit" (performed by Herbie Hancock)
[1]
1985 Tony Mitchell, Kathy Dougherty and Peter Cohen " Don't Come Around Here No More" (performed by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)
[2]
1986 Michael Patterson and Candace Reckinger " Take On Me" (performed by a-ha)
[3]
1987 Peter Lord " Sledgehammer" (performed by Peter Gabriel)
[4]
1988 Jim Francis and Dave Barton " Hourglass" (performed by Squeeze)
[5]
1989 Jim Blashfield " Leave Me Alone" (performed by Michael Jackson)
[6]

1990s

Year Winner(s) Work Nominees Ref.
1990 Jim Blashfield " Sowing the Seeds of Love" (performed by Tears for Fears)
[7]
1991 David Faithfull and Ralph Ziman " Falling to Pieces" (performed by Faith No More)
[8]
1992 Simon Taylor " Even Better Than the Real Thing" (performed by U2)
[9]
1993 Real World Productions and Colossal Pictures " Steam" (performed by Peter Gabriel)
[10]
1994 Brett Leonard and Angel Studios "Kiss That Frog" (performed by Peter Gabriel)
[11]
1995 Fred Raimondi " Love Is Strong" (performed by The Rolling Stones)
[12]
1996 Chris Staves " Tonight, Tonight" (performed by The Smashing Pumpkins)
[13]
1997 Jonathan Glazer and Sean Broughton " Virtual Insanity" (performed by Jamiroquai)
[14]
1998 Steve Murgatroyd, Dan Williams, Steve Hiam and Anthony Walsham " Frozen" (performed by Madonna)
[15]
1999 Sean Broughton, Stuart D. Gordon and Paul Simpson of Digital Domain " Special" (performed by Garbage)
[16]

2000s

Year Winner(s) Work Nominees Ref.
2000 Glassworks " All Is Full of Love" (performed by Björk)
[17]
2001 Carter White FX, Audio Motion and Clear Post Production " Rock DJ" (performed by Robbie Williams)
[18]
2002 Sebastian Fau and Twisted Labs " Fell in Love with a Girl" (performed by The White Stripes)
[19]
2003 Nigel Sarrag " Go with the Flow" (performed by Queens of the Stone Age)
[20]
2004 Elad Offer, Chris Eckardt and Money Shots " Hey Ya!" (performed by OutKast)
[21]
2005 Passion Pictures " Feel Good Inc." (performed by Gorillaz)
[22]
2006 Louis Mackall and Tonia Wallander " We Run This" (performed by Missy Elliott)
[23]
2007
2008 SoMe and Jonas & François " Good Life" (performed by Kanye West featuring T-Pain)
[24]
2009 Chimney Pot " Paparazzi" (performed by Lady Gaga)
[25]

2010s

Year Winner(s) Work Nominees Ref.
2010 Humble and Sam Stephens " Uprising" (performed by Muse)
[26]
2011 Jeff Dotson for Dot & Effects " E.T." (performed by Katy Perry featuring Kanye West)
[27]
2012 Deka Brothers and Tony "Truand" Datis " First of the Year (Equinox)" (performed by Skrillex)
[28]
2013 Grady Hall, Jonathan Wu and Derek Johnson " Safe and Sound" (performed by Capital Cities)
[29]
2014 1stAveMachine " The Writing's on the Wall" (performed by OK Go)
[30]
2015 Brewer, GloriaFX, Tomash Kuzmytskyi and Max Chyzhevskyy " Where Are U Now" (performed by Skrillex and Diplo featuring Justin Bieber)
[31]
2016 Vania Heymann and GloriaFX " Up&Up" (performed by Coldplay)
[32]
2017 Jonah Hall of Timber " HUMBLE." (performed by Kendrick Lamar)
[33]
2018 Loris Paillier at BUF Paris " All the Stars" (performed by Kendrick Lamar and SZA)
[34]
2019 Loris Paillier and Lucas Salton for BUF VFX " Me!" (performed by Taylor Swift featuring Brendon Urie of Panic! at the Disco)
[35]

2020s

Year Winner(s) Work Nominees Ref.
2020 EIGHTY4 and Mathematic " Physical" (performed by Dua Lipa)
[36]
2021 Mathematic " Montero (Call Me by Your Name)" (performed by Lil Nas X)
  • " All I Know So Far" – Dominique Vidal, Geoffrey Niquet, Annabelle Zoellin and Camille Gibrat (performed by Pink)
  • " Build a Bitch" – Andrew Donoho, Denhov Visuals, Denis Strahhov, Rein Jakobson, Vahur Kuusk, Tatjana Pavlik and Yekaterina Vetrova (performed by Bella Poarch)
  • " Higher Power" – Mathematic (performed by Coldplay)
  • "Tangerine" – YSF Studio Paris (performed by Glass Animals)
  • " You Right" – La Pac, Anthony Lestremau, Julien Missaire, Petr Shkolniy, Alexi Bailla, Micha Sher, Antoine Hache, Mikros MPC, Nicolas Huget, Guillaume Ho Tsong Fang, Benjamin Lenfant, Stephane Pivron, MPC Bangalore, Chanakya Chander, Raju Ganesh and David Rouxel (performed by Doja Cat and The Weeknd)
[37]
2022 Cameo FX " Industry Baby" (performed by Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow)
[38]
2023 Parliament " Anti-Hero" (performed by Taylor Swift)
[39]

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